“So no interest there?”
“Uh no. She’s probably a super conservative country bumpkin who is not into the andro-lesbis with hot shot careers.”
Kara hissed. “Don’t knock it until you try it.”
“Really, Kara, nothing going on here.”
“Well, I do hope you’re relaxing and playing music at least. Maybe writing a new song?”
Sarah snorted and glanced out the window. “I’ve been playing some, relaxing some. Actually, you’ll get a kick out of this. I think I’ve adopted a cow.”
“You what?”
“Yeah. He’s two days old, and I’ve been bottle feeding him. Eli’s going to take me out in the morning so we can try to reunite him with his mama, but I don’t think she’s very hopeful it’s going to work.”
“What’s going to work?”
“That the mama will take him back.”
“Wow, I can’t imagine you taking care of a cow.”
Laughing, Sarah checked the time on her watch. “To be fair, Eli does most of it. I just go down there occasionally to give him a bottle. I named him Buddy.”
“Buddy the cow?”
“Yeah.”
Kara laughed, her voice ringing through the phone. Sarah wasn’t quite sure she wanted to hang up, but she did know she only had about two more hours before she needed to be awake if she was going to go with Eli to attempt reunification of her calf.
“Kara, I’ve got to go.”
“Go?”
“Yeah. I need to sleep a few hours if I’m going to try and bring Buddy back to his mom.”
“When are you doing that?”
“At six.”
“In the morning?” Kara squeaked with surprise.
Sarah chuckled. “Yes, so I need sleep.”
“You’re crazy.”
“Love you, too.” Sarah didn’t wait any longer as she hung up and settled into her bed. She plugged the phone back in to finish charging and turned off the light to get at least an hour of sleep before she had to be up and going.
* * *
Morning came far too quickly. When Sarah managed to get down to the kitchen, there was already coffee in the pot and Eli was leaning against the counter with a cup to her lips and a smirk in her eyes.
“Didn’t think you’d wake up.”
Sarah brushed a hand through her messy hair and shook her head as she searched for a large mug. Finding none, she settled on a normal sized one and poured herself a cup. “I said I’d come.”
“Yeah, but you were up all night.”
“Not abnormal,” Sarah muttered into her cup as she took a sip, realizing instantly she’d forgotten milk and sugar. Wrinkling her nose, she smiled as Eli handed over creamer and sugar. “Thanks.”