DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING BUT MY IMAGINATION AND MYSELF.
I groaned as my phone started to ring. I looked at the caller ID before flipping it open.
"What is Hayley?" I growled.
"When are you getting up?" she responded in her always cheerful manner.
"Why do you what to know?" I grumbled. It was too early in the morning.
"Do you remember what we're doing today? Where we're going?" she questioned.
"Huh?" I said. Then I turned over and looked at my calendar.
"OH! I'm so sorry Hayley. I'll be ready in twenty." I told her as I scrambled across my room.
"Ok. See ya then."
Our school was on a break for the Presidents' Day holiday, and Hayley and I had been waiting for months to go on a trail ride in the Olympic Peninsula. Haley's parents owned a cabin by this little town named Forks. We were heading out early on the first day of break. I couldn't wait to get to the forest.
I pulled my gray sweatshirt over my head and grabbed the duffel bag that held all the necessities for a five-day trip. Stuffing my phone in my pocket, I looked at the clock. I still had five minutes before Hayley would pick me up.
I quickly downed a glass of orange juice and a bowl of cereal.
My mom got up and was walking into the kitchen when I heard Haley's truck pull up in front of the house. I grabbed the duffel bag and a small bag that held a homemade first aid kit for our horses and all the other things we might need.
"Have fun sweetie and tell Hayley I said hello. Oh, and watch out for bears. I heard the Peninsula was full of them." My mom told me.
"Don't worry. Abby has forest smarts, and so does Remy." I told her as I hugged her good bye.
"Still, just be careful. I don't want either one of you to get hurt."
Hayley honked the horn and I ran out of the house.
"Road Trip!" She yelled as I climbed into the car.
"I know! I couldn't sleep last night because of I was so excited. We need to go get the horses." I responded.
We sped down the country road. I looked at the clock and saw it was six in the morning. We pulled into the ranch where we kept our horse. I jumped out of the truck to go grab our horses. My horse was a Paint/Quarter Horse cross named Abby. Hayley's horse was a Tennessee Walking Horse named Remy. They were best friends, just like us.
"Abby! Remy!" I called to them.
Both horses trotted up to the gate of their stalls.
"Hey guys. Ready to go?"
I quickly slipped their halters on and jumped onto Abby. We made our way over to the trailer. Hayley took Remy from me and started to put on their traveling boots. I did the same and then we loaded them into the trailer. Hayley drove us to the tack room to grab our saddles.
As we drove out of the ranch Hayley started sing "On the road again! On the road again!"
I joined in with her and we sang and talked all the way to Forks.