I jumped out of bed as I heard the sound of a car pulling up the driveway, I looked out the window. It was Kit, of course. Her and I had never seen eye to eye and I really didn't want to go down to see her but I knew if I didn't Ty would. I changed into some better clothes and ran down the stairs to go see her.
There was a trailer attached to the back of her vehicle and I assumed she had brought her horse in for one reason or another I walked out the door and faked a smile, hoping she couldn't tell.
'Hi Amy', she said, also faking a smile.
'So, what's the problem?' I asked in a somewhat serious tone.
'Well, I need you to take a look at this horse', Kit said, losing her smile and as if admitting defeat, she rarely ever let me treat her horse or any in her care. She walked around to the back of the trailer and I followed intently and watched as she opened it, 'His name is Beanie, he's a three year old stallion.'
'Is he yours?' I asked curiously.
'No', she replied, 'He belongs to Chase, he was trying to break him but when he got out the chainsaw Beanie freaked and Chase got distracted, causing this.'
Kit had unloaded the horse and I saw a large scar leading from his back to onto his rump, obviously caused by the chainsaw, 'I knew this would happen!' I half yelled in frustration, 'Him and his stupid chainsaw! Are you touring with him?'
'Yeah, actually, we came back as soon as this happened a few months ago but Beanie won't let anyone ride him anymore and Chase was so close to being able to ride him and he jumps at the slightest movement, Chase threatened to send him to slaughter if he didn't improve.'
'Look, I'll settle him down in one of our stalls okay?' I explained taking Beanie's lead rope.
'Thanks, I really hope you can do something for him', Kit said as she hopped in her truck and drove away. I walked over to the barn and placed Beanie in a stall just as Ty came down from the loft.
'Who was that?' he asked, still half asleep.
'Kit, she brought Chase's horse here after it got a huge cut with that chainsaw of his', I said as I closed the stall door.
'What an ass', Ty said as he wrapped me in his arms, 'You know, you don't have to help him if you don't want to.'
'I'm not helping him Ty, I'm helping Beanie and don't worry, I would never think of getting together with him, it always has been and always will be you Ty', I said as I rested my head on his chest.
'I love you Amy, I really do', Ty said as he bent his head down and locked his lips with mine.
'Well, I suppose we should go and have breakfast before everyone starts to wonder where we are', I said as I walked of with Ty closely on my heels.
I walked into the farmhouse to see everyone had risen from their slumber, half ready to greet the morning.
'Hey Amy, who was that this morning? I couldn't get myself up in time', Lou told me.
'Oh, it was Kit, she brought a horse, Beanie, over here for me to work on', I replied.
'So, what's the go with him?' Mallory asked.
'Well, Chase cut him with a chainsaw and now he's afraid of any sudden movements and won't let anyone ride him', I explained to Mallory.
After breakfast I went out to go see Beanie, he seemed comfortable in his stall so I grabbed a leadrope and took him out of the stall and into the round pen, I didn't really want to wait to start work on him and I really wanted to make progress quickly with beanie.
'Hey, you starting work on him already?' Ty asked as we brushed past each other.
'Yeah, I didn't really want to wait and I figured I could use one of the remedies to help him settle in', I responded as I opened the round pen.
I decided I would start off with some join up to earn the young horse's trust. I sent him to the edge of the arena and started him off at a canter.
'Amy, you sure Join up is good for a spooky horse?' Ty asked standing outside the arena.
'I know that it's probably not the best idea but I haven't really got anything else to work with, I need a foundation', I replied watching the horse closely.
'Be careful, okay?' Ty said as he walked past.
'I'll try', I replied.
Ty went and put the horse away but came back to watch me not long after and Beanie was showing no signs of wanting to join up, in fact he stayed as close to the edge of the arena as possible, he was terrified and if given a choice would rather not be around any humans, I was surprised that he tolerated being led with a halter and leadrope.
With this I ran towards him slightly and made a gesture with the lunging line to instruct him to turn in the other direction, this was the part I was dreading as I knew it could turn ugly. Of course my worst fear had come true.
The young stallion freaked and galloped as fast as he could around the arena, reared a few times before coming towards me, all of a sudden I realised that I couldn't move and Beanie was coming towards me.
'Amy! Get out of the way!' I heard Ty yelling before he came and pulled me out of the way, we both fell down to the ground and I was still in shock a little, 'Don't ever scare me like that again!'
Ty helped me up from the ground, my body was still shaking and my legs were like jelly beneath me, Ty held me in his arms and I felt more secure as we made our way out of the ring, leaving Beanie in there to cool off a bit.
