A/N: horse-nerd here! Welcome to a wonderful new story by me and I Am A Cowgirl! Be sure to review :D

This story has moved here for the time being because I Am A Cowgirl can not continue for now. But I will try to keep it going! Be sure to leave lots of REVIEWS! :]

"Taadaa!" Sam sang as she finished making the last bed in the bunkhouse. She threw the pillow on it and fell back the springs in the mattress squeaking a bit under her weight. Jen and Jake came over and fell on either side of her.

They had spent the entire day preparing for the HARP kids that would be arriving tomorrow. Sam, Jen, and Jake would be in charge of three kids this year. For the first time they were hosting it for guys and girls to help the program reach out a little more.

"Now what?" Jen asked.

"Now I sleep…night, night," Sam mumbled as she curled up and closed her eyes. She felt the mattress lift up as the other two got off the bed and suddenly she was ambushed by pillows.

"Ah!" She yelled assuming the fetal position as Jake and Jen attacked her with pillows.

"Ok fine! Now we work on the barn!" Sam yelled in surrender. Their attacked stopped and Sam sat up on the bed rubbing her head.

"We definitely need fluffier pillows," she complained still rubbing her head. Jake rolled his eyes at her.

"Quit your babyin' Brat and come on," he said pulling her off the bed and out the door.

Sam skipped ahead to the barn and stopped at Ace's stall.

"Hey pretty boy," she whispered to him while scratching the star on his forehead.

"I actually find myself more handsome than pretty but thanks for the compliment," Jake said from beside her smirking. Sam rolled her eyes and gave Ace a kiss on the nose before turning to Jake.

"I wasn't talking to you. Duh! I was talking to Ace."

"Of course you were…" Jake muttered walking towards the tack room. Sam followed him.

"So what's left?" Jen asked coming in behind them.

"Um, clean tack, brush the horses, and…wow that's it. We already finished everything else." Sam said looking at her list.

"Ok I'll take the tack you and Jake can do the horses," Jen said smirking at Sam.

Sam just sent her a glare. "How about you come do the horses with me and Jake can do tack," she growled through her teeth.

"I don't want to clean tack…" Jake said.

"And I don't want to brush horses…" Jen followed after him.

Sam threw her arms up in frustration. "You guys are unbelievable!"

She spun around grabbing her grooming supplies then headed out to the pasture. Being close to dinner a lot of the horses were already waiting up by the gate. Sam shooed them away and squeezed through the gate with Jake behind her.

"Ok…um Strawberry! Here girl," Strawberry came up and pushed Sam's chest with her nose making her fall backwards on her butt.

"Ow…" she mumbled still sitting on the ground. Jake started laughing making Sam glare at him.

"Sorry…but—your" he tried to apologize but couldn't stop laughing "—your face! It was priceless!" He boomed then walked over to help her up. He grabbed her hand and pulled her up to stand.

"Thanks," she mumbled but he didn't let her hand go. She looked up at him and saw he was staring at her.

"Um Jake?" She looked at him then her hands Jake looked at their hands and hesitated before letting go.

"Sorry…" he muttered then turned to grab his brushes. Sam shrugged and did the same. She figured she would have to tell Jen about his weird behavior when she stayed the night tonight.

"I'm so glad school is out!" Sam finally broke the silence after finishing her last horse. Jake nodded his head in agreement.

"I wonder what the kids will be like this year…especially since we're getting girls and boys." Sam pondered as she slipped through the gate that Jake held open for her.

He shut it and locked it before turning to her with a questionable expression.

"Girls and boys?"

"Yeah…you didn't read your packet yet did you?" Sam put her hands on her hips and stared him down.

"I was going to do it tonight." Jake defended.

Sam let out an aggravated sigh and motioned for Jake to follow her to the barn.

"Alright I only read their names so far I'm sure Jen's the only one who read the whole thing…" Sam admitted.

"Probably—what's their names?" Jake asked.

"Tara, Allie, and Ricky. I think they are all like 16 or 17?" Sam said pausing by the door in front of the tack room.

"Isn't that a little old for HARP?" Jake asked opening the door for her. Sam walked ahead of him.

"Thanks…I guess—" Sam started as she walked by Jen who was hanging up what looked like the last bridle.

"—they are. But HARP is like a 'last resort' for them. Apparently nothing else had worked." Jen finished for her.

"Told you she read the whole thing." Sam whispered to Jake.

"The packets? You guys haven't read them yet?" Jen squealed.

Sam and Jake laughed at her and she just glared.

"Well maybe you two should be doing a little less flirting and a little more reading." Jen said then left them staring after her mouth agape.

"Um…I'm…gunna see if…Wyatt needs any help…uh excuse me," Jake stumbled over his words uncomfortably then rushed out of the room. Sam scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. But she just shrugged it off and went to find Jen.