Wild Hearts
Rani
I slapped the alarm and threw back my covers, I hopped out of bed, stretching with a huge yawn, I looked out my window and smiled at the start of the sunrise. I threw on the necessities and then a pair of denim mid thigh shorts, a tank and a red, blue, white and black plaid shirt. I pulled on a pair of long socks, then my dark brown cowboy boots. I came down the stairs, tying my hair up in a moderate ponytail, tucking my curly fringe behind my ear, and grinned at Char,
"Pete's already out in the barn, I'll get breakfast ready for ya."
"Thanks Char." I grabbed my tan cowboy hat and ran over to the barn, and helped Peter feed the horses, and then let them all out, then we started on the actual chores. Mucking out each stable, by the time it was 9 o'clock we were done, I was covered in dirt, and we both stank, I had shed my overshirt, and climbed up to the loft, putting on a pair of gloves, I dropped a bail of hay down to him. Peter could have done it vampire speed, but he says he find it therapeutic to do it human speed. We heard cars come up the long drive and I called, as I dropped the last bail down to him,
"You 'spectin' anybody, Pete" I climbed back down the ladder and wiped my forehead with my forearm.
To be honest with ya, Peter wasn't much better, we went outside into the paddock and I let out a whistle, Peter quickly opened the gate and they all came thundering in, we herded them into their stables and locked each up. Then we went back to the house, just as "Ya have gotta be kiddin' me. Veggies, great. They eat any my horses, I'm comin' after 'em with the flame thrower." I called as I walked up the steps. Char threw me a towel, and said
"Go shower, the both of ya. Ya'll stink."
"Yea, yea, yea" I waved her off, as I took off my boots and padded up the stairs to my shower, I scrubbed all the dirt, sweat and stink off and then got changed, into another pair of shorts, same type, a white tank and blue, yellow and black flannel. I grabbed my bandana and tied it around my neck.
"Rani, come get some food, sug!" called Char
"Dear God, im'ma comin' keep yer hair on woman" I shouted as I came down the stairs. I stopped short, when I saw a familiar pair of boots, I followed the feet upward and leaped at my best friend. He laughed and spun me around as I locked my legs around his waist, and my arms around his neck.
"I missed you, Jay." I murmured into his neck, taking in his scent of tobacco and 5 spices with warm leather. He tightened his grip, not enough to crush my ribs and then I unlocked my legs and landed softly, he kissed my forehead and whispered,
"Missed you too, Dapple."
My sister glaring at me, I winked at her then continued eating, the pixie said, "What's so funny, Jazzy?" I choked on the piece of waffle, Char was patting my back, trying to get me to somehow swallow it. I managed to swallow it, Jasper groaned,
"Woah, woah, woah, there lassie, did you just say 'Jazzy'?" she nodded, obviously quite proud of herself. I shared a glance with Peter and Char, then just proceeded to burst out laughing again. I finally managed to calm down after about five minutes, I wiped the tears of laughter off my face and the pixie looked quite annoyed. I raised an eyebrow in challenge, daring her to say anything to me. She just huffed. The penny headed weirdo, said, "What's up with the nickname?"
I said in all seriousness, "Nothing. It makes him sound like a Chihuahua, or gay, or a pussy, or better yet, a girl." I smirked as I said this, because Jasper's head picked up, a every word I said, he was now looking at me, with narrowed eyes. I shrugged, "It's true, 'magine what the War Whore would think o' ya, Major. The God of War, nicknamed a dog name." He growled at me, but I didn't back down, knowing EXACTLY what he was going to do. I felt his gift wash over me and raised an eyebrow, he got up and I copied him, snarling at me, I said,
"You wont hurt me, Jay."
"How do you know, human?"
"We both know, you wouldn't hurt family, not unless you were severely provoked and prodded." i turned and went for the door, calling "I'm away for a ride."
Then throwing on my boots, and hat went for the stables. I hummed as I walked through the stables, Anubis snorted to me and pawed the floor. "You wanna go for a ride, boy?" he reared and whinnied, I grabbed his tack and in five minutes, had my foot in the stirrup and he was trotting out the doors. I swung on and gathered my reins. Char called, "BE CAREFUL, TITCH!"
"YEA, YEA, YEA. I WILL!" I shouted back, and went down looking through his perked up ears, his tail flicked up and I whispered, "3…2…1. GO!" he cantered on the spot for a couple of seconds then thundered up the hill, we collected dust and galloped through the fields and woods for a while, till we came to our creek. I threw my right leg over his left side and slid down, undoing his saddle, taking off my boots and socks, along with my flannel. He went down on his stomach and I sat back on him, then we went to the creek, he walked in, quietly then when I was up to my waist, him just past his shoulders, I started scooping and pouring water over his ink black coat. We played about in the water after that, then I put his saddle back on, after letting him, dry kinda. I put my boots and socks, into the saddle bag, then after throwing my flannel on over my soaked tank, did we take our time going back.
Just before sundown, we made it back, my toffee coloured hair in ringlets, my hat on my hair. I walked him into his stable, then untacked him, putting it back into the tack room, put his scarlet red light rud on, with his matching headcollar. I made my way around each off them, giving them their dinner then, taking their buckets and making their breakfasts and dinner up for the next dinner. I hummed to myself, "Wild horses, I wanna be like you, throwing caution to the wind, I'd run free too. Wish I could recklessly love like im longing, I wanna run with the wild horses, run with wild horses, oh, yea yea." I put the covers on the feed then, putting them into the wheelbarrow, I carted it round, depositing them at each stable. I kissed Anubis on his nose and stroked his long black face, his dark, almost black eyes calm, for once.
"Night guys and gals." I called through the barn, getting answering whinnies back. I closed the doors and made my way over to the house again.
"Boots outside, Titch!" called Char, I dropped them outside and walked in my feet were dirty from walking across the orange ground. I padded through the house, I went and had a shower, then after padding back down with a cream tank top that said, in brown "Who's needs shoes, when a girl has horses.", with a horses head and a pair of matching flannel just below the knee shorts. I plonked onto the ground, in front of Char, completely knackered, nearly falling asleep, when Char sat beside me and French plaited my hair. I ate slowly, because I kept yawning. Peter chuckled as he took my plate, kissing my head he said, "Go to bed, Titch, don't fall asleep in your food, that wouldn't look good."
I gave him the finger and got up, grunting, "I'm goin' ta bed."
"It's only 8 and you're falling asleep already?" called Bella, I turned and snapped,
"I've been up sinced 5:30 this morinin', Bella. Just like everyday. So I apologise, dear sister, for me nearly falling asleep on you, after being on my feet for nearly 14 hours." I just turned and made my way up the stairs, slamming my door shut and went to my bed.