I had arrived at my new school. It was called Kadic. It's a boarding school and it was the start of the new semester. I was unpacking in my new room when I heard a knock at the door. I answered it and saw this really cute guy.
"Hi, I'm Ulrich. I'm your welcoming committee." He said.
"Hi, I'm Samantha, but you can call me Sam." I said.
"Welcome to Kadic." he said in a very welcoming tone.
"Do you want to come in?" I said gesturing towards the other bed in my room that wasn't occupied by my suitcases.
"Sure. Why do you have two beds?" he asked.
"The school didn't have a single open for me so they gave me a double. If another girl student comes then they get the privilege of living with me." I said with a huge smile on my face so he would know I was joking.
"Oh. So where do you live." He asked as he made himself comfortable on the extra bed.
"I live in New York, well my parents do at least, now I live here." I said fighting the urge to cry because I was homesick. My parents and I had arrived two days early but I wasn't allowed to move in yet so we stayed at a friend's house. They had left that morning because they needed to get back to work. I was supposed to call them that night.
"Really, my friend Odd lives there. Well he goes here, he's my roommate but his parents live there," he said.
"That's cool then well have plenty to talk about." I said as I finished unpacking my last suitcase. "What time is dinner served." I asked glancing at the clock.
"It starts at 6:30. Why?" he said sounding perplexed.
"I asked because its 6:28 right now." I said getting my black and white sneakers. They made my outfit complete. I was wearing a black tank top that said in white writing "Dancers kick butt" with a pair of denim jeans. My long straight light brown hair was tied up in a ponytail.
"Really, we should hurry my friends are probably wondering where I am." He said getting up from the bed and opening the door. "After you." He said gesturing with his hand for me to go first.
"Let me just grab my backpack and we can go." I said as I grabbed my bag and headed out the door.
"Why do you need the backpack?" he asked as he led the way down the hall.
"It has my riding boots in it." I said as he gave me a weird look. "They didn't tell you guys yet that they built a stables in the woods yet."
"No they didn't." he said.
"Well after dinner I'm going to the new stables. Do you want to come with me?" I said.
"Sure. It sounds like fun." He said smiling but I could see that something was bothering him.
We walked and talked and some how during our conversation our hands had entwined themselves with each other. We walked the rest of the way like this. Until we got to a group of kids and they all gave us weird looks. When we followed their gaze we found that they were staring at our hands. We quickly separated and blushed a deep crimson.
"So Ulrich who is this?" asked a girl with black hair in a black outfit who if I was not mistaking a little envious.
"Everyone this is Samantha but you can call her Sam. She just moved here from New York." He said a little defense because the girl in the black outfit was giving me dirty looks.
"Hi, I'm Aelita." Said a girl with pink hair and a pink outfit.
"Hi I'm Jeremie." Said a blonde headed boy in a blue sweater and guy capries (A.N. isn't it weird that he wears guy capries. There not short enough to be shorts and they're not long enough to be pants.)
" Hi I'm Odd, Ulrich roommate. I'm sure you've heard a lot about me." Said a blonde headed boy with a purple dot in the middle of his hair. He was also wearing a purple outfit.
" Hi I'm Yumi. I'm Ulrich best friend." She said emphasizing on the word best friend. I guess that she still liked him. On the way Ulrich told me about their past. Even though they were never officially going out they still had a thing and I guess she still has feelings for him. Well to bad for her she had her chance and blew it so now it's my turn and I know I'm not going to blow it. It was like love at first sight for us it seemed. We had an instant connection.
"Ok now that everyone's introduced can we please go get food? I'm hungry." Said Ulrich. We all walked inside and grabbed a tray. Ulrich gave a tray to me and I received the dirtiest look ever from Yumi. After we got our food we sat down at one of the tables. I sat on the end then Ulrich sat next to me then Odd sat next to him. On the other side it was Jeremie, Aelita, and Yumi. We were eating in a comfortable silence when a guy in a black t-shirt with a red long sleeved shirt underneath and black jeans and black lace up boots. He pulled over a chair and sat next to Yumi.
" Hey everyone. Yumi do you want to go to the movies later?" he asked.
" Sure, why not." Yumi asked glancing nervously at Ulrich. To bad for her we were deep in conversation. He hadn't even noticed William pull up a chair.
" So do you want to leave now?" I asked Ulrich.
" Where are you guys going?" asked Jeremie, who was now very interested in our conversation.
" We're going to the new stables." Said Ulrich.
" Oh yea I heard about that." said Aelita who explained it to everyone else as we left. Once we were outside the doors. Ulrich took my hand, and then all of a sudden a girl with black hair, a headband, t-shirt and a skirt with pants underneath.
" Hi Ulrich who is this?" she asked sending me daggers with her eyes. I could tell that she really hated me for holding his hand but he obviously didn't like her so I just gave her the sweetest smile I could.
I said " Hi I'm Samantha. What's your name?"
" I'm Sissy." She said staring at our hands.
"Well sissy we have to get going. Right Sam you don't want to be late for your riding lesson."
"Yea we really should be going." I had just managed to say as Ulrich pulled me away.
"Sorry about that." He said once we were a safe distance away. "She's been in love with me ever since we first started going to school together."
"It's okay." I said just as we reached the stables. The stables were built in the woods so that we would have trails.
"Hey Sam is that you." Said my instructor Chris as she ran over to give me a huge hug.
"Hey Chris this is Ulrich, he's my um…. Friend." I said as we both blushed because we were still holding hands. We quickly separated. I hoped Chris hadn't had noticed. But I think she did.
"So who am I riding today?" I asked as we made our way for the stalls.
"Your riding Fame." She said as put fame's halter on.
"NO WAY" I said in total surprise because I thought the horses that were at my old stables would stay at my old stables. "Chris how did she get here." I asked.
"We took all of the school horses here because Renee said she was buying new school horses anyway and we wanted you to have some thing familiar around you in this new place." She said as she handed the reins to me.
"Well let's start my lesson then I don't want to waste any time." I said as I put on my helmet and boots. We walked out to the coral and I mounted. We started at a walk and after I warmed up I started a posting trot. After sometime I started to canter a little after that Chris set up small cross rails for me to jump. After I did that I lowed to a walk and after fame was cooled down I dismounted. As I left the coral I saw Ulrich. He followed Chris and I to the main stable. I could see the admiration in his eyes. While I was untacking fame I said, "Chris do you think you could teach a friend of mine how to read?" I asked looking over at Ulrich the admiration hadn't left his eyes but his face looked like a little kids at Christmas waiting for their presents. He was really excited. But I couldn't figure out why I mean when I had started to ride I was really excited. That was only because I loved horses and longed to ride. Maybe he had a love for horses also.
"Let me guess Ulrich wants to start lessons." Chris said.
"Well yea. How did you guess?" I asked surprised.
"Well look at his face." He realized what she meant and blushed a deep crimson.
"Yea I want to start riding. When can I start." He asked eagerly.
"How about after Sam's lesson next week sound good." She asked
"Sounds great!" he said.
When I finally finished untacking fame we walked outside. It had gotten colder since we were last out and I began to shiver.
"Here." Ulrich said as he handed me his jacket.
"Thanks." I said taking it and putting on. We walked and talk. Even though I had his jacket I was still cold. I started to shiver again.
" Come here I'll try to keep you warmer." He said as he pulled me close and put his arm around me.
"Thanks a lot. I wasn't expecting it to be this cold." I said resting my head on his shoulder. When we finally got to my room I was a little upset because he took his arm off me.
"Look Sam I really like you and I wanted to know if… if I could kiss you goodnight." He said blushing. "I know it sounds kind of corny but I just don't want to move to fast."
"It's okay." I said as I leaned closer to him. "I feel the same way." We were inches apart when…
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