Country Plains & City Streets

AN: Hey you guys here's the story that I promised…. Now school is a little crazy right now so it's going to take some time for me to update all three stories, and this weekend I have a family game night so yeah, but I promise that I'll update the others as soon as possible…. Hope you like it!

Chapter 1: Country Plains

I woke up at 4 am, got dressed and headed to the chicken coop and feed the hens, picked up fresh eggs, and laid them at the kitchen basket, headed back outside to the barn to find my daddy milking Alice, our best cow ever, I headed to Jack our Stallion, next to Jack was Alexia our German Budweiser. I put on the settle on Jack and headed outside leading our heard of sheep's on their side of the farm, and the goats on the other. This was my daddy's and I daily routine, I got used to it since it kept my mind off the fact that my mother passed away due a sickness, that my daddy couldn't afford for medical support. Jack and I stared at the sun rising. I smile and head to the farm, took the settle off Jack and headed back to my house that was filled with the aroma of fresh farm eggs. Yum!

"Hungry Muse?"

"Hungry? More like starving, so what's the agenda for today daddy?"

"Well I have to head over to town and finish putting up the booths, rides and stage for the county fair"

"So does this mean I get the day off?"

"Pretty much kiddo"

"Well I guess I can head over to the lake, or maybe head to Flo's place to see what she is up too"

"And maybe she can help you with the song"

"What song?"

Daddy stared at me with the 'really you forgot?' look, then it hit me.

"Oh yeah, I forgot that these years we're collecting money for St. Jews Hospital… yeah I think she can help me"

"Yes, and I have to get going, see you at dinner kiddo, and eat your eggs and bacon before they get cold"

"See ya daddy, be careful"

"I will, see you"

I eat my breakfast and texted Flora to see if she was at her place, so I could hang out for a while, and do the song.

Flo, need help with the song so I can sing at the county fair, needs to know if Ur at Ur place… luv Muse!

It didn't take too long to get a response from her.

Sure thing I'm at the supermarket right now, but I'll be home in less than a minute, see ya there… Luv Flo!

Great, see ya there… Muse OUT!

I changed from my morning work clothes to a strapless pink V neck shirt that ended up a little higher above from my belly, ripped skinny jeans and cream color cow girl boots, braided pigtails and a few accessories *season 4 clothing* and got on Jack and headed to Flo's place. It took about a good 5 to 10 minutes to get there, on my way there I see Flora picking up fresh berries from the bush at front of her house.

"Hey Flo! Wow those look good"

"I know, I'm going to make a fruit smoothie, go inside I'll catch up with you in a minute"

"Cool I'll wait for you at the kitchen"

"Ok"

I went inside and headed to the kitchen and got out 2 big glasses 2 straws and the blender so Flora won't have to do so much stuff, all she has to do is get the ice and the yogurt… mmm her fruit smoothies are the best.

"Ok I got the berries, and oh? Looks like someone couldn't wait for my smoothie huh?"

"NO way, Flo your smoothies are the best, all you need is ice and yogurt and we can get started on the song"

"Alright, I'll do the smoothies, while you go up to my room and get paper and pencils so we can write"

"You got it!"

I rushed up to Flora's room, it was a light baby pink with a light almost mint green with floral patterns and tons and I mean tons of different flowers, once I got the paper and pencils and rushed back down to the kitchen to find myself with 2 fruit smoothies. YUM!

"Oh yum, I made it just in time, and it's freshly cold, YUM"

"Ok, ok now let's sit down and start figuring out what we should write about"

"Hmmm, ok since it's a benefit concert for one of the biggest known hospital in the world, the lyrics should have at least a message about faith"

"Right, and also hope and love"

"Perfect, now the hard part… putting the words together"

After a good 2 to 3 hours of good hard thinking and writing we've finally finished the song.

"Perfect, wow it's already 3:45 pm, I better get going, those pigs aren't going to feed themselves, thank you so much for your help Flora it means a lot"

"No problem sweetie, good luck at the county concert I'll be there for ya!"

"Thanks see you"

"Bye!"

I headed back home to feed the pot bellies. I love them they are so cute! I took one last look at the field, behind my farm field, I can see the country's plains, it's really amazing and especially when the sun is rising and setting.

I went back inside the house to take a shower, once I was out, I sat down at the living room to watch what was on the TV, nothing new on the news except for the fact that tomorrow it's going to rain, and it's never pretty at the farm when it rains, trust me, a few hour later my dad comes back and I start to cook dinner while he takes a shower, as I was setting the table my dad comes down and he serves the food.

"So what's there left to do daddy?"

"Well the stage is almost finished, and we just need to do a few more things to the booths and check if all the rides are safe, and I say this will be done in the next 2 to 3 days… so did you finish the song?"

"You bet, and I got to finish it with Flora's amazing fruit smoothie"

"Haha great, so what's the song's title?"

"Not telling, it's a surprise, you'll just have to wait till the County Fair"

"Ok, are you going to compete at the fair with Alexia?"

"Maybe, I still haven't had the time to train her to jump"

"Well you have the next 2 to 3 days to do it"

"But what about our daily routine? Who's going to feed the little piggies and goats? Who's going to care for the horses and Alice? Who's going to feed the hens? And who's…"

"Musa… I've talked to Flora and her sister about it, they said it was ok, since the only animals they have are their 2 dogs and all they have is a big garden that has enough food to feed at least 3 worldwide Army"

"You sure about it daddy?"

"Yes and you can call her if you don't believe me, now eat your potatoes and steak before they go cold on ya"

"Ok"

My dad and I ate and talked for a while, we watched some TV before heading off to bed since I got the next few days to train Alexia, she's a talented German horse, but I can't believe that the hardest thing that has ever come to me in training her is to jump.

The next morning I woke to one of our roosters singing as the sun rose from its slumber, I wore ripped short blue jeans, ankle high boots and a red daisy top and headed to the farm and found Flora feeding Alice.

"Hey Musa, how'd you sleep?"

"Pretty good and you?"

"Like a baby… I already got Alexia ready for ya; all you need to do is head on back and ride"

"Thanks Flo, you can eat some bacon and eggs if you guys like, I'm not really that hungry"

"Ok, good luck with the practice"

"Thanks, oh and thank you so much with the animals, hope it's not a bother?"

"Not at all, I love working with them, it's just my dad can't afforded taking care of them so that's why we have a garden"

"Oh ok, well I'll see you in a few"

"See you"

I got on Alexia and headed to the field to practice. I've spent the past few hours practicing well more like training Alexia to jump, so far she's made more progress than the last times, but she still hasn't mastered the full jump. I decided to give her a break so we headed off to one of the small creeks near my farm, Alexia is drinking water and I'm staring at the clouds, it's a nice day out, I felt Alexia sitting next to me as she started to play with my hair.

"Hey girl, my hair is not hay for you to nibble on"

I looked at my horse and she looked at me, for some reason I could tell that she's happy to be part of my family, we both gazed at the amazing plains, and just at the end of it you can see the blurry shadow of the city.

"You know something Alexia? Sometimes I wonder what's it like in the city compared to the country life. You know with crowded streets, people at every single corner, hardly any trees or animals, tons of buildings, not to mention cars and traffic"

Alexia gave this 'you can't be serious?' look, but I know what she meant, city people are mostly rude, well not all of them, but since most of them are too busy with business, tons of work, not enough play, you hardly spend time with the family. Plus you don't get home cooked meals, you get fast food, all to the fact that people spend way too much time with work, than with the family.

"Your right Alexia, I shouldn't trade my life for anything, I like it just the way it is, but I still would like to know the big difference between it, but is it really worth it? Naah I don't think so, no city man can ever love a country girl, and they have too much of a cold heart to realize our beauty and love for nature and the caring of others…. I guess that's what happens when you're a city folk"

BACK AT THE CITY

"Papa, are you coming for my dance rehearsal?"

"No I can't sweet heart I have an important meeting, I'm sorry but I promise I'll make it up to you ok kiddo?"

"Well ok… promise you'll come for the school play?"

"I promise"

AN: well I guess that's a good start don't you guys think? And sorry for taking so long in updating the other stories, I was hospitalized I got really sick, but I'm recovering, I promise that I'll make it up to you guys…. Hope you like it… BTW I don't have to explain who's going to fall for who… but I will explain how Riven is a single father… soon… in the other chapters!