Serena sighed as she shuffled through the hay in the horse barn. It was the day before she left for New York, and what did they make her do? Clean and feed the horses. She layed the hay fork against the rickety wood of the old barn and overlooked it for one last time. Her family owned four horses: Cloud, Trix, Neon, and Lickety Split. They were all good tempered horses, except for Lick, who when she was young threw her off and broke her leg.
She hadn't riden her for a while after that, to say the least.
Serena came to the realization that she probably wasn't going to wear these clothes anymore, either. She looked down at her plaid shirt-the sleeves were cut off along time ago. She tied it so it wasn't loose, and she had cut her jeans up to her knees so they wouldn't get in the way. Her mud plastered cowboy boots should have been thrown out ages ago, but she couldn't seem to get rid of them.
"Serena! Dinner!" her mother called, beckoning her into the house. She closed up the barn and said goodbye to the horses, her boots clacking against cement of the porch as she made her way into the house.
She kicked off her boots and walked into the kitchen, the smell of her mothers chicken pot pie enticing her appetite as she approached the oven. Her mother noticed her appearance and smirked, her eyes glinting in a teasing manner.
"Geez, you're all over food like the horses are over carrots."
She smiled and hit her mom playfully in the arm, sitting down at the old wooden table. This table had been in her family for years. Her fingers danced along the edge, grinning at the old carvings she got punishd for. A badly spelled sentence read 'Sammy Smells' while on Sammy's side there was one that read 'serena is stupid'.
"You look like you're feeling up the table." Speak of the devil. Serena stuck out her toungue at her 15 year old brother. He was always going to be her little Sammy.
"I'm going to miss this table. I'm going to miss this family, even a stuck up brat like you." she said to Sammy, winking. Her mother came over with her oven mits on and set down the gigantic pot pie.
"You're not leaving forever, honey. I'll come and visit sometime. You'll see." she smiled, "You've wanted to go to New York for a while, haven't you?"
That was always true. The city had always been a place she wanted to go to. Even though she lived in New York, it was a world of difference in the city.
The rest of dinner was in laughs and jokes, as Serena bid her farewell to her family.
Tommorow she was off to New York.
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i know, I know, I suck at updating.
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but i'll update within this week i promise! 3