CHAPTER 3
As he walking in the barn I could smell the familiar smell of horse, as Kenny called fore my 17 year old brother john to get him but down hear I went around saying hi to all the horses a few of them I recognized like rex a 15.5 hand thoroughbred I remember when ever me and dad went to a rodeo he would always swear Rex had the best cow sense any horse ever had, also I saw rosemary a14 hand palomino I remember she was the first horse I ever rode though I was surprised to still see her since she was probably 25 now. As John walked out of the tack room I walked up to stand next to Kenny. I noticed john sure did look his age at 17 he was 6, 2 with long black hair and a stetson so you couldn't see his eyes he had a set of headphone slung around his broad shoulders connected to an I-pod in his pocket.
"Who's she" John asked us he stood in front of us
"Guess" was all Kenny said
"Long lost cousin twice removed" John joked
"oh so close, take a close look at her" all I did was stand there not knowing what to say which was surprising cause at the foster home they called me Chatty Cathy. John almost fell over back wards when the realization finally hit him. Though he straightened up quickly and pulled me into the second spine crushing hug that day.
"Hey, you still ride" John asked
"Duh" I said in his shoulder
"Good we were going to go search for Sassy want to come"
"Wait you mean my Sassy" I said as a smile spread across my mouth I was disappointed when I didn't see her in one of the stalls but now all that disappointment disappeared
"Yeah, once you, um, left Sassy found out how to unlock the stall door"
"Of course, I can't wait to see how much my baby girl changed." One I was seven my parents rescued Sassy as a foal and gave her to me saying I was ready for my own horse she was a chestnut Kiger mustang and had the must energy you'd ever see in a horse.
"Ok than you can take Rex" the first horse I saw in a stall
"Is the tack still in the same place" I asked
"Yeah" Kenny replied "every thing labeled with the horses name and you can use mom's old saddle it's the first when you see when you walk in the tack room"
"Ok" I said then walked in Rex's stall to start grooming him. For a second I stopped but Rex quickly nudged me with his nose to remind me
"I know" I said as I scratched Rex behind the ear than quickly finished grooming him a through his saddle and bridle on. As I lead him outside I meant up with Kenny who was riding gypsy a white Arabian while Johns black horse was tied to the hitching rail
"Wow john he's a beauty let me guess a 16 hand Nokota?"
"Nice his name is American pie but we just call him pie"
"Well he's a beauty even if his name is weird"
""hey do not diss American pie" He said trying to sound all hurt "can you guess his theme song" I acted like I was thinking then said "could it be American pie"
"Wow Kenny she's even a Einstein" than get all serious and said "now you guys head out I'll meet you up there"
"Kay" Kenny said as we took off"
Kenny and I mostly rode in silent till the last 5 minutes when Kenny started giving me the heads up to what I should expect.
