Ch 3
After a few more minutes of putting away saddles and horses everyone was waiting to get to Jb's and catch up.
Veronica was in a state of pure bliss. She had finally come to terms with loving Scooter, and in doing so, she found out that he wasnt beneath her in social status at all.
"Scooter, can everyone come with us?"
"Come with you where?" asked Lisa.
"Yeah! Where were you going and not telling me!" Kristy fake pouted.
"Of course they can Veronica! That's an excellent idea, and I don't see why not!"
"Do you want to ask, or should I?" Veronica looked over to Scooter and then over everyone's slightly confused faces. "I just want to ask you all a very important question." Veronica looked to each person present. "Scooter's parents have invited us to come and visit them in Ireland. I want each and every one of us to come. It'll be the perfect way to celebrate a good friendship."
"That's incredible Veronica! We'd love to come!" Carole shouted almost forgetting they were in the diner.
"We have news of our own." Lisa managed to get out.
"What is that?" Kristy asked.
"The Saddle Club wants to invite Veronica and Kristy to become members." Stevie smiled nearly jumping up and out of her seat.
"Are you joking me?" Veronica blurted out. "This is great you guys! I would love to be involved! We could all come over to my place and hang out after lessons and get to know each other even better! Wouldn't that be awesome Kristy!"
Kristy looked too surprised for words.
"Yeah, it's something great alright. I just thought you guys hated us so much. And we didn't like you for the longest time either." She confessed to the grop.
"Yes, but that's all over now. We need to start over again. Become friends. Now that the stables are back and running, we can all look out for each other and the horses. Together." Lisa chimed.
"It's very kind of you three to open up to two new members. After all that you have been through." Scooter joked.
"Then it's settled! Veronica and Kristy, you are now both members of The Saddle Club.. Scooter, Red, Phil, you are all witnesses of these new members" Announced Carole to the table.
Kristy and Veronica only agreed to love and care for their horses as long as they lived, and to love and care for every horse thereafter. Which was no problem for either of them, they both loved their horses, Garnet and Bart very much, and all the horses at Pine Hollow as well.
"So someone said something about Ireland…" Stevie piped up.
This stirred so much laughter out of the table that nobody saw the food arrive.
"I'll send word to my mother and father straight away. Everyone be sure that it is okay to stay the summer in Ireland.