Kim POV

I entered the dojo to see Rudy sitting on the bench. His head hung low and he was muttering to himself quietly.

"What's wrong." I asked

"We aren't getting many new students or business in general." he responded.

"It's fine." I replied. " I don't want to burst your bubble, not that it isn't already popped but the reserve isn't getting many new animals." Just then Mika walked in.

"I thought about our problem so tomorrow I'm holding an open house for people to see what we do here." Mika said

"Do you really think that will work?" I asked.

"Positive." She stated walking out again.

The following morning was the open house. I have to say, I'm surprised that a lot of people showed up. I t was sunny so I settled on wearing a yellow sundress with brown heeled boots. (I love boots! :)

"If this turns out great, we could get a lot of business." I told Mika

"I didn't study business for nothing." Mika said winking at me.

"Wow, nice turn out." Jack said.

"Thanks to Mika." I replied.

"No thanks to Rudy."

"What do you mean." I asked.

"Well all this up with Rudy," He said gesturing to the large tent set out in a field in the reserve. "Wasn't easy. Rudy kept complaining about how he didn't 'have the right tools' to construct it. It kept falling down."

I laughed "Well you guys got it to stay up, that's good." He chuckled.

I walked over to Rudy who was frying hamburgers. "Care for a burger?" he asked holding out a plate.

"Thanks." I said happily accepting the burger. It may not seem like it, but Rudy is amazing with a grill.

By the end of the day, all we received were complements. We even got some new clients. Jack and Rudy began putting everything away after the last person left.

"Great open house Mika!" Grace exclaimed.

"Thanks." Mika said proudly.

Grace walked over to me. "Let's take a walk." She said grabbing my arm.

"Whoa. Slow down Grace!" I yelled as she dragged me along the path. "Were is the fire!" I said sarcastically.

Grace eventually slowed down. "Did you see who Rudy was talking with?"

I thought for a moment. "No one special that I could remember."

"Rudy was talking to Bethany." Sorry, didn't know the name so I'm going to refer to her as Bethany.

"So?"

"She owns a company that saves endangered animals."

"I know."

Grace sighed. "If she liked this open house, she might send some of those animals here! With someone like her, you could get more business!"

"I personally think Rudy and Bethany have crushes on each other." A voice said.

"Who's there!" Grace yelled. A young girl appeared.

"Oh hey Kelsey, what are you doing here."

"Just listening to your conversation." She replied. Kelsey is a family friend. We were also neighbors.

"Did we give you permission to listen to our conversation?" I asked.

"Not exactly. I wasn't eaves dropping though. I just happened to be walking by slowly and overheard your conversation."

"Sure." Grace said nodding. Kelsey rolled her eyes and walked back towards the field.

We walked in silence and got to a clearing. My mom made this clearing to support her favorite animals, the horse. Our Wildlife Reserve is different. We treat animals of all kinds whether they are emotionally damaged or physically damaged, we try to heal them.

My mom's favorite horse was Unicorn. (People who have watched Heartland, Unicorn...) Unicorn was my dad's horse but he left the horse with us when he left. Unicorn seemed depressed. Normally, Unicorn would be full of energy. Maybe he knows...somehow.

I took a deep breathe and moved my eyes over to look at the newest member of the herd. He was a smaller horse, smaller than the rest, he was a black stallion.

"It's getting late." Grace said interrupting my thoughts. "Come on, let's go."

I took one last look before following Grace towards the house. As I exited, I saw the sign. It read Crawford Family Wildlife Reserve. I thought about it for a moment. The title didn't fit anymore.

The next day, Grace was at my house obsessing over Brad. Brad was the nephew of Bethany and he was sent over to help with running the reserve. Bethany even allowed us to take care of a litter of wolf pups.

"I can't believe Brad is coming here! This is so exciting and I can't believe he's staying for the whole summer!" Grace ranted

"Calm down Grace! He's just a guy." I said calmly

"Just a guy! Kim! This guy is super hot! He's an amazing show jumper and he's super hot!"

"What's the big deal? He's going to be doing the exact same thing Jack's doing. He's here to work." I said emphasizing 'work'.

"I agree with Kim." Jack said. He seems to always come out of nowhere.

"Oh, you're just jealous!" Grace complained

"Sure, you keep thinking that." Jack said rolling his eyes. I laughed as he exited the room getting ready for another days work.

"When's Brad coming." Grace asked in a calmer voice.

"Tomorrow." I stated. "He's bringing his horse too so you might be able to see him show jump."

"That would be awesome! Doesn't he not live with his aunt?" She asked

"Yea, why?"

"Well that just means I can offer him a tour of Seaford."

"He's been to Seaford before."

"Too bad!" Grace said stomping off.

"What's up with her." Kelsey asked. Kelsey just shows up in our house randomly because she's usually home alone.

"Nothing of your concern." I replied.

Kelsey shrugged "Okay then, is Jack around?"

"At the dojo, why?"

"No reason." she said swinging her arms back and forth. Knowing her I asked,

"Do you like him?"

"What? No!" Kelsey said in a high pitched voice.

"Mhmm."

"You're just saying that because you have a crush on him."

"Are you sure you're not the one with a crush?"

"No.." Her voice trailed off. "He's too old for me anyway." She said. It was true. Kelsey was eleven, I was fifteen, Jack was seventeen and Mika was twenty-two. (Just thought I'd give you some ages.)

"Kelsey!" Rudy said. "Your parents called."

"Oh okay." Kelsey said rushing to the phone.

"You should get some work done as well." Rudy told me.

"Okay."

Not my best chapter but it'll do for now. Just thought I should get this chapter up. I need to catch up with all six seasons while the show is between seasons. Should have thought of this story ages ago!

Review and tell me what you think. The poll is still up please take it or I might have to leave you with a cliffy forever. The season ends with a cliffy.

Also tell me what you think of the animal. I made the Reserve multiple animals so I can include all the ideas. I might change the Reserve name so I can make it into an abbreviation.

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