Something hard nudged me in the stomach. I opened my eyes and Jackson was standing above me. I smiled and got to my feet, petting him all over. He survived the colic! I jumped onto his back and he reared up, neighing. I smiled and did a yee-haw. Hunter jumped to his feet as I was loving on Jackson. Hunter grinned at me, happy to see me so happy. I jumped off of Jackson and kissed him softly on the nose. "I love you."
Hunter wrapped his arms around my waist, smiling. I leaned back onto him and tilted my head up, kissing him softly on his neck. "And I love you too." Hunter picked me up and turned me around, walking out of Jackson's stall and up to the house. We entered the house quietly and he led me to my room, throwing me on the bed.
I smiled at him as he crawled in bed with me, laying his head on my shoulder. Everything was good.
Morning
Hunter woke me up somewhere around six in the morning. He said that Edward wanted to take me out for a ride. I sighed, getting dressed and ready, and went to saddle up Lighting. Lighting is only 6 years old, but she's a good Hanoverian. Edward surprisingly already had Tilly tacked up and ready to go. I hurriedly got on Lighting and trotted to catch up with him.
"You wanted to go out on this ride why?" I asked him, leaning back in the saddle and relaxing.
"I just wanted to talk. Be friends, ya know." He said, ruffling his already ruffled hair. "So, does Brooke have a boyfriend?" He asked, cautiously of course. I shook my head.
"No. She just got out of an abusive relationship I guess. But there's something you need to know. Nobody in this family puts up with shit. If you start acting shady and flaky she's gonna dump your ass. We aren't fake and we are tough bitches." I told him, cantering off into the pasture with him behind me. I got positioned in the saddle to jump over the creak. Edward attempted. We both leapt over it graciously.
"Can I ask you something?" Edward asked as we walked through the trees and forest. I shrugged. "Why are you so stubborn and mean?" I sighed, thinking about it.
"I guess its because I've never had anything come to me easily and I have had to work for everything." Edward nodded, as if he was understanding me. "When I first met you guys, I didn't like you and I was jealous. You got everything you wanted while I sat and sweated my ass off throwing hay off the second floor of a barn to make 10 dollars. And your parents just seemed to love you so much." I explained.
"You don't think your parents love you?" He asked as we swerved through trees.
"I know they love me. But we never go out riding together like we use to. And when Hunter went to war, they didn't really seem to care. Charlie told Hunter and I that when we get married, we have to get our own house and we aren't allowed to live in the house we are in now. So, I'm using money that I saved up since I was thirteen and Hunter and I just fell in love to build us a house right here." I told him, stopping Lightning in a open field.
"You may think we got everything handed to us, but we didn't, fully. I worked my ass off to get my car and everything I had back and once I proved it to them that I can handle money, they started giving me things. It doesn't matter if your spoiled or poor, it matters what you make out of life and how you live." I smiled at Edward.
"Becoming a fortune cookie now?" He laughed. Something moved in the bushes in front of us. I had my shot gun out, ready. "who's there?" I hollered out, taking my aim at the bush.
Something sharp bit into my leg and I cried out, looking down into the autumn burnt eyes of a wolf.
