Chapter 7
There stood Jake holding a fully tacked Ace.
"But how?" I stammered.
"Merry Late Christmas honey." Wyatt and Bryanna said in unison behind me.
I turned to face them. "But…you said…" I ran over and gave my father and stepmother a hug. "Thank you so, so, so much."
"Go on I know your dieing to go ride so go and tell us how it is." Wyatt said pushing me toward my horse. The saddle was a black with small silver accents. Lightly I took the new reins from Jake and pulled myself up to settle in the new seat. It was soft and had a decent cushioning to it. That's when I realized that it was brand new.
"You know what cowgirl?" Jake said from next to me.
I looked down at him in amazement and shook my head.
"Something looks wrong, out of place." He said with a smile, "here try this." He reached up and pulled my hat off replacing it with one he had sitting on the fence. I pulled the hat off and examined it. It was made of a dark black velvet with a small silver band around the base.
"Wow" I said setting hat back on my head before swing off my horse and wrapping my arms him. I looked up into his deep brown eyes and couldn't think of a happier moment in my life.
"Ready to go yet brat?"
"Yeah seeing as how I need to show you how a real cowgirl rides." I said swing back up into my new saddle.
On the range some time latter
"Hey, Sam?"
"Yeah." I said looking over at Jake.
"So do you really like that hat?"
"I love it really."
"Good." He said turning to back to face the open range.
"Hey cowboy lets see how good your horse really is." I said.
"My horse can beat your old pony any day cowgirl." He said looking at me with a spark in his mustang eyes.
"Oh we'll see about that." I said as I pushed Ace into a lope. When I looked behind me I saw that Jake and Godiva were only a few strides behind us. "Come on boy lets see what they're made of." I loosened my reins before kicking Ace into a full gallop. We raced across the dessert neck and neck for what seemed like hours before simultaneously pulling our horses into a gentle jog.
"We should probably head back." Jake said as he looked at the slowly setting sun.
"Yeah I guess you're right." I said sighing.
