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Amy gulped. She felt Ty's breath on her neck and shivered. "Move back slowly." Amy stepped back wards. The mountain lion advanced. Ty grabbed the pitchfork and showed it to the mountain lion. The mountain lion growled. Amy glanced at the horses. They were snorting and crowed at the back of their stalls. "Ty the horses are scared." Amy walked to the stalls. The mountain lion jumped towards Amy. Ty chased it out of the barn and went to check the chicken coop. He quickly came back in the barn and closed the door.
Ty looked at Amy. "Are you ok?" Amy tried to nod but she was shaking like a leaf. Ty come over to her. He put his arm around her. Amy leaned against him. Ty led Amy to the house. He opened the door. Amy walked in and Ty followed her. Jack looked at Amy's pale face. "What's wrong?" Ty looked at Amy. "There was a mountain lion by the barn door and it came into the barn but I chased it off."
Amy nodded quietly and walked to her room. She sat on her bed. She remembered when a mountain lion had attacked her dad's horse Pegasus in the pasture. She rubbed her eyes and laid back. Someone knocked on her door. "Come in." Ty opened the door. "Are you ok?" Amy shook her head. "It's just that Pegasus, my dad's horse, was attacked by a mountain lion and we had to put him down." Ty nodded sadly. "I'm sorry." He put his arm on her shoulders. She leaned her head on his chest. Ty hugged her. Amy closed her eyes and tried to stop the flow of tears that came out. She quietly cried on his chest. Ty just rocked her back and forth.
Amy said good night to Ty when he left her room. She fell asleep soon after. She was plagued with nightmares. She dreamt that she was watching Pegasus getting attacked by the cougar again. She jolted awake. Amy looked at her clock. The red numbers glared at her. They read 2:45 A.M. Amy sighed and got up. She walked down to the living room and was about to go outside when a voice stopped her. "Amy I wouldn't do that if I was you." Amy turned around. "Ty?" "Yeah. Jack let me stay on the couch just in case the mountain lion was still around." Amy nodded. She went and sat down on the couch beside Ty.
"Why are you still up?" Ty asked. "I could ask you the same thing." Amy teased. Ty's green eyes searched her's. Amy had the impulse to reach out and kiss him. "I had a nightmare about Pegasus." Ty nodded. Amy attentively leaned forward and put her head in his lap. He didn't do anything. She sighed softly. He rubbed small circles on her head. Amy slowly closed her eyes. She slowly fell asleep in Ty's lap.
Amy woke up in her bed. She yawned. Her alarm clock read 7:30. Amy jumped out of bed. "How could I have slept till 7:30." She muttered to herself. She quickly got dressed and went outside. She saw Ty cleaning out the stalls. "Sorry I didn't wake up earlier and help with the chores." Ty shrugged. "It's fine. Jack and Scott went to find the cougar and Lou is out shopping then she said she was going to talk to your guy's dad." Amy nodded. "So do you want to go riding after I take Spartan for his walk?" Ty smiled. "Sure. I think Spartan's leg is healing." Amy grabbed Spartan's halter and lead rope. She slipped in his stall.
Amy briskly walked alongside Spartan as he walked back to the barn. Spartan shook his mane. Amy smiled and quickly took a brush over his body. When she finished she put Spartan in his stall. She smiled to Ty. "I'm going to take Busted. Who are you going to take?" Ty glanced at the stalls. "I'll take Candy." Amy smiled. She ran to the tack room and grabbed her black western saddle and bridle. She saddled Busted in record time and waited outside. She smiled and blushed. Ty smiled and leaned towards Amy. He kissed her cheek lightly. Amy laughed and nudged Busted into a trot. Ty followed behind her. Amy let Busted gallop through the meadow. "Race you." Amy yelled over her shoulder. Busted lengthen his strides. Candy suddenly appeared at Busted's side. Busted shook his mane. There was a log in their path. Busted suddenly skid to a stop. Amy flew over his head. She landed on her left knee and shoulder. She heard Ty come running over to her. "Amy! Amy can you hear me?" Amy groaned. "Yeah. I can."
Amy leaned against the log that Busted had shied away from. Ty had caught him and tied him beside Candy. Amy leaned against Ty. Ty gently rubbed Amy's back. "Does your knee hurt?" Amy nodded. "A bit." Amy shakily stood. Ty helped her. Busted whinnied. Amy went to get on Busted but Ty looked at her. "No Am. You ride Candy. I'll ride Busted." He gently grabbed Busted's reins and handed Candy's reins to Amy. Amy smiled weakly at him. She got in the saddle. They walked or trotted the rest of the way home. When they got to the barn Ty helped her unsaddle Candy. They then turned out the horses.
Amy looked at Ty. "What should we do now?" Ty glanced at her. "We should probably ice your knee." Amy nodded. She walked to the house followed by Ty. "Sit down." Ty instructed. Amy sat down. Ty put some ice on her knee. Amy sighed softly. After her knee was iced Ty and she went to the barn to feed the horses. When they finished they heard two trucks pull in. Amy and Ty went to the house.
Lou smiled when they entered. "Dinner's ready." They all sat down. Amy looked at Jack and Scott. "Did you find the mountain lion?" Jack nodded. "We caught him and handed him over to the BLM." Lou looked over at Scot lovingly. "I thought we could visit Mom's grave sometime since Amy didn't get to go to the funeral." Lou said softly. Amy gulped. The phone started ringing. Amy leapt to grab it. "Hello." "Oh my goodness." She heard a voice like Soraya exclaim. "Soraya! What?" "Ben is coming to town and I thought that you and Ty could come on a double date with us?" Amy smiled. "Let me ask him." She hung up.
When Ty and Amy finished dinner they went to check on the horses. They sat together on a hay bale. "Ty, Soraya wants to know if you and I would want to join her on a double date." Ty's face light up. "Sure."