As Sam came to back to consciousness her eyes were still closed and she felt the hard cold ground beneath her. Had she rolled off the side of the cliff? She wondered. She heard two people's voices talking a few feet from her but her head was still too fuzzy to hear who they were or what they were saying. Suddenly her head began to clear and she recognized the two voices as Jake and Jen.
"You should've gotten Wyatt." She heard Jake say to Jen. "How was I supposed to get Wyatt if he wasn't home?" Jen replied argumentively. Jake and Jen were both Sam's friend but they had never been friends with each other due to the fact that they had two very different opinions and they both knew they were right. "We shouldn't be wasting time arguing." Jake said, "We need to -" Jake stopped mid sentence as he looked over and saw Sam slowly opening her eyes. "Sam!" Jake and Jen both said at the same time, rushing to her side to see if she was alright. Sam sat up slowly and looked around her and saw that she wasn't off the edge but would be if she moved a few inches sideways.
"Ow!" She exclaimed as she felt a pain shot through her head as she sat up. "Don't try sitting up." Jake told her," You hit your head." "Yeah. I think I know that by the pain in my head." Sam felt like saying. But she didn't, she just rested her head back on the ground and watched as Jake and Jen checked for broken bones. " Does anywhere else besides your head hurt?" Jen asked her. " Oh no. I just got thrown full force over a horses head and the rest of my body feels just dandy." Sam replied sarcastically. She saw Jake give her a hard look so she decided to give them a brake from her horrible sense of humor. "
"I'm pretty sore everywhere but I don't think anything's broken or dislocated." Sam said.
"We got to get her back to the ranch." Jake said looking over at Jen. "And just how do you suppose we are going to do that?" Jen asked him. Sam rolled her eyes at her friends arguing even in this serious situation. "You'll ride back to the ranch and call Wyatt if he's not back yet, and I'll bring Sam back on ranch." Jake stated the solution as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Your not supposed to move people when their injured!" Jen protested, obviously not wanting to be outdone. " I'll be careful. And Sam herself said she didn't think she was injured besides her head." Jake looked at Sam," You think you'll be alright riding with me on Witch?" "I'll be fine!" Sam said getting impatient. Her head was hurting and she was tired and just wished her friends would stop squabbling so she could get home.]
"Alright, ready?" Jake asked her as he helped her stand up. She nodded and looked at Witch, hoping she'd be calm so she could mount easily. Jake helped her mount Witch, who luckily gave them no trouble, and then he swung up behind her. Just as they were crossing the River Bend Ranch bridge Sam's eyelids began to feel heavy and she started to fall asleep. The last she remembered as she fell asleep was Jake handing her down into her Dad's arms and hearing Jake say," She got a bad knock on her head…..again".
It seemed like hours later when Sam finally woke up again. She realized she was in her room , luckily not in the hospital. Her head still ached but barely. She was just sitting up when Gram walked. "I figured you'd be awake soon." Gram said as she sat a bowl of soup on Sam's bedside table. "How are you feeling sweetie? Your Father and Jake and Brynna are down stairs waiting to see how you are. Jen's parents said she had to go home for supper but she'll back to visit tomorrow." "Okay." Sam replied slowly. "Is it alright for I tell them three to come on up?" Gram asked her. "Sure." Sam said.
Sam was wondering if her Dad was going to mad or…..when the three who had been waiting anxiously came in the room. "How you feeling Sweetheart?" Her Dad asked, bending down to hug her. "Pretty good." Sam replied. "Glad your alright, Brat." Jake said giving her a small smile. She was glad neither one of them seemed to mad at her… at least not yet. "The doctor came and checked up on you a few hours ago" Brynna said. "I don't remember that." Sam said. " Well that's probably cause you were half asleep." Jake said with a small laugh. "Anyways," Brynna continued, " You got a bad bonk on the head but you didn't get a concussion so you should be able to back to your normal self within a few days." Sam smiled. Maybe things wouldn't be as bad as she thought.
" But you did go flying off a horse and hit your head again." Wyatt reminded them all seriously. Sam wondered where he was going with this. Was he going to ground her from riding for who knows how long? Or worse… send her back to San Francisco? Her question was soon answered. " I don't know all the details of how this happened, and I will be discussing that with you when your feeling better, but either way you will be grounded from riding for the next month." Her Dad said very sternly. Sam was relieved he wasn't sending her back to San Francisco but she was still angry that he was giving her such a harsh punishment when he hadn't even heard her explanation. " Now don't look at me like that young lady," Wyatt said sternly," It's for your own safety. You've been doing real good the last year, and you've proven yourself to be a real cowgirl but I think you just need to be reminded not to go running off with your crazy ideas without thinking of whether they could half kill you or not." Sam's Dad had said so much at once that she didn't know whether to feel complimented by the first part or offended by the second part.
"Now we better go downstairs and let you rest Sweetheart." Brynna said before leading her Dad out of the room. Sam saw that Jake still remained in the room sitting on a chair a few feet from her bed.
"So, whats up?" Sam asked feeling awkward over the fact that this was pretty much the first time they had spoken since the fight. "Nothin." Jake replied. She should've known she wouldn't get him to talk.
Suddenly Jake spoke up. "I know this was my fault just like the first time." Jake said not looking at her. " I didn't watch you. Again."
Sam didn't know what to say. It had been her fault, and Jake was taking the blame as guilty…Again.
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