On Horseback

Chapter 28: Learning To Grow


--- The heavy rain came back for another few days. I sighed and just sat by the window, staring outside. I was so sick and tired of the constant rain. I mean, I didn't really mind it, but it got annoying when it continued for days without any sunlight.

--- Spring 26th was the day that the rain came to a halt. The Flower Festival had been cancelled because of the rain, which in my opinion, truly sucked. Popuri said that she was the angriest out of the village, and I let her have that one. She adored that festival.

--- Jack and I decided that Spring 29th was going to be a day devoted to our kids, and only our kids. Both of them had begun crawling around the house, which meant that they could easily entertain themselves now. The majority of the time anyways.

--- Amber tried crawling the couch beside the staircase to the roof, but fell off of it. I screamed (What else?), and ran over to my baby girl. Luckily, she didn't cry or anything. The only thing that came from her mouth was a small groan. I sighed in relief, and picked her up. I didn't want her trying to do that again.

--- I got her bottle, and gave it to her. Amber was definitely one of those milk-lovers. On average, she drank about six bottles a day. Carlos only had about two, which the midwife said was not enough, but no matter how hard he tried, we were both unable to get him to drink anymore.

--- Both of the kids were active and both loved adventure. Amber enjoyed climbing the furniture and standing herself up, even though she would fall back down after a split second. Carlos was a jumper. He would lift himself up, jump, and land back on all fours. He also liked to try and outrace both of his parents. He never won though.

--- "Isn't your father coming in two days?" I asked Jack that evening at dinner. The kids had been put to sleep.

--- "Yep, so tomorrow we've got to tidy this place up. I want it to be nice and presentable for when he comes. I hope I pass his judgement test though, or we may lose the farm."

--- My eyes widened. "WHAT?"

--- Jack began laughing. "Nah, I'm just kiddin' with you, honey."

--- I glared at Jack. "Don't ever do that again."

--- We had one whole day to get the place ready for the father visit.


AUTHOR'S NOTES: Well, that's it! Just to start off, if you're wondering where the lines had to come from suddenly, Fanfiction (AGAIN!) is changing how to upload documents, so I can't indent, which is kind of annoying, considering that these were the last two chapters! XD Oh well!

With only one chapter reaming, I'd like to give my thanks (and flames) to the following people:

Ann Fan, thanks for giving me the idea of Ann having two children instead of one. Thanks for reading the story right to the end too.

Julianne, thanks for giving me some of the chapter titles, and for reading some of the story.

Aquamarine, for reading the story. Are you sure it wasn't you that left all of those weird "happy birthday to me" reviews? :P

Radicalpony, a few things for you. A review is to comment on the story, not to freaking comment what other people have said about the story! Don't leave meaningless reviews that are completely unnecessary!

I guess...actually, nah. Those are all my thanks and flames. XD

So, thanks for reading Ann's story right to the end!