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Chapter 29 'Our Lucky Day!'

Disclaimer: Terri Farley owns all PS characters.....I own mine...I don't own Storm Chasers either!

Saturday September 6th, 2009 12pm

Chloe Pov

I paced back and forth waiting for Bryan to get here. Bryan had said he would be here by 11:30 and it was 12 now. I sighed, today was a nervous day. I had spent the night at Belle's with her, holding her while she cried, comforting her, waking her up when she would scream in her sleep.

It had a been a rough night on both of us. I had made Nick take Quinn home a little before 10pm because Belle didn't really want Quinn to see her crying like this so I just told him to go home. Surprisingly he hadn't put up too much of a fight.

I came out of my thoughts when I heard my bedroom door open. I turned around, it was Bryan, I smiled at him and went over to him. "Hey." I said before standing up on my tiptoes to kiss him.

"Sorry I was late, Nate needed help bringing the horses in so I gave him a hand. Holly and Soda were being a handful today." Bryan told me putting his arms around my waist, I leaned into him.

"It's alright. I'm just really nervous, I mean Belle just lost Iris and I'm going to bring a horse home today? What kind of friend am I?" I said sighing.

"Chloe, you had this planned before Iris was taken, Belle is your best friend and she will understand. Plus she's getting that stallion today or tomorrow right? She'll have a horse too." Bryan said comforting me a bit.

"Let's go find my dad." I said to him as we walked into the kitchen I heard a knock on the kitchen door. I went over and opened the door, surprised at who it was.

It was Belle. "Belle, hi!" I greeted my best friend, surprised. Belle looked a bit tired with small bags under her eyes, but her eyes held a bit of happiness in them. Belle was wearing light blue jeans that had a hole on her right knee and a gray shirt that had 3 quarters sleeves and fit her upper body perfectly. "Come in!" I opened the door wider so she could walk in and Bryan nodded at me as he walked away, to give us some privacy.

"Hey Chloe, I just wanted to thank you for staying with me last night." Belle said hugging me. I hugged her back tightly.

"No problem, that's what best friends are for." I smiled. "Have you seen my dad by the way?" I added.

"Oh yeah, he's over in our backyard talking to Glen." Belle answered. "He...he told me that you were going to get a horse today." Belle smiled a sad smile at me.

"Belle I'm so sorry if it's too soon--"I started to say but Belle interrupted me.

"Chloe, don't put your plans on hold for me! I'm so happy getting a horse! I mean I'll be getting Storm soon and then we can work them together!" Belle smiled again.

"So you're okay with it?" I asked warily.

"Of course! If you get a foal we'll have to get a new halter for her or him! Are you going to keep him/her in your backyard or in the pasture?" Belle asked curiously and I smiled.

"I was thinking in my backyard for awhile, Bryan was going to talk to you and Glen about maybe expanding the pasture so that the pasture would take up both of our backyards, my dad already agreed to it. My dad has been talking about maybe getting a older horse for him to ride and me to practice on." I told her excitedly.

"That's so awesome! I'm supposed to be getting Storm tomorrow, so by tomorrow we'll both have horses again." Belle said as excited as I was now. "Well I just came by to say thanks and pick a good horse Chloe!"

"I'll try my best, that's why Bryan is coming with me." I laughed. "See you in awhile, Belle." I waved as Belle walked back out the door and over to her house.


20 minutes later(Chloe Pov)

I stepped out of Bryan's truck and took a deep breath. I looked around at the corrals holding all the mustangs, I saw weanlings, yearlings, two year olds, mares and stallions. All in different colors bay, chestnut, black, white, Grey, paints, appaloosas, all kinds of colors.

I saw Norman White walk out of his office towards us and I looked at Bryan, unsure now. "Babe, it'll be okay. He can't stop you from adopting a horse." Bryan said reassuringly, then he grabbed my hand and held it.

"Good afternoon, are you here to adopt a horse today?" Norman White greeted us. My dad nodded at me, apparently I was going to be doing the speaking.

"Um, yes." I answered, feeling a bit shy. Norman motioned for us to follow him, so we did.

"Are you looking for a older horse? Maybe a weanling?" Norman asked me as we walked past the corrals.

"I'm leaning towards a weanling but I'm thinking about a yearling too." I told him. He stopped all of us by the weanling corral.

"Well if this is your first horse," Norman paused.

"It is." I replied.

"Then you probably want a weanling, they'll be easier to work with, they won't be used to making orders. And since it's a weanling they want someone to be with since their mother is gone and mustangs always know safety is in the herd." Norman said. I nodded, Bryan and Brynna had told me all this.

As we stood there, I heard a familiar neigh. I turned around and there she was. Everything just clicked then and I smiled. Maybe I would have a surprise for everyone.


Belle Pov(back at Glen's house...)

I decided maybe I should sign on AIM until Chloe got back. I walked into my room and sat down at my computer desk that now held my own computer.

When I signed on, I had 1 email that I decided I would check later.

I saw Laci was on, so was Seth, Sam, Jen, Nate, Nick were all on!

Bronc_Buster18(Seth)

Bend_them_poles_baby(Laci)

Nevada_Cowgirl(Sam)

Genius_Cowgirl(Jen)

CardinalsFan11(Nate)

Mustangs_QB(Nick)

Northern_Belle(Belle)

Bronc_Buster18: Hey Belle!

I froze as Seth IMed me, I still hadn't forgot about the incident from a few days ago.

Northern_Belle: Hey Seth...

Bronc_Buster18: I know you might not want to talk to me, but please check your e-mail, then maybe IM me?

Okay, so the e-mail I had was from him?

Northern_Belle: Okay, let me check it then I'll IM you.

I clicked on my e-mail and saw Seth's e-mail address. I clicked on his e-mail and it opened.

Dear Belle,

I'm so sorry for the way I acted the other day, I was desperate for you to listen to me that I didn't even really think about what I would say, it all just came out when I saw you. I should of understood that you like it there and you probably don't want to leave, and you don't want anyone else because you have Quinn. But I'm hoping we can still be friends and forget about all that happened because I'd hate to lose you as a friend because of my stupidity. Thanks for reading this!

Your friend, Seth.

I sighed as I finished reading it. Seth said he was sorry, and I would probably forgive him but I'm still a bit freaked out.

Northern_Belle: Seth, you know I forgive you.

Bronc_Buster18: Thanks Belle! I'm so glad you did!

Northern_Belle: No problem Seth, you're one of my best friends. But you know what? I really have to go right now, I'm waiting for Chloe to get home she's getting a horse today.

Bronc_Buster18: Okay, I'll talk to you later Belle.

I clicked out of his IM and sighed. I wasn't really waiting for her, I just wanted to get out of that IM, I decided then I would IM Nick, because I needed someone to talk to.

Northern_Belle: Hey Nickkkkkkk.

Mustangs_QB: Hey Belleeee.

I laughed as he IMed me back.

Northern_Belle: Whatcha up to?

Mustangs_QB: Not too much, researching for a report I have to do.

Northern_Belle: Oh I'm not bothering you am I?

Mustangs_QB: Naw. I need a break anyways, what are you up to Miss Belle?

Northern_Belle: Um, nothing. Talking to you, because I'm pretty much bored.

Mustangs_QB: Wait you're only talking to me because you're bored? :' (

I rolled my eyes.

Northern_Belle: NO! Of course not, I love talking to you! : ) you're my best friend in whole wide world Nick Mason!

Mustangs_QB: Aw that just makes my day! : P You're my new BFF Belle, forget Quinn! I mean you're way sexier than him, this has its advantages ; )

I burst out laughing at his IM.

Northern_Belle: Aw thanks Nick! Quinn won't be happy though, he'll be so hurt that I'm taking his place.

Mustangs_QB: Psh, who cares about him....lol...what's your opinion on best friends with benefits? : P

Oh my. I loved Nick, he was just too funny.

Northern_Belle: With you? Oh I like it : )

Mustangs_QB: Really? 'Cause I could come over right now ; )

Northern_Belle: Yeah, totally. There's no one I'd rather be best friends with benefits with than you, Sexy.

Oh, wow. I was flirting with my best friend's brother and my boyfriend's best friend but it was all just fun right?

Mustangs_QB: Okay, I'll be right over!!

Mustangs_QB has signed off. I held back a scream as Nick signed off. Holy crap, I was just kidding!

A few minutes later I heard a knock at the door. Oh my gosh, it couldn't really be Nick at the door could it?

"Belle!" I heard Glen call my name. I slowly got up from my computer desk and walked out to the living room, where I found Nick grinning like an idiot and Glen looking at us suspiciously.

"Nick, I was only kidding." I said laughing at him.

"No, I thought you were serious." Nick replied sarcastically. I put my hands on my hips at his tone.

"Then why are you over here?" I asked, Nick walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulders.

"Because dear Belle, I'm bored and so are you. Let's get on your computer and do stuff." Nick smiled.

"Like what?" I asked, I had never really hung out with Nick alone.

"Let's talk to your friends." Nick suggested.

"Don't you have any friends?" I asked raising my eyebrows.

"Sadly, you and Quinn are my only friends. I'm such a loser." Nick put his hand over his eyes and pretended to be sad.

"Maybe instead of football you should do drama." I suggested rolling my eyes as I walked towards the kitchen.

"Are you trying to say I'm dramatic?" Nick said, acting offended. Glen followed us into the kitchen, probably enjoying our stupid little argument.

"Um, yes." I replied grabbing a water out of the fridge.

"I am not." Nick argued.

"Whatever you say there Buddy." I patted his back and sat down at the table.

"My name is Nick, not Buddy." Nick grabbed a water for himself out of the fridge. Glen was still watching as he sat down, amused.

"Did you come over here just to bug me?" I asked, acting like I was irritated.

"Yep, it's the new goal of my life." Nick told me, then he sat down on my lap!

"What are you doing?" I asked in disbelief. Nick put his arms around my neck and held on.

"Belle, I've been meaning to tell you something." Nick said seriously, but of course in his eyes, there was humor.

"And what's that Nick?" I replied, trying not to roll my eyes.

"I love you Belle Johnson and I want you to marry me." Nick said this as I took a drink of my water and I almost choked on my water. Glen's mouth dropped open in shock. Nick got down on one knee then. "Will you marry me?"

I sat there, speechless. He had to be joking right? "Is this a joke?"

"I have a ring." Nick said pulling out a little tiny ring out of his pocket. "I got it out of one of those 50 cent toy machines, just for you."

"Oh that totally convinces me to want to marry you." I laughed rolling my eyes now.

"I know." Nick said. "I just thought I would try to beat my best friend. I mean I'm the one who deserves you." Nick pretended to be hurt.

"Oh, wow Nick. Are you on drugs?" I raised my eyebrows at him.

"No...I'm not on drugs; I'm on awesome!" Nick smiled at me. Wow this boy is just something else.

"If you want me to marry you, you'd better get a better ring than that one." I smiled and joked back, Nick was only trying to make me cheerful today.

"You mean I still have hope?" Nick joked.

"Maybe. I'll decide whether you or Quinn have the better ring." I winked at him. "How about we go and hang out in my room now?"

"Sure." Nick said getting up off the floor.

"Is that okay Glen?" I asked, since technically I should.

"It's fine, I was thinking maybe a little bit later we would go over to Katie's for dinner, me and her have something to tell you." Glen replied. They have something to tell me? Oh my gosh, I wonder what it is?!

"Okay, tell me when you want to leave." I walked with Nick down the hallway to my room. We walked into my room and Nick sat down on my bed while I sat down in my computer chair. "So, who are we going to talk to?"

"Is Quinn on?" Nick asked and I looked at my buddy list. It looks like he was on, Nate had signed off.

"Yep he's on!" I told Nick.

"IM him!" Nick exclaimed. I smiled and clicked on Quinn's screen name.

Northern_Belle: Hey Quinny.

Nevada_Cowboy: Hey Belle!

"Tell him I said hi!" Nick said.

Northern_Belle: Nick says hi.

Nevada_Cowboy: Nick's there?

Northern_Belle: Yep, he came over, and he proposed to me too.

Nevada_Cowboy:?? What is going on over there? Are you having an affair with my best friend?

Nick burst out laughing. "Sounds like Quinn is a bit jealous and suspicious."

"I would be a bit suspicious about us too." I said laughing along with Nick.

Northern_Belle: Quinn..what is your opinion on a 3 person relationship?

Nevada_Cowboy: Are you serious? Belle are you okay?

Northern_Belle: I'm perfectly fine Quinn Ely.

Nevada_Cowboy has signed off. "Oh crap! He signed off!" As soon as I said that my phone started ringing.

It was Quinn. I flipped open my phone, answering the call. "Hi Quinn." I smiled.

"Belle, sweetheart, is there something going on over there?" I was about to answer but Nick took the phone from me.

"Hey!" I protested.

"Hey Quinn, it's Nick." Nick layed back on my bed with my phone. I got up and went to my bed sitting next to Nick. "We're not up to much, I'm laying in Belle's bed and she's right here next to me."

I tried to listen for Quinn's response but couldn't hear. "Naw, nothing is going on. Oh by the way she's replacing you as my best friend. Belle is my best friend forever now, sorry Quinn." Nick was smiling about something. I reached out and smacked him, while grabbing my phone.

"Quinn, baby, don't listen to anything he says." I said into the phone. "He's been like annoying me since I IMed him earlier. Then he was asking me if I wanted to be best friends with benefits."

"He said what?" Quinn asked in shock. "He asked you to be his friend with benefits?"

"Hey, she wanted it! She called me sexy!" Nick shouted.

"You called him sexy?" Quinn asked, in mock hurt.

"I was only joking." I was holding back my laughter now. "Do you think you could come over Quinn? I'll ask Glen if you can."

"Go ask Glen and I'll ask my parents." Quinn answered. I handed the phone to Nick and ran out of my room and down the hallway to the living room where Glen was sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Hey Glen, can Quinn come over for awhile?" I asked plopping down on the couch next to him.

"That's fine Belle, you know Quinn's allowed over anytime." Glen replied.

"Thanks Glen!" I ran back to my room and grabbed the phone from Nick. "Are you there Quinn?"

"Yep, I'm here. My parents said I could come over." Quinn said.

"Glen said you could come over, so get your butt over here." I replied.

"Okay, I'll be over in 10-15 minutes." Quinn said hanging up. I closed my phone and layed back on my bed.

"Are you trying to get me in trouble with my boyfriend?" I asked Nick, looking at him.

"Naw, why would you say that?" Nick had a smirk on his face. I reached over and punched his shoulder.

"I liked it better when we didn't hang out." I told him seriously.

"That's mean Belle, that's very mean." Nick frowned.

"The truth hurts." I said shrugging. He looked like he was going to say something but he was interrupted by Nellie and Sophie running into my room barking. "What is up with you two? Do you need to go out?"

I got up and started walking towards the kitchen with the dogs and Nick following. I opened the kitchen door and the dogs ran out. It was kind of cool out today so I hoped it would be getting cooler soon, I sat down on one of the deck chairs and Nick did the same.

"It's going to start getting colder out." Nick said to me, as if he knew I was thinking about it.

"I'll be kind of happy about that, I'm so not used to this Nevada weather!" I pretended to fan my face with my hand.

"Okay Montana girl, doesn't it ever get hot in Montana?" Nick raised his eyebrows at me.

"Yes, it gets hot, but not like in the hundreds!!" I crossed my arms.

"This is a record high for us, usually it's not this hot." Nick said.

"Well if I'm still here next year, I hope I get used to this heat." I had been thinking about if I would be here next year, would I? Would I have to leave Chloe, Sam, Jen, and Nick behind? And what about Quinn?

"You'll be used to it in no time. By next summer you'll be so used to Nevada weather, Montana weather will seem so weird." Nick assured me.

"I hope I'll still be here next summer." I mumbled, while playing with a string from my shirt.

"Me too, because we all would really miss you if you had to leave. I don't want to think about how bad Quinn would be if you left. Do you think you're dad will let you stay even if they find the guy?" Nick asked.

"I don't know, it depends I guess. I really would miss you guys too, I mean now I'm on the basketball team, I'm getting Storm, I have Quinn and Nellie and living with Glen is awesome! I mean as much as I miss my dad and Laci, I really love it here." I sighed, truthfully, there was probably no way in hell my dad would let me stay.

"We'll fight for you." Nick smiled at me. I laughed out loud.

"I don't really think you can fight my dad." I smiled back at him. I heard a car door slam out front and figured it was probably Quinn. I got up and ran off the deck and went through the gate and ran around the side of the house. As I got to the front of the house I saw Quinn walking around his truck, I smiled and stopped, waiting for him to come to me.

"Hello beautiful." Quinn said to me before pressing his lips to mine. I kissed him back and wrapped my arms around his neck. A minute later he pulled away. "That was good."

I smiled again. "Yep it was. Always is." I grabbed his hand and pulled him all the way back to the deck with me and he sat down in one of the chairs and patted his leg. "You want me to sit in your lap?"

"Yep." Quinn smiled at me and pulled me down into his lap. I put my head on his shoulder and grabbed his hand with mine.

"Aw look at the two lovebirds!" Nick teased.

"Don't be jealous 'cause I'm with the most beautiful girl in the world and you're not." Quinn teased back. I rolled my eyes at them. "And hey, how comes you're taking my place as Nick's best friend?"

"Um, I don't know ask him." I pointed to Nick.

"She called me her best friend first, so then I called her my best friend." Nick shrugged.

"So if I call you my best friend, you'll call me you're best friend again?" Quinn asked.

"Maybe, I don't know, I mean look at Belle and look at you. As I said being Belle's best friend has it's advantages." Nick answered Quinn.

"Well that's whatever, at least I know I'm her boyfriend." Quinn kissed my cheek.

"You'll always be my boyfriend." I whispered in his ear and he put his arms around me and gave me a gentle squeeze.


A half an hour later..

We were all still sitting outside when I heard a truck and trailer pulling up. "I think Chloe's home!" I said excitedly. I couldn't wait to see her horse!!!

I saw Bryan's truck drive between the houses. He stopped right by the fence in front of us and rolled down the window. "Is it alright if we put her horse in the pasture?" Bryan shouted to me.

"That's fine! Glen doesn't mind." I shouted back running down the deck steps to open the pasture gate. Bryan drove over to the gate and then drove in the field and drove in a big circle and stopped, turning the truck off. Rob, Chloe and Bryan all got out of the truck and Chloe and Bryan walked back towards the trailer door. Rob walked towards me, Quinn and Nick smiling.

"Chloe picked a real good horse, I'm sure you all will love her." Rob told us.

"So she got a filly?" I asked, my voice a bit higher with excitement.

"Yep, a pinto filly." Rob said. "Why don't you go and help her unload her?"

"Okay!" I said before running towards the trailer. Chloe turned around at my footsteps and smiled almost nervously.

"I hope she'll be okay when we take her out." Chloe said to me.

"I'm sure she'll be fine, a bit worried at first but you'll do great with her." I replied confidently. Bryan motioned for Chloe to come over with the lead rope to the trailer door. She did and he opened the door just enough for her to get in and she went into the trailer. I heard her murmuring words to her horse and bit my lip, I couldn't wait for her to bring the filly out.

"Ready?" Bryan asked her and I heard a quick 'yes' from her. Bryan opened the trailer door and Chloe stepped out and then following her out of the trailer door was Iris, wearing a old looking halter. My mouth dropped open in shock and I gasped.

"Chloe! You adopted Iris!" I gasped out when I got my voice back. "That's awesome!"

Chloe turned to me. "You mean you're not mad?" Chloe asked biting her lip.

"Mad? Of course not! This is amazing! Now I know she's going to have a great home! You'll have Iris and I'll have Storm. Oh my gosh! I'll give you her halter and lead, and her bucket so you won't even have to buy it! I mean that's if you want to. Are you going to keep her name? I mean if you want to change it that's perfectly fine."

Chloe laughed. "I'm so glad you're happy about it! And if you don't mind I will take that halter, lead and bucket, yes I'm going to keep her name I would never change it!" Chloe sounded relieved. Chloe walked over to me with Iris.

"Hi Iris girl, how ya doing? Happy to be out of Willow Springs? Chloe is going to take such good care of you, I know it. You're so lucky girl, it's our lucky day! You don't have to go anywhere you'll still be at home, but you'll have a bigger home and Chloe will be taking care of you. Yeah pretty girl, it's a really good day." I said kissing Iris's nose.

"So Iris is back home huh?" I heard Glen's voice behind me. I turned around and saw Glen standing there with Quinn, Bryan, Nick and Rob with a smile on his face.

"Isn't it great?" Me and Chloe said at the same time. Chloe reached over and hugged me and I hugged her back.

"Let's go get that halter off and get her other one back on." I said to Chloe who walked to me with the shed. I grabbed Iris's halter out of the shed and handed it to Chloe.

"Well let's leave her halter off for now and let her run for awhile, I'm sure she's happy to be home." Chloe suggested and I nodded in agreement. Chloe slipped her Iris's halter and Iris shook her body and looked around for a minute then took off running around the pasture.

"Welcome home Iris." I said as we watched her run.


4 hours later(5pm)

I stepped out of the shower grabbing my towel and wrapping it around me. I was getting ready to go with Glen over to Katie's for dinner, I walked out of the bathroom to my room to get dressed.

Quinn, Bryan, Nick and Chloe had stayed up until a half an hour ago when I told them I had to go get ready for dinner with Katie and Glen. Quinn had told me to call him later and Chloe had said she would be over before I left so I could tell her how to feed Iris.

I opened my drawers and tried to decide what I should wear. I finally decided on a pair of dark blue jeans and a light purple short sleeved v-neck shirt. I also put on my neon blue converses and put my hair up in a loose bun.

I threw my towel in my clothes basket and left my room. I walked down the hallway and saw Glen standing in the kitchen. "Hey, I'm just going to tell Chloe how to feed Iris and then I'll be ready to go."

"That's fine, I'll be in the truck when you're done." Glen said walking out of the kitchen. I went out of the kitchen door and saw Chloe and Rob in the pasture with Iris.

"Hey guys!" I called out as I got closer. Chloe waved at me and so did Rob, I walked through the pasture gate and we all headed towards the shed, even Iris who knew it was dinner time. "Chloe I made up a little chart for you so you know what to give her, I mean I'll be here like 99% of the time but if you ever have to feed her alone you can look at it and know. Since it's summer still and she has a lot of grass, she doesn't need that much feed, I would give her half a scoop of grain and half a scoop of oats. She's young still so it's not like she'll lose any needed weight."

"Well you're the horse girl and Bryan said listen to you." Chloe smiled. "Nick knows what kind of feed you get so that won't be a problem and I was thinking we could use separate barrels/cans so we keep track of how much feed we use and I mean you might use a different feed for Storm and I use another for Iris."

"That's the easiest solution, that means we'll both be buying our own feed and we can use whatever we want to. Well do you have any questions or anything?" I asked her and Rob.

"How much do you want for the feed I'm using for Iris?" Chloe asked.

"Nothing. You saved her, that's enough for me and it's not like I would be using it anyways, we can both use it until it runs out then you can just buy your feed and I'll buy mine." I replied.

"Thanks Belle, you're the best." Chloe said happily.

"No problem, if you want I have some hay bales on the other side you could give her a couple of flakes of hay in her stall too." I told Chloe. Chloe nodded. "Alright we'll if that's all I'm gonna go and not keep Glen waiting too long, here's the chart," I said handing Chloe the chart. "If you want you can hang it up over the feed barrels and I'll see you later."

I waved to them as I ran out of the pasture and out to the front of the house to Glen's truck. I got in the truck and shut the door, then buckled my seat belt. "You tell 'em everything?" Glen asked.

"Yep, she'll be fine." I said as he pulled away from the house and towards the small highway that would take us to Katie's.

"Katie was wondering if next weekend if you wanted to ride her friend's horse in a claiming race at the Darton fairgrounds next Friday?" Glen looked at me.

"Sure, what kind of race?" I asked.

"A barrel race." Glen said, looking at me again for my reaction.

"That'd be cool, I miss riding in barrel races." I sighed, I really did...

"Katie can tell you about the horse at dinner and you can come over and ride her everyday this week if you want." Glen told me. Her? I haven't ridden a mare in a while..I couldn't wait!

Glen turned left into Katie's farm and pulled up to the house and turned the truck off. I got out with him and I saw Katie running up from the barns to meet us. "Hey Glen, Belle!" Katie said as she reached us. "Ready for some dinner?"

"Yes we are." Glen smiled affectionately at Katie. I hid my smug smile from them, they were such a cute couple. Katie opened the door for us and led us to a dining room where her father was sitting down some cheeseburgers and hot dogs and a big bowl of French fries.

"I thought I would do something simple so I hope you guys like cheeseburgers and hot dogs." Katie said smiling at me.

"It smells amazing. I haven't ate all day!" I laughed as I told Katie this.

"Well let's sit down and eat!" Mr. Sterling said winking at me. We all sat down and grabbed our own plates and got food, I got a cheeseburger and a handful of fries with some ketchup.

"So did Glen ask you about riding my friend's mare in the claiming race Friday?" Katie asked me as she popped a fry in her mouth.

"Yeah and I decided that I really want to. Could you tell me a bit about the horse?" I took a bite of my cheeseburger.

"She's a young mare, only 6. She's just starting out on barrel circuit, my friend would keep her but she just doesn't have the time for a young horse and she wants Bree to find a good home. Bree is a Appendix Quarter Horse(Is that what it is or Appendix horse?), she's 15.2hh, she's a red chestnut color, she's a true sweetheart but she is very hyper especially before a race. Sometimes when you're coming around the 3rd barrel she'll throw a buck or two if you don't push her." Katie told me.

"Sounds like a good horse." I said taking a drink of my water Katie had gotten me. "Can I come over Monday and start riding her since I'm getting Storm tomorrow?"

"Sure that'd be great! Maybe I could get you up on Spirit again this week too? He has a show coming up soon and I want him to be in shape." Katie suggested.

"Sure, I love riding Spirit. I want to be in top shape too if I'm going to be riding Friday and working with Storm." I said to Katie.

I saw everyone was now done their dinner. Katie and Glen looked at each other and it looked like they were having a silent conversation then they turned to me and Katie's dad.

"Belle, Dad, Glen and I have something to tell you." Katie said taking a deep breath and grabbing Glen's hand.

"Yes?" Katie's dad encouraged.

"Glen asked me to marry him and I said yes!" Katie blurted out and then broke into a smile as did Glen. My mouth dropped open in shock, oh my gosh! They were getting married! Katie and Glen blurred and I realized I had tears in my eyes. "Belle?" Katie said my name sounding worried. I waved her worry away.

"I'm happy! Really I am." I said wiping my eyes. "You're getting married!" I got up and hugged Glen and Katie. Katie's dad(Let's call him Drew because I don't think he ever had a name!!)Drew smiled and hugged Katie and shook Glen's hand.

"I had a feeling this would happen." Drew said happily. "I'm glad it's you that's marrying my Katie, Glen."

"I realize I probably should of asked you first Drew, but I just really wanted to ask Katie." Glen said apologetically.

Drew waved it off. "Nonsense, Katie is a grown girl and she makes her own decisions."

"When did you get engaged?" I asked curiously.

"The other night. But with everything with Iris, we didn't want to tell you yet and I wanted to have you over for dinner anyways!" Katie answered me. "Oh and I heard Chloe adopted Iris, tell her I said congrats!"

I had one big question on my mind....Where would we live? At Glen's house or here at Katie's? Not that it would matter much...I mean it was about the same distance. "Are you going to move to Glen's or are we moving here?" I blurted out before I could stop myself.

Katie and Glen smiled at me, understanding. "I was thinking I could move in with you and Glen. It's a 5 bedroom house so there's plenty of room and I'd love to be apart of your family Belle."

"I'm so glad you two are getting married! I mean who could ask for a better sister in law!" I smiled at Katie. She really would be an awesome addition to the 'family'.

"I'm glad you are happy about the engagement Belle, we were both worried about your reaction. I mean you've had so much change in your life that one more change could be terrible." Katie said, obviously relieved that I was happy.

"There is no way that I could upset about this!" I told them.

"This calls for some chocolate cake from Clara's and wine!" Drew declared. "It's just a good thing I bought a cake from Clara today, freshly made."

My mouth watered at the thought of chocolate cake from Clara's. Glen helped Drew bring in the cake and a bottle of wine. I noticed that Drew had four wine glasses.

"I think that we should let Belle have a bit." Drew said winking at me. I smiled back.

"I don't think one glass will hurt." Glen chuckled. Wow, my first glass of wine! Drew poured wine in all four glasses and handed me a glass. They all watched me as I took my first sip, the wine was sweet, very sweet so it tasted pretty good. "Is it good?"

I nodded. "Very sweet. I like it."

"Now don't go getting addicted to alcohol Missy." Glen shook his finger at me jokingly then handed me a plate with a piece of chocolate cake.

I slowly ate the cake, savoring every bite, because it was amazing. Clara's food was always amazing! I took another sip of the wine and silently listened as Glen, Katie and Drew discussed dates for the wedding, where they would have it, who they would invite...

As soon as I was done my cake and wine I sat back, very happy. "Well I think I better get Belle home, it's about six thirty and I have to be up at 3am for Emergency Vet Duty." Glen said standing up, and Katie stood up with him.

"I'll be in the truck when you're ready Glen." I said getting up. "Bye Katie, Congratulations again!" Katie came over and gave me a quick hug.

"See you on Monday after your basketball practice." Katie said pulling back. Drew came over and gave me a quick hug.

"Bye." I walked out of the dining room and out to the truck, ready to wait for Glen.


Later on...10:30mpm.

I yawned as I watched Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel, I had been up since 7 am this morning and was getting very tired. I was waiting for Quinn to call me so I could go to bed, I had called him earlier to tell him about Katie and Glen(I had told him to keep it a secret too) and he said he would call me later after he watched some football game with his brothers.

A few minutes later, just as I turned the TV off and walked to the kitchen my phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and it was Quinn. "Hey baby." I smiled as I answered the phone.

"Hey sorry the game ran a bit longer than expected." Quinn sounded apologetic.

"It's fine, I was watching Storm Chasers anyways." I opened the fridge and grabbed a water bottle.

"Was it good?" Quinn had recently learned my love of Storm Chasers and Reed on Storm Chasers.

"Yep. Reed got hurt though, Reed and his crew were in the middle of a tornado and then his window broke and he and his friend in the front seat got their faces cut!" I told him walking back to my room quietly.

"Ouch. You couldn't pay me enough to do that." Quinn said.

"Well it must be really exciting and thrilling and you're finding out these things about tornadoes that no one knows! I mean that's pretty awesome." I argued as I shut my door and changed into my Pj's.

Nellie wagged her tail at the end of the bed as I slid in my bed while talking to Quinn. "So will you come over tomorrow when I come home with Storm?" I asked quietly.

"Sure babe. What time are you getting him?" Quinn asked.

"I'm getting him at 10:30, so can you be here around 11?" I said to Quinn.

"Sure, do you think you should be getting to bed? I'm not trying to get away from you but you sound tired and you're gonna have to get up early so maybe you should go to sleep." Quinn suggested.

"I guess I should. I'll miss you Quinn." I sighed, I missed him so much! "I love you Quinn."

"I'll miss you too Belle, and I love you too. Night Belle." Quinn said softly.

"Night Quinn." I hung up. I put my phone on my nightstand and set the alarm clock, then turning out my light, I went to sleep after a exciting and amazing day!


Author's Note: Hi everyone! Chapter 29 is finally up!!! Sorry it's been so long, I had MONO! Lol, seriously I did(and I wasn't even kissing anyone! lol) and if you've ever had it, it hurts your throat so bad and I had so many headaches, I couldn't write, I didn't even want to be awake..anyways enough of my complaining..I've recently been writing my own personal story(I made up all on my own!) so that's been taking me away from Ripped Pictures too. Sorry, but I was just so inspired to write that story that I put this on hold for a bit, and I was writing for my other stories. I probably won't update this again until after Christmas(unless I have an inspiration again!!) so MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!! Hope you have a great and safe holidays!

Does anyone else on here live on the East Coast(I live in Maryland) and we got TONS of snow! Like over 2 feet!

How did you like Nick and Belle's little argument/banter?

What do you think of what Chloe did?

What do you think of Katie and Glen's announcement?!?

Please review!! This chapter was 13 pages and almost 7000 words long! Hope you like it and again please review!!

For Readers of Juliet's Moon: Update will be coming soon! Hope to be before Christmas, but not sure! It will be soon!

For Readers of This Is My Life: Update probably will be before Christmas too, because I already have 7 pages written up on that!

If you read any of my Twilight Stories(Racing Hearts Or Rescuing Me) I'll try to update soon!

And for anyone who reads Jillian's Miracle, I'll be posting the next chapter soon, before 2010!