Chapter 10
"Alex", yelled Claire. "Get your cute ass up here right now". "OH no, what did I do now", Alex whispered to Meg. Meg just chuckled and laughed to herself. Alex trudged up the stairs to Claire's room. "What is it now", Alex said. "You have just dropped your dirty jeans all over my room and now my room stinks. Don't you know how to put clothes in a washing machine - oh that's right you had a mother to do all that", Claire rambled on, only stopping when Alex's mouth descended on her's. "Mmmm". She pulled away and continued "That is not going to get you out of it, I am being serious you really need to learn, you know that I am not the sort of woman to pick up all you clothes". "Yeah I know it is just I am so excited about tonight I kinda forgot about the clothes", Alex whimpered as well as pulling the puppy eyes that Claire could not resist. "Ok you are forgiven but do not do it again", Claire sternly said. They continued kissing and were missing for at least an hour. Ever since Claire and Alex had got engaged they had been inseparable, Alex only went home just to get more clothes and to spend time with Liz. They had not set a date for the wedding and were not really worried about one. When they finally came downstairs they spent the rest of the day organising things for the big drove they were leaving on the next day. Alex finally found Claire looking at Blaze her golden mare who was heavily pregnant with her first foal. "Hey where have you been, I have been looking for you everywhere", Alex asked. "Just been watching Blaze, I am so worried about her, I think that I had better stay here and keep an eye on her", Claire said. "No you are just being over protective, she will be fine", Alex said trying to convince Claire. "We both need to be on this drove, it will do you both me and you good and get out of civilization and sleep under the stars", Alex whispered in her ears. "Ahhhhhh, you've convinced me, Blaze will be ok. If anything happens Nick is just a phone call away and he probably will be here anyone with Tess". "Come on let's go to bed, we need our sleep for tomorrow", Alex said.
Chapter 11
The next morning Claire and Alex got up and went and saddled up the horses and waited for everyone else to get up. Meg and Becky were also going as well as Terry and Brick. Brick and Terry were due any minute and Meg and Becky would be up at any time soon. When Brick and Terry arrived Claire went and said one last goodbye to Blaze and Terry went and found out what was keeping Meg and Becky. They soon were on there way with Meg driving the truck and trailer with the supplies on it and the rest of them riding their horses.
Chapter 12
They had been travelling for 3 hours when Claire noticed that her horse was starting to sweat and pant heavily. "Alex, wait up", Claire yelled nervously. She did not want anything to happen to this horse as it used to be her fathers. "What, what's wrong", Alex yelled out. "Sirocco is sweating and panting heavily, I think he needs a break", Claire nervously said. Alex could see that she was worried and cantered over to Claire to take a look at Sirocco. He instantly could see that the horse was in distress. "Claire hop off", let him have a break. Claire instantly jumped off and loosened his girth. "Meg, Terry, Brick and Becky stop and round up the herd. We are stopping here for the night", Alex said into the radio. Alex knew that the second most important thing on a drove was the horse, the first being food and water and he also knew how much Sirocco meant to Claire. "Alex what could be wrong with him, he has never done this to me before", Claire said worryingly to him. "I don't know, come on lets get the horses comfortable". Meg soon arrived with the supplies and they all got busy with setting up the camp for the night while Claire tried to cool her beloved horse down. Several hours later, when he had finished setting up, Alex went and saw how Claire was going with Sirocco down by the creek. When he got to the creek he saw that Sirocco was much worse despite the cooling down he was receiving. Claire had him knee deep in the creek sponging him and he was still panting like he had just run 10 kilometers in the heat. "Oh, Alex what I am going to do, he is worse and I don't know what to do". She ran up into his arms. Sobbing as she went. "We are miles from home and we have no supplies for this sort of thing and if I lose him I don't know what I will do". "Hey Hey Hey don't think like that, he will get better, we will find a way to make him better", Alex said soothingly to her. They stood there for a couple of minutes just taking comfort from each other.
"Alex", yelled Claire. "Get your cute ass up here right now". "OH no, what did I do now", Alex whispered to Meg. Meg just chuckled and laughed to herself. Alex trudged up the stairs to Claire's room. "What is it now", Alex said. "You have just dropped your dirty jeans all over my room and now my room stinks. Don't you know how to put clothes in a washing machine - oh that's right you had a mother to do all that", Claire rambled on, only stopping when Alex's mouth descended on her's. "Mmmm". She pulled away and continued "That is not going to get you out of it, I am being serious you really need to learn, you know that I am not the sort of woman to pick up all you clothes". "Yeah I know it is just I am so excited about tonight I kinda forgot about the clothes", Alex whimpered as well as pulling the puppy eyes that Claire could not resist. "Ok you are forgiven but do not do it again", Claire sternly said. They continued kissing and were missing for at least an hour. Ever since Claire and Alex had got engaged they had been inseparable, Alex only went home just to get more clothes and to spend time with Liz. They had not set a date for the wedding and were not really worried about one. When they finally came downstairs they spent the rest of the day organising things for the big drove they were leaving on the next day. Alex finally found Claire looking at Blaze her golden mare who was heavily pregnant with her first foal. "Hey where have you been, I have been looking for you everywhere", Alex asked. "Just been watching Blaze, I am so worried about her, I think that I had better stay here and keep an eye on her", Claire said. "No you are just being over protective, she will be fine", Alex said trying to convince Claire. "We both need to be on this drove, it will do you both me and you good and get out of civilization and sleep under the stars", Alex whispered in her ears. "Ahhhhhh, you've convinced me, Blaze will be ok. If anything happens Nick is just a phone call away and he probably will be here anyone with Tess". "Come on let's go to bed, we need our sleep for tomorrow", Alex said.
Chapter 11
The next morning Claire and Alex got up and went and saddled up the horses and waited for everyone else to get up. Meg and Becky were also going as well as Terry and Brick. Brick and Terry were due any minute and Meg and Becky would be up at any time soon. When Brick and Terry arrived Claire went and said one last goodbye to Blaze and Terry went and found out what was keeping Meg and Becky. They soon were on there way with Meg driving the truck and trailer with the supplies on it and the rest of them riding their horses.
Chapter 12
They had been travelling for 3 hours when Claire noticed that her horse was starting to sweat and pant heavily. "Alex, wait up", Claire yelled nervously. She did not want anything to happen to this horse as it used to be her fathers. "What, what's wrong", Alex yelled out. "Sirocco is sweating and panting heavily, I think he needs a break", Claire nervously said. Alex could see that she was worried and cantered over to Claire to take a look at Sirocco. He instantly could see that the horse was in distress. "Claire hop off", let him have a break. Claire instantly jumped off and loosened his girth. "Meg, Terry, Brick and Becky stop and round up the herd. We are stopping here for the night", Alex said into the radio. Alex knew that the second most important thing on a drove was the horse, the first being food and water and he also knew how much Sirocco meant to Claire. "Alex what could be wrong with him, he has never done this to me before", Claire said worryingly to him. "I don't know, come on lets get the horses comfortable". Meg soon arrived with the supplies and they all got busy with setting up the camp for the night while Claire tried to cool her beloved horse down. Several hours later, when he had finished setting up, Alex went and saw how Claire was going with Sirocco down by the creek. When he got to the creek he saw that Sirocco was much worse despite the cooling down he was receiving. Claire had him knee deep in the creek sponging him and he was still panting like he had just run 10 kilometers in the heat. "Oh, Alex what I am going to do, he is worse and I don't know what to do". She ran up into his arms. Sobbing as she went. "We are miles from home and we have no supplies for this sort of thing and if I lose him I don't know what I will do". "Hey Hey Hey don't think like that, he will get better, we will find a way to make him better", Alex said soothingly to her. They stood there for a couple of minutes just taking comfort from each other.