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Maybe it's because I got back from horseback riding and it's ten at night.
Oh, well.
Enjoy chapter three! And some of you people, stop giving stuff away! -coughEdgarcough- ~_^
SHANE BELONGS TO EDGAR BECAUSE EDGAR IS COOL AND THOUGHT OF THIS AMAZING, AWESOME CHARACTER. OR AT LEAST THE NAME. THANK YOU.
~Chapter Three~
I wanted to, but I had no time to visit Princess before school. Morning are very busy in my house, but only because I oversleep twenty minutes of my alarm.
I ran out of the house to the bus stop, and saw Shane already standing there, looking bored.
I caught my breath before talking. "Hey."
Shane nodded.
"Nervous about your first day?"
A shrug.
I decided he was tired and didn't want to talk, so I shut up until the bus came three minutes later.
I sat in my usual seat, seat number twelve. Julie usually sits next to me, and Allison sits in front of us. Or sometimes they switch.
Shane sat in seat six, which was okay with me. I didn't feel like talking to him if he wouldn't talk to me!
Finally, we came to Julie and Allison's stop, and they sat down. We talked and gabbed the whole way to the school. They had noticed Shane, and were asking me about him.
"Don't talk to him," I whispered. "He didn't say a word to me at the bus stop."
Allison shrugged, and then looked at me closely. "You look happy. It's in your eyes."
I gasped and slapped my hand to my head. "I can't believe it! I totally forgot to tell you guys!"
"What?!" my friends urged.
"My mom. . .bought me a Ponyta!" I cried.
Allison and Julie started cheering for me. "Where's the Ponyta?" Julie asked.
"Why did your mom buy it for you?" Allison wanted to know.
"What's its name?" Julie exclaimed.
I thought for a minute. "Boarded at Shane's family's stable, because the Ponyta couldn't be rehomed and I had a special 'connection' with it, and Princess Flamemight."
Julie's mouth dropped open. "That's so cool!"
"Can we see you ride after school?" Allison asked.
"Sure," I grinned. "Just get off at my stop and call your parents at my house."
Julie, Allison, and I slapped high fives.
~*~
School went unbelievably long. All day I stared at the clock, hoping it would hurry up to three-oh-five, when the final bell rings. When school finally let out, Julie and Allison practically ran over everyone getting to our bus. They couldn't wait to see Princess Flamemight.
"Can I ride her?" Allison and Julie asked in unison when we sat down.
"Well-" I started, but I heard Shane say, "That's not a good idea."
Julie, Allison, and I turned around to look at Shane. He was sitting in his seat, staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"That's not a good idea," Shane repeated. "For one thing, Princess probably wouldn't trust your-" He paused before saying the word. "Friends. And for another, you're not even used to her, so how can you tell them how to ride her?"
Allison and Julie gaped at Shane, narrowing their eyes, but I thought about it.
"I guess you're right," I said. I turned to my friends. "Maybe you should just go home today, and come over later when I learn to ride her better."
"Okay," Julie shrugged. Allison didn't say anything.
~*~*~
I went straight to Princess's stall after school. I couldn't wait to ride her again!
First I took a little longer brushing her, since I heard it was like bonding with the Ponyta or something. In another stall, I saw Danielle grooming one of her Rapidash's, and she smiled and waved to me.
It took a little longer to tack up Princess since Shane wasn't instructing me, but I managed to do it. After grabbing a helmet from the shack, I took Princess by the reins and led her to one of the rings in the field.
I mounted her, and walked her around the ring a few times to warm up. Across the field, I saw Danielle lean over the fence talking to Mom.
I decided to trot. Princess was a very smooth horse, that was for sure. And as long as nothing spooked her, she was pretty obedient.
I pushed my heels into her stomach, and she started galloping. I guided her towards a jump someone had set up.
"Let's jump it," I whispered.
Princess snorted and got into jumping position. I threw myself out of the saddle and up on her neck. Look up, heels down, toes up. . .
When she landed, I felt totally exhilarated, like I had done this a thousand times before.
"Again," I whispered.
I turned Princess around, and we jumped it.
"Princess, you are incredible," I said, while riding her around the ring a couple of times.
"She is," a voice said, which caused Princess to shield back in fright.
I spun around and saw Shane standing by the fence.
"How do you do that?" I asked.
"Do what?"
"Just appear out of nowhere like that."
"I don't appear out of nowhere," Shane argued. "I was watching you for awhile, and then just now I said something. You were too busy jumping with Princess."
"Hmmph," I muttered.
"Well, it is true what I said before."
"What?"
"That Princess is incredible. My mom was right-you really do have a gift with her. You could probably show jump professionally."
I smiled. "Do you really think so?"
Shane nodded. "In fact, I WOULD encourage you to enter this one huge championship that's coming up in about two months, but you have to be at least twelve to enter."
I groaned. "Well, I'll just have to hope Princess and I will still be interested by then."
Shane started walking towards his house. "I have a feeling you will be," he called.
~*~
After I untacked, brushed, and said goodbye to Princess, I ran to my house. I decided to call Allison and Julie, and have one of our three-way conversations.
They were both a little upset since they didn't see Princess, but they didn't talk about it much. Mostly we talked about school that day.
"Shane is so quiet," Allison said.
"And he looks sort of mean. Like, oh man, I can't explain it. . ." Julie sighed. "Like, I don't know. . .he just has this sort of eerie evilness or something around him."
I laughed. "Well, if he suggested that Mom should buy Princess for me, he can't be that bad."
"I guess," Allison and Julie said together.
"I'm sort of glad he sits in the back, away from us," I added. Allison, Julie, and I sit in the first three seats in the front of the room. The teacher had put Shane in the last seat in the room.
"Yeah. That would be sort of weird if he sat by us," Julie said. "It's sort of like he was following us all day. Remember how he showed up right by your locker? Like he just appeared there somehow?"
I shivered a little, thinking of that. Julie and I were standing by my locker, waiting for Allison. The door to the locker was open, and I thought we were alone in the hall-but when I closed my locker, Shane was standing right there, reminding me that I should be riding Princess after school to get used to her.
I looked at the clock, which suddenly switched to nine-thirty. "Sorry you guys," I said into the phone. "But I have to get to bed now."
"Good night Diana," Julie and Allison said.
"See you tomorrow," I said before hanging up.
~*~*~
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P.S. If any of you like reading poetry, just go to www.poetry.com and search for author Randi Carrabotta (that's me). EEEK I just typed my name here. . .someone call the FBI! (just kidding ~_^)
Enjoy chapter three! And some of you people, stop giving stuff away! -coughEdgarcough- ~_^
SHANE BELONGS TO EDGAR BECAUSE EDGAR IS COOL AND THOUGHT OF THIS AMAZING, AWESOME CHARACTER. OR AT LEAST THE NAME. THANK YOU.
~Chapter Three~
I wanted to, but I had no time to visit Princess before school. Morning are very busy in my house, but only because I oversleep twenty minutes of my alarm.
I ran out of the house to the bus stop, and saw Shane already standing there, looking bored.
I caught my breath before talking. "Hey."
Shane nodded.
"Nervous about your first day?"
A shrug.
I decided he was tired and didn't want to talk, so I shut up until the bus came three minutes later.
I sat in my usual seat, seat number twelve. Julie usually sits next to me, and Allison sits in front of us. Or sometimes they switch.
Shane sat in seat six, which was okay with me. I didn't feel like talking to him if he wouldn't talk to me!
Finally, we came to Julie and Allison's stop, and they sat down. We talked and gabbed the whole way to the school. They had noticed Shane, and were asking me about him.
"Don't talk to him," I whispered. "He didn't say a word to me at the bus stop."
Allison shrugged, and then looked at me closely. "You look happy. It's in your eyes."
I gasped and slapped my hand to my head. "I can't believe it! I totally forgot to tell you guys!"
"What?!" my friends urged.
"My mom. . .bought me a Ponyta!" I cried.
Allison and Julie started cheering for me. "Where's the Ponyta?" Julie asked.
"Why did your mom buy it for you?" Allison wanted to know.
"What's its name?" Julie exclaimed.
I thought for a minute. "Boarded at Shane's family's stable, because the Ponyta couldn't be rehomed and I had a special 'connection' with it, and Princess Flamemight."
Julie's mouth dropped open. "That's so cool!"
"Can we see you ride after school?" Allison asked.
"Sure," I grinned. "Just get off at my stop and call your parents at my house."
Julie, Allison, and I slapped high fives.
~*~
School went unbelievably long. All day I stared at the clock, hoping it would hurry up to three-oh-five, when the final bell rings. When school finally let out, Julie and Allison practically ran over everyone getting to our bus. They couldn't wait to see Princess Flamemight.
"Can I ride her?" Allison and Julie asked in unison when we sat down.
"Well-" I started, but I heard Shane say, "That's not a good idea."
Julie, Allison, and I turned around to look at Shane. He was sitting in his seat, staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"That's not a good idea," Shane repeated. "For one thing, Princess probably wouldn't trust your-" He paused before saying the word. "Friends. And for another, you're not even used to her, so how can you tell them how to ride her?"
Allison and Julie gaped at Shane, narrowing their eyes, but I thought about it.
"I guess you're right," I said. I turned to my friends. "Maybe you should just go home today, and come over later when I learn to ride her better."
"Okay," Julie shrugged. Allison didn't say anything.
~*~*~
I went straight to Princess's stall after school. I couldn't wait to ride her again!
First I took a little longer brushing her, since I heard it was like bonding with the Ponyta or something. In another stall, I saw Danielle grooming one of her Rapidash's, and she smiled and waved to me.
It took a little longer to tack up Princess since Shane wasn't instructing me, but I managed to do it. After grabbing a helmet from the shack, I took Princess by the reins and led her to one of the rings in the field.
I mounted her, and walked her around the ring a few times to warm up. Across the field, I saw Danielle lean over the fence talking to Mom.
I decided to trot. Princess was a very smooth horse, that was for sure. And as long as nothing spooked her, she was pretty obedient.
I pushed my heels into her stomach, and she started galloping. I guided her towards a jump someone had set up.
"Let's jump it," I whispered.
Princess snorted and got into jumping position. I threw myself out of the saddle and up on her neck. Look up, heels down, toes up. . .
When she landed, I felt totally exhilarated, like I had done this a thousand times before.
"Again," I whispered.
I turned Princess around, and we jumped it.
"Princess, you are incredible," I said, while riding her around the ring a couple of times.
"She is," a voice said, which caused Princess to shield back in fright.
I spun around and saw Shane standing by the fence.
"How do you do that?" I asked.
"Do what?"
"Just appear out of nowhere like that."
"I don't appear out of nowhere," Shane argued. "I was watching you for awhile, and then just now I said something. You were too busy jumping with Princess."
"Hmmph," I muttered.
"Well, it is true what I said before."
"What?"
"That Princess is incredible. My mom was right-you really do have a gift with her. You could probably show jump professionally."
I smiled. "Do you really think so?"
Shane nodded. "In fact, I WOULD encourage you to enter this one huge championship that's coming up in about two months, but you have to be at least twelve to enter."
I groaned. "Well, I'll just have to hope Princess and I will still be interested by then."
Shane started walking towards his house. "I have a feeling you will be," he called.
~*~
After I untacked, brushed, and said goodbye to Princess, I ran to my house. I decided to call Allison and Julie, and have one of our three-way conversations.
They were both a little upset since they didn't see Princess, but they didn't talk about it much. Mostly we talked about school that day.
"Shane is so quiet," Allison said.
"And he looks sort of mean. Like, oh man, I can't explain it. . ." Julie sighed. "Like, I don't know. . .he just has this sort of eerie evilness or something around him."
I laughed. "Well, if he suggested that Mom should buy Princess for me, he can't be that bad."
"I guess," Allison and Julie said together.
"I'm sort of glad he sits in the back, away from us," I added. Allison, Julie, and I sit in the first three seats in the front of the room. The teacher had put Shane in the last seat in the room.
"Yeah. That would be sort of weird if he sat by us," Julie said. "It's sort of like he was following us all day. Remember how he showed up right by your locker? Like he just appeared there somehow?"
I shivered a little, thinking of that. Julie and I were standing by my locker, waiting for Allison. The door to the locker was open, and I thought we were alone in the hall-but when I closed my locker, Shane was standing right there, reminding me that I should be riding Princess after school to get used to her.
I looked at the clock, which suddenly switched to nine-thirty. "Sorry you guys," I said into the phone. "But I have to get to bed now."
"Good night Diana," Julie and Allison said.
"See you tomorrow," I said before hanging up.
~*~*~
Remember. . .when you read, review! It's the smart thing to do! ^^
P.S. If any of you like reading poetry, just go to www.poetry.com and search for author Randi Carrabotta (that's me). EEEK I just typed my name here. . .someone call the FBI! (just kidding ~_^)