I don't plan to make Witch (or any other horse) OOC but that doesn't mean that Witch might not be swayed by Melanie's….charm? (Or something like that) Please R&R Thank you very Much!
Jake clenched his fists and explained,
"If you knew Witch you wouldn't want to ride her, besides there are a lot of other nice horses here." He was hoping Melanie would play along and just pick a different horse.
"Oh now what could be so bad about such a lovely horse?" Melanie asked.
"Trust me, a lot!"
"Well then, why do YOU ride her?"
"That's different."
"How so?"
"She knows me so she won't bit my head off."
"Give me a couple of minutes, Witch is my only one!" Melanie joked.
"No"
"Now you're just being unreasonable, if you don't give me a good reason why should I listen?"
"And getting bitten to death isn't good enough?" Jake asked sarcastically.
"No, that barely counts" Melanie answered. Jake shook his head, now SHE was being unreasonable. But wait- if she liked horses then…
"You know if we keep standing here we won't have time to go for a ride."
'There's always time for a ride!"
"Not when you don't know the terrain so go ride Chip or someone."
"If you would've told me to ride Chip in the beginning I would've but now I'm riding Witch." Jake sighed, this girl was not giving up, so he reached out to grab her arm. Melanie spotted the movement from the corner of her eye, ducked under his arm, and slid, ending up a few spaces behind him. Jake was surprised she had moved so fast, so to divert her attention he asked how;
'Where'd you learn that?"
"Soccer" Jake continues starring at her as if to say normal people didn't learn to do that at soccer. Melanie explained, "We had a scrimmage, you know, a practice game? And the coaches from their team and our team played, and theirs was this big, sweaty guy. So, he was charging towards me and to avoid being drenched in hi sweat, and becoming road kill, I-" She made a gesture, referring to her earlier movements. Jake sighed; he shouldn't do this but-
"Fine, ride her, but if you die, don't blame me!" Melanie smiled and said,
"Don't worry, but if I do die, please, no roses at my funeral." Then she walked towards Witch's stall.
/\Sam's house/\
"Are we actually going to do anything today?" asked Vicky(Victoria)
"Want to go look around and meet the horses?" Jen asked as Adi (Adriana) got a strange look on her face.
"Ok" Vicky answered.
"Have either of you been around horses before?" Sam asked.
"My dad's friend from work owns a Thoroughbred stable."
"Cool!" Jen said, "Have you ridden them?" Vicky laughed,
"If you mean the race horses, no. But I did ride some retired horses." Sam nodded as they walked towards the ten-acre pasture.
"Is that horse a mustang? I want her!" Vicky said, while pointing at Penny.
"That particular horse is Penny, and she is a mustang. If you want you can ride her but you'll have to be extra careful; she's blind." Brynna said, coming up from behind them.
"Wow, you wouldn't even know by looking at her, but I'd still like to work with her." Brynna nodded, and continued walking towards Wyatt, who had just ridden in. Adriana just continued starring at the ground as if she was worried about what was going on. When she glanced up, she stared at Popcorn as if he were evil. Jen noticed and said,
"That's Popcorn, he's really sweet, and he's also a mustang if you want to work with him you can." Adriana gave her head a shake, and let a smile over take her face as she said,
"I really don't care." Sam sighed; there was always one who hated horses. Maybe she should as why? But that would be mean, never mind.
"What do you guys want to do now?" Jen asked.
"I have this board game we could play." Victoria suggested.
"What's it about?" Adi asked.
"Horses; and actually, its called Herd your Horses."
"Sounds like fun," Sam said.
"Yeah, let's go." Jen added, so they headed towards the bunkhouse; Adriana gave Popcorn one more look, then followed.
/\Jake's house/\
"Told you; all horses love this." Melanie had bravely walked towards Witch even though she had clearly shown she did not want Melanie's company. Once Melanie had began massaging her neck and working her way down, Witch had stopped being mean.
"I'm ready to go now," Melanie said, after she had placed her saddle from home on Witch and bridled her. In one swift motion, she hopped into the saddle, while Jake got on Chip. Jake kept of starring at Melanie as if he couldn't believe she was on there, but he knew Witch would act up soon and they'd have to switch or something like that. He didn't think Melanie would know what to if something really bad happened.