A/N– Here's the first chapter. Im not sure if anyone will like it, but if you do please review, only reviews will keep the story going. Alright, I know I said it starts during the summer, but im starting it the day before school starts. Also, if you read the summary then you saw that Ty might be leaving, this chapter introduces some problems, but not the main one yet, so don't worry, its coming. And also, I don't exactly know the layout of heartland, all I know is there is a back barn, front barn, and a few paddocks, so im placing them wherever.
Chapter 1
Amy Fleming climbed out of the hot car. Her sister Lou also got out and started grabbing grocery bags. Amy would have helped her but she had to get her own. She grabbed all her bags of clothes and other things for the new school year. She could barely breath due to the fact that she wore a sweatshirt Lou had given her a few years back, from her English boarding school. It was soaked with sweat because fall hadn't yet had an impact on the heat.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid me.."she muttered to herself as she walked faster so she could peel off the sweat covered clothes she wore. She finally reached the farmhouse and quickly climbed the few stairs to the door. Walking in she kicked her sneakers off and ran upstairs. Dropping her bags in the middle of her bedroom floor, Amy preceded to rummage through her closet, finally picking out a pair of jean shorts and an old, worn out blue t-shirt. She quickly changed and glanced out her window. From here she could see the front barn, and their stable hand, Ty Baldwin, leading their champion jumping horse out of the barn. Shades of Midnight Glory was her name. She was a beautiful Arabian with whom she and Ty were working with to win the up-coming National Horse Jumping Competition.(a/n..I have no clue if this competition even exists, so don't judge me on that..lol) If they placed they'd go to the State finals, and if they placed there they could go all the way to the World Finals.
Amy let her white drapes drop back over the window, and went searching around her room for her work boots. Finding one under her bed, and the other, somehow, on top of her desk. She frowned when she found it, but shook it off, and ran downstairs. Running out of the side door, she ran to the spacious paddock she had seen Ty heading towards. She breathlessly leaned against the wooden fence, and lifted her eyes to where Ty was getting ready to jump Glory.
"Hey!" Amy turned around quickly and saw their new stable hand Ben walking towards her.
"Oh hey, what's up?"
"Nothing, you watching Ty? Glory's looking good, a winner for sure," Ben smiled reassuringly, seeing the expression of doubt on Amy's face. She always tended to think that their horses weren't going to win, although they were doing great. Suddenly she smiled,
"Yeah she is going good, isn't she?" she said with pride as she saw Ty glance over and smile at her. She smiled back, and her heart flipped in her chest. What was that? She thought. She averted her eyes from him, and wondered why shed felt that way. She didn't think for long though because Glory was heading for the jump, and Amy was suddenly riveted to the horses movements.
She moved gracefully across the ground, as if she was floating. She came within jumping distance of the jump, and she pushed off from the ground. Ty was speaking calmly to her, and leaning forward, urging her to make it. Glory flew over the jump with a foot to spare. Amy almost clapped in joy. Glory headed through the rest of the course, and Amy slowly turned around and walked back to the barn with Ben.
"So, only a month left. Is there anything more you can do to make her better?" Ben said, and Amy didn't pretend not to know what he was talking about,
"No, not really. Ty and I are still giving her some herbal remedies that we think might help her stay calm, and give her more energy for the jumps. But other than that, no, she's trained perfectly."
Amy heard hoofs walking behind her and looked around to see Ty leading Glory back to the barn. She veered away from Ben, and went to walk by Ty.
"Hey you," Ty smiled warmly at her. Amy's heart flipped again, and she willed herself not to think about it.
"Hey. Good job with Glory. She's looking good."
"Yeah well, we did it together," he glanced at her, but was drawn back to Glory as she pulled on her lead rope. "See you" Ty said as he headed into the barn, grabbing a grooming kit on his way in. Amy followed his lead , grabbing a grooming kit, and headed into Sundance's stall.
A few hours later, after finishing up grooming, and some other chores, Amy walked into the tack room. She started when she saw Ty on one of the storage trunks in the back reading a horse magazine.
"What are you doing?" Amy asked conversationally as she set the feed buckets down and started filling them.
"Nothing, taking a quick break. Want some help?" he stood up and helped her make the evening feeds. As they finished they both left the tack room to distribute the horses dinners. When she was done Amy felt exhausted. She hadn't slept well all summer due to the fact she wanted to be up 24/7 getting Glory ready, and helping the other horses. So when her and Ty were walking up to the house for dinner, she surprised herself with a huge yawn.
"Tired?" Ty asked chuckling at her yawn.
"Mmm, a little." she crooned. Too tired to raise her voice to much over a whisper. She saw Ty look at her sympathetically, and put an arm around her shoulders,
"You look like your about to fall over." he smiled softly.
"I'm well on my way," she teased him, liking the feel of his arm around her. She leaned into him to show him she was about to fall. She felt his muscular side and arm tense up when she leaned in. She quickly leaned back out, suddenly willing to do anything for him to keep his arm there. He felt her pull away and looked down at her with an odd expression on his face. She looked into his green eyes and smiled awkwardly. He didn't smile back, just kept looking at her, and then he took his arm from around her shoulder. Instantly she felt alone. Having him touch her made her feel like a part of something, and she wanted his arm back, so she looked at him again, but realized he was climbing the steps to the house. Reluctantly, she followed.
"Hey," she called to the crowded kitchen. Grandpa stood at the stove, while Lou, and her husband, Scott, sat at the table talking. Ben was also sitting at the table drinking a glass of iced tea.
"Hey honey," grandpa smiled at Amy. She smiled back and slipped into an empty seat. Grandpa brought dinner to the table, and sat down. Ty who was getting a drink, slipped into the empty seat next to Amy. He handed her a glass of soda,
"Thanks Ty, you didn't have to,"
"No problem." he said simply. I glanced up at him and just shook my head. He smiled slightly and turned to the food.
About halfway through dinner she looked over at Ty, and he caught her eye,
"Want to go check the horses, im done, what about you?" he asked.
"Yeah Im done, lets go" They got up to go outside and Lou saw them,
"Where are you two going?" she questioned, before Amy could answer Ty said,
"Checking the horses one more time, then im gonna head off."
"Ok, see you tomorrow" and with that Amy and Ty headed out to the yard. They walked through both barns, and brought in the last of the horses, and then Amy walked to Ty's pickup with him.
"I guess ill see you tomorrow," Amy smiled weakly, she felt as if she could fall asleep right there.
"Yeah. Hey, get some sleep ok? We have school tomorrow, plus its your turn to work Glory, and I don't want you falling off the saddle," he joked lightly. She smiled fuller this time,
"Hm, but you'd catch me right?" she said in a totally joking manner but was surprised when Ty answered,
"Id never let anything happen to you," Amy's eyes grew wide, and Ty seemed to realize what he'd said and a blush crept up his neck. He mumbled a quick goodbye and climbed into his truck. Amy watched its progress until his headlights faded away, and she thought, What the hell was that?
Next Day: Jefferson High
Amy climbed out of her grandpas car, throwing a quick goodbye over her shoulder. She would soon be getting a new car, and she couldn't wait. Shed recently gotten her license, and the car her grandpa had bought for her wasn't back from getting a check up yet. She looked down at herself, and smiled a little. She wore dark blue jeans, that faded at the legs with a rustic look. She then had on a brown belt with a copper butterfly at its middle. She had on a white tank top, and layered over that was an American eagle t-shirt. It was a light brown with a pocket on her left side, and a little eagle over it.
She saw her best friend Soraya and a few of her other friends: Kati, Amanda, Suzi, Heidi, and Heather. She walked over to where they always met up: on a picnic table under a tree. Years ago, in her freshman year, they had all carved their names into the tree. Noone ever questioned that that was where they sat.
"Amy!" someone called from behind her. She looked over and saw Ty and his group of friends. He motioned for her to come over to him. She glanced at her friends and signaled to them shed be right there. She walked over to Ty,
"Hey," she said awkwardly looking around at his friends.
"Hey, I just wanted to tell you im giving you a ride home, Lou just called me, you forgot your phone. She said she has a doctors appointment because of the baby." Amy listened and realized, when she patted her pocket, that indeed shed forgotten her cell phone.
"Oh alright, where are you parked?" she said looking at the parking lot. Ty gently took her head and turned it right, and then pointed,
"Right there," he whispered sense he was leaning down to her. She started to blush when she heard his friends wolf calling sense he was touching her gently, and whispering closely in her ear. He ignored his friends until she nodded that she saw it and then slowly pulled away.
"See you later," she mumbled, making a beeline towards he friends, she was a few feet away when she felt Ty pull her back around,
"Hey, sorry about the guys. They were being annoying as usual," he smiled fondly though, "Don't listen to them." Amy looked up at him and smiled,
"Let them think what they want," then daringly, without knowing why she even thought this way about Ty, "Why should we care if they think were together?" Ty stared down at her in amazement,
"They were just fooling around Amy, I don't think they actually thought that," but then he'd fully realized what she'd said, and apparently liked the idea, "But your right, let them think what they want," and with that he leaned down and quickly, but oh so gently kissed her. He pulled back up after a second and winked at me while walking away and said, so only I could hear, "Whatever they want..."
A/N- Ok i know this was a short chapter. But i wanted to get it done, sense people reviewed (thank you by the way). So I promise the next chapter will be longer, hopefully doubled. Here's a teaser for you: Ty tells Amy about his dads plan, Ty and Amy talk about the kiss (wiggles eyebrows), and they also get in a fight (but i wont say why). I have a busy weekend so i wont be able to update till Monday, or Tuesday. I have school monday, but by the latest Tuesday. I promise. Hope you liked it, please review.