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Keep in mind that Amy and Ty's personalities are way different than in the books but this is an AU fic so what do you expect? My chapters are usually a lot longer. The next chapter should be up by Wednesday of Friday. Depends cause I still have to update my other story! Enjoy and Review!

Chapter 1

The show grounds were noisy. There were tons of people walking around and the shrill whinnies of some of the horses could be heard over the noise of the crowd. It was just like the shows back home in England.

I was absently stroking my horse, Sundance, who was tied to the outside of the trailer. Sundance is my competition horse, he's a magnificent jumper! We were the champions back home in England. Sundance is mostly thoroughbred but has a little quarter horse in him. His coat is the most beautiful buckskin color with a silky black mane and tail and black going up to a little past his knees. He was about 16 hands.

Sundance was eyeing his surrounding wearily and I spoke soothingly to him, "I know boy it's not like home is it?" He snorted and bobbed his head up and down in response, "We'll just have to get used to it won't we Sunny?" He snorted again and I laughed, I swear he knows what I'm saying!

I looked around the crowd and decided that my mum, dad and little brother were still signing in and would be back with my number in 5 minutes or so. I quickly put my grooming box away and got Sundance's lead rope out of the small tack room in the trailer. As I walked back to him I admired the way the sun shone off of his coat. I clipped the dark leather lead rope to Sundance's identical halter and lead him slowly away from the trailer. I walked him around the area where the trailers were parked just to keep his muscles warm.

As I walked I looked at my surroundings, there weren't many other people or horses around since it was still early or they were in the warm up ring. I saw a guy, who looked about my age, leading the most magnificent horse I'd ever seen. well one of them anyway but after my Sunny of course! He was the picture perfect bay with a small white star on his forehead, I think he was Hanoverian and was about 16.2 hands high at the least. The horse walked with amazing agility and grace for an animal its size and had a springing step. His ears were pricked forwards intelligently like show days were the days it lived for and his head held high. I watched as the bays owner led him to the water trough and laughed slightly as the horse affectionately butted his owner with his head. I heard the guy laugh and than he pushed his horses head away playfully.

When I finally reached the water trough-which had been my original destination- I was careful to keep Sunny a safe distance from the other horse since Sunny wasn't always the greatest with other horses, especially ones he didn't know. I leaned against the trough as Sunny drank and checked that guy out, out of the corner of my eye of course. I have to say I wasn't disappointed with what I was either. He was tall, about 6 ft, his skin had a natural tan, he had green eyes and dark brown hair that was cut kind of like the 'skater look' but didn't cover his eyes so much. He was so obviously athletic, he had muscular arms and legs and I would bet that under his American Eagle shirt he had some great abs, and those jeans. oh boy were they working in his favor. er lets not get off topic.

Than the guy turned to me and I saw that his eyes weren't green at all, they were more of an emerald color, "Hey," he said casually to me.

"Hi," I answered back and than turned to back to Sundance who I saw was not drinking the water but doing more of blowing it around in the trough. I just sighed because Sunny always did this but than he nosed some of the water across the trough so that it hit the bays face. The bay jerk his head up in surprise and I quickly pulled Sundance's head back up. "I'm so sorry."

I began but the guy cut me off, "No it's okay," he said and patted his horses neck, "See? No harm done."

"Still Sunny always does this, I should have known."

"It's fine, really. A little water doesn't hurt anybody," just than the bay put his nose back in the water and pushed some at Sundance who snorted in surprise when the cold water hit his nose, "Well I guess were even now anyway," the guy said while laughing. I joined in since it was pretty funny. After a few moments the guy said, "By the way, I'm Ty and this Chief."

"I'm Amy and this is Sundance," I told him and gestured to Sundance who snorted.

"Are you new here? It's just that I don't recall ever seeing you at the shows around here and." the guy. or er Ty I guess began.

"My accent?" Ty shrugged and I laughed, "Its okay and yeah my family just moved here from England," I only have a small accent since I was born in the U.S and lived here until I was 5.

"That's cool! Why'd you move?"

"Oh, my parents have a horse rehabilitation center in England and decided to expand, so here we are. We've only been here for about a week."

Just than my little brother Alex came running up, "Amy! Amy come on! Mum and dad got your number! Can I help you tack up Sunny?" he sounded excited. Alex loved show days and usually competed but his horse went lame on the trip over from England.

"Course you can, tell mum and dad I'll be right there."

"Okay!" and he ran back to our trailer.

Ty laughed as a he watched his retreating figure and said, "That your brother?"

"Yeah, I guess I should go," I said while turning Sundance around.

"Kay, maybe I'll see you later today?" he questioned.

"Maybe, well se ya," I said as I started to walk back to our trailer.

"Bye!" I heard Ty call from behind me.

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"Our next competitor in the high junior jumper's class is Amy Fleming on her horse Sundance!" I heard the announcer call out as I rode into the ring. I sat tall in the saddle and grinned as the announcer continued, "Amy is the champion junior jumper all the way from England! Today she will compete against our very own champion from Virginia!" Hmm, I frowned; I wonder who that could be. The crowd applauded, I shook my head because I could hear my family yelling from the side of the ring.

When I got the judges signal I urged Sundance into a collected canter and cantered in a circle before heading towards the first fence. There were 11 jumps in the course and they were all about 4ft- 4 1/2 ft. Some of the combinations were tricky but I got around without collecting any faults and picked up a pretty good time. As I soared over the last fence the crowd erupted into applause.

"A wonderful round for Amy Fleming and Sundance, it's enough to move her into 1st place with a comfortable lead over the rest of the field. Our last competitor is our very own Virginia champion! Ty Baldwin and his horse Commander in Chief!"

As I rode out of the ring I passed by the next competitor. I swear I felt my mouth hit the saddle when I saw who it was, Ty! The same Ty I had just talked to by the water trough! Wait no not 'Ty' he was Ty Baldwin! I can't believe I just talked to the son of the owners of the most famous racing farm in like the whole world! And he just winked at me!

As I rode over to my family and dismounted they congratulated me, "That was a wonderful round sweetie!" my mum exclaimed and hugged me.

My dad put his arm around me, "Great job Amy! No matter what you have at least 2nd place which is great with everything that's been going on lately!" Sundance snorted and shook his head. Everyone laughed and my dad said, "You did good to Sunny."

I head the buzzer go off and quickly turned back to the ring, eager to see Ty's round. Ty used his seat to urge Commander in Chief to canter. It was amazing how perfectly he moved with the horse, you could tell just by watching them that they were the perfect team and understood and respected each other completely. I watched in awe as horse and rider soared around the course.

My rapture was broken, however, when Alex said behind me, "Hey isn't that the guy you were talking to before?"

"You were talking to a Baldwin?" My mum asked incredulously.

"And you didn't tell us?" My dad added jokingly.

"I didn't know who he was! He was at the water trough with his horse when I was there with Sunny and he just introduced them as Ty and Chief."

"We're just teasing you honey," my mum said smiling.

I turned back to the ring and watched Ty and Commander in Chief sail over the final fence, when they landed on the other side the crowd erupted into cheers. "That was Ty Baldwin on Commander in Chief! I believe. yes we have a new leader ladies and gentlemen!"

I looked at the score board and saw that Ty's time had indeed been faster than mine. by 300ths of a second!

"You got second!" Alex exclaimed excitedly.

"Third place in the high junior jumpers competition goes to Daniel Lawson on Burning Amber!" the crowed cheered as a guy a little older than me rode into the ring on a strawberry roan who looked more like a carriage horse, I couldn't help notice that he was scowling. "Second place goes to Amy Fleming on Sundance!" I quickly swung myself back into the saddle and rode into the ring to collect my red ribbon and halt Sundance next to Ben. I smiled at all the applause I got. "And 1st place goes to Ty Baldwin on Commander in Chief!"

I watched as Ty rode back into the ring looking calm among all the cheering. Once he received his blue ribbon and the trophy and prize check he pulled Commander in Chief up next to Sundance. He grinned at me and said, "Great round. Though I don't recall you telling me you were the champion in England!"

"And you seem to have forgotten 2 things! 1) You're a Baldwin and 2) You're the Virginia champion!" I retorted jokingly.

"And you didn't tell me you were the daughter of 2 of the most famous show jumpers in the world! So I guess we're even!"

I laughed as Ty mock grinned, he looked about to say something else when the photographer came over to take our pictures. Than the announcer came over with a microphone and spoke to Ty, "What did you think about your new competition Ty?" he said with a glance at me.

Ty looked at me and grinned, "I think she's going to give me a run for my money!" Ty exclaimed and the crowd clapped, "Because really today could have gone anyway I mean I only won by what? 300ths of a second?" The crowd laughed and applauded more. Then the announcer turned to me, "What do you think about any of this Amy?"

"I think I was beat by a great rider and a great horse and Sunny and I are going to have to work hard to beat them next time!" I smirked at Ty and the crowd laughed again.

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"You were brilliant today Sunny!" I exclaimed softly to my horse as I led him over to the water trough for a much deserved drink. He bobbed his head as if agreeing with me a dropped his head in the trough and drank. I laughed as some of the water splashed up onto me and was glad I had changed out of my show outfit into a pair of jeans, a plain blue fitted t-shirt and my muck boots. I dipped the sponge I had brought with me into the cool water and squeezed it over Sunny's back rubbing at the saddle shaped sweat mark on his back. When I dipped the sponge back into the water I saw that Sundance was again blowing bubbles in the water. I just laughed and set to sponging of the sweaty girth mark.

"Didn't you ever teach your horse not to play with his food?" A teasing voice told me and I looked over Sunny's back and saw Ty leading commander in Chief over.

"Whatever," I rolled my eyes at him and he laughed as Commander in Chief started to drink. As I finished sponging off Sunny I noticed that Ty had changed back into his jeans and t-shirt and was also wearing a pair of muck boots. I noticed he had a towel over his shoulder and was looking contemplatively at Commander in Chief's sweaty back, "Hmmm, hey Amy do you think I could borrow that sponge?"

"Sure if I can borrow your towel," I bargained with him.

"Okay, here catch," and he balled the towel up and threw it at me. I caught it and than threw the sponge at Ty. Just for future reference throwing sponges is not the brightest idea, especially when it's still filled with water. When Ty caught the sponge it got water all over his shirt and some on his pants, "Gee thanks!" He said sarcastically.

"You're quite welcome," I said jokingly. It's kind of weird but I feel like I've met him before and I feel totally comfortable around him even though we just met.

After a minute of silence Ty broke it, "I feel like I've met you before, you know?" Whoa spooky I was just thinking that!

"I dunno, sort of I guess. I feel comfortable around you even though I just met you," I replied hesitantly hoping that he wouldn't laugh at me.

"Same, I thought I was crazy," we both laughed and settled into a comfortable silence as we worked on cleaning off our horses.

Suddenly I felt something cold hit my back. I stood up and looked over my shoulder and saw that my back was pretty wet. I looked over at Ty who was sponging of Commander in Chief and saw his shoulders shaking slightly. He turned around and looked at me and burst out laughing, "Why did you throw water on my back?" I demanded.

"Hey you got me wet first," he responded still laughing and pointed to his shirt. He tossed my sponge back to me which immediately got the front of my shirt wet. Ty, needless to say started laughing. All I can say is thank god my shirt was blue and not white!

So while he was doubled over laughing I plunged the sponged back into the water and squeezed it out over Ty's head. He stopped laughing and looked up at me with his hair plastered to his face and water dripping down his face and neck. One thing led to another and the next thing I knew we were having a full fledge water fight! I must say some of the other people walking around were looking at us kind of funnily. By the time we stopped we were both soaking wet and laughing so hard we were gasping for breath.

Ty than proceeded to peel of his soaked shirt and boy oh boy was I right about his abs! He had some killer wash board abs! I must say I think I was kind of staring at his chest for a while but thankfully he didn't seem to notice and if he did he didn't seem to care.

All I can say is luckily Sundance and Commander in Chief were tied to the opposite side of the water trough or else we would have had some serious drying to do. When I voiced my thoughts to Ty he just nodded and said, "Chief."

"Huh?"

"You called him Commander in Chief."

"Uh yeah that's his name."

"You can just call him Chief, that's what I call him."

"Okay but if I'm calling your horse Chief you have to call mine Sunny."

"Deal, so Chief and Sunny seen to be getting along pretty good huh?"

"Yeah, Sunny doesn't normally get on that well with other horses," but against all reasoning Sunny had decided he like Chief and they were standing nose to nose occasionally throwing their heads up in the air.

"AMY!" I heard someone shout my name and turned around to see my dad gesturing for me to come back to the trailer. I turned back to Ty and said, "I guess I should get going."

"Yeah me too," he replied glancing over in the direction of where his trailer was parked, which just so happened to be almost right next to mine. We clipped our lead lines back on our horses and headed back in the direction of our trailers dripping water on the dusty ground. "Hey I forgot to ask, where are you going to school?"

"Green Acres Prep, I think," I replied slightly uncertainly since school was the farthest thing from my mind right than.

"Awesome I go their too! What grade? Junior or senior?"

"I'm a junior what are you?"

"Senior, but still my new English buddy is coming to my school," he said laughing.

I rolled my eyes and said, "English buddy?"

"Oh shut up. Well see ya in school," he said as a farewell as he got to his trailer.

"See you." By this time I reached my trailer and my mum and dad looked at me questioningly, "What happened to you?"

"Er."

"You look like you went swimming," Alex chimed in oh so helpfully.

"Actually I."

But my dad cut me off, "We know what happened we saw you guys over there and besides I was pretty hard not to hear all that laughing!"

"I'm glad you made a friend sweetie," my mum told me, "It's so much harder to make friends at your age."

"And now we can say our daughter in friends with Ty Baldwin!" My dad exclaimed, but not loud enough so the Baldwin's could actually hear it, god that would be embarrassing.

"Dad," I said warningly.

"I'm just joking Amy!"

"So does he go to Green Acres?" My mum questioned.

"Yeah but he's a senior," I informed her.

We chatted aimlessly as we put Sunny's travel leg wraps and cooler back on. Once Sunny was safely loaded into the trailer we all piled into the truck and slowly pulled out of the fair grounds. I smiled to myself because all in all this had been a very good day.