Author's Note: Thank you for all the great reviews! Okay so you're probably going to hate me for this chapter for reasons that will soon be apparent. And just so you know this will defiantly be a Ty/Amy fic, though I can't write romance but I'll try D so just don't come throw rocks at my windows or anything. Enjoy and Review!

Oh and this fic isn't going to be an example of my best writing, at least not in the beginning because I don't normally write from a girls POV, my other story is in a guys POV so sorry and just bear with it if it isn't great, it will get better!

Disclaimer: Based very loosely off of characters created and owned by Lauren Brooke.

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Chapter 2

"Oh my god this is going to be the best school year ever!" My best friend Soroya exclaimed. I know I know I lived in England! But my Grandpa Jack lives in Virginia and has a dairy farm with his wife, my grandma. So whenever we would come to visit I'd meet up with Soroya and we became best friends, along with her other best friend, Matt Trewin. We became friends because my sister in married to Matt's older brother, Scott who is the veterinarian at Heartland.

Today was the first day of school and I was pretty nervous, I mean I'm a junior and it's a new school and I don't know anybody! Okay fine I know a whole of 3 people.

I was sitting in the passenger seat of Soroya's silver 2005 BMW convertible. I normally have my own car but we'd only been here for a week and we've been pretty busy so we had not yet had a chance to go pick one out. I don't see why mum and dad couldn't just ship mine over from England but a new cars just fine with me too!

Green Acres Prep did not have uniforms, thank god. I was wearing my favorite pair of jeans from Hollister that were medium colored and faded, they had a funny little stitching thing just below the right knee, it was just dark blue thread in no particular pattern. I paired it with my hazel green colored polo that had small darker hazel strips with the 2 buttons undone and a pair of tan corduroy flip-flops, both from American Eagle. I wore a little eye liner and clear lip gloss. I was also wearing one of hose white shell like necklaces that surfers wear; I got it when I went to Mexico. I left my straight, light brown hair down and it fell to a little below my shoulders. My skin was tan from working outside the past week. All in all I was pleased with my appearance.

"So are you nervous?" Soroya asked me as she pulled into the schools parking lot.

"Well yeah, I don't know anyone!"

"Well you know me and Matt and all our friends will be your friends too!" Soroya tried to reassure me.

"Yeah I guess," I said as we got out of the car. I slung my black L.L Bean messenger bag over my shoulder and walked next to Soroya up to the schools vast front lawn. We'd been here for and hour or 2 yesterday for orientation but we only got our schedules and stuff so I still didn't know anybody.

"Oh there's everybody!" Soroya exclaimed pointing to a group of about 5 people standing under 1 of the massive, leafy green trees. This place really is 'Green Acres'; there are lots of trees and lawns and all. It's really pretty and truthfully looks nothing like a school. "Let's go!" Soroya pulled me along behind her as she hurried over to the group who were waving her over.

"Hey Soroya!" Greetings were chorused to us, well mainly to Soroya.

"Hey guys this is my friend Amy," Soroya introduced me.

I waved and said, "Hey."

"This is Meghan, Jen, Rachel, Rebecca and Jamie," She introduced me and pointed to each girl as she said their name, in turn they each waved.

"You're from England right?" Jen asked me.

"Yeah."

"That's so cool!" She gushed.

"You don't really have an accent," Rebecca commented.

"Yeah well I lived here until I was 5 so I only have a little accent," I laughed.

"It's so cute! I wish I had an accent!" Rebecca exclaimed.

"So why'd you move?" Jamie asked me.

"My mum and dad have a very successful horse rehabilitation center in England and decided to expand," I told them.

"Oh that's Heartland right?" Meghan questioned.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" I asked surprised they'd even heard of my family's farm.

Meghan laughed, "Soroya's told us all about you!"

I laughed to and looked at Soroya who was trying to look annoyed, "What? I couldn't not tell them that one of my best friends was coming to this school from England, which meant I had to tell them who you were and why you were coming!"

"It's…" I began laughing but a voice cut me off.

"Hey Amy!" I heard a voice behind me yell. I ignored it because I figured there was just someone else named Amy, besides who would be talking to me? No one besides the people I was with knew me.

"Oh my god," Rachel breathed staring at a point over my shoulder.

"What?" I asked confused.

I saw them exchange questioning glances with each other.

"Er what?" I asked again still confused.

"He can't be coming over here can he?" Jen tried to rationalize with the others and they all looked over their shoulders.

"Of course he's not coming over here! He's the most popular guy in the whole school! Why would he…" Jamie began but stopped abruptly.

"Amy!" I heard from behind me again and I whipped around. I saw Ty standing there with this amazing smile on his face. It was the kind of smile that could get you out of anything and make everyone agree with you… it was pretty hot… just like he was in his faded jeans that fit him in all the right places, his dark green Lacoste polo that totally set of his green eyes and the way his dark brown hair flopped in front of his eyes… ha-ha we're getting a little of topic aren't we?

"Oh hey," I answered him and saw some of my new friends mouths practically hanging open… uh what did I do?

"Were you planning on ignoring me?" He asked jokingly.

"Er no I just thought there was some other Amy here."

"Well I don't know another Amy… I don't think." he trailed of looking deep in thought, though the slight twinkle in his eyes gave him away.

"How would I know who you know? I've met you once before!" I exclaimed jokingly.

"Ah right, and you should know that thanks to you my mum hardly let me in the car!"

"Excuse me, who started it?" I teased him, "You threw water on my back!"

"Actually I believe you started it, you threw the sponge at me," He paused and shook his head, "Doesn't everyone know not to throw water filled sponges? And you squeezed the whole fucking sponge over my head!" He exclaimed and looked at me accusingly.

"Oh I guess you're right," was all I could say before I dissolved in laughter as I remember that day. I was laughing so hard I was clutching Soroya's arm to stay upright. I caught a glimpse of Ty's face and say him watching me bemusedly and chuckling slightly.

When I finally calmed down I took a shaky breath and asked, "So did you want something?"

"Oh yeah, are you entered in that show in 2 weeks?"

"Devon?" (A/n: this is a show near me) Ty nodded, "Yep. Are you?"

"Yeah, you and Sunny have a lot of work to do if you want to beet me and Chief," he challenged me.

"Oh really? Well we'll just see about that," I retorted.

Ty laughed and opened his mouth to say something but I never got to hear what he was going to say because a girl's voice called out his name, "Ty!"

I thought I heard Ty groan softly as he heard the voice but I wasn't sure, I looked over his shoulder and saw the voice had come from a girl that had long blonde hair, bright blue eyes and looked like a model. She was wearing a denim mini skirt and a light blue t-shirt, though her outfit was casual enough I'm sure that it was all designer.

"I should go," Ty told me.

"Oh okay, see you later."

"Kay, see ya," he said before he turned around and walked over to the girl and the group of people who were standing over there. I saw his put his arm around her waist and laugh at something one of the guys said.

I turned back to my new group of friends and saw they were all staring at me with shocked expressions on their faces, "Er what?"

"You know Ty Baldwin?" Jen asked me in a shocked voice.

"And you didn't tell your best friend!" Soroya exclaimed.

"I met him at a horse show right after I moved here, I didn't think it was that important," I told them calmly though I was still confused.

"Not important!" Jamie screeched, but not that loud, "You know who he is right?"

"Uh yeah, Ty Baldwin," I said in confusion.

"Yeah his family…" Jamie began.

I cut her off, "His family owns Baldwin Way's, I know. But he's just like a normal guy, what's the big deal?"

"Hey guys Amy wouldn't know all about him since she's never been to this school before," Soroya put in for me.

"Oh right," Rachel shook head as if just remembering this, "Okay besides being incredibly rich, the heir to Baldwin Way's and an amazing rider Ty is the most popular guy in this school!"

"And he's the star kicker for the football team!" Rebecca put in.

"And he's very, very HOTT!" Meghan exclaimed, "What? You can't say it's not true!"

The others nodded and murmured their agreement.

"Okay, so who was that girl?" I asked them even though I was already pretty sure I know who she was.

"That's his girlfriend, Ashley Grant," Soroya told me.

"Oh," I said, see I knew who she was.

"Do you like him?" Jamie asked me suspiciously.

"No!" I exclaimed, "I just met him and besides he has a girlfriend."

"So? Hasn't stopped a million other girls for falling for him," She told me.

"I don't have a crush on him!" I repeated. They didn't look like they believed me, "Besides I could have a boyfriend back in England."

"No you don't. You would have told me," Soroya said quickly. I glared at her, "Whoops sorry about that."

"Fine whatever, but I don't like him."

"You don't?" Jen asked me suspiciously.

"Well I like him… as a friend! But not like that," I told them laughing at the looks on their faces.

"Fine, whatever you say," Rachel said, they didn't really look like they believed me though. But I don't like him like that so whatever.

"So what was with all that stuff about the sponge and all?" Jamie asked me.

"Oh well I met Ty at a show, I already told you that. After the show I took my horse Sundance to the water trough and was sponging him off when Ty came over with his horse. Commander in Chief, he asked me if he could borrow my sponge so I threw it at him and it got water all over him and than he splashed water on me so I squeezed the sponge all over his head than I guess it somehow turned into a water fight," I told them and was laughing by the end.

They looked at me bemusedly and Meghan asked, "So were you in the same competition thing as him?" I nodded and she continued, "From what I picked up from your conversation with him I'm guessing he won?"

"Yeah, but only by like 300ths of a second," I said a little proudly, "So I have to work hard to beat him in 2 weeks," I said determinedly.

They laughed and Soroya said, "Well we'll all come to cheer you on!"

Everyone else replied with 'yes's' but I said, "You guys don't have too, you probably have better things to do."

"Nope it will be fun!" Rebecca said excitedly.

"And as an added bonus we get to see Ty ride," Jamie said.

"Who cares about that? He'll be wearing those tights things!" Rachel said giddily.

I rolled my eyes, "You mean breeches?"

Rachel shrugged, "Who cares what they're called? They're still tight!"

"We are so there!" Jamie exclaimed for everybody and they all nodded vigorously.

"And of course we're going to cheer you on too," Jen added for my benefit.

"Gee thanks," I said sarcastically.

Just than the bell sounded and everyone started walking in the direction of the grand building.

Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as I thought.

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(A/n: I was going to end here but I think I'll give you some more!)

A week later

I was leaning against the barn wall and staring at the dry erase board that held the names of all of the horses currently here. I was trying to decide if I should take Shadow or Dillon out on the trails.

Shadow was black with a little white star and was 16.2 hands high. He had been sent to Heartland to fix his fear of trailers and roads. His owners used him in hunt classes. His owners were picking him up the next day but he needed the exercise.

Dillon was mostly Quarter Horse. He was white and 16 hands high. Dillon also had a fear of trailers and roads. He had been sent with Shadow because they were stable mates and in horse terms 'best friends'. Dillon was also taken to shows and had been in the trailer when Shadow started freaking out and had hit his head on the roof when he reared. Dillon was also going home the next day but needed some exercise.

They were really sweet and I'd miss them.

I thought how much easier it would be if someone could go with me but my parents were meeting with a prospective client, Alex was giving his horse some light exercise since he was recently lame and all the people who worked here would be busy already.

"Hey Amy," my mum said behind me.

"Hey mum."

"What are you doing?" My dad asked.

"Getting ready to take Shadow or Dillon on the trails, does one of you want to come?"

I heard my dad chuckle and he said, "I'm sure Ty would go, wouldn't you Ty?"

"Huh? Is one of our hands named Ty?" I asked my dad still facing the board.

"Sure, I'd love to Mr. Fleming, but I don't think I work here," A familiar deep voice laughed.

I whipped around and saw that it was Ty Baldwin, "Whoops, I knew that, sorry," I said guiltily, "Hey."

"Hey," he said briefly, "So do you want me come?"

"Oh er if you want, you know if you're not busy or anything," I said.

"Good, good it's settled than," my dad said, "Amy you and Ty will take Dillon and Shadow out on the trails, they could use some exercise. Now your mother and I should get back to that client, have a good ride."

They turned to walk back down the isle to the office when my mum stopped and turned around, "Oh Ty, would you like to stay for dinner?" she asked.

I was slightly horrified at my mother's behavior and quickly tried to say, "Oh mum I'm sure he…"

"I'd love to Mrs. Fleming," he told my mum smiling that smile of his.

"Wonderful," she said cheerfully as she walked after my dad.

Once they were gone I turned to Ty and said, "You don't have to stay you know, I can just tell my parents..."

"Relax its okay, my mom and dad are going out tonight anyway. Now, which horse am I riding?"

"Oh right you can ride Shadow," I told him, "He's the big black right over there," I said pointing a few stalls down the isle where a big, elegant, black head appeared over the stall door when he heard his name.

"Awesome, so saddles are…?" He said looking over at Shadow.

"Oh right," I said and led Ty into the spacious tack room, "Shadow's things are…"

He cut me off amusedly, "Could it be right where it says Shadow by any chance?" He pointed to a rack that read 'Shadow' on the back.

I laughed out loud while inside I wondered why I was acting so weird, "Ha-ha anyway grooming buckets are right over there," I said pointing to the corner where there was a bucket for each horse.

Ty picked up Shadow's tack and grabbed a bucket and looked at me expectantly, I blushed and went to get Dillon's tack and a grooming kit for him.

I led Ty out of the tack room and we stopped in front of Shadow's stall. Ty set the saddle and pads on the saddle rack, hung the bridle on the hook and set the bucket on the floor.

"Dillon's right over here," I said as I made my way to stall right next to Shadow's and set my tack down.

"So do you tack them up in the stall or use the cross ties?" Ty asked me.

"Oh yeah we use the cross ties," I said stupidly. What was wrong with me?

"Okay I was just wondering because different farms do it differently."

"Yeah, Shadow's halter should be on the stall door?"

Ty held up the leather halter, "Got it," and went into Shadow's stall and put the halter on. I did the same to Dillon and than led him out of the stall and clipped him to the crossties. Ty used the ones right behind me. It was silent for a few minutes as we brushed the horses.

I broke the silence by, "So why are you here anyway?" since I had been wondering this since he got here.

"I needed a break," Ty answered.

"Oh," I decided to push it, "From whom? Your parents?"

"No not my parents, just… somebody," he answered.

I really wanted to know who 'somebody' was but I decided not to push it because if he had wanted to tell me who it was he would have said a name instead of 'somebody', "Oh okay. So why did you come here?"

"Dunno I kind of just ended up here. But I was wondering what this place was like, its pretty cool," he told me.

"Thanks, its not really put together completely yet," I said.

"Well I like it here, its calm, you know?"

"Yeah it's great, but wait till you see the trails! They're amazing," I gushed not caring about being modest because after all it was true.

"So I heard you go out with Ashley Grant," I said as a way of conversation.

"Yeah, I guess I do," Ty answered.

"So how long have you been together?" I asked because I actually was pretty curious.

"I dunno, 2 years or something?" he said unsurely, "We've broken up a lot though but all ways seem to get back together," I noticed his eye brows furrow.

"That's pretty cool. So I guess you guys are pretty close and all?"

"I guess." Ty said softly looking like he was deep in thought.

"So why didn't you go to her place?" I asked. I was met with silence and glanced over at Ty who was fastening up Shadow's girth. I couldn't see his face.

Than an absurd thought struck me, what if Ashley was the 'somebody'? What if he didn't want to be with his girlfriend? I shook my head and dismissed all such thoughts and replaced them with, he just didn't hear me.

I proceeded to put on Dillon's bridle trying to forget how my heart kind of flipped when I thought about how Ty had come to Heartland, my home, when he could have gone anywhere else.

"Are you ready to go?" I heard Ty ask and turned around to him stroking Shadow's neck. He grinned that famous smile of his at me. I guess he didn't hear my question after all…

"Yeah, let's go."

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The next day

I walked through the student packed hallways the next morning on my way to my locker.

Last night after Ty and I got back from the trail ride I gave him a tour of Heartland and told him about our methods and he seemed really interested in them. After we ate dinner Ty went out to his black Cadillac Escalade with the pickup bed in the back and grabbed his dark green L.L Bean messenger bag. We sat around the floor in the living room and did our homework. Ty ended up doing most of my math for me, but you don't see me complaining. He only left at like 11 p.m.

Thankfully my parents managed not to embarrass themselves or me and actually seemed to really like Ty. And for reasons I cannot even begin to fathom he seemed to like them too. I mean my parents are 'cool', sometimes but sometimes they're just… crazy. Well you know what I mean.

When I reached my locker I quickly put in my combination and opened it. I was put what books I didn't need inside and closed the door to see Ashley Grant standing in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest and glaring… at me.

"I heard my boyfriend was at your house last night," she said with a heavy emphasize on the 'my boyfriend'.

"Ty? Yeah he was," I answered back wondering what the big deal was.

"What did you do?" she asked suspiciously.

"Nothing really," I lied, not really in the mood to talk to her.

"Yeah well stay away from him," she said snottily.

"Excuse me?"

"Stay away from Ty," she repeated, "He shouldn't be hanging around with someone like you."

"I think Ty can choose who wants to hang out with by himself," I retorted.

She however ignored me and said, "Stay away from him; he doesn't need you adding to all that horse crap."

Oh my god, why would Ty date someone who hated horses? Horses were what his whole life was centered around, other than that football kicking thing which I still don't understand.

"Um okay…" I wasn't really sure how to reply to that.

"Stay away from him, he's my boyfriend."