Author's Note:

Thanks for all the reviews! Now for that question… I would make both of Ty's parents like love Amy but I love drama and so that will just not work out… I took parts from a bunch of your suggestions but basically it's going to be like this: Brad likes her, Elizabeth hates her and Lee loves her ;-) Enjoy and review!

You're lucky it snowed tons last night or else you wouldn't get an update till like Wednesday! I hate the snow, my mom made me shovel the steps and I've never had to shovel snow before in my life! It sucks.

Disclaimer: Based loosely on characters created and owned by Lauren Brooke.

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Chapter 6

Ty's POV

Next day, Heartland

"Dude!" Lee exclaimed from next to me as we pulled into Heartland. Lee had insisted he come with me, why I do not know.

"What?" I asked and glanced over at him. He was staring straight ahead and his mouth was hanging open slightly.

"Dude!" he said again as I pulled the pickup into a parking area in front of the stables.

"What?" I asked again.

"Dude, is that Amy?" he pointed through the windshield.

I looked at where he was pointing and saw Amy approaching, how did she always manage to look that good? I mean she was wearing a maroon sweatshirt that had 'Heartland' in white letters outlined in black on the front, jeans and her black, leather boots and half chaps on and her long hair was in a loose ponytail. She was leading Sundance on a lead line held loosely behind her. "Yeah that's her," I said in response to Lee's question, "Why?"

"Dude," what's up with Lee and the word 'dude'? "How do you always get the hot ones? She's better than Ashley!" I laughed and as I jumped out of the truck he said, "Hot girls with horses, it's like my dream come true!" and he got out too.

"Hey!" Amy called out as she reached us. She looked at Lee quizzically.

"Hey Amy. This is my brother Lee," I introduced her and she lifted a hand in greeting and smiled, "And Lee this is Amy."

"Hey, how's it goin'?" Lee said in a voice that I think was him trying to sound seductive. I had to cover my laugh up as a cough.

"Everything's good," Amy told Lee but when he turned around she raised an eyebrow questioningly at me. I just shook my head.

"I'm just going to go and put Sunny back in his stall and than I'll come show you where Chief's stall is going to be, kay?"

"I'll help you!" Lee said eagerly and made to follow Amy but I reached out a hand and pulled him backwards by the hood on his sweatshirt.

"I don't think so," I said, "You're helping me with Chief, that's why you're here," I reminded him.

Amy smiled before she led Sunny over to one of the stables.

"Come on," I said to Lee as I walked to the back of the trailer, "Help me with this," I motioned to the ramp.

Lee pouted as he helped me lower the ramp to the ground, I could have done it by myself but I only had one hand to use which would have made matters a bit more challenging.

"Try not to hit on her too much," I told him, "She's older than you."

"So? I like older women and you're just jealous because she probably likes younger men better to!"

I laughed, "Don't you have a girlfriend already?"

"Katie?" I nodded, "Nope we broke up."

"Oh," I said before disappearing through the door on the side of the trailer. Chief snorted and pricked his ears forward, "No boy we're not going to a show, you're going to stay here for a while," I told him softly. I untied him and than slowly led him down the ramp. When we were on the blacktop Chief raised his head and looked around.

"Is he okay?" Amy asked as she rejoined us a minute latter.

"Yeah he's great," I said, "Probably thinks we're going to a show," I laughed.

Amy laughed to, "Yeah Sunny's the same way. Well I'll show you where his stall is going to be and than I'll help you get all of his stuff," she motioned for me to follow.

She led us to one of the barns and said, "This is the barn we keep all of the show or very valuable horses coming to us in. And here," she said as she stopped in front of an empty stall, "Is where Chief will be staying," she opened the stall door wide and I led Chief in.

After I unclipped his lead rope I backed out of the stall and shut the door, sliding the brass latch into place. I leaned against the door and watched as Chief explored his new stall.

Amy came up and leaned against the door next to me, "I hope I can help him," she said softly.

I looked down at her and smiled, "I'm sure you will," she didn't notice I was watching her. She just kept watching Chief, a look of concentration on her face.

"Hey Amy!" she stood up as a boys voice cut through the silence.

I turned around and recognized it as Amy's brother from the day I met her and when I'd been over here and went riding.

"Hey Al what's up?" she asked.

Her brother, Alex, walked up to Chief's stall and looked in.

"Is this the new horse?"

"Yep, this is Commander in Chief, he's Ty's horse. You remember Ty right?"

Alex turned to face me and a grin spread over his boyish features, "Oh right, hey Ty!"

"Hey Alex," I greeted the boy (a/n: I changed Alex's age from 8 to 12).

"You've got some nice horses in here," Lee said appreciatively and I saw him looking into each of the horses' stalls, "Are these all you've got?"

"Thanks and no," Amy answered, "As I said before, these are only the show horses that come to Heartland. We have other stables for the others."

Lee walked over to us and eyed Alex, "Who's that?"

"This is my brother Alex, Alex this is Ty's brother, Lee," Amy introduced them.

"Hi," Alex said.

"Hey," Lee replied.

"Hey Alex why don't you go show Lee around the rest of the place while I help Ty with Chief's things," Amy suggested.

"Sure," Alex readily agreed.

"But…" Lee tried.

"Go," I said firmly and Lee sulked off behind Alex.

"I think my brother likes you," I laughed after the barn door closed behind the two retreating figures.

"Who doesn't?" Amy said and laughed, "Why don't we get Chief's stuff and I'll show you where to put it," she suggested.

"Okay," I said and than I remembered, "Wait, I have to take of his travel wraps," I said as I opened the stall door and walked over to Chief.

"Oh yeah, right. I'll help you," she said and followed me into the stall.

I took off his dark green travel blanket that had the Baldwin Way's crest on it and Chief's full name under it while Amy worked on his leg wraps. After I was done I hung the blanket over the door and bent down to take off the last leg wrap.

I placed the leg wrap next to the other three and than turned back to Amy who was stroking Chief's head. He was holding his head contentedly by her chest and she had one arm hooked under his neck and was lightly holding onto the top of his neck and her other hand was stroking a gentle path from the top of his white star to his silky muzzle.

I grinned and said, "He likes you."

Amy looked up at me and smiled softly, "Well I'm glad, I like him to," she replied.

I walked over to her so that I was standing directly in front of her, only about a foot away I might add. I let my green eyes meet her gray ones, her eyes are amazing, they have a dark gray ring around them and are filled in with a lighter, smoky gray color. I slipped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer to me so that I could feel her chest pressed against mine and her arms snaked around my neck. I leaned my head down and let my lips mold themselves to hers. I ran my tongue across her bottom lip before allowing myself to explore the inside of her mouth, she did the same. I felt her fingers running threw my hair and I was running my hands up and down her back, I felt Amy moan inside of my mouth and I smiled against her lips.

After a minute or so I reluctantly pulled back and breathing heavily I leaned my forehead against Amy's, who was breathing equally as hard.

"We should go get Chief's stuff," I said hoarsely.

"Yeah," Amy agreed.

I took her hand and led her out of the stall and back up to my truck. I opened the door to where there was a small tack room.

"So what did you bring?" Amy asked me.

I stepped into the small room and grabbed three identical dark green blankets that both had Baldwin Way's crest and Chief's name on them. I handed them out to Amy, "His winter blanket, a water proof one and a cooler. Hold on," I handed them to her and after a moment of searching located the dark green blanket bag that was embroidered the same way as the blankets were, "Here," I said handing out to Amy, "You can put them in here."

"Okay," she said as she accepted the bag and went to work folding the blankets up.

I dropped another two dark green bags that was again embroidered the same way as the others down next to her, "Saddle pads and leg wraps," I said, "Do you need his grooming kit?" I asked.

Amy looked up at me, "No we've got tons of that stuff here."

"Okay," I said before picking up my saddle, girth and bridle, they all had cases that were the same as the others. I jumped out of the trailer and slung the bridle case over the saddle so I could close the trailers door. Carefully because of my arm and all which was again beginning to hurt again, I guess the pain killers were wearing off.

"I think that's it," I said looking at all of the dark green bags, "Yep I've got everything," I confirmed once I was sure nothing was forgotten.

"You brought a lot," Amy remarked.

I grinned, "Well what did you expect? This is Commander in Chief from Baldwin Way's, he travels in style," I joked.

Amy laughed, "Of course, so there's a tack room in every stable," she informed as we walked back to the barn Chief was in. She led me down the barns aisle and into a big tack room. "So Chief's stuff is going to go over there," she said after a moment of looking around.

I looked over to where she was pointing and saw a saddle rack, hook and a trunk under it. Above them was a plaque that read 'Commander in Chief' in big fancy letters.

I looked at Amy questioningly and she just shrugged and said, "It was Lou's idea, she likes everything to be neat and organized."

I put my saddle on the rack, hung the bridle and girth on the hook and fit all the other stuff into the trunk.

"Hold on," Amy said and ran out of the room while I was putting the last thing in the trunk. A minute latter she returned with Chief's travel wraps. I put those in the trunk to.

We walked back to Chief's stall and watched him as he chomped contentedly on a bale of hay.

"So what did your parents say about Chief coming here?" Amy asked eventually.

Oh yeah, my parents, that reminds me, "They were okay with it," well that was almost the truth. My dad thought it was a good idea but last night my mom was trying to talk me out of it.

"That's good," Amy said sounding relieved.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked.

"Sure go ahead."

"Well," I said stretching the word out, "My mom and dad wanted me to invite you over for dinner on Friday night," I said hesitantly.

Amy stood up and looked at me, "Oh… really?" she looked a little shocked.

"Yeah, Lee goes to GAP and told them about what happened with Ashley and everything and than they said you had to come over for dinner."

"Um okay," she said unsurely.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I'll come."

"Because if you can't come its okay," I tried.

Amy laughed lightly, "Do you not want me to meet your parents?"

"No it's not that it's just that my parents can be a little… intimidating," I said slowly.

"Well I think I'll survive and besides you've met my parents."

"Well if you're sure."

"What? Do you think your parents will like hate me or something?" she questioned.

"No they'll love you," I half lied. I knew my dad would like her I just wasn't so sure about my mom. "So you'll come?"

"Yeah, I'll come," she answered and smiled a little.

"Great, well they'll be happy," I said.

"So what do I wear?" Amy asked suddenly.

"What?"

She laughed, "I mean do I have to dress up or anything?"

"Uh," I paused to think for a minute, "I guess something nice but not really nice."

"Okay so like…" she trailed off.

"Well my mom will probably be wearing one of those skirt suit things and my dad will most likely be wearing a pair or khakis and a button down," I said from experience since this was basically what they always wore when we had someone over for dinner.

"Okay I get it," Amy said, "So what time should I come?" she inquired.

"I'll pick you up at 6:30," I told her remembering the time my mom had told me.

"Oh I can drive myself if…"

"No it's okay, I'll come pick you up," I laughed.

Amy smiled at me and said, "Okay great, so 6:30 on Friday night?"

"Right," I confirmed than I said in a softer voice, "Hey thanks for doing this."

"It's no problem I want to meet your parents anyway."

"That's great but that's not what I was talking about."

"Oh?"

"I meant thanks for taking Chief," I said sincerely.

"I already told you it was no problem," she tried to shrug it off.

"Well still, thanks."

Amy looked up at me and smiled softly before turning her gaze back to Chief, "I just hope I can help him," she said softly.

"I bet you can," I encouraged her.

"Thanks but you can't always help a horse if they don't want to be helped."

"Chief isn't like that," I said right as Chief picked up a chunk of hay in his mouth and tossed it up into the air and it rained down over his head. When all the hay settled on his head he made a noise that sounded almost exactly like a laugh before shaking his head around to get all the hay off. I started to laugh really hard and so did Amy. She ended up leaning against me and I put an arm around her shoulders, "Like I said, Chief's not like that," I said still laughing pretty hard.

"Yeah I guess he isn't," Amy agreed. Once our laughing quieted down a bit she said, "I know you can't always tell if a horse has a problem just by looking at him but I would never have even guessed Chief had a problem."

"Me neither, he doesn't act like it either."

"So was it was just that one time at the show on Sunday and than he was fine?"

"Exactly, he's been fine since. Granted I haven't ridden him sense than but…"

Amy interrupted me, "Do you think there could be something wrong with his back?"

"It's possible," I said, "Though he was fine when I groomed him before and didn't even move when I put on his blankets. You should get on him tomorrow and see how he goes," I suggested.

"Maybe…" Amy said softly.

"I think you'd look great on him," I said and playfully nudged her in the side.

"Ya think?"

"I'm positive. And besides Chief likes you so much already… he might just hate now and that's why he bucked me off," I joked.

Amy grinned and shook her head, "Somehow I doubt it, Chief loves you more than anyone else."

"What can I say?" I tried to say as innocently as I could.

Amy laughed and leaned back against my chest. I curved an arm around her waist and we just stood and watched Chief for a few minutes. It was really quiet and peaceful, with just the sounds of horses snorting or munching contentedly on their hay.

The moment was broken however when Alex and Lee came laughing and banging into the stable.

I let my arm fall from around Amy's waist as she stood back up and turned to face the two newcomers, "So you saw the whole place?" she asked Lee.

Lee grinned and replied, "Yeah, its great."

"Glad you liked it," Amy smiled softly.

"Hey Ty," Lee said to me, "Shouldn't we get going?"

I looked at my watch and noticed that it was a quarter to 5. Dad wanted us back at five so we could watch one of our two year olds run. Dad said that Baldwin Prince, the two year old, was his favorite out of all the two year olds in our barn and the most likely to make it into the Triple Crown races the next year. I have to agree Baldwin Prince was a fine looking animal. He was pure thoroughbred, sired by Make Way For The King, one of our horses who won the Triple Crown a few years back, and was out of Little Woman, the first filly to ever win the Triple Crown so he had impeccable bloodlines. Baldwin Prince was already standing at just over 17 hands high and expected to grow more yet; he was well built and muscular. Prince had inherited his sires black coating and was a sleek, jet black allover except for a stripe of white running horizontally across his forehead that looked just like a crown, resulting in his name being made Baldwin Prince.

"Oh yeah we should get going," I turned to Amy and said, "Dad wants us to watch on of our horses run."

"Cool," she said.

I stepped back in front of Chief's stall and whistled. His head popped up from where it had been in the hay and he walked over to me. I rubbed the area between his eyes affectionately, "Be good Chief."

Chief snorted as if to say, "Am I ever anything but?"

I laughed, "Yeah yeah I know, I'll come visit you later," he butted his head into my side, "See ya later buddy," I said, giving him a final pat on the neck before turning to follow Amy and Alex out of the barn.

Lee was walking next to me and I noticed that he was looking straight ahead but his gaze was fixed a little too low on Amy's back for my liking. I picked my arm up and hit sharply him in the back of his head.

"Ow!" he exclaimed as his head went forwards, "What was that for?"

I noticed Amy look at us questioningly over her shoulder so I said, "You know what. You should keep you eyes higher or you might fall."

I noticed Amy blush as she got the meaning of my words and she quickly turned back around.

When we got back to the truck Lee immediately jumped into the passenger side and I went around the trailer to make sure the ramp was securely bolted in place. When that was done I opened my door before turning back to Amy, "I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Yeah, you should come by here tomorrow after school tomorrow. You know, to see Chief," she added quickly.

I grinned and said, "Are you going to ride him?"

She smiled back and said, "You never know, I might."

"Well if I'm not busy tomorrow I'll defiantly stop by," Amy nodded, "And if not tomorrow the next day."

"Great so…"

"Ty!" Lee's voice came from the inside of the truck cutting Amy off, "Hurry up! Dad's going to get mad at us if we're late!"

"Coming," I sighed.

"Well you should get going," Amy told me.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow?"

"See you tomorrow."

I jumped into the truck and slammed the door shut. Amy stepped back as I backed the truck up. I waved before I turned the truck around slowly.

About 10 minutes later we arrived back at Baldwin Ways. I parked the truck and trailer in the area where all our other trailers were located before walking down to the one mile track with Lee.

We arrived just in time to see Baldwin Prince walking calmly through the gates onto the track. Once out on the track the jockey perched over his withers and nudged him into a trot.

Dad turned around and saw us. He waved and yelled out, "Oh good you're just in time to watch Prince run!"

A/n: It's kind of short but I hope you liked it! Review!