Oh the surprise I was in for when I got up the next morning. Remembering that I had a new stable buddy, I got up, and looked across from my stall to see who it was.

TayTay.

At least, I think it was anyway. No, who am I kidding! It was!

"Tay….what?" I was speechless.

She looked up. "I got depressed. I don't want to jump because after I came home, nobody came around and you were gone! I had SO much I wanted to tell you and you weren't there! I wanted to really tell you about my big ribbon that Gisele and I won for you." Tay cried.

All I could do was look. Her poor stall was blank and here was my stall, decked out with cards and notes and lots of pictures. Maybe that's why she was so depressed.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" She asked.

"Um, I fractured my left hind leg. I banged it into a wall a few weeks earlier, but I don't think that is why it's broken."

"So why didn't you come home?" She asked with a mouthful of hay. Awwww…

"They brought me here. I wanted to come home! Really I did! But after the Preakness race, they kept me here."

"Sorry to hear…and see that." Tay looked to be reading the notes outside of my stall. "I see you have a fan base going here."

"Oh those, yeah." I said, trying not to let my cast show. I didn't want her to know just how bad it was. She could tell I was hiding my leg though. A door opened and in came my vet. I had forgotten that today was they day of my cast changing. Doh! So, being a big baby, I followed him with my head down out of my stall and into the O.R.

I know Tay saw my leg. Oh man, how was I ever gonna explain it as a 'minor injury?' This was not little bump-and-go, no it was a major, full-out fracture of my leg.

………

"Barbaro! Wake up dude!" Taylor called from her stall, which was now right next to mine.

"Noooo. Good dream, goooodddd dreammmm." I snapped open my eyes, ohhhh to quickly and now the sun is blinding me! Ahh! "Oh, Good Morning, Tay." She had her head poked over into my stall. I got used to it after her first few times doing that. We greeted each other, though I as a little embarrassed about being a baby over a little sunlight.

"Good morning. I hear we are getting a package today!" She neighed happily. Any package of food or anything without my name all over it, we shared.

"Really, of what?" I asked excidly.

"Of kisses!" She said as she leaned over and stared kissing me. Oh, forgot to tell you, she has the BIGGEST crush on me, so I told her I liked her too. Pretty cool huh? Yep sir, life is goooood!

………

I got a bath again today! Now I smell nice and clean! I think Tay thought I smelled a little. Hehehehe. Fillies are strange like that now aren't they? And the vet came to check out my leg, says I'm doing better everyday. Also, a huge present came for me the other day. A sling! Now I don't need to put so much weight on my leg if I don't want to and I taught myself how to go in and out of it. One little thing though…. I can't seem to make this stinging feeling in my other hind hoof go away….

………

Lamin-who? Is it someone coming to visit me?

TayTay gasped at what she heard. "Barbaro, Laminitis isn't a person, it's a disease!"

"Well, I certainly hope it doesn't come here. I've been through enough without that too."

"Um, remember that stinging and it got worse whenever you put weight on it? Well, that's laminitis."

Oh great. No wonder there is even more stuff coming in for me now. I'm even MORE sick. On top of that, Tay is leaving in the morning because she is over her depression….awn. That's gonna send me into a depression….

A/N: Poor Barbaro. Well, at least in real life he is making a speedy recovery! Reviews are greatly appreciated!