"Shit!" Amy cursed, rolling out of her nice warm bed and onto the floor. "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!"
"Amy?" Lou called from somewhere in the house. "What's going on Amy? Do I need to come up there?" Amy looked around wildly, still cursing under her breath.
"Uh, no...I just overslept that's all. I'm late doing chores that's all." she called to Lou, hopping around her room grabbing barn clothes. A sock here, a shirt there...Pants. "And today's Ty's day off and Joni had a breakfast date with Ben, so the poor horses are probably starving!" she exclaimed, skipping down stairs, two at a time.
She had just reached the first floor and was running wildly (and half asleep) to the back door and trying desperately to slip on boots.
"Whoa there, where do you think you're going?" Amy spun around on one foot (she was holding the other; trying to force it in the boot) to face the voice.
"Whoa, what are you doing here? It's your day off..."
"No, it's YOUR day off. You never have a day off. So I thought I'd stop by and do them." Amy eyed Ty suspiciously.
"But you said you had plans for today." Amy accused her boyfriend. Ty just laughed at her facial expression of confusion mixed with exhaustion.
"Remember, surprise?" Amy blushed, but looked to Lou for help.
Lou winked and reminded Amy, "I'm here and very much capable to do chores, you know..." before she walked out of the room.
"Fine, but tell me what I need to wear. Casual, dress...?"
"Not dress, but not casual. Say a good pair of jeans and a nice T-Shirt?" Ty responded, grinning.
Amy smiled back, dropping her boot and running back up the stairs two at a time, again. Ty looked at Lou, as she marched back in, shaking her head. An evil smirk plastered to her face.
"What?" he asked, bemused as to why Lou was shaking her head.
"I know what you're going to do..." Lou says giggling. "Just like I also know who all you asked for permission."
Ty looked alarmed. "Did you say anything to Amy?"
Lou rolled her eyes. "Of course I didn't! Why would I tell Amy?"
"Tell Amy what?" Amy asked, coming down the stairs. Already changed; looking from Ty to Lou as she stood at the bottom of the stairs. "Well? I'm waiting..." Ty exchanged a desperate look with Lou.
"Nothing Amy...Ty and I were just talking about...stuff." Amy put her hands on her hips.
"Mmmmhmmmm..."
"It was nothing, Ames." Ty tells Amy, dumping the rest of his coffee down the sink. "But we need to roll...Otherwise we'll be late."
Amy rolls her eyes following Ty to the door, asking, "Late for what?"
Ty kept walking straight, Amy trailing behind. Headed straight for his new, blue Ford pick-up truck.
"It's a surprise..."