"Ty Baldwin! WHERE are we going!" Amy asked, annoying Ty by asking for about the millionth time. Ty just shook his head and kept driving. Sometimes he forgot how persistant and stubborn his innocent looking girlfriend could be. But she was his Amy, and he loved everything about her. Including her stubborn demeanor and sometimes bad attitude.
"Amy Fleming, calm down! If you ask me one more time I will turn around and take your cute little butt home young lady!" Amy crossed her arms and pouted for a bit. Ty glanced over and smiled. He reached his hand on to gently rub her cheek with his thumb. Amy felt herself quickly softening.
"But Tyyyyyy!" she whined, "You know that ALWAYS works! You cheater!" Ty grinned foolishly... His handsome face looking young and light and very happy. His emerald eyes twinkle as he looked at Amy with a look of the most upmost adoration.
"We're almost there Ames." Ty disclosed. Amy immediately broke eye contact and looked around excitedly, only to realize there was nothing around them. Literally nothing. They were in the middle of nowhere! Just... road. And trees and grass. No cars, no houses, and no animals were within sight. She looked back at him, raising an eyebrow to question him. He just chuckled in response.
"You'll see. Our stop is coming up pretty soon..." he said, turning on the turn signal to flash to the left as he turned down an old county road. Amy sighed, frustrated, and turned up the radio as loud as possible after she found a decent song. A Taylor Swift song...Ty smiled as he saw her dancing in her seat and singing along.
As soon as it was over, she turned it down to a normal volume. Then she saw it.
At first it appeared out of nowhere. A huge farm over the top of a HUGE mountain top! They had to be in the foothills of the Appalation Mountains! Wow! The view amazed Amy in general... Let alone when she saw the large horse stables come into view.
"Ty where are we?" Amy asked, astonished.
"Not too far from home, Amy. Don't worry!" he said, parking the truck with a smile. "Come on, let's go!" Ty effortlessly hopped out, closing the door with ease behind him.
Amy mumbled something under her breath something along the eyes of "stubborn ass" low enough that Ty didn't hear as he walked around to open her door. Before he could help her out, she jumped and hit the ground clumsily.
"Amy, are you ok?" Ty askes worriedly, seeing Amy land in a heap on the stones. "Amy?" Ty repeats.
"I'm fine, I'm fine..." Amy says, rolling her eyes as she heaved herself up. Wiping her hands on her good jeans.
"If you say so Ames..."
"I do." Amy says seriously. "Now where is this surprise...?" Ty rolled his eyes and put his arm around Amy. She had a one tract mind.
"Well, I know how much you love Marwaris and have always wanted one soooo I kinda found a registered breeder... And, well Happy Anniversary." he looks away, unsure of her reaction. He waited...And waited. And waited. Finally he plucked up the courage to look at her. She was crying ? He didn't see that one coming.
"Oh Ty!" She exclaimes, throwing her delicate, tan arms around his neck. "Thank you so much!" she pulls away, kissing him passionately on the lips. "This is the best present ever!"
"Here's the thing...I was talking to the breeder, who bought them off of another breeder who has abused them. Very severely. This lady says they were starved and badly abused and neglected when she got them. She told me she couldn't stand leave them there. There's 5 pregnant mares. Pure, registered Marwaris are due from all of them. We are taking all the mares home and rehabilitating them. After they all foal and are all rehabilitated, the owner will come pick all the mares and foals up. Except for your foal pick. Which will be in exchange for helping her horses. She even said 2 if you want 2. I figure this way, you can handle them all from birth and train them exactly how you wish from day one."
"Wow Ty...That's cool! I'm...shocked. Thank you!" Amy said, looking at Ty, utterly amazed.
"We have plenty of space with our new barns and rings... So I figured why not? Take care of 10 horses for a little while and get a horse worth over $30,000 in exchange. For a girl I love. Your family thought it was a great idea."
"I love you Ty." Amy says, hugging Ty closely. "Thank you so much, I'm speechless!" Ty chuckled.
"I love you too Amy. And there's no need to keep thanking me...You deserve it and are definitely worth it. Plus we help horses in need and get our name out there even more. Not to mention we train those foals before they leave a bit...And people see how successful the foals are...They'll want ALL horses and foals to be here! It's a good deal for us!" Ty paused, looking down on his true love, in his arms. He kissed the top of her head gently. "You ready to bring these mares home?" he asked, pulling away, leaving one arm around her as they moved to the door.
"Let's!" Amy exclaims happily, walking up to the house with Ty at her side. Ready for her new challenge.
