Anneke was frightened as she entered the barn. Frank was already there, looking wide awake.
"Hullo" Whispered Anneke, a little tingling feeling starting in-between her legs.
"Hi." Frank had Chimer bridled. "I put the bridle on this boy. Is there any one else I can ride?"
"Err… Dynus is a work horse, not broke to ride… and Windy is not but a baby. Abbey isn't what you'd call the ideal mount…"
"Why is that?"
"She's crazy."
"I'll ride Abbey."
"Ok." Anneke mentally slapped herself. She was so focused on how gorgeous Frank was that she didn't even think about who he'd ride. "If you insist. Do you want to use a saddle?"
"Naw."
"Her bridle is the small brown one with the black piping." Frank was fast. He had the little bay mare bridled before Anneke could climb onto Chimer's back. "You're fast" she commented, the tingly feeling returning as Frank hoisted himself onto the mare's back.
"I've been doing timed events for years." He smiled, which made Anneke melt.
"Ok, er, this way." Anneke led the way out of the barn and away from the ranch. Frank was good at keeping the antsy and spirited Abbey under control. Anneke admired his smooth skill, and wished she didn't have to tie her skirt at her thighs and ride whenever she pleased, so she too could be as good a rider as Frank. When they reached the fire hills, Anneke stopped and turned to look at Frank, who was whistling to himself and ignoring Abbey's attempts at rears and bucks. "How do you stay so calm?" She asked when Abbey succeeded in throwing a good buck.
"I just do." Frank shrugged and smiled adorably at Anneke. "You're a very pretty girl." Anneke blushed.
"I am not a girl, I am a woman." She tucked some loose strands of hair behind her ears.
"I apologize." Frank bowed his head, then studied Anneke again. "How old do you and Chimer think I am?"
"OH!" Anneke giggled in surprise. "Maybe thirty?"
"Close enough." Frank smiled weakly, then turned Abbey in a sharp circle when she bucked again. Anneke flushed pink in happiness. She liked Frank… a lot. "So where about are we headed to?"
"To the end of the field?" Anneke pointed to the bushed bordering the field.
"Sounds good." Frank laughed as Abbey picked up a canter. He stopped when he was beside Anneke.
"I'm taller then you!" Cried Anneke in glee. The man's head was equal with her shoulder.
"Maybe that's because the horse I'm riding is 15 hands high, and your's is 17." He grinned, and Anneke rolled her eyes. A bubbly and mischievous feeling filled Anneke, and she bent down and snatched Frank's hat off his head. His eyes widened in bewilderment, and Anneke took off at a gallop, laughing like a maniac, Frank's hat in her dainty hand. Frank didn't miss a beat. He nudged the prancing Abbey into a gallop, and he was quickly by her side. "OH NO WAY!" Anneke laughed and dodged away from Frank's grab. The chase went on, until, a bouquet of pheasants burst from the grass, clucking and flapping their wings. The sound spooked Chimer, who swerved. Anneke screamed as she fell of the horse's side, and took Frank down with her.
"OOF!" Anneke and Frank hit the ground with a THUD, and the horses continued to gallop.
'Are you alright?" Asked Frank, blinking the dust out of his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah….you?" Anneke replied shakily, but did not move. Frank was underneath her.
"I've been worse. Where can the horses go?"
"No where. They'll stop and graze soon enough." Anneke groaned.
"That was quite the fall." Frank stirred from underneath Anneke, making her stomach flutter.
"Sorry…"
"Don't be." Frank made no effort to stand up. He just continued to lie in the grass, Anneke on top of him.
"I should move" she started sitting up, but Frank inhaled sharply, and one of his hands flew to her waist, but he snapped it away almost instantly. Anneke was curious. She very sneakily moved her leg over the special spot on Frank's pants. What she felt made the tinglyness move to her head and to her toes.