Aunty Kylie
Tory pulls their phone out of their pocket. 4:20. Time for dogs dinner.
Tory whistles loudly and the dogs heads poke up, and PanPan jumps of the couch and flys down the hallway towards the backyard. Tank follows and Tory laughs as they stand up. The four girls give Tory a confused look.
"What was that about?" Emily asks, raising and eyebrow.
Tory laughs, gesturing something to Aussie who flys back over to his cage and waits patiently inside.
"It's dinner time", Tory walks down the hallway to the backyard, gesturing for the girls to follow her. They step out the large door and see the two dogs waiting by their dinner bowls.
"Sit" Tory tells Tank who sits. They scoop three cups of dog biscuits and walk over to one end of the porch. Tank sits down and Tory places the bowl down in front of him. He eats slowly.
Tory then does the same with PanPan, only having two cups for the smaller dog and putting it down on the opposite side of the porch.
"There we go" Tory says, dusting their hands off and closing up the biscuit bin. Tank is still eating but PanPan is almost done. Tory rolls their eyes at this.
"Gobble guts".
"Come on you four. Just Aussie to feed now", the three girls follow Tory to the kitchen which is connected to the living room. Tory pulls out various fruits from the fridge and starts chopping. The four girls sit at the stalls in front of the kitchen island.
"So what are you up to on the weekend?" Hanna asks.
"Well I am not going to school tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm gonna be going for the rest of the week actually" Tory says matter of factly while chopping some mango.
"Why not?" Aria tilts her head in a questioning manner.
"My aunty is getting in with her horses. She's gonna need a hand taking them to the stables".
"Your aunty?" Spencer questions.
"Uh yeah. She's moving in with me. She hot offered a job as a riding teacher. And so along with the hirses I'll have even more unpacking to do" Tor explains, picking up the bowl of fruit and giving it to Aussie, closing the cage door.
"Still doesn't answer my question. What are you doing on the weekend?" Hanna asks again
"Well if you must know-"
"And we must" Emily says
"Then I was gonna see about having a barbecue. Speaking of which, you lot wanna come?". The four hirls smile, and Tory instantly knows the answer.
"We'd love too" Aria says and the three other girls nod in agreement.
"And Bring your families would ya. I need to get to know some new faces. And Emily, invite Maya. Og and Hanna, can you ask Mona to come". Tory looks too their phone.
"And you should probably get going. I'll see you lot on Saturday at 1pm". Thr four girls wave Tory goodbye as thry each go their separate ways.
Tory wakes up at seven on the Wednesday morning, quickly going for a shower and getting dressed before locking the dogs in the backyard and driving to the ariport. They stop on the way there to pick up a horse float.
They arrive at the airport and show security their id to he able to access the special landing for the horses. Tory waits for the flight to land, and they start unloading each horse. They had to wait for the right time of year to be able to get a cheap flight for moving the horses overseas. Thry watch as the excited owners, old or new, greet their horses, and walk them around after the long flight.
Tory finally spots the two horses they where looking for, and see who was walking them off the plane. Tory walks towards the lady and the two horses. The lady spots them and walks over towards them, the horses following happily.
"Hello Tory dear" they say.
"Hey Aunty Kylie. And hello you two" Tory pats and scrathes the two horses who enjoy seeing one of their favorite people.
Tory and Kylie load the two horses onto the float and they start driving to the stables.
"So how was your two first days at school?" Kylie asks and Tory just shakes their head happily.
"It was fine" Tory says amd then Kylie's tone turns serious.
"I heard about Alison" she says looking at Tory who sucks uo a breath.
"You did hey?" Is all Tory manages to say without her voice cracking.
"I can tell you're not alright".
"No no I'm absolutely peachy. All that happened was that I found out my friend had been killed and burried in her own backyard" Tory says sarcastically, getting annoyed and upset, tears starting to soak her cheeks.
But before Kylie can say anything else they arrive at the stables.
"I'll go find who we need to" Tory says, walking off, leaving Kylie to unload the horses.
"And these two must be Romeo and Dan" someone says and Kylie turns. Standing there was Tory and a man who looked to be in his late thirties.
"Sure are" Tory answers for Kylie, taking Romeo's lead rope.
"Well then they can go in one of the paddocks for a bit" thr man says and starts walking towards one of the many paddocks
"Uh what's your name sorry" kylie asks the man.
"Michael" je says and opens the gate to an empty paddock. Tory and Kylie walk the two horses in and take of the halter and lead rope.
"See you two later" Tory waves to Romeo and Dan as they walk back to the car.
"Thanks Michael" Kylie says as she steps into the drivers seat and Tory gives her a confused look.
"You are going to tell me exactly what's upsetting you. And I feel like you won't be able to drive". Tory huffs and rolls their eyes, sitting reluctantly in the passanger seat.
"Good Tory" Kylie says ad Tory rolls their eyes again.
Kylie starts the car and they begin to drive, Tory not saying a word
"Come on. Tell me what's wrong".
"You already know what's wrong" Tory says through gritted teeth and keeps their head foward.
"Well yes but come on. There's something else going on here" Kylie reasons and glances to Tory who has silent tears streaming down her cheeks.
"I know there is something you're not telling me" Kylie adds and this seems to get to Tory
"I liked her okay?! I fell for a girl that didn't feel the same way and then went missing! And the week I get back she showes up dead!" Tory is sobbing now not able to look Kylie in the eye.
Kylie smiles sympathetically. "I see" is all she says and Tory just turns and looks out the window, embarrassed that they broke down and admitted it like that.
They arrive at the house and Tory grabs their satchel that they had taken and tushes upstairs to theor room, ignoring the excited barking coming from the backyard.
They fall onto their bed and sob, shuddering.
Pull yourself together Tory. Get over it Tory tells themselves. But it doesn't work and they can only think about how much they fell for the mysterious girl. How she seemed to make everything feel better, even if it is only for a minute.
Tory eventually falls to sleep and Kylie does everything needed, feeds the dogs and Aussie. Unpacks some of her things into one of the empty rooms upstairs.
All that Tory needed to know was that they where loved and that they had people to count on.
And chapter four dine and dusted! We found out about how Tory felt towards Alison and we met Tory's aunty. What did you guys think! As usual leave a review for me!