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A total of 9 children were already saddled up with a parent on one side and a volunteer on the other. They were waiting for only one more, and it just so happened that the one rider they were waiting for was the only one on a regular sized horse. Emily stood patiently with the brown mare, scratching her muzzle, talking softly as the others left the stables and went into the arena.

The sound of one pair of footsteps and the sound of a wheelchair caused the slight red-head to turn her body around, "Looks like you made it, I was starting to…….. worry." The last word was whispered as she realized who it was. Not only was the blond in the wheelchair, but Effy was pushing her. She bit down on her bottom lip to keep herself from making a complete fool of herself. Emily brought in a couple breaths to try to remain calm when all she really wanted to do was freak out.

"Eff… would you mind leaving me for a bit?" Naomi turned her head so she could see her friend out of the corner of her eye as she asked her question. She saw the brunette nod her head and heard her walk out before she turned her gaze back to the red head, who was now staring at the ground between them. "Why did you leave?" Her voice whispered.

Emily could hear the pain evident in the girl's voice as she asked the simple question. Her eyes closed and she breathed in deeply before her husky voice softly spoke out, "I… I was … I am… scared." Chocolate orbs opened back up to look right into the crystalline blue pools belonging to the wheelchair bound girl. "I don't understand what I'm feeling, Naomi. I thought time away would be better for the both of us. Thought it would fix whatever I was feeling." She paused for a few short moments, "It didn't. I couldn't get you off my mind. I wanted to be with you every moment of the day, wanted to hold you."

"So the logical step when you wanted to be with me… was to leave?" Her voice was soft, but her words were dead serious.

"I can't explain it any better than that, Naomi." Her red head shook her head. "Let's get you up and riding before JJ comes in here to ask what happened." She swallowed. "So how much feeling do you have?"

"It's slowly moving up my legs, just my toes yesterday, but I can feel almost my entire foot today." Naomi watched in amazement as Emily got the horse to lie down on its side, but still didn't know how that was going to help her get on.

"Alright…" Emily said as Effy walked back inside. Her body flinched slightly, which wasn't lost on the blond, before she cleared her throat to continue. "Effy, if you can help me get Naomi's foot in the stirrup, then we can get the mare up, and then just like that you'll be up and ready to go, yeah?"

Naomi wasn't all that sure it was going to work out that easily, but it actually was pretty simple. All she had to do was hold onto the saddle-horn as the horse got up and it worked just like that. "You know, this isn't as bad as I thought it would be. That horse of yours is so tall!"

"He's here, you know… if you'd want to see him. I rode him over this morning." A small smile returned to her lips as she put the reins over the mare's head and handed them to Naomi. "I'll be right here, so don't worry, okay?" She took her place a little behind the horse's shoulder and her hand came up to softly set on Naomi's calf.

The blond happened to look down at the slight girl, noticed she had put her hand on her, and the first thing that came to her mind was that she remembered watching her do something like that with Katie before her barrel racing event. The second thing she thought of was that she wished she could feel it. She looked down sadly and wiggled her feet a little which caused the red head to look up with a smile on her face… she loved that smile. That was the smile that made her heart flutter. The smile that told her that everything would be okay.

Emily never left her side during the entire riding process. They would share little smiles, smirks, and even laughs, but there were very few, if any, words that passed between them. Now wasn't the time for such things, this time was to help her heal. Naomi still wondered how this whole riding thing was really going to help her walk again, but decided that right now, she quite liked it.

Since she was the last one to mount up, she was also the last one to get down, which was quite a bit more difficult than simply getting up, especially having someone without fully functioning legs! They managed and soon Naomi was back in her chair, Emily was seated on a bale of hay, and the two of them were sitting in a comfortable silence.

The silence soon became an uncomfortable one when the brunette strolled back into the barn. Effy didn't even bother acknowledging the red head and looked right through her to look to Naomi, "You ready to go?"

Emily's voice called out, sarcasm dripping from her lips, "Hello to you too, Effy? Or don't you remember me, we've now met four times, or can't you remember that? At my show..."

Effy cut her off before she could list the second time, which was the one she had been hiding from Naomi. She reached forward and grabbed the twin's arm before yanking her to follow her outside of the stables. The blue eyed girl looked over her shoulder, "We'll be right back Naomi."

The moment they were out of view and out of ear-shot from Naomi, Emily ripped her arm away. "What the fuck, Effy!"

"Look, I can't have you telling Naomi that I didn't help you find her."

"Why the fuck not?" Her brown orbs were burning into the blues of her counterpart, and if it was possible, her red hair would have been on fire.

Effy couldn't take the look of the chocolate eyes any longer and her gaze fell between them. She looked so small and vulnerable, her voice came out in a whisper, "She's really all I've got left."

Emily was stunned by the admission, but she wondered what did that really have to do with her? Her gaze lightened and she reached her hand out to set on the other girl's shoulder in a comforting manner. "I'm not quite sure what that has to do with me, Effy?"

The brunette took in a couple ragged breaths before she tilted her head up to meet the milk chocolate gaze again. "With all her conquests and other boyfriends, I've never had to worry. She goes out, does her thing, and then she comes back to me. With you… it's different. She talks about you, she cares about you, and she wants to be with you. I… I'm scared that if you take her in, that she won't come back."

"Effy, she's your best friend; I don't think you have anything to worry about. But, if you think there's a time when you feel she's slipping away, talk to me. I'll make sure you get some best friend time, okay?"

Effy looked up into Emily's eyes to see if she was sincere, and as far as she could see, there was nothing but the truth spoken. She wasn't use to such honesty coming from anyone except Naomi. The blue eyed girl didn't have much time to think about it when she felt her body being rammed into, and then caught by the same person.

"Oh bobbins, I'm sorry, I didn't… see you. Are you hurt, oh shit, fuck…"

"Calm down, JJ. I think she's fine. This is Effy, by the way. Effy, this is my best friend, JJ."

Once Effy had regained her bearings, she realized that the slightly cute, frizzy haired boy was still holding her around the waist. She looked from Emily to the boy, "Um, hey… I think I'm good now, you can let me go."

"Right… sorry, I get a little…"

"Locked on…" Emily finished, setting her hand on his arm to try to get him to let go.

"We should get some coffee or something." He blurted out his light eyes looking right at Effy.

Her lips curled into a smirk of a smile, "Sure."

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