Agh D; I'm sad. I wrote this chapter, and it was long and stuff..but then when I saved it, it didn't work. And I had to start all over! grr, I hate life. But anyways, I hope you like this chapter. I really hope you enjoy this. Because it takes a long time to re-write something. GRRRR ;(
"And this one's Prancer.." Alex said, as she reached the end of the stable.
"Prancer? As in the reindeer, Prancer?" Mutt asked, struggling to keep up with her. Dang, this girl was fast!
"Mhmm." She reached in and began to rub the horse's nose. "I got her when I was little. She was the first horse I ever ridden. My sister told me it was Prancer the reindeer. So the name kind of stuck." She moved along to the horse beside it. "This is Ringo. He's my sisters. She's had him for a few years."
Mutt found a chance to lean against the wall of the stable, thankfully. The family owned so much land and the girl was too eager for her own good. "Why do you like horses so much?"
"What's not to like about 'em?" Alex said, continuing to pet the horses. "They're just so cool!"
"But, don't you get tired of cleaning up after them?"
"Don't you?" She asked back, turning her attention to him.
He pushed himself off the wall. "Uh, I pay somebody to do it for me."
Alex simply laughed and shook her head. "So, what kind is it?"
"Its a...a big one." Mutt said, and in response Alex just nodded.
"Does this..big horse have a name?"
Mutt quickly searched the area with his eyes, trying to find any idea. He noticed the small rock he kicked earlier. "Pebbles. "
"Pebbles?"
"Yeah, Pebbles. It's a girl. She...looks just like Prancer."
As Mutt explained his 'horse', Alex opened the gate of the stable. She lead Prancer out in front of him. "You wanna ride her?"
"Oh, no thanks. I don't think I've had enough time to properly digest." He quickly made up. He must have sounded so fake because it was clear Alex saw right through it.
"Come on, it's alright." She began leading the horse towards a fenced in area. "You're not afraid are you?"
"No, I'm not scared.." Mutt said, as he slowly followed. Alex put the horse inside the fenced area and shut it just as Mutt walked in. He leaned against the white gate. "It's just...I'm allergic."
Alex gave him a look. "You're allergic? How can that be?"
"Well, their hair just makes me..sneeze and stuff."
"You're lying."
"Am not."
"Look, it'll be fun. I promise I won't make fun of your skills if that's what you're worried about." She figured he'd be embarassed that he wasn't as good as her. " We'll just...take a ride around.." the fenced in area was rather big, like everything else they owned." And talk."
"I don't kn-"
"I'll go get another horse." She cut him off, as she climbed over the fence and ran back to the stable. She returned rather quickly, with Ringo. "My sister won't mind if we use him. Which one do you wanna ride?"
He compared the horses, and found that Prancer was a bit smaller than the other. "I'll take Prancer...I guess."
She nodded, and climbed onto Ringo, a huge grin on her face. Mutt knew he was in for trouble.
"I love this chair." Indy said, sitting down in a nice, comfy chair in the bedroom.
Marion came over and gave him a kiss," And I love you." Indy smiled, then Marion pulled away, taking a seat on the bed. "What time's the ceremony tomorrow?"
"It starts at 11, and lasts a little after noon I think." Indy said, " Gerald's so enthusiastic about it. "
"Gerald's enthusiastic about everything." Marion chuckled, as she opened up the drawer. She pulled out a nice shirt. "What am I supposed to where?"
"That's fine. Gerald said we didn't have to be too formal. "
"Well, I just think that they've done such a great job making us feel at home. And since he's receiving an award, we should look nice. "
"I know. We will. All of us." Indy said, looking at the feautures of the room.
"Speaking of all of us, what time is it?" Marion asked. Indy figured she meant all of them, by Mutt. He looked at the clock. " Not too late, dear."
Marion looked at him, then the clock. "I hope he's okay, Indy."
"Marion, he's fine. He can take care of himself. " He got up from the chair and walked over to her, giving her a kiss. "He's just looking at the animals. And now since we're on our honeymoon...let's just worry about us."
"But, Indy-"
"Marion." he said, quickly shushing her. " Don't worry."
"I guess you're right." She said, as he nodded. "Well, we better go see Gerald and Pepper now, for a little 'chat'."
Indy laughed and followed Marion out the door.
''What are you doing?" Alex asked, as she watched Mutt attempt to get on the horse for the past 2 minutes. He was laying on his stomach over the horse's back, feet dangling.
"Uh, stretching." He said, as he hopped off the horse's back. "I like to stretch before I ride a horse...It's been a while."
"Ok." She said quietly, as she just watched him. He stretched his legs and arms, and whatever else he could stretch just to buy time. "Hey, how about we make this a little bit more interesting?"
"A little bit more interesting...how?" There was great emphasis on the last word as he hauled himself up onto the horse's back properly.
"We'll go around and whoever makes it back here first...wins."
Mutt looked over to Alex, who was still beaming. "Wins what? You said this wasn't a race."
"I know but..it wouldn't hurt would it?" She asked. "It'll make things funner. And if you lose, I swear I won't make fun of you. "
"Uh..."
"Come on, please?" She asked. As soon as she gave him that hopeful look, he caved in.
"Alright, I guess that's fine."
"Cool. So, we'll go around that way.." she said, pointing to the left, then around. "And come this way, jump over there, then come back here."
"Jump?" Mutt asked, eyeing the log they were supposed to jump over. "You never said anything about jumping..."
"Well, I'm saying it now." She said, glancing over at him. "Is that a problem?"
"No. No, it's no problem at all..." How hard could making a horse jump be? Especially if the horse had been doing it for so long. Maybe it would jump by itself.
"Okay then. On the count of three. One, tw-"
"Shouldn't we be wearing helmets or something?" Mutt asked, just in time to stop her.
"And risk getting hat hair?" she joked, laughing softly. She wasn't the kind of girl that cared about getting her hair messed up.
He laughed along, as she began to count again. "Alright..one..two..."
"Wait." He said quickly, making her look over to him again. " What exactly does the winner win?"
"Um...I don't know." Alex thought hard. "That's a good question. "
"Well since there's no prize.." he said, ready to hop off the horse again.
"No, come on. Okay, let me think. " He stopped. " How about..the loser has to serve the other icecream? I don't know..."
Knowing he would fail miserably, Mutt sighed. "Look, I'll gladly serve you some icecream..no charge. You don't have to prove to me that you're a better horse rid-"
She was gone mid sentence, as the horse galloped away. "You're wasting precious time!" She yelled back laughing, then she looked back forwards in high hopes of beating him.
Mutt sighed to himself. He had no other excuse. He grabbed a hold of the reigns, praying silently that he wouldn't die tonight and..somehow made the horse start. "How the hell do you work this thing?"
"You must be so excited." Marion told Gerald. They had all been in the living room, chatting. Chatting about little things really. Becoming friends and discussing the plans for tomorrow and such. Tomorrow was the day Gerald was receiving an award for finding some special artifacts. Of course he and Indy had babbled on about their adventures to together while the girls just sat back, simplying chatting about anything else.
"Right. Well, she's not that much of a picky eater. But sometimes I just want to shove the food in her mouth, you know? "
Marion nodded, completely understanding. Wow, even though this mother didn't need to cook for her kids, it was great speaking to one. She still understood how difficult parenting could be.
"Exactly! I work over a hot stove for an hour, and when he doesn't want it...I just want to make him eat it."
"Back when I used to cook for the kids, they never wanted it. They didn't like my cooking one bit. My baking they liked..but not the cooking. So I figured, if they won't eat my food, maybe they'll eat the chefs. And true enough, they eat like pigs now."
The two mothers laughed. Only an hour into the conversation and already Marion felt herself becoming great friends with this woman. "I think I need to get my own chef. Sometimes I think that boy will get too skinny. We eat out a lot, because most of my dinners he hates."
"I'm sure they're not so bad." Pepper said, taking a drink from her cup.
"Eh, to him they are. But that's just the way he is."
"So, tell me, how did you meet Indy?"
Marion laughed under her breath. "Uh, it's a long story."
Just then, the back door opened up and shut. From the living room, you couldn't see who came in, but they all knew who it was. "Alex, honey! Is that you?" Pepper asked.
Alex hesitated to answer, as she begantowards the stairs. "Yeah, Mum. It's us!"
"Did you two have fun?" She called out again.
"Yup!" Alex said quickly, as she helped Mutt up the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Pepper asked, "Why don't you guys come here real quick and tell us about your adventures."
"Uhm, no thanks, Mum. But, we're really tired and exhausted. We'll see you in the morning!"
Alex's voice was quick, and immediately they knew something wasn't quite right.
"Maybe Alex is trying to sneak in another cat into the house." Pepper said, laughing softly as she stood up. "I'll just go check up on them."
"Oh, alright. I'll come with you.." Marion said, getting up as well. Pepper smiled back as they both started into the direction of the backdoor and up the stairs.
The light shone from the crack under the bathroom door, as two voices were heard inside.
"Ow! Ow,ow,ow,ow,ow." Mutt said, as he moved his head away from Alex's grip. "I thought you said it wasn't going to sting!"
"I lied." She said, smirking softly. "Now come on, hold still..before somebody sees. It looks digusting."
"Thanks." he said sarcasticly, as she held his head back in her hands. She was cleaning off a cut he had gotten on his forehead. It stopped bleeding around the time they arrived back to her house, but it still didn't stop hurting. Mutt should have known he was in for this the moment he said he had a horse. And he remembered cursing himself as soon as he fell off of the horse. Well, he liked to say the horse threw him off, although that wasn't the case.
Marion and Pepper had reached upstairs when they reached Alex's room, knocking. "Alex, honey...can we come in?"
There was no answer from behind the room. Instead, they heard two quiet voices behind the bathroom door. They gave eachother a look and rushed over to the bathroom, not sure what in the world the two could be doing.
"Kids, what are you doing?" Pepper asked, as they reached the door.
Mutt and Alex both froze and held their breaths. Finally Alex spoke up. "What do you mean?"
"What are you two doing in there? Open up."
"Us two? Mother,it's just me. I was..singing. I'm going to take a shower now."
"Where's Mutt?" Marion asked, suspiciously.
"Mutt? Well, he should be in his room I suppose." Alex said, as Mutt gave her a weird look.
"Right. " Pepper said, not believing it. Marion went over to Mutt's room and opened the door, finding nobody inside. "Well , I need to get something out of the bathroom before you take a shower. "
"What do you need? I'll give it to you."
"No, let me inside." After a few more moments, the two mother's were ready to knock the door down. Marion couldn't imagine her son,her little boy, already locked inside a bathroom with a girl doing who knows what." Now, Alex!"
Sighing, Alex opened the door just a crack. She gave them each a tender smile. "Yes?"
Pepper pushed her way through the bathroom, and didn't see anybody else. She moved the door Alex was blocking, and reveiled Mutt behind it, just like they expected.
"And what in the hell happened to you?" Marion asked him , loudly.
"I uh...I lost."
i hope you liked it. it was a bit longer than usual ;) but i wanted to make it longer because i was bored. anyways please review it.