Hey guys, Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Its been two weeks but whatever. I have been crazy busy with school and stuff. And I am also in the processes of writing a Hunger Games fanfiction. I may not do it because this story is my main priority. But I will try. So here it is!
I walked into the stables from Paige's dorm. It was fairly early but there was a ton of people here already. I knew Heather would be here. I had to get details on Julia coming back to Canterwood. But before I go to look for her I stop at Charms stall. He was my top priority. I peer inside and find Mike, my favorite groom, replacing Charms bandages.
"Hey, you didn't have to do that." I say to the groom.
"Hey Sasha, its fine. You can do it tomorrow and I also left you his stall and buckets to clean. And you can groom him." Mike said with a jokey tone. After Mike finished with the bandages I took Charm out of his stall and hooked his halter to the cross ties.
"Hey buddy, Let me clean you stall then it is your turn." I say with a smile. I go and get a wheel barrel and a pick fork. When I got to the stall I got to work. I picked up all the poop and uncleaned shavings and replaced them with fresh new ones. I wiped my forehead and put down the pick fork. I wheeled the wheel barrel away to the poop pile and dumped it. After I returned I got out my grooming box and set to work getting Charm handsome again. I picked up the rubber curry comb and began to move my hand in a circular motion. It didn't take me that long to get all the dirt off because he wasent that dirty. I then ran the body brush over his body making sure I was VERY careful of his wound. I didn't want to cause him anymore pain then he already was in.
"Hey Sasha." A voice said followed by a gasp. I looked up to see who was the owner of the voice. It was Lauren Towers. She had her pretty grey mare tacked up beside her.
"I heard you got in a accident but I didn't know Charm got injured badly." Lauren said in a kinda hushed tone.
"Yeah. I can't ride him for awhile." I tell her. I finnished grooming Charm and lead him slowly back to his stall. He was still very sore and you can tell it hurt him to move. I tried hard to hold back tears every time I saw him. I closed the door behind me and whispered a goodbye to Charm.
"Aw, I'm so sorry. It must be hard... Can you do me a favor? Whisper is young and isn't really responding to me. She listens to voice commands and not me. Do you think you can hop on her and see if she will listen to you. I am kind of getting frustrated." She pleaded. I smiled and nodded.
"I would love to! Let me just grab my helmet." I said. I had changed into riding clothes out of habit now I was lucky I had. I snapped on my helmet and followed Lauren into the indoor arena. There were only a couple of people riding so we had room. Lauren halted Whisper and I pulled down the stirrups and hoisted myself up. Whisper started to dance underneath me. I gently pressed my boots to her sides and she began to clam.
"Ok, can you call out some commands for me?" I asked her. Lauren nodded and went to the center arena. I moved Whisper to the rail and halted, waiting for a command.
"Walk." I waited a second seeing if Whisper would move on Lauren's command. When she didn't I asked her to walk. The mare had a pretty walk and stretchered her legs. After half a lap Lauren asked for a trot. Whisper got excited to move and began to trot before I cued her. I sat deep in my saddle and pulled back. She moved to walk and began to toss her head. I walk Whisper until she is calm. Then I let her out to trot. This time she was smooth and tucked her head.
"She is a pretty mover." I tell Lauren. We continue at the trot until Lauren gave us another command.
"Canter." This time I put pressure on Whisper before Lauren asked us to canter. Whisper kept trotting.
"Good girl." I said as I let her out into a canter. After a lap, I walked Whisper to the middle and dismounted.
"Just anticipate that she will always start going before you ask. That prevents anything from happening." I said to Lauren. "Thanks for letting me ride her."
"Thank YOU for riding her. She needed that lesson and thanks for the tip. I will definitely do that. See ya." Lauren said as she walk Whisper out of the arena. I followed them and walked to Aristocrat's stall. I saw Heather grooming Aristocrat.
"Hey H." I say to her,
"Hey Silver. Can you believe Julia is coming back."
"How is she coming back? I thought she was expelled?"
"She was, but her father paid a TON of money to get her back. So yeah. She is coming tomorrow. She is going to have to earn a spot back in the trio. And she isn't rooming with Alison or I either." Heather said.
"Well tomorrow is going to be very interesting." I tell her. I say goodbye and walk out of the stables. I go to my dorm and find Brit watching TV.
"Hey girly, Did you here about Julia?" I ask her.
"Yes! I was totally shocked. It's going to be awkward tomorrow."
"Yes it is. I've got a ton of homework but after we should go to the slice and maybe invite Jacob and Andy."I suggested.
"That sounds amazing! I'll BBM him now."
"I'll BBM Jacob to." I said as I pulled out my phone.
Sasha: Hey wanna go to the slice w/ me,Brit and maybe Andy? I texted and in a couple of minutes I got a response.
Jacob: I would love to! And maybe after we could go see Charm. I tell him to get well. xD.
Sasha: Jacob!That is so sweet of you! Charm will love that!
I couldn't have asked for a better boyfriend. Jacob had a fear of horses and ever since we have been going out he has made an effort to stand up to his fear. After I finished texting Jacob I opened my history books. In 45 minutes I had finished and was now watching TV with Brit. Andy had agree to go out with us at 6:30 and it was 5 so we had some time. Brit and I gossip and help each other pick out outfits. I chose a strapless with sundress with pink flowers. Brit chose a yellow key whole top and white shorts. After we chose the clothes I jumped in the shower. I scrubbed my hair with coconut scented shampoo and conditioner. After I scrubbed my body with caramel scented body wash. I got out of the shower and wrapped my hair in a towel and pulled on a plush purple robe. Next was the make up. I decided to go light. I brushed dark brown mascara on my lashes and then brushed light pink eye shadow on my lids. I dabbed concealer underneath my eyes and dusted pink blush on my cheeks. I looked over at Brit who was also finishing up her make up. She had put black liquid eye liner along her eyes, which made them pop. She had dusted light yellow eye shadow on her lids. Now it was hair. I took my big barrel curler and curled my hair. I twisted my hair into a loose side bud and let some of my bangs fall to the sides of my face. Brit had straitened her hair hair and pulled it in a side pony. After we changed it was time to go. We were meeting the guys at The Slice. Brit and I grabbed our purses and left Orchard. When we approached The Slice I could see Jacob and Andy sitting at a booth in the restaurant. Jacob looked out the window and saw me an Brit. He waved and flashed a smile in my direction. Every time I saw him I got a giddy feeling. We entered The Slice and a scent of cheese and sauce hit us like a brick wall. But it smelled delicious. We walk over to the booth were the boys were at and I sat down by Jacob and Brit sat by Andy. We immediately started to gossip and laugh at random things. When the waiter came I ordered a diet coke, Jacob ordered a Coke, Andy ordered a Dr. Pepper, and Brit ordered a Sprite. Once the waiter we feel back into conversation.
"So how about we get one big pizza. Half Cheese then Half veggie?" Andy suggested. We all agreed.
"So I hear Julia's coming back. Hows Heather going to handle that?" Jacob asked.
"Heather told me that Julia will have to earn her spot back in the trio." I said. "I wonder what team she will be on?"
"She will have to test again I believe." Brit told us. We gossiped about riding and school until the waiter came back with our drinks and took our order on food.
When the waiter came back with our food we all took a piece and shoved our faces in the pizza.
"So what I are you guys doing after?" I said in between bites.
"We are going to take a walk around the school. What are you two." Any answered as he wrapped his arm around Brit. I was so happy for her. Andy was an amazing guy.
"We are going to the stables to visit Charm. I have to clean his wound and then wrap it." I say.
"I get to play vet assistant." Jacob said with a laugh.
After we were finished with dinner we all paid and got up. Brit and Andy left, hand-in-hand, towards the Sweet Shoppe. Jacob took my hand and we left to go to the stables.
Once in the stables Jacob hesitantly petted Black Jack as we passed his stall. When we got to Charms stall I opened the door. Charm perked up his ears and moved slowly to the stall door. I let him out of the stall and hooked his halter to the cross ties. I then took medical scissors and cut the tap. I unwrapped the tap and handed it to Jacob.
"Vet assistant, can you please through that away." I asked his.
"Yes ma'am." Jacob said as he saluted me. I laughed as I removed the gauze from the wound. The smell of flesh made me queasy. I quickly grabbed a sponge and a bucket of water. I dumped the spounge in the water and then gently moved it over the wound cleaning it.
"Do you want to do it?" I asked Jacob. I saw him gulp but nodded anyway. He mimicked my actions. Charm grunted and Jacob stood back.
"Did I hurt him?" Jacob asked.
"No, the wound is still sore. So it dose kinda hurt but it has to be done." After we finished cleaning it, I re wrapped it with gauze and purple tape. I gave Charm a carrot and released him in his stall. Jacob and I cleaned up a bit and then headed to my dorm. When we got to Orchard Jacob kissed me goodbye and left for Blackwell. When I got in the dorm Brit was already there. She and I quickly changed and went to bed. Tomorrow was going to be strange.
When I woke up, Brit and I changed for classes. We walked into the caf. and sat down at a table with Alison and Heather. I got a bowl of oat meal and Brit got a Greek Yogurt. I looked around for Julia.
"She isn't here." Heather said. "She is probably eating in her dorm. That's what she used to do when she was trying to ovoid someone."
After breakfast I went to my classes, luckily Julia wasn't in any of my classes. After school I changed to go to the stables. I didn't have a lesson but Mr. Conner wanted me to find a horse that I could rider while Charm was healing. Apollo and Black Jack will be ok in a couple of days. Aristocrat was also fine but I heard that Heather got a new horse. It arrived this morning. I raced to the stables to see her new horse. After I visited Charm I went to Aristocrats stall, Outside of the stall was a gorgeous black mare. She was about 15.3 hh. She had a white star and four white socks. Heather was grooming her.
"Hey Silver, This is Southern Belle. She is a Hanoverian. I'm going to train and resell her." Heather said.
"She is so pretty. Are you riding her now?" I asked.
"Yes, I want to get a feel for her."
"Can I join you? I have to go see Mr. Conner about who I will ride for lessons." I asked. "Sure. I'll meet you in the Indoor arena in about 30 minutes." Heather said. and I went off to find Mr. Conner. I found him in his office reading over some papers.
"Mr. Conner, I'm here to see who I should ride for lessons." I told him.
"Oh yes, If you feel like you can handle him, You may ride Lexington. I need someone to help me train him. His owners are going to resell him once I am finished."
"I would love to! Thank you so much!" I exclaimed as I left the office. I went into the tack room and collected Lexington's tack. I walked down the aisle to the grey's stall. Lexington had his head over the stall door.
"Hey, Buddy." I said as I opened the stall door. I quickly groomed and tack him up. I snapped on my helmet and walked into the indoor arena. I saw Heather and Southern Belle walking around. I now remember that Heather mention to me before that she was going to train and sell a horse when I stayed with her over break one time. I halted Lexington and mounted. Heather saw me and rode over to us.
"Is that Lexington?" Heather asked with a surprised look on her face.
"Yeah, Mr. Conner said I could ride him."
"Cool. Okay so lets get used to our horses and then maybe some jumping." Heather suggested. I nodded and moved Lexington out to the rail. I made Lexington stretch his legs. I let him out into trot. He had a smooth trot. Heather was cantering Southern Belle and Lexington saw them. He started to fight for more rein. I sat deep and kept him at a trot. When he settled I let him into a canter. He had a nice rocking canter. I collected him and he neatly tucked his chin in. After we finished warming up Heather and I met in the middle.
"Ok so whats our course." I asked.
"Um.. How about the vertical to the brush box, to the liv-" Heather stopped mid word. I looked up and saw what she saw. Julia had entered the arena and was now riding Trix, her bay mare, towards us.
"Umm.. Hey Heather." Julia said in a hushed tone.
"Hi."
"Can I practice with you?"
"We are almost finished."heather responded.
"Oh well... I was hoping maybe after we can hang out or som-" Julia said before Heather cut her off.
"We aren't friends. You have to earn my friendship back as well as Alisons before we even THINK about bringing you back into the trio. You hurt many peoples feelings. So don't even try."
"I'll go practice somewhere else." I said as I turned Lexington.
"No, Sasha you need to here this as well." Heather commanded me.
I was stuck in the middle of a fight between Julia and Heather. I wanted to leave but no... I always had to be dragged into situations.
All I could think to myself was. "Well this is awkward.."
Hey! So I know this isn't my best chapter but whatever. Did you like it? Please read and review. Idk when I will have the next chapter up. So bye!