I'm SOOOO sorry I haven't updated lately! I would say I have been busy but that would be a lie! I've just been lazy lol. I will try to update more I promise! So here it is!
Well this is Awkward I thought to myself. Julia and Heather were still at it. I wanted practice but Heather would not let me leave.
"You lucky your Father paid big bucks for you to be allowed back here." Heather says with a smirk on her face, "What riding Team are you on?"She spat.
"I test in 3 days. I will probably make advanced." Julia smirked.
"Haha! Good luck with that! Mr. Conner lost all respect for you. We all have." I couldn't take it anymore. Lexington pawed his hoof on the ground.
"Oh Heather, You should just shut-" Julia began before I cut her off.
"I can't take this! You to can fight all you want but NOT in the arena. I'm going to go practice because I take riding seriously." I say as I trot Lexington out of the indoor arena and towards the outdoor arena. I didn't look back but I was almost positive Heather's jaw was dropped. I have never done anything like that before. I was shocked I said it.
I worked Lexington for a good 30 minutes before I called it quits. I only jumped a couple of times to see what issues we needed to take care of. He liked to get quick when we were on the course and did not pay attention to me. I needed to work him on that. I dismounted and rolled up my stirrups. I guided the grey into the stables and untacked him. He had a saddle pad shaped sweat mark from where the saddle was. I put on his dark brown leather halter and clip his dark blue halter to it.
"Come on boy." I murmur to him as I lead him out of the barn to the outdoor wash stall. I clipped him to the cross ties and twisted the nob on the hose to turn it on. I looked out towards the pasture and saw Callie and Eric leading their horses in.
"Callie! Eric!" I shout trying to get their attention. Callie's head turns in my direction. She smiles and leads Jack in my direction, followed by Eric and Luna.
"Hey guys. What are you guys doing?" I ask.
"Just bringing the horses in to do some cross country." Callie told me.
"Yeah Callie is going to coach me." Eric said and I saw Callie blush.
"Sounds fun. You guys have fun." I told them. They said bye and started to lead their horses in. "Callie, can I talk to you real quick."
"Yeah sure."Callie said as she handed Jacks lead rope to Eric and walked to me.
"Whats up?"
"What is going on between you to?" I ask with a smile. I turn my attention back on Lexington and ran the water over his legs. I took my phone out of my pocket and went on youtube and searched "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction. I started to sing it out loud and dance while hosing off Lexington. I am a great multitasker. The dappled grey started to turn a darker grey as the water hit his coat.
"I'm going to marry them all!" I say loudly.
"Are you cheating on me now?" I hear someone say behind my back. I turn around and see Jacob. I turn off the music and give him a hug.
"For them, anyday." I tease. "Just kidding."
"Want to help me hose off Lexington?" I ask. Jacob nods his head and I hand him the hose. "Just run the hose along his body."
I take a sponge and try to work the dirt off his body. Suddenly I feel water spray all over me.
"Jacob!" I yell. I find a bucket and fill it up and throw the water at him while trying to dodge a wet sponge. Images of Eric and I doing almost the same thing flash into my mind. Once, Eric helped me clean off a muddy Charm after Jasmine let him go into his pasture after it rained. We ended up having a water/mud fight. I tried to push the memories away but I just couldn't.
"Sasha, whats wrong. You just got a weird look on your face."
"Should I lie to him? Yeah because that worked so great last time! No, tell Jacob the truth."I thought to him.
"Umm, just memories. Eric and I kinda did the same thing." I said.
"So what? You can't do the same thing with me that you did with Eric?" Jacob spat.
"What? Jacob, you are taking this the wrong way! I was just having a flashback."
"Of your ex! Do you miss him or something?" Jacob was getting mad now.
"Of course I miss him!" I yell at him. "As a friend! He helped me though so much and I hurt him! We are getting our friendship back but it's not the same."
"Well just go out with him then! Since he was SO perfect! I guess I'm a bad boyfriend."
"You are an amazing boyfriend! I wouldn't have it any other way! You don't think of Callie, of what you two did?" I couldn't believe this was happening.
"No! I was to busy thinking of you!" And with that Jacob walked off.
I wipe tears off my eyes and I unhook Lexington from the cross-ties and guide him back to his stall. He was dry enough so he was ok. After he was in his stall I went to the one place I needed to be right now.
"Charm?" I say as I walk into his stall. He is in the corner of his stall sleeping. When he sees me he perks up his head. I walk over to him and wrap my arms around him.
"I messed up boy." I say as I sob into his mane. Charm just stood and let me cry. He could never judge me or tell me I'm wrong. He seemed to understand when I needed him to cry on. That's why I loved him.
When I was finally done crying I walked back to my dorm. I see Brit laying down on her bed and reading a magazine. I whip my eyes to free them from the tears and lay down on my bed.
"Hey Sasha, what's up?" Brit,being my best friend, could always tell when something was wrong.
"Jacob and I had a fight. He thinks I want Eric back,which is so not true!" I confess.
"Have you told him that?"
"Yes, but he won't listen...I don't really want to talk about it."
"Ok just think about tomorrow morning. Our first lesson since the accident." Brit told me.
"Oh yeah that is something to look forward to." I said as I went into the bathroom to shower. The shower felt amazing. I used my strawberry scented shampoo and condition and lathered it into my hair. Once I was finished I wrapped my fluffy towel around body and patted my self dry. After that I changed into my pjs. I walked into the room and sprawled out on my bed and did some homework. After I was finished I put my books in my shoulder bag and got into bed. I was exhausted so I feel asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
Deep,Deep,Deep my alarm clock rang,as the time turned 5:30. I heard Brit get out of bed and I followed suit. We both changed quickly. I had a pale pink V-neck shirt and a pair of tan breeches. Brit had on a CCA T-shirt on and brown breeches. We both zipped up our boots and left the dorm. Once we got to the stables we parted ways. I wanted to go see Charm but there was no time. I entered the tack room and scooped up Lexington's tack in my arms. The grey was sleeping in a corner of his stall. I let my self in and gave him a pat. He looked up at me with sleepy eyes and took a sip of water. I clipped his blue lead to his leather halter and led him out of his stall to a pair of free cross-ties. I took the dandy brush and brushed off all of the shavings from his body. Once his coat was clean I picked his hooves and combed his mane and tail. I placed his purple saddle pad on top of his back and smoothed it. I ,then, placed his saddle gently on his back. I buckled his girth on one side and went around him to tighten the other. After I saddled him I put on his bridle. Lexington stood still and was being a good boy. I bent down to put on his open front boots. I snapped on my helmet and guided Lexington towards the indoor arena. Heather was riding Aristocrat, taking him in large circles at the trot. I mounted Lexington and trotted him along the rail. I took him through a few more exercises before Mr. Conner came in. Brit and Callie,came in a little bit before he came in, and I lined up Lexington in between Apollo and Black Jack, with Southern Belle on the other side of Jack.
"Ok ladies,we are going to work on dressage today. Mainly cavaletties. Mike and Doug will set up 12 cavaletties all spaced a little bit longer than a horses normal stride. Yes I know horses have different stride lengths but it doesn't matter. We are looking for a extension. Callie,you may go first, then Heather, Brit, and Sasha." Callie nodded and she tightened up her reins.
"Start it at the trot." Mr. Conner instructed. Callie circled Jack once before she pointed him towards the cavaletties. She sat to Jack's trot and prepared him for the first one. They glided through the cavaletties almost effortlessly. She slowed Jack to a walk and gave him a pat.
"Great Job, Callie." Mr. Conner complemented. Callie blushed and nodded her thanks. Heather was next. She didn't circle Southern Belle and pointed her towards the obstacles. The mare hesitated at first and tried to jump them. Heather halted her and ask. "May I try it the walk first? I don't think she has done these before." Mr. Conner nodded and Heather tried it at the walk,taking her time. Southern Belle finally got it at the walk and Heather tried it at the trot. Once she finished she walked over to the group.
"That was good Heather. Southern Belle needed to start at a lower pace. Good job. Brit you are up." Apollo tackled the exercise like a total pro. Now it was my turn. I circle Lexington once before I pointed him towards the first cavalettie. Lexington didn't even blink. He preformed it very well and I wasn't expecting that.
"Good boy, such a good boy." I praised him. We all dismounted and handed are horses over to grooms.
Brit and I walked to the dorms to shower and change. I changed into a clack skirt and a purple shirt. I let my hair fall in long waves around my shoulders. Brit had to finish up some homework so she would stay at the dorm while I went to breakfeast. I walked out of the dorm and walked to the caf. When I got there I saw Heather and Alison sitting at our usual table. Julia was sitting with Ben and some other boys. I took another glance over at the table I saw Jacob. I knew I shouldn't be upset but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. Him sitting with Julia. I know nothing would happen but he knew how much she hurt me and he was treating her as a friend. I pushed the though aside and walked to the line for food. I grabbed a bowl of cereal and a bowl of fruit and some oj. I walked over to the table and sat across from Heather and next to Alison. I saw Brit sit next to Heather.
"Hey, I thought I had some homework left but I didn't. Silly me." Brit explained. She had gotten some pancakes and milk.
"So did you guys find out who Julia is rooming with?" I asked.
"I'm not sure. I feel sorry for who ever it is though." Heather smirked. I kinda of felt bad for Julia,the way Heather was treating her.
"Alison, have you tried to talk to her yet?" Brit asked. I saw Alison kind of buck her head like she was trying to figure out weather to tell the truth or not.
"Umm I have..um.. talked to her a little."Alison said in a whisper.
"You did! About what?" Heather demanded.
"I wanted to find out why she did it. Yes she already told us but I wanted to make sure it was true. Her and I were close. We all were but her and I understood what it was like."
"What what was like?" Heather spat now getting defensive.
"Being your little puppies. Always following you around and stuff. We were your followers. She was the only one who got how much pressure it was to not make you mad or we were out of the group. Look I'm sorry to bombard you with all of this but..." Alison stopped. I rubbed my hand on her back. It must have took a lot of guts to say that stuff.
"Well I sorry you feel that way. We can talk later in the dorm. Ok?" Heather said as she got up and left. Alison left shortly after. Brit and I left together to our classes. I had history with Jacob. I did not want to talk to him.
I walked to my history class and Mr. Kelly was at his desk reading a book. I saw Jacob sitting in his usual desk. I sat in mine and pretended to do the bell work that was on the board. The truth. I was freaking out. I wanted to talk to him but I also didn't want to talk to him. I finally decided to not talk to him unless he talked to me first. Play hard to get. I snapped back into reality when I saw Mr. Kelly staring at me.
"Sasha, can you please read out-loud the first paragraph on page 340." Mr. Kelly asked.
I nodded and began. The rest of the class I tried to pay attention but I didn't have much luck. When the bell rang I quickly packed up my things and walked out the door.
"Sasha..Sasha can we talk?" I heard Jacob say. I turned around to say something mean but the way he looked at me made him seem really sorry.
"Not right now ok?" I said not allowing him to reply. I walked out of the history building to my other classes.
After school Brit and I quickly changed for riding. I wanted to leave early so I could see Charm. When we got to the barn I went to Charm's stall.
"Hey baby." I told my horse. I could see he was losing muscle in his legs and I could tell he hated being in his stall all day. Mr. Conner told me that I could start hand walking him soon. I knew Charm would like that. I exited his stall and walked to Lexington's stall. I led him out to a pair of free cross ties and he tugged me forward. He was young so I expected him to be fresh. I brushed him down and tacked him up. I had some troble getting him to calm down. He was being impatient and almost dragged him to the indoor arena. I saw some jumps set up around the arena so I guessed we were doing jumping. I trotted Lexington on the walk. My arms we sore trying to slow him. I tried everything, half halting, circling, but it wasn't working. Mr. Conner walked to the center of the arena and motioned all of us to join him.
"We are going to do some jumping today. The course is simple. Start with the oxer ,to the vertical,to the flowered jump, to the barrel jump, to the triple bar, to the combination, and finally to the vertical. Sasha you are up first." I gulped as I tightened my reins. I circled Lexington once at the canter. He calmed down some so I pointed him to the oxer. I gave him some rein to have enough momentum to get over the jump. At the right moment Lexington lifted off the ground, flying us into the air. After we landed Lexington started to speed up. I tried to slow him down as we approached the vertical but I was having no luck. Lexington jumped the vertical way to early causing his back hoof to knock the rail down. Still he sped forward. My hands felt like they were about to bleed from the reins digging into my hands. When we got to the flowered jump Lexington skidded to a stop and I flew over his neck. My foot was caught in the left stirrup. I saw Mr. Conner jog towards us but Lexington wasn't having that. He cantered away with me, right behind him.
"Whoa boy." I called with a shaky breath. I couldn't spook him any more than he already was. I had my arms underneath me. His back hoof came unbelievable close to my body. I heard Mr. Conner yell some things at me and I turned my head towards him for a second. Big mistake. Lexington's back hoof hit me slightly on the chest. All of the sudden it became hard to breath and black splotches were interfering with my vision. Then everything went black.
Ok How did you like it? I'm sorry it was short but whatever. I hope you liked it! Will have the next chapter up soon...maybe... R&R