Chapter six: betrayal
The next morning, Mallory made sure that no one would be able to tell that she had been cry the whole night or that she was lacking sleep by applying enough make up to cover up her heavy bags under her big brown eyes well as the puffiness of them. After one more spot check of herself, she grabbed her hoody and began to walk towards the kitchen where she knew everyone would be. As she expected Jack had already left to go into town for supplies for the horses. When she went in to the kitchen to find Ty and Amy messing around and giggling, she almost exploded with anger at the sight of Ty but she knew that she had to civil to him to some degree.
" hey Mallory, want some juice? Oh I forgot to ask you but I was wondering if you would want me to put your name on the Heartland website under the title of our new trainee horse whisper type person" Amy said as she carefully watched Mallory, she had her cry last night, while she got her self some breakfast
" oh wow yeah that would be awesome" she said excitedly but still missing the same amount of life that her voice usually had, Ty and Amy could sense something was wrong with her which led Ty to remain quiet as not to make it worse
" which means that you will officially get your own clients meaning that you'll deal with them, not me ok?" amy said as she tried to explain what this would mean for her, a whole new experience and possibly a new career
" yeah I'm fine with that, ...ummm I was thinking that since there aren't many horses for me to work on that maybe after I've done my chores I would go for a trial ride with copper, if thats ok?" she asked as she continued to look at her piece of toast that was untouched
" er yeah sure that's fine, you know that you don't need to ask for permission. we can go dress shopping when you come back. Say around 3 ish?" she said as she wondered what was going on with Mallory and what was causing her strange behaviour, although she could guess
Mallory nodded and picked up her toast as she began to walk out of the door wishing that she could finally be alone to drown herself in her favourite music in an attempt to shut her mind off. However unfortunately for her, she felt a hand grab her wrist just as she left the house after putting on her boots and finishing her remaining piece of toast. She quickly turned to see who had stopped her from going to the barn, when she saw him she knew that if he didn't let go soon she would unleash all of her wrath on him
" Ty let go of me!" she said trying to be calm but a little bit of rage escaped her as there was a certain amount of force behind her words as she pulled back her wrist from his grip while he looked confused by her reaction
" Mallory what's going on? This is so not like you, I mean what have I done to you?" he said slightly hurt and confused mixed with a little bit of shock as he tried to search his brain for the answer as to why she was acting this way towards him
" ok where do I start? Oh maybe with the fact that I thought we close enough that we could tell each other everything and not keep secrets but maybe that was just me! And for what you've done to me, that's easy i mean you basically betrayed me Ty!" she said she began to raise her voice as she could feel herself becoming more and more worked up as she explained herself
" so he told you then, I mean about me helping him out and promising to keep it a secret from you. Anyways its not betrayal, Mallory, I mean was it really you're business? " he said as he finally got it why she was acting strangely while he tried to seem casually and calm,when he was actually panicking and worried about her. as soon as he said those words, he knew they were a mistake
" my business? Come on Ty, you knew how I felt about Badger I mean I told you EVERYTHING! ( taking a step back) While you kept things from me that you knew would answer my questions. And this was just about the biggest betrayal you could commit!" she said as she began to yell at him due to the fact she was now being fuelled by her rage
" really? Mallory, I know it's a pretty bad thing to keep from you but that's a bit dramatic!" he said as he tried to make her see sense and reason while the Badger,Amy and Caleb began to realise that there was something going on as they came out to see them to having a shouting match
" dramatic? Are you kidding me? I get that he asked you not to tell me but you sat there and watched me mope around and cry over him, not knowing why he was suddenly so cold towards more so after I got my letters back. And you knew! Ty, you knew!" she said as she yelled at him while her tears finally escape her eyes as she turned and began to walk away from him as she headed towards barn, pushing passed Badger and Caleb, and putting her earphones on and turned her music up loud
Ty tried to shout on her but she refused to listen to him, he knew that he had hurt her which led him to wonder how she had reacted to Badger. After all he was the one who had committed the real betrayal, as he turned to head back into the house he saw Amy at the door where she had this look on that told he would have to explain to her what was going on
Badger, who had seen pretty much the whole thing, knew that whatever was coming his way from Mallory would be much worse than what Ty had gotten. Although he hated to see her upset, he didn't think he had ever seen her cry so much. What made it worse was that he knew that he was the cause, not the fix. His only way to figure out his next move would be to talk to Ty, if he was still willing to help after everything that had just happened. Throughout the day he had tried to talk to Mallory but every time she would pretend not to hear him or that she was listening to music. So while she while out on her trail ride with copper, Ty came out to check on Harley and talk to Badger
" mate what were you thinking? I mean when did you even tell her, she went to bed early last night" he asked as Badger came down the stairs after hearing someone was in the barn
" I told last night after everyone was asleep, I mean I got woke her then got her to come up here and told her everything" he said with a sadden tone as he sat down on the stairs while he began to remember last nights events
" how bad was it?" Ty said as he sat down next to him as he began to recognise his tone, knowing from Mallory's reaction to him that Badger's must have been much worse
" she was quiet when I told her, only a few questions but she was clearly hurt and upset I mean she started to cry although she didn't get as mad at me as she was with you" he said a she tried to review her reaction to him, cringing from the sight of her tears silently falling
" and how did it end?" he said his voice grew quieter, he could sense that although it may have started fair mild from Mallory it did not end that way
" it ended with me telling her I've fell in love with her, then she began to cry harder and ran out of the barn as if it was on fire" he said as he put his hands on his hard in despair while Ty tried his best to comfort the young boy
Later that day, Mallory and Amy went dress shopping for the barn dance despite the fact that Mallory no longer felt like going anymore whether she had a date or not
" that's one is really cute I mean it's a nice colour right?" Amy said trying her best to cheer Mallory up while she gathered a number of different types of dresses for them to try on
" yeah I guess it is, I should probably go and try them on" she said as she took the dresses Amy had picked up for her and started to head towards the dressing room, only to be stopped by Amy
" hey why don't we put these back and grab a cup of coffee and talk then we can come back if you want" she said as she took the dresses from her and started to lead her of the shop and towards Maggie's
At Maggie's, the girls ordered their coffee and cake as Mallory explained everything that happened last night and why she had treated Ty like that this morning
" and now I have no idea how I feel about Jake or if I should still be going out with him" she said as she played with a loose thread on her hoody, ashamed at herself at how she was treating him
" I think it's clear that you have feeling for Badger so what I think you need to do is tell Jake and then have some time to your self, in order to soft though all of your feelings. Also if you want to do that away from Heartland and from Badger as well as Ty, then I'm sure Lou wouldn't mind letting you stay at her new place" she said as she stroked Mallory's hand gently
" yeah you're it's only fair to tell him where my head is at, I'll keep that in mind if things start to get to rough or confusing. By the way I'm sorry for how I reacted towards Ty, he was right it was a bit much" she said remorseful as she thought of what that. Igor have done to Ty ad Amy
" don't worry about it, I would have reacted the same way of he had done that to me. He should have told you" she said as she carefully sipped her coffee
Later that night out on the porch in front of the house in Heartland, Jake and Mallory were talking as she explained some of the events of night as she kept some details to herself. He could see that this was difficult for her and that she was really mixed up, so he decided to be a friend first and a boyfriend second by hiding his hurt
" so this is why I kinda want to put us on a break I mean just until I can figure out what I want and have to do. I'm soooo sorry!" she said as she tried to fight back the tears that threatened to cover her face
" hey it's ok, how about this we temporary break up and remain best friends like we were before and if when you had figure it all out you still want to be my girlfriend then we can get back together but either way is, ok?" he said gently as she nodded while he put an arm around her as she snuggled closer to him while she gently began sobbing again
Badger couldn't tell what was going on between Mallory and Jake but he could tell from the glance to the loft that it was about him, which only fuelled his desire to impress Mallory at this barn dance. He turned away from the loft doors to face Amy who was getting the music ready
" so are you ready to learn how to dance or not?" she said as they went into position as e music started