Eric
I stared at him and he stared back, neither of us said a word. Brit was the one to break the silence.
"Hi I'm Brit" she smiled politely at Eric.
"I'm Eric" he nodded. I just sat there and played with Charms mane. I glanced up once and saw Eric looking at me, I quickly looked away.
"So where did you guys ride to" Eric asked cautiously. Brit glanced at me and I shook my head, I didn't want Eric to know about my secret meadow. That's when I spoke up.
"I was showing Brit around the trails"
"Cool" Eric nodded again. Luna the stable horse Eric rode stretched her neck out towards Charm and Charm wanted to do the same but I held his reins tight, Eric did the same with Luna.
"Well we'd better get going Apollo and Charm are pretty tired" Brit explained
"Yeah Charm did really well at competition this past weekend so he really needs some rest, and Apollo might want to go back to his stall and get used to things" Eric replied. I just nodded. We split our ways and after we rounded the bend I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding.
"You ok?" Brit looked at me
"Yeah I knew I would see him around eventually but I wasn't prepared for it" I looked down at my hands.
"Its ok, I don't know the whole story but I'm guessing he hurt you pretty badly" Brit put her hand on my shoulder to comfort me.
"Yeah he did" I grimaced. I loosened Charms reins letting him amble along and Brit did the same with Apollo.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Brit asked
I sighed "I caught him kissing my best friend and ex-roommate"
"Oh my gosh, Sasha I'm so sorry I can't even begin to understand how that feels" Brit neck reined Apollo and gave me a one armed hug.
"Yeah I haven't spoken to either of them since, except for just now" I confessed
"Sorry I talked to him, I didn't know" Brit apologized
"Its fine" I gave her a smile
"Lets get these guys back to the stable, I think they deserve a treat" Brit said
"I agree" I said. We picked up our reins and nudged our horses into a trot. About ten minutes later we arrived back at the stables where we cooled, groomed, and fed Apollo and Charm.
"So do you want to go to the media center and watch a movie or have a night in" I asked Brit
"Hmmm I say... rent a movie and watch it in our room" Brit smiled
"I like it a combination of both" we high fived
"Ok so you pick up the movie and I will grab the snack selections" Brit suggested
"Sounds good" I agreed. When we got back to our dorm I showered first then put on a pair of black leggings, a lilac off the shoulder t-shirt with a silver glittery heart in the middle, and a pair of black ugg boots.
"What type off movie should I get?" I asked Brit
"How bout the first season of psych" suggests Brit
"Sounds cool I'll be back in a bit" with that I left. I pulled out my phone deleting old calls and texts as I walked. When I reached the media center I went to the movie rental section and grabbed a copy of the first season of psych. As I waited I line i felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around and saw Paige standing there with Eric. I turned around really fast and ignored the fact that they were standing right behind me.
"Sasha can we please talk" Paige begged. That was it I whirled around.
"No because you know what you did was your choice and that is none of my business, if you guys want to be together go right ahead because I really don't give a crap" I turned around and gave the guy behind the counter my id card to charge for the movie. Once he returned my id card and gave me the movie I stalked out of the building not caring that Paige and Eric were yelling after me.
"Hey" Brit looked up when I walked into the room
"What's wrong" She looked worried
"I saw Paige and Eric at the media center" I walked over to the DVD player and popped in the DVD.
"Ouch" Brit winced imagining how I felt.
"Yeah" I nodded.
"Well then you need a movi-cation" Brit smirked
I grinned "What the heck is that" I asked
"I'm not entirely sure" she replied. I burst out laughing and Brit soon joined me. That night we stayed up until we finished the entire season.
"That was awesome" I yawned
"Yep" Brit to yawned. We turned out the lights and got into bed.
The next morning I was up before Brit and I wanted to practice so I left Brit a note, grabbed my dance/gymnastics bag and headed to the gym. Nobody knew I was a dancer and gymnast as well as a rider so I didn't really tell anybody. When I got to the gym I went to one of the privet practice arenas and turned on my music. Then warmed up and got to work. I practiced everything from beam to bars but saved my favorite for last... Floor. I turned on my favorite song and let the music take over my body. I leapt, spun, twirled and jumped. Then I ran diagonally across the mat doing a round-off back-hand spring, tic-tock with a full twist. after I cooled down I went to the Sweet Shoppe for a iced coffee. As I sipped my coffee I let the events of the day before wash over me.
"Sasha?" I looked up and saw Jacob standing next to my table.
"Hey" I smiled "Have a seat"
"Thanks" Jacob sat across from me "I know you well so what's wrong" Jacob looked at me worriedly
"Nothing really" I lied
"Sash" Jacob looked at me with a stern look on his face
"Eric and I broke up" I stared at the table top
"Sash I'm so sorry" Jacob reached across the table and put his hand on top of mine.
"Yeah so am I" I looked up
"If you ever want to talk I'm here ok?" Jacob stared into my eyes.
"Thanks I'll definitely call you if I need to talk to someone" I smiled at Jacob
"I'd better get going Brit will be wondering where I am" I got up and so did Jacob
"Yeah I need to run to the book store so I'd better get going too" Jacob smiled and we split ways.
When I got back to the dorm Brit was in the showered so I put my dirty leotard and yoga shorts in the hamper and grabbed a pair of black cutoff shorts and a light purple tank-top with glitter flecks all over it.
"Hey when I got up you were already gone" Brit walked into the room and was drying her hair with a towel.
"Yeah I couldn't sleep so I went to the gym" I explained
"Oh cool" Brit nodded
"I'm gonna take a quick shower k" I told Brit
"K" she replied. After I got out of the shower Brit and I walked to the media center to return the DVD. As we looked for the second season of psych we chatted about horses.
"So do you ride western or just English?" Brit asked me
"Actually I ride English, Western, and I trick ride a little." I told her
"Really that's cool" She told me.
"What about you" I asked
"Just English" She confirmed
"Here it is" I held season two up triumphantly. We checked out the DVD and left the media center.
"Ready for a movie marathon later?" I asked Brit
"Lets go" she confirmed. We linked arms and skipped back to Orchard.