"I think I'm addicted" I yawned
"I know right" Brit yawned to. We had just finished the second season of psych.
"I feel old" I giggled. It was barely 11 o'clock.
"Me too" Brit giggled
"Night" I yawned again
"Night" Brit yawned again too. We turned the lights off and went to sleep.
The next morning I told Brit to meet me at the Sweet Shoppe for lunch.
"Ok" Brit agreed
"I have to run a few errands so I wont see you till then, alright" I looked at Brit to make sure she was ok with it
"Sounds good" Brit looked at me.
"Are you mad at me for something?" I asked stopping what I was doing so I could face her.
"No Sasha I'm sorry if I've been acting a little weird, I'm just worried about Apollo" Brit looked at me with a worried expression on her face.
"What's wrong with Apollo" I was concerned for her. Apollo was everything to her and I didn't want to see him or her hurt.
"Nothing on the outside but he's suddenly developed a water phobia" Brit scrunched her eyes together, deep in concentration.
"Hey don't worry, Charm had a water phobia but he got over it and so will Apollo." I gave her a reassuring smile.
"Really" Brit asked
"Really" I confirmed
"Do you think you could help me with him" Brit asked with a hesitant voice
"Of course I will but right now I need to check on Charm and run some errands so we'll meet up for lunch then work with Apollo after words" I got up and grabbed my purse.
"Sounds good" Brit picked up her messenger bag and walked over to her desk
"Right now I'm going to do some homework and organize my desk" Brit pulled out her desk chair and plopped down into it
"K I'll see you at the Sweet Shoppe"
"Bye" Brit smiled then I opened the door and walked out of our dorm room. After I left the dorm I walked to the stables. I had my breeches, leotards, yoga shorts, sneakers, riding boots, puma jacket, T-shirt and student id card in my gym bag so I was prepared for my entire day.
"Hey boy I'm going to go put on my breeches and boots before I grab your tack" I patted Charms neck and walked off to the bathrooms. I pulled breeches on over my leggings and put on my boots. I changed from my tank top and put on my t-shirt. I grabbed my bag and Charms tack as I passed the tack room.
"Come on boy" I stepped into Charms stall and clipped his lead rope onto his halter. The stable was deserted so I tied Charm to the handle bars on his stall. While I groomed Charm I started to sing.
" I tried to find you at the bottom of the bottle
Laying down on the bathroom floor
My loneliness was rattling the windows
You said you don't want me anymore
And you left me
Standing on a corner crying
Felling like a fool for trying
I don't even remember why I'm
Wasting all these tears on you
I wish I could erase my memory
Cause you didn't give a damn about me
Oh finally I'm through
Wasting all these tears on you
These tears on you
You ain't worth another sleepless night
And I'll do everything I gotta do to getcha off my mind
Cause what you wanted I couldn't get
What you did boy I'll never forget
And you left me
Standing on a corner crying
Feeling like a fool for trying
I don't even remember why I'm
Wasting all these tears on you"
Eric's POV
I didn't even know she sang. I stood around the corner hidden from view so Sasha couldn't see me. Her voice was musical.
" I wish I could erase my memory
Cause you didn't give a damn about
Oh finally I'm through
Wasting all these tears on you
These tears on you
And you left me
Standing on a corner crying
Feeling like a fool for trying
I don't even remember why I'm
Wasting all these tears on you
I wish I could erase my memory
Cause you didn't give a damn about me
Oh finally I'm through
Wasting all these tears on you
These tears on you
I tried to find you at the bottom of the bottle
Laying down on the bathroom floor" Sasha's voice rang out as she finished the song.
Sasha's POV
I finished the song and tacked up Charm. I grabbed my helmet off the tack trunk, untied Charm and led him to the indoor arena. I didn't know somebody was following me. I mounted up and trotted Charm to the far end of the arena and cantered back. Walked down and trotted back. I rode at different paces back and forth across the arena for about half an hour to warm Charm up then worked on flying lead changes for a bit. I set Charm through his paces and worked on dressage for another hour. I checked my watch after I had finished a lap around the arena at a working trot and saw that I had been practicing for two hours. Charm had a heavy layer of sweat on him but was still pretty frisky.
"Do you want to jump boy" I asked. Charm bobbed his head and pawed the ground
"I'll take that as a yes" I laughed. I let Charm walk towards the jumps and studied them. First was a vertical about three foot eight, followed by a oxer then an in and out all around three six. Next came a stone wall about four feet, and a jump with flower boxes. Last came the triple combination.
"We can do this boy" I murmured and clucked to Charm. We trotted in a circle, then cantered in a circle before I pointed him at the jumps. Charm leapt into the air, red and white poles flashing beneath us. Six strides later black and yellow poles flashed beneath Charm as we soared over the oxer. The in and out flashed beneath us in seconds. I pointed Charm at the wall and the grey plastic was a blur as we jumped over it. I grinned, I loved riding but I lived for jumping. The thrill of soaring over anything and everything was amazing.
"Come on boy were almost done" I whispered into Charms mane. We leapt over the flowers without a glance and cleared every jump of the combination by a foot.
"Good boy!" I praised Charm and patted his neck, Charm pranced in place. He had foam all over his chest and legs and was no longer frisky. I loosened his girth and ran up my stirrups.
"Come on boy lets get you cooled out" I clucked and led Charm forward. I stopped by the tack room and put my helment, Charms tack, and leg wraps in my trunk. I grabbed Charms halter from the trunk outside his stall and switched it out for his bridle, tossing a cooling sheet onto his back. As I led Charm towards the trails a person fell in step beside me. I looked at them out of the corner of my eye and did a double take. It was Eric. I walked faster but he kept up easily because of his long legs. I turned to Charm and started to jump on bareback.
"Sasha wait" he pleaded
"For what" I snapped "You to break my heart again" I knew my eyes were stony and cold but I didn't care.
"I" I cut Eric off
"I dont want to hear it ok" I turned around and vaulted onto Charms back.
"Next time you decide to cheat on your girlfriend with her bff slash roomate why dont you just yell it from the roof" Charm and I cantered away