As Charm and I cantered away I could feel Erics eyes on my back watching me go. All I could feel was hatered towards him. After Charm and I had gotten far into the woods I brought him to a halt.
"Sorry boy but I had to get out of there before I broke down" I whispered into Charms ear. All he did was wrap his head around my back and give me a hug. I giggled and hugged him back.
"Lets go boy" I led Charm forward. We came out to a old logging road.
"Where are we" I looked at Charm and had a idea. I had braided ribbons into his mane a few days before. I took the ribbons out and tied one to a tree and every time we turned I tied another ribbon to a tree until we got back to campus. I cooled and untacked Charm as quickly as I could then raced back to Orchard.
"Brit" I breathed
"What's wrong" looked at me worriedly
"I found" I stopped to catch my breath
"You found what" Brit asked
"A old road but its still on Canterwoods property" I smiled
"So you want to go exploring" Brit nodded
"You know me well" I smiled
"When do you plan on going exploring" Brit questioned
"Well I was thinking that I could ask if we could camp out with the horses and we could explore then" I chewed my bottom lip nervously
"We" Brit stared at me
"Yes we" I smiled
"Fine but YOU get to do all the planning" Brit reasoned
"Ok" I smiled happily and went to see
" " I called and peeked into his office. He looked up at me.
"Hello Sasha what can I do for you" gestured for me to sit down
"Well I was wondering if Brit and I along with a few others could take a over night camping trip" I kept eye contact and a business look on my face
"Well you would have to take a adult along, maybe Mike or Doug and I would need to know where you would be camping as well as why you have a sudden interest" leaned back in his chair
"Well when I was out riding today I found some cool trails so I thought we could go exploring and turn it into a camping trip" I smiled "Plus now is perfect because its a four-day weekend, we could go a day and a half out and day and a half back leaving one day for homework and catching up on any possible sleep loss" I smiled
"Sounds like you've put alot of thought into this" he nodded
"Well I didn't want to give you a reason to say no" I reasoned. We both laughed.
"Well its Mike and Dougs week off but if they agree go you have my permission" he stood as did I and we shook hands.
"Thank you so much you wont regret this" I told him
"See to it that I don't" He replied. I nodded and left his office, I called Brit on my way back to Orchard.
"He said yes!" I screamed into the phone. Brit squealed
"Mike and Doug have to agree to go and some others but otherwise we can go" I laughed. For the first time im a long time I had a real reason to be happy and not have to fake it.
"Sounds good, how bout Callie, Alison, and Heather along with Mike and Doug of course" Brit suggested
"Yep I am going to talk to Mike and Doug when I check on Charm tonight so we will find out then" I was grinning from ear to ear
"Great well see you later I have to talk to some of my teachers so there is no mix ups when we go back next week" Brit explained
"Great see you later" I hung up. I walked straight to the studio and started to rehearse.
Ball change kick left leap double and fan kick sashay and down, I thought as I danced. Nobody knew that I loved dance and gymnastics absolutely nobody and I planned on keeping it that way. I kept practicing until I heard and door and quickly stopped pulled on my sweatshirt and gathered my things.
"Who are you" Rosie the head dancer snarled. I ignored her and kept walking
"I was talking to you" She growled I walked out the door and into the sun. That was close I muttered I did not want to get caught especially by her. She was the definition of evil.
I called Brit and asked if we could meet up now for lunch at the Sweet Shoppe. She said yes and I quickly ran to the barn so I could change into my spare clothes and stash my bag into my trunk.
I bumped into somebody as I jogged down the barn aisle.
"Be careful" They warned, I looked up and saw that it was Mike
"Oh yeah sorry and I actually need to talk to you" I told him
"What do you need" He asked
"I was wondering if you and Doug could come with me, Brit, Heather, Callie, and Alison on a camping trip this weekend I already asked Mr. Connor and he said that if you and Doug would come it was fine" I filled him in
"I don't know about Doug but I'm in I loved camping when I was little" Mike grinned
"Really" I asked stunned that it was so easy
"Yup" Mike nodded
"OMG thank you" I squealed and quickly hugged him
Mike laughed "No problem and I will talk to Doug" I nodded knowing I could trust him
"Tell him I will plan everything and all he would have to do is ride along for safety reasons" Mike nodded
"Will do" He tipped an imaginary cap and walked off. I ran to the Sweet Shoppe and slid into the booth across from Brit.
"Hey what took you so long" She teased me
"Hey sorry I ran into Mike and asked him about this weekend" I filled her in
"What did he say" Brit asked eagerly
"He said" I paused for dramatic event "Yes" We squealed
Brit danced strangely in her seat, I laughed
"All we have to do is convince Doug and Mike said he would talk to him so lets get planning" I squealed in excitement. Brit squealed and everyone in the shoppe turned and gave us weird looks. But we didn't care, we were to busy and excited to care.