I waved bye to Casey as my mom pulled up in our old truck. Since it was only me, my mom, my dad and my brother, we didn't need anything bigger. Though my dad had insisted he get his own car for work.
I hopped in the front seat still grinning from the news. My mom took one look at my face and raised an eyebrow, "Either you just won a new horse or there's a new cross country course." She kept her face serious until I cracked up.
Sometimes my mom can turn a serious conversation funny by just adding a rhyme. When we finished laughing and I had enough breath to talk I said, "We have a new course! And we're competing on it!" She nodded her head understanding my excitement.
"How was Wind today?"
I slumped in my seat. My mom knew I was having trouble with Wind. She usually asked about him after class.
"He acted like I was a just a fly on his back and I barely got him over the jumps."
My Mom looked like she was going to say something but she just closed her mouth. My Mom and me were the horse people in our family. She could relate to horse problems. So I said, "What am I supposed to do? I defend him, I'm kind to him and I give him lots of attention but he doesn't even tilt his ears toward me when I give him a command. He just goes on his way! So what do I doooo?"
My Mom smiled at me and said, "You know there's more to that horse than you think. You know he didn't come from a fancy stable, he came from a nice stable where yes he did jump, boy did he love to jump, but he's never stayed in one place for long. So what I'm saying is that from his view he probably thinks that sooner or later you're just going to pass him on to someone else, so what you need to do is show him that you're not those people and you won't let him go."
I nodded and turned my head to look out the window before saying, "Can you take me to the stable early tomorrow?" My Mom nodded just as we pulled up to our house.
It had started to rain so I grabbed my bag and jogged into the house. The TV was on and I could smell our homemade enchiladas in the kitchen. I threw my bag down by the door, kicked off my shoes and made my way to the source of the enticing smell.
Seeing that there were a few gone meant they had already eaten so I grabbed a plate and piled two onto it.
"How was Josie?"
I snickered at my brother and walked to the table calling back, "She got kicked by a horse and her face will never be the same."
My brother came into the kitchen and cocked an eyebrow at me. "Is that so? Well then please tell her that I hope she feels better."
I fell apart first and started laughing. Me and Casey both knew that they liked each other so we kept coming up with crazy scenarios to tell my brother Adam.
"She's fine and she asked me to tell you hi. And by the way, when should I be planning on telling her that you worked up the guts to ask her out?"
"Haha, very funny. You better finish your food before I steal it."
I fake hugged my plate and cut off a piece stuffing it in my mouth. I did however quickly finish my food. I got up and placed my plate in the sink, I nearly didn't make it before my brother caught me around the waist and lifted me up.
"You see, I heard that a girl is going to be turning 16 soon." I giggled as he put me back down. "So I was wondering if you are going to be up for some ice cream and arcading that day?"
I smiled and nodded and gave him a hug, "So now I have officially covered my brother in horse sweat and I think I'd better run."
He gave me a fake look of disgust and gave me time to run before he acted like he was going to take off after me. I ran the rest of the way to my room and breathed out a sigh.
It was nice to be in my room alone for once today. I changed out of my jeans and flannel and into short and a tee-shirt. It was the summer so I didn't have to worry about school tomorrow. I fell back on my bed and closed my eyes, listening to the crickets coming from outside.
I rolled over and crawled the rest of the way onto my bed glad that my light was off and closed my eyes and dreamed, as usual, about Wind.
May 29, 2018 Rating
Love it by: claudiahorselovr
Please write more, I love it!
Apr 26, 2018 Rating
This is really good! by: Violent Brushstroke
Keep going, I'd love to read more. I love Casey :P
Apr 23, 2018 Rating
Nice!!! by: Hoofbeats
Nice start!!! Plese continue to post your updates!
