Miss Velvet

2

Yn was jolted awake by a hazy dream that involved crunching metal and breaking glass, her heart racing. Again. Indy crawls up from his spot at the foot of the bed and looks at her concerned, then starts licking her face until she smiles and hugs him. 'Thanks buddy, what would I do without you?'

She looked over at her clock and it was 3:59, one hour before her alarm. No point on going back to sleep. Yn stretched before getting out of bed and heading to the bathroom to start the days work. Splashing water on her face she looks in the mirror and tells herself that she can do this, that she still has use and can make a difference even if it's not what she had planned when she was a kid. Maybe even a better purpose, if not changing the world directly she can help support those who do.

Yn grabs yesterdays jeans and a sweatshirt and heads out back with Indy to start feeding the beasts. The horses are all poking their heads out of their stalls, nickering and stomping their feet, impatiently waiting to be fed. Yn takes a minute with each horse to scratch their favorite spots and kiss their muzzles good morning. Once everyone is content she gets to work mucking out their stalls while they 'discuss' her nervousness and the days to do list.

Looking thru the barn to make sure morning chores are done she heads inside for a shower and breakfast. The hot shower under the rain showerhead that Tony insisted on installing helps ease her muscles and clear her head from whatever that dream was. Sometimes she wishes the memories would just stay gone, no need to bring that back up to the surface after she accepted the aftermath.

Yn eats her pancakes with cannabutter and Earl Grey with honey while scrolling thru her texts to see if there is anything that needs to be added to her schedule. Two more riding evaluations to bring todays total up to 6. She looks at her schedule after updating and checks the list of projects that need doing and sighs. She might have to break down and get an assistant like Tony has been pushing her to do. Yn has a hard time accepting help but with the expectations of a govt contract she might not have much of a choice.

Gearing up for the day, braid-sunscreen-boots-hat, she heads to the barn, grabs Lexi from her stall, ties her up and starts grooming her so they can take their morning ride. Working to clear the tangles from Lexi's mane she tells the mare 'your hair is more work than mine. I wonder how you would look with it buzzed.' Lexi shakes her head like she understood and wants no part of it.

Yn walks away laughing and grabs her saddle and bridle. Once Lexi is ready to go they walk to the mounting block and yn gently mounts up, puts her feet into the stirrups and adjusts her reins. Lexi starts off and they head out the gate into a forested area, away from Tony's equestrian center that just broke ground. When yn told him about coming up in the show circuit and all of the events at the L.A. Equestrian Ctr in Burbank Tony set up an appt for them to tour it so he would know what Morgan would need for what he was sure would be an illustrious show career. Yn had laughed when he told her that but realized he was serious and promised to do what she could to further that goal.

Wandering thru the woods with only the local wildlife and Lexi, was about as close to Heaven as yn could imagine. When her phone started buzzing, yn knew she had to head back so she would be ready to greet today's riders.

As she walked thru the gate she could see a small crowd of people waiting, even tho they were almost 30 minutes early.

When he saw her coming Tony cheered, 'Look, its Miss Velvet and The Pie!'

'OMG Tony, stop renaming my horses, Lexi isn't The Pie and Bubbles isn't Ozzy.'

'The Pie?' A pretty blonde lady who is holding hands with Steve asks.

'That's the name of the horse in National Velvet' yn explains.

'Oh, I get it. I'm Sharon Carter, its nice to meet you.'