two different worlds || niall horan [completed]

~Chapter 2~

Chapter 2

I woke up to a scream down the hallway. It sounded like Ella! I threw the covers off my body and sprinted down to her room, not bothering to knock on the door. She was sitting on her bed with her laptop in her lap.

“What the hell Ella?!” I screeched at her. She turned the laptop to face me. It was Niall’s tweet from the previous night. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Ella’s a hard-core fan-girl. “Niall saw you! Oh my God I was within 30 feet of ONE DIRECTION!!!” she screamed in my face. The door crashed open. I spun around to see Nathan holding his shot gun.

“Nate, it was a One Direction moment, go back to bed.” I tell him. He lowers the gun, glares at Ella, and stalks back to his room. I sigh at Ella, now wide awake, and go into my room, to get changed for chores.

I decided to have a look around my room. I breathed in the Sweet Pea scent. My walls were all red, and one wall was full of pictures of everyone at the barn and I. It also had some pictures of Lindsey Sears, and other famous barrel racers. I had my walk in closet on the left, and on the right was my en-suite. On a platform was my queen size bed. It was black metal and it had white and black floral sheets. I had one glass bedside table, which had my iHome on it and my clock. So pretty much everything in my room was made out of glass and metal.

I walked into my closet and grabbed a pair of wrangler jeans and a tank top with a cardigan over. Then I braided my hair into a fishtail, grabbed my phone, and walked down the stairs. It was 8:10 am, so I started on feeding the fields.

I was in charge of morning chores, since I live there. It’s like a payment. I turned on my phone only to be greeted by a whole bunch of twitter notifications.

I had gained 1120 followers, those including

@NiallOfficial

@Louis_Tomlinson

@zaynmalik

@Harry_Styles

@Real_Liam_Payne

Why the hell are they following me?! Ella is going to have a cow when she finds out…

Then I saw that I had a DM.

That was you?! You’re absolutely mental then ! oh and that trailer was huge ! can I ask why..?

Assuming that he meant why to the trailer being so big, I decided to reply

Tbh, I didn’t think you would reply! Wow haha if my friend found out im talking to you… but yes, it is huge. It can carry 7 horses, and it has a tack room, and a living quarters, equipped with 4 beds, a kitchen, and bathroom.

Satisfied with my reply, I grabbed the buckets full of grain and started to feed the fields. When I was half way through, I felt my phone buzz in my bra. Don’t judge me! Last time that I kept it on a pocket, it fell out into the water bucket.

I decided to leave the message until I was finished feeding fields. Talia walked over to me and nickered softly. I pulled out my phone and opened the camera to take a picture of me kissing her forehead. Her ears were pointed forward, and her eyes were closed. She was so photogenic for a horse. Then, I started to massage her neck. She started to nod off so I placed a kiss upon her nose before grabbing my buckets and heading back into the barn.

I opened the door to be greeted by the German Shepard named Molly. She was supposed to be a guard dog, but she is so friendly! We all love her to death. I pulled the toy from her mouth and threw it down the aisle for her to chase. Then I pulled out my phone to tweet the picture of Talia and I.

@ashley_carter:

Damn horse is so photogenic; she is honestly the definition of Perfect. #loveher #toocute

I then opened up the new message from Niall

Aye yes that explains it, I forgot to mention, I have a picture of you climbing out of the window…

Want to see it? ;)

Oh God… I quickly typed my reply

Sure I guess… I probably look like shit though

I locked my phone and played with Molly more before sweeping the barn a bit and going back over to the house. I took off my boots and walked over to the kitchen, starting breakfast. I guess Ella is still in her bedroom.

I heard thundering coming from down the stairs. Whoops, spoke too soon.

“HOW DID YOU GET ALL OF ONE DIRECTION TO FOLLOW YOU?! TEACH ME YOUR WAYS MASTER ASHLEY!!” Ella screamed at me, jumping up and down and hugging my arm. Jeez girl, calm yourself.

“Easy, I messaged Niall telling him that he saw me and they all followed me.”

“You’re talking to THE Niall Horan?! This is a dream come true!” she said, dancing across the kitchen. This child is a weird one….

I flipped the pancakes and I heard 3 sets of feet coming down the stairs. Kelsey and Nathan slumped on the stools at the island and Kathleen made herself a cup of coffee.

“Smells good… have you done chores yet?” she inquires.

“Yep, everything’s all good.” I reply, serving everyone the food. I then pick up my phone to see the picture that Niall sent me.

Oh good lord… that’s disgusting.. #fail #ilooklikeanidiot

I laughed at the picture, and Ella immediately ran over and grabbed my phone, scrolling through the conversation.

“I can’t believe you’re talking to him!” she exclaims, making me receive raised eyebrows from everyone else.

“Who is ‘him’?” Nathan asks, getting into daddy mode.

“Niall Horan from One Direction. He was in the bus that passed us yesterday.” I reply, taking a sip from my orange juice, swiping my phone out of Ella’s hands before she could type something stupid.

“As in the boy-band that Ella is obsessed with?” Kathleen asks. I nod my head

“Oh and by the way, this came in the mail for you when we were away. The neighbours dropped it off when you went to bed, and I didn’t want to wake you.” She said, tossing me an envelope.

I opened it up and gasped.

Dear Ashley

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Nottingham Trent University in the UK.

Your admission to Nottingham University is evidence of the Admissions Committee’s confidence in your potential, as well as reorganization of your fine scholastic achievement and unique person qualities…. Blah, blah, blah… We have accepted you into all of your classes that you have applied for, and on a barrel scholarship. This means that we have opened up Barrel Racing into the universities program. If you bring your horse down, we will pay full expenses for you to compete representing our facility.

We do hope you choose our university.

“I… I got accepted. Full scholarship… If I bring Talia…” I managed to mumble out. Kathleen immediately pulls me into a hug. “I’m so proud of you honey!” she says, stroking my hair. Ella looks at me in awe. Nottingham was a hard school to get into, and even harder since I’m in a totally different country!

“Are you going to go?!” Nathan asks me

“I don’t know… it’s so far away!” I reply

“It’s a huge opportunity Ash… you have to go!” he tells me, his eyes twinkling with pride.

“I’ll talk to Talia about it.” I say before going across the road to her field.

Some people call me crazy because I talk to my horse. But we have that kind of connection, and this isn’t just my decision to go halfway across the world, it’s hers too.

Photo on the side is of Kelsey!