Taking the reins

Taking the reins Chapter 1

I stepped off the yellow school bus and started running down my dirt driveway. The wide opened fields full of my fathers prized dairy cows were patched with the green grasses of Kansas. The smell of corn stalks in the air reminded me that that day was the last day of school and the beginning of summer. My heart was racing and my mind was at a blank. I just kept running and I focused on my free days that I had away from school. I stopped and caught my breath then ran inside my house.

My mother was baking and I smelled the fresh cut apples. My mother called my name and said "Your home!" " how was your last day at school?" I said what any regular 14 year old girl would say "Fine". She smiled and handed me an apple. "I'm making your birthday cake," she said "it's your favorite, applesauce pound cake." Yes it was my birthday and my mother always made me apple pound cake for my birthday dinner . I never had birthday parties, I never had any friends to invite to a party. I was a book obsessed lonely girl In the 8th grade. To me I never saw the need for a friend all I needed was my family, Jesus, and my fathers dairy farm. I also had an obsession for apples which is why my family nicknamed me apple but my real name is Holly Drew.

I looked at my mother and she said "Eat your snack and go rest, you look a little tired." I said "ok" and I walked up stairs to my horse themed room. I was obsessed with horses and I had all ways dreamed of owning my own horse. My father had a lot of land but my family only owned cows and chickens whom I loved with all my heart but any girl my age would dream of having a horse. I set my apple down on my dresser and I walked to my bed. I pulled back my covers and slipped under my warm blanket. I quickly fell asleep to the
smell of baking apple cake.