Sifting through my countless pairs of breeches, I tried to find a pair that was national-worthy. Nationals were in 3 days and you could feel the pressure as soon as you entered the stable. Mr.Rossi was supposed to send an email containing our boarding passes, the total cost of the trip, hotel information ETC.
Paige was trying to pull out her suitcase from under the bunk bed. "UGH!" Paige gave one final grunt as she yanked the suitcase from under the bed. "Whew." She said, wiping her sweating forehead and tucking a piece of sweaty hair behind her ear. "Was that a workout?" I asked, smiling as I grabbed pair after pair of breeches.
Paige sighed. "I'm going to check the emails." I nodded. She logged onto our shared desktop computer. She went by the email list one by one. "It's here!" She squealed excitedly. I ran over.
Dear Senior Varsity,
As you know. Nationals are in a weeks time. Hopefully you have visited the website:
Here is the information on our travels:
February 1st, 2015
4:00 am: leave for Tacoma international airport
5:00 am: arrive at Tacoma Int'l airport.
6:00 am: Departing from Tacoma Int'l airport for Ottawa, Canada
1:00 pm: (Ontario time) Arriving at Ottawa Int'l airport
1:30 pm: leave for The Westmin Hotel in Ottawa.
2:00 pm: Get checked in, pick roommates and rooms.
3:00 pm: Meet in hotel lobby, travel to the show grounds for practice
6:00 pm: Eat dinner, relax.
7:00 to 10:00 pm: FREE TIME
10:30 pm: bedtime.
As you know, the stable hands Mitchell and Danielle will be travelling to Ottawa by car as to bring your horses. The total cost of this trip is: 10,050$. You will be missing two weeks of school. After the 5 days of showing, we will be flying to a surprise location.
Best regards,
Mr. E. Rossi.
"A secret location?" I asked, intrigued. "Guess so. I've never been to Canada. Do you think they really do apoligize all the time, or say "EH?" every scentence?" Paige responded carefully. "PAIGE! Those are steroytypes!" I yelled dramatically. "Oops?" She smiled a little. "Lets get packing." I shake my head, smiling. In silence, we started packing. I found some breeches, mkaing sure to take 5 days worth of practice breeches, and 5 days worth of show breeches, show jackets, chokers, hairnets and hair pins.
I packed all my stuff. I had one more suitcase left. "PAIGE....I'm going down to the stable to pack Elle's stuff." I yelled. "alright" a muffled voice from the bathroom responded. I grabbed the suitcase and went down to the stable.
Once in the stable, I go into the tack room and begin packing a blanket, multiple polos, extra halter and lead ropes. I also packed my back-up bridle. I packed my two practice saddle pads and two white show saddle pads. I also packed my Ogilvy half-pad. With the suitcase full, I left.
It was Friday, after school and we left on Monday before school. We didn't have a lesson today, we were instructed to pack. Saturday and Sunday, we had two lessons. One in the morning at 8 am and one at 3 pm.
My cell phone started ringing as I unlocked the dorm. "Hi! It's Kayden." Kayden said through the phone. "Hey, whats up?" "Nothing. I was wondering if you wanted to go on a date tonight?" He replied. Butterflys errupted in my stomach. "Yes! That sounds perfect!" I smiled. "I'll pick you up in half an hour?" He asked. "Sounds good." I replied.
I walked inside the dorm. "Paige. I have another date with Kayden in half an hour!" I squealed. "OMG! Get over here! You need to get ready!" She opened my closet and unzipped her make-up bag. Paige grabbed a red cutout dress, a white jean jacket and a brown purse. I undressed and got dressed in the outfit she had layed out for me. I slipped on white strappy heels.
Paige did my makeup quickly while I slipped on a silver bracelet. Paige sprited one little squirt of VERA WANG PRINCESS PERFUME.
Kayden knocked on our door. We linked arms as we left Parker Hall. He led me towards the direction of the court-yard.
In the middle of the court-yard, there was a candle-light picnic set up for the two of us. As we sat down, a jet flew by. Kayden gazed up words; I did the same. Behind the Jet, a banner was floating behind it saying:
Eleanor Hastings, will you be my girlfriend?
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Mounting up
Teen Fiction*Second book of the Windsor Preparatory Trilogy* Eleanor Hastings is back with her horse Elle in the second instalment of the Windsor Preparatory series. Given another chance to go back to Windsor, Eleanor jumps at it. This time it's not a scholars...
