Hollow woods School for equestrians [Discontinued]

Chapter 2

My alarm went off at 6:45 this morning and I tried to hit the snooze button but tumbled to the floor. "Dammit!" I slowly got up and walked over to my bathroom and hopped in the shower. I went over to my closet and picked out a pair of skinny jeans and a black tank top with my brown leather jacket. I put on my brown leather boots and out the door I went letting my long brown hair sway behind me. I got down to breakfast, got a bowl of cereal and some toast and started looking around for Ace. I finally spotted him with his friends and started walking over to him. "Hey, can I sit with you?" I asked politely. "Aye!! Dani! Yah of course." He scooted over and I sat down next to him. "These are my friends, that's Alex." He said pointing at the guy with light brown hair and hazel eyes. "That's Kelly, and that's Luke." Kelly had beautiful short red hair that stopped at her shoulders, she also had bright green eyes. Luke had dark brown hair and silver eyes like Ace's. "And this is Dani guys." He said gesturing towards me. "Hi." I said. "Nice to meet you! I love your jacket!" Kelly said, her voice kinda perky but I liked it. "Thanks, your hair is beautiful." "Thank you! Someone finally noticed!" She laughed and smiled at me. "Can I eat now?" I heard Alex say. "He's not a morning person, don't mind him." Said Luke. I just nodded and started to eat my cereal. "So, I know Ace rides, do you guys ride too?" "I do! So does Luke and Alex." Kelly said. After breakfast I headed towards the stable to take care of Dex. "Good morning beautiful boy." I said while entering his stall and putting his halter on. I lead him out of his stall and into the cross ties. I groomed him and then I heard a familiar perky voice. "Is that your horse?!" I turned around to see Kelly walking towards me with Ace, Luke and Alex following closely behind. "Yep, this Lightning Dexter. Dex for short." I said giving Dexter a pat on the neck. "Race horse, right?" Alex said. "Yah, he's great. I see this school has a race track, want to see what he can do?" "Oh my god! Really?! I wanna see!" Kelly said. I laughed and nodded. "Alright let me get him ready and I'll meet you by the race track." "I'll let someone know what we're up to." Said Ace. I finished grooming Dex and tacked him up. I walked him out to the race track, I could tell he wanted to run, he was stamping his hoofs when we reached Ace and his friends. "Wow, he's tall. I didn't realize it in the stable." Kelly said, looking up at Dex. She was short so I expected her to think he was tall. I handed the reins to Ace and climbed the fence to mount Dex. I mounted and Ace handed me the reins. "Be careful! But I still wanna see what he can do!" Kelly yelled while we walked to the gate. I leaned over and make sure my stirrups where in check. "You ready Dexy?" I kicked him into a trot and then to a fast canter and before I knew it. We were flying. I stood up a little bit in my stirrups like I was supposed to. I let him slowly get into a full out run. I felt the wind racing past me. As the final stretch appeared in front of me and I let him go his fastest, Dex was known for being a front runner so he liked to give it his all when we reached the final stretch. I always loved the feeling of racing, and feeling how powerful Dex was. We crossed the finish line and I let him slow down before pulling him up a little. I turned to Kelly, Ace, Alex and Luke and they were all staring at me in what seemed to be utter disbelief. "Holy shit!!" Kelly yelled. "I can't believe you can ride like that!" I just smiled and nodded. "Yah, I've been riding my whole life and learned how to race when I was about 9 or 10." "You're amazing Dani..." I heard Ace say under his breath like he didn't want me to hear it. "Thanks Ace." He blinked and nodded. I continued to smile and hopped down off of Dexter's back. "Do you show too?!" Asked Kelly, her voice extra perky. "Yah, I show more then I race, show jumping, cross country and of course dressage." "Wow, you're really talented!" "Eh, I guess so. Thank you." I said, feeling a little like a show off. "Yah! No problem." Kelly said.

Kelly stayed and helped me cool down Dex and groom him. I thanked her and decided to skip dinner and go straight to my shower. After I got out of my shower I picked out a pair of sweatpants and a sports bra. I checked my phone and I had a text from Ace.

You were really great today (:
~Ace
Awe thanks, but Dex did all the work! xD
Nah, well I'm gonna turn in. Goodnight Daniela.
~Ace
Alright. Night Ace. :P

So, enjoying my book so far? It's coming along and I've based it off a couple different things. Keep on reading!! (: