My Life As A Cowgirl

Butterflies

It has almost been a week since running into Dylan and he still hasn't called me.

I am out on my usual Saturday ride with my best horse riding friend Laura Shay. Laura's 13.3hh skew bald pony Zimba trots happily beside Lilly while Laura and I talk about the upcoming competitions we have.

"I am doing Wynum gymkhana in a few weeks." Laura tells me as we turn down the path that takes us to the creek.

"Yea I was going to do that but I just hate formal presentation at gymkhanas and Lilly never places in presentation anyways." I reply.

"She goes well in the sporting events though!" Laura beams.

I shrug and adjust Lilly's reins,
"Ehh still not my thing, blue ribbons are over rated.. You should come down to Burpengary cross country day with us!" I suggest excitedly.

Laura rolls her eyes and laughs,

"Zimba is barely as tall as those jumps Liv!" She says looking up at me from her pony.

"Haha fine I will go on my own." I say looking away from her pretending to be hurt.

We laugh and keep riding until we get to the big creek.

Laura and I dismount and take the horses saddles off.

Laura and I strip down into our bikinis that we were wearing underneath our clothes and lunge back onto the horses.

I look up at the trees where the blue sky and sunlight is shining through the leaves. I close my eyes and allow the soft breeze to cool my face.

I am interrupted by the sound of Laura and Zimba splashing into the water.

"Hey! Wait for me!" I yell to Laura allowing a giggle to escape my lips.

I urge Lilly into a trot towards the water and follow Laura into the centre of the large creek.

As the water gets deeper Lilly starts to swim and the water comes up to my hips.

Laura and I laugh as the horses splash around happily in the water and we start splashing each other with water.

While we are swimming, I get off Lilly's back and swim back to shore, where I turn my phone on and play some music from top 100.

I turn the volume up all the way and run back into the water and jump on Lilly again, giggling the whole way.

We swim with the horses for about 10 minutes before we decide the horses are getting tired. We ride them back to shore and tie them both loosely to a tree where they can pick at the grass.

Laura and I splash back into the water and swim for a while talking.

"How are you and Connor going?" I ask as I lean back in the water and float.

Connor is Laura's boyfriend. They had only been dating for a few weeks, and Connor is a few months off being 18.

Laura smiles and floats with me.

"He kissed me." She whispers shyly.

I sit back up in the water and look at her with a shocked expression on my face.

"Laura!!!! Why didn't you tell me this sooner?!" I squeal excitedly.

Laura's cheeks go red and she puts her hands over her eyes, attempting to hide her big smile.

We giggle and I beg her for details and listen intently as she shares with me.

We had been talking for roughly 15 minutes when we decide to get out and head home.