Our Song

Chapter 10 - Slow Down!

Thomas' P.O.V.
After lunch, we all collapsed on the grass outside the house. Will had gone off with Kaya somewhere, and it was just me, Robyn, Dylan and Ki Hong. Great.

"So how's you two?" Dylan asked, smirking. Robyn scrunched her eyebrows together.

"Fine," She said slowly, clearly not understanding what was going on. But I knew what they were implying and it just made me laugh.

"What's funny?" Ki Hong laughed, "Why are we laughing?" Before I could explain, Will and Kaya came back up the hill.

"Hey guys! We've got this afternoon's activities covered!" Kaya announced as they joined us on the grass.

"Ooh do tell!" Robyn grinned.

Five minutes later...

"Horse riding?" Dylan asked, as Kaya and Will took off our blindfolds. In front of us were six horses, all tacked up and ready to go. I looked at Robyn who was stood next to me, and she gasped.

"Oh my God! Are you serious?" She laughed, going up to one of the horses and stroking its nose, "They're beautiful!" I laughed, as Robyn nuzzled her nose against the horse's. She was just too cute! Smiling, I looked over to Will, who was already sat on one of them.

"Well come on, what are you waiting for?" He grinned.

"Um, what if we can't ride?" I asked, stroking one of the horse's neck.

"Aw come on mate! It's not that hard!" Dylan smirked, walking to one of the horses and attempting to get on it. Placing his foot in the stirrup, he tried hauling himself up onto the horse's back, but every time he tried to get his leg over, he kept sliding back down. Robyn, Ki Hong and Will started laughing.

"Wow, Dylan! You're a natural!" Robyn teased. Groaning, he huffed and turned to Robyn.

"Oh, like you're a natural?" He laughed. Raising her eyebrows at him, she put one foot in the stirrup and lifted her leg over the other side of the horse.

"You were saying?" I smirked at Dylan, as he just stared at Robyn.

"Ah, right!" He mumbled, turning back to his horse.

"I take it you rode horses as a child right?" I said, raising my eyebrows. She winked at me, making me chuckle.

"Okay guys, come on let's get going!" Will exclaimed, as Ki Hong and Kaya got on their horses. With Dylan still struggling and cursing under his breath. Grinning, I gave him a leg up and he finally got on the horse. Getting up on mine, I looked up to see Robyn smiling at me over her shoulder. I smiled back at her and she turned round, following Will out of the stables.

"So where we off to?" Ki Hong asked, fidgeting around in his saddle as the horse walked, "Oh shuck, this hurts like a mother!" I threw my head back laughing.

"We're off into the woods!" Will laughed from the front.

"So did you used to ride horses?" Robyn asked Will as we all began riding next to each other in a line.

"Nah! But hey it's easy! No training needed!" He grinned.

"Oh really?" Robyn challenged, "So you know how to gallop then?"

"Are you kidding? I could do that in my sleep! You wanna see?" And with that, Will flicked his horse's reins.

"Giddy up!" He shouted with a determined look. But the horse just continued walking. We all broke into laughter.

"Wow Will! You told him!" I laughed, high fiving Robyn next to me.

"Would you like me to show you?" She laughed at Will, who just pouted.

"Oh go on then! I bet you can just do a fast canter!" Will huffed. As soon as the large grin grew on Robyn's face, I knew that Will would soon be swallowing his words. Flicking her reins, Robyn kicked gently at her horse's sides and the horse flew off into a gallop. We all stopped and stared in shock and surprise, as Robyn's horse galloped at full speed down the wooded track. Running for only a minute, Robyn brought the horse to a halt and grinned at us.

"You wanna try?" She yelled back to us. Obviously, Will was the first to try. Flicking his reins again, he kicked his horse's side and the horse flew.

"AHHHHHH!!!" Will screamed as his horse got faster and faster, "SLOW DOWN HORSIE! SLOW DOWN!!!" He wrapped his arms tightly around the horse's neck as it galloped right past Robyn and carried on down the track.

"MAKE IT STOOOOP!" Will shouted over his shoulder. Suddenly, we could see Will's saddle begin to slide down the horse's side.

"OH MY GOD!" He shrieked, "MY SADDLE IS FALLING OFF!"

"PULL ON THE REINS!" Robyn yelled, laughing as she did. Will must have heard her, because he quickly pulled tightly on his horse's reins, and the horse came to a sudden stop. We all couldn't help it. As we watched Will practically hanging to his horse, we all cried out with laughter. Kaya, being brilliant like she was, had filmed the entire thing, and was clutching her sides as she shrieked out in laughter. Clicking my tongue, I did just as Robyn had done and my horse started to gallop. It was actually really fun. Coming to a stop next to Robyn, she nodded before we both started galloping towards Will.

"Well done mate!" I congratulated, as we got Will off of his horse, "That's 250 quid for us lot once we send that clip into You've Been Framed!" Will poked his tongue out just as the others came up behind us.

"Oh my God! You bloody idiot!" Dylan howled with laughter, "You should have seen your face!" Dylan instantly pulled a scared face and he got it perfectly. We all started laughing again, as Robyn got off her horse and righted Will's saddle.

"There ya go! All good!" She grinned. Shakily, Will got back on the horse and patted its neck.

"Never again horsy! Never again!" He laughed.