And I'm getting strong in every way

I need your love

We all get into the van, Dom, Chris, Tom, Matt and I, and sit down inside.

'Let's go then!' Dom shouts as Tom sits behind the steering wheel and puts the key in the ignition. Everyone gives a cheer and Dom rifles around in his bag and pulls out some sort of mask. All of a sudden he screams in a Slip-knot fashion and yells 'Fuck!'. We look over to see him head-banging, with the mask on, and we all burst out laughing.

'Sit the fuck down!' He repeats over and over again as Matt clutches his stomach, howling as I am almost crying with laughter.

'I can't do it anymore!' Matt gasps, trying to catch his breath, but Dom is still going, shaking his head around and screaming.

After about 5 minutes everyone has calmed down, and we have arrived at the local studio, Matt races to the piano and starts playing some piano piece, then nods when he is content and writes it down.

'Wight, so Chwis. I was thinking today we sort out the double bass bit for Unintended?' Matt asks, and Chris, or 'Chwis' nods. While they work on that Tom, Dom and I just chat.

'So Ashlea, how's it going with Matt?' Dom asks with a smile.

'Swimmingly thanks.' I reply, swimmingly? I have never said that before in my life.

'Awww. We need a couple name for you two.' Dom says, pretending to be deep in thought. 'How abooouuutt, Mashlea?!' He continues.

'Love it.' Tom grins, as they proceed to talk about what lovely gothic blue haired children we are going to have.

'Shuup!' I whine, as Matt beckons me over. 'Yes?' I ask him, and wraps an arm around my waist and kisses me.

'That was all I needed.' He says sweetly and winks. He is so cute!

By the time we return, Matt and I both flop onto the sofa and I rest my head on his shoulder as he puts his arms around me.

'Matt,' I begin, 'I have been here for a few weeks now, it isn't fair on you or your Grandma.' He looks kind of horrified.

'No no nono, you aren't a burden! We love having you here!' He says defensively.

'As much as you may think that, I know that it must be annoying for your Grandma having me here all the time.' I reply.

'Then I'm coming too.' Matt states, looking up.

'What?' I ask, a smile spreading right across my face.

'I am moving out, and we are going to live together - I-If you want of course.' He says, slightly less confident now.

'Yes!' I shriek, flinging my arms around his neck and kissing him. He chuckles and kisses me back. When we break apart, he grabs his laptop and searches for nearby flats.

'There's one right by Tom's house.' He says, looking at the screen. 'Reasonable pwice actually, I could get a real job.'

'I could get a job at that stables down the road, when my Dad was around I had a horse.' I reply, the flat looks quite cute actually, just the right size for the 2 of us.

'Yeah, and Muse has a few gigs coming up soon, and we are wecording our album.' He continues, and I agree. 'I'll give them a ring then.' He says, and I pass him his phone.

Next Day

I walk on to the yard, looking around at all of the horses and ponies. There is only a few young workers there and one girl who looks just a bit younger than me. Before I even realise what is happening, I see a pony charge towards me, with a young girl running behind it. I grab it by the reins and manage to stop it, handing it back over to the girl.

'Thank-you.' I hear a voice say, and I swivel round to see and older lady, who must own the yard.

'No problem.' I reply, 'Actually, I was wondering if you have any vacancies?'

'Well, we could always use an extra pair of hands. How old are you?' She asks with a smile.

'17.' I say, fixing my hair. 'Oh yeah, I'm Ashlea.'

'And have you had any previous experience with horses?' She returns.

'I used to work at a stables when I was about 11, I was there until I was 13 and then I got a horse of my own which I had for about 2 years until I had to move.' I tell her, and she looks quite impressed. A blonde girl, about 14 walked past with a big black horse, and I look at it inquisitively.

'The strap on the bit is twisted. You'll need to undo it and put it on the other way.' I inform her quietly, and she does so.

'Impressive.' The lady continues, 'What would you say if I asked you to be head of yard Tuesday to Sunday? It pays about £60 a day and you'd just have to make sure the youngers know what they are doing and give them a hand. You'll also get to ride on weekends.' Wow! I wasn't expecting that!

'Erm, are you sure?' I ask, 'Oh, erm, I have college on weekdays, but we have our final exams next week so after that I am finished.' I admit.

'That's fine. If I can just get your number Ashlea?' She asks and I jot it down for her.

'Thank-you so much!' I say and I walk back home.

'Yep, that's gweat. Yep, see you on Tuesday.' Matt mumbles into his phone, noticing I've come in.

'How did it go?' He asks me, looking up.

'Awesome. She offered me head of yard Tuesday to Sunday - 7:30 until 5:30, £60 a day, I can start the week after finals.' I explain, and he stands up.

'Fuck yes! That is insane!' He shouts, hugging me tightly, 'I rang the man, we can go have a look on Tuesday.'

'Great! What exams do we have on Tuesday?' I enquire.

'Ermmm, Physics and English. But we have both maths papers tomorrow.' Matt replies.

'Ugh, I am going to fail.' I groan and he giggles.

'Well you can be Muse's extra member for when we are performing and we need another person. Just like in your first day at school a few weeks ago.'

'I might just take you up on that one!' I reply and he kisses my cheek.