True Blue (Canterwood Crest)

Chapter 3 - Divide and Conquer

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I walked past Red Oak on Monday morning, the beautiful green pastures made me blink. I looked in further
and saw the beautiful oak stables, they almost shone. Looking further I noticed the well groomed horses, they were all stunning. Feeling as though I was betraying Delight I carried on. Walking past a high fence I started running, my legs taking me as far away as possible from the horse's. I reached my street and sprinted the final stretch. Breathing hard I pressed my remote and walked into my house.

"Hey Dad."

"Hi Cam, where were you this morning?" Dad asks me. I'm too scared to tell the truth.

"I went on a run." It wasn't a lie...it was half the truth.

"Really? It doesn't sound like it." Damn! He always knew when I wasn't telling all the truth...

"Uh...well. I...ummm. I did go on a run but I went p...past t...the." I struggle to say it...

"Oh Cam. You don't have to tell me!" Ok! No...Now I have to...

"Oh dad. I...I went...I went...pas..past R..Red Oak..." I stuttered

"Really Cam?! That's great!" Dad smiled knowing I'd tried.
I smiled back at him. The thought of ever riding again was far fetched but I was one step closer. Betraying Delight was hard but...I wondered, was I still any good? Could I still actually jump? What was it like to jump?  All of these questions flew around my mind. What was going to happen at Canterwood would my roommate be nice?

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I check my watch before getting ready 11:00...I pulled on skinny jeans with tears in it and a baggy tie die tee. Then after slipping on cute socks with unicorns on them I put on brown leather boots and pulled and tugged my hair into a fish braid plait. After this I walked into my bathroom and put on concealer, not as much because for some reason my sleeping was getting better...after the concealer I put some blush and eyeshadow on then some lip gloss, Vanilla Nut Roll flavor. Yummy! I walk out of the house checking my watch again...11:45

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I reached the mall, at twelve o'clock on the dot and sat down at Starbucks, a waiter about my age came toward me and handed me menu.

"I don't need it thanks." I smiled at him, "please may I have House Blend and chocolate chip cookies, my friends are coming soon so could you keep and eye out here?" 

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"Oh my gosh he's cute!" Nutty (Hazel) says.

"Yassssss! You totes have a secret boyfriend!" Hails....(Hayley)

"Oh my gosh guys!! He's just a waiter here! Why don't you ask him out?" I say. Argh why do they want me to ask him out?

They look adorbs, Nutty has beautiful long auburn hair that she has done in ringlets, and she's wearing leggings and ankle high boots that are lace ups.  Her top is a collared long sleeved checkered and is open with a cute crop top under it. Hales has her blonde hair in a plait going across and into a bun, it's loose and messy but looks amazeballs. She's wearing denim shorts, a pretty top with....oh damn...ok Camber, calm yourself. You walked past the stables and saw real ones. Besides it's your fault. You haven't told anyone here about riding... Breathe...

"Ok guys so now we're choosing stuff for my room at Canterwood. I want something nice but not flashy light colours, pastels. I'd like it to look like my bathroom. Light blue and white, maybe sorta creamy...divide and conquer?" I ask.