Him and Her||✔︎

Chapter 13

The week flew by extremely quickly. Dylan had won his game and no one bullied me at all, which I find extremely weird. Usually I get notes in my locker and comments or DMs on Instagram from people who bully me but I didn't get anything.

Today is Friday and tomorrow is the horse show I've been preparing for, I'm extremely nervous. Dylan is driving me to my horse barn so I can ride one last time before the show. After I ride I have to wash and braid Petey which Dylan said he would help with.

"You nervous?" Dylan asks on the way to my horse barn.

"Yes, I'm extremely nervous. I haven't competed in 3 years", I say looking down at the ground.

"Hey you're going to do great, I'll be there to help and support you all the way", He tells me.

"Promise?" I ask.

"I promise", He says with a smile on his face.

After that we drive the rest of the way to my barn in silence. It's not an awkward silence it's a nice one.

When we get to my barn Dylan helps me tack up by holding everything I need. When I'm done tacking up Dylan follows me into the arena and watches me ride.

When I'm done riding I untack Petey and then it's time for his bath. I grab a bucket, the hose, soap and Petey. Dylan agreed to hold Petey while I spray the water on him and soap him up. Since today was a really hot day and I made sure Dylan brought himself some extra clothes I decided to be a little mean. I take the hose and spray Dylan, when he's all wet I burst out laughing.

"Hey that wasn't very nice", He says looking at me.

"Yes but it was funny", I state still laughing.

"Come here", He says walking towards me slowly holding onto Petey still.

"Not happening mister", I say pointing the hose at him again. He puts his hands up in defeat and I go back to cleaning Petey.

Once Petey is nice and clean I put him in the cross ties and start to braid his mane. It takes roughly an hour and a half to braid Petey's entire mane.

We put Petey in his stall for the night and drive home. All I can think about is how nervous I am to compete; this is my very first time competing in jumpers so I have no idea what to expect.

*Next Day*

It's 4:00am Dylan and I are driving to my horse barn so that we can make sure Petey is nice and clean for the horse show. When we get there Petey is clean he just rubbed out 2 braids. So I redo the braids and we get the rest of what we need into Dylan's car. Once everything is packed up I go back into the barn to get Petey so I can load him onto the trailer.