Summer /ON HOLD/

Chapter Three

Picture: Josh
________________________

  "I heard sirens, what happened?!" Grandma rushed as I walked in the camper. "Are you alright?"
  "I'm just fine Grandma, but there was this boy that just about drown," I replied. Grandmas face instantly paled.
  "Oh my goodness! Is he okay?" She asked.
  "Yeah, I gave him CPR." I said modestly. She ran up and squeezed me in a big hug.
  "Seriously?!" I nodded. "I can't believe you saved a mans life!" We went and sat on the couch.
  "It was all pretty surreal," I told her, then I told her what all had happened.
  "Wow. You're a hero now," my grandma said afterwards. I've always been pretty modest so I just smiled and decided to change the subject.
  "Yeah, I guess. Before that I cleaned Tornados tack," I mumbled. All of a sudden grandma got a huge grin on her face.
  "Speaking of Tornado, we have a surprise for you," I was getting really excited as I followed her out behind the camper. The first thing I saw was grandpa standing there holding Tornado.
  "OH MY GOD!" I shouted, scaring Tornado a little. I couldn't believe he was standing right in front of me. I whistled and he trotted right up to me, and I gave him a big hug, as he nudged my shoulder. I didn't know how I was going to go all summer without him, but now I didn't have to! Some people just didn't understand my love for him, but I grew up with him. Plus he was there when Oliver and I broke up.
  "I'm so glad your here," I whispered to him. I turned around to my grandparents. "This is the best surprise ever. I have a few questions, but they can wait. Do you think I could ride him down to the beach?" I wanted so badly to ride him, but a part of me also wanted to see if Josh or Ty was there.
  "You can go this evening, just to give him a chance to settle in," ugh, I thought.
  "Yeah, okay. Hey, do you know any brothers named Josh and Ty?" I knew it was a long shot, but I needed to know more about them. There was something about Josh, and I couldn't get him out of my head.
  You have a boyfriend. Yeah, I know. I feel guilty as hell, like I'm cheating on him, but I'm not. Right?
  "No, why?" Grandma asked.
  "Ty was the one who just about drowned,"
  "Ah. Sorry, I don't know who they are," Grandma replied. Well it was worth a try. "So how did the beach go before you saved the boy?"
  "It was fine. I just cleaned Tornadoes tack," I answered.
                      ~~~~~
  After supper I finally got to go for a ride. I barely lasted all afternoon, I was about to sneak off with him.
  "His tack is in the garden shed," grandma said, as I left the camper. I turned around and stood at the door.
  "I think I'm going to ride him bareback,"
  "Okay, just be careful, and don't stay out until it's really dark out." She called out in her worried grandma voice.
  I was so excited I ran out to the shed and got Tornado's halter and lead rope and quickly put it on him. I jumped onto him and urged him into a lope.
  We reached the beach in about 5 minutes going that fast. I looked around and saw that no one else was here, but they should have. The sun was sitting right on the horizon creating a beautiful sky of purples and yellows, which reflected off the lake.
I let Tornado wander around and graze on his own and walked down to the water.
"Wow," I breathed.
"It's pretty breath taking, isn't it?" A voice said from beside me. I whipped around and saw Ty.
"Geez, what's with you and your brother scary me," I mumbled.
"Sorry," he chuckled.
"It's Ty, right?" I asked. He nodded as he stared at the sunset.
"Yeah. And Josh said your name was Ella," he said. He looked over at me. "I wanted to thank you,"
________________________
A/N
Sorry my updates are so few are far between, but it's 'cause I started a new book. And it's summer!
-faith