"Blake could you stop." I asked my boyfriend. Yeah dad let me date a guy. "Why?" He asked as he continued to kiss my cheek. "Please?" I asked him nicer. He wrapped his arms around my waist as we watched a movie I didn't want to watch.
Michael texted me asking if he could meet me for a practice. "Hey I gotta go." I told him. "Why?" He asked. "Career baby." I told him and got up out of his lap.
He groaned and let me go. I left his house and drove to mine. Dad was retired and actually was proud of me for winning. Michael pulled in after I did with his trailer.
I put a bridle on Jolly and got my glove and rope. Then I climbed onto my horse and we practiced for a while. "So when do you go to your first rodeo?" Michael asked.
"Sometime after February next year." I told him. "Still need a partner?" He asked. "Might find one there." I told him. A truck pulled up in front of the barn. A man and woman got out.
"That might be one of my sponsors." I told Michael. I rode over to the side of the ring and tied Jolly to the railing. "May I help you?" I asked them. "Uh yes we are looking for Bailey Willingham?" "I'm her." I told them.
"We're with rope like a girl and were told to bring you these things." The woman said. "Oh and I'm Deserah." She added. The man got a saddle, bridle, and a breast piece out of the back seat.
I led him over to my trailer and opened up the tack compartment. "Just set the tack on a saddle peg." I told him. My phone rang. The caller id said 'rope like a girl.'
"Hello?"
"This is Bailey Willingham right?"
"Yes this is she."
"Oh Deserah and Mitch should be there if they aren't already."
"Their here."
"May I talk to them?"
"Sure."After Deserah got off the phone she gave me it back and said it was a pleasure to meet me. "It was a pleasure to meet you too." I told her. They left and in pulled a very familiar truck with a trailer.
"Jolly no!" I yelled at my horse. It stopped quickly and jolly went straight for the right side. A guy got out and led him away from the truck.
"Jolly." I said angrily. He led Jolly back up to the barn. "Thank you. He's been a handful the past four years." I told Jesse. "Yeah Dally's been the same way." He told me.
Kollin and Nick got out of the truck. "Still looking for a heeler?" Jesse asked. "Pretty much." I said as we walked to the barn. "I forgot to ask if you saw me rope at high school nationals."
"I got bored and sat in the truck but I heard the news over the loudspeaker." He said. I smiled. "So what were you doing before we pulled up?" He asked. He looked much more buff than I last saw him. "Getting the rest of my award from national." "Mind if I see?" "No. I have to fix the bridle up anyway." I told him.
We walked with Jolly over to my trailer. Jesse tied Jolly to the trailer as I got the bridle. It said 'rope like a girl' along the cheek straps. Jesse looked at the saddle and the other tack items that I got inside the trailer.
"Did you see the shirt?" He asked stepping out. "No." I replied. He showed me the shirt. It said, Live. Love. Rope. Like A Girl. It was cool.
"Cool." I said looking at the shirt. He laid it over his shoulder and I went back to the bridle as he stepped back in. "What are you going to do with the pink halter?" He asked showing me.
"Use it when I start traveling." "And when is that?" He asked. "After February." I told him. "Then would you travel to Oklahoma to meet me?" He asked. "You know I wouldn't mind." I told him. He smirked at me which wasn't very often.
"I know. Do you think he's lonely out here?" He asked. "Like how?" I asked. "Like he misses an old friend." Jesse told me as he sat down next to me. "Why?" "Well what if I left Dally here to give him a break from traveling and then you could bring both horses when you come to get me?" He asked.
"I can manage an extra horse." I told him. "Would you? It would give my dad and Nick extra room in the trailer. I can leave his tack here in your trailer if you don't mind." "Not at all. Especially my new partner." I told him.
He smirked again. "Thanks." We walked to his trailer and got Dally out. "Hey pretty boy. How are you?" I asked Dally. He nickered and nuzzled me. "He'll be fine here." I told Jesse. "I know." He said.
"Need a place to stay the night?" I asked. "We're on our way to Atlanta." "Then you three are staying." I told him. "Yeah and there is no arguing with you on that. I'll go tell my dad that we got a place for the night." Jesse said before leaving me with Dally.
"Come on bud let's get you settled." I told Dally. He followed me over to get Jolly and I put both away with water and oats. What Jesse didn't know was that I was going to spoil Dally.
Boots sounded off the walls. I poked my head out of Jolly's stall and closed it making sure it was locked. "Thank you for the lodging tonight. Helps with the budget." Kollin told me.
"No problem." I told him. "And the extra room in the trailer." He added. I shrugged and led the way to the house. This was my own place I bought with my own money. It was bought with cash that I won from tie down events held at least once a month.
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General FictionBailey hopes to get into the circuit and ride. She calf ropes and team ropes. Her dad supports her the entire way. Of course the family business is bull riding but that's not what she wants to do..................