"What the hell do you think your doing?!" I shouted at the stranger crouched down in front of me with his back to me, I raised the rifle in my hands.
"Umm it's a long story." The stranger said, but for some reason I think I recognised that...
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I woke up with a smile on my face, sprung my windows open and heard the birds chirp while I sung some over romanced Disney song, is how I whished I woke up but no. This is how I woke up. "Ari! Arianna! Arianna-Jacqueline! Jackie!" I startled awake at the yelling and furious pounding,
"Wake up! Wake Up! Quick it's Jake's birthday! We have to go see him! Now!" Shouted Bianca.
Groaning I rubbed my face and scrunched my hair up into a messy bun, "I'm awake ok, I'm up." I mumbled but I don't think she heard me considering how she continued to pound on my door.
Gathering up my clothes for the day along with all toiletries - I used to keep them in the bathroom but then mum started stealing my hair products. Yawning I opened my door but jerked back when I saw a fist flying towards my face. Immediately Bianca stoped shouting and smiled sheepishly, "Sorry!" She squeaked,
"It's ok Bianca, just next time can you leave it until at least six in the morning? Not four thirty?" I spoke tiredly and stopped to yawn many times.
Bianca nodded again, "Let me wake up, have breakfast and do all my jobs and then we'll go see Jake while I do my deliveries ok?" I said seriously and Bianca squealed, jumping up and down while hugging me.
"But-" I said and she groaned knowing there was a catch coming along, "-you have to ask Jackie first, and only-only- if she agrees, then we'll go. And I will be checking to see if she agreed. Ok?" Bianca nodded frantically before darting off.
"Kids." I muttered before shuffling into the bathroom.
Two hours later, I was feeling much more alert, I'd had breakfast and I was almost done doing my chores when Bianca came rushing through the shed, spooking all the horses as she went until she reached me, "Mama said yes! Are you ready to go? Come on! Auntie Haley said yes too! Let's go already!" She shouted grabbing my arm and started dragging me, well attempting to anyway.
I laughed lightly, "Wait up Bianca, the horses need their food first, then we'll go ok?" She frowned lightly before grinning,
"Can I feed Bucky? Please! Please! Pleeeease Jackie!" She begged with a puppy face,
Laughing I handed her Bucky's small food bucket and she skipped happily beside me and placed Bucky's food in his stall when we reached it. While I put the food in all the other horses stall while Bianca came and patted each horse before moving onto the next.
Once all the horses were fed I went back into the house to grab this weeks jam for everyone but Mrs Henley's because I gave them to her yesterday. Then snatching the truck keys off the hook I called out, "Mum! Josh! I'm going to go do deliveries with Bianca, I have my cell on me if you need me!"
Finally we were on the road, first we went to Mr and Mrs Gregson's little farm, it looked much more lively then the last time I saw it, with all the kids running around laughing. Smiling we both got out of the ute, Bianca ran off in search of Jake while I grabbed a basket of jam and headed towards the front door. I could hear Mrs Gregson singing inside the house, it was my favourite song as a child, she was singing 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' my dad used to sing it to me while tucking me into bed. Shaking myself from the memories that had started to rise, I opened the door and walked towards the kitchen which is where the signing was coming from.
