Triple A Academy (An Equestrian Story)

Wakey Wakey

BEEP BEEP BEEP my alarm clock screamed at 7:15 the next morning. I groggily flipped over and slapped my hand on the off button. I was still tired even though we went to bed earlier then I normally do, and it took me a second to really wake up before I realized what today was and jumped out of bed "ITS FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AMBER WAKE UP!!" I shook her until she woke up and got out of bed, also still obviously tired. I rushed over to my closet and picked out a pair of old jeans and a tshirt, Amber did the same. We would have time after chores to come back and then get changed, go get breakfast, and then head to classes, but only if we used our time wisely. I threw on my muck boots and within 15 minutes we were out the door and at thebarn. We both walked outside and brought our horses into their stalls (which happened to be right across from eachother!) and fed & watered them. There were some other girls in the barn doing the same, but we didn't have much time to interact and figured we would meet them later anyways. Cloud nudged me with her nose once she was done eating (read:inhaling) her food, begging me for more. "No more for you or youre gonna get fat!" I laughed and stroked her nose teasingly. "Oh I almost forgot!" I pulled a marker out of my pocket and wrote down her name on her stall plate. It was just a piece of paper at the moment, but I was planning on ordering a fancy brass one for her.  I turned around and Amber was just quietly petting Q "ready to go?" I asked her, nodding my head towards the exit. "You bet!". We speed-walked out of the barn and then ran back to our dorm to get changed for class. 

Some of the girls that I recognized from our dorm were riding back from the barn in a golf cart (genius!) and offered us a ride, and were were back in our dorm after no more then 2 minutes. "We need to get one of those" I laughed as I quickly picked out an appropriate outfit for the first day. I had to make a good impression, didnt I? I picked out a pair of dark skinny jeans and a mint & white striped quarter-sleeve shirt, which I paired with my mint toms. I really like the colour mint ok. I did a messy fishtail in my hair, rustled through my purse and pulled out a berry lipgloss which I applied, and I was set to go. I thought I looked pretty fabulous, and so did Amber. I checked my phone and it was 8:30, classes started at 8:50 and I didn't want to be late. We ran out the door and walked over to the school, until we realized we had no clue where any of our classes are. We wouldn't see eachother until lunch so we parted ways and I attempted to find my classes by asking random people in the halls where they were. Eventually I got to my math class, and my teacher Mr. Marshall hadnt even shown up yet. Phew. I sat down next to a girl with short blode hair & green hairs, I figured she looked smart and nice. "Hey, I'm Allie!" "Oh hi, im Jess" she replied shyly. Just then my phone vibrated, it was a message from Matt "Good luck today! :)" "Thanks, you too!!!" I replied, maybe blushing a little bit. Before I could talk to Jess anymore I heard the door slam shut and saw Mr. Marshall walk into the room "pleasedon'tbestrictpleasedon'tbestrict" I whispered to myself. I guess I was right because he turned out to be a really cool teacher. Math is still boring and ANNOYING but at least he wasn't super mean or anything. 

Next I had science which I was significantly more excited for, I loved science and I was super fascinated with it. I walked in and looked around until I noticed someone waving at me. It was Matt! And there just so happened to be an empty spot next to him...I slid into the sit and said hi before the teacher came in. He introduced himself as Mr. Pitsom, and reviewed what the course would be about. He told us today would be boring, but that it would be much more exciting as we got into it. I sure hoped so.

Matt and I walked together to the cafeteria where we met Amber. She widened her eyes at me so I "accidentally" stepped on her foot. Oops? We all got our lunches and then chose a table near the back of the caf. We talked about how our classes went and how we liked our teachers. Matt had gym first and was hating it, Amber had science & family studies and said they were ok. Turns out we had the same science teacher so we would be able to study together, awesome!! We all finished up & said goodbye before heading off to our next classes. Amber & I had art together which I knew would be so much fun. Our art teacher was funny, she was a bit crazy but I think ill enjoy the class. 

Once class was over we ran back to our dorms to get changed for stable management. We were expecting to dress professionally (not that I ever don't, realistically) but I made sure I looked my very best. I picked out a pair of beige tailored sportsmans, a white polo shirt & a black belt. I combed my hair into a neat ponytail, applied another coat of lip gloss, slid on my black tall boots and checked my phone for time. 2:30 and we had to be there for 2:45! I yelled at Amber to hurry up and she slid on her boots as well and we ran out the door. We seem to be doing that a lot haha. Luckily we saw the girls with the golf cart again and they gave us a ride, which was nice cause it gave us a chance to catch our breath. Turns out we can rent them from the school, so we decided we would go to the office later and rent one for ourselves to save us time. 

We got to the barn and ended up being one of the first people there. Good, there was no way I wnated to be late for this. Eventually everyone else showed up on time and Mr. Carter arrived to seperate us into groups. "Everyone will be seperated into 5 different groups, 5 people will be in each group." I grabbed Ambers hand and [rayed we would be in the same group together. Suddenly 5 grooms walked out of the tack room and lined up against the wall. "Students, these are most of your teachers. Those of you who signed up for the advanced program will be with me. I am going to read out the names of each group and you will line up in front of your assigned teacher. Do we understand?" We all nodded in agreement and listened as names were called. Eventually Mr.Carter started calling names for his group. "In my group will be: Matt Skyes, Amber Kempt, Denise Jacobs, Allison Marcs, and Jake Fisher." YES! I did an internal happy dance that we all made it into the advanced group. I didn't know the other 2 people but im sure I would get to know them, and they seemed nice.