Westly and I got out of the truck and walked to the round ring. Merlin trotted up to Westly and sniffed at the halter and lead. Come on Wes, Nows your chance! I thought.
Westly slipped the halter over Merlin's head and clipped it on. He stepped away from a surprised Merlin. "Wow! that was so cool! your really good with horses!" A small girls voice said behind us.
I turned to see a small red haired girl behind me. Westly turned a deep shade if red and managed to squeak out "thanks".
"I'm Allison but you can call me Alli." she smiled shyly at Westley.
"Hi. I'm Westley. This is my aunt Marie and my new colt Merlin." he said, sounding more confident. "We're trying to train him to wear a soft halter." he explained.
"Okay Wes, now we are gonna try 'Join up'. It might not work because he's still really young but let's give it a try" I said.
Westley nodded and began to swing the rope to get Merlin to move. Merlin began to gallop around the ring. His ears where pricked forward. He went around round pen a few times before stopping. Westley turned around and Merlin walked toward him.
Westley clipped on the lead and led him out of the ring. I watched as the pair sauntered into the barn. Kyle.I have to apologize to Kyle and explain why I got so mad. I thought.
I jogged into the barn. No Kyle. I ran to the pastures. Right next to Cloud, I saw his head of brown hair. I opened the gate and Sunny trotted over to me. I vaulted onto her back and cantered to where he was. I slipped off her back and sat down next to him.
"Hey." I said shyly
"Hi." he smiled.
"I'm sorry for yelling earlier."
"Its alright. So... what did you mean by 'if you knew the half of what I've been through you'd understand why I'm so afraid to fall for someone' ."
"Just remember. You asked."
"Okay"
"When I was six, my father was in the army. He came home for a few weeks and our surprise was horses. I chose Carmel, the 13 year old paint in the pasture. My sister, chose Dancer. Well, one night my parents called us into the house and told us he was going away again. Three days after he had left, we where on Skype and he told us we where adopted. Our lives where already upsidedown by the time we got the pink slip. It said he had been killed in action. My sister went on to do the Olympics and my Gran and Gramps passed away in I car accident. On top of that, I've heard stories that when I was two months old, my moms dad had a stroke and fell over dead right in front of me. So many people have left me that I've become afraid of falling for anyone because I don't want them to leave me but I'm afraid that they will." I finished.
"I'm so sorry Marie. If I could change that all so that none of it ever happened, I would." He gently grabbed my hand. "I love you Marie."
I quickly sat up and I looked at him, too shocked to speak. He sat up too and kissed my forehead. He stood up and clambered onto Sunny before helping me onto her back as well. I held onto him as we raced across the pasture, jumping the fence and cantering into the woods.
