Horse Ridin' (Motionless In White)

Chapter 39: Even More Horses!

Written: 5/11/17

Notes: heeeeyyyyy thereeeee 

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The following day was much like the last few had been- going to try more horses before coming back to ride their own. So far besides the three they had bought yesterday they had serious interest in only a few of the TBs they had seen. They were all nice horses, yes, but none of them had come across as truly exceptional in a way that would have made either sister really want to jump the gun and purchase them.

A thought did cross their mind that day, though. They were in need of a few more school horses; not just TBs or Warmbloods though. Real school horses. Some smaller horses that could pack around kids, teens and small adults and would only be needed for their lower level lessons. Especially with Rosaline wanting to expand their lesson programs to allow beginners with no previous experience to start riding at Covenant.

They had gone back and forth about where they would go to look for those types of horses- a local auction? Other lesson barns looking to sell their horses? A summer camp? All viable options, although with how unfamiliar both sisters were with the area surrounding the Kentucky Horse Park they were left with little to no options. So they had decided to tackle going to a local riding school that very evening after calling ahead to set something up.

Both sisters had strange, childish dreams of getting a few chubby ponies or Qh x's as some of their new lesson horses. They would be cute and gentle, maybe some a bit more spunky, and they would all be given adorable yet perfect names. Sirenia and Rosaline found themselves getting stupidly excited about the possibilities as they drove down the driveway into the quaint barn.

The woman Rosaline had talked to on the phone, who she was fairly sure to be the manager of this little barn, had been ecstatic about them wanting to come by. She assured Rosaline that they had many lesson horses of different levels that would be available for them to try out and possibly take home with them. She, who Rosaline was pretty sure was named Linda, also mentioned that many of their own students were huge fans of both girls and would love the chance to meet them. So, secretly, Rosaline said yes when Linda had asked if it was alright that a few students hung around to meet them. Just a few, though. Not the entire riding school.

Which is exactly why Rosaline had not been expecting the crowd of what must have been 30 girls to be standing outside the barn as they pulled up in their giant trailer.

Sirenia's eyes widened from where she was sitting in the passenger seat. "Uh... why are there a bunch of teenage girls standing there waving at us?" She asked, her voice slow and confused sounding as she examined the crowd.

"Those are some of our fans, Siri." Rosaline blushed deeply, hoping maybe her sister would understand and not freak out about the fact that by coming here she had unknowingly agreed to meeting these girls and possibly taking photos with them. Granted, they were going to be doing a few meet and greets at Rolex, but this was unplanned. No prior knowledge meant no time to prepare for this much social interaction. 

The older sister blinked, turning to look at Rosaline accusingly. "You knew about this, didn't you?"

The younger sister's cheeks turned even darker red. "... Maybe." She muttered, averting her eyes and busying herself by parking the trailer the best she could in their relatively small parking area. When she continued to feel her older sister's eyes burning holes in her flesh, she continued. "Okay, so Linda may or may not have mentioned that a few of her students wanted to stick around and meet us..."

"You could have at least told me!" Sirenia sighed, throwing herself back in her seat as Rosaline cut the ignition, unplugging her phone and moving to get out of the car before the older sister could continue her sentence. "At least then I would have brought a pen to sign stuff with."