Horse Ridin' (Motionless In White)

Chapter 40: Still Mad?

Written: 5/12/17

Notes: This is gonna be fun

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The girls ended up with 6 horses from Linda's barn- Chester, Tuxedo, Opie, Adobe, Piper and a Morgan mare named Moon. Most would be getting renamed at some point soon, but for right now the girls were content to just keep their names and get them settled at their friend's barn until Rolex was over and it would be time to head home. So far they had accrued way more horses then they had meant to and still had more places to go and plenty more horses to look at! Flash, A Fool's Princess, Stormy and the horses from Linda's barn added up to 9. Jared was surely going to kill them when he found out.

Speaking of Jared, today was 2 days before Rolex and he had just gotten into town. After dropping off the extra trailer he had brought down with him (which was a 6 horse, thank God) he  had met the girls at their barn of the day, watching and helping them try out another 5 horses each before they had all headed back to the Horse Park. That trip had ended in them putting a deposit down on two horses, promising they'd be back to get them the following day. Which successfully put them at too many horses to be able to get home in the trailers they had with them. It looked like they were going to have to find a way to get the extra horses home!

... But they'd worry about that later. At the moment both girls were getting dressed and ready for something neither of them were looking forward to- going to a bar.

It had been the idea of one of the other competitors. He had gotten everyone together and invited them all to go out for dinner and drinks, somehow convincing one of Rolex's many sponsors to pay for all the competitors and their grooms to go drink themselves silly and dance the night away at a nearby pub.

Jared had convinced both sisters that they should go, telling them that it would be good 'socializing time' and that maybe they'd enjoy talking to a few of their fellow competitors about their horses and all. While both were very reluctant they did finally agree, more for Jared's sake then their own. They could both see how much he wanted to go and didn't want to crush their friends spirit by chickening out and making him go all by himself.

So they had both showered, shaved, styled their hair and started getting dressed for their 'night out'. Well, Sirenia had styled her hair and was getting dressed. Rosaline was sitting on her bed in their hotel room FaceTiming Ricky.

"I'm so sorry we can't be there, babe. You know I'd love to be there supporting you and your Harry Potter horse." Ricky smiled sympathetically, earning an eyeball from Rosaline. She was doing her best to act mad but Ricky knew she was just lonely. "Hey- you look nice tonight. Are you going out?"

Rosaline smirked. "Are you implying I don't always look nice?" She asked, earning a wide-eyed look from Ricky. "I'm kidding, dude. Don't worry. And yes, Siri and I are going out. All of the competitors are going out drinking and dancing at a pub down the road free of charge thanks to one of the sponsors."

Ricky's eyes scanned his girlfriend up and down- a black Slipknot sweater top, dark grey skirt, thigh-high black stockings and black combat boots that reached nearly all the way up her calves. Her hair fell down to her shoulders, the red vibrant from having just been re-dyed a few days beforehand. She wasn't wearing any makeup but Ricky still thought she looked incredibly beautiful, especially with her thick black glasses perched on her nose. "You look sexy, Rosie."

She blushed. "Thanks, Ricky."

"Just don't let any guys near you, alright? And if anyone makes you uncomfortable I'll crawl through this phone and punch them in the face. No one's allowed to touch my girl." Ricky bit out, secretly wishing he could just throw their plan to the side so he could go to the pub with Rosaline tonight. He was well aware that his girlfriend was pretty and the thought of her being surrounded by a bunch of intoxicated men didn't sit well with him. Even knowing Rosaline would kick the shit out of them if they touched her or Sirenia.