The Unexpected Riders From France A Free Rein Fanfic

Chapter 6

SORRY MY DUDES!!!! I'VE BEEN BUSY WITH SCHOOL STUFF, BUT NO WORRIES, I FINALLY FINISHED!!! READ THE AUTHORS NOTE AT THE END FOR DETAILS ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT, SO HERE IT IS, CHAPTER 6!!!!

--Pins POV--

I've been watching everyone in their lessons because I'm not doing anything. Astara looked lost, but not with what Stewie was saying. She was staring at him and I think she was doing that her entire lesson. Marcus and my Queen, I mean Autumn, looked absolutely clueless. Mark is terrible at explaining things. I wanted to see Becky's lesson with Estelle, but by the time I got there, Becky had left to the cafe.
I saw Autumn unpacking her horse, Storm and she looked a little flustered. "Hey, Autumn." I say trying not to startle her. "Hey." She says bluntly. "You okay?" I ask, "You seem a bit, I don't know, frustrated." She sighs and turns around to face me, "I though having these guys would help us, but all it's doing it making things worse. I'm stuck with someone who can't explain anything, yet he's an amazing jumper. If he wasn't so close to Estelle, I would strangle him."
She takes another deep breath to calm herself. I feel really bad for her; she was really looking forward to this, and all it's doing is raising her frustration levels. Lately she's been stressed for the county show and Becky keeps asking her if she's going to the barn dance. This is the second day that Lake Annecy has been here and it's already driving her insane. This is going to be a long summer for her.
"Come on, I wanna show you something." I say trying to change the subject. "Where are you taking me?" She asks giving me a smirk. "It's a surprise, Love." She shakes her head, "How are we gonna get there, hmm? We gonna walk, ride, maybe even fly?" We laugh in unison, "Come here and I'll show you." We walk behind the stables and my horse is tacked up and ready for a ride.
We're riding for about a minute or so before Autumn asks where we're going. "I told you it's a surprise." I can almost feel her rolling her eyes at me. She shakes her head at me and she rests her head on my shoulder. I really want to tell her how I feel, but I know it would ruin our relationship.
We ride for another 5 minutes till we reach the spot. "Here we are, Love." I tell Autumn as she slowly dismounts. She takes a few steps away to get a better look (picture above).
"This," she starts, "is absolutely beautiful. How did you find it?" Autumn looks back at me with astonishment written all over her. "I was riding around one day and found it. I come out here when I need to think or to take my mind off of things." I confess. "It's beautiful." Autumn states. "Pin?" "Hmm?" I turn to face her to see what she has to say. "Why did you show me this?" Really, you just had to ask that. I want to tell you everything like how I've liked you for the past 4-5 years, how you're my best friend and I don't know what I would do with out you, I can't say any of this. This is my issue in life, not being about to get what I want.
"You seemed stressed, and I though that this would take your mind off of things." She gives me a small smile, "Thank you, Pin. It means a lot." "No problem. If you ever need to clear your mind, this is the place to go." We stand in silence for a minute until Autumn breaks it by asking if I'm hungry. "Now that I think about it, yeah, I am kind of hungry." We laugh in unison, get back in my horse and head in the direction of town.

--Stewie's POV--

My lesson with Astara ended a while ago, so now I'm wandering around the property. I can't help but think about the lesson that took place earlier today. I feel like Astara was staring at me and I'm most likely wrong because, well, I'm me and I'm always wrong. She was most likely just paying attention at what I was talking to her about.
I walk past Cobalt's stall and I give him a sugar-cube that I had put in my pocket this morning. I step into his stall and hand brush him. I hear laughter irruption from behind me. I turn around to see Marcus and Estelle laughing and having a good time. Estelle and I exchange smiles and I almost gave Marcus a warning look, but he probably gets those all the time from Mark, so I just try not to acknowledge him. I'm not trying to to be rude or anything, I just don't want anything to happen to Estelle. Not again at least.
I step out of Cobalt's stall to go and walk around some more. People have been saying that the docks are really nice, so what am I going to do? I'm gonna go to the docks because I don't have anything else to do. I'm just praying that I don't forget how to get back.

--Marcus's POV--

Estelle and I are walking around the property sipping our drinks from the cafe, telling jokes, and just talking. I have to say, I can't think of a better way to spend my afternoon. I could be having the worst day ever and then I see her and everything gets better. Nothing is dull when she's around.
"Okay," she says, "Lets finish our drinks, and then go ride or something because I can't just keep walking around."
"Oh, I've been done for the past 5 minutes. I've just been pretending I had coffee left." I say trying not to laugh. She punches me in the arm and grabs my empty cup. Estelle downs the last of her tea then throws away our cafe cups.
"There, we're done. Go tack up because I'm not gonna wait on you." "Yes ma'am." I say, giving her a salute. We laugh and separate to tack up.

--Estelle's POV--

I've been spanning all of my free time with Marcus and it's been fantastic. I just finished tacking up Chevalier Noir and I'm going to meet Marcus by the paddock gates. I walk out of the stall and start to walk to the gates, but I'm stopped by Amelia and Mia.
"What do you want?" I ask, knowing it will be about something stupid. "I suggest you stay away from Marcus." Mia says in a snotty tone. "He's mine and you barely know him." "So, I probably know him better than you do." I state, trying to make a point. "Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go meet up with my trail partner." I walk away from the girl and go to look for Marcus.
I get to the gates and Marcus is giving me a smirk. "What are you looking at?" I ask with a slight chuckle at the end. "I didn't know what you could be so sassy." He says, "It's kinda cute." "Okay, who are you and what have you done with Marcus?" We laugh and mount out horses to start our ride.

We go through the gates and I see Pin and Autumn together. Oh my gosh, OTP. "Is that Pin and Autumn over there?" Marcus asks, sounding slightly amused. "You sound surprised." I reply. "I just though Pin would..." Marcus stops in the middle of his sentence. "You thought Pin would what?" Marcus shakes his head. "Don't worry about it. It was years ago, it doesn't matter." He brushes the topic off his shoulder and I do the same.
We head in the opposite direction of them so we don't disturb their moment. After a while we reach a deserted beach. We slow down to a walk and enjoy the scenery. Well, I'm enjoying the scenery. I'm not sure how Marcus feels. "It's so beautiful out here. Not only that, but it's so calm and quiet." I say. "The beaches back home were always loud and really crowded; it was awful." He chuckles.
"You and Jade would get along really well. And I mean sure it's nice and all, but better than beaches in France?" Marcus asks. "I prefer this beach over the ones back home. Here I don't have to worry about anything." Marcus gives me a strange look. He's most likely confused, and I can see why. I think it's time I tell him. "There's one thing that I haven't told you."
"What's that?"
"I have Enochlophobia. That means I'm afraid of big crowds or just crowds in general." I state. Marcus gives me a sympathetic look as if he feels sorry for me. "Don't look at me like that." I say, not wanting him to feel sorry for me. "What? I can't feel sorry for you?" "No, you can't. I've gotten used to not being able to do anything. You can't tell anyone about this. The only people who know about my Enochlophobia is Mr. Moreau, Mark, and now you." Marcus looks down at his hands.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked." Marcus says. "It's not your fault. You didn't know." "I won't tell anyone. Your secret is safe with me." Man, can he be any more amazing. I don't know how I'm not living a fantasy world. Maybe this will end up a perfect summer for me. "Thanks, Marcus. It means a lot." He gives me one of his word famous smiles, and we head back to the stables to go home and get ready for tomorrow's surprises.

--End of Chapter 6--

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