Storm

Chapter 2

"Storm this is, Thea, Thea this is Storm." Tom introduced both of them to each other.

"What do you expect us to do, shake hands?" Thea asked sarcastically. Tom laughed.

"Vey funny, Thea. No I would like you to try and bond with Storm. " Tom explained the plan that was in his head.

"I guess I can try." Thea smiled with a shrug. "I can't say no without giving him a chance." Thea glanced over at Storm who was calm now that he was out of the horse float.

Once Tom left Thea to get started with Storm. Thea faced the horse with a small smile and held a horse biscuit in her hand which Storm gladly ate out of her hand.

"There's biscuits were for, Kermit and not you but I'm sure he won't mind you having a couples." Thea pulled out a few more biscuits for the horse in front of her. Storm became tense as he saw a cat chasing a loose strand of hay making Storm rear up in his stall.

"It's okay, Storm, it's only a cat." Thea Patel Storm's neck where it wasn't injured.

"He's probably never even seen a cat." Came a familiar voice to Thea's Ears.

"Hi, Becky." Thea turned and smiled to her also horse-crazy friend. "How are you?" Thea asked sweetly.

"I'm okay...Is that horse new? " Becky asked her riding buddy.

"Yes and he has a name." Thea seemed anoyed that Becky had just called Storm 'that horse.' "He goes by the name of Storm. That's what the men told us when they brought him in this morning." Thea explained to Becky.

"How did Storm get his name?" The alert of curiosity came on inside of Becky.

"The men named him, because he's wild like a storm." Thea smiled as Storm made a snorting sound and moved his head up and down agreeing it was his name.

"And Tom expects you to train him?" Becky asked.

"I'm going to try." Thea nodded. "Aren't we, Storm?" Thea smiled while she stocked the Storm's head and then faced her friend Becky.

"What are you going to try first with him?" Both girls were curious on how Thea was going to earn Storm's trust.

"I'm not sure...i mean he does like the horse biscuits I get for, Kermit." Thea acknowledged. "Can you get me that red halter over on the hay, Beck?" Thea was tapping her boot on the stable floor as ideas shoot through her teenage mind. Becky then hands Thea the halter that was on the hay bale.

"You're going to put that on him?" Becky laughs at her friend not believing it's possible.

"I'm going to try." The sound of Storms stable lock opened and Thea stepped inside, closing the stall door behind her.

"Be careful, Thea, he's still wild remember." Becky watched the scene fold out in front of her.

Thea gently patted Storm's neck and let Storm sniff the halter which was a new object to him. Storm seemed to be anoyed by the red leather in Thea's hand.

"It's okay, Storm, you can trust me, I won't hurt you." Thea told the horse as she gently spoke into his alert ears. Thea gently slid the start of the halter onto the animal's musle. Storm started stomping his feet on the concrete floor of his stall.

"Thea, maybe you should-" Becky was cut off by her best friend with a "ssssh" sound.

"You're going to make him more nervous, Becky." Thea explained to her friend.

"Sorry, I'll let the horse whisper do her job." Becky winked at her close friend.

Thea rolled her eyes and then focused back on the task at hand. Thea slipped the rest of the halter onto the black friesian's face. She had done it, Thea had done it.

"When I called you the horse whisper, I didn't know you actually were one...why didn't you tell me you were a horse whisper, Thea?" Becky asked Thea, who was shocked that the plan had worked.

"I didn't know he would be calm enough to let me put the halter on him." Thea was still surprised about the situation.

"It's because he trusts you." Becky replied grinning at her friend.

"But how? Storm has only met me today." Thea chuckled.

"Maybe him seeing you ride, Kermit?" Becky suggested.

"I think you're right, Becky." Thea smiled and took the halter off Storm's face. "Good, boy." Thea ran her hand down his back.

"Wow, looks like you two are getting along." Tom walked back into the stables to see how Thea was doing.

"Thea, is like a horse whisper...and she didn't tell anybody." Becky said anoyed.

"Who knew we had a horse whisper at Willow stables." Tom smiled at both girls. "So how's he doing?" Tom asked Thea, who was smiling.

"He seems to trust me the most for some reason. Becky thinks because he saw me riding Kermit." Thea explained to the man in front of her.

"It is possible." Tom nodded. "Mind if I take a look at his injury?" He asked Thea politely.

"Don't ask me, ask Storm." Thea laughed and stepped outside Storm's stall letting Tom inside.

"Right'o." Tom stepped inside and Storm's ears were alert again but not in a good way. He pushed his ears back and let out a loud Winnie sound.

"It's okay, boy, I'm not going to hurt you." Storm still wasn't happy, he was now stomping his hooves on the stable floor and was jumping into the air.

"Storm, hey, it's only Tom, he won't hurt you...none of us will." Thea whispered into the horse's pushed back ears which slowly came forward by Thea talking to him.

Storm was calm while Tom looked at his injury as long as Thea was talking to him.

"Good, boy, Storm." Thea gave him a little kiss on his forehead.

"You really are a horse whisper." Becky took a video on her phone as she thought no one would believe her if she said there was such thing as a horse whisper. Thea, her friend was a horse whisper.

. "What do you want to do now?" Thea faced Becky who was still sitting on the hay bale.

"Well first you should get, Storm to stop eating you're hair." Becky put a hand over her mouth to stop the up roaring laughter from spilling out.

"Oh, Storm, stop that tickles!" Thea's laughter filled the emptiness of the stables.

"Come on, Thea, let's go watch, Max, who is jumping Carrot." Becky smiled.

"Why?" Thea asked confused.

"Because I want to watch him jump...I mean his horse jump." Becky stuttered with a few giggles.

Thea laughed with Becky and followed Becky to the riding ring where Max was riding Carrot.

"Wow, Max is amazing- I mean Carrot is." Becky blushed.

"It's okay, Becky, I know you have a crush on him." Thea gave her friend a supportive smile.

"Hey, girls." Max said on top of Carrot.

"H-hey, Max." Becky replied smiling to the boy.

"How's it going, Becky?" Max smiled at her.

"It's going, um, great." She stuttered.

"That's good then, Hi, Thea." He waved and smiled at Thea and rode off.

"Oh my god, Max just made eye contact with you!" Becky tried to scream quietly.

" Isn't That What people do when they speak to you?" Thea shrugged.

"He also smiled at you." Becky was so excited like it was her birthday.

"That's also a Normal thing humans do." Thea laughed and walked to the lunch room with Becky.