Surviving the Harrison Boys (Re-write)

fifty-eight // bad news

The rest of the day went by rather quickly, and I was insanely tired by the end of the day. I forgot how exhausting a day of school could be.

Kevin and I stumbled into the house around 4, completely exhausted. The plan was to do our homework (it was very minor) and then sleep until tomorrow morning.

"Hi Kevin," Hanna smiled as she walked out of the kitchen. She looked at me, and something in her face changed for a split second. You would've missed it if you blinked, but I didn't. Her face changed back like nothing had ever happened and smiled at me too. "Hey Hunt,"

"Hi," I said. Kevin was grinning and rambling to Hanna about what a good first day I had and how I made all these new friends and so on and so on. I motioned to the stables, and snuck past them to head outside.

Reece was sitting on the porch, strumming his guitar quietly, the same way he had been doing that night he kissed me. He looked up at the sound of the door opening.

I hadn't planned to talk to him, but I froze when he spoke. "Oliver asked for you."

I turned. "When?"

"At school," he said. "At lunch."

"I thought you didn't like him?"

"We're not friends." He shut down the idea. "He walked up to my table of friends and asked where you were."

I sighed and nodded, running my hand through my hair. "I'll call him later. Thanks."

Reece didn't say anything in response and went back to strumming. I frowned and decided that was my cue to leave, and continued heading towards the tables.

Copper barked excitedly as I walked towards him, and I giggled as I knelt down and was greeted by the sloppy welcome kisses from the growing pup.

"I missed you, Copper." I ruffled his fur. Lilly was asleep in a corner, and Eclipse had her head hanging over her stable door, eyeing me happily.

"Hey girl," I went up to her. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

She nuzzled me. I opened her stable door and led her out. I grabbed a saddle. Copper happily bounced after us.

Copper sat by the fence and watched as Eclipse and I did a few laps around the track. I was going to take her into the field, but Trent showed up.

"Hey," he was smiling.

"Hi," I climbed off Eclipse and walked over to him. "What's up?"

"Not much," he said, "I forgot you could ride."

"I forgot I could, too." I sighed. "So much happened and my mind was everywhere."

"Is it back on track now?" He asked.

"It's stumbling." I shrugged, and we laughed.

He looked past me at Eclipse. "She's a good horse."

"I know," I looked at her. She was standing, waiting for me to get back on her.

"Wanna go for a ride?" Trent asked. "There's a path down ahead."

"Sure," I agreed. Trent went back into the stables and brought out this beautiful brown horse.

"This is Flash." Trent introduced to his horse. "He's a thoroughbred."

"He's gorgeous," I gawked. "Why 'Flash'?"

"Named after his dad." Trent explained. "His father was a race horse, fast as hell, Jesus Christ. He fell sick and died a few months before Flash was born, so we named him after him."