CHAPTER 1
Ashton's POV
I was driving up the long, bumpy driveway in my white Ute. A horse float being pulled behind.
"Agh! Why did I have to come with you? We only moved here today. I wanna go down town and meet some ladies." My best friend Luke, whom is also my roommate, whined from the passenger seat.
"Because I told you there would be food." I said rolling my eyes.
"Damn!" I heard Luke mutter under his breathe.
We were almost at the large brick house that sat elegantly at the top of the driveway. I parked off to the side. Leaving Luke in the car to complain about the lack of phone service, I walked to the front door. When I knocked an older man answered the door.
"Hello. I'm Ashton. I was told to come today to start the boarding on my horse." I said
"Hello ashton. I'm Greg. If you go over to the stables Sam will be there to show you the ropes." He replied.
I nodded and drove over to the stables to unload my horse. I pushed -literally- Luke out of the car and we both walked over to the barn. Luke yelled curses every time he stepped in something, I had to shoosh him every time cause the first he spooked a small black pony. We arrived in the stables to see them completely empty. We continued to search for a guy named Sam as we walked randomly around the stables.
We were about to give up and walk back to the house when we heard a scream that could only come from a girl. We ran out past a small grey shed to see a blonde girl about the age of 17 standing by the fence. We was screaming about stepping in horse poo. Why was she wearing stilettos to a stable yard? She was wearing nothing but pink booty shorts and a pink crop top that barley covered her boobs. Just as we walked around the corner to go over to her I saw something beautiful. There was a girl standing in the middle of a paddock feeding 2 large black horses, which were almost twice her height. Friesians I believe. She was breathe taking. God I sound cheesy. She had black thick rimmed glasses exactly the same as mine, she was wearing black jodhpurs and an oversized grey hoodie. The top of her head was covered by a black beanie and her teal hair came down just past her shoulders. She walked over to the fence to talk to who I can only assume to be her friend.
"Jennah stop being a priss. It's just recycled grass." She said and I chuckled at her explanation of horse poop. This made her and her friend -Jennah- notice our presence.
"Hi. You must be the new boarder. I'm Sam." She said stretching out her hand. I shook it. I introduced them to Luke and he and Jennah walked off somewhere. Probably to get away from horses.
"Yes hi. I'm Ashton and my horse is a bay quarter horse gelding."
"Yes I remember your application. Thunder Clap will be kept in the paddock with our chestnut stock horse mare, Scarto, a black Shetland named Shorty, a white Shetland named snowball and my Australian stock horse x quarter horse Hippy." Sam said.
She came to my trailer to help me unload Thunder and get him settled. Thunder always rears when he's being unloaded so I warned Sam. She walking in one side of the float and ducked under the bar at the front. She untied him and whispered softly to him as she slowly back him up. Wow, she really has a way with horses. We took his boots off and set him in the paddock to get used to the other horses. We took all his feed and tack to the barn and stored it under him name tag. I was about to thank Sam and leave when she said "hey um ash, do you want to go for a trail ride. It helps settle new horses in?"
I responded with a quick yes and began to grab his bridle, saddle, saddle pad and brushing boots to protect his legs. While thunders things were blue (besides the tack which was black) Sam's things for hippy were a pure black colour. We tacked up at the fence and began cantering down a wide trail. Side by side we rode our horses before a log came into view and Sam sped up and made a clear jump landing softly on the other side. Wow. Shes a great rider too.
I haven't jumped before. I didn't want to seem stupid so I kicked thunder into a gallop and jumped. Mid way over I hear Sam yell "ashton! Look out!" just as she finished yelling I lost my balance. Everything seemed to go in slow motion. I felt my body smash into the ground. The last thing I saw was Sam standing over me asking if I was ok. Then, black.
(authors note. I will do jennah, lukes and sams pov asap. I just wanted to establish a character bonD between ashton and sam.)
PICTURE OF THUNDER TO THE SIDE
