Keep Dreaming Cowboy

1 - Rush

Picture of Reece on side or above (:

I gripped the reins tighter till my knuckles turned white as I heard my name being called by the announcer. "Now you know her as the new face to the top 15 in the world. Fresh out of high school, your number 6 cowgirl in the WPRA standings, Ms. Reece Walker."

I heard the crowd cheering loudly, it's such a rush hearing them cheer for me. I maneuvered my barrel gelding, CatchMeIfYouCan, or as I call him Ace, in to the alley way after Sherry Cervi was out of the alley after she made her run, and to no surprise she was now the one leading it. I walked Ace into the alley way and waited till I was in the right spot, since we ran to the left first I had to hug the right wall and then I trotted him and then let him take off full blast to the first.

I pushed him until the spot I needed to bump him. I gave him a quick jerk on the reins and Ace turned the first quickly and smoothly. And in what felt like a blink of an eye we were at the second. I pushed him to his spot and then sat and pulled him to turn. In no time we were off to the last and final barrel. We ran up there and turned it like it was nothing. After we turned it I let him have his head and gave him a little slap on the shoulder and we were already past the timers to stop the time.

I pulled him to a walk as soon as we were in the alley way. I heard the announcer come over the speakers. "Well folks, looks like we have a change in leader board! Reece's time was a 15.01! A new arena record! Congrats Reece!"

I patted Ace on the neck then stepped off and loosened his girth. "Good boy." I cooed. The whole way back to the trailer people were telling me "Good run!" or "Congrats" I politely accepted the compliments.

I got back to the trailer I shared with my traveling partner, Kelsey Smith, she had ran here tonight too and I think right now she was sitting third which is a great payout also.

"Hey girl, smoking run!" Kelsey said walking up and patting Ace.

"Your run was great also! Frosty was really firing today!" I said taking Ace's saddle off.

"Thanks. He felt great." She said smiling.

I put Ace's saddle pad up and washed him over with some Vetrolin. After I was done Kelsey and I walked Ace and Frosty to their stalls.

When it comes to looks Kelsey and I could be sisters. The only differences are her hair is shoulder length and darker, her eyes are green, and she has dimples. While I have mid length blonde hair, blue eyes, and freckles. Other than that we look alike. We have the same face shape and same body type. We aren't stick figures but we aren't fat. We have an athletic body type.

Our horses are way different though. Ace is 14.3 hands and a grey, while Frosty is 15 hands and a sorrel. But both are geldings.

"Hey after we get the horses put up do you wanna go to that diner right down the road for supper?" Kelsey asked.

"Hell yeah! I'm starving!" I said and put Ace in his stall next to a a big bay mare that belonged to some roper here.

We fed Ace and Frosty then headed to the diner in our red Dodge Dually.

When we got there it was packed. No doubt from all the rodeo people. Kelsey parked the truck and we walked in. We sat at a circular booth kind of in the back corner.

The lady came and took our order and shortly after our food was out. We started eating our hamburgers when the bell on the door rang and in waltzed a bunch of ropers that were there today.

"It's about to get loud!" I told Kelsey nodding towards the group.

No sooner that I had said those words none other than the group of ropers walked over to us led by the cocky, the man whore, the one and only, Case Cooper.

"Hey ladies. Eating by y'all's selves?" Case asked.

"Oh no! Can't you see all the company we have?" I said gesturing to the empty spaces in our booth being the smart ass I am.

"Ha. Ha. You are so hilarious.. I'm Case, Case Cooper." He said sarcastically and winked at me and Kelsey.

I gagged in my mind.

"I'm Kelsey Smith and that's Reece Walker." Kelsey said looking at him

"Oh so you're the almighty Reece I've heard so much about?" he said standing just inches from me

"And you must be the prick Case that I've heard stuff about?" I said rolling my eyes.

"Oh feisty. C'mon boys let's sit!" Case announced and him and his 5 friends squeezed into the round booth with Kelsey and me.

Now Kelsey and I were squished together with Case squishing in next to me and John Hanchey next to Kelsey.

"Ya know what, we were just leaving!" I said as Kelsey nodded along. Kelsey wiggled her way out and I just climbed over the guys and we managed to get out.

We walked up to the cash register and payed.

"Shit! My bag." I said and walked back to the booth to retrieve my bag.

"Here you go sweet pea." Case said handing me my Double J Saddlery purse bag thingy.

"Thanks." I said coldly and grabbed my bag.

"By the way babe, you have a nice ass." Case said winking.

"Glade you like. But this is the closest you could ever get to it babe!" I said to him then walked away.

What a prick.

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Hey y'all this is my new story. I won't update a whole lot because I also rodeo.... A lot. But I'll try to update when I can! Leave feedback. VOTE!!