My Dads Best Friend

Chapter 19

Hayley's POV

It's been 3 days. 3 days and Luke has barely said anything to me. I don't know what is going on but it's making me kinda upset.

I felt like things were going really well between us, but now I feel like we took two steps forward and one step back.

But I have been so upset about this I haven't rode, so today I'm going to in hopes that it helps clear my mind.

I decide on a pair of black breeches, a baby blue tank top, and obviously my black tall English boots. I put my hair in two French braids and I'm ready to go.

I'm walking down to the barn, and I see Luke coming out on Blaze. I smile and wave at him but he just keeps going.

I get down to the barn and look at all the horses with their heads out the stall windows.

"Who shall I ride today?" I ask myself, and then one of the whinnies, and I walk down and see the OTTB gelding that I bought to retrain for eventing.

"You do need some work." I say before picking up his black halter and lead rope and opening the stall to get him out.

As I get him out of he is coming out of his stall he is super tense, "Calm down" I tell him, before walking him out of the stable and over to the round pen for him to run.

I open the gate and put him in and he starts running like crazy. "Okay. I'm going to go get my tack out and then I'll be back for you." I tell him, before laughing a bit and going back to the barn.

I go to the tack room and get a black saddle pad, and a half pad to help the saddle fit better, one of my many jumping saddles, a 5 point breastplate, shoulder relief girth with a wool cover, figure 8 bridle, ear net, and some support boots and bell boots.

I obviously make multiple trips for all of this and then go out for Parker. And after about 10 minutes of him being stubborn I finally get him back into the barn and in the cross ties.

I tack up fairly fast, making sure to be careful and gentle though so Parker doesn't get girthy. And then lead him out to the jumping arena.

I do my normal warm up, and start off with some fairly small easy fences which Parker goes over easily. So I slowly put them higher and higher.

I give him a walk break, so his breathing calms down a bit.

Luke's POV

I'm finishing my rounds around the ranch and on my way back to the main property now.

I feel like an asshole for ignoring Hayley, but she slept with what's his face again, and didn't even tell me.

I hate to admit it but I'm falling for her. And seeing him. Leaving her room. Like that. Smelling like her. Kinda really hurt.

I'm getting closer to the property and I can see that Hayley is in the jumping area. Shocker. Well it's good she hasn't rode in like 3 days, probably because of me, so it's good she's finally riding again.

I see her get ready to do the course again, and see her go over jumps with no problem, but as she rounds the corner it happens so fast.

The horse freaks out over who knows what as they are about to go over a jump, and Hayley comes flying off, over the the fence and hitting her back on one of the poles, as the horse freaks out and just starts running around.

I run Blaze over to the arena and jump off. He stays there and just chills as I run over hop the fence and run over to Hayley.

She isn't waking up but is still breathing, so I pick her up bridal style and carry her into the house.

A/N: Ugggghhhhhhh. I don't know what is going on. I feel like I really rushed this chapter. I don't know why but that's how I feel.

I also feel as if my writing isn't as good as it has been. I don't know what's going on. I think I need to take an entire weekend, or night. To just focus on writing.

I'll probably end up going back to this chapter and rewriting a lot of it. I'm sorry for it not being that good. Im doing my best though guys.

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