A Secret Society of Saviors

Ch.10

Ch. 10 Part 1 Kyle’s POV

               When Charlotte had woken up I explained to her that we were staying at her brothers’ and she nodded her head not saying a word. When we reached Drew’s it was a large flat one story house, the inside was spread all apart and it was surprisingly comfortable and homey. Charlotte looked around briefly, the sadness in her eyes was killing me. A light bulb went off in my head.

               “Char!” I said and she turned to look at me eyes wide.

“Kyle? Is everything all right?” she asked me and I nodded my head.

               “I totally forgot something, I’ll be right back.” I yelled over my shoulder as I ran to the rental car. I slipped on the sand and nearly fell on my ass but righted myself quickly. I opened the back door to the rental car and reached to grab my duffel bag. I opened it up and dug through it. At the center was a small black hard pouch. I grabbed it and also my duffel bag and Charlotte’s throwing both over my shoulder and ignoring the pain in my shoulder at the weight.

        I went up the front steps of the porch and Charlotte was watching me, I handed her the pouch and her eyes widened. She grabbed it from me and zipped it open to see all the brushes there. Pristine, with their carved handles and their hairs perfectly cleaned. I dropped our bags in the sand as Charlotte ran at me and threw her arms around me in a hug. I hugged her small waist to me loving the way she fit against me.

“Thank you so much Kyle.” She whispered and I nodded my head.

               “I thought you might need them.” I whispered and she stood there hugging me in the sunny heat. It was always a perfect moment when Char was with me. A breeze blew and the sweet scent that was Charlotte tickled my nose, “Come on, let’s get out of the sun Gorgeous.” I said and she blushed picking up her bag and I picked up mine as we went inside Drew’s house. Drew stood there watching us by the door, his thumbs in his belt loops and a smile on his face as he watched us.

“Have you ever been horseback riding?” Drew asked me and I felt my eyes widen, “This is going to be fun.” Drew finished a smirk on his face and I looked at Charlotte who was grinning like crazy.

               “Love, you might want to change into jeans and a top that you can get sweaty in.” Charlotte said and I took a deep breath and nodded my head

“I can do this.”

Part 2 Charlotte’s POV

               “Holy shi-!” Kyle yelled cursing as the painted horse he was on started going into a trot as Kyle nervously squeezed her sides, making her trot.

“Kyle!! Don’t put pressure on her sides!” I yelled and I watched as he took a deep breath and relaxed up on Sugar. Drew sat relaxed on his beautiful stallion as they trotted at a nice pace to where Kyle was, Drew doing some more instructing on how to use the reins. We’ve been out for about an hour and a half and Kyle was doing really well. I rode for a bit but I wanted to ride when Kyle was able to enjoy it with me. For now I was leaning under an apple tree. The apple tree was an early one, and had started bearing fruit at spring but was still heavy laden with the delicious fruit. I had been picking the sweet fruit from the singular tree deciding on an apple pie tonight, “Drew! Kyle! I’m going inside!!” I yelled out to them and they nodded their heads.

               “Sure thing Charlie! But can you bring Testy back to the stalls and take off the bit and saddle?” Drew asked me and I nodded my head. I had brought a small canvas backpack with me when I found out we would ride out here and so I put all the apples in the sack and swung it on my back. I easily pulled myself on Testy and the large beast shuffled on his legs as I took a breath to adjust myself to the pain in my own legs momentarily. I grabbed his reins more properly and sat up straight relaxing my body.