Childhood Memory (Finn Shelby)

Part 16

Elsie didn't know how she got home and she didn't know why there was someone holding her in bed. She began to panic, did she sleep with them? No, she would have felt sore and she wasn't. She stayed in position until the person moved. Twenty minutes later they moved and turned over and Elsie got out of the bed and straight for her medicine box and grabbed something to rid the hangover she got, she went back towards the bed and was surprised when she spotted Finn's curly ginger hair.

"Finn?" She questioned, crawling on the bed and shaking his shoulder.

He woke up properly and smiled lazily, pulling Elsie down and back into him. He nuzzled his head into Elsie's neck and gently kissed her shoulder and up towards her neck.

"Why're you here Finn?" Elsie questioned, wriggling out of his grasp and lying on the bed, facing him.

"I brought you back home after last night and you told me to stay with you, so I did" Finn told her.

"Don't you have work?" Elsie said and his eyes widened, "you do don't you?" She giggled. Finn gave her a look and quickly got out of her bed and put on the few items of clothing he took off.

"Do you want to go back to Small Heath? I'll be working so it won't be with me but?"

"I think I'll pass, Finn. Come by when you're not busy" Elsie said, standing up and kissing his lips, "then you could see Finley and see if you like him"

"I'll make sure I get back as soon as possible" he pecked her lips once more before grabbing his hat, "see you Elsie"

"See you later" Elsie smiled as Finn left the room and out of the house.

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It was, in fact, later when Finn came back. He told Elsie that he'd stay for a few hours as Tommy had left to meet someone and he wasn't necessarily needed.

Elsie showed him the stables and the horses that were stabled there, Holly was excited to see Finn again as she whinnied and walked around her stall. They moved onto Paint who had her baby in with her. "This is baby Finley" Elsie said opening the stall and walking in, holding it open for Finn who closed it when he entered.

"He's cute" Finn said, letting the colt sniff his hand before he stroked him. "He'll make a great racer when he's older" Finn said smiling at the little horse.

"I hope so, cost a fortune to use his sire, we were worried as Paint wasn't showing for a while, didn't think it worked"

"Elsie?" Both of them turned around and saw Roland, "the owner of Harley is here, shall I send them over?"

"Is Harley ready to go back?" Elsie questioned.

"Yeah, he is."

"Send them over" Elsie said.

"Which one is Harley?" Finn questioned, looking at the other horses in the stalls. He spotted Hellion and stroked his nose as they passed him.

"This grey one" Elsie said, pointing to the more whiter coloured horse compared to the other greys. Elsie placed on a head collar and led him out.

The owner walked through the stables and saw Elsie and Finn with his horse. "Has he gotten any faster?" He asked.

"I haven't been training himself personally, since for the last few days I've been busy but I can assure you my head stablehand, Roland , has been working hard with him"

"That didn't answer my question, miss" he said.

"We can show you on the gallops" Elsie said, "only if you'll allow it"