The New Girl with History **Free Rein Fanfic**

"Moms in hospital"

I spent the next three weeks focusing on training and King. Nothing else seemed important, my dad and I barely spoke, I continued to attend my weekly doctors appointments and everything seemed fine. My heart still mourned my old team. My friends, my family. But Branwhick was making me a better rider. This is what I needed to get to the Olympic level, and to potentially get Krieger back.

"Brooklyn!" Ava called from down the hall, she skipped towards me with a bright smile on her face.
"Yeah?" I asked while I tightened King's girth.
"I'm having a party tonight, you should come" she encouraged.
"No thanks" I shrugged grabbing my helmet from the bench. She followed close behind me as I lead King out into the court yard.
"What's the reason this time?" She asked with a scowl.
"I'm only here to train and ride, I'm not interested in friends or parties, got it?" I asked mounting King.
"Yeah I've got it" she nodded storming away. I shrugged off her poor attitude and concentrated on the ride ahead.

After a long training session, King was exhausted. Justine finally let us leave and Natasha and Grace were ready to discuss the latest drama around the stables.
"Did you hear she slept with a stablehand" Natasha whispered to Phoebe loud enough for me to hear.
"Hey Brooklyn!" Grace called trying to catch my attention. I turned my gaze to her but only for a moment to let her know I was listening.
"Did you hear Ava slept with a stablehand at her party!" Natasha exclaimed.
"It's none of my business so I don't care and neither should you?" I shrugged riding ahead of the two. I didn't care for the drama and I certainly didn't care for talking about someone I considered a friend.

When I arrived home, I could hear Maria in the kitchen making dinner while Blair was rummaging through boxes upstairs.
"Brooklyn are you home!" She called from upstairs.
I wanted to run and hide when she called my name, but I couldn't.
"Yeah" I called back.
"I found you the perfect bridesmaid dress!" She exclaimed.
I looked up to find her holding a royal blue dress over staircase.
"I know how much you love blue so I thought it was perfect!" She gushed.
"Come try it on!" Blair begged.
"She just got home Ms Dewar, let her sit down" Maria hushed the woman taking my hand pulling me into the kitchen, where two cups of tea sat in front of us.
"How did it go?" She asked.
"King and I cut our time down by 1.4 seconds, fastest on the team" I said proudly.
"Your mother called again" she told me handing me another sticky note. My mom had called me one time everyday and left a message. I had a stack of sticky notes in my room telling me to call her.
"She wants me to go back but I don't want to" I shrugged.
"You were not a nice person when you were here before, you hated your team, you hated your coach and all you wanted was to win" Maria explained.
"Going to the island made you human Brooklyn" she shook her head taking a sip of tea.
"Going to the island got me distracted, there is a big difference" I defended. I hurried up the stairs to the safety of my room, crumpling the sticky note up and tossing it on to the carpet.

My phone began to ring on my bedside table at 2:00am the next morning. I looked over to find my screen say no caller ID. I picked up the phone and held it to my ear.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Brooklyn, it's Elliot, you need to come it's your mother she's in hospital" he spat out. His voice told me he had been crying.
"What happened?" I asked sitting up.
"I don't know, you should come and see her" he said.
"I'll be there in a few hours" I mumbled hanging up the phone. I pulled on a pair of jeans, converse and a plain hoodie.
I grabbed my car keys, purse and my phone and hurried downstairs. The study's light was still on.
"Where are you going?" My dad asked.
"Moms in hospital" I said leaning against the doorway.
"Is she okay?" He asked.
"I don't know, but I'm not going to sit here and wait to find out" I shrugged.
"I'll call Janette, go see if your moms okay" he told me kissing me on the forehead before I left.