Not Every Girl Can be Cinderella

Horse

I wake up drenched in sweat screaming tears running down my face in less then ten seconds my grandma is next to me hugging me I flinch a little at her touch but then relax in her arms "it's okay child I'm here" she says while rubbing my back.

After I've calmed down she goes back to bed but there's no way I'm gonna be able to sleep again tonight I stretch and pull on some jeans with a hole in one knee, a grey sweatshirt and some cowboy boots. I grab a juice box and apple on my way out and walk over to the barn.

When I get to the barn I stab my juice box with its straw and sip the juice out I pick up one of the cats that's lying in the barn and scratch his ears. I start dosing off when I hear something outside so I set down the cat and pick up my apple walking out to see what all the ruckus is.

"Hello darlin" I jump and turn around to the one and only chance.... No chase.

"You shouldn't sneak up on people" I mumble

"Whatever I need your help" he says walking up to the horse trailer.

I follow behind closely not expecting him to stop so abruptly in front of one of the isolated paddocks I squint and see and horse you can't really tell the color because it's so dirty and skinny it doesn't look like its eaten in days its covered in cuts and bruises.

"Wow what happened"

"Well this buddy's owner abused him so we decided that he'll never be the same or be able to race again so then humane thing to do is put him down" chase says

"What no you can't do that he deserves a chance" I say stepping in front of him.

"Fine you get him to eat"

"Okay" I say jumping in the paddock with my arm extended holding out the apple I try getting close to him but he kicks and runs away after 10 minutes of this is sit down on the ground just to watch him after and hour of this chase leaves to go get breakfast at the house I just sit and watch the horse.

I watch how his ribs stick out even further when he drinks water and how the dirt looks like it'll take forever to scrub off and how he keeps his distance away from me "get out of there now" i Jump at my uncles voice and turn around to him.

"Why should I"

"You can't stop the fate of this horse Sutton"

"Yeah well I can try I say sitting back down"

When the sun sets I feel like giving up I'm about to stand up when the horse takes and couple steps towards me. Every hour or so he would come a little closer I watched him intently and he did so and when the sun began to peak out of the clouds I didn't even hear the sound of chases truck pull up around 8:30 the horse is close enough I could reach out and touch him. He reaches out with his mouth grabs the apple chews it up and runs away.

"Wow did you stay out here all night" chase says amazed.

"You must be exhausted"