My Crazy Boy (sequel to My Crazy Girl)

Chapter 22 rodeo time

I stood out side my trailer at the rodeo grounds. Buckle and Saint were all tacked up and ready to go. "Ok Holly. You got barrles first, breakaway roping, team roping, shooting, and then broncs." Tim said.

"Ok thanks Tim. I owe ya big time."

"That's right you do." I laughed as I mounted on Saint and started towards the warm up arena. Saint shifted under me. "He's here Holly."

"Thanks Nicky. Good luck."

"Run fast, turn sharp, and don't fall off." We repeated to each other. We had made it on our first rodeo and we just keeped it since.

"Ok next we got 33 Holly Potts on Saint." The anoucer said. I fixed my hat and kicked Saint up. She was ready to go. She keeped prancing to get to the arena. I usually wouldn't let her but today felt different. So instead of fighting her I let her go. She took off. The aldranien was pounding in my blood. We turned the first barrel. She did perfect. The went around the 2 and 3. I kicked her towards home. We passed the timer. I pulled her up. "Good girl." I said petting her.

"Folks you just saw the new arena fastest  time. That little girl just broke the fasted time in this arena for barrles! Let's give her a hand." A big old Texas grin came over my face. I went in for my victory lap. In the top stand sat the Gilberts. After I went and traded horses. Me and Buckle did laps around the warm up pen as I swong my rope. Once ready we headed over to the arena. In breakaway roping there was only about 15 girls counting me. I would be riding 10. "Ok your up." I nodded my thanks and clicked to Buckle. I backed him into the box as I swong my rope and held it over my ear.

Everything feel silent. The only things I heard was Buckle breathing beneath me. My heart beating.  The steer moved in the shoot. The whole arena feel silent. I nodded my head and everything came back to life. As soon as the steer took off we did too. I threw the rope and it went over the horns and head. The rope went through my hands like it was supposed too.

"First place is Tippy Forman. Second place is Holly Potts." It wasn't first but I was happy with second.

Me and Nicky meet up for team roping. I was the header while she was the heeler. We made quite the team if I do say so myself. I backed Buckle into the box. He went quiet under neath me. Nicky nodded at me. I nodded to the person that let the calf go out of the chute. The calf was off and we were right behind it. A couple steps and I had him in my rope. I wrapped the rope around my saddle horn and pulled Buckle to the left to give Nicky a good chance of doing heels. She roped the heels. She backed her horse up and that gave us a time. We roded out of the arena high fiving.

"We did great!"

"Yes we did."

"The winners of the team ropers are Nicky and Holly!" Yes! After our victory lap I cooled Buckle down. I tied him up and unsaddled him.

I went into the tack room and grabbed the old square box. I opened it and pulled out the pistol that I used for my shooting class. I loaded bolts into it and slipped it into the holster by my hip. I went and mounted up on Saint. "Folks let's welcome Holly Potts."

"Six balloons, 8 bullets. Rider and horse one." I said in my mind as I went in and got to work.

"Congrats on winning shooting. Now  Go put your vest on." Tim said.

"Here Holly I'll hold Saint. Kick some ass." Nicky told me.

"Thanks I owe you."

"Give me ice cream and I'm happy." She said laughing.

"Deal." I said running to behind the chutes with Tim.

"Ok here's your saddle. And rope." I had found a old bronc saddle in the loft of my barn. I had found out that my grandpa had done broncs. I found his old saddles. Luckily one had fit me.

"Thanks Tim." I said kissing his cheek.

"Ok Holly your up." Tim said slapping me on the back.

I climbed on the bronc after putting my saddle on. I gathered my rope. I nodded my head and they opened the gate. The horses started buck as soon as we were out of the chute. I held on and spured like Tim had thought me to do. I hung on for what seemed like a life time. I could hear the crowd going nuts and the blood pumping in my ears. My horses keeped doing his job trying to get me off. "Boooonnnngggg!" The alarm went off. A pick up rider came and I slid off my horse onto his and slide off. I landed on my feet in the dirt. I threw my hands up. The crowd went nuts. Since I was the only girl doing this in the town. I knew that I didn't win but I showed everybody that I could do it including myself. I could tell that I was addicted.

I looked up in the crowd. Emma looked proud of me. Brantley, Kolby, and Ben looked shocked that I did it. My parents looked proud of me too. Becky looked pale and scared. I finally looked at the face I wanted to. And he looked pissed. And I was happy about that.