Young Hearts Go BAM

Chapter 10 - Babysitting (Meet Maisy)

Victoria went home and my Mom would be picking us up 2 hours later.

"Ok guys , we have 2 hours here and there's somebody here who's probobly the most important person in my life and I want you to meet her , she's in the barn" I said. I don't think that they knew what I was talking about. We all walked into the barn and I lead Leo and Tilly over to Maisy (If you've forgotten she's my horse). They kept looking around confused.

"There's tonnes of horses here , why is this one so important?" asked Tilly not seeing the point of why I'd brought them here.

"Well" I said "This is my horse Maisy and she's been with me since I was 4 so she's 10 years old so I really wanted you guys to see her and do what I used to do at home and what I did on Tuesday morning."

They didn't seem convinced.

"You've never wanted to ride a horse?" I asked.

"We get to go on her?" asked Tilly perking up.

"Of course and one of you guys can ride another horse , there's so many beautiful ones here" I said look out of the barn window into the field. "So shall we get you guys saddled up?"

"What are you going to do while we're riding?" asked Leo.

"I'll give you some pointers , I've been riding all my life , it's your turn now" I said.

We saddled up the horses and Tilly got to ride Maisy while Leo rid on a chesnut horse called Dash. They were a bit wobbly at first but they soon got used to it. After an hour of riding we took the horses back into the barn and groomed them. I was so happy that I got to groom Maisy , it'd been less than a week since I saw her last but it felt like forever. Tilly loved grooming her too and it looked like Leo did. We all got picked up by my Mom at the planned time and we were all quite tired on the way home. I felt relieved that Leo and Tilly liked my idea of fun and they must have gotten into it because they seemed to be really tired. I was supposed to be babysitting Tilly in the Devries house so that's where my Mom dropped us off.

"Don't try and go upstairs honey , the doctor said that you're only allowed on the ground floor of any building" my Mom warned before driving off to our house.

When we walked into the house Victoria was just about ready to leave for her Christmas party.

"You look amazing" I heared myself saying. I knew that's what I was thinking but I didn't think I said it out loud.

"Thank you Sarah" she said while she finished putting her shoes on. Outside a car horn beeped and Victoria stood up excitedly.

"I'm not sure what time I'll be home but your Mum knows that you're sleeping over and she said if there's any emergencys then ring her first because she's only down the road. Joey shouldn't be back late either" she said as she threw her keys in her small bag.

"Don't worry , you can count on us to keep things goin' around here" I shouted as she ran out of the front door and giving me a thumbs up before closing it.

"So" I said turning to face Tilly "What shall we do first?"