Lady ~ G.Blythe [2]

seven.

+ cash +

I walked through the field at the back of the manor, a barn sitting on the tree line, the doors to it swung open and clasped backwards to avoid them swinging closed again. My black pants flowed as the light breeze rippled past me, the feeling of wearing trousers again feeling so much better than I could describe. I walked through the grass, my boots flattering it as I followed the fence that lined the horses field at the top of the estate. My boots hit the wooden floor of the barn as I looked around, the chestnut horse poking its head through the stall to see who I was.

The barn was empty except from our three horses, both the white horse and the black horse lying in their stalls, not too interested in coming to see me. The floor was brushed clean of any stray hay by the stable keep, who was finished working for the day already but had left the barn open for me to take a ride tonight. I smiled at the horse who was watching my every move, shifting around in his stall as I moved over to him, not having seen him in quite a while now.

"Hello, Cash" I said as I ran my hand down his nose as he nudged my nose against arm slightly. I pulled an apple, from the pocket of my coat, that I had brought from the house, holding out as Cash took it from my before chomping down on it with a crunch. Cash had been my horse for a long time now, even from before we went to Canada, but he stayed here at the manor being looked after by the stable keeps. He was easy to ride and was always very tame when I was riding him, so I was excited to be able to use him again. Tom had two different horses, one for riding and the other for polo, both of them being way too energetic for me to ride without falling off from not holding onto the reigns tight enough.

The other horses were coming to investigate me, poking their heads out to see if I had any apples for them as well. I pulled another from my other pocket, holding it out to let Tom's polo horse Scout, who took it from me easily as he walked away after he got what he had wanted from me. I opened up the gate of Cash's stall, swinging it out as he slowly and hesitantly moving forward as I clicked at him with my teeth, urging him out of his stall.

"Let's go, Cash"

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Cash's hooves clicked along the path that led through the woods of the estate, the tree branches arching over the path and acting as a canopy. The sunlight filtered through the leaves, my hands wrapped around the reigns as I steered Cash around the small bend. The warm wind rippled past me, as I jostled up and down slightly, the act of riding a horse taking me straight back to Canada. It had been so long since I had been able to ride Cash, never having the chance to anymore, especially since I barely came home most weekend.

The freedom that came with riding a horse through the woods was something that I loved. Free of any dresses and corsets and in nothing but a pair of pants and a knitted sweater. If I admitted that I ride horses cross saddle at boarding probably would have earned me a lecture on why it wasn't the proper way for a lady to ride a horse. The warm wind blew my hair in the air, my eyes catching the sight of a large blossom tree on the side of the path. The flowers were littered over the tree, breaking up the boards of green leaves with the small bundles of scattered pink.

I stopped under the tree, the light pink blossoms hanging over my head as I looked at the full tree of a mixture of green and pink. I reached up, pulling down a branch delicately as I snapped off the end, pulling down the flower as I held it in my hand. I twirled it in between my fingers, lifting it up to my nose as I took in a deep inhale of the sweet smell. A smile fell onto my face, my hand lifting the blossom up to my ear as I pushed it behind it, balancing it in my hair as I took hold of the reigns once again. I clicked my teeth, Cash starting to walk once again, the twigs and leaves crackling under his hooves.

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A/N: so this chapter is just a bit of a filler so it's pretty short and i'm super sorry about that
exciting chapters will be coming soon so look forward to that and I promise the ones in the future will be a little bit longer than this
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