End of Chapter 10
Right from the get go I knew I liked Elise, the way that she just smacked Dale...I knew that they were a couple. That they had been together for a long time and that their cinta was one that people only dreamed of.
"Oh, anda got all that from me smacking him?" She asked as she watched me.
"What?" I asked, wondering how she knew what I was thinking.
"Oh, oh...oh my." She berkata as Dale turned and laughed at her.
"And anda yell at me." He laughed, everyone joining him in laughing...leaving me out of some inside joke.
I felt myself getting angry, I was trying to be patient but these people were being so...so secretive. No one was telling me anything, they just kept dropping all these little hints.
"Excuse me please." I berkata through gritted teeth as I stomped out the door, storming down to the barn.
I was about halfway down when I felt a hand membungkus, bungkus around my arm, pulling me to a stop. I turned about to tell off whoever was stopping me until I felt someone hug me, all of my anger fading away.
"Please don't be upset." Michael berkata as he hugged me, making me forget everything that had ever upset me....ever.
Chapter 11
I stood there held in his arms, pressed against him as he held me tightly. I tried to hold on to my anger, to remember why I was upset but with him this close to me I could not think straight.
"Please, don't let them upset you. They forget anda are new and don't know all that they do." He berkata softly.
"It seems like everyone knows what is going on but me...yet it's like they expect something from me and I don't know what." I berkata as I forced myself to back away from him.
"I don't know what to say," He berkata as he shrugged. "I should go back before my mother sees me."
"Yeah, that's another thing." I said, the words escaping before I could think about what I was saying. "Your mother wants anda to stay away...you better listen."
I heard him try to say something but I turned on my heel and stomped down into the barn, slamming the door closed behind me. I walked right over to Piper, running a hand along her back to see if she was in pain. As my hand crossed the spot where the dart was she winced and stepped away. Concho came over to investigate and before he could step away I grabbed him oleh the main and forced his face to my level.
"I need to get away, I can't handle these people anymore." I berkata as I looked into his eyes. "You will NOT give me any trouble today, do anda understand?"
He stood there looking at me as I ran over and grabbed a saddle blanket, a saddle and a bit so that I could control him. He stood perfectly still while I got him ready, his hears switching back and forth as I tightened the cinch that would hold the saddle on.
I looked over and saw Piper watching me, I knew that she was upset that I was going to ride Concho..but she wasn't well enough to ride. As I thought that she shook her head back and forth as fast as she could as if she knew what I was thinking.
"No. Not anda too, no lebih membaca what I think." I berkata as I started laughing, realizing that I was being insane.
I threw a foot into the stirrup and pulled myself on, turning him so that he was facing out into the pasture. I kicked him harder then necessary, but he got the idea and took off running as fast as he could. I leaned into his back, willing him to go as fast as he possibly could. I ran him out into the woods, slowing when we came into a area where the branches hung a bit lower then anywhere else.
As I rode I relaxed and began thinking about the people I had met today. Dale somehow saw things about me, but before he could say too much Elise piped in and somehow heard my thoughts. What was with these people? How did my aunts think that I was going to handle this, that I would just hear everything and go about my life like everything was normal?
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice that we had stopped. I looked around to find that Concho had stopped, his ears flicking back and forth as he listened to something. I took a deep breath and held it as I listened to what could have bothered him.
I wondered what was bothering Concho until I saw a large cougar walk out of the woods, it's tail swishing back and forth as it looked at Concho and I. I watched it as it took a few steps and stopped, smelling the air around us. I took advantage of this and turned Concho, pushing him as hard as I could as we ran back the way we came. I knew that the cat was probably following us, but I didn't want to look back over my shoulder to be sure.
We were just at the outer edge of the clearing when I saw someone running at me, yelling something but I couldn't make out the words over the sound of my jantung which was beating harder then it ever had. I pulled back on the reins, slowing Concho to a walk as I tried to calm myself so I could hear what the person was yelling.
I was able to make out the words 'Maija, behind you,' before I felt something hit Concho in the hind leg, throwing me off the saddle. I felt my head hit the ground, then nothing..no lebih sounds, no pain, no thoughts.
Right from the get go I knew I liked Elise, the way that she just smacked Dale...I knew that they were a couple. That they had been together for a long time and that their cinta was one that people only dreamed of.
"Oh, anda got all that from me smacking him?" She asked as she watched me.
"What?" I asked, wondering how she knew what I was thinking.
"Oh, oh...oh my." She berkata as Dale turned and laughed at her.
"And anda yell at me." He laughed, everyone joining him in laughing...leaving me out of some inside joke.
I felt myself getting angry, I was trying to be patient but these people were being so...so secretive. No one was telling me anything, they just kept dropping all these little hints.
"Excuse me please." I berkata through gritted teeth as I stomped out the door, storming down to the barn.
I was about halfway down when I felt a hand membungkus, bungkus around my arm, pulling me to a stop. I turned about to tell off whoever was stopping me until I felt someone hug me, all of my anger fading away.
"Please don't be upset." Michael berkata as he hugged me, making me forget everything that had ever upset me....ever.
Chapter 11
I stood there held in his arms, pressed against him as he held me tightly. I tried to hold on to my anger, to remember why I was upset but with him this close to me I could not think straight.
"Please, don't let them upset you. They forget anda are new and don't know all that they do." He berkata softly.
"It seems like everyone knows what is going on but me...yet it's like they expect something from me and I don't know what." I berkata as I forced myself to back away from him.
"I don't know what to say," He berkata as he shrugged. "I should go back before my mother sees me."
"Yeah, that's another thing." I said, the words escaping before I could think about what I was saying. "Your mother wants anda to stay away...you better listen."
I heard him try to say something but I turned on my heel and stomped down into the barn, slamming the door closed behind me. I walked right over to Piper, running a hand along her back to see if she was in pain. As my hand crossed the spot where the dart was she winced and stepped away. Concho came over to investigate and before he could step away I grabbed him oleh the main and forced his face to my level.
"I need to get away, I can't handle these people anymore." I berkata as I looked into his eyes. "You will NOT give me any trouble today, do anda understand?"
He stood there looking at me as I ran over and grabbed a saddle blanket, a saddle and a bit so that I could control him. He stood perfectly still while I got him ready, his hears switching back and forth as I tightened the cinch that would hold the saddle on.
I looked over and saw Piper watching me, I knew that she was upset that I was going to ride Concho..but she wasn't well enough to ride. As I thought that she shook her head back and forth as fast as she could as if she knew what I was thinking.
"No. Not anda too, no lebih membaca what I think." I berkata as I started laughing, realizing that I was being insane.
I threw a foot into the stirrup and pulled myself on, turning him so that he was facing out into the pasture. I kicked him harder then necessary, but he got the idea and took off running as fast as he could. I leaned into his back, willing him to go as fast as he possibly could. I ran him out into the woods, slowing when we came into a area where the branches hung a bit lower then anywhere else.
As I rode I relaxed and began thinking about the people I had met today. Dale somehow saw things about me, but before he could say too much Elise piped in and somehow heard my thoughts. What was with these people? How did my aunts think that I was going to handle this, that I would just hear everything and go about my life like everything was normal?
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice that we had stopped. I looked around to find that Concho had stopped, his ears flicking back and forth as he listened to something. I took a deep breath and held it as I listened to what could have bothered him.
I wondered what was bothering Concho until I saw a large cougar walk out of the woods, it's tail swishing back and forth as it looked at Concho and I. I watched it as it took a few steps and stopped, smelling the air around us. I took advantage of this and turned Concho, pushing him as hard as I could as we ran back the way we came. I knew that the cat was probably following us, but I didn't want to look back over my shoulder to be sure.
We were just at the outer edge of the clearing when I saw someone running at me, yelling something but I couldn't make out the words over the sound of my jantung which was beating harder then it ever had. I pulled back on the reins, slowing Concho to a walk as I tried to calm myself so I could hear what the person was yelling.
I was able to make out the words 'Maija, behind you,' before I felt something hit Concho in the hind leg, throwing me off the saddle. I felt my head hit the ground, then nothing..no lebih sounds, no pain, no thoughts.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he oleh the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he oleh the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.