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 Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:30 pm
Esmeralda got herself some coffee - caffeine was all she took in the mornings - and settled at the table. "I don't much care what I do," she said. "I just want to do something - I've been waiting for this for ages."
Well, okay, that was a lie. Yes, it was. Her parents had sprung this on her, but once she'd known, she'd awaited it. With more dread than hope, it was true, but she'd been waiting. So technically...
Pushing aside the justification, she slowly drank her coffee, sighing at the first life-giving sip.
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:53 pm
Emily ate her meal while trying to draw a galloping horse on scrap paper with a pen at the same time. So far it was working out for her since she had gotten the muscles down and the basic shape of the horse. The only thing left for her to do was to shade in the shadows and muscles, and she would be done. Emily drank a bit of the coffee and the rest of her milk and let her pale green eyes scan the hall with a smile.
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:46 pm
Shannon smiled at the small group from over her coffee cup. Why don't you two each take a horse and go with Keith to the fields. I'll stay with Nanina and Monty'll help us with the stalls.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:29 am
" Ok I'm finished anyway" Emily replied motioning to her empty plate and empty cups.
She grabbed the plate and cups then went into the kitchen and palced them in the dishwasher. Emily pulled a black scrunchie from her pocket and tied her hair back in a ponytail. She then headed out of the hall and straight for the stables while whistling a lively tune. A smile lit up when she saw Apollo poke his head out of the stables and whinny a good morning to her. Emily opened the stall door with a brush in hand and started to brush his coat, still whistling the tune to calm the frisky horse.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:26 pm
[I don't know what time it is but I skimmed the first couple of pages enough to know to look for Shannon. mad Im going to read the rest of the posts later to find out what is going on. For now I just wanna jump in. 3nodding ]
Suzzie Ann sighed as she had finally arrived at Starr Ranch, her dad was a rather slow driver. "Bye Honey. Have fun, toughen up here," her dad had said roughly and she glared at him. The small asian girl huffed gave her dad one last hug, despite how much she hated him sometimes she knew she was going to miss him, as would he. She then tugged her two duffel bags out of the car. She stepped out and looked at the car, "bye dad," she said as he drove away. She looked around, hoping to spot someone that could help her. She was dressed in mid calf length pants and in a slightly baggy t-shirt along with some boots, knowing it was a Ranch, most likely a lot of mud. She sniffed noted it definitely smelled like what she would imagine a ranch to smell like. The sixteen year old sighed and walked into the Ranch and scanned the area for people.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:37 pm
Emily saddled Apollo up in Spanish tack and led him out to the main entrance. Her eyes spotted a girl and judging by the looks, the girl appeared to be from the city. Emily sighed hoping the girl wouldn't be to much trouble since she was from the city and the country was totally different. Emily cleared her thoughts and mounted Apollo then waited for Keith and Esmeralda to catch up with her.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:43 pm
Esmeralda had taken approximately five seconds to choose Sahara. She was careful with the grooming - the last thing she wanted to do was hurt the beautiful creature by missing dirt and having it rub against the mare's skin all day. So by the time she was tacked up and had brought Sahara out, Emily was already mounted.
Her eye was caught by another girl, one she hadn't met yet. Giving her a tense, almost shy smile, Esmeralda swung the reins over Sahara's head and mounted up.
The mare tossed her head and shied slightly. Esmeralda followed the movement as she would have had she been dancing - four years of dancing lessons and that was about all she could transfer to other parts of life. "Easy, gorgeous," she soothed.
Sahara subsided, and Esmeralda waited for Keith.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:52 pm
" So what made you come here?" Emily asked Esmeralda while she patted the stallion on the neck.
He was getting anxious to run, that much she could tell from him. Otherwise she wanted to let him run once they got there. Emily loved the feel of the cool wind in your face and the feeling that your flying. But that experiement would have to wait.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:57 pm
[Oh.. its next day.]
Suzzie Ann yawned as she walked around a building and then spotted a lady with lavender hair, definitely older than the rest of the people around here. "Umm.. hello," she said uncertainly as she appeared from behind the house and stepped out. "Ms. Barklee?" She scanned the other faces and noticed most were here age or just a few years older than here. This made her feel a little better. Being around people around here age was a lot easier than being around those a lot older or younger. That would just be plain awkward.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:03 pm
Shannon turned at the sound of her name and looked at the girl, a smile lifting her lips. Yes? She asked her.
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Keith finished his coffee and then left the kitchen. He mounted his horse and then road up between Emily and Esmeralda. You girls ready? He asked, tippign his hat the Suzzi.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:06 pm
"M-my name is Suzzie Ann Wong? I was supposed to show up yesterday but my dad got lost so I finally got here just now," the chinese girl stuttered a little bit. She was so embarrassed about being here the day after she was so supposed to show up. Not to mention everything seemed to have started already and she had absolutely no idea what to do. She had looked up a few things about ranches but it was still so very comfusing and different from her city life. She smiled slightly at the boy who had just tipped his hat at her and waved just a little with her free hand not clutching onto her duffel bag. "Did I show up at a wrong time," she asked quietly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:07 pm
Esmeralda looked at her, surprised. "My parents," she said simply. The artlessness of the question had surprised her into honesty. "I didn't even know I was coming here until they put me in the car."
She smiled weakly. "But now that I'm here, I'm pretty happy. I mean, there are worse places they could have chosen, right?"
Sahara snorted softly, and turned her head to look at her with one large dark eye. Esmeralda smiled at the mare and ran a gentle hand along the horse's neck. "I've never seen any horse more lovely than this one," she said. "There's a riding stable near my house, but we live just outside of the city - there isn't as much room for them. I feel sad whenever I see that barn."
Starting when Keith rode up, she said, "Oh! Oh, yeah. Sure."
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:07 pm
" for me I needed time away from my parents. She said. Her head tilted slightly up to look at Keith " I am and so is Apollo" smiling when Apollo neighed, happily to finally get a chance to run for a bit.
Emily felt around in her jean coat for the carrot and relaxed when she flet the carrot in her right pocket. Emily gripped the reins gently and held it in her right hand. The sun felt good on her skin and she had remembered to bring water with her.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:17 pm
Esmeralda smiled uncomfortably, already mentally berating herself for not lying. Heck, she was good at lying, why hadn't she done it?
Oh, I'd been dreaming about this since I was a kid, blah blah blah...
Would've been easy. Why hadn't she done it?
She sighed and patted Sahara, waiting for Keith's instructions.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:24 pm
Keith grinned and started forward. Well be back in time for lunch. He called to Shannon, who waved.
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Shannon nodded once and then said, No, you're fine. Just glad you made it. You can help Nanina dn I with the barn, tomorrow you'll go to the feilds, if you want.
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