Young Writers Society

Colt started to ease up on the bet a little. It wasn't going to be as unpleasent as he had feared.

"Want to race now?"

She grinned evilly, "you'd lose."

"Why?"

"You'd get lost. My race track goes through the path in the woods. And besides, that's one of our slower horses."

Colt frowned, "Now that's not fair." he sighed. "How is it going to be even?"

"MY horse is the fastest in the barn, so it wouldn't ever be fair." She shrugged and turned her horse starting down the path. He pushed his horse forward.

"Aren't you a bit bias?" He asked.

"No, because all these horses belong to my dad, so I've ridden them all." She looked over at him. "I still don't get why you are talking to me now, you never talked to me before today, Brent Tarver either. What are the two of you up to?"

Colt paused, "Brent was just bein a jerk."

"And you?"

"I was honestly just noticing you for the first time."

"Right, I'm not that invisible."

"But I am that stupid." She turned her horse onto a different path, his wasn't too fond of that path and decided to go to another. "My horse doesn't like that way."

"I don't think he likes you either, not that I blame him."

Pippa pushed her horse to a trot as he fought his to follow her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He demanded as he finnally got it to follow her.

"I don't believe you or your motives and so until I know the truth I don't like you." She shrugged and kept going not looking at him.

"What if I am telling the truth?" he demanded.

"Well, then I still feel teh same." She shrugged as she got to a clearing and pushed her horse faster. CAle's house was just a few more minutes ride, he would help get rid of Colt.

"Where are we going?" Colt asked.

"I'm going to see Cale, I dn't know what your doing." He shrugge.d

Colt didn't feel like going to Cale's. He was trying to think of something to do when his cell phone rang.

"Hello?" Pippa watched him wairly as he talked, he tried to make it quick.

"Colt where are you?!"

"I went riding mom."

Pippa snickered, she had a surprisingly pretty smile, even twisted in a snicker.

"Get home now she growled.

Colt hung up the phone, "that's my cue to go home." He turned the horse around to go back.

"Hold on," she said, "I'll take the horse, I'll have something for Cale to ride."

Pippa smiled as she waited for his reply.

"How do I get back?" He asked.

"It's really not that far, only a five minute walk, two minute run tops. Just go down that path and stay on it." She said. He nodded and got off doing as she said. She grabbed the reins of his horse and took off to Cale's. She stopped in front of hsi house.


"CALE!" She yelled. His mom pocked her head out and looked at her.

"Hey, Pippa, he'll be out in a minute." She smiled.

"Hi, Mrs. P." She smiled. "How are you?"

"I'm just fine." His mom grinned then Cale ran out.

"Let's go!" Pippa laughed.

Cale joined Pippa on a horse.

"Whatcha been up to?" he asked.

"Uh, just showing Colt around. He paid a good fifty buck tip though."

"Nice."

"I hate him. Him and Brent Tarver. Why would they talk to me?"

"Because you're pretty?"

She snorted.

Pippa shook her head. "I am not and don't say I am cause I'll push you off that horse." She growled.

"But it's true." He hissed pushing his horse into a trot. She growled and chased after him.

"I'll get you for that!" She screeched.


*Sorry, I'm getting kicked off*

Colt got in his car and put his cell on speaker phone, gloating time for Brent.

"Hey where are you?" Brent asked.

"On my way back from Pippa's."

"You're lying."

"Not at all, I smell like horse to prove it."

"How'd you end up there?"

"Lucky coincidence, I think it ended up good in my favor."

"You little ch-"

"Bye Brent." He hung up the phone.

Pippa laughed as she chased after Cale. She finally just laid down on Fire's back, backwards, and let him run his smooth canter relaxing all the muscles in here.

"Your crazy!" Cale laughed as their horses ran together.

"No, I just trust him." She smiled. "It's fine, you should try it!"

"No thanks, I'll stay up right and forward." He replied laughing. SHe just shrugged.

"What do you think Brent Tarver and Colt Rose are up to?" She asked looking at him.

"I don't know, being jerks I guess." He shrugged.

"Well, I wish I knew, it's getting annoying trying to figure out what their motive of talking to me is." She sighed.

Brent growled at the phone, and then snickered, "maybe it's time for a horseback riding lesson."

He grabbed the phone book and looked up the only ranch in the state. Must be Pippa's he smiled sadisticly. Maybe she'd fall off and give him a chance to be a hero. He drove down the street and finally pulled up.

Pippa raced him back to the ranch and then jumped off running around a corner with Fire following. She ran smack into Brent Tarver. Fire smacked into both of them sending them sprawling onto the floor. She groaned inwardly as she tried to push herself up. He was laying on top of her and Fire was pawing impatiently.

"Can you please get off me before I can't breath anymore?" She asked as nice as she could. What was he doing here! What were they up to!

Brent quickly rolled to the side, off of her and onto a very sharp stone.

"Ow there was a rock there."

She laughed slightly. Amusement at his pain, but still it was a step in the right direction.

"What are you doing here?"

Without the thought to put in a convincing lie he said "I heard that this is where you live."

"Stalking is illeagle in all fifty states."

"I'm not stalking you yet."

Pippa rolled her eyes. "Yet being the key word." She said standing up and brushing off her clothes. She grabbed the reins to Fire and looked at Brent. "So, why did you come here?"

"I told you." He said standing up and brushing his hands on his pants. She rolled her eyes and started walking back towards the barn. Cale walked around the corner and looked at Brent as he walked towards here.

"We gonna go back out or we gonna work?" Cale asked looking at her.

"Probably go back out, but I got to get another horse." She smiled. "It's not fair if I ride Fire."

Brent was getting very annoyed with this Cole character. He kept his horse inbetween his and Pippa's.

"So..." he said in a low enough voice that Pippa wouldn't hear. "You like her body guard or somethin?"

"Excuse me?"

"You stick to her like glue."

"She's my friend, I don't trust you, and I don't trust myself not to get lost."

Brent snorted, "right. I won't hurt her."

It was Coles turn to snort apparently, "I'll believe that when I see that."