Kristi Vincent
Kristi followed and smiled as he opened the door for her. She got in and buckled up. As soon as they pulled up adn he stopped she quickly got out and ran up the hill to the stables. She ran in and found where Snow was. She looked at her horse. Her girl. She smiled. ''Snow! Its been long enough.'' she said. She whispered softly to her as she got a lead rope and led her outside to where Luke was. ''Take it for me. I need to go get Spirit now.'' she said. She walked back and looked for the black stallion. She found the stall and opened it getting a lead rope she led him outside. ''The mare is Snow, stallion is Spirit.'' she said. She looked up at the house as a older guy came out. Kristi stiffened as Jake came down. ''Kristi! who is this?'' he said glancing at Luke.
''Jake...its nice to see you...oh this is Luke, the guy I told you about' she said. Jake looked at Luke and then Kristi.
''Well, I see you finally came to get Snow'' he said
''Im not taking her, im just coming to see her'' she said. Jake nodded. ''Like you always do'' he muttered. Kristi looked at Luke and smiled and then glared at her brother Jake
Luke Anderson
Luke was thankful that he had taken the time to learn where a lot of the places in this town were. That meant that he didn't have to ask Kristi for directions to get here. As soon as he had stopped in the parking area that was designated for the Corral, Kristi jumped out and ran into the stable. He got out and as he did he saw her hurrying to bring out a pretty white mare. He was handed the lead rope and he took it. Slowly he lifted his hand to pat the mare's neck while he waited for Kristi to come back out. She then returned with a black stallion. Also, he spotted someone else coming from a house. The other guy spoke to Kristi and he assumed this was Kristi's brother Jake that she had told him about. He didn't seem all over happy about caring for the white mare, at least that is what he took from his muttering. But, none the less, Luke held his hand out to shake Jake's. You're Jake, right? The other guy wasn't exactly introduced to him but he put two and two together since Kristi had told him that her brother Jake lived here and was taking care of Snow.
Kristi Vincent
Jake nodded and shook his hand. ''Sure am, nice to meet ya'' he said. Kristi was wary. She knew Jake could easily start a fist fight and then she would have to drag his butt back to the house. She looked at Luke and smiled. She then gave the lead rope of Spirit to Jake. Jake took it and patted his stallion while Kristi rubbed Snow's forehead
Luke Anderson
Luke was the type to always think the best of people until they gave him reason to think otherwise. Of course, if this other guy wanted to do something like start a fist fight, Luke wasn't one to turn the other cheek. If you did something like that then you were in for a whooping. In that case Kristi would have to quickly break it up before he hurt someone. After all, he wouldn't take the chance of continuing a fight if Kristi had a chance of getting hurt. But, the other guy seemed somewhat civil. Likewise. Luke wasn't quite sure about the wary look on Kristi's face, and that did somewhat concern him. Was she worried about him meeting her brother? He didn't know but he just continued to rub the mare's neck now as he held the lead rope.
Kristi Vincent
Jake looked at Kristi. ''Where you been?'' he asked. Kristi looked at him. ''Out near a country'' she said. Jake looked at her his eyes looking into his. ''What country?''
''None of your business Jake, Im not a little kid anymore!'' she said
Jake just looked at her. ''Your still my little sister'' he said
Kristi glared at him and he just took Spirit to the pasture and stayed there. Kristi sighed ''He gets on my nerves'' she muttered just loud enough for Luke to hear.
Luke Anderson
Luke stood by silently as the two siblings argued. He wouldn't get into the middle of their little fights. There was no need for him to do that. So, he kept his attention on the white mare. Then when the other guy walked away with the stallion he heard Kristi's words. She said he got on her nerves and he shrugged a bit. I'm sure he don't mean no harm, hell, I'd be worried about Kayla, Bethany, and Leila if they were away all the time and I didn't know where. Maybe she wouldn't like this response, but he kind of knew where her older brother was coming from in a way.
Kristi Vincent
Kristi looked at him as she petted Snow on the forehead. ''Hes never like this though. At all. Hes never worried, never on my nerves. Hes getting older, maybe thats why.'' she said. If he didnt get the joke then she would probably explain it to him. The 'Hes getting older, maybe thats why' part, was their little inside joke. Youd have to be on the inside of it to get it. Though she had a feeling Luke knew what she was talking about. Jake was almost two years older then Kristi. She looked up at him and smiled. She then realized she had no idea who Leila was. ''And whos Leila I havent met your other sister yet'' she said. She looked at Snow as she stayed where she was, she was surprised by Snow's reaction to Luke. Maybe Luke had a impression on horses. Snow was usually reckless and wild but she wasnt today.
Luke Anderson
Luke just nodded when Kristi spoke. He didn't get that there was a joke in the statement, but he did know that getting older made you think more about what was important. Then the subject was turned to Leila and he smiled as he responded. Leila is my baby sister. She is fifteen and she is supposed to be moving up here soon. He was glad that the last of his siblings would be moving here now. After all, he had missed having Leila around. He had no idea that the mare acted any different usually, but she seemed pretty calm now.
Kristi Vincent
Kristi looked at him and thought. ''My little brother works down at the Pound and his last text said Tori finally got adopted by his friend Leila. Any chance that might be her? Tori is a 2 year old border collie and was in the pound for 9 weeks.'' She said. She knew her family hadnt fully lost touch but they didnt see each other but they still texted. Daniel, the one who worked at the Pound, loved Tori and she was surprised he didnt adopt her. Kristi looked at him and smiled. She wondered if Jake would let one of their other horses out so Luke could see them and then she looked at Luke. ''Come on, we have more then two horses here that we own.'' she said. She took the lead rope and led Snow back into her stable and then went down to where Longhorn stood in his stall. ''This is Longhorn. We named him that after a longhorn made that deep scar on him.'' she said. Pointing to the scar on the black mustang stallions side.
Luke Anderson
Luke listened to Kristi's question and he shrugged. Knowing Leila, it probably was her. She is crazy about Border Collies, she has been ever since she was little. I doubt if she saw one in the pound she would be able to leave it there. He also knew that his little sister had volunteered at their local animal shelter back home so it didn't surprise him that she would be there. Then Kristi mentioned going to go see the other horses they had here before she took the white mare's lead rope. He followed and once in the stable he was led to the black Mustang's stall. The Mustang reminded him a bit of his brother's black Mustang mare. He seems like a good horse as well, Matt has two black Mustangs like him, Almost Legal and Forever Outlawed are their registered names. He spoke of the black Mustang and her matching foal as he held his hand out for the stallion to take in his scent.
Kristi Vincent
Kristi smiled ''Well, he learned not to mess with longhorns again after what happened.'' She said. Longhorn took in the guys scent and reared up. Without thinking Jake ran up and put his arms up, ''Woah, Longhorn!'' he said as he opened the stall and went in calming him down. ''Whoops! Forgot he can be edgy at times.'' she whispered to Luke. She didnt want to deal with Jake right now so she went to the next stall, a white mustang with a black blaze on his forehead. She called him over, the tall mustang standing at exactly 17 hands trotted over. ''This is are boy, Inferno. Hes 3 and currently is the nicest one we have.'' she said patting the stallions neck. She looked down the row as more horses had their heads out the half stall. She smiled. ''Once we get done we could go riding. If Jake says its ok, their more his horses then mine.'' she said.
Luke Anderson
Luke didn't jump back or make any sudden movements as the stallion reared up. He was used to dealing with some feisty horses sometimes. After all, Kayla and Bethany often left their tougher cases to him and his twin brother, so he knew how to handle the more difficult horses. Though, the guy he had met earlier hurried in front of him and into the stall to calm the stallion. Luke just shrugged it off and moved with Kristi to the next stall. Yeah, stallions can be edgy sometimes especially if there are mares around. That is why most stables kept stallions and mares separated. He then looked to the white and black stallion and repeated the same greeting of allowing the horse to take in his scent. His whole composure was calm, so he shouldn't seem like much of a threat to any of these horses. If your brother doesn't like the idea we can always take out Sacred and ShotGun again... Or any of the horses at Clover Fields. He wasn't meaning to sound rude but if the other guy didn't want them to ride these horses then he would respect that.
Kristi Vincent
Kristi smiled as Inferno kept calm. Kristi looked at Jake and hit him upside the head. ''Dont be mean'' she snapped at him. His sister had never snapped at him and to her surprise it shut him up. ''Its fine with me if y'all go riding.'' he said. Inferno nudged Luke's hand as he stepped forward again, nudged his shoulder. Kristi smiled, Inferno was one of the nicest ones they had, of the males anyway. She patted him for a second looking at Jake as he went off and came back down the hall with feed. Dumping some in Longhorn's bucket he went by and dumped some in each of the horses bucket, filling it up. He did the same with water. Kristi looked over at Lollipop and smiled. Patting Inferno one more time she moved to Lollipop and her foal Tornado, ''This is Lollipop and her foal Tornado.'' she said. Next to them was Sugar and her foal Honey after them was Snow and her foal Fern. Then Rhino, Domino, Nightwatcher, their oldest, and the Spirit. Lollipop was black with white socks and one of the most beautiful horses you would ever see, Tornado was a smaller version of her. Lollipop took to Luke fast just tried to reach him and stood 15.7 hands and her foal stood 7 hands already and still growing.
Luke Anderson
Luke held back a chuckle as Kristi slapped her brother upside the head and told him not to be mean. He had seen this scenario many times with him and his brother being slapped by their own sisters for something. And the smack upside his head seemed to change Jake's mind as he now said he didn't mind if they rode the horses. Luke patted Inferno as he waited for Kristi to finish scolding her brother and to move on. The next mare was a gorgeous black mare with white socks who had a matching colt at her side. He repeated his greeting to each of the horses in turn as they were introduced to him. You have some great looking horses, Kristi. He complimented the horses once he had been introduced to them all.
Kristi Vincent, Lollipop, & Tornado
Kristi smiled, ''Thanks. Pick one and we'll head out.'' she said. She went over to Lollipop and opened the stall. She grabbed the mares halter and hooked a lead rope on her. Tornado stuck close to her as she led Lollipop down the hall and turned to look at Luke as he chose. She smiled as she patted Lollipops neck and then rubbed her forehead. She tied her to a wooden pole and went to get her tack. They had the tack for each of them lined up and she went down until she found Lollipop's tack. She came back and put her reins on. She had left the saddle and other things in the tack room. Lollipop mostly knew how to ride bareback but it was her and a few other horses of them that did. She took a brush. Brushing out her mane and tail and then the little hairs on her body making it smooth and shiny. She got up on her and looked at Luke.
Luke Anderson
Luke tried to remember which of the horses she had showed him and the names of each of them. He decided that he would choose Inferno. Kristi had said that he was one of the easiest going and he wasn’t looking to have to fight with whichever horse he decided to ride this time out. He usually didn’t mind a good fight and had broken quite a few horses. But, he was just looking to relax some today. I think I’ll take out Inferno. He spoke, waiting to see if she would object before going to get all of his tack.
Krist Vincent & Lollipop
Kristi nodded and smiled as Inferno nickered when he herd his name. Lollipop waited patiently before kicking the ground ready to go. Kristi silenced her and watched Luke.
Luke Anderson
Luke took one the big stallion and quickly groomed him so that there was no burs or dirt that would be trapped under the saddle and leave a rub on the steed's skin. Then he went and got the stallion's bridle and saddle, putting them on the horse with effortless ease. He had lots of practice at putting tack on horses. He led the stallion outside and climbed into the saddle. Where to? He smiled as he asked.
Kristi Vincent & Lollipop
Kristi smiled back. ''You pick this time.'' She said. She pushed Lollipop into a walk in a circle. She looked at Luke. ''We could go in the pasture? Lollipop is a barrel horse and Inferno is a race horse. It would do them good for them to have practice again.'' She said. She smiled as Lollipop let out a high pitched neigh at the word 'Pasture'. Lollipop longed to be in the pasture again, raciing around barrels and racing other horses. She was fast for a big horse. But Inferno was faster. Lollipop walked to the gate without warning and Kristi steared her back over. Patting her neck for her to stay. ''Where will it be?'' She asked with a toothy smiled