Tight_n_ready
Really Really Experienced
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Alice had her own riding gear, nothing quite so fancy as that worn by professional dressage riders, but hard wearing, serviceable clothing. The boots were polished black leather and caught the light as she walked into the room, while the form fitting jodhpurs were far from unflattering to her figure.
Daniel looked delighted to see her, and that could only have prompted an equal reaction in Alice, worried as she had been about what his reaction might be come the morning.
“I wouldn’t say I was the one who gave us the weather.”
She was surprised, but pleasantly so, by his kiss, and couldn’t help but smile as he whispered in her ear.
“Just orange juice, I’ve already had about three cups of tea, I don’t want to feed my addiction anymore.”
She drank the orange juice as he explained about the horses they would be riding. Her eyes lit up as he mentioned that she would be riding Goddess, “she’s gorgeous, I can’t wait to get a chance to ride her.”
They went down to the stables, she had seen it already, but Alice couldn’t help but still be a little awe inspired by the amazing house, not to mention the stables out the back. It was far better built and equipped than the stables she usually rode at, and of course she did not own her own horse, it was simply too expensive when you could hire the use of a horse at most stables.
The same stable-hand they had seen yesterday was there along with another, younger girl, maybe about seventeen or eighteen. It wasn’t unusual for stables to employ lots of younger people, usually girls, as grooms and stable-hands, usually as volunteers in exchange for a discount on fees. Alice was a little surprised to find someone her age here, but she supposed Daniel was a good employer, and though she didn’t know exactly how big his estate was, there was a good chance there weren’t any stables for some distance around.
“Miss…? You can just call me Alice don’t worry, I don’t expect anything like that.”
Alice politely declined Kelly’s offer of assistance to mount, and mounted herself with ease, clearly accustomed to it. She sat easily on the horse, naturally, as though she had been born to it, and that only continued as they rode gently from the stable yard. She followed Daniel’s lead at first, until they approached the open fields, where he turned to her, and gave her the freedom to run.
She did, she squeezed Goddess and felt the power beneath her as muscles shifted. The horse leapt into motion and had Alice been a less experienced rider, she might well have fallen off then and there, so smoothly had Goddess transitioned into a gallop. As it was, she almost relaxed into the change in motion, moving easily with the horse as she pounded away over the fields.
Her words, thrown back over her shoulder, were snatched away by the wind, and she had no way of knowing if Daniel had actually heard or not.
“Catch me if you can!”
Daniel looked delighted to see her, and that could only have prompted an equal reaction in Alice, worried as she had been about what his reaction might be come the morning.
“I wouldn’t say I was the one who gave us the weather.”
She was surprised, but pleasantly so, by his kiss, and couldn’t help but smile as he whispered in her ear.
“Just orange juice, I’ve already had about three cups of tea, I don’t want to feed my addiction anymore.”
She drank the orange juice as he explained about the horses they would be riding. Her eyes lit up as he mentioned that she would be riding Goddess, “she’s gorgeous, I can’t wait to get a chance to ride her.”
They went down to the stables, she had seen it already, but Alice couldn’t help but still be a little awe inspired by the amazing house, not to mention the stables out the back. It was far better built and equipped than the stables she usually rode at, and of course she did not own her own horse, it was simply too expensive when you could hire the use of a horse at most stables.
The same stable-hand they had seen yesterday was there along with another, younger girl, maybe about seventeen or eighteen. It wasn’t unusual for stables to employ lots of younger people, usually girls, as grooms and stable-hands, usually as volunteers in exchange for a discount on fees. Alice was a little surprised to find someone her age here, but she supposed Daniel was a good employer, and though she didn’t know exactly how big his estate was, there was a good chance there weren’t any stables for some distance around.
“Miss…? You can just call me Alice don’t worry, I don’t expect anything like that.”
Alice politely declined Kelly’s offer of assistance to mount, and mounted herself with ease, clearly accustomed to it. She sat easily on the horse, naturally, as though she had been born to it, and that only continued as they rode gently from the stable yard. She followed Daniel’s lead at first, until they approached the open fields, where he turned to her, and gave her the freedom to run.
She did, she squeezed Goddess and felt the power beneath her as muscles shifted. The horse leapt into motion and had Alice been a less experienced rider, she might well have fallen off then and there, so smoothly had Goddess transitioned into a gallop. As it was, she almost relaxed into the change in motion, moving easily with the horse as she pounded away over the fields.
Her words, thrown back over her shoulder, were snatched away by the wind, and she had no way of knowing if Daniel had actually heard or not.
“Catch me if you can!”