Alone// Nick

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Jamie sat up as she heard hooves on cobblestone. She watched Nick and the mare and felt a sense of dread as the mare started towards the fence. She looked confident she could make it as she jumped through the air and glided over the fence. "Damn..." Jamie said, watching the horse with a smile. That mare was one hell of a Jumper, and no doubt thats what she competed in. She looked like the perfect athlete so it was definatly possible. She was soon distracted by the sound of lots of hooves, and saw tons of horses coming out of the barn. She saw Nick running towards her and she couldnt help but laugh. "What are yah gonna do?" she asked, shaking her head. Toxic would be Toxic. And obviously he had thought it would be a great idea to share his freedom with all of the other horses. They were now all in pastures, starting to graze on the swaying grass. She watched the horses, noticing all the different colors. They were all so beautiful. But the new mare really shined and Jamie smiled as she tried to get rid of Toxic. "Who's horse is she? That mare." Jamie asked, pointing at the horse. She didnt remember seeing her before the fire but then again, she hadnt been in the barn in a while.

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"That would be Christopher Nolan's new horse. She jumps and does dressage at an Olymic level. He should actually be here to work with her today in about five minutes." He said and whistled to Toxic who went and closed all of the gates except Dream's. Dream lifted her head as Toxic came up behind her and bit her on the rump like he was claiming her but she had other plans. She backed up into his chest and he backed up a little not knowing what was going on. Dream whipped around and grabbed him but the top of the neck and leveled him with ease. Toxic laid on the ground not sure what just happened but made a mental note not to bite her again.

Dream walked out of the pasture and closed the gate behind her. It had a new lock only she knew how to open and it had to be done from the outside to leaving Toxic trapped inside as he tried to fiddle with the lock but it wasn't going to happen... Dream walked over to the hitching post as she heard a large truck coming up the driveway. Her lead rope hung on the post and Chris got out of his truck.

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"No way" Jamie said, looking from him to the horse. Sure she had been to horse shows with some really high ranked horses, but she'd never seen on from the Olympic level. Jamie continued looking at the mare who was obviously not happy about Toxic biting her. She watched him crumple to the ground and she stared in surprise. Obviously that mare knew how to handle herself. Jamie laughed quietly as she trapped Toxic inside the pasture. Her eyes followed the mare as she walked over to a post, just as a familiar truck started up the driveway. It seemed like she had been seeing a lot of Chris Nolan lately. She watched him get out of his truck, but instead of standing up and going over to greet him like Nick probably would, she remained sitting on her car. It probably seemed a little rude but she didnt really know him, so she didnt see a true point to go over.

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Casey also got out of the truck and took some tack and leg wraps and carried them over to Dream as Chris did. "So has she been behaving latley?" Chris asked looking over at Nick who smiled.

"For the most part." He said and looked over at Toxic and then to Casey who within 2 minutes had Dream cleaned and showscheened. She also finished putting rubber bands in her mane to make it look neat in preperation for tomarrows shows. Chris turned around and looked at Casey in amazement as she already had Dream tacked up now.

"Next time you tack her up, I am timing you.." He said with a laugh and Casey shrugged with a smile.

"With the Thoroughbreds you have to be quick before they loose their patcients." She said and a little red sports car pulled up and a girl who was only an inch taller than Casey walked over to them.

"That's Hilary Moore, Chris's private rider. She currently rides Dream in all of the shows." Nick said and gave Jamie some updates on the other horses including a grey mare who was about to have a foal any day now. Hilary climbed up on Dream and walked her into the arena and started to warm Dream up. In a few minutes she would start some dressage and then do the jumping.

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Jamie watched Casey get the mare saddled up in what had to be a record time. She looked away and towards the driveway at a red car that was coming up the driveway. Obviously she had something to do with the horse since she walked right over to Casey and the horse. Oh, so she was the rider. Jamie nodded as Nick told her about what had been happening lately. The news about a foal being born soon made her smile. She remembered when she lived with her parents, taking care of the foals had always been so much fun. Jamie noticed Hilary getting on Dream so she sat up a little and watched her. Even in just a warm up, she found her to be amazing. She sighed a little with a smile as she watched Dream, thinking back to before...everything.

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When Dream became intune with Hilary's movements and commands, they started dressage and did a very advanced course that not many horses or riders could do sucessfully. She got her movements down and Dream started to respond to Hilary's leg commands more and more until a light touch on the left side made her sidepass to the right and a light touch to her left side made her sidepass right. Finally after about a half an hour or different and extremely difficult courses the jumps were set up and they started out at 5 feet and Dream could merely trot over them without any trouble, then to 6 and then 7 and then to 9 ft and then Dream had to pick up her feet alittle more but it was still no problem for her. "Okay, got to 11 ft." Chris said and Casey raised the jumps and now Dream was like a totally different horse. She took the bit loosely instead of her immediet contact with dressage and her movements became for excited. She loved to jump and truthfully it showed.

As Hilary neared her on the 11 ft jump Dream collected up and jumped it with ease but the more they did it, the harder it got. Jumping 11 ft was very tireing and when Dream did a course with all 11 ft jumps Hilary decided they were done and Dream was panting madly. They quickly untacked her, hosed her and then walked her out until she was done panting and she was dry.

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Jamie watched the routine carefully, smiling unconsciously. Once they were done she looked at the mare, who was standing still for the first time in a while. Jamie stood up as the hood of her car was starting to get pretty hot. She took Nick's hand and swung them between them a little. "That horse is amazing" Jamie said, looking at the mare then back to him. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him, suddenly happier than she had been in a while. She couldnt resist so she kissed him once more, a little longer this time. With a happy sigh she turned and looked at her car. It wasn't her old black Mustang, but she liked it a lot. Right now, it was pretty dirty, the tires needed air and the oil probably needed to be changed. So it wasnt really looking its best, but she felt respect for the vehicle. It had carried her all the way to Utah and back. It had survived her insane driving, and Nicole's too. Then it had stood up to all Nicole's things when they had to move her into the new school. Jamie smiled, still in shock that they had been able to fit that many boxes and bags into her car.

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