Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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i can't wait to see it again. cheesy is more than acceptable oh with the little sister ruining her older sisters life because she was jealous? they want you to analyze that?
you'd need to peel him back to bone. does it? can't say i know her all that well but she's for sure got her hooks into joe. she's the only one he'll really talk to or gives a crap about. we're great. he's been so good.
once the flowers were in her hands she buried her head into them softly and took them in, taking in the smell of them, the softness of the petals and the kindness behind the act of bringing them. she also took the time to collect herself a little. this wasn't a conversation she'd wanted to have, she wanted to spare sam the family drama and any worry he might have about the situation and because if there was one thing heather hated doing, it was admitting weakness. she lifted her head after a second and she let the door open all the way as they both stood there and as much as she wanted to throw herself into his arms and hold onto him for the next month she resisted the urge, at least for now. she felt the side of her mouth lift into a small smile, "i don't supposed you'd believe me if i said that?" she tried to joke but she knew it fell flat. it wasn't something to joke about and she knew that sam was much smarter than that.
who was she protecting? someone very important to her. her brother. things were rocky and difficult but she loved him, there was no way she could deny that. he didn't need anyone finding out what had happened because it hadn't been his fault. it had been hers but she doubted that anyone would believe her if she tried to say that. "sam, i trust you more than anyone." she meant that, with everything she had. he was the one who was healing her heart, her main reason for smiling these days and the one person she always wanted to be around. she just didn't want to cause him any upset. even though she knew that she had over the last few days. the fact he'd been worried about her had been clear by the times one of her siblings had answered the door or the phone to him.
it was enough to tear her up inside but she hadn't known what else to do. "i can try to explain. i just need you to keep an open mind." she said as she reached to take his hand gently, wanting to lead him inside so they could talk on the couch. she couldn't very well send him away now he'd seen her bruises and she owed him the truth, even if she didn't know how to explain it very well.
she was glad to see faye, even soaking wet and struggling to change a tire. a friendly face was always welcome, especially when it was a friend who was behind it. there might have been an age difference and faye might have been her brothers friend but that didn't stop her from liking the woman a lot. age wasn't important to her, it was the friendship itself that was and she knew that she'd always be able to go to faye, or any of her brothers friends, if she needed help. she smiled when faye said all she had was nik and she laughed a little. "well you're not married yet, there's still time to find the body builder." she joked as she put the wrench back around one of the nuts and she stood up from the ground, pushing off with her hands. "if i've got you, i don't need anyone else." she said with a genuine smile as she looked down at the wrench, though it was more of a glare.
"that stupid nut is holding out on me, i can't undo it." she said as she looked back towards faye. "i tried standing on it but i think i heard it laughing at me." she said with something of a smile as she looked back down at the tire. "got any ideas on how to loosen it?" she could always call a car service or one of her brothers but that was admitting defeat to people she didn't like admitting defeat to. besides things with her and dustin weren't all that great at the moment, so she didn't want to bug him. the car service was an option but that would be money she couldn't afford to spend.
the scene in front of her made her blood run cold. all she'd come downstairs for was a drink. a simple drink of cool water to take back upstairs before she fell back into hopefully a blissful slumber before the sun rose over the horizon in a few hours. it was all she'd wanted. but the sound of someone throwing up in the downstairs toilet had stopped her short of the kitchen. she hadn't heard anyone get up and she'd thought the doors upstairs were all closed but in the dark she couldn't really be sure. so it had been a mystery as to who it had been. had she known it was joe would she have stopped? things had been so up in the air between them lately and it seemed that he wanted nothing to do with her and she wasn't that keen on being around him either but she couldn't say without a doubt that she would have left him. he was her brother after all and despite their venom and strikes on each other, that meant something to her. she wasn't sure what it meant to him but she had a feeling if he asked her, it would mean nothing.
still she had investigated, opening the bathroom door just a crack to offer a glass of water to the poor family member hurling their guts up but she hadn't expected what she'd seen. she'd opened the door wider and her gasp, she hoped, would have alerted him to the fact there was someone there and her eyes took in the sight of her brother curled around the toilet, the bottle laying on it's side next to him and the pills, the open pill packet that she couldn't be sure how many he'd taken. had he been trying to kill himself? was he in that much pain he'd thought that the best fix would have been to end it? did he hate being back here that much it was the best way to leave? all those thoughts swirled through her head as she stood there, stunned for a moment before her instincts kicked in and she seemed to wake up.
she stepped over his legs so she was in the bathroom and within a second she'd crouched down to grab some towels from the cupboard under the sink. "joe? etes-vous avec moi?" she spoke to him, not really expecting much of an answer but some sign he was still coherent was what she was after. she saw the way his shirt was drenched but saw the distinct shiver that was making his body vibrate. "how many did you take?" she asked him hurriedly, setting the towels on the sink so she could grab the packet into her hands before she looked at him again, panic and worry etched onto her face. "joe did you take more than you were supposed to!?"
neither could i i'd murder him within the first hour. i doubt he'd tell you even if you tried to torture it out of him. we're not exactly on speaking terms right now. she's always at our place eating everything in the fridge
she could do this. she was a strong independent woman who didn't need anyone to come and rescue her. that was what she kept repeating in her head as she sat there soaked through to the bone trying to lift this damn car so she could change her tire like the independent woman she was telling herself she was. she'd pulled her hood up in an attempt to keep the water from her face but in true bad day fashion it hadn't happened. she fumbled with the jack as her hands slipped on the wet metal but eventually she felt it lock into place and she could have yelled in excitement. now she just needed to undo the nuts and she was away and home free. she shifted on her knees and gripped the pipe with both hands.
she just needed this to work. she needed them to come undone easily enough that she could change them and she'd be on her way to a hot shower in minutes. she could just about melt into a hot shower right now, she could picture the hot chocolate that sam would make her if she showed up at starbucks cold, she could just imagine the hot soup she could make when she got home and the thought of all of them was just about enough to keep her from freezing her ass off. "right, come on." she said as she threw all her weight at the but to try and get it to turn but it didn't budge. she could have cried right there and then in that moment but she took a breath and tried again and again and again until her hands were sore. "you bugger." she said as she got to her knees and she started trying to kick the pole into submission. the rain had stopped at some point in the last few moments and she couldn't help but shiver a little as she stood there trying her best to push it with her foot. she heard the footsteps behind her but until she heard the voice she assumed they were hurrying to their cars so they could get warm. she lifted her head at the familiar voice and her hood slid off her wet hair and she smiled at faye. "hi faye." she said as cheerily as she could muster. "you don't happen to have a six foot three, body builder who can work a jack hiding in your car do you?"
these last few days had been just about hell for her. not being able to tell sam why she couldn't see him, why he couldn't come in and see her face. but she'd known it would raise questions and she didn't want them asked. she didn't need people thinking joe was violent or had hurt her on purpose. it was the furthest thing from the truth but people didn't think like that. they saw bruises and they judged. not that she thought sam would judge joe but it's the questions and the answers she'd have to say she didn't want to have to do. she tried to adjust her hair as she walked towards the door, doing her bast to make it sit across her eye so if it was just a parcel she could reach out, grab it and close the door before anyone on the other side could see it. being a small town the delivery man would without a doubt know someone she knew and the gossip would be everywhere by that evening.
but it wasn't a delivery man. it wasn't a wrong house and it wasn't someone who was there for a quick look and then gone. it was sam. she felt the lump rise in her throat as she saw him standing there, her heart started pounding in her chest but it wasn't from fear or worry, it was because it always did when she was around him. her heart raced, her stomach fluttered and she just about lost any ability to form sentences when he smiled at her. but there was no smile today, it was just the look of worry and she felt so bad for putting it there. she was forced to open the door more than a crack when he thrust the flowers at her and she reached for them quickly, grabbing them gently as she looked back up at sam as she heard him cut off. he'd seen it. she swallowed and fumbled with the flowers, trying to take a step back into the shadow of the house but it was too late. "no one sam, it was no one. i promise." she said as she chewed her lip as she tried to think of what to say but she was at a loss. "please trust me." she almost begged as she gripped the flowers tight enough her knuckles started turning white out of almost desperation.
she was glad that he just held her. she couldn't form any sort of words or thoughts as she clung to him and sobbed against him. she knew she should suck it up. she didn't cry in front of her siblings. she didn't cry in front of anyone. she couldn't remember the last time she'd broken down in front of anyone. sometimes it was just too hard though, to know that she'd have to let her brothers go at any moment. they were her rocks, them and kara and she didn't know if she would ever be able to live without them. it had started when their parents had died, it had been those same siblings who had kept her alive, who had made her want to keep going and who had been there for her through everything she'd put them through for the last few years. she'd given them plenty of reason to give up on her but they hadn't and even now they were still just as there for her, no matter how she pushed the boundaries. but the fear of losing them? it was enough to break her heart.
she wasn't quiet sure she believed him. not because she thought he'd lie to her but because it was never that simple with the army. they did things that they said they wouldn't, they didn't care about the soldiers they had and they'd let two of her brothers come home hurt. she had no trust for them and no real love for them. the only attraction she did have to joining the armed services was she could finally relate to her brothers, understand them when they needed it and be there for them when they were sad. "if it's not just a conversation, i'll kill them." she said as she sniffed, using the back of her sleeve to wipe her nose off. it wasn't exactly lady like but it wasn't like she could wipe her nose on anything in the shed.
she stepped back a little as he let her go, though he didn't stop holding her. she felt his hands on her upper arms and she was glad, the contact was comforting still. she nodded slightly as she twisted the sleeve of her shirt in her fingers, still sniffing just a little. "dean i can manage." she said, the watery smile crossing onto her face. "but you know the other three won't listen." but her nephew was enough. she knew that he'd miss his dad just as much as she did and that was more important. with that she shrugged out of his hands softly and she brought her hands up to her face, doing her best to scrub the tears from her cheeks as she tried to compose herself.
