Em / Tim

Tim's laugh made Emily laugh more, to the point where she wobbled on her legs. She was getting better but wasn't a pro yet. Many times she had thought about learning to ride again, but it scared her. Deep down, the thought of revealing how much she had actually lost was terrifying. How much talent, how much strength, how much muscle. She didn't want to start at zero again, she just didn't.

Obviously, it was easier to walk on prosthetics than on two broken ankles, but she couldn't say the same about riding. She didn't know, and she was terrified of finding out.

Shaking the thought away, she tried to become present in the conversation once again. "It's literally been years," she giggled. "We both know how crazy I am without alcohol, do we really want to see what happens when we add to that?" She leaned against the stall door of a beautiful grey, adding, "but really though, I am totally open, you know I love a good adventure, and am ready for anything. I just forget what is around here to do."

Waiting expectantly, she drew her hoodie closer. It was starting to become autumn on the farm, and though used to Germany's bitter cold, she didn't enjoy the transition.

-Heather walked into the mare's pasture, already seeing her colorful mare trotting up to her with a greetingful nicker which the young woman gave a soft smile to Mystery as the mare smoothly halted in front of her owner- "Hey pretty girl, ready for some dressage training?" -She shyly said to her mare to only get a gentle nuzzle session from Mystery which caused the woman to start giggling a bit then she placed the sky blue halter onto the mare's head, having the lead already attached to the halter before leading her out of the pasture, closing the gate behind them while locking it, checking if the gate is a securely locked before leading her colorful mare over to the barn to get her tacked up for the lesson, she shivered slightly from the cold autumn wind the blew, tugging at her flannel jacket a bit in order to keep herself warm since she likes to avoid from getting sick as much as possible-

-After a few minutes of the usual routine of tacking the mare up while the now, none sedated Storm that should be resting since the woman was gonna keep him in his stall, was nipping at Mystery's halter which the mare got annoyed by the gelding's mischievous behavior and started correcting him every single time he goes to do it again. Heather would be placing the saddle pad on the mare's back while standing on a step stool, making sure that the blanket wasn't gonna irritate the mare as she places it on her back correctly then she puts her black english saddle on next, she wasn't sure why but she couldn't stop thinking about Aaron, her mind started to wonder if she would see him later again today which caused her cheeks to heat up a bit but red brunette quickly shook her head, dismissing any thoughts as she gets herself to focus on what she's doing while tacking the mare up to get both her & Mystery ready for the Olympics that was going to take place in a couple of weeks, she wasn't sure if she should ask either Em, Tim, and Kholo, and maybe Aaron if they want to come to the Olympics with her or not. She felt scared but knowing that she has to push passed this, her and Mystery have been training for this since practically day one. Once she got done tacking the mare up, she stepped down from the step stool before putting out of the way then she leads her mare into the indoor dressage arena since it's nice and warm and there and she could play some music in there as well since she did see a radio when she last went in there-

Em / Tim

Emily could see Tim growing flustered and she gently touched his arm, trying to grab his attention. She was beginning to realize just how anxious he was on a regular basis. She felt bad for him. Having the personality she did didn't necessarily mean she didn't feel bad feelings or anxiety, but certainly not to the extent he did. She was starting to see a lot of things she didn't notice before.

"Hey," her voice was soft and soothing, much like she would try to soothe a child, "it's just me, you know me. I'm, like, the chillest person to make plans with ever." Smiling mischieviously, she added, "but I'm still making you pick what we're doing tonight, and every minute we spend here is a minute we could be doing something else, so please, for the love of all things, make a choice?"

She was kind, calm, and easy-going, all traits beneficial to the situation. She kept a small smile on her lips as she watched him calmly, then turned her attention back to the grey horse, giving him time to think. She liked to think she knew when to help him and when to push him, but it didn't mean she had it right every time. Tim constantly challenged her to grow outside of her comfort zone in an infuriatingly beautiful way no one else had.

Olivia Lancewood | 16 | Cirrus (Oasis) | Tyler

Livvie's eyes sparkled feverishly as she leaned in, her half-eaten lunch forgotten on the plate. "Come on, you know I'm in! What sort of things do you want to do?" Her accent was slightly different from when they first met; though still very Irish, there was a hint of something else, some mixture of foreign wording. Other than that, she was unchanged. Same overly freckled cheeks, same mischievous eyes, same red blonde hair - albeit a bit lighter from her stay in Italy - same creative beauty, heightened by her oblivion to that fact.

"- but first I want to ride. I wonder which horses we have? Ooh, I'm so excited! This place looks gigantic, there must be so many trails!" Olivia scraped out her chair, talking and eating intermittently - and often together - while she waited for her friend to finish. "D'you still have your map? I think I lost mine..."

Tim made me smile and y'all know how I feel about Tim lmao. I don't know if he's changing or me XD)

Em / Tim

She giggled at his mischief, rather enjoying his good mood--it was contagious. "You're so silly," she said with a wry smile, as they exited the barn. "You've mentioned 'your place,' twice now, did I miss something big while I was gone? Did you follow suit and move off property too?"

Emily considered that today was the first in a long time that Tim felt like a safe place, a refuge from all of the daily chaos. Normally he was her chaos, basically since day one. There were extreme highs and lows, but then there were moments like these. Moments that made her forget any wrongdoing or arguing had ever come between them. They were just Emily and Tim, two trainers who happened to be best friends and coworkers and people who did life together. It was uncomplicated when the very foundation of their relationship had been built on complication.

"So tell me what I've missed since I've been gone!! What's new around here? With you personally? Fill me in..."

(I don't think there's a way to make dialogue-centered posts more meaty than this without absolutely going on a tangent for the sake of, so rip lol)

-Heather would be doing some Olympic dresaage training with Mystery as the colorful moved like gracefully while paying very close attention of what her rider was asking from her, the red brunette would be very much focused on the training as the music that played on repeat called 'Speechless by Naomi Scott'. The young woman just closed her eyes while letting the music fill her ears to block any distractions out, she had full trust of Mystery being her eyes while they both were dancing to the beat of the song while following the rhythm of it as well-

-After what felt like an hour of training, the mare came to a smooth halt as Heather did the dressage bow before opening her eyes, she leaned forward a tiny bit before gently patting the mare's neck in a praising way of saying 'Good Girl' which the colorful mare nickered happily in response. Heather sat back correctly in the saddle before taking her phone out of her pocket, checking the group chat to silently read through the messages, taking notice of a show being mentioned which got her attention then she started to text to Kholo to let her know that she'll totally participate to the event-

[Heather]: Hey Kholo, I heard about the show that you were mentioning about in group chat. I'll totally participate in Eventing and I'll be riding Mystery since Storm is resting in his stall from being gelded today

-Heather let out a nervous sigh before shyly hitting send then she put her phone back into her pocket again. She dismounted, landing safely on her feet before carefully throwing the reins over the mare's head to start leading her back to the barn but she approached the radio first before turning it off then she left the indoor dressage arena with Mystery as the pair had started heading back to the barn, taking notice that it has already gotten a bit more colder-