Lucy walked briskly to her schooling horse , Izabeau, her arms full with her riding equipment. A soft nicker was heard over the other horses’ munching sounds. “ Hi, there gorgeous,” she called to the horse “ ready to fly ?” The horse stamped eagerly. She let herself into the stall, and was ready to go when she was startled by a fellow rider , Matt , of whom she was particularly fond of.

“Y-you s-scared me !” she stammered. “Sorry” he muttered. “ Janet is waiting for you, and the others are getting annoyed, so hurry up.” He concluded harshly .

Linda jogged with her horse over to the beautiful arena at Lucky Seven Stables. She realized the others in her group had already finished warming up and were waiting for a jumping course. She started her horse out at a trot for five laps around the ring, then sped up into a canter for another five laps around before joining the group. Matt had been chosen to go first. Janet, the longtime trainer instructed Matt to jump the three 2- foot jumps on the far-side of the ring , come back around and jump the four higher jumps closest to the trainer, then to swing around and jump the final three jumps in the middle of the ring. He completed the course only knocking down one pole on the last jump.

“Excellent job Matt”, Janet praised “ Julie why don’t you and Annie give it a try !” More praise was given as Julie completed the course perfectly. “ Wonderful job as always,Lucy why don’t you try now.” Janet said .

Lucy eased into the rocking chair motion of the canter and circled to the “outer line”. She sailed over the jumps and came to the “inner line” of jumps coming out the other side. Lucy approached the “middle line” of jumps at a pace that was much to fast , which caused her to knock the first jump down, which caused her to be unbalanced for the second jump they knocked down , and when she came up to the third fence, the horse stopped abruptly which caused her to slam into the fence.

“Oh my god!” Janet shrieked “ Catch the horse, is Lucy ok ?” Matt called back “ Her arm looks broken, maybe a few ribs, and her helmet strap broke, so she might have a concussion ! Call 911 quickly !”

Lucy writhed in pain at the paramedics touch as they lifted her onto the stretcher and she was put into the ambulance. Her breathing came in sharp puffs as she was raced to the hospital. She could barely make out Matt’s face before she slipped into unconciousness.

Lucy awoke to white walls and beeping noises. “Lucy?” Matt called to her. “ Where am I ?” she replied hoarsely . “ You fell off of Izabeau and you broke your arm and a few ribs and slipped into a coma before we got here.” He explained. Dark circles showed under his eyes from sleepless nights waiting for Lucy to wake up. The room was nicely decorated with horse pictures and had about ten chairs in it. “ Is Beau ok ?” Lucy asked concerned. “ She’s perfectly fine. I can’t believe you are so worried about her when she pt you in here.” He said gruffly. “ What’s wrong with you ? Lucy asked with tears threatening to spill over, “ Of course I care what happens to her I love that horse and it wasn’t her fault.” “ She didn’t sit here for two months worrying if the person she loves was gonna wake up !” he said almost shouting with cloudy eyes. Lucy stared at him with wide eyes, “ the person you love ?” she whispered. “Yes, Lucy ok , I care about with you ! I just never imagined a girl as beautiful as you would ever be with somebody like me !” “ I care about you to, a lot.” She said.

The next morning , Lucy was awakened with a needle being stuck into her arm. “Oww!” she yelled. “Oh shut up you !” her nurse scoffed “ you didn’t complain for the past two months!” “ I’d appreciate it if I wasn’t woken up with needles being stuck into my