Everett Ranch

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They walked down the beach letting their feet take in the smooth cold sand. Enjoying the small breeze that ruffled the bottom of her dress. Nichole took off at a slow jog letting John catch up to her and pick her up off her feet. Nichole put her arms around John’s neck with her shoes in one hand and the other holding her wrist. She looked into John’s eyes and they kissed under the stars. They didn’t have a curfew so they didn’t get back to the hotel until about 1:30 in the morning. Nichole got the bathroom while John changed in the room. Nichole looked in the mirror because she felt a sore spot on her side. When she looked in the mirror there was a bruise.
Nichole went to her bed to lie down. Trying to decide if she should tell John about the bruise. She didn’t want him to be so careful around her, but she didn’t want John to feel like she was keeping things from him. Okay I’ll tell him, she said to herself. “Hey John, can you come over here real quick?” Nichole asked John. John got up and walked over to Nichole. “Yeah. What’s up?” John asked Nichole. “Well, when I was changing I looked in the mirror because my side kind of hurt and I seen this bruise. I’m telling you this because I don’t want you to feel like I’m keeping things from you.” Nichole said in one breath. John looked at Nichole and asked, “Can I see the bruise?” Nichole lifted up her shirt and there it was on her side. It was a big dark bruise that had a purple and blue tint to it. “Why don’t I sleep over here with you tonight that way if anything happens I’m right here,” John said in a serious tone.
“Okay.” Nichole said. She and John both knew that nothing was going to happen. Plus the beds were both queen-sized beds so space wouldn’t be a problem. They slowly started to drift off to sleep. When the morning came Nichole was in John’s arms. John had his arms wrapped around Nichole’s stomach holding on to her. Nichole felt so safe next to him, knowing that John wouldn’t let anything happen to her. Nichole lay in John’s arms for about 20 minutes before he finally got up. John smiled when he felt Nichole in his arms.  He never realized how perfectly she fit in his arms. “Good morning.” Nichole said to John.
Nichole got her shower first and dressed slowly because her side still kind of hurt. “And to think that I thought you would forget!” Nichole said when John asked her to see the bruise. John laughed and said, “How could I forget something like that, especially when it’s on my baby?” Nichole let out a laugh and hit John with a wet towel. Then before they knew it they were wrestling each other. “What happened to getting your shower?” Nichole asked John with a sarcastic tone. John looked at Nichole and said, “I couldn’t resist wrestling you!”
While John was in the shower Nichole decided to call Lori at the ranch. “Hello?” Lori answered. “Hey Lori! How are all the horses? What’s going on at the ranch?” Nichole started to bomb her sister with questions. “WAIT! How are you and John doing? Have you been having fun? What’s the weather been like for you?” Lori asked Nichole. “Well, the weather’s perfect. They aren’t predicting rain for the fireworks tonight. John and me have been just fine and having so much fun!” Nichole said filling Lori in on what they had been up to the past 3 days. “And tonight we are going to the beach and watching the fireworks. It will be so pretty above the river!” Nichole said to Lori. “Yeah I bet! Well Nichole as good as it was to talk to you I have to go get Carrie and feed her. I love you. Bye.” Lori said. “Bye!”
John decided that it was too boring sitting around at the hotel. It was already 2:00 in the afternoon. “Hey, pack a tote bag with you bathing suit, sun block, a towel, and snacks.” John told Nichole. “Why?” Nichole asked John with a confused frown. “Because we’re going to the beach and staying until the fireworks that way we have a good spot.” John said in a matter-of-fact tone.  They left the hotel 15 minutes later. John looked over at Nichole and smiled because she looked nice in her dark washed shorts, a new bright orange t-shirt, and her white purse. John put his arm around her shoulder and she smiled up at him. They had to make the best of tonight because tomorrow they started back home. Then they had a few days until they both started school.
On their way over to the beach Gretchen called. “So has anything happened between you two yet?” Gretchen asked right before her and Nichole hung up. “No, and I’m okay with that.” Nichole told Gretchen then said good-bye. Nichole looked over at John who gave her a questioning look. “Gretchen is full of herself!” Nichole said and then a burst of laughter came. They were about 5 minutes away from the beach. They had a cooler in the back of the escalade filled with drinks and snacks. Then they were going to have lunch on the beach.
The beach only had about 10 people there, so finding a good spot wasn’t hard. They set up their chairs, the cooler, and a big beach umbrella in this spot that wasn’t to close to the water or the trees, but still wasn’t in the middle of the hot sun.  They sat there and talked about the horses until about 4:30 when they both decided it was time for some lunch. John walked down to the Snack Shack and got them sandwiches. They sat at their spot and ate the sandwiches, grapes, cheese and crackers, and had waters to drink. The fireworks were supposed to start at 7:00 that evening. They talked about school, family, told stories to each other, and played some board games. The last game they played was monopoly and it lasted right up until the fireworks started. Right before the fireworks started John took the chairs and umbrella back to the car and brought back a couple of blankets to sit on and cover up with. Nichole and John sat on the blanket close to each other and put the covers over their shoulders.
The fireworks were magnificent and gigantic. When Nichole and John finally got back to the hotel they were tired and exhausted. Nichole didn’t want to tell John, but she hoped that he would recommend lying down in her bed in case of an “emergency.” In fact she loved having John cradle her in his strong arms. She wasn’t going to suggest it because she didn’t want John to feel like something was going to happen. After they brushed their teeth, changed, and washed their faces, they got ready for bed. “Hey, did you want me to sleep in your bed like I did last night?” John asked Nichole. The truth was that he prayed to god that she said yes. He loved the smell of her hair, the softness of her skin, and the sound of her soft breathing. “Yeah. It just makes me feel more secure.” Nichole said, but inside she was jumping for joy. Nichole snuggled up into John’s arms facing him.
He hesitantly kissed Nichole afraid that she would think that he wanted something more than a few kisses. Nichole hesitated before she kissed him back. He kissed her tentatively and ran his hand from her neck to the small of her back. Nichole deepened the kiss further by taking her hand and running it through dark his hair. They kissed a few more times and that was all that happened. “I love you!” Nichole told John. “And I love you too.” He said to her while brushing a strand of hair out of her eyes. Nichole turned over and snuggled against John’s firm chest. “So, have you been having a good time on this road trip?” John asked Nichole. “I’m with you aren’t I? “ Nichole said in a teasing tone. They both then slowly started to drift off to sleep with the thought of being together like this, maybe forever.
John woke up first. He slowly moved his arm out from under Nichole’s head, trying not to wake her up. It was around 10 in the morning. He loved her so much. “Well I guess I could go get a shower and get her up when I’m done,” John said softly to himself. John got in the shower and took his time. He would have to drive for quite some time before they stopped. It was a good thing he had already gone school shopping because when they got home they only had like 4 days until school started. When John got out of the shower he heard Nichole stirring around. He went over to the bed and sat down next to Nichole, whose eyes were still clouded with sleep. “Good morning! Sleep well?” He asked her. Nichole stretched and slowly shook her head yes. They had to leave the hotel before 1:30 that afternoon. John looked over at the clock and it read 10: 35 a.m. so they had plenty of time.
Nichole got a quick shower because she had to pack her suitcase before they left. Then she wanted to get some things together that she wanted in her backpack. They left the hotel around 12:00 that afternoon and stopped at the McDonald’s to get something to drink and a snack to eat.  They stopped about 300 miles and used the bathroom and filled the gas tank up. They had another 500 miles before they would stop again. They were delayed about an hour away from their exit because of a semi and car collision. It was 12:20 when they got into the room that early morning. They got a bedroom with a single bed because they were too tired to argue about who got what bed and they were getting use to sleeping in the same bed. They had to be up and checked out by 10:30 in the morning. Getting a good night's sleep would be wonderful. Nichole was lying there thinking about what could have happened when her and John had that little episode. She smiled softly at the thought.
They got up at eight’ o’clock and got their showers. It was good that they got lots of sleep because they weren’t stopping, other than rest stops and eating, until they got back to the ranch.  Nichole was driving first while John got some more shut-eye and then they would switch places when Nichole got tired. They had about 1200 miles to cover before they got home, so they could both do half and half. Nichole listened to the radio to keep her company while John slept. Nichole had her license and had some experience on driving and she hadn’t been in an accident since she has had her license, which is like almost a year. She drove about 700 miles before she traded places with John at like 10:30 that evening when they switched. John was to drive the rest of the way to the ranch.
It was about 10:30 the next morning when John woke Nichole up. They were in their hometown now and nearing the ranch fast. Nichole tried to wake herself up. When they pulled into the driveway everyone came rushing out of the house. After about 4 rounds of hugs they started to get Nichole’s things out of the car. “ You guys must be very tired. Why don’t you go lay down? John I’ll call your mom and tell her you’re here and I’ll invite her over for tea. Okay?” Lori said. Nichole and John went upstairs and had lain down. When Nichole woke up it was three ‘o’ clocks in the afternoon. She was still tired, but went to see if John was up yet. He was still sleeping in the guest room so she went and snuggled up close to John and slept till she heard John start to get up. They walked downstairs together and seen John’s mom sitting with Carrie and Lori eating some lunch. “Look, the prince and princess are finally up!” Lori said jokingly.
After John and his mom left Nichole went to the barn. Gypsy hung her head over the door and whinnied at Nichole. Nichole ran up to her and kissed her muzzle. Nichole grabbed a grooming kit and started to brush Nichole. “Hey! I have a question for you, Nichole started at her horse. Do you think Grandpa Jake will let John move in if I ask?” “YES.” Nichole looked at her horse. “Did you just talk?” Nichole asked Gypsy. “No, that was my voice.” Just then Jake came from the isle to Gypsy’s stall door. “Really?” Nichole asked Jake, astonished about what he was saying.  “I think it would be good for him to move in. I know you don’t like me to say this, but you need to take it easy and it would be better if both of you were here for the horses. John is a nice kid and I know you won’t do anything with him. Your smart.” Jake started to explain. Nichole was about to argue with Jake about taking it easy, but instead hugged him. “Thank you! I’ll ask him what he thinks about moving in tomorrow when he shows up for work.” Nichole said in astonishment.
The next day when John showed up Nichole told him her plan. He loved the idea and couldn’t believe that Jake had said yes. “So when can I start to move in?” He asked her. “Tomorrow would be perfect.” She told him with a smile on her face. He looked down into her eyes and kissed her. “I love you!” John said. He kissed her forehead and walked out of the feed room. Nichole walked over to Sara’s stall and put a lead line on her. “Did you know that you have a date with a 2 ton pound metal object?” Nichole asked Sara. Sara shook her head up and down like she was answering Nichole. All Nichole could do was laugh. After the lesson Nichole went to find John to see what chores were left to do. She found John at Native’s stall grooming him. “Hey, is there anything left to do?” She asked John. John stopped what he was doing and went to the stall door. “No. Everything is finished. I’m getting ready to go home and pack some things up. I’ll be back around 11:30 tonight. Is that okay?” John asked. “Sure. I’ll come down in let you in. Then I’ll help you move some things in. Sound good?” She asked him. John leaned over the half door and kissed Nichole affectionately. “I’ll be back in a little bit.” He said to her just barley an inch away from her lips.
John came back around eleven’ o’clock like he said he would. Nichole let him in and grabbed one of the two boxes from his truck. They took them up to his new bedroom. They started to unpack his things, putting them on the bookshelf. Then Nichole made the bed for him and sat on it. He came and sat down next to her. “Hey, what’s wrong?” He asked her, and then put his arm around her shoulder pulling her close to him. “Nothing. I was just thinking about the road trip. Thinking about the night you and I first slept in the same bed. How we had so much fun together.” Nichole said. By then John had leaned his head onto Nichole’s all the while rubbing her back. “You know what? I had so much fun on that road trip. I know your thinking that something could have happened and trust me, I really wanted it to happen, but I know it wasn’t what you wanted. I would never push you and if you wanted something, anything, I would give it to you if I could. Nichole, I love you with all my heart. No matter what happens between us.”
Nichole just sat there thinking. John basically read her mind and he said everything to comfort her. Just then there was a soft knock on the door. “Come in.” Nichole and John said at the same time. Lori came in with a sleepy face. “Did we wake you?” John asked. “No. I was up with Carrie. She’s got the stomach flu. So are you getting everything in okay?” “Of course.” John said to Lori in a happy tone. “Good. I’m going back downstairs. Try not to stay up too late you guys, okay?” Lori said in sleepy tone. “Alright. I promise we won’t stay up to late.” Nichole said to Lori in an encouraging tone and with that Lori left the room. Nichole got up from the bed and went over to John who was now standing next to the window. John wrapped his arm around Nichole’s back and Nichole locked her arms around his neck. They kissed passionately and Nichole pulled away. “Thank you, John. For everything you have done and the encouraging things you said to me before Lori came in. I can’t thank you enough.” Nichole said, then turning slowly to walk out of his room and go to hers. Then right before she got to the door John walked over to her and turned her towards him. Their lips met for the final time of the night. “I couldn’t let you walk out of here with out a goodnight’s kiss. Good night.” He said.

[maddie]

that was great!!   

[gypsyqp_19]

Thanks..

[gypsyqp_19]

The next morning John woke to the buzzing of his alarm. Time to go start on chores he thought. He slowly got dressed then walked down the stairs, but before he went down the stairs he went to check on Nichole. She wasn’t there. Where could she be? He thought to himself. When he went downstairs he found Nichole at the stove cooking eggs and bacon. “Morning.” She said to him. “Good morning. It smells delicious.” He said and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. “Lori and Tim took Carrie to the water park in Tennessee they won’t be back for 2 days. Now I’m in charge of breakfast.” Nichole told him and turned to kiss him. “It will be ready in 10 minutes, okay?” She said almost touching his lips. He gave her a short kiss and said, “I’ll just go give the horses their breakfast.” “Alright.” Nichole said remembering the eggs on the stove and turned her attention back to them.
John came in and sat down at the table. There was cantaloupe, two pitchers with orange juice and milk, and then Nichole came with two plates and sat one down in front of him. There was an egg sandwich on the plate and he looked up at Nichole, “Thank you,” he said to her. “Your welcome. I hope you like it.” She said to him and pulled her chair out and sat down. “Where’s Jake?” John asked curiously. “Oh, you didn’t hear him pull out earlier? One of his friend’s wives called and said that his friend had a heart attack early this morning.  He left around 6:30 this morning. He won’t be back for about 2 days, and that’s if his friend is doing any better.” Nichole explained. “Oh.  Well I hope his friend gets better.” John said trying to distract his mind from wondering to things he knew would never happen.
John and Nichole talked about what they had to do that day. John had to go to his house and pack some things to bring here later. Nichole and John tried to avoid each other, but that didn’t happen. Nichole went up to the hayloft to write in her diary where no one knew about this secret place she hid her diary. Well, while she was writing in it John came up there to get hay for the hay nets and seen her diary. So of course he got to read some of it. “Okay you have read enough.” Nichole said to John who had only read 3 pages. “Wait, I love this part. It was so nice snuggling up to his firm chest. I felt so safe.” John said in a mocking voice of Nichole. Then he leaned over and kissed her. “You know what?” Nichole asked John. “What?” He answered with his head still leaned against hers’.  “You still need to fill the hay nets!” She said and that’s when John noticed she didn’t have her diary with her anymore. Then she got up and quickly walked down the stairs to the barn isle.
John looked over the edge of the hayloft and seen Nichole running down the isle of the barn. “Hey, where are you going?” He yelled to her. “You’ll just have to come and find me!” She said laughing. What is she up to John thought? John went down the stairs and went out of the barn to try and find Nichole. She wasn’t near the barn or in the barn so she could only be in the house. “What is she doing?” John said to himself. When he went in the house he seen a note on the table and this is what it read, “John, go upstairs and change. Try to put on something decent, we’re going to go somewhere. Meet me by your truck in 20 minutes. Love, Nichole.” John was totally confused. He didn’t know what was going on.
John meet Nichole at his truck 20 minutes later. He found her with his truck running and her in the driver’s seat. “Where are we going?” He asked curiously. “You’ll see,” was all she said. It took John about 5 minutes to find out where they were going. They were going to his house, but why. When Nichole pulled in the empty driveway. John asked, “Why are we at my house?” “Because you got to read my diary and I know you have a journal.” She said with a challenging look. “How do you know I have a journal?” “Well, while we were on the road trip, you left your journal at the top of your suitcase and I saw it.” Nichole explained. John’s face turned pale and Nichole quickly assured him that she didn’t read any of it. “Okay. Lets go up to my room and your can read some of it. Just a few pages thought.” John said as he dug in his pocket for his house key.
Nichole read some of his journal and was pleased with some of the compliments he gave about her in it. They ate lunch at his house and then decided that they wanted to go and see a movie. After the movie they headed back to the ranch to get back to work. Nichole wanted to put in a session with Sara. She still needs to go up and down the ramp with less tension. I just hope that her having a break to let her know that we aren’t going to rush her helped. She went to the barn and into Sara’s tack room. She grabbed a lead rope and halter. “Hey John will you go park the trailer at the ring?” Nichole asked him walking Sara to the other training ring. “Sure.” He answered back. Nichole walked Sara into the ring where the trailer was parked. She had carrots in her back pocket as a reward for Sara. Nichole was walking Sara toward the trailer when she felt the lead rope go taught. “Come on Sara. I promise nothing is going to scare you.” Nichole said trying to encourage Sara to go up to the trailer ramp.
The session went wonderful. Sara walked up the ramp and then backed down without breaking a sweat. She was coming around. “Hey are you ready for some dinner?” Nichole asked John as he walked by Sara’s stall. “Yeah. I’m kind of hungry.” He answered back as he set the wheel barrel down. “Okay. I’ll go fix something. Let me just finish up with Sara’s grooming and then I’ll go start some dinner.” Nichole said turning her attention back to grooming Sara. She put away the grooming kit and headed to the feed room. John and me will finish the feeds then head into the house to look through the recipe book for something to eat.
They found something that sounded really good, Chicken marinated in a tangy sauce lain on top of white rice. While Nichole worked on supper John worked on the dessert. They were going to make chocolate chip cookies in the next few days to have for the group when they got back, considering that they started school in 3 days. John made a chocolate pudding pie with a graham cracker crust, delicious. They had to make dinner one last time for their selves before Lori would be home to cook for them on their first day of school. After they ate supper and some dessert they washed the dishes.
They had to be in bed by 10:30 that night because the Ferrier was coming around nine’ o’clock in the morning. By the time they finally got up it was about 5:30 when Nichole got up and went to start on the morning feeds. When she opened up the barn door to start distributing feeds the horses looked over their half doors sleepily. As she gave out the feeds she said hi to all the horses. She gave feeds and started on the mucking out. After she got done with the third or fourth John walked in. “Is it already 7:00?” Nichole asked John. “Yeah. You started an early morning. What stalls need to be mucked out still?” He asked with a bright smile on his face. “Um. Lets see, the 6 stalls on the other side and the one at the end. I had a little trouble getting to bed and then when I did I couldn’t sleep long. So I take it you slept well?” Nichole asked John with a teasing smile on her face. “Of course. I slept like a horse.” John said. Then they broke into laughter.
Nichole headed inside to call Gretchen. They started school in 3 days, really one if you didn’t count today. “Hello?” Gretchen answered. “Hey, what are you doing today?” Nichole asked her best friend. “Nothing really. Seth is here to hang out, but that’s about it. Why?” “Well would you and Seth like to come over and go for a trail ride later on today?” Nichole asked hoping that her friend would say yes. “Hang on. Let me ask Seth.” There was a pause and then Gretchen talked again. “Yeah. Well be over in about 2 hours. Sound good?” Gretchen said. “Yeah. Just make sure you have a bathing suit and a drink. Okay?” Nichole told Gretchen. Good thing that she couldn’t see through the phone because Gretchen would be able to see the mischievous look in Nichole’s eyes. “Good. I’ll see you about 11 this afternoon.” Nichole said ending the conversation.
Nichole went to the cabinet to look for some muffin mix. She grabbed down a package of wild berry muffin mix and set to work making them. About ten minutes later she headed to the barn with a couple of muffins for her and John. “Hey are you hungry?” Nichole asked John who was in the feed room mixing a supplement for Native. Native hurt his leg in the pasture, so they were giving him some supplements to help the wounds heal properly.  “You bet I am. Let me just give this to Native.” John said looking to see what smelt so good. “Okay.” Nichole said going over to the new tack room table set. John came back and sat down. “Hey, Gretchen and Seth are coming over later to go for a trail ride. Is that okay with you?” Nichole asked with a hopeful glance at him. “Sure. You could ride Gypsy, Gretchen on Bella, Seth on Sara, and me on Major.” John said to Nichole. “Sounds good to me. I’ll just go bring in Major and Bella from the pasture. They could use a good grooming before they get here.” Nichole said getting up from the table to grab a couple of halters and lead lines. Nichole brought in the two horses and started to groom them.
John was grooming Major and Nichole was grooming Gypsy when Seth and Gretchen pulled in. “Hey John. What’s up? Did you get that thing you told me you wanted to get?” Seth asked going over to John. “Not much. Yeah, I went and bought it. What about you?” John asked Seth with a questioning look. “Me either. Just been hanging with Gretchen. I’ve decided to buy one as well.” Seth answered. “Hey John. We’re going up to the house to change. Do you want me to grab your swimming trunks from your dresser?” Nichole asked while standing in the doorway with Gretchen. “Yeah. Will you grab them? I’ll change in the barn bathroom before we leave.”  John said to Nichole giving her a quick smile. “Of course I will.” Nichole said smiling back at him and heading for the house.

Once Nichole and Gretchen were in her room Gretchen bombarded Nichole with questions. “Come on Nichole. You can’t tell me that it isn’t a joy having your boyfriend living under the same roof as you!” Gretchen exclaimed. Nichole smiled over at Gretchen from her dresser all the while her cheeks turning red. “Yeah. It’s nice being able to cuddle up in his arms when I feel scared or how he holds me when I feel bad. Like I said though, nothing has happened and we plan to keep it that way for sometime.” Nichole said dreamingly, but still being serious about the topic. “So, I over heard Seth saying that he’s been hanging over at your house a lot these last few days before school started.” Nichole said turning the attention over to her friend.  “Don’t worry! Nothing has happened. We’ve talked about it, but we’ve decided not to do anything. We don’t want to rush each other into something we may regret. Kind of like you and John.” Gretchen started to tell Nichole.
Nichole went to the bathroom to change into her horseshoe bathing suit she got on her trip with John. Nichole came out of the bathroom and Gretchen whistled a toward Nichole’s way. Nichole looked up at her and Gretchen said, “I don’t know if I want you to wear that in front of my boyfriend.” She said seriously, and then they both broke into laughter. Nichole grabbed her jeans and shirt and threw them on. Then they headed over to John’s room. “Hang on. I just have to grab his swimming trunks and we can go back down to the barn.” Nichole went into John’s room and got his swimming trunks. They had just painted his room a few days ago. “Ready to go to the barn?” Nichole asked Gretchen.
They headed down to the barn and while John changed into his trunks. After John changed they went over to the mounting post and mounted. They rode all the way to the big waterfall exchanging funny stories on the way to their favorite spot. “You should have seen my face when I saw that face in the haunted woods.” Seth exclaimed telling them about a Halloween story. They were just a few minutes from the spot and they all knew it. “Hey, lets canter.” Nichole suggested since the trail opened up even wider. They cantered the rest of the way there and dismounted. They tied the horse to the trees and headed over to the waterfall. “I just love this waterfall.” Gretchen said admiringly, all the while looking at the waterfall. They all sat down around the pool at the bottom of the waterfall. “It’s just so peaceful here.” Nichole said listening to the birds singing in the background that gave the woods an enchanting feel.


Hope you like it... tell me what you all think...
Don't hesitate even if you don't like  it...

[maddie]

its still great

[scarlett]

That's relly good!!  I'm into writing stories too!!

[gypsyqp_19]

I'm sorry for not posting in a while. Things have been more than a little hectic in life. Busy as a bee... I'm gonna try to post more regularly.

Scarlett,
Why don't you make a post that has your stories.. I would be more than glad to comment on them..

Maddie,
Thanks.. I'm glad you like it..

[gypsyqp_19]

The next morning John woke to the buzzing of his alarm. Time to go start on chores he thought. He slowly got dressed then walked down the stairs, but before he went down the stairs he went to check on Nichole. She wasn’t there. Where could she be? He thought to himself. When he went downstairs he found Nichole at the stove cooking eggs and bacon. “Morning.” She said to him. “Good morning. It smells delicious.” He said and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. “Lori and Tim took Carrie to the water park in Tennessee they won’t be back for 2 days. Now I’m in charge of breakfast.” Nichole told him and turned to kiss him. “It will be ready in 10 minutes, okay?” She said almost touching his lips. He gave her a short kiss and said, “I’ll just go give the horses their breakfast.” “Alright.” Nichole said remembering the eggs on the stove and turned her attention back to them.
John came in and sat down at the table. There was cantaloupe, two pitchers with orange juice and milk, and then Nichole came with two plates and sat one down in front of him. There was an egg sandwich on the plate and he looked up at Nichole, “Thank you,” he said to her. “Your welcome. I hope you like it.” She said to him and pulled her chair out and sat down. “Where’s Jake?” John asked curiously. “Oh, you didn’t hear him pull out earlier? One of his friend’s wives called and said that his friend had a heart attack early this morning.  He left around 6:30 this morning. He won’t be back for about 2 days, and that’s if his friend is doing any better.” Nichole explained. “Oh.  Well I hope his friend gets better.” John said trying to distract his mind from wondering to things he knew would never happen.
John and Nichole talked about what they had to do that day. John had to go to his house and pack some things to bring here later. Nichole and John tried to avoid each other, but that didn’t happen. Nichole went up to the hayloft to write in her diary where no one knew about this secret place she hid her diary. Well, while she was writing in it John came up there to get hay for the hay nets and seen her diary. So of course he got to read some of it. “Okay you have read enough.” Nichole said to John who had only read 3 pages. “Wait, I love this part. It was so nice snuggling up to his firm chest. I felt so safe.” John said in a mocking voice of Nichole. Then he leaned over and kissed her. “You know what?” Nichole asked John. “What?” He answered with his head still leaned against hers’.  “You still need to fill the hay nets!” She said and that’s when John noticed she didn’t have her diary with her anymore. Then she got up and quickly walked down the stairs to the barn isle.
John looked over the edge of the hayloft and seen Nichole running down the isle of the barn. “Hey, where are you going?” He yelled to her. “You’ll just have to come and find me!” She said laughing. What is she up to John thought? John went down the stairs and went out of the barn to try and find Nichole. She wasn’t near the barn or in the barn so she could only be in the house. “What is she doing?” John said to himself. When he went in the house he seen a note on the table and this is what it read, “John, go upstairs and change. Try to put on something decent, we’re going to go somewhere. Meet me by your truck in 20 minutes. Love, Nichole.” John was totally confused. He didn’t know what was going on.
John meet Nichole at his truck 20 minutes later. He found her with his truck running and her in the driver’s seat. “Where are we going?” He asked curiously. “You’ll see,” was all she said. It took John about 5 minutes to find out where they were going. They were going to his house, but why. When Nichole pulled in the empty driveway. John asked, “Why are we at my house?” “Because you got to read my diary and I know you have a journal.” She said with a challenging look. “How do you know I have a journal?” “Well, while we were on the road trip, you left your journal at the top of your suitcase and I saw it.” Nichole explained. John’s face turned pale and Nichole quickly assured him that she didn’t read any of it. “Okay. Lets go up to my room and your can read some of it. Just a few pages thought.” John said as he dug in his pocket for his house key.
Nichole read some of his journal and was pleased with some of the compliments he gave about her in it. They ate lunch at his house and then decided that they wanted to go and see a movie. After the movie they headed back to the ranch to get back to work. Nichole wanted to put in a session with Sara. She still needs to go up and down the ramp with less tension. I just hope that her having a break to let her know that we aren’t going to rush her helped. She went to the barn and into Sara’s tack room. She grabbed a lead rope and halter. “Hey John will you go park the trailer at the ring?” Nichole asked him walking Sara to the other training ring. “Sure.” He answered back. Nichole walked Sara into the ring where the trailer was parked. She had carrots in her back pocket as a reward for Sara. Nichole was walking Sara toward the trailer when she felt the lead rope go taught. “Come on Sara. I promise nothing is going to scare you.” Nichole said trying to encourage Sara to go up to the trailer ramp.
The session went wonderful. Sara walked up the ramp and then backed down without breaking a sweat. She was coming around. “Hey are you ready for some dinner?” Nichole asked John as he walked by Sara’s stall. “Yeah. I’m kind of hungry.” He answered back as he set the wheel barrel down. “Okay. I’ll go fix something. Let me just finish up with Sara’s grooming and then I’ll go start some dinner.” Nichole said turning her attention back to grooming Sara. She put away the grooming kit and headed to the feed room. John and me will finish the feeds then head into the house to look through the recipe book for something to eat.
They found something that sounded really good, Chicken marinated in a tangy sauce lain on top of white rice. While Nichole worked on supper John worked on the dessert. They were going to make chocolate chip cookies in the next few days to have for the group when they got back, considering that they started school in 3 days. John made a chocolate pudding pie with a graham cracker crust, delicious. They had to make dinner one last time for their selves before Lori would be home to cook for them on their first day of school. After they ate supper and some dessert they washed the dishes.
They had to be in bed by 10:30 that night because the Ferrier was coming around nine’ o’clock in the morning. By the time they finally got up it was about 5:30 when Nichole got up and went to start on the morning feeds. When she opened up the barn door to start distributing feeds the horses looked over their half doors sleepily. As she gave out the feeds she said hi to all the horses. She gave feeds and started on the mucking out. After she got done with the third or fourth John walked in. “Is it already 7:00?” Nichole asked John. “Yeah. You started an early morning. What stalls need to be mucked out still?” He asked with a bright smile on his face. “Um. Lets see, the 6 stalls on the other side and the one at the end. I had a little trouble getting to bed and then when I did I couldn’t sleep long. So I take it you slept well?” Nichole asked John with a teasing smile on her face. “Of course. I slept like a horse.” John said. Then they broke into laughter.
Nichole headed inside to call Gretchen. They started school in 3 days, really one if you didn’t count today. “Hello?” Gretchen answered. “Hey, what are you doing today?” Nichole asked her best friend. “Nothing really. Seth is here to hang out, but that’s about it. Why?” “Well would you and Seth like to come over and go for a trail ride later on today?” Nichole asked hoping that her friend would say yes. “Hang on. Let me ask Seth.” There was a pause and then Gretchen talked again. “Yeah. Well be over in about 2 hours. Sound good?” Gretchen said. “Yeah. Just make sure you have a bathing suit and a drink. Okay?” Nichole told Gretchen. Good thing that she couldn’t see through the phone because Gretchen would be able to see the mischievous look in Nichole’s eyes. “Good. I’ll see you about 11 this afternoon.” Nichole said ending the conversation.

More more more.. And yes there is still yet more to come.. lol! I hope you enjoy reading my story and if you want to make comments on it, feel free to.. I won't mind..
 

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Nichole went to the cabinet to look for some muffin mix. She grabbed down a package of wild berry muffin mix and set to work making them. About ten minutes later she headed to the barn with a couple of muffins for her and John. “Hey are you hungry?” Nichole asked John who was in the feed room mixing a supplement for Native. Native hurt his leg in the pasture, so they were giving him some supplements to help the wounds heal properly.  “You bet I am. Let me just give this to Native.” John said looking to see what smelt so good. “Okay.” Nichole said going over to the new tack room table set. John came back and sat down. “Hey, Gretchen and Seth are coming over later to go for a trail ride. Is that okay with you?” Nichole asked with a hopeful glance at him. “Sure. You could ride Gypsy, Gretchen on Bella, Seth on Sara, and me on Major.” John said to Nichole. “Sounds good to me. I’ll just go bring in Major and Bella from the pasture. They could use a good grooming before they get here.” Nichole said getting up from the table to grab a couple of halters and lead lines. Nichole brought in the two horses and started to groom them.
John was grooming Major and Nichole was grooming Gypsy when Seth and Gretchen pulled in. “Hey John. What’s up? Did you get that thing you told me you wanted to get?” Seth asked going over to John. “Not much. Yeah, I went and bought it. What about you?” John asked Seth with a questioning look. “Me either. Just been hanging with Gretchen. I’ve decided to buy one as well.” Seth answered. “Hey John. We’re going up to the house to change. Do you want me to grab your swimming trunks from your dresser?” Nichole asked while standing in the doorway with Gretchen. “Yeah. Will you grab them? I’ll change in the barn bathroom before we leave.”  John said to Nichole giving her a quick smile. “Of course I will.” Nichole said smiling back at him and heading for the house.

Once Nichole and Gretchen were in her room Gretchen bombarded Nichole with questions. “Come on Nichole. You can’t tell me that it isn’t a joy having your boyfriend living under the same roof as you!” Gretchen exclaimed. Nichole smiled over at Gretchen from her dresser all the while her cheeks turning red. “Yeah. It’s nice being able to cuddle up in his arms when I feel scared or how he holds me when I feel bad. Like I said though, nothing has happened and we plan to keep it that way for sometime.” Nichole said dreamingly, but still being serious about the topic. “So, I over heard Seth saying that he’s been hanging over at your house a lot these last few days before school started.” Nichole said turning the attention over to her friend.  “Don’t worry! Nothing has happened. We’ve talked about it, but we’ve decided not to do anything. We don’t want to rush each other into something we may regret. Kind of like you and John.” Gretchen started to tell Nichole.
Nichole went to the bathroom to change into her horseshoe bathing suit she got on her trip with John. Nichole came out of the bathroom and Gretchen whistled a toward Nichole’s way. Nichole looked up at her and Gretchen said, “I don’t know if I want you to wear that in front of my boyfriend.” She said seriously, and then they both broke into laughter. Nichole grabbed her jeans and shirt and threw them on. Then they headed over to John’s room. “Hang on. I just have to grab his swimming trunks and we can go back down to the barn.” Nichole went into John’s room and got his swimming trunks. They had just painted his room a few days ago. “Ready to go to the barn?” Nichole asked Gretchen.
They headed down to the barn and while John changed into his trunks. After John changed they went over to the mounting post and mounted. They rode all the way to the big waterfall exchanging funny stories on the way to their favorite spot. “You should have seen my face when I saw that face in the haunted woods.” Seth exclaimed telling them about a Halloween story. They were just a few minutes from the spot and they all knew it. “Hey, lets canter.” Nichole suggested since the trail opened up even wider. They cantered the rest of the way there and dismounted. They tied the horse to the trees and headed over to the waterfall. “I just love this waterfall.” Gretchen said admiringly, all the while looking at the waterfall. They all sat down around the pool at the bottom of the waterfall. “It’s just so peaceful here.” Nichole said listening to the birds singing in the background that gave the woods an enchanting feel.
“You guys want to go for a swim? The water feels warm.” John said. He had just moved to the edge and put his feet in the pool of water.  John turned and looked over at the others. They were running towards him getting ready to do cannon balls into the water. What Nichole and Gretchen didn’t know was what was coming after they got done swimming. What a shock they had coming towards them. After they got done swimming John looked at Seth and nodded his head towards Seth’s way. Seth nodded and John said, “Hey, Seth do you think you could walk down to the horses and help me get the towels out of the saddle bags?” Seth caught the excuse and said yes. They headed down to the horse and they rummaged through the saddlebags for their surprises for the girls. They headed back to the girls and John and Seth carefully placed a folded towel in each of the girl’s laps. The girls exchanged suspicious glances with each other and carefully unfolded each of the towels. Nichole looked up at John as a ring box fell out of the unfolded horse towel. Nichole and Gretchen opened the boxes together and looked at each other when two gorgeous promise rings twinkling in the glistening sun. They looked up at the boys who now had flushed cheeks. John sat down next to Nichole and took the ring from her hand and asked her to hold out her hand. He slid it down her finger and then leaned over and kissed her inventively. They headed back to the house, the two girls feeling happily content.
When they got home Tim’s car was sitting in the driveway. “He must have not had to get through a lot of traffic on their way home.” Nichole guessed. They cooled down the horses in the round pen and then rubbed them down. They headed into the barn laughing about Major blowing snot and sweat all over Seth. He started to chase Gretchen through the barn. She wanted to scream, but instead ended up laughing when he caught her. They headed into the house to get something to eat making sure to be quiet when they entered in case Carrie was asleep. After the other three sat down Nichole snuck down to Tim and Lori’s room and sure enough Tim, Lori, and Carrie all laid fast asleep on the bed. Nichole headed back to the kitchen and looked through the cabinets for something to eat.
Getting out cookie mixes the group set to work make a couple of dozens of cookies to eat. Laughing lightly and quietly they mixed and made a mess in the kitchen. When they were done they all had sorts of cookie plastered on them. They sat down in a huff after they finished cleaning up the mess. “You guys. I think we got more cookie batter on ourselves then on the pans.” John said through a smile promising laughter after what he had said. They got the cookies out and placed them on cooling rack. They turned off the stove and decided to go back outside. Nichole and Gretchen walked with each other to the pond about 5 minutes in the other direction of the trail they went on earlier.
“I can’t believe they got us promise rings!” Gretchen exclaimed. “Me either! I was so shocked to get it. I never noticed, but my diamond has my favorite colored tint to it. It’s orange.” Nichole said as she examined the ring further. “Hey, mine has a lime green tint to it. That’s my favorite color! That was so sweet of them to do that for us!” Gretchen said all teary eyed. They sat and talked about the boys and what school would be like when they went back as sophomores and the boys are going to be juniors. “Can’t you just see the look on Sarah’s face when we walk in dating the two cutest boys in the whole school!” Gretchen said. Sarah was a very popular girl that always snubbed the girls. And it was true that the guys were the only cute boys throughout the whole college that also played football. “Yeah. I’ll be sure to hold John’s hand when I walk into the school,” she said.

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They walked back to find John and Seth playing cards in the barn. “So did you guys have a nice walk?” John said looking up from his cards. “Of course. We talked about you guys, school, and god knows that we talked about going shopping for the perfect first day outfit.” Nichole said smiling down at John. “Hey, we should get going. I told your dad I would have you home by 4:30 this evening.” Seth said to Gretchen. Gretchen looked down at her watch and read 4:20 p.m. “Okay. Let’s get going.” Nichole and John waved them off and went into the house.  They decided to get all dressed to go out to eat with Tim, Lori, and Carrie. Nichole was glad that all the rooms had their own bathrooms that way they could all hurry. While Nichole was getting dressed she noticed that her pants and shirts were a little bit baggy on her. Maybe its because I’ve been running around so much Nichole though to herself.
She meet them all down the in the kitchen. John looked really good in his dark wash pants, and a dark blue shirt that outlined his muscular built body. Nichole also had on her favorite dark washed jeans, a pink cami, and a dark pink jacket on. They were going downtown to their favorite restaurant.  They got a table and Nichole ordered the buffet like everyone else did and went up to the buffet with John. “Hey, have you lose weight?” John asked Nichole. Nichole looked at him and said, “Yeah, I think it’s from running around so much and everything. I have a doctor’s appointment at the end of the second day of school. Don’t worry about me.” Nichole said brushing off his concern. “Okay, but I’m still going to worry about you.” John said leaning down and kissing her lightly.
They ate and after that since it was a Saturday Nichole and John decided to catch a movie. After the movie Nichole and John headed home going on the back roads driving slowly to look at the deer in the fields. They got home about 7:30 that evening and Grandpa Jake was home. Nichole and John headed to the kitchen and sat down with Tim and Lori as Grandpa Jake explained what happened. Come to find his friend has congested heart failure. “His wife hired a nurse to stay with him while she goes to work. She thanked me and told me that they got things under control.” Jake said to end the conversation.  Nichole went up to her room and changed into her pajamas. After she changed and started to pull the covers back for tonight she heard a faint knock on her bedroom door. She walked over to her door and found John there. “Can I come in?” He asked looking at her intently. “Of course you can.” Nichole said slightly blushing.
He came in and sat down at her desk. “Are you excited about school starting in 1 ½ days?” He asked. “I guess. I don’t think I can get use to not working with the horses all day though.” She said smiling. John let out a small laugh. Nichole looked at her bedside clock and seen that it was just now 10:00 in the evening. “Hey do you want to play a game of cards?” John asked. “Sure. Do you have chips to play with?” Nichole said giving him a challenging look. “Of course. I’ll go grab it and something valuable.” John said. When John came back he and Nichole had the same idea as something valuable. They both wrote on a piece of paper that the winner could read some pages of their diaries.
They ended up not finishing their game. They stayed up and talked about the road trip and the past week. John got up and walked to the door, “I’m going to bed. Okay?”  Nichole ran over to him and he caught her in his arms. She bent down and tenderly kissed him. “I couldn’t let you leave before I gave you one last kiss. Could I?” Nichole asked John teasingly. John leaned downed and kissed Nichole. “You know. I love to know that you’re the last thing I see when I go to bed.” John said to her. Nichole blushed and looked into John’s eyes. She was trying to decide if she wanted to tell John her deepest fear about her and him. She decided against it since all of her family was at home. I’ll just tell him when nobody is home except us.
She kissed John one final time then went over to her bed and slid under the covers. He switched off her light and said goodnight one last time. She lay looking up at her canopy. I just love him so much she thought to herself. I can’t wait for school to start. What would it be like? What if she got sick again while she was in school? Who knew what people would say once they found out that she had a form of cancer? She didn’t know what was going to happen at school and didn’t want to dwell on the thought. She just wanted to think about how much she had to do before Monday morning.
When she got up it was still kind of dark and her clock read 6:17 a.m. She decided to get an early start working. She pulled on a pair of barn pants and an old t-shirt. She pulled her hair up and headed downstairs to grab a muffin from the bowl. She went out to the barn and started filling the feed buckets with mashes, bran, and feeds with powders in them. She distributed the feeds and began to muck out stalls. She had all of the stalls, but one finished when John came out. “You sure did get an early start.” “Yeah. We have so much to do before school starts and I wanted to get an early start.” John nodded and grabbed the pitchfork from Nichole and mucked the last stall.
“Okay. Now those things are done. What do we need to do before tomorrow?” John asked Nichole. “We need to get the hay in the loft moved to the one end so it won’t be such a hassle to work with. Then we need to clean some of the tack, sweep the yard, and a million other things that I can’t think of.” Nichole said. “Okay. Calm down. We can get it done, so don’t worry.” John said reassuringly to Nichole. He turned Nichole to face him and tilted her head up and kissed her. “Why are you so jittery?” John asked Nichole. “Well, everyone probably knows that I have cancer and I don’t want to be the talk of the gossip mill. That’s all.” Nichole said.” Don’t worry about what people say Nichole. I’m going to stick next to your side no matter what! Don’t let anyone tell you different. I gave you that promise ring for a reason and I intend on keeping that promise.” John said. Nichole moved the ring on her finger.
Nichole got up at 5:00 Monday morning and got in the shower. She put on her new pair of dark wash trousers with a red cami and brown jacket over it. Then she slipped on her new red high heels. She loved walking in her heels whenever she got the chance. She put on a little mascara and foundation. Then she put on a little bit of shiny lip-gloss. She pulled her hair half way up and curled the ends. Her red earrings and necklace really pulled the whole outfit together. With one final look in the mirror she headed down stairs to get some breakfast. John let out a low whistle when she game down the stairs and Nichole smiled at him.  He looked so good in a dark green shirt and dark jeans. “You don’t look so bad yourself.” Nichole said going over to him and kissing his forehead.
Her and John walked into school holding hands with everyone looking at them. Nichole held her head high and just ignored them. They had first, second, and fourth periods together. Things were going smoothly and Nichole got plenty of compliments on her outfit. She didn’t have to ride the bus because Lori planned on picking her up everyday afterschool. Nichole said that she didn’t mind riding the bus, but Lori insisted that it wouldn’t be a problem because she would go from the college to Carrie’s new daycare.  Nichole didn’t have any homework since it was her first day. “Where’s John?” Jake asked when Nichole came downstairs changed into her barn clothes. “He has football practice everyday afterschool until the season is over.” Nichole told Jake.
She headed out to start a session with Sara. She still had to go through one more test, staying calm in the trailer while it was moving. Nichole asked Jake to meet her at the ring in 15 minutes. She did join up with Sara then she took her in and out of the trailer, Sara was going really easily. Then Nichole met Jake at the fence. “Are you ready for me to pull the trailer?” Jake asked Nichole. Nichole nodded and turned her attention back to Sara. She encouraged Sara to go into the trailer and then closed the ramp. She went up to the tack area and started to soothe Sara. Nichole hit the truck bed from the window to let Jake know that she was ready for him to start to move. Sara looked anxious, but started to relax when the trailer got onto the pavement. Nichole hit the truck bed to tell Jake to stop. She unloaded Sara and made a fuss over how good Sara was. “Sara, your such a good horse.” Nichole praised Sara patting her and giving her a horse cookie.
“You did good.” Jake told Nichole. “Thank you. I know she’s not completely cured of her fear, but we’re making good progress. “ Nichole said brushing his comment off. She led Sara back to her stall and unclipped the lead rope giving Sara one last horse cookie before she left. She went to start mucking out stalls. She grabbed a wheelbarrow and a pitchfork and started at the end of the barn. She had about the fourth stall finished and she heard John pull in. She walked out to his truck to ask how practice was. “Hey! How was practice?” Nichole asked John. “Great. Since I kept busy during the summer I didn’t get out of shape too much,” he said smiling.
John went up to his bedroom and took a quick shower and put on barn clothes.  He went out to the barn and met up with Nichole to find out what needed to be done. “What needs to be done?” John asked. “Well the 6 stalls on the left hand side need to be mucked out then I need some help on the evening feeds. That’s about it.” Nichole said. She turned and got back to work on the stall she was mucking out. John thought Nichole was kind of keeping to herself, but didn’t tell her so. He went and started on the on the other stalls.
At supper everyone was asking how Nichole and John’s first day went. About fifty questions were asked. Nichole went and got in the bathtub after supper and was sitting there thinking. The tub was filled almost all the way to the top with bubbles and there were candles lit all around the edges of the bath. She heard a soft knock oh her bathroom door. She didn’t freak out because nobody could have seen her because the bubbles hid her body completely. “Come in.” Nichole said.  John opened up the door and said, “are you decent?” “Yeah. You can’t see anything. Come on in.” Nichole said, pleased that he just didn’t come barging in on her. “Hey, what’s up? You seemed kind of distracted and upset about something when I got here and over supper. What’s wrong? Did someone say something to you at school?” John asked her with a very concerned and serious face. “ Nobody said anything to me today, don’t worry. I’m just worried about what the doctors will say about the cancer tomorrow, that’s all.” Nichole said all the while staring down into the bubbles.
“Hey, don’t worry about what the doctors will say. You’ve already licked this thing once and I know you can do it again. You’re strong and stubborn. If anyone can fight this thing I know it’s you,” he said to her with a gentle smile on his face. Nichole smiled up and looked up at his handsome features and all she could do was smile. He had beautiful lightning blue eyes and when they looked you straight in the face all you could do was be happy.   “I’ll try not to worry to much about it. Okay?” Nichole said. “Good. I don’t like you worrying about it. I just know you’re going to be okay. He said then got up and went over to the bathroom door. He looked back at her and said, “You know that I’ll be next to your side no matter what. Right?” When Nichole nodded he smiled and left.
Nichole finally got to sleep about 10:30 that night. She slept through the night and got up fully refreshed. She got up and took the curlers out of her hair. She put on a pair of jeans and a shirt that she got a Hollister and then put on her sweater jacket. She grabbed her brand new pair of slip on shoes and headed downstairs. John wasn’t down yet so she waited to eat and talked to Lori about their plans afterschool. John came down the stairs and him and Nichole ate a muffin and had a glass of orange juice. “Come on. Lets get going. I don’t want to be late on the second day of school.” He said smiling at Nichole. He didn’t want her to keep thinking about her appointment.
When they got to school they had about 30 minutes to get things together and get ready for class. Her and John went to her locker and she grabbed her things. Then on the way to John’s locker, John asked Nichole, “Are you scared about today?” She had been quite almost all the way to school and John knew it was because of her appointment today. He couldn’t go with her because he had practice for a little league some of the college boys set up. They didn’t play any real big games, but they practiced like they did. “What do you think? Nichole snapped then her faced turned sad. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to snap at you. I’m just scared about what they will say. I don’t want to ever go through that stuff again. You seen me, I looked and felt horrible. And… I don’t want the same thing that happened last time to happen again.” Nichole explained. “Nichole, you can’t think negative about the situation. Besides I didn’t think you looked horrible last time. You were the same person inside and out! And if they find something they can take care of it and then you can get on with your life. Just think of it like that. You can’t think negative.” John said trying to make her feel better.  With that they walked to their normal meeting spot where they all walked down to their class. Thankfully they all had the same first and second classes.
In third hour Gretchen leaned over after the teacher gave the assignment and asked, “Hey? What’s on your mind? You seem kind of distracted.” “Well, afterschool I have a doctors appointment and they’re going to tell me why I reacted to the treatments. I really don’t want to go, but I kind of have to, don’t I? John has been trying to cheer me up all morning.” Nichole said smiling at how her boyfriend was trying so hard to make her feel happy. They got to work on the assignment. Finally the bell rang for lunch and Nichole and Gretchen met up with the boys. They all headed over to the lunchroom to eat their lunches.
After lunch Nichole and John headed over to their next class together. “Oh man! I forgot my pencil in the lunchroom.” Nichole said all the while rummaging through her backpack and purse. “Here I have one you can have,” John said giving her a pencil. Before Nichole could say thank you the teacher walked in and started to explain about the assignment. She turned and looked at John and mouthed a thank you while the teacher was writing the assignment on the board. She smiled and she just made out a your welcome. When the bell finally wrung she got up and walked out into the hallway with John. After they said goodbye to Gretchen who had to be up at the clinic she worked at, and Seth went to the locker room to get ready, John walked Nichole to the front door of the school where Lori waited in the parking lot. “ Hey. I don’t want you to worry about what they say at the doctor’s office, okay? I wish I could go with you, but you know how coach is about practices.” John said. “I’ll try not to and I will fill you in on it all when you get home from practice.” Nichole said. Then John leaned downed and kissed her lips gently.
Nichole headed out to the parking lot and spotted Lori’s trailblazer right away. She opened the back door and sat her bag down then got into the front seat. She clicked her seatbelt in and turned to say hi to Carrie. Carrie smiled and said, “Hi Aunty Nichole.” Nichole turned back around and started to concentrate on what needed to been done at the ranch. Nichole had been caught up in her thoughts she didn’t even hear Lori turn the engine off. “Nichole, were at the doctor’s office. Are you ready to go in?” Lori asked, almost tentatively like Nichole was afraid to go in. Nichole shook her head and opened the door of the car. “Let’s go in.” She said to Lori who had Carrie balanced on her hip.

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Oh, please post the next part the next chance you get! Its really amazing!!! I love it.

My onl y problem wiht it is some of the horse facts, some a sketchy and then some are kinda off like she gives them their feed then cleans the stall...but the horse would eat in their stall so she couldnt do the stall right after giving out the feed. Sry that just kinda bugged me but none of that really matters uness u decide to publish it.

But really good job!

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Thanks for the advice.. I really do appreciate it..
I'm hopefully going to publish it.. eventually..
LOL!
If I do happen to do that I will keep that in mind.. thanks..

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“Nichole, I hate to give you more bad news, but the cancer has been progressing.” Dr. Trisha started when they were called into her office.  “It has spread rapidly and we have come to conclusion why you reacted to the treatment the way you did before. You were introduced to a to high dosage to soon, so we are going to start treatments over again. We will start with lower doses of radiation and slowly and gradually increase the dosage. Now you should know a few things before all this starts. There are still a few risks you should know about. These are just the obvious ones. One, you will probably lose your hair and a lot of weight. I see you have lost some weight since your last visit. You will probably have to miss some time off of school as well so we can monitor you.” She explained. “Wait, how much school will she have to miss to stay here so you guys can monitor her?” Lori asked with a concerned look. “Well if all goes well with the treatments then about 1 1/2 weeks at the least. And Nichole you should know that you will probably vomit quite a bit.” Dr. Trisha stated.
Nichole set in the office taking it all in. She didn’t want to miss school, but she wanted them to get rid of this horrible disease and let her be done with it. “When do I start treatments?” Nichole asked. “Well, we were hoping at the beginning of the week.” Dr. Trisha said. “That will give me enough time to let my teachers know to email me my homework and let me take my test online. Will I be able to have visitors and were some of my own clothes?” “Yes, you can have visitors, but you are restricted to hospital gowns I am afraid.“ Dr. Trisha said smiling trying to lighten the mood. Nichole, Lori, and Carrie left the office and headed home to the ranch. Nichole walked straight to the barn to find John. He had to be in the barn because his truck was in the driveway.
Nichole found John in the front stall finishing the last stall that needed to be mucked out.  John looked up from what he was doing when he saw Nichole at the door and asked, “So how did it go at the doctor’s office?” “We are going to tell everyone at dinner tonight. If you could just finish up here I’m going to call Gretchen and invite her to dinner so she can know what is going on.” Nichole said gloomily. She didn’t want to act sad, but what else could she do. She didn’t know if she was going to die or not. She went to the house and up to her room to invite Gretchen to dinner. She already made sure that it was okay with Lori, who agreed to tell everyone the bad news at dinner, and called Gretchen. Gretchen said that she would be over about 10 minutes before suppertime.
Gretchen kept her word and arrived exactly 10 minutes before supper was served. They were having steak, mashed potatoes, and green beans for supper. “ So what is the news that you have to tell us?” Jake asked while cutting his steak into smaller pieces. Nichole looked at Lori and Lori got the message that Nichole didn’t want to explain the situation. Nichole scooted her chair back and asked to be excused from the table before Lori started to explain. After Lori explained the situation Gretchen came up to Nichole’s room and asked to talk to Nichole. “Come in.” Nichole said when she heard Gretchen knock on the door. “Hey. Lori told us what Dr. Trisha has planned. I’m sorry and I won’t let nobody get near John.” Gretchen said then put her hands up like a cat ready to attack. Nichole laughed and after a few minutes of talking to Gretchen, Gretchen said that she had to leave. Nichole said goodbye and headed over to the window to look out in the pastures.
She saw Gypsy, Bella, and Native surrounding someone in the field. She looked a little closer and saw that it was John knelling on the ground. Was he crying? Nichole asked herself. John then got up and kissed each of the horses’ noses and walked toward the gate. The rims of his eyes were red and watery. Nichole walked away before John looked up and saw that she had seen him crying. About 40 minutes later she heard a faint knock on the door and seen John peek his head around the door’s corner. “You can come in.” Nichole said with a smile on her face. She minimized the screen on her laptop and turned her desk chair to face her bed where John sat down.  She looked him straight in the face and had seen that he had washed his face so no one could tell that he had cried. She wasn’t going to tell him that she had seen him cry because it was something kind of personal and private.
“Hey, Lori told us Dr. Trisha’s plans. It’s okay to be scared Nichole. You don’t have to bottle up your emotions and act tuff. Nobody’s going to think different of you and if they do their heart is made of stone.” John started. Nichole’s eyes started to well up. John motioned for her to come over to him. He put his arm around her waist and pulled her so that she sat on his lap. He held her for a minute and lifted her chin up. “John, you just don’t understand. I have to be tough. I don’t want nobody’s pity and I don’t want anyone to cry over me, not even you. I know what’s going on. I know it isn’t good news.”  Nichole said all the while holding his gaze. His eyes started to well up and Nichole reached up and wiped the tear away before it fell. “You know that I will always love you forever. No matter what happens!” John pleaded. “John, I know that you love me, but I don’t want you to get upset again if anything happens. I know the risks of the treatment and I want to take them anyways. I keep telling myself the sooner they start the treatments the sooner I can be rid of this awful disease or at least not have to deal with it for awhile.” Nichole said, hoping that he would understand her point of view.
“I promise to support you of everything you choose to do, but I can’t keep a promise of not to cry knowing that you are in the hospital sick and I can’t be there to help you. Everyday after practice I’ll come home and do chores, take a shower, and come up to the hospital and fill you in on what’s going on. Now that is another promise I intend on keeping.” John said. Nichole leaned her head against his chest and said, “I think I can live with that.” They sat there for a few more minutes and then John told Nichole that she should get some sleep. Since she already took a shower after Gretchen left she snuggled up to the covers on her bed. “Good night.” Nichole said to John. John leaned down and was so close to her lips that Nichole though he was going to give her a quick good night kiss. Instead he kissed her slow and passionately before saying good night. He left the room and left Nichole in a slight daze. She looked at her clock that read ten o’clock on the dot.
Nichole woke to John coming and saying that it was time to get ready. She rolled out of bed and asked John why she had to get up early, but he didn’t answer her. She was ready in a half an hour and was finishing putting her hair in the clip when John poked his head in the door. “You ready?” He asked in a gentle tone that told Nichole he had something for them to do. “Yeah. Lets go,” Nichole said grabbing her purse and backpack.  They walked down the stairs and headed out the door briefly telling Lori goodbye. Nichole put her backpack in the backseat and got into the truck.
“Where are we going?” Nichole asked John with a curious look on her face. They just pasted the college and she totally didn’t know where they were going. “You’ll see, don’t worry. You will be at school on time.” John said glancing at the dashboard clock that told him they had a little under an hour before school started. They took a back road and then turned into a small café that was opened in the early mornings of the week. They sat down and ordered their food. The place looked nice and was very tidy. Just a simple diner tucked in the woods a little way. It was very peaceful. They ate their breakfast slowly and talked about what was going to happen while she was in the hospital. They left the diner and were at the school about 10 minutes before the bell rang for their first class rang.
“Do you want me to go with you to the office so you can talk to the principal?” John asked her.   Nichole shook her head yes and they walked to the principal’s office after they told Seth and Gretchen where they were going. Nichole knocked on the door and Mrs. Franklin welcomed them in. “What can I do for you today?” The principal asked. “Well, I have to talk to you and I’m sure that you know that I was diagnosed with cancer this summer. I found out last night that I’ll have to go the hospital for a 1 1/2 weeks and let the doctor’s test their theories about why I reacted badly to the former treatments.” Nichole said looking down at her slip-on shoes. “Well Nichole, I hate that you have to go through these types of problems, but, I understand the situation perfectly. I talked to your sister early today. She explained everything to me and your doctor faxed the plans to me right after I talked to your sister. I have just sent an email out to all of your teachers.” Mrs. Franklin explained with a sympathetic face. 
Nichole walked out hand in hand with John. She didn’t know that Lori was going to call Mrs. Franklin. John smiled down at her and whispered in her ear, “That wasn’t so bad. I promise to email you everyday with the news at school during computers.” Nichole smiled up at him. “Thank you so much for what you’re doing for me. I really do appreciate it.”  She looked at her shoes and started to walk more slowly. John was curious what she may be thinking. She dragged him to the main office and asked the attendance director if they could have the day and half of tomorrow off due to what had been said the night before. The director understood perfectly and gave them the day to relax and calm down from the previous news.
John was curious, but didn’t question her. She decided that she was driving since she knew what was going on. They went to the house first and she advised him to pack a bag for one night and to meet her by his truck in 30 minutes and to hurry in case someone pulled in and questioned them about what they were doing. Nichole went up to her room and packed a little duffle bag with clothes for tomorrow and some intimate clothes for later that night. She decided that tonight was the night to do things that she normally wouldn’t do and she was a little nervous about what John would think of all this. She didn’t know if she would get the chance again. She wanted to live life to its fullest in case something happened to her during treatments. She left Lori a note saying they would be back tomorrow night and that she shouldn’t worry. Then she went to meet John at the truck.
He looked at her curiously and smiled. She was slightly flushed and he still had no idea why. She drove to the little motel right on the out skirts of town and checked in. Her and John pulled some money together and rented the suite for one night. John walked into the spacious room and put down his and Nichole’s bags. John sat the bags down on the bed and looked up at Nichole suspiciously. “What are we doing here?” He asked her. Nichole sat down on the bed and motioned for John to come and sit down with her so she could explain what she had in mind. She explained her theory to him and he totally understood that they just needed some time together. She didn’t tell him the part that she intended for the whole day off, but he had a pretty good idea why they were there. He ordered something from the room service and Nichole changed in the bathroom. She came out with a robe on and sat down next to John on the bed.
After room service came with the dinner and they ate they ordered a pay-per-view movie. Nichole got up and locked the door and closed the curtains. She also turned off the big lights and took off her robe. Underneath the robe she had on a really short gown that was almost see through. She also had on a thong and a bra that looked really good against her dark tan. She pulled the covers back and slid in next to John under the covers. He looked at her curiously and she just smiled at him. John held her close through the movie and had gradually moved his hand down to her thigh. He rubbed his hand up and down her leg, which she didn’t object. He was surprised because she normally jumped and changed the subject when he touched her intimately. He moved his hand up her back and rubbed her back a little.
Before he knew what his hands were doing he had her bra unhooked. He leaned over and kissed her hesitantly. She kissed him back with enthusiasm and started to pull his shirt up. He stopped her while she undid his pants button and asked, “Are you sure you want to do this?” “Yes. If I don’t do it now I may never get the chance again.” She said solemnly and kissed him tenderly.  He took her gown and thong off, they kissed and indulged in each other’s bodies, letting one another explore the other one’s body. They weren’t rushing each other and John pleasured Nichole for some time. John’s body raised and Nichole met him eagerly. They let themselves get lost in each other.
When Nichole woke up the next morning she was in John’s muscular arms. Nichole smiled at the thought of last night and curled closer to John’s bare body. John woke to the movement of Nichole getting out of his arms. She went to the bathroom and started the shower. She came out looking refreshed and while she did her hair John got in the shower. She thought of something, had John worn a condom? She didn’t even think about it during the night, but he must have.  When John came out of the bathroom she asked him. “Yes. I kind of put one on while you were changing. I had a feeling that was why we came to the hotel and I just kind of drew a conclusion.” He confessed. She let out a sigh, she loved John until she died, but her and him both knew that they didn’t need a baby right now. She wanted a child except it was too soon and she was going to go through treatments of radiation. They got ready to go home and got their things for school.

[maddie]

this is soo sweet i love it thank you for writing it    please write more

[Tiffany]

I have to get ready for school, for tomorrow, so i cant read the last post
I cant wait to read it though! Please,please,please tell me she doesnt die!!!

But I really hope you get it published! i would buy it , even though ill probably have already read it a few times