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Date Posted: 15:14:30 08/07/06 Mon
Author: Lacey
Subject: I am nothing... without you.

The past three months had passed pretty perfectly. Things at home weren't so bad- Nina was pregnant with her niece or nephew and her brothers seemed a little more settled and happier... and things with Ryan were as good as ever. Things between them were still fairly PG-13, but that was fine... they were taking things slow and thats how she liked it. She didn;t have a bundle of confidence and she was still fairly young at 16 years - though she would be 17 in just a few months. She was also excelling with Eliza in her riding. She had just taken to it like nothing else she had ever tried. Eliza was uncommonly kind to her- home-schooling her to help her graduate and giving her free riding lessons- and more- buying a horse for her.

The black gelding had arrived at the yard for 'schooling' after they'd taken Lacey to ride it for a friend of a friends of Liza's, though it was all a pretense to see how Lacey got on with it. Spencer had arrived a week or two after that, and Lacey had been delighted to see the stunning black gelding again. He was completely black except for a star and a snip that ran down his nose. Lacey had gotten along perfectly with the 15.2h warmblood- he fit her perfectly and she fit him, and she had been dreading the end of the month when he would undoubtedly be sent on to his new home. When Liza had taken Lacey aside after a very sucessful schooling session on Spencer, Lacey had almost been in tears- expecting to hear that he would be leaving the next day- but instead she handed her a slip of paper- which Liza asked her to sign. The ownership papers to Spencer. Then she really had cried!
The pair had been working hard , none stop, to get ready for the event season- and they had already competed twice and done very well both time- placing both times around 3rd or 4th, mainly through little confidence faults on her part. She still worked on Bella- more to keep her doing something than anything- and she also rode a couple of Liza's big eventers a few times a week- to keep the diversity of her ride and keep building her confidence.
The weather had been fantastic and after a long trail ride for fun with Spencer she was now out int he pasture with him, after hosing him down and putting his tack away. The bond the two shared was wonderful... and Lacey couldnt even begin to count her blessings as she lay there under the old oak tree with Spencer grazing beside her, staring up at him contently.

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