In Love With My Best Friend (Billy Unger)

Chapter 26

"Alright Satan." I murmur as the timer starts. We light off through the course to the first jump, a simple log. He pulls me to the next combination. I take a deep breath. 4 down, 36 to go.

There are people watching in awe as Satan and I jump into the water, over a duck jump. I stop breathing for a second and so does he. I shake it off as we jump out of the water.

Ho-ly SHOOT.

I get in my half seat as we near the next jump. "For Billy!" I think.

After the intense 10 minute course (We were just seconds early.), I take Satan back to the barn and give him some skittles.

Adam runs over and gives me a bottle of water. Then he starts taking Satan's tack off one handed.

I giggle and help him. "Thanks bro." I grin. He just grins and retreats to my tack box.

I take Satan to the washrack and hose him down. Then he gets to go back to his stall with a fan.

"So. What should we do for the next I don't know how long?" I ask Adam. He holds up headbandz.

I laugh and get ready.

Pretty soon, Taylor comes in with Duncan behind her. They're both covered in mud and wet. Her Hit Air vest is inflated too. "Oh no! What happened?" I ask. "Dunk slipped while we were going through the water hazard." She explains. Adam gets up and hugs her. I let out an "AWE!". "That sucks. At least you're still going to the Rolex!" I grin. "Yep. I mean. What can you do?" She asks. I give her a hug. "Ready to go check the standings?" Taylor asks Adam and I.

"Sure!" I reply and we go skipping off like the three muskateers. As we near the slip of paper, my stomach churns. I start reading over the paper, and everything goes black suddenly.

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"Is she waking up yet?" Adam asks. "I think so." Taylor sighs in relief. "Saphy?" Adam asks, climbing on me. "You have 5 seconds to get off of me." I groan. "Thank god!" Taylor exclaims.

"What happened?" I ask. "Well you ranked first and fainted!" Adam giggles. "First?!" I scream. They both nod as I start dancing around. "FIRST RANK OUT OF 50 RIDERS?!" I squeak. They nod again. "Don't faint again." Adam demands.

I roll my eyes. "So a gameplan for tomorrow?" I ask. "We come. We clean the house. We leave." Taylor replies simply.

My phone rings and I pick it up. "Hiya Michael." I grin. "Adam told me you fainted!" He exclaims. "I RANKED FIRST IN CROSS COUNTRY OUT OF 50 RIDERS!" I yell. "THAT'S AWESOME!" He yells back.

"SO HOW HAVE YOU BEEN TODAY?" I ask, still yelling. "GOOD! WHY ARE WE STILL YELLING?!" He asks. "I REALLY DON'T KNOW!" I reply, giggling my head off.

"Any news on Billy?" He asks. "Still in a coma." I sigh. "Well he needs to get his butt out of the coma and make things right with you or I'm going to beat him out of it!" Michael jokes. I burst out in laughter. "I swear Clifford, the next time I see you, we'll be sitting around in a jail cell together!" I laugh. "Well you will." He mutters. "HEY!" I whine. "Dork." He chuckles. "Dumbarse." I reply. I can sense him smirking on the other line.

"You guys are so past weird." Calum groans. Michael must have me on speaker. "This coming from a boy that seems to lack clothes half the time?" I smirk. "I do too wear clothes!" He exclaims. "He's litterally walking around in boxer shorts right now." Michael tells me. I shake my head.

I see Taylor making signals that we have to go. "Alright Mikey. I'll call you tomorrow after I show." I grin. "Okay! I've got to go onstage now anyways!" He says and hangs up.

"Alright. I'm going to clean my tack." I smile. "Good. Then we have to get everything together for tomorrow." She nods. "Who were you talking to?" She asks. "My friend Michael." I explain. "Is he coming to watch you show?" She asks.

"No. He's on tour with One Direction." I say like it's nothing. "How do you know that many celebrities?!" She asks. "I'm just lucky I guess. Kira introduced us. So far i know the 3 Unger siblings, the Simpsons, One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, The whole cast of Lab Rats, and You." I laugh.

"Me?" She says in shock. "You are a Rolex rider and a trainer, aka AWESOME!" I exclaim. "Thanks sweetie." She grins.

I nod and turn back to my bridle.

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"Saphira get ready!" Taylor exclaims. I nod and put my raspberry animo show coat on, along with my Charles Owen.

I put on Satan's black saddle pad with raspberry trim along with my Prestige Meredith saddle and running martingale. I get his black boots and ear bonnet on his legs and bridle him up.

Adam insists on holding him while I get on and I let him. We walk up to the ring and start schooling.

Satan can't wait to get to the jumps.

"Alright Saph canter this vertical." Taylor shouts. I let Satan canter up to it and jump over it. "Great! Now the oxer!" She yells. I nod and we go to the oxer.

After a few more jumps, it's time to show. "Do you have your course memorized?" Taylor asks. I nod. "Good Luck!" Adam grins as I walk in the ring and start trotting.

"In the ring now is number 670, The Devil's Advocate and Saphira Molloy." The announcer says.

I start with the Carrot jump. Yes we're jumping a giant carrot. I turn my head and we gallop to the sailboat.

The next 12 jumps are the most nerve wracking seconds of my life. "And a time of 65.4 with no faults for The Devil's Advocate and Saphira Molloy, putting them in rank second." The announcer says. I pat my horse coming out of the ring.

We start the post show ritual and play Headbandz until the end of the show.

Oh. And listening to iTunes!

"SO SAVE ME FROM WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE! DON'T WANNA BE A VICTIM OF AUTHORITY! I'LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THE MINORITY!" Adam shouts, dancing around the tack stall.

"SO SAVE ME FROM WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE! AND TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME! I DON'T WANNA BE ANOTHER SOCIAL CASUALTY!" I sing dancing with him.

We start head banging to the hard rock beat. Taylor rolls her eyes just as Mmm Yeah comes on.

Adam and I start doing the dance moves from the music video. "DISCO ADAM!" I exclaim and we start doing these weird 70's dance moves. "You guys are nuts." Taylor laughs.

But when Voodoo Doll comes on, she walks out of the tack stall.

She's gone for like ten minutes. "BOOM CLAP THE SOUND OF MY HEART THE BEAT GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND." Adam stops singing as Taylor walks in with a pretty white, pink, and green ribbon. "Congrats Saph!" She grins, tossing me the ribbon.

I run up and hug her. "By the way. I'd put those B.O.T. boots on Satan. We don't want him sore for the Rolex." She grins. I look at her in shock.

"I'm in?" I ask. "You're in." She nods.

A/N: SHE'S IN!

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-AC🐴