The horse continued walking along underneath her, and she didn’t falter this time. She took a deep breath, like she was about to meditate or something, and then slowly let go of Maddie. “The horse can feel when you’re uncomfortable.”Ĭhelsea’s fingernails dug into Maddie’s arm as she pushed herself back up on her horse. She wobbled in her saddle again, but this time Maddie reached out and grabbed her. “Stop that.” Chelsea swatted at Maddie, completely forgetting she was on top of a horse. “You kinda do.” And Maddie mimicked her best friend’s face, gritting her teeth and pursing her lips tight like she’d just taken a bite out of a lemon. “You look like you’re constipated.” Maddie giggled some more.Ĭhelsea shot up in her saddle, her back ramrod straight. “It’s not funny.” Chelsea tried, and failed, to keep a straight face as she jostled around atop her horse. It felt good to laugh, especially at her best friend, who rarely lost her cool. Maddie couldn’t keep her giggles back this time. “Nothing’s going to happen,” Maddie promised, “as long as you keep those feet in your stirrups.”Ī panicked look crossed Chelsea’s face and she jammed her feet into the stirrups as far as they’d go. “But my chances of breaking my neck are a lot smaller when I’m on my own two feet.” “Well, no.” Chelsea stiffened as her horse stepped around a rock in the path. “Are you really telling me you’d rather be walking up this mountain right now?” “When you invited me on this camping trip,” Chelsea said in a strained voice, her teeth gritted the entire time, “I thought it’d be like a hiking-through-the-woods kind of thing.” Maddie barely managed to stifle a laugh as her best friend, Chelsea Park, jostled uncomfortably in her saddle, almost falling off. This time Maddie swung her eyes around to meet those of the girl riding beside her. “Hellooo.” The voice broke into her thoughts again. She took a deep breath and filled her lungs with fresh mountain air. Underneath her, the horse picked up its head and snorted but kept trotting smoothly along the path. Maddie jerked, the reins snapping in her limp hands.
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