𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘'𝚜  𝚙𝚘𝚟

I was already up and running. Yesterday when we came back from the airport we immediately went to bed. This morning her alarm didn't go off to my surprise which was great. She would finally get to sleep some more after the hectic weeks. I came back from my run with Benson and went into the kitchen to see Flo and Cisca sitting at the table. I looked a little confused at them as they looked up at me and smiled softly.

Lando: "what are you guys doing here? It's 10AM."

Flo: "my horses are here?"

Cisca: "I decided to tag along."

I chuckled softly as I walked up the stairs. I took a shower and pulled on a pair of blue jeans shorts with a black quadrant shirt. I gently woke up Amelia so she would get out of her jetlag a little better. It was now 10:38 so time to get going. I gently pushed some hair out of her face and caressed her cheek as I gently whispered her name.

Lando: "Lia... time to wake up..."

Amelia: "okay... I'm awake..."

I placed a kiss on her temple before walking downstairs again. I placed a bowl of yoghurt with fruit on the table for Amelia. She came down the stairs as she yawned.

(Her brown hair in a low ponytail so it could fit underneath her helmet easily)

Her outfit looked amazing. A black polo form her head sponsor with a beige/crème breeches and black socks. She sat down next to me in front of Cisca as she ate her breakfast.

Lando: "Lia?"

Amelia: "yes?"

Lando: "I wanted to film a video for quadrant here. Can we do that?"

Amelia: "mhm. Of course."

I smiled at her and gave her a kiss on the cheek before opening my phone. I send the address of the house in the groups chat before they all reacted. Amelia went outside after a few moments and wasn't wearing a coat as it was quite warm in August. The 3rd of August to be exact. 2 days ago I finished my last race before summer break. Now we're here in England with my Olympic champ. In a 5 days were flying out to Croatia for a vacation with some friends while Flo would take care of the horses for a week before Amelia would fly back home alone as she didn't want me to cut my vacation short just because she couldn't stay too long. After a while Ria, Max, Steve, Aarav and Niran. We were standing outside in the sun talking when a clicking sound came towards us. I looked over my shoulder to see Amelia with Sten. Her reins were a little looser then normally meaning that she was cooling down or warming up but as Sten was sweating and Amelia was also shinning a little from the sweat as her face was red from the heat. She was looking on her phone as I whistled to her. She looked up from her phone and smiled at me. She placed her phone away and steered Sten towards us she stopped a little earlier and easily climbed of coming on the ground with a numb sound. She gave the horse a pet and smiled at the people who were standing with me as well.

Lando: "good ride?"

Amelia: "mhm almost ready for the regionals."

Ria: "regionals?"

Amelia: "yea. That's like the qualifying round before the nationals. The regional top 3 compete against each other in the nationals."

Niran: "but you just came back from the Olympics right?"

Amelia: "4 AM this morning yea. Regionals are in September tho."

Ria: "you've got all those big competitions all after another?"

Amelia: "it's what I do for a living. I'll have to compete a lot to earn my bread."

She took off her riding gloves and placed them in her pocket. Sten rubbed his head over her back as it was probably itchy making Amelia lean back into him with all the weight she had in hope she wouldn't get thrown away. After a few minutes she told us good luck with filming and we shared a quick peck. She took Sten back to the stables and was probably untacking.

Ria: "how many horses does she have?"

Lando: "there are 14 stables in total. 3 of them are her own horses. 5 of them for Flo her horses and a few training horses."

Max: "that's quite a lot."

Lando: "mhm. She's busy the whole day all week. Starts around 7 ends around 21 or sometimes even 22 or 23. Depends on competitions ect."

They nodded at me as some hooves clicking came towards us. I turned around to see Jazzy running towards us. I turned around knowing that the mare wouldn't do anything at all and was probably just curious. The panic in the eyes of the others made me laugh.

Lando: "don't worry she won't harm you."

I felt the tongue of the pony go past my shirt. I looked to the back and groaned softly.

Lando: "oh come on Jazzy."

A whistle was heard from the barn door as we all looked around. Amelia was stood with a purple bucket and whistled hard on her fingers again. The mare trotted towards her immediately and disappeared into the stables building right after.

Steve: "so they always walk around loose?"

Lando: "no only that one. She's older and listens well. Just a big dog..."

Ria: "can we get a tour or not."

Lando: "yea sure."

I showed them into the stables as we walked past the horses. I heard a sound come from the indoor arena which made me look up. I walked towards them as the rest followed me. Amelia was sat on the new horse, Harley, she had just got in to train.

The horse was dangerously close to the side of the arena and jumped up and down on his legs. I was surprised Amelia staid on his back. Or not. With a hard sound she landed on the ground. I ran into the arena taking the reins of Harley in my hands before walking to Amelia. She was already standing and wiped her clothes off from the sand.

Amelia: "scheisse."

Lando: "are you okay?"

Amelia: "yea I'm fine."

She took the reins from me again and placed a kiss on my cheek before she immediately mounted the horse again. She picked up the reins and trotted away again as I was now standing with the rest of my friends. They followed her with their eyes as she was now riding like nothing happened at all.

We watched her for a few more minutes before we walked further.

Max: "she's insane..."

Steve: "he's insane for letting her climb on again after she fell like that."

Lando: "me?"

Ria: "yes you!"

Lando: "first of all. This is her job. Second of all she won't listen to me if I tell her to take a break. I'll get the "they'll do it again because they think it's the way to cut a ride short." I don't need that one."

Max: "she does this more often?!"

Aarav: "really?"

Lando: "of course. That horse is 3 years that's the age they start riding so she's "breaking" him so he's gonna be easier to ride."

Niran: "can we do that? As a video for the quadrant channel? Would be fun."

Lando: "you want to die? Amelia has been riding since she was 6 or so."

Niran: "she could help right?"

Lando: "we could ask if we could take Quince or Sten? No that's not the best idea. Those want to kill you if they have the chance..."

Ria: "those are her top horses right?"

Lando: "yea how do you know?"

Ria: "did my research..."

We all laughed before we made a set up for filming besides the outdoor arena as the light was amazing there. We had just finished off filming as Amelia was riding Magic in the outdoor arena now as it was a lot cooler outside then inside. A truck turned up the drive way making me look to Amelia. She looked to the truck and stopped trotting. She jumped off Magic and handed him to me before she jogged to the truck. She talked to the men who had stepped out. She nodded to him from time to time before signing a paper and heading to the back of the truck. The familiar chestnut gelding walked out of the truck. Quince arrived back home after a long time. She petted the gelding on the neck while leading him to the meadows. She erased the travel boots and travel blanket and let the horse run around on the meadow before he started grazing.

Amelia: "I was expecting him over an hour."

Lando: "better now then late right."

Amelia: "definitely."

She took Magic from me again and continued her ride. She jumped around with him while we went inside for a drink. The golden retriever lying on the ground tiredly from the heat. I handed everybody a drink as we just hung around for a while. I looked on my watch and noticed it was already 15 PM.

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