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[CoffeeAddict]

Alex followed what was all going on in front of her rather slowly. It was harder for the brown-haired girl to keep up and although there weren't that many people, already she was struggling. When yet another person came up to their already growing group, she couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed. Despite that she couldn't help but notice his quirky expression. Oh no. Alex pulled herself together. Just because there happens to be guys here does not mean you can pay attention to them. You're here for riding and riding only. That and mom thought it would be a good idea to get out a bit. Alex couldn't help but roll her eyes at the thought. Her mother thought she was a bit socially challenged. It was a bit true but Alex wouldn't admit it. A few friends were fine but she couldn't go anywhere or do anything that they usually wanted to. She absolutely hated going to parties where she felt out of place and ignored. Movies were okay but when the actors talked facing away from the cameras then she didn't know what was going on. And she didn't want to bug her friends to ask. When the brown haired boy introduced himself as Kyle, Alex almost thought he was actually going to have them shake it. So old fashioned. In her opinion anyways. "Alex." Alex said, introducing herself. Although she thought he might have already been told her name. "This is Black Dancer. Most people just call her Dancer though." Alex said, patting her horse on the neck. Kyle had a dog. A cute little dog. Alex didn't know what kind it was. She was tempted to bend down and pet it but she didn't know how friendly it was. She didn't really want to get bitten by someone's dog on her first day at the barn. Talk about embarrassing.

{Sorry for taking so long! School's ending and I have a million projects right now.}

[king_bear]

Kate cussed and kicked the car. Then she clicked away the call, and sat down on driver's seat. Suddenly, she got an idea. She took Ramsés out of the trailer, and Goldie too. Saddled him, and mounted. If she couldn't go with the car, she should go with the horses. Thank god they were Haflingers, so the temperature was no problem. She was a bit worried about Goldie and her coming foal, but that would be allright too. Finally, she arrived at the ranch. Click-clack said Ramsés horseshoes on the drive. Jeez, it was big here.

[Piuma]

Margrethe's phone started to vibrate, but before she could find in under all her clothing, it stopped. The screen lighted up KATHERINE PRACE.
«Pardon me,» she said and walked into the living room and dialed her back. One beep. Two beeps. Three beeps. No answer. She walked out to the others again.
«I have to go and see if I can find Katherine somewhere down the road. You all just feel comfortable.» She put on her gloves, petted Luca behind her ear and went out. It was snowing quite heavily. Hope nothing bad has happened. The she heard the clicking of horse shoes against the recently shoveled road.
«Ivy, is that you?» she shouted into the snow.

[king_bear]

Kate stayed still. She saw a shadow, about 20 meters in front of her. It was screaming to her. 'Who's Ivy?' She asked, careful. Then she came closer, and she saw a woman stand there. 'Are you Margrethe?' She asked, as she dismounted Ramsés. She shaked the snow out of her hair.

[Piuma]

«Yes it is...» Margrethe looked questioning.
«Katherine?» She walked towards the girl and the horses.
«Why are you on horseback? Wait! I don't wanna know, yet.» She took the mare from Katherine's hands and started walking against the stable.
«We need to get these two inside before we go through the official talk.»

They entered the stable, where the others were.
«Please, Christian and Lily, can we get a couple of blankets and two buckets of body-temperature water.» She walked the mare, Goldie she presumed, into her appointed stall and removed the tack. Then she went and filled up both stalls with hay.

[king_bear]

'Yes, it's me.' Kate said. She walked after Margrethe and took off Ramsés tack. Then she putted him into a stable. 'Thanks.' She said to Margrethe, who had saddled off Goldie. She gave them a last stroke and then went back to the others.

[king_bear]

(uhm... Does anyone reply??)

[KiwiKoala]

Christian, who had felt content to watch the conversations of the newcomers, quickly snapped to attention at Margrethe's commands. He looked at Lily briefly, then said, "I'll get the blankets. I'm sure you know what the water's for." Feeling that this was enough communication, he hurried into through the stables and door to the living room. From there, he looked around."Blankets..." Christian muttered to himself, "Probably in a linen closet... Do we even have one of those?" Looking around for the washing machine, he discovered a door nearby. Upon opening it, he was rewarded with shelves of pillows, sheets, and -most importantly - blankets. Tearing a few quilted blankets out of the closet in a hurry, he quickly started back towards the stables.

Then he stopped. "You know, since this is a horse ranch, she probably meant to go get horse blankets... Oh." With this realization, the young man in yellow scurried once more towards the stables, quilts in hand. Only now with a new objective: The tack room. He remembered it from his tour and whilst walking around with Kyle, so he was certain that getting lost wasn't that likely.

Once he successfully found the room, Christian looked around for where horse blankets might be found. 'Probably shelves... There!' He thought to himself, carefully pulling the thick sheets of material down towards him from high wooden planks on the far wall. He checked to make sure he had two before walking back out to where he was sure the others were waiting. "I got them!" Christian called as he arrived at the huddle of humans and horses. He walked slowly over to the snow-dusted girl who could only be their new arrival. After a moment of consideration, he handed the horse blankets to Margrethe, unfolded the quilts in his hands and wrapped them around the younger-looking girl. Then, he stood back and looked at his work with a satisfied smile. "I'm Christian, welcome to Dovre Mountain Ranch."

[king_bear]

'My name is Kate, and this are my horses, Goldie and Ramsés.' Kate pointed to the two haflingers. 'Margrethe, I have to go back. There is more stuff in my car, and my dog also. I can't leave them there.' She said. She couldn't take Goldie or Ramsés now, they were freezing. 'Can I borrow a horse?'

[Piuma]

«No, I don't want the flu spreading here. It is far to the nearest vet when the weather is like this.» She walked into the living room, was gone for a few minutes before she came back. She handed some keys over to Kate.
«There is an old pickup-truck behind the stable, take it and get your dog and stuff. I have to go.» She nodded to the others, and disappeared out into the snow.

{ I won't be here for a week, please keep RPing =) }