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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 19:07:35 GMT -5
Shannon walked out of the school. She had just cleaned out her locker, returned all of her text books and everything else she needed to do before she left. Then she walked out of the school for her last time. It felt good, but at the same time she would miss it a teensey bit. Well, she'd miss going to the same school as Josh and that was about it. He was mad at her anyways so that even wasn't that great right now.
She walked over to her aunt's house and dumped her stuff off in her room. She was living there permanently now, her dad had just disappeared suddenly, he was probably worried about getting into trouble. Especially if Shannon's whole past leaked out. Then she walked over to the stable to see Rocky. Her aunt had told her that if she ever wanted anything, don't hesitate to ask for it. Shannon didn't want to ask for stuff though, it was enough that her aunt was giving her a place to stay. She wanted to get a job. She wanted to see if she could get one at the stable first before anything else, preferably during the day when she wouldn't have to worry about seeing Josh. She didn't know if they'd be able to help her though, she barely had any experience with anything at the stable. She could learn though.
She walked into the stable and petted Rocky and fed him some carrots. Then she went into the office to see if someone was there that could help her. She knocked on the door and stood there nervously, waiting for an answer.
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Post by Chelsea on Sept 18, 2006 20:05:58 GMT -5
Ava was just doing some paperwork and typing up the new lesson schedules. She got up from her desk. "Can I help you?" she asked as she opened the door. She smiled warmly.
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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 20:08:19 GMT -5
Hi. Um.. Yeah. I was wondering if it would be possible for me to get a job here..? Shannon said, not sounding very confident at all. Atleast Ava looked nice which made her feel a bit better.
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Post by Chelsea on Sept 18, 2006 20:11:58 GMT -5
Ava smiled. "I'll see what I can do. Do you have any experience around horses or other animals?" she asked. Ava gestured for Shannon to come inside and sit down.
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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 20:15:10 GMT -5
Shannon walked in and sat down. I don't have much experience, but I lean fast. She said. She hoped she could get a job there, if not she could go somewhere else, but she wanted to work at the stable more than anything.
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Post by Chelsea on Sept 18, 2006 20:19:57 GMT -5
Ava sighed. "Well, we don't have too much for you if you're not too experienced with horses. Tell you what. You can come here everyday and feed all the barn cats. We have six of them. Barney, Buffy, Lucy, Genie, Freckles, and Scratch. They are all spayed and neutered. They all have different coloured collars with their names on it. They are all microchipped. They're up to date on their shots and they usually just hang around the barn. You can just put out the food for them here in the office, plus their water. You can also change the water for all of the school horses everyday. You can also help me in here if I have stuff to do. I'll pay you $20 a day." she said. "Sound good? When you get more experienced around the horses, you can do some other jobs if you want to."
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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 20:23:27 GMT -5
That's great. Shannon said, Thanks. Twenty dollars a day was more than she thought she should get for those simple tasks, and she was happy about it. It was a lot more than she got right now.
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Post by Chelsea on Sept 18, 2006 20:31:43 GMT -5
"No problem." Ava said with a smile. Workers weren't normally payed that much but Ava could tell that Shannon needed the money. She had seen her around the stable a lot and she was always wearing the same thing.
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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 20:34:23 GMT -5
Shannon smiled. When do you want me to start? She asked.
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Post by Chelsea on Sept 18, 2006 20:36:42 GMT -5
"Tomorrow if you can. But don't you have school?" Ava asked. She was wondering why a girl so young was at the stable at this time of day. Ava was nineteen so she was done school. She was planning to become a riding instructor.
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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 20:41:52 GMT -5
I can start tomorrow. And I just dropped out of school, I wasn't going to get many of my credits and it was like hell at school anyways. Shannon said, hoping that she wouldn't make Ava change her mind about having hired Shannon.
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Post by Chelsea on Sept 18, 2006 20:45:09 GMT -5
"School is important you know. It's hard a lot of the time but you only have what? A year or two left?" she said. Ava was starting to sound like ehr mother but she honestly did think that education was important.
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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 20:53:05 GMT -5
Yeah, but it's boring, it's hard, I'm failing, I don't like anyone there, nobody there likes me. There's just no point in going back. Shannon said.
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Post by Chelsea on Sept 18, 2006 20:55:13 GMT -5
Ava shrugged. "Well I guess it's your decision but, you won't be able to work as a stable hand forever. Just think about that." said Ava. Ava was very friendly and warm to Shannon but she really didn't support the young girl dropping out of school.
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Post by Jacqueline on Sept 18, 2006 20:58:16 GMT -5
I know I can't. But it works for now and I'll figure something out. Shannon said. Maybe she'd marry some rich guy and then be fine.
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