Grooming Austin ((Ava))

[Jacqueline]

Sarah walked into the barn. She didn't have time to ride that day, but she was going to groom Austin still. She walked to his stall, stopping only to pet Lyle and give him a few treats. Hey Lyla. You being a good boy for Kyle? Of course you are, you sweet big baby. She said with a smile, giving him a treat. She patted him and went on to the stall of her beloved Austinatous. Hey Auzzie! She said, putting on his halter and taking him out of his stall. She clipped him to the crossties. She started to curry the mud that had gotten into his coat out of it. Then she dug through her brushes for her dandy brush. It wasn't with her brushes so she went into the tack room to see if it was in her locker still. She walked in and saw Ava. Oh, hey Ava. She said.

[Chelsea]

Ava was sorting through her locker. She couldn't find Dannny's green polo wraps and she wanted them for a show they had coming up. They would match so well with his ear cover, saddle, bridle, and ribbons. She hadn't cleaned out her locker in so long. She glanced up as she saw Sarah walk in. "Oh hey..." she said with a smile.

[Jacqueline]

Sarah smiled. How are you? She asked.

[Chelsea]

"I'm good thanks. Just looking for Danny's green polos. I can never find anything in here. How are you?" she said with a smile. Ava continued to rumage through the packed locker.

[Jacqueline]

Sarah smiled. I'm fine thanks. I know how it is not being able to find anything. I can't find my dandy brush. She said, opening her locker to look for it.

[Chelsea]

Ava smiled. "I have mine here. If you can't find your's, you can borrow mine if you need to. We have some that we use for the school horses that you can borrow too. I remember when I lost my dandy brush for like two weeks. I eventually found it in Cloud's stall under some hay." she said with a laugh.

[Jacqueline]

Sarah smiled. I'll try and find mine first, but if I can't find it thanks. I'd like to know where mine is. She said.

[Chelsea]

Ava laughed. She then sighed and continued to look for the polos. She felt really awkward around Sarah. She began tossing things from her locker. She really needed those polos.

[Jacqueline]

Sarah searched through her locker. She put stuff on the floor beside her. She saw one of her favourite necklaces that she had lost and given up on finding. How did that get in there? She asked herself. She had never brought it to the stable. It had probably gotten dropped in something when she had had something home to clean. She finished searching the floor in her locker then she threw everything back in it. She started taking stuff off the shelf. She found the copy of her car key that she had lost. It's amazing what all you find when you dig through your locker. She said with a laugh.

[Chelsea]

Ava laughed, slightly awkwardly. "Yeah..." she said with a sigh. She continued to dig through her locker. She felt really strange around Kyle's "friend."

[Jacqueline]

Sarah sighed slightly and continued to search on the shelf. She had no idea how her brush could get hidden on that shelf, but it could happen. Her older brother had fun hiding stuff on her and he was in town that week. Sarah felt kinda weird around Ava, with her being Kyle's ex-girlfriend and Sarah liking him a lot. She wanted to become friends with Ava though, she seemed like an incredibly nice person.

[Chelsea]

Ava was very reluctant to open up to Sarah. The truth was, she still had feelings for Kyle. She wasn't sure what those feelings were, and she knew that nothing could happen between them but, she still felt strange.

[Jacqueline]

Sarah continued to dig through the shelf. She found some carrots she had lost a long time ago and were now white and fuzzy. She tossed them toward the trash can and got it in. Then she found her old hoof pick, and her old crop.

[Chelsea]

Ava cleared her throat and threw some ripped up and stained, white polos in the garbage bin. She continued to look through her locker. She found her purple polos but still no green ones.

[Jacqueline]

After a while of looking and finding stuff that Sarah didn't even remember ever using, she found her dandy brush at the very back of the shelf. Then she looked where she had been throwing stuff. She had no idea how she would get it all back in the locker.