The next four days weren’t as peaceful as I hope they’d be. Why? Because Mr. Fusté (Oriol) forgot to tell me I had a competition in Cincinnati on time, so the next four days were spent with strict, long training hours.
I think Ori wanted to rip his hair out.
And Stella wasn’t helping. I’ve noticed she’s been more disobedient and a bit more cheeky than usual with me lately. She was starting to be a bit of a bitch with me and that only meant I was worse than I thought. If she was acting back it was probably because 1) I was losing confidence and she wanted me to stand up for myself a bit, or 2) I was getting weaker and found her normal attitude strange. Like that morning in the Saddle Lake equestrian centre in Cincinnati. I was trying to get her cantering, but she was being extremely stubborn, so I had to use the whip a few times, which ended up with me being bucked off and landing on my back or having my arms to touch the ground first.
And I had to rest, according to that nurse…
Oriol, Stella and I went back to the venue and to the bus, avoiding the fans thanks to a ‘secret’ opening near the buses. I went straight to take a 10-15 minute shower -the most unusual thing in me, because I normally take, at least 45 minutes- and picked out an outfit, did my hair and applied some makeup before stepping out of the bus and preparing Stella.
Stella never dropped a sweat when training, only in competitions or when she was in the paddock, which was a blessing for me, really. Although sometimes I liked to shower her every few days.
I brushed her body until it shined, I cut her tail a bit, so it was just above her hocks, and brushed her mane and tail, before I started to do a portuguese braid in her mane, which looked pretty cool because of her ombré effect in her hair, and did a thick braid on her tail. She looked adorable. I just finished tacking her up and adjusting her bridle when I heard something behind me.
“Aww, look at those two cuties, I don’t which one looks prettier” I jumped at the sound of Alex’s voice.
“Clearly my woman” Jack walked to me from behind him and wrapped his arms around my waist.
“Hello, baby” I turned around and kissed him softly as he pulled our bodies together, earning an ‘awww’ from the guys and both of us blushing.
“Hi, beautiful” he whispered against my ear when he pulled away, I blushed harder and looked at him in those deep and gorgeous brown eyes.
“So, are you guys ready to go?” I asked, looking away from Jack’s gaze.
“Yup” they said in unison.
“Yeah! I’m ready to see Jack drooling over you again” Alex added and the guys chuckled.
I gave Jack a questioning look and raised an eyebrow.
“Again?” I asked, trying to hold back my chuckle.
“Well, yeah… Remember when we went to see you in that one first competition and we ended up kissing?” he scratched the back of his neck.
I nodded, my face turning red. Of course I did.
“Well, he was the whole time drooling” Rian chirped in.
I giggled and wrapped my arms around his torso. His hands went to my back, pulling me closer to him, and I hid my face in his shirt.
“Typical” I let myself blush harder.
Jack put two fingers under my chin and made me look up to him. He leaned down for a kiss and as our lips touched, Alex started to make a gagging noise.
“Guys, not in front of the kids, please!” he said, referring to Stella, who only pinned her ears slightly back at him in a ‘I’m not a baby’ way.
We pulled away and just then, Matt and Oriol jumped off their bus.
“Ready to see these girls 'dance' to one of your songs?” Oriol said energetically.
The four of them looked at me.
“What song?” Jack smiled.
“Damned If I Do Ya, Damned If I Don’t” I smiled back.
“Why did you chose that one? Why not Stella?” Alex asked.
“It has a good marked rhythm” I shrugged, “And because Stella is just too obvious” that made them chuckle a bit.
“Okay, let’s get going!” Matt called.

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“You did amazing, babe” I felt Jack wrap his arms around me just as I jumped off Stella after being announced to be in the first position. Not to sound haughty, but I saw one of the judges wearing an All Time Low bracelet...
“Thank you, sunshine” I turned around and pecked his lips.
“You smell so…” he sniffed soundly, “…so... Stella” he pulled away and scrunched up his nose, making me giggle. He was so cute.
“Really? Wow, I didn’t know it was her” I rolled my eyes and noticed Jack blushing. I took my black jacket off.
I raised on my tiptoes and kissed him eagerly.
"My King” I whispered in his ear, a soft smirk playing on his lips.
“My Queen” he kissed my forehead.
“Hey, lovebirds, mind helping me out showering your baby girl?” Oriol said, making both of us blush in surprise.
“Sure” I was the first to turn around and went to the showers, where Ori had already tied Stella in front of a wall.
Jack helped me to ungirth her until he saw the extra rein that passed between her girth and bridle.
“Hmm… babe? What is this?” he asked.
I looked down, as I was undoing her bridle.
“Oh, just slide it out of the girth, I’ll get it out later” I answered.
“But what is it for?” he insisted.
“To keep her head down low, she’s been a bit bitchy lately, and I don’t have the energy to force her head down as I concentrate on everything else, so Ori and I decided to use it” I explained. He nodded slowly and soon we ungirthed her completely.
I set her saddle on a fence aside and rested her bride next to it before walking to the tap. As I leaned a bit to turn on the water, I felt Jack behind me. I turned to look at him.
“What’s wrong, babe?” I asked.
“N-Nothing, it’s just…” he averted my eyes, “…you never taught me how to shower Stella…” he played with his foot.
“You really wanna learn that?” I smiled, his eyes looking at me again.
“Yeah” he came closer to me, biting his lip and his eyes going from my lips to my eyes.
I giggled and pecked his lips. He quickly held up his hands and put them on either sides of my face, pulling me closer and deepening the kiss. I licked his bottom lip hurriedly and with a tiny smirk on my lips as we kissed, he gladly let me access his mouth as we explored our mouths. We had a few more seconds before pulling away for air, when Stella shifted quickly, making us think she was growing irritated and pulled away. She turned her neck slightly and pine her ears forward.
“You’re such a bitch” I tried not to smile and slapped her butt, making her look like she was rolling her eyes and look forward again. Jack was just chuckling.
I pecked his lips again before handing him the hose and turning the water on.
“Press the end of the hose a bit, to make the water go out with more force and a more straight line” I explained.
He did as I told him and, obeying me, he managed to clean one side of Stella’s body and almost her face, which we didn’t clean.
“Okay, I got this” he said, circling around Stella to the other side.
I giggled a bit and looked down to his shoes, as most of his body was covered by Stella’s. My eyes took a quick glance at his, seeing a small smirk in his lips and before I could even wonder what was he thinking, he started to clean Stella’s back, the water that didn’t touch her, touched me.
“What the hell, Jack?!” I shouted, a bit annoyed. He laughed and all the anger that I had disappeared and turned into desire for vengeance. Now he’s going to pay.
I took a quick glance to my surroundings. There was another hose near me. I quickly grabbed sit, turning the water on, and splashed Jack’s laughing face.
He got real serious.
“Oh, you did not” he muttered loud enough for me to hear.
I giggled a bit, Jack coming furiously to me as I backed away, hitting a wall. Oh shit.
He pressed himself against me, pushing me against the wall harder and leaned down.
I couldn’t stop giggling, which only made the situation worse.
“You find it funny?” he asked, pretty pissed.
I chuckled, now trying to be more serious. What if I had actually pissed him off?
“Answer me!” he gritted through his teeth.
My smile faded.
“I-I”
“You know what happens when you laugh at someone you just pissed off?” he aggressively whispered in my ear. I shook my head no, “You get…” he looked at me in the eyes.
I gulped.
“TICKLES!” he started tickling my sides.
“No! Jack, please, no! Fuck! Get off me! Jack! No, stop it!” I screamed, sliding down the wall with Jack in the process.
He stopped when my face began turning a purplish color and I just continued giggling, every time more silently.
I took a deep breath, “I hate you” I smiled, slapping his chest.
“No, you don’t” he smirked and crashed our lips together, his hands carefully touching my still-damaged-but-no-so-taken-care-of ribcage. I put my hands on both his cheeks and smiled int the kiss before we pulled away.
“You’re so wet” he chuckled, looking at my shirt, which most to my dismay, was thin and white, so my black bra was seeing through it. I slapped his chest.
“Shut up” I muttered, hiding a blush in his chest.
“I wonder if you’re that wet between your legs…” he whispered seductively in my ear.
I slapped his chest again, earning a chuckle.
We stayed like this, on the floor, embracing each other, for a few minutes until I remembered Stella.
“We should continue showering her” I reminded him.
He groaned, “Way to ruin a moment” he huffed, getting up and reaching out a hand to pull me up.
“Hey, you started” I pointed a finger at him, holding his hand and standing on my feet.
“Yeah, yeah…” he rolled his eyes and turn the water of the second hose off.
“By the way, this time, I shower her” I ave him a look, he pouted.
After staring at us like that for a few seconds he gave in.
“Ugh, fine!” he groaned.
I smiled to myself, and finished cleaning Stella, when I felt him behind me again.
“What, now?” I asked softly.
“Nothing” he said in a very sexy voice, “Just warning you that I really wanna see by myself if you’re that wet for me down there” I felt him wink.
I chuckled and turned around before pecking his lips quickly and going back to Stella.
This guy.

Notes

Hi! So I kinds figured that trying to write at 3am doesn't work, so I changed a bit my timetable so I had some time to write, it's working!
The reason why I chose Damned If I Do Ya is because I'm actually planning a dressage choreography with that song and hopefully my monitor will approve and let me practice it (some day, when I have the guts to show him).
I'm sorry for taking so long, I've been in a very shitty mood lately and that, plus only having time to write at 3am PLUS risking my emotions taking over the story, it was just impossible.

Anyway, I have a question.

Would you like for me to continue this story on Warped? Or would you prefer to end Warped Tour and just do a quick summary of what happened the rest of Warped Tour, to get to a more interesting part.

It's your choice, I don't know which one I'll do.

So, yeah... C:
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