by Stacy Gregg
“Right,” Avery said. “Are we all onboard and ready?”
Issie jumped up into the cab next to Avery and did up her seatbelt. “Uh-huh. Everyone is in their seats. We’re ready to…” There was a loud tapping on the driver’s window. It was Aidan.
Avery wound his window down. “What is it?” he said. “We need to get going; we’ve got the horses onboard.”
Aidan took a deep breath. “I know that, sir. It’s just that I need to talk to Issie for a moment. It’s something I wanted to say to her earlier, but we got interrupted and, well, I really need to talk to her.”
Avery looked annoyed by this, but he turned to Issie. “Aidan’s got something he wants to talk about, apparently. You’ve got one minute.”
Issie leapt down out of the cab and Aidan grabbed her by the hand and dragged her back across the lawn so that they were standing a few metres away from the trucks underneath the falling petals of the cherry trees.
“Listen, Issie, about before,” he said. “I never finished saying what I wanted to say and, well, I wanted to let you know that…I hope you’ll be…” He stopped talking and looked up. Peering out of the two horse trucks were a dozen faces, all pressed up against the glass, watching them.
“Oh, great!” Aidan groaned. “Just what I needed. An audience!” He looked back at Issie. “I’m not going to talk about this any more,” he said. “You know what I mean and you know what I’m trying to say. Now this is it. I don’t care any more. I’m going to kiss you, OK?”
“But, Aidan!” Issie objected. “I can’t. They’re all watching us!”
Aidan smiled and pulled her closer. “Close your eyes then,” he told her.
And she did.
The Pony Club Secrets series:
1. Mystic and the Midnight Ride
2. Blaze and the Dark Rider
3. Destiny and the Wild Horses
4. Stardust and the Daredevil Ponies
5. Comet and the Champion’s Cup
Also available…
Issie and the Christmas Pony (Christmas special)
Coming soon…
6. Storm and the Silver Bridle
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