Emily's POV:
Yesterday me and Caitlin were hanging out with Charlie and James. In the afternoon about half past three, me and Caitlin went home. I got woken up this morning by the buzzing of my phone, I turned over rubbing my eyes and I picked my phone up turning it on to the bright light of my locks teen, it was a picture what me and Charlie took together when we went to the park together a couple of weeks back. My text was from charlie, I looked, it said.
Charlie x-hey emily xx
I couldn't ignore him, it was ten o'clock in the morning, I tapped the bottom bar, then my keyboard popped up, I typed back, 'hey x' he responded within a minute or two,
Charlie x - hi how are you xx😘
Me- great, a bit tired x
Charlie x- I hadn't woken you up have I xx
Me- yeah but it's ok xxx
Charlie x-oh no! I'm so sorry babe x ❤️
Me-it's ok xx
Charlie x-you sure xx
Me-yeah I need to be up anyway to see Ben x 💖🐴
Charlie x-yeah ok xx c ya later x
I was meeting Charlie in the park again, he wanted to see Ben so I was going to ride Ben down, I don't mind Ben likes hacking out having long canters across the field.
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Ben is tacked up and I sent Charlie a text letting him know I would be about 15 minutes until I was in the park, he replied saying okay. I got on Ben patting his neck, as I got on Ben started trying to nibble on my whip, I pulled it away from him after sorting my reins to the right length, Then I nudged Ben's side pushing him into a walk. We set off riding down the lane towards the road leading to the park, horses are allowed in the park, there is a bridle path that leads to a big canter field. I told Charlie to meet me at the bridle path sign, he knows where it is.
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20 minutes later I reached the bridle path sign, me and Ben had done a couple of trots along the road and so far he's behaved really well. As I got closer to the sign I saw Charlie see me, he waved. I saw him gazing at Ben.
"Hi" I said
"Hi" he replied back looking Ben up and down,
"He's big" he said. I laughed.
"Come on" I said to him, I jumped off.
"What?" I looked at him, he looked back at me I patted Ben's saddle.
"I'm getting up there?" He asked.
"Yep" I said he looked at me and eventually he got on, he was only walking until we got to the field because then he wanted to get off.
"You can have ago now" he said taking his feet out of the stirrups.
"Okay then, I'll take him for a canter, he loves it" I said getting back onto Ben.
"Okay I'll watch" Charlie replied. Once I had finished sorting out my stirrups and reins I took Ben into a walk going back down the path, "just stay back and I'll show you how fast Ben can go" I said Charlie shouted back agreeing and stepping back a bit. When I got to the end of the path I turned Ben round pushing him into a trot, then halfway up the path I pushed him into a speeding canter, I soon blasted out of the end of the path zooming across the field and at the end slowing down to a trot and turning back towards Charlie.
"Wow! You're right, he is fast!" Charlie said, I laughed a bit and reached out my hand.
"Don't you want a go?" I asked.
"You sure"
"Yes of course"
"Okay" Charlie came up sat in the saddle I utched forward into the saddle so Charlie could also sit with me. I grabbed the reins, I then felt his arms tying around my waist. I smiled to myself.
"You ready?" I asked looking back at Charlie. He nodded he was holding onto me tightly, his chest against my back, I loved being like we were right now and I didn't want to move. I turned Ben around back down the path. At the bottom we turned around going into a trot and soon blasting into a fast forward canter. When we slowed down I turned to Charlie.
"How was that?" I asked
"Amazing!" He said he looked so surprised.
"Do you want to stay up here with me?"
"Yeah"
"Cool"
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We rode around the field for about 30 minutes.
"I need to take Ben back now" I said
"Okay I'll go walk home" Charlie said
"No I'll ride you back, I go past on my ride back anyway"
"Are you sure"
"Yeah of course" I replied, Charlie nodded, we steadily rode back to The X factor house and I dropped Charlie off, he jumped down off Ben. "Thanks emily" he said
"You're welcome" I replied I leant down to Charlie as he reached up to kiss me. It felt odd leaning down to Charlie, normally it's me reaching up. I smiled and we both gave each other a last look and I rode Ben back home. I loved today, it was great.
