you'll always find your way back home

[Swift]

You can change your hair and you can change your clothes
You can change your mind, that's just the way it goes
You can say goodbye, you can say hello
But you'll always find your way back home
You can change your style, yeah your can change your jeans
You can learn to fly and you can chase your dreams
You can laugh and cry but everybody knows
You'll always find your way back home

Dorothee thought long and hard on the song stuck in her mind. It was true, but was Hugo really a Home? Would she ever really find her way back to him? to be able to be fearless and ride again, and possibly start jumping again. She had finished all ther chores and things around the stable and was now leaning against hugo's stall door, his lead rope in hand. She took a deep breath and stood up opening the stall door. Shesmiled as Hugo walked foreward to meet her. she reached out and touched him, suprised she was ever able to get this far..with the help of ( can't remember lol) She clipped on the lead rope and led Hugo out. A smile on her face she led him to the arena. Seeing no one in there, she let him off the lead and sat there to watch him.

[V.elocity]

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Baby you're all that I want.
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven.

Jack Aelyn Adelwolf

Jack had been out in the paddocks all day, working on repairing fences that had been in need of repair for a long while. He figured that since new students were coming to board their horses, he should probably fix up the paddocks so the boarding horses wouldn't get injured. He sighed as he walked back into the barn. It had been a long day. In a bit he would have to bring the horses in, but that usually wasn't an issue.

As he entered the barn, he walked around, checking to make sure everything had been done today. He was pleased with what he saw. Dorothee had done a better job than he probably would have if it were just him working there. He thne glaned around to see what horses he still had to bring in. Only a few of the sudents' horses were out in the pastures still. He then noticed that Hugo wans;t in his stall. He remembered bringing in the stallion about a half hour ago when he went to go fix one of the fence sections in his paddock. The only thing he could think of was that Dorothee had taken him out.

Jack decided to go to his office and see if there was any paper work that needed filling out, after all he had several large stacks of papers on his desk that needed a good looking over.

On his way to his office, he glanced to the arena and saw Hugo wandering around. He then saw Dorothee siiting there, watching her horse. Jack tunred and walked over to where Dorothee was sitting. He sat down next to her and said "I think he's happy to finally have you back." Jack smiled faintly and looked to the grey equine.

[Swift]

Dorothee drew circles in the dirt while watching Hugo. In the end she conected the circles, making a Jumping horse in the dirt. She added detail to the little drawing then looked back to Hugo. She heard Jack comming and turned her head to watch him come sit next to her. She smiled and looked back to Hugo to answer back. " He doesn't have me back yet....Not completly anyways" She said as she let out a giggle when he came over and pretended to spook at the two of them sitting there.

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HUgo watched his person drawing in the dirt. What could she possibly find interesting with it? Surely he was more interesting. he snorted then trotted around the arena. He saw Jack and let out a soft whinny. When he sat, he moved over towards them then decided against it. he pretended to spook then took off across the arena at a gallop, letting out a buck during the run. he reared up when he stopped at the wall, then he turned and trotted calmly back.

[V.elocity]

Jack gave her a small smile as she spoke. "Well hopefully he'll get all of you back in time." he told her. Hugo then eyed both of them and came up and galloped off, as if he was spooked by something. Jack laughed a bit at the horse's shenanigans. He glanced to Dorothee and then stood up and walked over to Hugo.

Jack stopped in front of the grey stallion. "You're quite a character, aren't you?" he said patting Hugo's muscular neck. Jack reached into his pocket and pulled out a peppermint and fed is to the grey. He then turned around and went back to sitting next to Dorothee, glancing at her.

ooc -- my muse just kind of died. lol. and the word shenanigans is fun to say! shenanigans.

[Swift]

Dorothee smiled back. " I think i'll be ready to try more tomarrow...for now I just want to observe his movment." She said with a chuckle as she thought about how silly she sounded.
Hugo watched as jack approached him and snorted. His ears went forward as he pet him. he gladly accepted the treat then watched as he went to go sit back next to his person. He shook his head and walked over to them and nuzzled both of them.
Dorothee watched as Hugo seemed interested in Jack. She figured out why when he pulled the treat out and she laughed. She watched him as he came and sat next to her. She smiled and watched Hugo walk over and nuzzle each of them. She laughed ans handed him the treat she had. She moved her hand up to sctach his forehead as she thought of what to say to jack.

[V.elocity]

Jack glanced to her as she spoke. At least she was thinking about getting on him again. That was a good sign. In fact, it was quite quick after her traumatising accident. Well it seemed quick, even though her accident had been a while ago. Jack would surely be there when she attempted to ride him again.

Jack raised his hand and patted Hugo on his velvety nose as the stallion came over to nuzzle them. After Dorothee handed Hugo the treat Jack tuned a bit to face her. "So how d'you like working here Dorothee?" he asked, wanting to know what she thought of her new job. Jack had been outside all day, but when it got colder out, he'd have some one to finally talk with. That is if she liked the job.

[Swift]

" well, for a stable job, It is actually quite a nice job. I get to know other horses and get used to being around them again...which, the more i think about it, its helpful for when I get back on Hugo....in a way." She said with a laugh before continuing, " im quite content with it...although, I do find myself bored at times looking for more work...so I'll have to find a way to change that" She smiled and looked to him before looking back to Hugo who started to walk away. She turned to Jack and asked, " So do you host like events here?"

[V.elocity]

Jack grinned a bit as she finished speaking. "Well, there'll be more horses coming in with more students as the start of the school year draws closer. Plus if you really are 'bored' I could always put to work organising my office." He said. He actually meant it too even though it was said in a joking manner. Jack watched Hugo for a moment before responding. "Yes, I have events here. Let's see, I host just about every horse related event under the sun from reining to show jumping to walking horse events. You name it, its probably here sometime during the year." he answered. "If you'd ever like to help organise some events, let me know. I need all the help I can get." he said with a smile.

[Swift]

"cool, and If you want me to I seriously will organize your office...i mean you have seen how organized my house is, I bet I could do wonders with your office." Dorothee said with a laugh. She watched Hugo as he came behind them and laied down, feeling clam and relaxed. She continued to look at Hugo as Jack spoke. " Well there is this one guy, his name is Jean Francois Pignon. I thik it would be really cool to have him come preform here...maybe as a treat to your students at the end of the year."

[V.elocity]

Jack looked to Dorothee when she said that she'd really clean it for him. "Well, if you really want to, I guess you can." he said stressing the 'really'. "I'll even help you out." he added. "Or would that be me helping you helping me? So in a way I'm just doing it myself?" he said, mostly to himself. "Whatever it is, you and I could tidy it up a bit."

Jack turned as the grey stallion moved around behind them and laid his body on the ground. That horse certainly did have character. "You just lay down there and all comfy then, eh?" Jack asked Hugo with a smirk. "Might be kinda soft since ther's new dirt in here, but what would I know right?" He had formed a habit of talking to horses like they were people. Obviously they never answered back, but he thought that it was better then talking to them like they were a cat or a dog.

His focus then returned to Dorothee when she started to talk about having Jean Francois Pignon coming to perform for the riding students. "I'm sure they'd love that!" he exclaimed. "Probably do it next summer, a couple weeks before school gets out." he noted. "Find out a way to contact him, and let me know." Jack said to Dorothee with a smile. "Now all I have to figure out is when to have the first horse show of the season here."

[Swift]

Dorothee smiled. " uhh, I don't kn ow what you'd call that, but I'd be glad to help you clean it out." She said laughing. Smiling she looked back to Hugo as he made himself comfy. She laughed a little and shook her head. "you silly boy" She looked to jack as he talked. " ill get right on that....I nkow the site. she paused then looked to Hugo, " I think im gonna try riding him tomarrow" She said and stood up. She took a few steps towards Hugo and sat back down again resting against him. "in 20% sure ill be able to get back on him tomarrow" she said jokingly.

[V.elocity]

"If you have time, we could get started on it. I'm pretty sure that it'll take a few days to get all sorted I'm sure." He said thoguhtfully, thinking about the last time is was even sorted through. As far as he could remember, it was several years ago. It really did need some claening. As far as he could tell, Dorothee was very good at sorting and organising.

Jack looked to her as she said something to Hugo. "Me? A silly boy? Nah, I'd describe myself as more of frivilous, cheeky boy who is extrmemly dashing." he said with a smile, pretty sure that he'd get a smack for that, or at the least an eyeroll. Who could blame him for saying it? It was all true! Jack nodded as she said she knew of a way to contact him.

He turned and walked back toward Dorothee, heading to his office to get started. The horses wouldn't have to be brought back in for a good two hours still. He stopped when he heard her say somethign about riding Hugo again. He slwoly turned around to face her, a small smile on his face. "I'll be there to help." and he meant it too.

[Swift]

" I always have time" Dorothee said with a laugh. She got up and as she did so Did Hugo. She clips his lead back on and started leading him back to his stall, chuckling as jack refered to her silly boy comment. She looked over her shoulder and said, "extrmemly dashing? Why what lovely words to say about my horse" She continued walking, and fianlly ended up at hugo's stall. She put him in it gave him a pat then went to the office. " i see why you need this place cleaned, looks like at least 4-5 diffrent tornadoes have tore through it!"

[V.elocity]

Jack turned around as she retorted to his smart-arse comment. Ah, so she played this game too. "Well I was only comparing him to me." he said with a shrug. "Think about it, I could go into the show ring and we'd win with our devilishly handsome looks." he said with a wink. With that he turned and went into his office.

Once he got in his office, he actually realised how messy it was. How could he have lived with it like this? Maybe having a some one to help him out was a good thing, he could pay attention to other things while they brought in the horses and fed and swept. Dorothee was a good choice for that. She loved horses and everything about them, she just needed to get back on again. He meant what he said about being there with her if she did attempt to ride him tomorrow. He'd be there with her every step of the way. His brother had gone through the same thing, but never got back on, and still hadn't to this day. He didn't want her to end up like his brother. At least progress had been made with her taking Hugo out and grooming him and talking to him.

Jack choose a spot to sit on the floor as he grabbed a stack of papers, leaving the chair for Dorothee to sit in. See chivalry wasn't dead! He looked up from the insurance papers when Dorothee came in. "I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come through here. Grab the chair and pick a random stack." Maybe while they worked in here, he's find out a bit more about Dorothee.

[Swift]

" Im sure they probably did come through here...where would you like me to start?" Dorothee asked. She looked around and decided to answer that herself and went over to a stack of empy files. She grabbed them and a pen and decided to start labeling first of all so they could do something with the papers when they were done. " what papers do you have there?" she asked. She looked to him and then smiled " oh by the way..im pretty sure you and hugo would win something...but definatly not first oh no...im pretty sure you two would be more likely to win the 'im so full of myself' award"