Cinderella..Ish?

14

"Ella. Wake up" I heard

"huh?" I asked

"It's your turn to drive" John said

"Oh okay" I replied "I need to use the bathroom first"

"I just got here cause I do too. Also Tommy said he was stopping" He replied

We both hopped out of the truck and I checked on Gypsy. He's doing good. Kate and I went to the ladies room while Tommy and John went to the men's room. And yes you are reading that right. John came. He said his boss approved him taking off. So he's coming to Texas with me. It's a 17 hour drive. I'm not a fan.

"So, have you drove at all?" I asked

"Nope. Tommy said he's gonna drive until he can't. What about you?" She asked

"I've been sleeping the whole time but i'm about to drive a little" I said

"Well if you need anything, I'm fully awake now. So you can tell John to call and put it on speaker" She said

"Yeah" I laughed

"I told you he would come" She smiled

"Shush" I repled

She laughed and we met the boys at the trucks.

"So, ready to drive some more. It's actually morning now" Tommy said

"I wish we still had the double trailer but no. A tree killed that" Kate said

"We could of taken one truck like before" I laughed

Everyone laughed and we got back in the separate trucks.

"You ready to drive" John asked

"Yeah. Are you going to go to sleep?" I asked

"Nah. I'm not tired" He said

I nodded and followed Tommy out of the rest stop and on to the high way.

"I can't wait to get there, sign in, then go right to bed" I said

"You still have 12 more hours El" John laughed

"Okay and?" I replied

He shook his head and I drove for about 4 hours before we stopped again. Then John took over and Kate decided to drive the next bit.

"So.. are you enjoying being stuck with me. Day one of seven" I laughed

"It's not bad so far. You slept the first few hours" He laughed

"Hey, I didn't go to sleep the night before. I was nervous. Still am" I said

"Why. You go every year" He said

"Okay. Still nervous" I replied

He shook his head while we kept driving. Man, I just want to be there.

~*~

"Okay, you can put your horses in their stalls. Call time tomorrow is 12 O'clock for a meeting, then there's scheduled times to train. Your circuit will train together" The man said

We said thank you and the boys put our horses in their stalls. Kate and I brought out tack in. Since we pretty much park and lock up the trailers until we leave. They have people go through and make sure no one is cheating. They also check the food since I had to bring a bag down to feed my boy. Each area has a stall, tack and food area, then a space to get ready. Once we set everything up, we headed to our hotel. It's about five minutes down the road from where we have to be. Checking in, I tiredly carried my bag to the elevator and down the hall to our rooms.