Chapter Four
That night after dinner, Mia flopped across her bed. She called Sky.
“Hi!” Mia squealed when her best friend answered. “Guess what happened?”
Quickly, Mia explained her crazy plan. “Well?” she said when she was finished. “Isn’t that awesome?
“I guess,” Sky answered.
“Diamond is going to be the best horse in the stable when I’m done,” Mia said.
“I don’t know,” Sky replied slowly. “Diamond’s really hard to handle. And how are you going to stop making all those mistakes?”
“I haven’t made that many mistakes,” Mia replied.
“Remember when you left that whole bag of grain out?” Sky said. “The mice got in it. Or how about when you left those saddles outside all night and it rained? Or how about when —”
“Okay, I get it!” Mia said. She sat up on her bed. “I thought you’d be happy.”
“I am,” Sky insisted. “I just don’t want you to get into something you can’t handle.”
“I can handle it,” Mia said.
“Fine,” Sky replied.
“Fine,” Mia said.
They were both silent.
“Well, I guess I’ll see you at the barn tomorrow,” Sky finally said.
“Yeah, see you,” Mia replied. She hung up the phone and sat on her bed, staring out the window. Sky’s words repeated in her head. Maybe her friend was right. Was this whole plan just another big mistake?