Exposure (Drawn Together Book 1) by Aly Hayden

Author:Aly Hayden [Hayden, Aly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Ben

Horses were a lot bigger than Ben thought they would be. He had seen them in TV shows and movies, of course, and he had even seen one or two in real life. But they had been so far away that he had never really registered how large they were. Which was why, as he stood in front of the giant, mottled grey monster, he was seriously rethinking agreeing to go horseback riding with Sam.

Sam, who was currently stroking its nose and talking to it like he would a small puppy.

“How can you just stand beside it and not freak out that it’s going to bite you? Look at its teeth!”

The bastard had the gall to laugh. “Seriously? Look at him. He wouldn’t hurt a fly, would you Puck?”

Ben leveled a stare at him. “You think I’m going to trust anything named Puck? I mean, have you even read A Midsummer Night’s Dream?”

“It’ll be fine, Ben. Come on.” Sam took his hand and Ben allowed himself to be pulled into a hug. “Do you really think I would put you on an animal I didn’t think was safe? Besides, you’re going to be sitting with me. I’ll be the one holding the reins.”

That eased some of Ben’s worries, enough that he no longer felt like backing out, but he still felt severely underprepared. All around him, Sam’s family mounted their horses, looking generally at ease around the giant beasts. Aside from the kids, he was the only one who was going to be riding with anyone, and even then, some of the older cousins got their own ponies to ride.

“How am I even supposed to get on it?” he asked weakly.

The others had made it look so easy. They just put one foot in the stirrup and swung their leg over. Ben was fairly sure if he tried to do that, though, he would end up ripping his shorts at the very best. He sneezed and rubbed at his nose, staring at the horse as though a solution would just present itself. Maybe the horse had been trained to lay down and he could just get on that way.

“You know what? I’ll get the box,” Sam said good-naturedly.

Ben wished that he could just sink into the ground. The kids used boxes, and not even all of them had to resort to that. He sneezed again, sniffling. If he’d managed to get one last cold before the end of summer, he was going to be pissed.

“Got it!” Sam returned with the box and set it down beside Puck. “This should make things a lot easier.”

“Easier is relative,” he grumbled. Sam stared at him, his arms folded across his chest. “What?”

“I dunno. You’re just…not what I expected when it comes to the outdoors. I mean, you single-handedly started a recycling campaign in the city. You’re all about the environment—”

“Hey, just because I want to save the planet doesn’t mean I have to like everything on the planet. I’m not too terribly fond of spiders, but that doesn’t mean I want the world to burn.

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