Horse Games by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82497-4
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

“THE SADDLE CLUB shall come to order,” Stevie announced. Lisa and Carole both looked at her in surprise. Saddle Club meetings usually just took place wherever and whenever anybody thought they were having a Saddle Club meeting. Except for once a long time ago, when Lisa thought having rules was a good idea, nobody called them to order and nobody adjourned them. However, this time, things were a little different.

The three girls were at Stevie’s house. They were supposed to be having a sleepover at Lisa’s house, but since the events of the day had included Stevie’s sprained ankle, her parents thought she should be at home. She’d talked them into letting Carole and Lisa stay over with her.

What made it different from other sleepovers was all the attention Stevie was getting from her family. Her father had stopped by her bedroom twice to see if she wanted anything. Her brother Chad had brought all the couch pillows from the den and made a sort of throne for her on her bed. Lisa suspected that was why she sounded like a queen when she announced the beginning of the meeting.

Alex, Stevie’s twin brother, had knocked on the door three times to ask if there was anything Stevie wanted. She had been able to think of things he could do for her and her friends. She got away with the round of sodas and one tray of cookies and milk. He hadn’t been quite so gracious with the second tray of cookies and Lisa suspected they wouldn’t be seeing him again for a while.

On the other hand, Michael, Stevie’s younger brother, had been talked into paying a quarter just to see how swollen the ankle was.

“Oh, gross!” he’d declared gleefully and then headed for the phone.

“I think he’s calling up all his friends now,” Stevie said. “My guess is he’s going to charge them fifty cents—and pay me half of it. It’s good business, you know.”

“Like brother, like sister,” Lisa had said in total amazement.

Carole had just laughed.

“Okay, so we’ve come to order,” Lisa said. “What’s our first order of business?”

“To talk about today’s polocrosse match,” Stevie said.

“If you weren’t sitting on all of the pillows, I’d throw one at you,” Carole told her. “There’s only one word for the game today and that’s ‘embarrassing.’ ”

“Agreed. Now let’s talk about the next match in two weeks.”

“We can’t play,” Lisa said. “As I told you, we’re short a player now. We can’t have just five on the team.”

“What about Marie?” Stevie asked. “Is she as good as you guys say she is?”

Carole thought about that. It wasn’t an easy question. Marie had shown them some pretty good riding, she pointed out, but it might just have been luck. Maybe she was only good in the clutch.

“Then she’ll be great at polocrosse!” Stevie said excitedly.

Lisa shook her head. “She could be, but I have the feeling that, in the long run, Marie might not be the biggest problem there. I think it’s her mother, don’t you, Carole?”

“Yes.

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