New Hoofprints in the Snow by A.M. Burns

Author:A.M. Burns [Spence, A.M. Burns & K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

14

EMMA YAWNED as she rolled over, waking up. Her phone beeped and she grabbed it to see who had texted.

Maia: Sorry, can’t come out today. Too much snow. Mom doesn’t want us driving the van in it so we have to cancel today’s session. See you soon.

Dammit, Emma thought. She got out of bed and looked out the window. There was only a dusting of snow on the ground. Too much snow?

Emma threw on a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt that read “Calhan High School,” and walked down the stairs to the kitchen where her mom was sitting at the table, drinking her coffee and reading the paper.

“Honey, Rosie—Maia’s mom—canceled Ramon’s hippotherapy session for today. Apparently, while we only got a dusting of snow, they must’ve gotten dumped on.”

“Yeah, Maia texted me this morning,” Emma said moodily as she grabbed the milk and made herself a bowl of cereal. “I wish she were coming out anyway.”

“I know, sweetheart,” her mom said, looking up from the paper. “How are things going between you and her?”

“Great! Well, sorta….” Emma slowly stirred the cereal into the milk. “Actually things are going well when it’s just me and her, but at other times… I don’t know.”

“What do you mean?”

Emma sighed and shrugged. “I don’t know. The other day, when I told her about Georgia being pregnant, we kissed for the first time, Mom, and it was so wonderful. She even wanted to kiss a second time! And I was so wrapped up in it that, um, I told her how I felt. And I asked her how she felt about me. But, last night, she seemed like she liked being around Billy more. We kinda flirted around him, but when we got alone, well, she said she liked me more and we kissed again. She says she’s scared Billy will leave and not be a sidewalker for Ramon, so she keeps going out with him so he’ll keep coming out here. But I don’t know how—or even if—she feels about me. Mom, I’m so confused!”

Her mom reached over and ruffled the top of her hair. “I know, honey. Maybe she just needs time. She might be having the same questions about herself that you once did. Remember those days?”

Emma did. Before Diane, she had been confused and only knew that society said she should like boys, but she was attracted to girls. Only through Diane and her mom’s support was she able to accept she liked girls and that it was okay, no matter what anyone said.

“I remember. I just… I just wish I could do the same for her that Diane did for me. Minus the hurting part.”

“Emma, hon, she has to want you to help her. What she needs right now from you is understanding and patience—letting her come to you instead of trying to push her to decide the way you want her to.”

“I know, Mom, I know,” Emma said and pushed the cereal away, laying her head against her folded arms.

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