Post by Jacob Haynes on Oct 1, 2011 17:08:06 GMT -5
you got me on a mission ,
tell me darling, can i get a break somehow... how can i say no? she's got love like woe
jake sat on a couch in the common room, but as usual, he was upside down. one worn out sneaker on the wall, the other perched on the top of the couch, his eyes closed as if he were asleep. but he wasn't - he was simply just relaxing. his gelding had bucked him off just a few minutes ago, and the horse didn't seem to be cooperating at all after that, so he decided to relax for a little while before trying again. maybe with a different horse next time.
then, his eyes flickered open, to see that nobody else was there. not like someone would look at him weirdly. jacob usually sat like this, and he came to the common room often, so almost everybody had seen him like this before. his cell phone was slowly dropping out of his pocket, and when it vibrated, it dropped onto the couch near his stomach and shocked him out of his calm nature. he picked the device up and looked at the illuminated screen. Dad. he sighed and pressed the green button, putting it up to his ear.
"hey, jake, how's it going?" he heard his dad, quentin's, voice booming through the speaker.
"hey, dad. good... may threw me off today." jake replied in a tired, frustrated tone. slowly, he moved his legs off the wall and back to the floor, uprighting himself.
"may? he threw you off? he never does that!"
"yeah, i know."
"what about star? is she doing alright?"
"yeah, she's fine. kinda ansty around all the other horses, but she's getting used to it." jake switched the phone to his other ear and rolled up his sleeves with his hand.
"ah, good. alright, well, i gotta go. have fun." quentin said in a hurry. probably leaving to work. jake muttered a simple "goodbye," and hung up.
he placed the phone in his pocket and sighed, dropping his head and rubbing the back of his neck, oblivious to the person who had just walked in.