Chapter Four

The next morning I got up a little later than normal.
"It won't hurt if I sleep in today. Besides, Snow is making good progress."
"Amy! Wake up! It's seven thirty!" She said while shaking my bed trying to get me up
"Ugggh! Mom! Do I have to? Snow is making good progress."
"Yes, if you think that you get a day off because of that, then think again."
"Uggh, fine. I'll be downstairs in ten minutes." I said groggily
I get out of bed as slowly as possible. I really didn't want to go out in the cold, but I had no choice. I get on jeans and my Alabama long sleeve shirt and head downstairs to the kitchen.
"Hey mom, can you go warm up Snow for me? I think I'm going to try to ride her this morning." I asked while getting a bowl of Fruit Loops.
"Yeah. I'll do that while you eat breakfast."
"Thanks mom!"
While she was out in the barn getting Snow warmed up I walked over to the fridge to get milk for my cereal when I heard a knock at the door.
"Just a minute!" I yelled
I closed the fridge door and walked over to the door.
"Hello?" I said
"Hey, you must be Amy. I'm Tye. You can call me Tie Dye, Tye Matthew it doesn't matter to me."
"Ummmm, okay? What do you want?"
"Well I'm a stable hand here and your mom said there was food in the kitchen."
"Well, yeah that''s where food is supposed to be." I said sarcastically.
"Thanks. Quick question."
"Okay? What is it?"
"Do you have a boyfriend?" he said while looking down at the ground
"Oh my gosh! How dare you!" I screamed at him
"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to make things awkward. Forgive me? Please?"  
"Just, don't do that aain and we should be okay."
"Well, I;m going to go now. Nice meeting you Amy."
I didn't want to tell him but I really did think he was cute. His smile was super cute. I really wish I hadn't yelled at him. Maybe I'll see him around the stables's sometime.
'Wait! Tye!" I called after him
"Yeah Amy?"
"Umm....can.....ummmm.....I....ummm...have......ummm....your....num...num..."
"My number?" Tye asked
"Yeah sorry. I'm kind of socially awkward."
"It's okay. I understand. I am too."
"Oh, by the way, no I do not."
"Do not what?" He asked
"I do not have a boyfriend. Why did you want to know?"
"No reason." He said "I  was just curious."
"Oh, okay." I started to walk to the barn when Tye stopped me
"Amy! Wait!"
"Yeah Tye? What is it?"
"Do you want my number or not?"
"Oh yeah I do. Sorry, I almost forgot."
He wrote his number down on a sticky note and handed it to me.
"Thanks Tye."
I looked into his eyes.........I don't remember what happened next.