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Brian was tried of his father's nagging. His sister, Jacqueline, was out and their mother was busy. Brian decided to take his horse out for a ride. He went out for rides when he was angry or stressed. He saddled up his horse and went down into the fields at the back of the house. The gardens were pretty at this time of year and the sun was out. He enjoyed galloping through the fields at top speed. He smiled as his hair began to dance in the wind. He let his fingers loosen their grip on the reins and, slowly, tangled them in the horse mane. Slipping his feet out of the stirrups, he gripped on with his thighs and leaned forward like a jockey. He headed towards the nearby forest and duck beneath the trees. Thundering down the footpath, Brian didn't realise the deer hiding in bush ahead. When the deer saw the horse galloping towards it, it raced out in front of the Brian. His horse spooked and began step backwards. Rearing up on his back legs, the horse throw his head into the air. Without his feet securely in the stirrups and hardly holding on, Brian found himself clinging on the horse's neck. "Hang on!" Brian heard a shout. He could, vaguely, make out a man running towards him. The man grabbed the reins and pulled them down. Calming the horse with his soothing tone, the man began to stroke the horse's nose. Brian took a deep breath before dismounting the horse and stepping towards the man.
"Are you alright?" He asked Brian
"Ye...yeah, t-thanks..." Brian nodded
"Lovely horse," The man smiled "Has she got a name?"
"Name? Uh, yeah... Llamrei... After King..." Brian's sentence was finished by the other man
"King Arthur's horse, of course!" He smiled "The name's Roger, by the way. Roger Aubrey," He gave Brian his hand and Brian took it in his.
"Would you like me to take you home?" Roger asked
"Yeah... Yes, please," Brian nodded
"Where do you live?"
"Up there..." Brian pointed up the hill "In Falsworth Manor..."
"You're Lord Falsworth's son, Brian?" Roger asked, stunned. Brian nodded. Roger smiled and began to take Brian home. Brian lead his horse, Llamrei.
"Okay, bye!" Roger waved as he left Brian at Falsworth Manor's door.
"Who's the handsome young man?" Jacqueline laughed as she walked up the driveway. Brian felt himself blush a deep crimson red.