Emma's Chance Page #4

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After you're done with Rubix, Chance is next.

Yeah, do you know where he is?

Hey!

Hey! What do you think you're doin'?

Check your list, man. Chance ain't on it.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

There we go. You're a good boy.

You're a good boy, yes, you are.

You're a good boy. Yeah.

He doesn't really like men much, does he?

Aside from you, of course.

No. It's gonna be next to impossible

to find a female farrier, too.

Well, I just got off the phone

with your principal.

You're welcome back any time.

What's the matter?

I thought you'd be relieved.

I mean, I still feel really horrible

about what happened.

And I just, I don't know.

I wish there was more I could do.

I also want to officially apologize

to you, Susan.

And thank you.

Thank you for giving me

the chance to make it right.

Emma, you are forgiven.

Mr. Rogers and Pilot

have made a full recovery.

Isn't that right, Mr. Rogers?

Can I come back every now and then?

As long as you keep cleaning out stalls

you can come back every day, if you like.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

Congratulations. I heard.

So I guess this is when

you poof and disappear?

You better not.

I got a lot of horses left

to take care of around here.

When I first came here,

I thought this place was a joke.

I just wanted to finish my community service

and be done with it.

But when I started to see

how these horses get turned around...

Especially the ones I helped train.

I mean, seeing the look

on a new owner's face when they adopt one,

one you helped save.

It changed me.

I owe everything to Kevin and Susan.

To Red Bucket.

I have to admit, Emma.

You surprised me in the best way possible.

I'm sorry about what I said.

And I hope you do stick around.

Are you kidding? I'm addicted to this place.

Good.

Yeah, there you go!

Arch your back now! Arch your back.

Okay, can she be here tomorrow?

- Yes, good! Good! Way to go!

- There we go.

- Can I ask you something?

- Shoot.

How do you know if a boy likes you

or if he's just using you,

like, for your brains?

He's nice and cute and everything

and every girl has a crush on him.

Do you?

You gotta be honest with him.

You shouldn't let him or anyone

use you for your brains...

Or anything.

Well, how much could we get

for the back pasture?

Yeah, we need to take the first offer

that comes in.

We gotta cut back.

So, let's do about half grain and then do

two thirds of a scoop of the electrolytes.

And you can still do the same amount of oil...

Hey, Lexi? If Red Bucket didn't exist,

what would happen to the horses?

Where would they go?

Red Bucket does exist.

Well, yeah, but what if it didn't?

Like, what if it got sold or something?

As long as Susan's here,

this place will never sell.

Yeah. Does she seem overly stressed to you?

She's always like that.

Mom, what's with spending money

on all this junk food?

Okay, health nut.

Do you know how many horses

we could feed with that?

She has a point. Horses love donuts.

- It's cute, right?

- I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready.

- Well, sorry. Sorry.

- Just do it again.

No way.

I thought she was done

with her community service.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

- Nope, it's Horse Girl!

- Horse Girl!

You guys are mean.

Come on. It was just a joke.

You two are both just

way too in love with your silly little selfies

to think about anyone else.

Are you sure this is a good idea?

Just being honest.

That wasn't so bad, was it?

That was fun!

Hey.

You wanna tell me what's going on here?

It's about time he let somebody else ride him.

Chance was ready,

if that's what this is about.

Can anyone tell me

what the acute angle of a parallelogram is?

Emma?

Try Horse Girl. She'll wake up to that.

I'm sorry. Did you say acute or obtuse?

Because one obtuse and acute angle

of a parallelogram

add up to 180 degrees

and are known as supplementary angles.

Did I understand the question correctly?

What's your deal, Cat?

Catherine!

You did not just do that.

You think you can expect everyone

to do whatever you want.

Follow you around

like you're the boss of them?

I can't wait for high school to be over.

You wanna know why?

Because everyone

will have finally moved on from you.

And you will finally know how it feels

to be treated like...

Like...

Like horse manure!

That's strange.

Next month's hay hasn't come in yet.

What is it?

Okay.

My first day here,

I overheard Susan in her office.

She was saying something

about needing 30 more days.

And then again the other day,

I overheard her talking to someone

about how much

the back pasture would sell for...

And asking whoever was on the phone

to take the first offer that comes in.

Susan would never sell.

Yeah, but doesn't this explain

why we're running out of hay

and why she's been so stressed out?

I asked her about the hay last week

and she told me not to worry.

We can't lose that pasture.

Wait, Lexi.

Can you really win money at these things?

That's it!

I have to enter into

as many shows as possible

and surely we can raise enough

to get us through

until we can figure something else out.

Okay, we have to be really clever

about how we do this.

Here. I raised it for Red Bucket.

Hey.

- Hi, Susan.

- Hi, girls.

Thanks.

Hey, bud.

- There we go.

- How are you doing, buddy?

You girls are still here?

Yeah, just felt like an evening ride.

All right.

- I'll let you both lock up then.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Good boy.

You sure you don't need me.

Almost done and headed home myself.

Okay. Have fun.

Come on, bud. Good boy!

Just a minute, I'm looking for my keys.

Someone's in a rush to clean stalls.

If I finish early, I get to ride Chance.

Well, I hope you realize what a gift it is

them giving you lessons...

- And saying thank you.

- Mom, can we go already?

Okay.

Come on!

How'd you think

this plan of yours would work?

You know what happens

when you push the body too hard

and you don't give yourself time to rest.

If it's not broken, it's definitely fractured.

What if we hosted a carnival, or something?

No offense, kid,

but that would not be enough.

What about Emma?

They're the best match here and you know it.

Out of the question.

We can come up with something better.

Which is?

Susan's in New York right now

meeting with a donor.

She'll come home with a check

and everything will be fine.

End of discussion.

The best match here

and you're not gonna let us even try?

Forget she mentioned it. I'm not gonna

put that kind of pressure on you, Emma.

You know Chance would never let her down.

I can handle it!

You have two weeks to get her ready.

I'll come every day and train.

And if I'm not ready,

then we won't go through with it.

Kevin?

Fine.

If you're not ready though,

I'm gonna pull the plug.

And listen to me.

I'm gonna be the one to tell Susan.

So until that point,

this stays just between us.

Okay.

Lexi! Am I hurting you?

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

She's as ready as she'll ever be.

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