The Stable: Early Sunday Morning [5-27-07]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana had woken up early, headachy and tired of all the nightmares. Poor Jim had come back last night and taken care of her, then crashed and she didn't want to wake him. So, she slipped quietly out of bed, collected a few apples and headed to the stable.

She approached Trenor's stall carefully, making sure he saw her coming and moving slowly and calmly. She was pleased when he made his way over to her, nudging at her shoulder and happy to let her stroke him. He was even more pleased with the apples.

For her part, Lana felt relaxed and soothed. Maybe she should think about bringing Donatello here. She so very much missed the day to day care and companionship of her horse.

[Trenor modded with permission. Open should anyone want to stumble across Lana getting her horse fix.]

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Should you be out of bed?" Billy chided, smiling. He'd been passing by on a run around the island and spotted her.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana looked startled to be interrupted and maybe a tad guilty. "Probably, but I just couldn't stay in bed any longer."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

It was Billy's turn to look guilty. "Sorry, didn't mean to startle you. How are you feeling? I stopped by the clinic to check on you but everything was so busy I didn't want to bother anyone."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Head hurts a lot," she admitted. "And I'm really not sleeping well, but other than that, I'm okay. It was nice of you to stop by to check on me."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Are you taking anything for the pain? I hear ice packs can help with that. Sorry you're not sleeping well. Nightmares?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I have some pain meds," Lana replied. "But they make me all fuzzy. And yeah, nightmares. About the guy and about the aliens again."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Oh God, those Aliens. I get those sometimes too. Them and my dad. Sometimes they get mixed together. I'm confident neither that guy or the Aliens will be coming back though."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana nodded gingerly. "Yeah, they get mixed up with the meteor mutants back home for me. And I can't seem to convince my brain that none of it's going to happen again. And watching the other aliens attack during graduation didn't help any."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah that wasn't fun. Not being able to help. I helped out with the hockey guy though so...yeah." He wondered if he should change the subject.

"So, who's horse?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Karal's," Lana said. "Kind of reminds me of mine."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"You've got a horse?" Billy asked, surprised. "I didn't know you rode."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Back home," Lana said. "I miss him."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I bet he misses you too. What's his name?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Donatello. I thought about bringing him here, but he's an older horse and I think he's happier back in Smallville. My friend, Clark, takes good care of him."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy couldn't help a short snicker at that. "Have you met the Turtles yet?" he asked.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"No. I've missed a lot this week," she said.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"There's, I think three new students who are turtles. And I think one of them's named Donatello."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"How interesting," Lana said. "I'll have to keep an eye out for them."

She put a hand up to her head and sighed. "I think I'd better head back to my cabin. It was nice to see you."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"You too. Hope you feel better soon. I know it's hard, but try to take it easy."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Thanks." She smiled at him a little wanly. "And I'll try."