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‘We’ve loaded some folding chairs and card tables for your petitions,’ Tom told Saffron as she headed towards the bathroom to wash sweat, dust and the sweet smell of horse away in a long hot shower. As the hot water soothed her muscles and the bathroom filled with steam, she tried to work out what to wear. She had no idea what the seniors would be wearing to their dance. It was a bit scary going to a senior dance when she wasn’t even at that school.
Before leaving the bathroom she couldn’t resist writing
I LOVE MAGIC on the misted mirror and surrounding it with
love-hearts and flying birds. She chose a long-sleeved, black sweatshirt covered in stars and moons and the caption "Magic Happens" on the front. Her mother had bought it for her the week after she got her pony. It went really well with her best flared jeans, which had Celtic knot designs painted down the front of the legs. As usual, she wore her riding boots.
She had just finished dressing when she suddenly remembered the “Save Green Mountain” tee-shirts which had been sent by Athol and Patrick. They were pale green with red writing and pictures of native birds and animals all over them, even on the sleeves. These are truly enchanting, she thought. She pulled one shirt over the top of the other and settled for the double-layer look.
‘You’ve been in there for hours,’ sniggered Charles as she finally emerged into the kitchen, where the band was pigging out on one of Tom’s scrumptious feasts.