Trail Ride

ok its a new story. The guys are taking a break after they did collision course and they are going with mike up to his uncles horse farm in the mountains of North Carolina. Brad finds something more then horse menuer and early mornings. not what he expects from Mikes family. Here we go..

Brad coughed as he stepped out onto the dirt driveway. "Why are we here again?" He asked as Mike and Chester stepped out of the SUV. "It's vacation." Mike said. Brad shivered as he saw a huge stallion being led into the barn by a young woman and her dog. "That's my cousin 'Lissa and her dog Benji. You'll get to meet them later." Mike said. "Benji?" Dave asked skeptically. "Don't ask long story." Mike said. Mike knocked on the door of the main house. A rather large man opened the door. "Hey Uncle Roy! How's it going?" Mike shook his uncles hand. "These are my friends, this is brad.." His uncle wave his hand dismissively. "I'll be damned If i don't know your friends. Melissa won't shut up about your band." The guys laughed. Suddenly Mike was thrown forward as someone jumped on him. "Mike!!" The young women said. "Hey Melissa. What's up?" He asked. "Not much. Oh hi." She said shyly as she noticed the other guys there. Mike jumped as he heard a low growl. "uhhh...hi benji..." Mike said as he slowly backed away from the Boxer. Benji gave a loud bark. Mike took off running with Benji on his heels. The other guys tried to stifle their laughter as Mike screamed. Melissa gave a loud, shrill whistle and Benji came trotting up to her with Mikes pants in his mouth. She bent down and took them from him. "Benji be nice to him when he's here or no treats." Brad burst out laughing as Mike walked back up the dirt driveway in his boxers (not the dog). "Aww shut the fuck up Delson. Just you wait." Melissa handed mike his pants back. Benji sniffed Chester's hand, then proceeded to lick it. "C'mon in guys I'll show you where you can stay." She took them up stairs to the guest room that had two bunk beds and a single bed. "Since there's six of you and I got the other spare bed in my room, someone's going to have to room with me." The second those words left her lips there was a mad scramble and Brad was pushed to the floor. "That's not fair." He complained. "want some cheese to go with your wine big bad?" Chester laughed from the top bunk. "Don't worry i dont bite." Melissa said and laughed. Mike threw a pillow at Brad.

Brad wandered into the barn. Not looking where he was going, a large black horse stuck his nose out at Brad. Brad froze with fear, But he relaxed only slightly as the horse proceeded to sniff him. "He likes you Brad." Melissa said as she appeared with a brush. She opened up the horses stall and went in. "You can come in he wont mind as long as you dont touch his feet." Brad followed her in. Brad watched as she started to brush the horses back. Brad came closer, his curiosity overiding his fear. Melissa stopped and put the brush in his hand. She then guided his hand to brush the coat of the horse. "What's her name?" Brad asked. "He's a stallion and his name's meteora." She said as she let go of his hand. She patted his nose. Brad continued to brush Meteora. "So do you ride?" Brad almost dropped the brush. "I've never ridden before." He said. "Wanna learn?" she asked. "Uhhh sure, but do I have to ride him?" Brad gulped. "No I'll let you ride Hybrid. He's really gentle." On brad's other side, a bright bay horse with a white blaze on it's nose stuck his head out.

"I....Thought....you....said.....he......was.......gentle?!" Brad said as he bounced up and down on the horses back. the other guys watched from the back porch trying in vain to contain their laughter.

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Brad some how managed to actually stay in the sadle after thirty minutes of bouncing. "If you want, I'll take you to the water fall." Melissa said as she mounted meteora with ease. Hybrid shook his head impaitantly. Melissa nudged her horse forward. Brad followed her. After they reached the tree line, Brad nudged his horse right beside Melissa's. "I can't believe your Mike's cousin." Brad said trying to make conversation. "Me either." She said glanced back at him. "You uh like music?" Ok Brad knew it was a stupid question but he couldn't think of anything. "Yeah, I love your guy's music. It's pretty good." "That's uhh cool." He tried to think of something else to say. "Brad, Duck." Melissa said. "What?" Brad looked up. suddenly he found himself off the horse and on the ground. He put his hand to his head. As he drew it away, he saw blood on his fingers. "Aww shit." He grumbeled. Melissa dismounted and went over to his horse. From the sadle bag she drew out a first aid kit. "Hold still." She reached up and put something on his cut that made it sting. "Shit that hurts." Brad said. "Oh stop being such a baby." She said. Melissa took his face in her hands and blew on the cut. Brad almost melted under her touch. "Don't worry the Water fall's just up a little further. We'll walk." She helped Brad up. He took Hybrid by the bridle. After a few more feet, they stopped infront of this beautifull water fall. "My god." Brad breathed. The sky had grown dark. Suddenly the sky lit up with light. Thunder cracked overhead starteling the horses. "Follow me!" She shouted as it started raining hard. Brad led his horse behind the waterfall into a cave. "Wow, this is awesome." He said. "How long till the storm blows out?" He asked. Next to horses, storms made him feel really uncomfortable. Lightning cracked, it scared brad so badly he fell over into Melissa's arm.

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Brad grinned sheepishly. "For a guitarest who likes to jump around on stage, you sure are clumbsy." She said as she helped him regain his feet. "For a woman who works with horses you sure have soft hands." He muttered. He placed a hand against the cave wall. "Come again?" She said. Brad felt glad it was dark in the cave. He could swear that he invented some new shades of red. "come on. This way." He took Hybrid by the bridle and followed her deep into the cave. They came to an opening of the cave. The cave walls went up high into a gigantic cavernous ceiling. There was a tent pitched and a trough filled with water and to bales of hay next to the tent. "Did you plan this?" Brad asked. Melissa shook her head. "Nope, this is just where I come when I need time to think. You might want to grab something to eat. We'll be there for a while."

(back at the farm)

"Mike your cousin hijaked our guitarest." Chester said snidly. The rain pounded hard on the windows. Mike had started a fire in the fireplace that was in the guest room. Benji was laying with Chester infront of the fire with his eyes closed in content as Chester rubbed his favorite place behind his ears. "I don't know, with this storm it might keep them over night." Joe said. "If its our good luck she's feeding him to a bear." Pheonix laughed. "No I don't think that's ever gonna happen." Mike said. "Why's that?" Rob asked. "She likes him too much." Mike said with a slight s******. "WHAT!?" Everyone shouted. "Yeah, Its pretty funny. She never shuts up about him then when he's here she never says a word." Chester started laughing. "You know that's how i started out with Sam. Look where we got to." Mike stopped laughing. "Ok thats not even funny. They would be like.." Mike shuddered at the thought of what would happen. "Like you, joe, and brad when your all drunk and hyper." Mike stared up at the ceiling.

(the cave)

Brad's teeth started chattering really bad. The tempreature had dropped so fast. Despite the fire, it was still really cold. Even the horses were smart enough to huddle together. Brad scooted closer to Melissa. To his surprise she scooted close to him. She was shaking, so he put his arms around her.

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The door bell rang. Chester jumped starteling Benji. He looked around and there was no one else so he answered the door. "Hello?' He blinked as he stared into the sun light wating for his eyes to adjust. "Umm Hi. where's Melissa?" The girl asked. Chaz rubbed the back of his head. "I don't know, she and Brad went out to the waterfall yesterday and they haven't come back since." She gigeled. Then the dog beside her barked. Mike then came to the door. "Chester who's making all of this noise?" The dog started growling at him. "Oh great, another crazy psyco dog that dosen't like me...." Mike jumped as Benji barked from behinde him. Mike then took off running. Now instead of one dog, there were two dogs after him. Chester was rolling on the ground with his sides bursting with laughter. "I'm Alyssa." The girl said as Chester shook her hand. "I can tell, we've talked before on the computer." Chester invited her in. "Should I call down the dogs?" She asked. Chester streatched and yawned. "Ask me in an hour and then I'll think about it." She laughed.

(the cave)

Brad woke up to his back hurting. He looked around and took a toll of his suroundings. He looked down beside him. 'Holy shit, what the hell happened last night?' he wondered as he saw Mike's cousin hudeled beside him. 'I remember now, it was freezing. we had to try to stay warm. He stood up and went over to where the horses were. He picked up one of the brushes and started brushing Hybrid's coat. Hybrid turned his head to look at Brad. Soon Meteora meandered over to Brad and sniffed at his fro. He had hear that horses can tell what your feelings were. "You know what guys, I really like her. I just don't know what Mike would say. Or what she would say for that matter." He continued to brush Hybrid. Meteora dipped his head as if he was listening. "You wouldn't know what it's like to fall in love would you?" He asked Hybrid. The horse just gave him a meaningfull look. Meteora bit on the back of brad's shirt and lifted him up. Brad started laughing as Meteora set him down. "Are you ready to head back out?" Brad turned as Melissa reached up to pat Meteora's nose. "Yeah, I expect the guys think you've fed me to a mountain lion or something." She shrugged as they led the horses out from under the waterfall. "Ah well I don't care about Mike and what he thinks anymore." They both mounted their horses. "What's with that?" He asked as they steered their horses around a large rock. "We got into a fight about your new album. That's it." She said dismissively. "Wait a minute, you and Mike are on bad terms? What hapened?" He said as his face showed shock. "He wanted to know what I honestly thought of the album, and I told him." She said. "So what do you think about it?" He asked. "I don't like it. I think that he screwed up your songs that were already realy awesome." She said not looking at Brad's face. "Then he started yelling at me for being an unloyal street soldier and how I wasn't supportive. Then i started yelling back and we haven't made up and frankly I don't care." Brad pulled back on Hybrid's reins. "You shouldn't say that. He's your cousin, he loves you." She pulled back on Meteora's reins. "He should be able to take critizem (sp?) like a man and not like a four year old." She turned to look at him. "Your right, but who was there when your mom died? Mike. Who was there when your other cousin raped you, Mike. Don't you think you should cut him some slack." He rode Hybrid right up beside meteora, "Besides, I would die if you didn't make up with him." He leaned over and kissed her. Then as he did, he fell off the horse.

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Chester and Alyssa heard screaming out in the pasture. They looked out the window to see Joe run by. They then laughed as he was followed by a jet black horse with a white nose and eye spots. Alyssa sighed. "Looks like Joe ticked off Jack, I guess I should go save him." Alyssa said as she opened the window and jumped into the pasture. Chester watched as she Grabbed a rope from a post and jumped on to a horse bare back and started after Joe. Chester rubbed his eyes at what he saw. She galloped past the window with the rope spinning over head. She let the rope go. Chester was sure she was going to miss the horse. Instead of roping the horse she roped Joe! She quickly pulled himup on to the horse with her. Joe bounced as Alyssa turned the horse and they lept over the gate. Alyssa dismounted then helped Joe down. He tried to untangel himself from the rope. "You uhh ok Joe?" She asked. He looked at her suspiciously. "I'm Alyssa, a friend of Melissa's." She shook his hand. "Ummm thanks. I never really liked horses." He said. The horse that Alyssa rode came over and started to munch on Joe's hair. "Ahhh get it off me!! The chickens are attacking! Hide the green Bunnies!!" He screamed as Alyssa let the horse back into the pasture. "Kimchi is a good horse, you scared her I think." Joe started jumping up and down happily. "You saved me and remy! yay!" He clapped his hands like a three year old. Mike ran bye with Casey and Benji on his tail. Alyssa gave a loud whistle and casey stopped chasing him and padded over. She jumped up on Joe then proceeded to lick his face off. "Now I don't have to worry about the saying 'Love me love my dog'." She laughed. Two other voices started laughing as well. "Hey Alyssa, I see you've met Joe, this is..." The two girls hugged each other like sisters. "No shit I know who it is that's Big Bad Bradford Philip Delson." She said. Brad flinched at his whole name. "Just Brad please. People only use that name if I'm in trouble. I'm not am I?" He started looking around. "No brad stop it." Melissa said. "So uh are you two an Item?" Joe asked snidly as he looked between Brad and Melissa. "Would you like for Mike to kill you now or later Brad?" Alyssa asked. "Har Har Har, very funny. Mike's not going to kill me is he?" Brad asked Melissa. "I'm not speaking to him remember. Besides what about you and Joe, Alyssa?" Melissa batted her eyes at them. "We're not an item.." Alyssa said quickly. "Unless you want to be." Joe said. Brad rubbed the back of his head, "Where is Mike anyways?" he asked. "Benji's chasing him." Alyssa said with a small laugh. "God almighty, that dog. BENJI!!!!!" Melissa shouted as everyone went onto the porch. Chester greeted them. "Melissa your dad said he had to go into town today and didn't know when he'd be back." She nodded as she looked at the grey sky over head. "It hought we left the storm back at the cave. guess I was wrong." She said as Rain drops began to fall. Mike came up on to the porch and gave Melissa an evil look. Benji came up behind him and shook himself dry. "Ugg wet dog." Chester said as he wrinkeled his nose. On the TV was a picture of a plane wreckage. "What ya watchin Chaz?" Dave asked. "Oh the news. Some plane from LA crashed in West Virgina." Chester's Cell phone rang, making everyone jump. "Hello? WHAT?!" Everyone jumped again as Chester's angry voice mixed with the thunder. "No you have to be wrong, She can't... What about Draven?" Chester let out a sigh of relief, but that didn't stop the tears from pouring out of his eyes. "Ok, I'll stay right here and wait for you to come with him." He said in a shaky voice. He then dropped the phone. "Chaz?" Mike said in a quiet voice. The band gathered around him. "Sam was on the plane that crashed. My mom's Bring Draven over here." He said with Tears falling down. "My God Chester." They all joined in a group hug to try to make him feel better.

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Chester's head drooped as he sat silently on the couch. The huge storm had turned into snowfall. Melissa had gone out on to the porch this morning. She was all decked out in her pajamas, heavy boots, heavy jacket, and ski cap. She sat there sipping on some coffee as the snow fell all around her silently. Chester slowly ventured outside to the place where she was sitting. His eyes still were red from crying. "Don't you think it's amazing how snow falls so silently?" She asked as the steam mixed with her breath. Chester was thrown off by this question considering the amount of stress he was going through at the moment. "When I was a kid, I never knew what snow was. Seeing it for the first time was like magic, even if i was twenty three." He said holding his hand out to catch some snowflakes. "My mom loved the snow. she'd always tell me stories of how when she was little, she would play in the snow with my uncle. I never saw snow untill the day she died." She said taking another sip. Chester nodded. "It was in December, two weeks before Christmas, She passed away from cancer. That was back in '97 and the day she died, it snowed all day and all night. Sam must have been one amazing person to have god let it snow for her." She said as she stood up and wandered over to the fence. The snow blown wind Picked up her hair and let it dance with the wind. Chester followed her. Her horse, Meteora trotted over. Chester reached up to pat him on the nose. "Meteora lost his mate too. He wouldn't sleep or eat, but he got better. It just takes a little time to heal, but we can never forget what we did with the special person." Melissa said. "How can it be alright when Draven reminds me of her every day?" Chester asked his voice still high pitched. "Have fun with your son, after a while try dating again. Be his father. Love him as if he was the only thing in the world. But don't forget, If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask." She said. "daddy!" They both turned at the sound of a little voice. Little feet came running to him through the snow. "Hey Draven." Chester said as he picked his son up. "Daddy what this white stuff?" He asked as he grabbed a handfull from the fence railing and threw it at him. "Snow." Chester said as he laughed. "Where did you learn to throw snow?" He asked as he bounced Draven up and down. "Uncle Joe and some girwl were throwing snow in the fwont yarwd." He said. Chester and Melissa laughed as Draven attempted to say his new word. Draven then turned to Melissa while he was still in Chester's arms. "Awre you daddy's girwl-frwiend?" He asked. "No she's uncle Brad's Girlfriend." Chester said. "Where Uncle Phi Phi?" Draven asked. "I don't know Dray, why don't you go find him." He set Draven down. His little legs carried him as fast as they would go towards the house. "Should you go do something about Benji?" Chester asked. "No Benji just dosen't like Mike. He'll love Draven." She answered. They started making their way to the house. "So what's the story behind Benji? I know there is one." Chester said with a grin. "I got him when Good Charlotte released their seccond album. He was a strange puppy, He wouldn't sleep unless Good Charlotte was playing. So I named him Benji." Chester sighed as he watched Draven on Benji's back riding around like Benji was a horse. Brad came down stairs. He hugged Melissa tightly. "Have you seen outside? It's almost perfect." Brad said as he let go of Melissa. "Yeah untill joe and Alyssa messed it up." she said. "When did Draven get here?" Brad asked. "Minutes ago." Chester said. "I'm gonna make breakfast." Melissa said as she went into the kitchen. "I'll help Chester said. Brad put on a pouty face. "What am I suposed to do when you guys are cooking?" He demanded. "Watch Draven." Chester said with a wink. "Oh god.." brad groaned. Suddenly all brad saw was white.

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Brad wiped the snow out of his hair. "That's not Funny Joe. I could like die of hypothermia." Brad said angrily at the DJ. "Geez and I thought that Mike had the drama queen role down." Joe said as he grabbed at a stitch in his side. Joe managed to gasp in for breath. "Who said anything about me being the drama queen?" Mike said as he gave Joe a small kick. Joe rolled down the stairs. "Aww come on Mike. I'm just kidding. Besides your future cousin Brad is going all crazy." Mike stopped in mid-snort. "What do you mean future cousin?'' Mike asked. Brad made movements at joe to try and get him to shut up. "Oh Brad likes your cousin." Brad lunged at Joe and Mike made a grab for Brad's neck. There was a loud crash and The three men ended up on the floor. Brad had Joe in a headlock while Mike was trying to choke the life out of Brad. Draven squealed with delight as the three men started to fight. Chester poked his head out of the kitchen. "Guys, your gonna make a bad impression on my kid." Mike stopped in the middle of banging Brad's head into the side of the couch. "Oh like your not a bad impression as it is?" He asked a little angry. "Man who put the stick up your ass?" Chester asked Mike as Melissa went to rescue Brad from Mike's clutches. Brad moaned as Melissa Picked him up. "Damn Mike what the hell is your problem?" She demanded angrily. "Oh I don't know maybe it's the fact one of my best friends is in love with my cousin. Maybe It's the fact that that damn dog won't leave me alone!" Mike shouted. "Well I can tell you right now why Benji dosen't like you, It's because your such a damn prick who cant take critizem (sp i kno) like a man. Or maybe you are such a dick you don't understand how it is when you get something taken away from you that you loved!" She yelled at him. "I would understand if you'd just tell me what the hell is wrong!" He shouted back at her. All of the guys and Alyssa had just stopped moving, they were barely making a sound. This was the famous Shinoda temper that every one was warned about. "You wouldn't know all of the scars all of the drugs all of the pain. The shit you feel is nothing compared to what I feel!" She said as she took off running in the snow. Mike let out an enraged snarl and stormed upstairs. Benji started wimpering as he went off after his mistress. Brad stood up, his nose still bleeding badly. He grabbed his jacket. "Where are you going Brad?" Rob asked in a small voice. "I'm going to go after her." He said shortly as he slamed the door behind him. "Melissa?" He called. There was no answer. He called her name again. There was still no answer. He heard the sound of a horse neigh. He jumped the fence into the pasture. The snow crunched under his feet as the blood from his nose sprinkeled the gorund like rose petals. He stopped in the middle of the field Where an old tree was. There on the ground under the tree Melissa sat with her knees tight against her chest. Benji laid beside her in the snow while Meteora was on her other side. Just like he stood there with his blood coloring the snow, Her blood colored the snow also. Her arm looked like she had ripped open a wound that had already been there. Brad had never seen her in short sleeves before. "I'm sorry Brad, I'm so sorry." She said with her eyes red. He fell down on to his knees beside her and took her in his arms. "No, you have nothing to be sorry for," He said. He kissed her softly on top of her head.

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This was all just another page in the life of another worhtless person. His shoes crunched in the snow as he carried her to the barn. She had grown almost as white as the snow. He fixed up her arm and laid down with her in the hay. Meteora was their pillow. Benji brought Brad a large woven blanket. Benji had taken a real liking to Brad. The dogs judgement was never wrong when it came to his mistress's wellfare. This dog didn't like mike for one reason and one reason only, He made Melissa cry.

"Ok, look. No one is leaving untill we figure out what the hell is wrong with this damn band." Chester said as he locked the door. Mike gave a low growl. It was almost like Benji's growl when he was preparing attack. "First of all, Mike what the hell is your problem and dont say its because of Brad, I know its more than that." Mike rolled his eyes. "Alright then I don't apreciate the fact that my cousin is so unsupportive of what we do." He said in a huff. "That is total bull shit. She loves you mike and you mean alot to her. She supports you in so many ways that you don't see. How can you say that she's not supportive. Do you know how many countless people that she has given our music to?" Brad said in a deathly low voice. Mike's eyes were narrowed to pin pricks. "All she did was tell you her opnion about one album out of the five we've done. So what not every one is gonna like our music." "But you don't know how fucking much her opnion means to me." Mike says. "But I just wanted to be honest like you always taught me to. It hurt me so much that you said alot of the things you did. thats why Benji dosent like you either."

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