A Dirty Little Lie [Luka]

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Samie walked down the path towards the White Oak barn with her warm jacket wrapped around her to keep warm and cozy. She was wearing her old riding jeans that, surprisingly, still fits her and as well as some worn riding boots. She saw the barn in view as she thought about visiting Hex for a few since she had nothing else to do on this Friday afternoon. Glancing around, she looked for anyone she knew who might be lurking around. Yet since she never gets along with anyone as well, she didn't really stop her eyes at anyone in particular, especially since there was barely to no people near the barns in the distance the girl was standing at. She let out a deep sigh out in the winter tempature, making a white smokey cloud appear from the warm air she let out. Giving a light grin at the fun, she continued on her way towards the entrance of the barn.

Walking down the isle of stalls, horse after horse, she looked at each one of the differnt horse's characteristics. Soon settling in on a dappled grey gelding whose head was barely poking out of the stall door. 'Oh Hex, you shy rascal.' She thought with a teasing roll of her eyes. As she walked over to Hex's stall she got a shy nicker in greeting. "Come on, Hex. I know you can give me a better greeting than that!" She teased with a ghostly smile. She never really reveals her smile to anyone, but Hex. He's the only one who she can be a better person around. So the gelding was her pride and joy, if anything ever happened to him, it would literally be the end of the world for her. She offered her hand out to the gelding, watching as he glanced down hesitantly before pressing his nose against the warm offer. Grinning towards the animal, she thought about how she should head over to the feed room and give Hex his fill for the afternoon. She started to walk out onto the isle to the path of the feed room, when she almost bumped into a stranger, a boy.

She looked at the boy, knowing she has seen the student around the Academy before. "Excuse me, but would you mind watching where you're going?" She commented with little to no sympathy in her voice. 'People just don't know their manners' She thought to herself, rolling her eyes secretly, as she waited for some kind of talk back or apology from him.

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Luka rubbed Neb's forehead before he headed towards the gelding's tack locker. He had gotten out of classes and planned on taking the gelding out for a ride, although he hadn't decided where he would take the gelding yet. After dropping the gelding's grooming kit into his tack locker, he debated for a moment between two of Neb's colourful saddle blankets. After picking up the silver pad with a black and gold trim, leaving the inverse blanket in black with silver on the saddle rack. He lay it on top of his worn black saddle before grabbing the bridle from where it was hanging. The soft, but supple leather felt good under his fingertips, but it draped easily over the saddle that Luka had laying on his other arm.

After closing the tack locker, without locking it for the moment, Luka turned to leave the tack room. As he walked down the aisle, he was focused on orchestrating his plans, not really paying attention to the bustle around him. As he felt someone pass very closely, he instinctively swerved away, dislodging the bridle from where it lay. As he mumbled under his breath, he bent to pick it up again, hearing a voice above him. As he rose again, he looked at the girl, "I'm so sorry, I should have been paying better attention." He looked her up and down, "I hope I didn't hurt you?"

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It's no joke that Samie is not really a 'people person'. Though something about this moment makes her feel like she just got hit in the head with a 'nice meter'. "No worries, like you said, you should have been paying better attention." She emphasized her point before just giving a innocent sigh. "Luckily, you didn't." She replied to his question before giving a devious idea in her mind. "You seem to have been here at the Academy for a while. Do you know a certain captain named Sara Lyena?" She asked with slightly narrowed eyes in disgust at the name Sara as she waited for an answer.

The girl has plotted something very devious to ruin that 'queen bee's' position. As you can tell, she doesn't really have a soft side for anyone. Though if she could just get this boy to spread this message she was about to give him, then she might just give him an easy time. "Well even if you may not know her as well, I'm the one to give you a fact that the girl has kept a secret from." She didn't really care if he didn't want to hear it or maybe he would. Though she needed to start talking to people about this sometime. So why not just plant it on someone who doesn't know the whole story about herself yet. She gave a warm smile to go with her act as a honest girl as she searched across the boy for a reaction or any comment he may want to lay on her. "Have you ever wonered why she brings her dog everywhere she goes?" Giving him a turn to speak his ideas before she lays a little twist on the topic.

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Luka nodded as the girl told him off, knowing that he should have, but thinking to himself that he shouldn't have been the only one that advice was applied to. However, in the interest of preserving the peace, he didn't say anything to the girl about that, instead doing his best to look sorry. As she said that he hadn't hurt her, luckily, he nodded, "I'm pleased to hear that." He would never have forgiven himself if his inattention had led to someone coming to harm, even when he wasn't the only one at fault for their crashing together. As the girl changed the topic, rather abruptly, he paused for a moment, trying to keep up, before he nodded, "I know of her, although not personally." The girl shared a few of his classes, although he would be hard-pressed to tell exactly which ones that would be.

As this girl, whose name he didn't know, although he had seen her around the school somewhere, told him that she would be telling him one of the girl's secrets, he sighed, knowing that his parents wouldn't have approved, but interested in what the girl had to say. Telling himself that there wasn't any harm in knowing, he raised an eyebrow, in an obvious 'go on' motion. As a guy walked past, leading his horse, Luka stepped to the side, leaning against Neb's stall door and dropping his load as he listened to the girl's next words. Thinking about the question, he frowned, "I don't think I've ever been privy to why she has that dog, but I heard something about him being for medical reasons?" He shrugged, "No one's ever seen fit to tell me, although I have been curious." He smiled at the girl, in a secondary, seemingly pointless gesture for her to go on with what she wanted to say.

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Samie gave a light smile to the boy. He seemed like a nice kid, enough to walk all over him. Though she knows he will find his way and will stand up for himself when needed. She gave a nod in agreement towards his reply to her comment about not being hurt. Besides, who would want to hurt this beautiful face? (Obviously refering to herself.) She then listened to the boy as he replied to her next comment, or question, giving a nod in understanding. "Well, after this, you will know something personal about her." She hid her devious grin behind. Before continuing on the conversation without anyone else knowing, just her and the other student.

She gave a grin towards his raised eyebrow, in interest, to go on to what she has to say. Letting him reply to her other question before speaking. She gave shrug and frowned. "Everyone thinks it's for medical reasons, but some, or most, of it is a lie." She commented, now this was the twist was was eager to tell. Since she has lied many times before, this was too easy, so it was hard to tell she was actually lying. Hey, life can be a lie. (Though not totally.) "She is just trying to get attention towards herself and get everyone in her mercy." How ever you explain that, it was the best she could explain the whole concept in just a sentence.

Shaking her head sadly. "It's a shame, really. Though she makes her dog look like as if it was a real problem. Although, I wouldn't take it too seriously." She let out a deep sigh to add to her devious act. This information was just too good to just share with one person. Though she just wondered if the boy was following with what she is saying.

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Luka's eyebrows rose in surprise as this girl, whose name he didn't even know, told him that the girl's whole 'service dog' act was a lie. He was really interested in the way she had said that most of it was a lie. He wondered briefly which part wasn't, but found himself forgetting about that little question as the raven-haired girl told him that Sara only kept the large, shaggy dog with her to get attention, and even sympathy, from other people. He felt disgusted by the girl already, although he had never found a reason to dislike her before in classes. However, of course, he had believed the lie that she had been playing out, although she never spoke about it unless pressed.

Frowning at the way he had been deceived, Luka shook his head, "That's just wrong, I think." He released a large breath of air as he thought about what he had just been told. Trying to reassure himself that this wasn't the deception, and giving this Sara girl one last chance, although he was already leaning to believe this convincing black-haired girl, he asked, "You're on the cheer team, right?" He thought he had seen her at practice before, not that he had been watching, just as he had walked past. That would make sense, though, if the girl had only told her 'inner group' about the deception. Thinking of the large dog, he shook his head again, "It's a shame, making the poor animal sit through so many boring lessons and be so obedient all of the time, just to get attention for herself."

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Samie was surprised at how well her twist has worked out well. Though she has never seen that mutt check Sara's food before she eats. So that's one part of evidence she can go along with her case about the cheer captain's lie. She was glad this was going along as planned. He has easily fallen into her clutches. 'Wow, that sounded really evil.' She thought in shock. Did she just finally realized that? She just shrugged it off, she already told the boy so she can't really take it back before he knows it's really a lie on top of a lie. (Like a lie sandwich, with extra gossip and rumors.) She secretly let out a devious grin behind her convincing act.

She gave a nod in agreement towards his comment about how Sara's 'act' is all wrong, and so is hers. The girl place a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder in sympathy. "Don't worry, we all have been fooled..." She responded before taking her hand off. 'How much longer will I have to go along with this nice acting?' She wondered before listening to his next question. "Yes, I am on the cheer team." She answered as she have seen students walk past the field during their practices to get to their next extracurricular activity. There is some more evidence, that she was in the cheer squad, so she should be the one to know. "It's a shame, making the poor animal sit through so many boring lessons and be so obedient all of the time, just to get attention for herself." She gave a depressed sigh that sounded like she really does care. "I know, it is..." She responded with another nod.

After all that confessions and truths, (or lies) she soon then decided she should introduce herself to him. "If you ever wanted to remember me, the name is Samie." She commented with an innocent smile to reassure all this sadness and shame in the pair's conversation. When this day ends, the boy would be the only student she could get along with. At least for now.

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Luka felt slightly confused as the girl lay a hand on his shoulder in support. When he had first met her, nearly tripping her up, he had thought that she seemed like a very head-strong, self-centered person, but by now, he was starting to find that she was exactly the opposite, caring about getting the truth out, supporting people as they wrapped their heads around the information she was carrying like a burden, a burden she had chosen to share to stop the lying. As she confirmed that she was on the cheer team, therefore privy to this sort of information, Luka nodded again. He doubted that Sara would have mentioned it to anyone except the exclusive group, but obviously, not all cheerleaders were out only for themselves, and some downright cared.

As the girl, Samie, introduced herself, Luka smiled in reply, thinking about sticking out his hand, but deciding that it would probably be too formal, for down-to-earth people, "It would be a shame not to remember a lady like yourself. My name is Luka." A nicker from the cross-ties drew Luka's attention, and he looked over to see Neb, head up, ears pricked, as if he was asking what the holdup was. Flustered, Luka cast an abashed grin at Samie, "Sorry, his royal highness is waiting. It was very... illuminating to meet you."