A Dangerous Friendship - Part 9
Since the start of the second school year, Anne has started horse riding. A big wish that comes true. She now has riding lessons every Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning. Normally, these were the quiet days, time to meet up with her friends. Anne knew this would take up much of her time, but she couldn't have imagined that much time. She didn't want to give up, because this was really her biggest dream come true. Even though she knew that this meant she had less time for others in her environment. Her friends knew that this was her biggest dream, and yet they spoke less and less.
She has an intensely good relationship with her horse Pien. She feels safe and secure with Pien. With her horse, she gets the feeling that she can tell her story. Pien listens attentively and doesn't judge anything. Anne also doesn't have to pretend to be what she really is. Lately, she noticed that she is starting to do this more and more to her friends. Her friends also don't bother to respond thoroughly to texts, so why would she do that? Will the friendship indeed decrease? When they send her an app and ask how things are going, Anne usually sends back that everything is going well and that she feels happy. Deep down, this is quite different. She's not feeling happy at all lately. She increasingly feels lonely, alone, abandoned and incredibly insecure. But how can you tell that to your friends if they are already less and less in touch with you? Should you tell them your story in confidence?
Since Anne noticeably feels that she can't go to any of her friends, she feels a more intense need to tell her story to Pien. It's all incredibly high on her. As a result, she feels a lot of anxiety inside her body. Before going home, she therefore decides to take a quick look at her horse Pien for a short moment. Since she doesn't want her parents to worry, she sends them a quick app to take a look at her horse. She doesn't need to call right now. Her parents would undoubtedly tell from her voice that something is up to her. They would then want her to come home immediately and for what? Even though her parents are not good at listening.
What a huge disappointment that her friends are of no use to her right now. She had so much hope of doing fun things with them. She would love to cry. It seems like Pien already knows that Anne is up for something, because she is already waiting for her at the door of the stable. As Anne walks into the stable, the horse pushes her head directly against Anne, as if to say: “It's okay, tell me what's there. I'm here for you, I'm listening to you”. She softly starts sobbing as she tells Pien about her dissatisfaction.
