The olympians forbidden young love

A job offer

Johannes POV

It feels good to be around Clara again. I know she’s too young for there to be anything romantic between us, but I was excited to be setting up my own little yard, away from my Dads mansion and all the people he hires to help with my horses there. I know he’s my father and I’m lucky that he’s helped me with my dream so far but everyone I work with knows he’s funding it all- he never stops reminding them. And it’s not that I couldn’t start up my own yard now- I have an Olympic gold medal for goodness sake! But he bough me all my horses and they’re all in his name… I dread to think what he’d do if I tried to leave his empire, and my horses are my life.

But here, in a tiny yard away from it all with a girl who seems to have no idea who I am I feel these things being pushed to the back of my mind. Just from the looks she’s giving Prince I can tell she’s horse mad… maybe this will work, just a quiet yard away from it all where no one need to know I’m a billionaires son and I can just focus on the horses.

‘So would you be interested in being a groom here again?’ I ask.

‘Oh. Yes. I’d love to… although you know, the only experience I have is with my friend who was here? But I’d love the opportunity… anything to do with horses…’

She looked flustered and was starting to stutter as she spoke. I don’t know why I felt so warmly towards her, we’d barely met, but she looked so anxious, her big doe eyes only occasionally daring to make contact with mine and whenever they did her cheeks flushed and she looked away hoping I wouldn’t notice. How did I not see how innocent she was in the club yesterday? Although maybe the alcohol and her outfit had a part to play… I felt a small smile at the corner of my mouth as I remembered how her legs looked in that short dress… but I need to stop thinking about this!

‘Ok well how about a trial month? I can only offer minimum wage for now but you’ll get to help exercise the horses and any experience you’re interested in I’ll do my best to give you the oportunity’ I offer, again kicking myself for not saying any equestrian experience… I hope she doesn’t pick up on the accidental inuendos I keep dropping somehow.

‘That sounds… amazing, when would I start?’

‘Oh, well you don’t drive much of a bargain do you?’, again she blushes and looks away. ‘ We could start with a couple of hours now? The stables need getting ready for the new horses arriving tomorrow, the whole place could do with a clean… If you’re up to it today that is?’ I add, my voice softening, ‘I didn’t mean to dismiss what happened to you yesterday… and I guess you might have a decent hangover?’

Her head snapped up, her eyes suddenly looking confidently into mine ‘I’m fine. Where should I start?’. Her tone had changed… had I offended her somehow? I tried to guess from her expression but she turned away again.

‘How about you do the sweeping, I’ll carry the bedding into the stables, and then you can set them up?’ I asked, assigning my self the heavy lifting… some boss I was turning out to be!

‘Sure’ she said and strode off in the direction of a broom- I couldn’t help but shamelessly look at her behind in her tight waitress trousers as she walked away… until Prince butted my face gently with his nose! ‘We best put you in one of these pens buddy’ I sighed, trying not to look over at her as she started sweeping with more effort than I would manage after a night like that then a full day waitressing… but I wanted to test her. Working with horses is tiring, if she wasn’t up to the job I’d be better off finding out sooner rather than later.

Clara POV

I was relieved to have something to do. I was tired and my emotions were all over the place. When I saw Johannes last night I knew he was out of my league, but I enjoyed for a split second feeling like it was a possibility- I’d never had a boyfriend and the way he looked at me still made my cheeks flush when I thought about it But then I was preteding to be older than I am… I mean what club owner wants to hang out with a girl who can’t legally go in his club! I know at 17 it’s not illegal to date him… but again someone like that is going to have much better options than a shy waitress… but when he rescued me… I don’t know I must have got my hopes up, and sitting behind him on the horse up here! I’ve never done that, it felt like a movie! But now I’m working for him? Which is great don’t get me wrong…. Just I guess back to reality with a bump.

Just then he walked past me carrying a straw bale over either shoulder… has he never heard a wheel barrow?? Ok I’m going to have to just stop looking at him if I have any chance of keeping this opportunity past the 1 month trial… and I’ve always wanted to work with horses. It’s a hard thing to get into, especially when you live in a tiny village with no horse of your own.

Once I’d done sweeping I set down all the bedding in the stables… the yard was a mess so this had taken a while.. Then I didn’t know what else to do so I went to look for Johannes. He was sat on a step block round the back near his horse and the two of them looked so relaxed and peaceful in the evening sunset, staring out over the fields. He was stunning. His black hair was a mess but somehow it fell across his forehead as if it had been carefully placed, his dark chocolate eyes looking at nothing in particular. I felt like I was intruding. I couldn’t exactly sneak off though, not if I wanted this job! So I cleared my throat awkwardly… I’m not great with these things!

‘Oh, sorry, are you done?’. I nodded. ‘Probably time for us to get home anyway shall I see you tomorrow afternoon?’

‘Yeah sure- about 4?’

‘Ok, I’ll see you then’ he smled and went back to staring into the distance. I was aching to sit with him, I lingered hoping he’d pat the seat next to him or something… but then I felt like I was lingering like a weirdo so I turned and started  the walk home- it was only 0 minutes but it was much better on horseback! Still, I need to get used to this more professional tone… last night was nice but he thought I was older then… although that didn’t explain why he put me on the horse for the walk over here. I sighed, I need to forget about the night before.