Chocolate on the Rocks

[Demeter Carr]

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Demeter pulled the vet truck into the parking area of the livery and slammed the door shut as she got out, glad to just have a few free minutes to herself. She'd received a call the night before about a cow having trouble with calving and ended up spending the night at the dairy farm, not that she got to sleep though, as there had been a malpresentation and then she'd ended up giving a cow a C-section. The farmer and his wife had been so apologetic - as they hadn't expected so many of their girls to drop at once - and after Demeter had used their shower and changed she was on her way back to the Academy. It was when she was driving past the livery, she decided that she needed chocolate.

Walking into the coffee shop, she paused and inhaled the scent of coffee and freshly cooked pastries and she walked up to the counter. "An iced-chocolate and an apple and cinnamon turnover please." She said to the barrister with a smile.

Taking her tray with the drink and pastry, Demeter headed over to a table and sat down, grabbing a newspaper on her way past. She sipped the drink and closed her eyes in bliss as the sugar hit her system and woke her up instantly. She knew that coming here was a good idea.

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    Quinn woke with a craving for coffee, as usual. She was cranky and bitter, and just needed to have her daily fix. She was like a drug addict, but instead, it was coffee. Sometimes, she couldn't tell what was worse. Slipping into a yellow dress and pulling her hair up in a simple bun, she quickly clipped Dixie onto her harness and took her out to do her business, silently rushing the puppy. She only had one thing on her mind, and that was coffee. She rushed back inside, slipping Dixie into her little green crate with a kiss on the head, and then rushing outside. She climbed in her truck, and then narrowed her eyes. She needed coffee beans, but there was no point in running to a store while she was like this. Instead, she decided that she would try the little coffee shop in the Blue Ridge Livery. She put the vehicle in drive and sped off, needing to get there as soon as possible.

    She pulled into the parking lot for the little coffee shop, Cormoor Coffee. Slipping the big black truck into park and hopping out, she locked the doors behind her with a click of her keys, and all but ran into the cafe. Luckily for Quinn and everyone in the area, there was no line. She marched up to the counter. "Extra large strong coffee with two cream and two sugar," she barked, not being rude but rather rushed to get her coffee. She looked beside the counter and noticed that they had large bags of coffee grinds, and grabbed two of the strong ones. Her coffee was promptly handed to her, and as she took a sip, her entire posture seemed to relax. She sighed. "Could I also get a blueberry scone too please? That'd be awesome," she smiled kindly, her entire demeanor changing as the coffee entered her system. She paid and grabbed the rest of her food, and looked for a place to sit.

    Sitting at a table alone would be no fun, she figured. She wanted to get to know people in the area. Would it really hurt to be open to talking to people, she wondered? A quick scan of the room told her their weren't many people here, although a lady that looked like one of her pretty good high school friends was sitting by herself. Carrying a coffee in one hand and everything else in the other, she made her way to the table. "Hi, I'm Quinn. You look like somebody I used to know in high school. Do you mind if I sit with you?" she asked, and then chuckled quietly. It was like she was back in high school, the way she introduced herself. "I'm one of the new staff members at the riding academy, and I figured that it'd be nice to have a coffee with someone," she smiled warmly, hoping the lady wouldn't find her too strange.

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[Demeter Carr]

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Demeter's iced-chocolate was well and truly gone and she stirred the spoon around the empty glass, realising that there was no more cream in there to scrape out, as she seriously considered going up and asking for another. Leaving that thought in the planning stage, she picked up her knife and fork and began to cut into the turn-over.

She looked up, somewhat startled, at the sound of another voice, though she quickly recovered and gave Quinn a bright smile. "Hey, I'm Demeter. Unless you attended the Academy here, then I can't be anyone you know." She replied warmly as gestured to the seat opposite her. "Please, have a seat." She folded the paper and placed it on the table behind her, after all talking to someone else was a lot more enlightening than reading about world news. "Let me welcome you to Blue Ridge then. I work at the academy - and surrounding area - as the large animal vet."

She once again glanced at her empty glass. "If you'll excuse me for a moment, I need a refill." She grabbed the empty mug and approached the counter again. "Please sir, may I have some more?" She asked as she gave the barrister bright smile. "Would it be too cheeky to ask for a hint of orange?" Her smile brightened when the man nodded as he fixed the drink for her - in a clean glass - popped a straw in it and then handed it over on a saucer with a spoon. "You are a true magician!" She said as she turned and headed back to the table when she had left Quinn.

Sliding back into her chair, she placed the saucer on the table and smiled at Quinn. "Chocolate, my weakness after a long night." She confessed with a shrug - a little piece of information some people thought funny, since her mother loved coffee so much. What will you be teaching at the Academy?" She knew it was an assumption that woman would be teaching, but as she said she was a staff member at the academy rather than for one of the barns, it was a pretty good bet that she wasn't a barn hand.

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    Relieved that the lady hadn't been upset or bothered by her presence, Quinn smiled even bigger. She sat down in the seat across from the Demeter, setting her purse by her feet with the two bags of coffee, and placing her coffee and her scone on the table. Amazement bubbled in her chest slightly. Imagine, working at the same school you had attended. If only. Quinn was even more amazed when Demeter mentioned being a large animal vet. Growing up, that was one of her fleeting goals, but she never truly put much though into it, assuming it would be much too difficult. Either way, she couldn't deal with watching animals in pain, as much as she would be helping them.

    Quinn simply nodded when Demeter rose to get a refill, not feeling the need to say anything in response. While Demeter was gone, she took in the coffee shop a little bit more, appreciating it now that she had her fix. Taking a long sip of the coffee, she took delight in the burn of the hot drink as it filled her mouth, the bitter taste overwhelming all of her senses for just a moment. She set the drink down and inhaled the scent of the coffee beans that filled the air. This place really wasn't so bad after all.

    A warm smile spread across her lips as Demeter returned to the table. She giggled slightly at her confession. "Everyone has that weakness. Mine, is coffee. Although I definitely do enjoy chocolate as well," she smiled, taking another sip of her coffee, and tearing off a small piece of her scone. She chewed it quietly as she planned her response, as to not sound like a blubbering idiot. "I'm going to be teacher physics, and I'm also the hunter jumper instructor," she claimed, trying to hide her excitement to no avail. Her eyes lit up just thinking about it. She thought back to Demeter talking about being a large animal vet. "I'm impressed that you're a large animal vet," she said, smiling, "I thought it would be cool, but I never really had the drive to do it. Plus, I'm not so great at helping the sick or injured. It's definitely not my specialty. Although I applaud you. The amount of work in that job is tremendous." She really did appreciate Demeter's job, as vet's had saved many of her beloved animals. She found that there was never enough appreciation for vet.

[Demeter Carr]

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Demeter gave a playful shudder when the other woman mentioned that she had a weakness for coffee. "You and my Mom should create a coffee group." She suggested and then laughed with a shake of her head. "Now I'm talking as though we are at high school! My mom is the barn manager of White Oak barn. She acts as though life can not exist without her choice of tar."

She nodded as Quinn went on to say what classes she was teaching. There were times when Demeter wondered why she hadn't just returned to the Academy to teach show jumping or eventing, rather than going to vet-school, but she was glad she had. She smiled at the woman's words. "My brother and I actually left the academy to train to join the team of wannabe-Olympians. My coach and I didn't see eye to eye enough though, so I decided to leave my Olympic dreams and return to school. As for large animals, there's not as likely a chance of breaking them." She grinned and shrugged at her joke as she scooped some cream and chocolate sauce up with her spoon and popped it into her mouth.

There had been nothing wrong with training on small animals at the start of the schooling, but as she went along, she had decided that large animals was where her passion was, and because she was already so accustomed with horses, she enjoyed expanding her knowledge on them - inside and out - and then learning about other farm animals as well.

"How long did you ride the hunter circuit?" Yes, her comment could come off as slightly snarky, but she hadn't intended it that way, she was just curious, since that was the field the woman was teaching.

Leaving the drink for now, she went back to slicing her turn-over into bits and it wasn't long until she was licking her fingers to pick up the last of the pastry off the plate and she pulled the drink closer. She was thankful to the shower she'd had before coming here, as she could imagine how she would have smelled otherwise, evern with the addition of body spray

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    Laughing loudly, Quinn nodded. "Sometimes I don't think being back in high school would be such a horrible thing though!" she exclaimed, still laughing, "but yes, I would definitely make a club for that one." She shook her head, grinning still. She took a quick sip of her coffee. "Yeah I can't go a day without at least two cups. It's horrible, but I get incredibly irritated and bitter and I get the absolute worst headaches," she explained, shaking her head again. "It's so bad for me so I'm the worst kind of person without it." She chuckled.

    Quinn listened to Demeter's story. "Wannabe Olympic team? I wish I was good enough for even one of those!" she laughed wholeheartedly, "It was my dream to ride in Spruce Meadows, which is a huge show held in Calgary every year. It's like one of the biggest horse shows in Canada. Regardless, I never did. It's now my dream to see one of my students reach some high leveled competition of some sort." she explained, smiling as she though about it. She chuckled at Demeter's joke. "Yeah little animals are quite a bit more fragile. At least with the large ones you can rough em up a bit." she grinned, ripping another piece off her scone and popping it in her mouth.

    When asked how long Quinn had been in the hunter circuit, it was almost an immediate response. She'd be asked the question so many times before, and didn't have to think about it. "I started when I was ten, and stopped when I was eighteen for university, doing the odd little show here or there and showing in the summers. I was in university for four years, graduated, and then went back into the circuit with my mare that I have now, and then I started here," she explained, grinning. "I miss those days sometimes. But at the same time, now I get to pass on my knowledge and watch students that I've taught excel." She was sure that giving someone your knowledge and watching them make it into something even bigger would be even more rewarding than riding herself. She just hoped that she would be a good enough instructor to plant that seed in her students.

[Demeter Carr]

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Demeter pulled a face. "Aside from the classes, homework and assignments?" She asked. While she had enjoyed school, both time around, she was pleased that she had finished with listening to lectures and writing essays. Her eyebrows arched as Quinn spoke about not being able to cope without caffeine. "Kind of makes me glad I hate the taste of the stuff. There isn't any one thing that I have to have each day, though chocolate does help a long day seem not so long."

She shrugged and shook her head. "I don't even think half of us were that good, myself included, I just think they found a group of half-decent riders who knew how to follow instruction." At least that's how she saw it once her and Dylan had joined the new academy. Her riding had come along in leaps and bounds since she had started riding there, and then everything went so very very wrong and she took off without a backward glance, knowing that her brother would deal with the horses she left. "All the best with that dream." She commented as she listened to Quinn's dream. "What are the requirements for entering Spruce Meadows?" She was a bit of a snob as far as horse riding went, and she'd never really looked into competitions outside of the States - whereas her brother was travelling and riding internationally.

"Wow. You started showing when Dylan and I were still mucking around the arena." Because their mother owned and managed a show barn, the Carr siblings had always been in horse shows, but nothing to really make a name for themselves. "Sounds like your students will have a lot to look forward to." She finished her drink and pulled a face. "It was lovely meeting you, Quinn." She said as she placed the saucer with the glass on top of the empty plate. "I need to get back to the office, and try and sneak in at least an hour of sleep before someone else calls for me." She bit back a yawn as she rose to her feet. "I'll catch you around campus no doubt." With a friendly wave, she took her dirty dishes to the counter - which she was walking straight past - and headed out to her truck.

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