peace and quiet

[Colin K. Breen]

It was part of those five minutes peace, the brief little interludes that he managed to exact if needed, admist busy schedules and helping where he could. The times that he wasn't riding, or checking stables, making sure the horses were okay. It was in the small things, and Colin needed the break, if he was allowed one. He leaned back in his office chair, sipping from a mug of coffee and closed his eyes for a brief moment. He hadn't been sleeping well lately, and he was sure that it was because of his past finally coming to haunt him. It was always around this time of the month, when he had done the internet transfer into the all too familiar bank account, that he was plagued with sleepless nights and thoughts filled with regrets.

Unlike a lot of people, he wasn't very good with suppressing bad memories, or in his case, some of the best ones of his life, but sadly, he wasn't going back to that life, at least not any time soon, and not with the person whose life he had so wholly managed to ruin (in his eyes), in the space of a few short months. The air conditioning unit was going at full blast in his office, and he didn't feel the need to change that. Not only was it hot outside, but humid, the air pressing down like a shroud, and only hinting at the possibility of rain. Colin had the sedatives ready, if need be, to keep Pan calm, as he didn't need to explain to Katherine why they would have to repair a stable if the gelding did go into his freak out mode.

Sitting up, he placed the mug on his desk, and opened his e-mails, sighing when he saw an email from the last person that he wanted to hear from. In his case, it was think of the devil, and he shalt appear.

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Bidding goodbye to Ms. Carr it wasn't goodbye forever just for now, he would make a new home in the Red Willow barn. With that he made his way over to the other barn. He felt bad that he hadn't really ever talked to the new barn manager but better late than never so he put a some pep in his step and turned into the aisle of the barn. Before he made the visit with Mr. Breen Jackson walked around the barn seeing the horses, some of them were familiar, some completely new to him. He saw a familiar face in a palomino's stall. Though it had been a while since he had seen the golden horse he still recognized his cute nose.

Making himself familiar with the barn itself he was almost exactly the same as the White Oak barn and he smiled at that fact, it wouldn't be such a change. Turning on his heel he made his way back to the office door and took a breath. Raising his hand he knocked on the door. Jackson didn't know if Mr. Breen had an open door policy he assumed so but assuming got people into trouble so he just waited for the man to tell him he could come in.

[Colin K. Breen]

Colin felt his heartbeat speed up slightly as he read the email, his thoughts going wild as they raced ahead and sent him into a panic, if only for a few moments until he regained his composure. Taking a deep breath, he closed his mail and went to make himself a cup of coffee. As the maker brewed, he stared out of the window, watching the horses in the paddock. The spluttering from the machine indicated that it was done with the pot, and Colin poured in the thick, black liquid, and dressed it to his liking. Sipping it slowly, he returned to his desk to check if any e-mails had come through from Katherine. There was nothing new, apart from what he could see that a student was coming to the barn to meet their new horse. Remi, the Curly mare, finally had a rider, and he was on his way to the barn. Colin replied an acknowledgement, and looked up at the knock on the door.

Come in!

He trusted that Katherine had already questioned the rider on ability and experience, so all that was left to do was introduce him to the mare, and observe the mare being ridden, make mental notes, and then pass along the feedback to Katherine. It was all in a days work really, apart from the fact that he still felt rattled about the situation and the e-mail that he had received earlier.

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As soon as the voice gave him the go ahead, Jackson entered the office. "Hi Mr. Breen, Ms. Carr sent me over to see my new mount." He took a breath, "I'm Jackson by the way." He was very to the point with why he was here, though he knew that Ms. Carr probably already informed the man of why the boy was standing in his office. He was excited to meet his new horse, he knew that there were not a whole lot of horses that were trained in both English and Western, though he figured that two heads were better than one, especially since they were both managers of the barns he knew that his mount would more or less fit him nicely.

Jackson was going to miss Fore but he knew that moving on was best for him and if another student came in that was in his shoes they would have Fore to guide that person. The boy stood in front of Mr. Breen's desk knowing that he would have to test ride the new horse so he didn't want to get too comfortable unless of course it would be a while until Mr. Breen was ready.