Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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Heels tapped on the waxed floor before changing over to carpet that lay behind the checkout counter. Elodie looked over the list of things that needed to happen for an upcoming event. She wasn't on call today, but it was hard for her to avoid Seven Siren's. Like its name, it kept pulling her in and for good reason too.
Her grandmother was in the process of having a trunk show, as well as the thirtieth anniversary of the shop. It was a lot to be working with, but Elodie insisted she take over the trunk show to help alleviate some of the stress. Plus, the trunk show was up her alley!
She sat on the stool, scanning over what the requested displays were - when she heard the bell ring at the front door. Elodie looked up to pull her big welcoming spiel. It was Teddy, coming in for his morning - opening shift.
“Good morning Teddy! I hope you were able to avoid some of the rain! I can help open it if you'd like?”
Theodore 'Teddy' Beauchamp rolled out of bed after the fifth alarm. God, he hated morning shift. The young man really wasn't a morning person - not without coffee at least. Thankfully, he knew there was always a fresh pot of coffee waiting for him at Seven Sirens. Rolling out of bed, he stumbled around in the dark, hoping to not bother his roommate - although that guy could sleep through a bomb going off. Once he was offically dressed, he grabbed his identification apron and stuffed it into his bag before heading on out the door.
Naturally, it was raining outside. Because England. Of course it would rain and be dreary in May. He supposed Hickstead could only ask so much of the weather though - at least it had been nice and sunny for the opening of the fair. Popping an umbrella (naturally, he couldn't mess up his perfectly styled hair), Teddy made the trek to downtown Hickstead and High Street to his second home away from home. The young man was susprised to find the door already unlocked when he got there, causing him to furrow his eyebrows for a moment, "I don't remember Perry being on the schedule."
He pushed the door open now, the bell chiming and giving him away. Well, hopefully this wasn't a robbery or anything: "Good morning Teddy! I hope you were able to avoid some of the rain! I can help open it if you'd like?” Chocolate brown eyes locked in on a familiar face, and he couldn't help but to grin as he closed the umbrella now, making sure to keep the wet droplets to the rug, "Elodie Witlock! I didn't expect to see you this morning. What brings you in today? Not that I'm complaining or anything."
if the whole world was watching i'd still dance with you
thanks aofie!
TWENTY FIVE . FINE ARTS STUDENT . STRAIGHT . SINGLE
“The call of the sea, she joked. “But there's a big event happening and I know my grandma wants it perfectly. It'll be a big one and I'm sure there will be a lot of traffic.” Before Teddy could complain about her starting anything, Elodie turned on the register and logged in to start the wake up process.
“If you start a pot of coffee to warm up, I can make sure the door is barricaded,” she offered. It looked like they might need a few pots for the staff and the shoppers. The rain always brought a cold front no matter the temperature outside.
Teddy's brow furrowed a little bit, "A big event?" He did not get that memo, unless, Perry said something and Teddy had not been paying attention. Truth be told, the young man was often guilty of that, "Here? Or are you talking about the upcoming Summer Faire?" Now that, he was pretty certain he had heard Perry talking about, wanting to enter a quilt or something along the lines of that. Still, he didn't have the faintest idea.
Still, the call of coffee was the siren's song to him, especially this early in the morning. While Teddy clearly still looked like he needed help getting up, Elodie Whitlock looked like she had walked right out of magazine - all prim and proper in her own magical way, "It's a deal. Then you can regal me with what you need help setting up. I assume there's some lifting involved." And if that was the case, then this early morning shift that Marina had given him suddenly made a lot of sense.
He hurried off to the break room, measuring out the coffee into the filter, and pressed start. Brown eyes watched as the machine came to life, the boiling of water filling the air before the scream of coffee being made. It wasn't long before Elodie waltzed in to join him, and Teddy couldn't help but to say, "You know, sometimes I forget you and Perry are siblings. You two are so...different sometimes."
if the whole world was watching i'd still dance with you
thanks aofie!
TWENTY FIVE . FINE ARTS STUDENT . STRAIGHT . SINGLE
It was all muscle memory, the opening pd the register and all. Elodie enjoyed it, the whole retail and shop thing. Some people thought she would run away from it now, but maybe it was because the customers weren't too bad. Granted, there were still a few thorns here and there - but Elodie didn't feel threatened or anything. Plus, she was an artist and being around other artists was enjoyable.
The smell of coffee led her to the break room and Elodie was hit with a statement from Teddy. She blinked for a moment before opening a cupboard to get a mug. “Well, you aren't the first to say it.” She shrugged. It was something a few people said, but it still took Elodie a bit of time to adjust to it. Maybe because it felt like an insult?
After carefully pouring herself a cup, she looked at Teddy. “I don't think being different is bad. I mean, you and your brother are two different entities, correct? Or is it different because Perry and I are twins?”
