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Aug. 10th, 2009 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fiery_ringCarlotta waits a few days before casually going to see Will at the stables, so as not to seem over-eager. She is relieved to find him acting as normal, his hormones fully in check, and the talk turns immediately to horses.
"Belle's going to have that foal soon." he says, patting the pregnant mare as Carlotta hops over the gate. "Any week now I should think."
"I bet you'll be glad to be rid of the weight." Carlotta says to the horse, patting her on the nose. "What are your plans for the foal?"
"Train it up, see if it's a good riding school horse, if not sell it to someone it's more suited for." Will says with a shrug. "You could see if it's partial to circus tricks if you want."
Glad that things seem normal here, Carlotta spends the afternoon riding with Will, then heads back to school. She spots a lone figure bouncing a cricket ball against the wall, and wanders over.
"Hallo Violet." she greets her cousin, newly started in the third form. "What are you doing out here on your own?"
Violet shrugs.
"The other girls aren't really interested in cricket." she says, in a voice that demonstrates years and years of elocution lessons. "And they don't really expect me to be either."
"I'll play with you if you want." Carlotta says, though it's not really her thing. "Though you probably want a team really, don't you?"
Violet nods. Carlotta grins. Looks like her cousin is a bit more shy than she makes out.
"I bet the third form will play with you. They're a decent lot, even if we did have a war with them once. How are you settling in?"
"All right." Violet smiles. "It's a nice school, not as posh as the one I was at in France, but I think that might turn out to be refreshing. There's a girl in your form who keeps staring at me though, the very pretty one."
Carlotta snorts. "That'll be Angela. She's probably wondering how I can be related to someone as refined as you."
Violet goes red. "You seem to have quite a reputation here."
Carlotta frowns. "You're not getting any trouble are you?"
"No." Violet laughs. "I never said you were unpopular. I think people like that you're yourself. It's just a lot to live up to. And it's a bit weird not knowing much about my own cousin."
"You don't have to live up to anything, you just be yourself!" Carlotta says, tossing the ball back at speed, and approving of how well her cousin catches it. "The games mistress will love you."
They have a quick game of cricket, acrobat vs pro, then head inside.
"Belle's going to have that foal soon." he says, patting the pregnant mare as Carlotta hops over the gate. "Any week now I should think."
"I bet you'll be glad to be rid of the weight." Carlotta says to the horse, patting her on the nose. "What are your plans for the foal?"
"Train it up, see if it's a good riding school horse, if not sell it to someone it's more suited for." Will says with a shrug. "You could see if it's partial to circus tricks if you want."
Glad that things seem normal here, Carlotta spends the afternoon riding with Will, then heads back to school. She spots a lone figure bouncing a cricket ball against the wall, and wanders over.
"Hallo Violet." she greets her cousin, newly started in the third form. "What are you doing out here on your own?"
Violet shrugs.
"The other girls aren't really interested in cricket." she says, in a voice that demonstrates years and years of elocution lessons. "And they don't really expect me to be either."
"I'll play with you if you want." Carlotta says, though it's not really her thing. "Though you probably want a team really, don't you?"
Violet nods. Carlotta grins. Looks like her cousin is a bit more shy than she makes out.
"I bet the third form will play with you. They're a decent lot, even if we did have a war with them once. How are you settling in?"
"All right." Violet smiles. "It's a nice school, not as posh as the one I was at in France, but I think that might turn out to be refreshing. There's a girl in your form who keeps staring at me though, the very pretty one."
Carlotta snorts. "That'll be Angela. She's probably wondering how I can be related to someone as refined as you."
Violet goes red. "You seem to have quite a reputation here."
Carlotta frowns. "You're not getting any trouble are you?"
"No." Violet laughs. "I never said you were unpopular. I think people like that you're yourself. It's just a lot to live up to. And it's a bit weird not knowing much about my own cousin."
"You don't have to live up to anything, you just be yourself!" Carlotta says, tossing the ball back at speed, and approving of how well her cousin catches it. "The games mistress will love you."
They have a quick game of cricket, acrobat vs pro, then head inside.
