A Pearl (PollyxOC)

race horse training

Evelyn feels the warm sun on her face she starts to wake up feeling the spot where Polly should be, but it's cold. Evelyn's eyes flutter open she raises in the bed a smell hitting her nose but what could it be?....Pancakes! She shoots out of bed still in her slip hair messy running down the hall almost skipping steps while going down the stairs. Once she skids down to the Kitchen she sees a happy Polly softly swaying and humming to music as she cooks and Michael and Ada conversing with Karl on the floor playing with some toys. Ada and Michael look towards a embarrassed Evelyn trying to flatten her hair down.

"Ah, your finally awake how did you sleep? Though I think I already know." Ada says laughing Evelyn running her fingers through her tangled hair it going down as best as it can.
"Yeah, yeah I slept well." Evelyn mumbles walking towards the kitchen Polly turning around seeing her holding back her laugh.
"I see you smelt the pancakes." Polly says putting two on a plate for Evelyn
"Yeah I did and I woke up to a cold empty bed." Evelyn says grabbing some syrup and hopping onto the counter
"So, when do you have to go to that meeting today?" Polly asks standing in between Evelyn's legs looking up at her
"I'll get there early so around eight I would say." Evelyn tells her with her mouth full Polly smiles grabbing a bite of Evelyn's pancake
"Hey! Get your own." Evelyn says Polly smirking in victory
"You should go get ready." Polly says looking down at her watch Evelyn places her plate in the sink hopping off the counter pecking Polly's cheek.
"Thank you for the breakfast Pol." Polly nods Evelyn walking back upstairs to their room.

Evelyn goes into the bathroom to go wash up brushing her hair and braiding it down. She walks out looking for something to wear she grabs a white button up with black pants. She pulls the cuffs up to her elbows putting her gun in her waist band and knife in her shoe. She looks over her hair once more and walks back down stairs
"Well don't you look nice." Polly says sitting at the table with Ada Michael leaving out
"You might want to leave soon it's 7:30." Ada says looking at the two Evelyn walks towards Polly kissing her cupping her face with her hand.
"I'll see you both later." Evelyn says wiping Polly's lipstick off to a lighter tint on her lips. She walks out the door heading to the betting shop Esme let's her in.

"Get in quickly they'll think we're starting bets early." Evelyn rushes through the door placing her stuff on her desk.
"Why are you here so early?" Esme asks
"Oh I'm just supposed to be at a meeting with Tommy I don't think I really need to be there but." Evelyn says shrugging walking towards the bathroom to get the rest of the lipstick off.
She hears Esme yelling
"We're not open for winnings yet!" When she hears a all too familiar voice say
"I'm here to meet with Thomas Shelby." She hears Esme walk to the door opening it heels clicking on the floor a voice saying
"I have an appointment." Evelyn looks over her self one last time before leaving out seeing Esme staring down May

"May Carlton." May says trying to make her name ring a bell
"Mr. Shelby has his proper meetings in his other office." Esme says not taking May's hand Evelyn walking up by the two women.
"Well this was the address that he gave me." May says putting her hand down to her side
"He gave you this address?" Esme repeats
"He said it was a gambling den." May says talking over Esme
"I told him I had wanted to see one, since I'm always reading about them in the papers." May adds Esme still looking her over
"Anyways now I feel a bit like an idiot because I've showed up early and he's late, and I don't know how to behave." May rambles
"In a gambling den?" Esme says arms still folded
"I'll wait in the car." May says starting to back away
"Well if I open the door they'll all want to come in." Esme says May turning back around
"Like flies." Esme says walking away from the woman

"So, what are you?" Esme asks May placing things on the table
"What am I?" My repeats back to Esme walking towards her
"To Thomas." Esme says Evelyn sitting back in her chair studying the two women May looking around the room
"I'm going to train his race horse, for Epsom." May says Esme turning her head towards her
"You know horses?" She asks
"Yes, you?" May asks the girl knowing she peaked her interest
"Born riding. Slept in a manger when I was a baby." Esme gives as an answer
"I was born riding too." May says as she walks around the room looking at everything everyone's heads turn towards the door where John comes walking in
"There's a fucking great Riley parked out there and no one's watching it." He says closing the door taking striding steps around the room
"John this woman says she's training Thomas's horse." Esme says John stopping right Infront of May
"He's told us a lot about you."