Another Quiet Morning //Chloe

[Dominic Owen Mercier]

The morning air was crisp, as Dom walked to his car, and hoped into the driver’s side talking a quick rid into town where he decided to stop at one of the local diners for breakfast. He didn’t think going to Mcdonalds is what someone could call breakfast. He had pulled into the parkway, locking his car as he got out and headed inside it looked like maybe it wanted to rain, but he hoped that it would hold off he didn’t feel like getting drenched today that wouldn’t be cool at all.  He had no control over the weather, but hey at least being a park ranger had some peeks he had his own hut in the woods during work hours. He loved his job too sure he’d get more action in Louisiana and stuff with Gators being all around. Why he tends to head there for the summers to help his uncle if things are slow in these parts.

He sat nodded a good day at all the people as he walked into the dinner, and sat down in a seat skimming over the breakfast menu, while the kind waitresses asked him what he’d like to drink  “ Coffee Please” he had told the waitress and began to browse the selections. Everything looked so damn scrumptious on the menu and this surely beat stopping at Mcdonalds or Dunkin Donuts.  He hmmed to himself and wasn’t sure what he should get until he settled on French toast, bacon and eggs. He was definitely aching for some bacon right now.  Good meals like this mad him miss home. He isn’t one that is too good at cooking so usually its diner food for him or something simple and easy with instructions. He could work a grill pretty well too, but the oven that is an obstacle he hasn’t really managed to conquer just yet.

The server came back and took his order and he grabbed one of the many papers that were inside the dinner reading what was going on in the world today. Sipping his coffee, as he read not even bothering to look as more people came into the diner. If it were someone he knew they’d probably say Hi anyways so he could just continue to read this story on people being mauled in a near by town.  ‘That’s horrible’ he thought to himself and grimaced as it said they were too mutilated to identify… It made him scrunch up his nose and shake his head. He had seen some pretty bad stuff when it came to animal carcasses, but human remains unidentifiable just didn’t sit well with him. He flipped the page to the sports page just to get the image out of his head he didn’t want to lose his appetite.

location : diner in beacon hills
time frame :  september morning
tags : open

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If there was one thing that could be said about Chloe Reynolds, it was that she always liked to make an entrance. Slim with a dark, exotic beauty, it was kind of hard to stay inconspicuous when one simply didn't have a retiring nature. Oh no, no one could ever accuse Chloe of that. She was brash, loud and entirely to happy to live life at its fullest and to hell with anyone who didn't like it. To her mind, proper behavior and the "good girl" mentality was a waste of the precious time one was given on earth and was more of a crime than a virtue. Life was short and nobody got out of it alive anyways was her motto and she'd found a good reason to change it yet.

Carrying on with that motto, Lo spun her vehicle into the parking lot of a diner in Beacon Hill. Hanging up the phone with her cousin Jessie, she grabbed her wallet before jumping out and sliding a pair of dark shades higher on her pert nose. Dressed in jean shorts and a baby doll tee, the huntress's lean frame ate up the distance to the door before stepping inside.

Immediately, the smell of her favorite substance, coffee, filtered through her nose and she sighed happily even as she glanced this way and that. Normal patrons, check. Waitresses bustling here and there, check. Cook in the back window looking harassed, check. Everything seemed nice and normal here, at least.

Letting a harried looking woman show her to a booth, Chloe casually continued to take in the occupants. As they pasted one table in particular, she happened to glance down at the paper the gent was reading and suddenly, her interest was pricked. When the woman seated her at the booth beside him, she slide in and then ordered coffee and one of their breakfast specials before peeking over the back of the seat. By then, he'd already turned the page to the sports section and she eyed the paper enviously.

" Hey... Sorry to bother you but I was wondering... Could I borrow that front part of your paper for a few minutes?"

[Dominic Owen Mercier]

The food of the dinner had smelt good, reading the pages of the paper was tiding him over till his meal got there he hoped that it wouldn’t be too long before it arrived seeing as he had to get to work sometime today. Every so often, he would peek over the paper to see who strolled past him as the waitress seated then, giving a nod to some of them as they sat. He knew most people in the town, but still there seemed to be many new faces. New faces were always good. They were mysterious, and soon after a couple he seen around town were seated a beautiful dark haired woman came into diner, but he surely wasn’t going to be caught starring at her, so engulfed himself in the paper once more. Turning the page again to the sports page the page he had been reading formerly he had picked up again just to make it look like he was reading, but he surely wasn’t interested in re-reading that gruesome story….

She was seated in the booth beside him, she had to be new to town he was sure he hadn’t seen her before. He would have remembered a beautiful girl such as her. He went back to reading the sports, listening as she ordered, but hey, he didn’t have to listen too hard since they were so close. She had a beautiful voice too, and he was sure she was an interesting person and was more to meet the eye then just beauty; He had met some girls that were completely gorgeous, but had the world’s most annoying voice. In addition, it would give you a headache just to listen, but she did not have one of them sort of voice, he was going to say hello, but she beat him by asking if she could borrow the front part of his paper. He looked at it. “Sure, but I must warn you it’s pretty gruesome.” he told her, breaking the paper up, and handing her over the part she wished to read…

“You must be new to the area? he asked curious to see if she’d answer him or tell him to bugger off. “I am Dominic, by the way.” he had told her… “And you’re welcome to join me if you don’t want to sit there all by your lonesome.” he didn’t know what type of woman she was, but he was trying to be polite. He after all is curious about new faces. “My treat.” he waited to see what she’d say… He just hoped to god she didn’t think he was some sort of freak and throw her coffee on him, which would be bad. He sipped his coffee, as he awaited her answer.

location : diner in beacon hills
time frame :  september morning
tags : open

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Of all the things Chloe had been expecting the dude to say, inviting her to share his booth hadnt exactly been one of them. For a long moment, she studied him and then thought, "What the hell, right?" before shrugging.  "Sure, why not? You only live once and if you turn out to be some sort of serial stalker or killer, I have ways of taking care of that little problem." she told him, climbing to her feet and moving around to slide into the seat across from him. "Though,  i should probably warn you.. You might actually be the one to regret it. I'm not really know for my ability for light conversation." she continued, mischief sparkling in her dark eyes even as her hand reached out to nab the section of paper she was after.

"Gruesome you say? Hmm... that is actually just up my alley of interests. What can I say? I'm the girl who actually lives for that sort of shit." she intoned, gaze already scanning the article in front of her. Mentally, she added. Quiet literally in fact. If he only knew...

Frowning in concentration as she skimmed the important details of the news column, the ebony haired beauty was unaware of the fact her fingers began to tap against the paper.  Finishing her reading just as the waitress approached and set her coffee down in front of her, Chloe glanced up and thanked her with a smile before once again looking across the table.

"Names Chloe by the way.. Or Lo as some of my friends and family call me. Its nice to meet you Dominic. " she drawled out, setting the paper to one side and reaching for the sugar to pour a deadly amount into her morning dose of lifesaver. "And yeah.. you might say I'm new to the area. Actually looking for my brother and cousins. They were heading in this direction so thought I would too.. Not been back this way in a few years so..."

Giving a little shrug as if that explained it all, Lo took a sip of her coffee and studied him over the rim. "How about you? You new around here or a local?" she asked before making a few evaluations of her own. He was definitely a big dude who reminded her a lot of Colt and Kell. Wouldn't wanna piss him off and meet him in a dark alley, she smirked inwardly. Or maybe I would.. depending on the circumstances...

[Dominic Owen Mercier]

Dom didn’t think that she’d actually share the booth and would have told him to bugger off, but he really was doing it to be polite and he was curious about her. She had shrugged her shoulders and told him that you only live once and that if he was some kind of stalker or serial killer she had her ways of defending herself… Don’t most girls these days? What he didn’t know is that she knows what is out there that goes bump in the night nor did he know what she does for a living. She seized the paper to look at. “I promise I am not either of those things.” He said to her smiling. “Just didn’t want you to have to enjoy breakfast all by your lonesome, and it was the polite thing to do” He told her, but didn’t mention that he was curious about her too so it was a half-truth. She had told him as she nabbed the paper that she isn’t really good at the whole light conversation. “What can I say we all have our flaws and we’ll just have to see how it goes?” He was sure he wouldn’t regret it and the least he could do was buy her breakfast especially if she was indeed new to this area.

He had warned her about the gruesome article, but she said gruesome was up her alley which made him arch a brow as he studied her some more. What could she possibly do if it was up her alley of interests? She defiantly wasn’t like any girl he has ever met before and he has only talked with her a few moments. He had seen her frown as she read the article. He thought that maybe it was about the gruesomeness in the article. “See I told you it was bad,” He stated, as he noticed her fingers started to tap at the paper perhaps it was something she did when deep in thought he didn’t know. He stuck the sports section down and glanced out the window before sipping his coffee. Then her very own cup of coffee had made its way to the table and at least they waitress didn’t pitch a fit about her moving tables. Which was good.

She had introduced herself as Chloe or Lo that was what friends or family call her. “ It is a pleasure to meet you as well, Chloe. It is a beautiful name.” In truth it was he hasn’t met many girls with the name Chloe. She explained to him that she was indeed new to the area as she drenched her coffee with loads of sugar. He wasn’t sure why people always did that, but hey not everyone likes coffee black and needs it sweetened. He listened as she explained about her cousins and brother being in the area and decided to head this way too, and she hadn’t been around here in years. He nodded as he listened to her. She had such a nice voice to go along with how pretty she was and he was glad she didn’t have one of them screechy voices only then would he have regretted inviting her over and it was good to get to know her a little better. “I take it you must travel a lot if you have been to this area before?” He knew it was fun to travel and he only took into consideration that she travels because she had said her cousins and brothers were headed this way implying they don’t live here.

He could be very observant when he needed to be. She then asked him about himself so conversation has been doing fine thus far. “I am a local, lived here all my life basically, but travel during the summer months to help my uncles with their gator issues when I am needed but Which believe me I have seen some pretty gruesome stuff helping them and being a park ranger, but what happened in that article you wanted to read is something I never seen before.” He seriously was clueless when it came to the supernatural’s that are making Beacon Hills their playground. “ I haven’t seen really many things like that in the paper so please don’t let that scare you off and away from our town.” He stated sipping his own coffee, but then remembered she said that sort of thing is up her alley. So he was hoping she wouldn’t flee from here. “ So if you need help finding your way around here. I’d be more then happy to show you around.” He was trying to be helpful. “It’s a nice place here and usually is pretty quiet. I am sure you will love it.” Oh he really didn’t know how much she would.

“We are very big on Lacrosse here.” He told her trying to tell her a little bit more about Beacon Hills in case she didn’t know. “Which I myself once upon a time played, but blew out my knee so had to quit that, but it’s a fun sport. Have you ever played or watched?” He was curious if she loved sports since she said she lived for gruesome stuff, and sports could indeed get very gruesome at times. It wouldn’t be long now before their food arrived this place was usually pretty good with their meals and not making patrons wait too long. He wondered what she did for a job to like the gruesome stuff, but it felt rude asking her.


Location: Diner in Beacon Hills
time frame: Morning in September.
Tag: Chloe

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Well, wasn't he just the sweetest thing? The moment he began to speak, Chloe tilted her head and shot him a glance over her coffee. His comment about flaws and liking her name made the tips of her lips quirk up even as a slim brow arched. A gentleman and breakfast to boot? Maybe her luck was looking up more than she'd thought. He was kind of cute too with those dimples and rippling muscles. She just bet he played sports.

"I'm afraid I'm really not much of a sports fan. Not unless its mixed martial arts or one on one contact. Afraid I've just never had the patience to sit on the sidelines. I'm more sort who used to play with the boys and never really understood the bench logic." she drawled out, studying him with dark eyes. "Course, that could be cause I have two older brothers and my mom passed away when I was no more than a baby. Never played with Barbies and my version of a dress was worn jeans, boots and a baseball cap."

Raising the steaming cup back to her lips, the huntress glanced back at the paper and suddenly frowned.  His words about never seeing anything like it before struck her as something that should be truthful for everyone. The horrific murders were definitely NOT normal.

"I won't let it scare me. In my line of work, I've seen some pretty nasty things and it takes more than that to send me running." she replied, almost as an after thought as her mind spun over the facts as were stated in the report and the facts as she might assume them in her head. 

"Gators you said?? What on earth would make you want to work with monsters like that? Aren't they scary? Big teeth and scales? Have to admit.. That is what I find truly scary. I wouldn't be caught within fifty feet of those things." she continued, giving him a puckish grin before tilting her head to the side. "Aren't they like.. decedents of dinosaurs or something? How creepy is that?  You don't keep one as a pet or anything do you?? "

[Dominic Owen Mercier]

Dom thought it was cute that little quirk on her lips as she looked at him. She had mentioned that she wasn’t much of a sports fan unless it was MMA and that shocked him, and it was evident on his face when she said it. He didn’t think she’d be the type to watch that or like things with one on one contact, but hey one on one contact sports can become a little bit more interesting especially if you like the person your with. So perhaps that is why she liked it and this girl seriously was not like any other girl he has met before…

Then she explained about her mother and how she has older brothers and he could understand why she liked them things. How she never had Barbies and her idea of a dress was worn jeans, boots and a baseball cap. He loved to hear her talk. “I am sorry about your mom passing when you were a baby. I am sure that has to be hard on you sometimes.” He could only imagine, but she seemed to be doing pretty well even with out her mother. “And I am sure you made your version of a dress your own and rocked it.”

His thoughts would wander to that article every now and again and it would make his stomach squirm so it really wasn’t normal, and he hoped that it wouldn’t make her leave the town which she shortly confirmed that it wouldn’t and how it would take a lot to send her packing and that in her line of work she sees some pretty gruesome things. “What kind of job do you do are you like an FBI agent or something?” He asked her curious since all things she said she seen. She likes MMA, and well she travels so it seemed to him. If she is a cop, he def would have to be sure that he doesn’t get on her bad side and piss her off. He’d hate to end up in Jail or worse with a bullet in his head or something like that.

Sipping his coffee, he wondered where there food was and then realized he hadn’t known if she ordered yet, but he’d wait to ask her after he explained about the gators. He chuckled some when she asked if he kept one as a pet as much as he’d like to keep one and train it sadly he did not, but if things keep popping up and killing people he may just need one so he didn’t get murdered by whatever is murdering them people in the paper. “Yeah I think they are decedents of dinosaurs and yes most of them are big with sharp teeth and can be mean as all hell not to mention they have claws, but if you know what you’re doing they are easy to capture. I was trained to take them without deadly force since loads of people will just kill them, and if you’re ever attacked by, one you can kill it with a shot to the head. “ He explained since she said she wouldn’t be seen within fifty feet of one, but in the swamps you never know where they’ll be they could end up in your house.

“My uncles they have a gator type farm to make sure people are safe. It keeps them safe and all together and they get feed so they don’t try to eat people and they are trained to be around certain people so they are not as bad as you think.” She probably still thought he was crazy, but hey it def gives you a good adrenaline rush which he loves. “And no I don’t have one as a pet. I don’t exactly know if that is legal in the state of Cali, but if so I think you’d have to have a permit or something… In addition, the little ones are cute. You never know you might just fall in love with a wittle baby one.” He said to her just to see what she would say. He had this grin on his face as he had said that, but she probably does think he is crazy now. “Oh yeah did the waitress get your breakfast order yet? “




Location: Diner in Beacon Hills
time frame: Morning in September.
Tag: Chloe
Notes: She really must think he is crazeh now hehe.. and can ya tell I love that show the Gator Boys and seeing that piccy with him and the gators so gave me the idea for him and gators and being a park ranger and stuff.. hehe..

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OK, so.. Maybe normal conversations were few and far between for Chloe. At least, ones that didn't involve the mention of severed body parts or rock salting something into the next dimension. Usually, when talking to a civilian, she either ended up affronting them or having them scurry away like she was some sort of lunatic. For once, it was just kind of nice not to have that effect on a good looking guy.

Unfortunately, that sort of reprieve couldn't last.

In her line of work, lies became almost easier to believe than the truth so when his question about what she did for a living came up? Well, her answer was almost instantaneous. "I'm a medical examiner. Usually, I travel around the country looking at bodies and determining cause of death. Especially really weird or different kinds of deaths." Ok, so maybe that really wasn't THAT big of a lie. She really DID do those things but she just didn't have the license hanging on her wall was all.

Luckily, though, he continued to explain about the uncles and the gators and Chloe couldn't help grin. He seemed to like the things but the dark haired huntress wondered what his response would be if he was faced with something like LAKE PLACID. They wouldn't be so cute then, she figured. The mire thought of that one had a shudder wracking her brain and she mentally noted that would be a myth that she'd leave to someone else completely. Nope, no gators for Chloe. Especially really really big ones.

Time for a change of topic she decided. "How about you? What do you do for a living when you aren't wrangling gators or hanging out with the dinosaurs?" she asked just as the waitress returned and he asked about her order. "Oh, yeah.. I did come in here to eat, didn't i?" she joked, glancing down at the menu and then putting in an order for pancakes, sausage and some hash browns on the side. No milk and toast miss, she wasn't afraid of having an appetite and she figured all those calories would get worked off anyways.

Glancing back over at him as the waitress headed off, she shrugged before grinning and taking another sip of coffee. "Its awful nice to let a stranger join you for breakfast. Do you try this approach often?"

[Dominic Owen Mercier]

It was nice that they seemed to be having a normal conversation with her telling him she isn’t usually one that is good at small talk. Things seemed to be going just fine so far, and hey she was easy on the eyes to look at as well and he was really enjoying their conversation and getting to know her a bit more. He had been curious as to what she did and he had to ask even if she would slap him in the face for it. He sipped his coffee as he listened to her, and her saying she lived for gruesome things seemed to make much more sense to him now with her saying she is a medical examiner. “You must have been at the top of your class since you seem so young to be one… and now it makes much more sense to me why you’d want to read that gruesome article.” Dominic didn’t know that it was a lie she was telling him about what she does hell if she told him what she really did he may think she is crazy or something, but he probably would never find out what she really does, but hey, he was enjoying the company while it lasted. “It must also be nice to travel and study bodies all over the place. What was one of the best places to visit?” He has assumed now she has been all over and it made him wonder if it even meant over seas.

He had explained to her about his travels, his uncles, and their gators. He explained how he didn’t have one and one around here surely would be odd like a fish out of water, but hey, he did love going on the trips down to Louisiana when summer rolled around, it was something he trained in. So maybe he is a bit insane and possibly has a death wish. It is indeed dangerous and one slip up and you could lose a limb. He now hoped that one would never get the best of him and the lovely woman in his booth would have to go over his remains if it were a case she was handed. That would just be awkward even if he was dead, but that wasn’t something to think about right now. Now was it? She had asked him what he did when he wasn’t wrangling gators or hanging with Dinosaurs. “I am a park ranger actually at Beacon Hills preserve. “ he had said in a matter of fact tone. “So I suppose wrangling with Gators isn’t the only brush of death experiences I have had in my life since sometimes you have a few bears run around in the woods and lately sightings of mountain lions, and wolves howling can be heard at night.” He told her, “But I have yet to see a wolf.” She may def think he has a death wish now with being around bears, and mountain lions if he has to.”

He is one that just really enjoys being out in nature and sure he is careful, but one day he could end up dead doing the things he loves. “What happened in the paper that you were reading wasn’t far from the preserve actually,” he told her. It wasn’t long before he mentioned breakfast and if she had ordered. He would not want his food to get here first; it would be rude in his opinion to start eating first. He chuckled as she said that she did come here to eat didn’t she. “Yes I think you did. I don’t think you came here just for the coffee all thought it is a life saver in the morning.” He had let her order when the waitress swung by. They both seemed to watch the waitress head off back into the Kitchen to give it to the cook. She had looked back at him and asked him if he used the approach of offering women breakfast, and offering to let them join him…

“I don’t often do this. It isn’t every day I see a beautiful young woman I don’t know come into this place and wanted to make you feel welcome here in Beacon Hills. I wanted to learn a little bit about you before the gossip hounds tend to spread rumors about you,” he told her being honest, and hell, it was the polite thing to do and make a person feel welcome. “Can’t blame a guy for wanting to know about you can you?” he asked with a grin. He was sure the gossip queens of Beacon Hills were already brewing their rumors about what she is doing in town and who she is. He thought it was best to get it straight from the source. “ I am sure this must not happen in most places huh being asked to breakfast by a total stranger. Hey for all I knew you could have said no and tossed that coffee in my face, but I decided to risk the odds.“ He stated. However, he was sure she has had to have gone places where several men would fling themselves at her, but he too was trying to be polite and welcoming gentlemen.





Location: Diner in Beacon Hills
time frame: Morning in September.
Tag: Chloe

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As her new "friend" talked, Chloe let a grin settle over her features even as she shrugged.  "its a job." she returned, making light of it all. "if only you knew" was what she thought inside, however. "Best places to visit? Oh, definitely Palm Beach, Florida, South Padre Island, Texas and Long Beach California. Malibu is gorgeous too but filled with snots. Worst place? New York. You end up feeling like a rat inside a rat race."

When he continued to speak, she tilted her head to the side and observed him. The park ranger comment interested her and she immediately marked him as worth remembering for more than his smexy guy smile. One never knew when knowing the right people in the right positions might come in handy. Experience in animal attacks and such could be...useful. "That must be a fun job." she entoned when he paused a bit. "I've never been much of a camper myself but I like all sorts of wildlife. I even had this pet squirrel once. He was the coolest thing."

Picking up the coffee cup once more, she was just lifting it to her lips when her former thoughts turned out to be right on the money. The attacks had occured not far from his work area so she was definitely going to have to get his number before she left.

For now though, she simply chalked that knowledge up while gracing him with a grin. "Hey, coffee is the breakfast of champions right? I'm afraid Wheaties never really hit it big with me."

Before she could say anything more, the waitress approached with her breakfast and set it before her. Giving the woman a thank you smile, she waited till she was gone before looking back across the table at Dominic.

"Gossip mill around here, huh? I can imagine it being a small town. I always find it funny to learn about myself after a few days in town. Who knows, maybe they'll chalk me up as some crazy chick who asks weird questions. Not everyone appreciates genius levels like mine." she teased, giving him a wink before digging into her meal. "You know.. If your not busy sometime this week.. Maybe you could show me around.. Give me your take on the attacks and the area. I could be a big help to my investigation."