<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f1/AdrianaValkov.JPG)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Adriana Valkov (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=239063.msg11787860#msg11787860)<br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Ranch Veterinarian<br/><strong>Time:</strong>BBQ/Lunch, August 31st<br/><strong>Location:</strong>BBQ<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Randall<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Eating, watching clients, looking for/talking to Randall<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Adriana about jumped out of her skin when she heard Randall's distinctive voice beside her ear, and looked down in surprise at the flower, then up in to his twinkling dark eyes.<em>Oh my,</em>she thought to herself. This one was a charmer. And he'd used her nickname, rather spontaneously, and the only one who did that any more was Virgil, on occasion. The last person to use it so casually had been Markus. She accepted the flower with a blush mounting on her cheeks, suddenly feeling rather young and silly, and hid her eyes in a show of smelling the delicate white petals.<br/><br/>"Ah, it's alright, actually. As much as I might try to deny it, some company might do me good." The veterinarian smiled up at 'her' stud after taking a deep breath and kicking herself mentally. She needed to relax. Ignore the other women, have some fun, and just get through the day without stressing her way right in to a migraine. As Adriana lowered the flower from her nose then reached up to tuck it in to her hair beside her ear, she caught another sent on the breeze, cedar cologne and stables. The scent relaxed her even further, and she was able to do a decent lookover on her companion for the first time. Well, damn, did the man clean up nice. He was a treat with his shirt off to be sure, but the blue jeans and button-down look was good on him as well. She grinned and slid out from her seat, reaching up one hand to casually finger the top button of his shirt. "Maybe consider undoing one more of those?" she said, teasing him. "This<em>is</em>a barbecue, after all."<br/><br/>Still, despite her light-hearted attempt, Adriana found herself looking around the steadily growing crowd of people, and couldn't summon her appetite. She didn't want to be here. She sort of had to be, as a staff member like the studs, but she didn't want to be. Perhaps she could convince Randall to take her on a 'tour' after the barbecue after all, just as an excuse to get away, if nothing else. She was done with her work for the day, and the on-cycle studs were expected to attend to clients first. There was nothing holding her back. "Listen, Randall, I know we have to be here to do the meet-and-greet for a while, but would you mind particularly getting out of here once everyone has showed up and we mingle for a bit? I just...really hate arrival days, and I'd like to get the hell out of dodge, for lack of a better term." She managed to keep her voice light, but the tension of the moment was clear in her eyes as she glanced over at him.