Gin On The Rocks

The Next morning comes like a thief in the night, sunlight shines through the curtains of my room and the rays stop at my eyes. I snort as I put a hoof up to my eyes trying to block out the light but to no avail, I open my eyes and look around my room and I look to the clock beside my bed and see it's a quarter till nine. Two hours till I have to open the tavern, I raise my forearms above my head as I sit up and stretch as I let out a yawn, “Mmmm… well I suppose I should shower, then head down and make breakfast for my lovely patrons.” I swing my hind legs off to the side of the bed then lean forward till I fall onto all four legs and I give myself a shake, then trot the bathroom.

Each room has its own private bathroom, so of course I walk up to the door to mine and push it open and is greeted with the same cozy wooden pattern the tavern has. I sigh and trot over to the shower and turn on the water and wait for it to reach the perfect temperature while I wait I think to myself “Hmm...I wonder how Emerald slept last night..hopefully she’s okay this morning, she seemed pretty upset last night and why was her cloak torn...she couldn't of walked that far...could she of?” I get so lost in my own thoughts I wasn’t paying attention to my hoof under the flow of water and I yelp as the water burns my hoof, I frantically turn it down then sigh as I climb into the shower and start to wash myself.

Thirty minutes later, I emerge from my shower and I walk out of my room drying my mane off and I start making my way downstairs but I stop before I reach the stairs as I smell….pancakes? And they smell heavenly but...wait, who’s cooking?. I make my way down the stairs and into the main floor of the tavern and then follow the smell into the kitchen and who I didn’t expect to see at the stove was the same mare I was thinking of, Emerald and she’s cooking I see this as the perfect opportunity to tease my new patron and I walk up to her “Good morning good looking what's cooking?” I say as I lean against the counter beside the stove.

Emerald jumps and looks at me with a confused face and her cheeks a rosy red “H..huh oh good morning miss gin and I’m just making breakfast for you and me as a thank you for letting me stay last night” I blink a I stare at her and I go to say something but she puts a hoof to my lips in the same fashion I did her last night “ah ah don’t say “this isn’t necessary” because it is, you taking me in last night means a lot to me..so please accept this thank you gift.” I stare at her for a few more seconds then sigh.

“Alright Emerald I’ll accept it, but im still going to say this isn’t necessary” I smirk and turn towards the door leading to the tavern floor and I hear her groan at me for saying it “Well I’ll be at one of the tables when you are done but we gotta hurry I still have to make breakfast for the other guests as well” I see her nod and resume flipping the pancakes and I walk out of the kitchen to one of the tables and I take my seat and patiently wait on her.

I soon see her emerge from the kitchen and I see her approach me with two plates of sticky syruped layered pancakes on her back. My mouth practically waters as I see her approaching the table and my stomach growls as i'm getting hungrier by the second, Emerald sees my facial expressions and she giggles “Calm down Gin, I assure you my cooking isn't that great” she reaches a hoof onto her back and picks up a plate and sets it down in front of me.

I look up to her and with gusto I say “My nose begs to differ Emerald now lets see what my taste buds say” and with that I pickup my fork and don't even notice her take her seat as I take a piece from the pancake and place it into my mouth and start to chew, as soon as I do my eyes widened and I let a moan of appreciation at how good it tastes. “Oh sweet celestia emerald this is tastes so wonderful...like...like I just recieved pleasure to my taste buds” I can’t help but smile at her as I see one of the many few genuine smiles to ever cross her face as well as a blush appear and it makes my heart skip a beat.

She says with modesty “oh come on gin, i'm not that great of a cook” she looks away for a second and when she does I reach my hoof out and turn her head to face back towards me and I see a glimmer in her eye, but before I can say anything that is meaningful, the clock starts to toll signifying it’s nearing time for the tavern to open. I let out a sigh and stand up from my seat and look back to her.

“Well miss emerald it seems it’s time for us to get our flanks in gear and please don’t stress yourself for the health of the little one” I say with the utmost professionalism as I look to her. She rises from her seat and smiles as she fake salutes.

“Yes ma’am miss gin, just tell me what to do and i’ll get it done” she lowers her hoof and lets out a small grunt as she receives a kick from her foal, I can’t help but to think that was the foal saluting so I find it so adorable but I held my stern employer look, as I turn to the kitchen and walk towards it with emerald trailing behind me as we start to get the day started.