Late late late, of all days of course today was the one where she had to be late. Aleah cursed to herself as she pulled off her leather jacket and her helmet, balancing them on the seat of her bike as she ran a hand through her hair, hopping to add some volume to fend off the inevitable helmet hair. She checked herself in the mirror of her bike before heading into the building where Cosette's classroom was,  cursing at herself again but this time for her outfit. It wasn't exactly the most professional but she had told the new hire to dress casually since it was still summer. She grumbled a little but as Cosette's classroom came into view she took a deep breath and went to the open door, knocking on the frame before poking her head in and smiling, "Cosette? Sorry I'm so late, I was having car trouble, I'm Aleah." She said as she walked inside, holding out her hand but stopped, looking around the transformed class room. "Wow...you're room looks amazing!"

Aleah smiled as they shook hands, "it's good to finally meet you face to face Cosette, those phone and video interviews never really do the person justice." It was easy for someone to put up a front through the phone but in person it was a bit more difficult for someone to hide their true self. "It all looks really good, I'm sure the students will love how comfortable it feels," she said about the room, some people criticized her leniency with her job but as long as students were learning she didn't see the point in being overbearing to her employees. "You certainly brought a lot of stuff here with you, it must have been exhausting moving it all." 

Aleah felt her face heat up, she hadn't just meant in terms of looks but wasn't going to correct Cosette. "Well thank you, mind if I sit down so we can chat for a bit? I like to get to know everyone just a bit before the school year starts." She explained, it also gave her something to do instead of wallowing around her empty house like a ghost and facetiming her various family members. "But still, it all had to get carried up to this room somehow, that must've been rough."

Aleah sat down across from Cosette, setting her jacket and her helmet down on the floor by her feet. She took a moment to look Cosette up and down, noting a slight tightness in her posture and smiled, "don't be nervous, we're off the clock, I just figured we could talk for a bit." She smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear and looked at Cosette curiously, "that's good you got some help, have you met Silas yet? He's the western riding teacher you'll be sharing the barn with."

Aleah was about to move on to other questions but she manage to catch the faint redness on Cosette's cheeks and her eyebrow raised, "oh yeah? And what do you think of him?" She asked with a teasing smile, wondering if Cosette would relax and talk to her casually or would try to stay professional. "Think you guys can...get along?" 

Aleah's eyes narrowed a bit as Cosette spoke, having a feeling there might be more behind what she was saying. "Yeah...Silas is a pretty likeable guy, kind of like a cowboy prince charming." She offered, hoping that Cosette might take the bait and say something about Silas that would be interesting. 

Aleah tilted her head, unable to help herself from smiling. "You wouldn't?" She teased, "you can relax Cosette, I'm just poking some fun at you. This is the first time Silas has had to share the barn and I just wanted to make sure that everyone can get along."

Aleah waved a hand, "don't worry about it, I know some people aren't used to my approach," she smiled, "when school's in session I'm a professional, I promise, but when I get to know my teachers I like to be more approachable." And sometimes that made things sticky but Aleah preferred to know who she was working with instead of keeping distance all the time. "I'm glad that you two are getting along, but I didn't have too much worry, I don't think Silas has a mean bone in his body."

"Probably," Aleah agreed, "but I have to admit that I don't go out to the barn that often, I've never ridden a horse before in my life." She said, sure she could ride a motorcycle but there was something about getting on a large animal that had a mind of its own didn't appeal to her much. "But Silas has always kind and rarely complains."

"I'll think about it," Aleah smiled, finding it kind of Cosette to even offer in the first place, she wasn't sure if she would take her up on the offer but she would think about it. "I don't know if there's anyone who can make him complain," Aleah laughed softly, "he has the patience of a saint."

Aleah laughed, about to say that Samuel didn't offer much to complain about but she was distracted by the flash of something sad across Cosette's face, wondering just what it was but wasn't sure if she should ask if she was okay or not. Before she would ask Cosette asked her about seeing the barn. For a minute Aleah hesitated but then nodded, "sure, why not."

Aleah nodded, "I think that it's perfect." She said as she got up from her chair and picked up her helmet, "if you don't mind I think I'll drop off my helmet at my bike on the way over to the barn." That way she wouldn't have to lug it with her everywhere and risk it getting broken somehow.

"Street bike, I usually don't ride it to school but my SUV wouldn't start this morning so I didn't have much of a choice." She explained as they left the classroom and headed out of the building. "But the bike does get much better gas mileage but if I ride it I can't dress as cute." She joked. Once they were outside she walked over to a black street bike and set her helmet on it.

"Just a little," Aleah laughed, "I like to go fast." She admitted to Cosette, thinking a little of her brother Beck, more specifically the face he had made when she smoked him in a race on their bikes before they had gone their separate ways. "For like five years, one of my brothers got a Harley and go a huge ego over it so I had to show him up." She joked, winking at Cosette.