Penelope Tinga was a high school drop-out. She'd dropped out for a number of reasons: the biggest being Max, her seven-year-old son, and Case, her one-month-old son. Case's father was off working in Portland, Oregon, trying to earn enough money to get their small family a house. Meanwhile, Penny (who was known more commonly by her last name) worked as a waitress in a restaurant in Seattle.
It was there, as luck would have it, that she met Max.
You see, Crash Bar and Grill was a haven for most working people who aren't earning nearly enough to support themselves – so they work the nightshifts at Crash. The staff mostly included high-school drop-outs, college drop-outs and ITT school drop-outs. Actually, Tinga would be that Max was the only person on the staff that had finished all four years of college and had a stable job.
Tinga and Max had become fast friends – both being basically the only women their age on the job. Tinga learned that Max was 22 and fresh out of college. She'd gotten a pretty good job at a pretty good newspaper that raked in pretty good cash. Max had even offered to try and get Tinga a job as an entry level something-or-other, but Tinga declined. She knew what she was good at, and that was waitressing and occasionally bartending.
But Tinga always knew she'd have to explore other venues eventually, she just didn't know it would have to be very soon.
"Tinga!" Hammer the bartender shouted. "Phone for you!"
"Thanks," Tinga said, rushing to the counter. She went through the door into the back and took the phone from Hammer. "Hello?"
"Hello, this is a call for Penelope Tinga?"
"Speaking," Tinga said.
"We are calling from Washington Meridian Insurance company about the application that you submitted."
"Yeah?" Tinga asked, her heart beating a little bit faster. More money was definitely good. If these people were hiring her, of course.
"We'd like you to start immediately."
A/N: So, since the success of my first Dark Angel crossover story, Bring It On! Dark Angel Style, I've decided to make other crossover stories. Firstly, though, I thought I'd make one for all of the M/L lovers who weren't really into my last one, so here it is! Mostly though, this is just a teaser. I'm still trying to decide if I want to work on this.