A/N: This is an AU version of Heartland. In the summary I mentioned that Amy is a foster child. I see it more of a Olivia from Fringe version. If you watched the show she is reserved, but great with the kids that have been on the show. Amy will be slightly more reserved, but she is great with horses and has the special connection that she has in the show.
Disclaimer: I don't own Heartland
A shuttle pulled into the Hudson bus drop off. A woman with blonde hair got off and looked around. She started to walk and noticed Maggie's diner and she went towards it. She entered the store and went up to the front and sat down. A girl working at the counter came up to her and started to chat.
"Hi, Welcome to Maggie's. What can I get you?"
"Do you have a menu?"
"Yes," She gives her a menu, "My name is Soraya and I will be your server."
"I'm Amy."
Amy orders from the menu and is eating her lunch when an older gentleman comes into the store and sits near Amy. He starts to order from Soraya.
"Soraya, I need to order some more feed and I will take a cup of coffee please."
"Sure thing Jack." Soraya says before going to the other side of the store to get the feed.
Amy looks over and she is curious about what he does for a living. Jack sees her looking and smiles at her. She smiles back before looking back at her food. Jack is looking at her curiously as well because he has never seen her around before.
Soraya comes back over and hands Jack the receipt he needs and then fills up his coffee cup. Jack thanks her and then turns to Amy.
"Hello there, I'm Jack Bartlett, I don't think we have met before."
"Amy, and no we haven't. I just moved out here."
"Really, any particular reason why?"
Amy shrugged, "Just needed a change of scenery."
Jack nods at that.
Amy finishes her lunch and then gets up to pay. She puts the money on the counter and then turns to Jack, "It was nice to meet you."
"Same here." Jack says as he shakes her hand.
Amy leaves and starts walking one way, Jack is still sitting at the counter looking at where Amy was, wondering about her story.
Amy gets a hotel room before getting her computer out and researching Hudson. She is at that for a couple of hours before leaving to go get dinner.
She enters Maggie's again and notices that Soraya is there talking to blonde girl. She walks up to the counter and says hi to Soraya before grabbing a menu.
The blonde looks over at her curiously before walking over to her.
"Hi. I'm Ashley."
"Amy." They shake hands.
Amy orders her food and then listens to Soraya and Ashley's conversation.
"My mom is driving me crazy!"
"Why now."
"She wants me to come back home so she is interrupting everything that I am doing and she keeps coming over my and Caleb's trailer to talk."
Amy is wondering who Caleb is, but feels like it would be rude to ask.
The doors open and another blonde comes through the door. "Ashley come on we have to get going if we aren't going to be late for your show."
Ashley sighs before saying goodbye to Soraya and leaving with what Amy thinks is her mother.
Soraya comes over to Amy and pours her some coffee. "Sorry about that."
"It's okay. I assume that was the mother?"
"Yep, Val Stanton."
Amy nods, but has no idea who that is. "And who is Caleb?"
"Caleb is a ranch-hand at Heartland and a rodeo cowboy. He has this trailer and he is letting Ashley bunk with him because she was tired of her mother."
Amy hums at that before paying for her dinner and saying goodbye. She leaves and heads back to her hotel room for some sleep.
The next day Amy comes into Maggie's to find Soraya working again. "Do you work here all the time?" Amy wonders.
Soraya laughs, "No, but my mom is Maggie and she owns the diner."
Amy nods at that before looking at the menu and ordering something for breakfast.
She just gets her food when Jack and a brunette come in talking.
"Grandpa, you just need to hire one more person. Your arthritis is too bad in the winter for you to do all the work alone while Caleb is at the rodeo." She sounds exasperated with him. Amy is smiling at the conversation that she can overhear. Soraya is shaking her head.
"Oh Lou leave it alone for now." Lou comes over and talks to Maggie for a minute ordering some feed and other things.
Jack looks over and sees Amy. "Well, hello there."
Amy nods at him, "Hey Jack." Lou looks over and notices that Jack is talking to a blonde girl and she is curious.
Lou comes and sits next to her grandfather. She looks over at the girl and introduces herself. "Hi. I'm Lou Fleming."
Amy shakes her hand, "Amy."
"Where you staying Amy?" Jack asks.
"Oh I'm staying in the hotel, until I can find a job."
"What kind of work are you looking for." Lou asks.
"Anything, I don't have a specific skillset and I just need a paycheck."
Jack looks on curiously before mulling it over, "Have you ever been around horses?"
Amy looks curious, "Uh not really. I mean I am from Vancouver and so there weren't that many horses available there."
"Would you like a job as a ranch-hand?"
Lou looks at her grandfather in shock that he just offered the job to her like that.
"Sure, I'll do anything." Amy is grateful for the opportunity.
"Alright then. Tomorrow first thing come here and I will take you to Heartland and show you around."
"Got it."
Lou and Jack leave and pick up the feed from the other side of the diner.
Ty, Caleb, and Mallory are sitting inside eating when they hear Lou complaining about something.
"You don't know anything about her and you decided to just hire her right then and there!"
"You were the one who wanted me to find someone for the winter and I have."
They enter the house and notice that everyone is listening to them.
"Who are you guys talking about?" Caleb asked.
"Oh just some random girl that grandpa hired after knowing her for a day!"
Ty and Mallory raise their eyebrows.
"Whose the girl?" Ty asked.
"Her name is Amy and she just moved here from Vancouver." Jack explained.
"Has she ever been around horses?" Mallory asks skeptical.
"She says no, but she needs the job and with Ty going to vet school and Caleb in the rodeo we needed the help." Jack explains, "that is the end of this discussion, I already hired her and she will be here tomorrow, so be on your best behavior."
Ty just shrugs since he won't be here in the morning and doesn't really need to worry about it right away. Caleb is shocked that someone else is hired and Mallory is suspicious of this new person and is wondering what she is like.
Let me know what you think. I am still working on my other story, but this was just in my head.