Maggie was sitting across the table from Arlene, or that's what her name tag said. She was interviewing her for a waitress position here at Merlottes, but the fake red haired woman across the table seemed skeptical over the answers she was giving.

Maggie didn't owe her anything, not a background check, or her personal history. No, she just needed to make some fast cash so she could leave this town behind her just like she'd left the past 50 some towns shes been in.

But it seemed like this woman wasn't about to let just anyone put on the white shirt and black shorts and walk around this bar.

"Ok, I'm a traveler, I just roam around, I don't have any family, and I'm not running from anything. I just need a job and a place to live, I'm sure you can only help me with one of those things, but if you're going to just sit here and yank my chain I can get up and leave now."

Arlene clicked her tongue at her and tapped the ink pen she was holding on the table a couple times, "Fine, but listen here honey, I'm taking a chance on you. I don't want any trouble coming into this bar, cause trust me, there is enough of that with the staff we already have. And I could look into helping you find a place as well, Sam, the owner, owns some houses that he rents out. I'll talk to him and get back to you. You start at 6, thats when we start getting busy, hang on here for a few and I'll get you a shirt."

Maggie watched her leave and a few minutes went by when she came back with a shirt and a man following behind her, he was older than her, but still handsome, she noticed a twitch of his nose and he looked at her strangely before he shook her hand. "Hi, I'm Sam Merlotte, Arlene mentioned you were looking for a place to stay, I have some houses, one is empty if you want me to show it to you."

"Yeah, show the way." She stood up and straightened out her jeans before looking up to see Sam still staring at her with a confused look.

The house he showed her was decent, it was a lot better than some of the places she had stayed before. He had stood there at the door for a few minutes like he wanted to ask her something, then thought the better of it before walking out the door and leaving her to her thoughts and unpacking.

…...

Dinner shift was going well, Arlene actually looked surprised and impressed, guess she didn't think Maggie would hold her own. After she got served her last meal, she went out back to throw the trash when a little blonde girl followed her out, "Hi, I'm Sookie, I'm sorry we've been so busy that I haven't had the chance to introduce myself."

"I'm Maggie, nice to meet you."

Sookie was looking at her a little close for comfort and was making Maggie feel highly uncomfortable, but then Sookie just smiled at her "I think we could become really good friends, well it was nice meeting you!"

Then she was gone in a flip of blonde hair leaving Maggie standing there confused as to why all these people were acting like they knew her. Or could hear her thoughts. Or knew what she was.

…...

Alcide stumbled into the bar, Sookie had called and begged him to come down here, said it was urgent, but that was all she would tell him. He looked around and didn't see her anywhere, so he went and took a seat at the bar and ordered a shot of whiskey from Lafayette.

As soon as he slammed the glass back down on the bar, that's when he caught a whiff of it. He looked around and sniffed the air, he turned to look at a waitress, her hair was so blonde it was almost white, she had it pinned back and braided down to her ass. Her skin was so tan she almost looked Native American, but with that white hair, that had to be impossible. She turned and looked at him and his heart stopped, he seen her take a sniff of the air and her face went pale. Her eyes were teal, everything about her looked weird and out of place. She slowly walked past him, he seen her sit down the tray of dirty dishes she was carrying and then she slipped out the back door, so he went outside after her.

…...

Maggie was rushing across the parking lot to her truck, an old 88 dodge ram that was mostly primer instead of its original black. She had the keys out and was ready to run, she smelled him before he spoke. "Excuse me?"

She had slipped the knife she had hidden in her apron into her hand and turned around to face him, he was tall, dark, and handsome, but he was also a wolf. Lone Wolfs are considered dangerous, and especially if he has heard about her and the things she'd done.

"Don't come any closer to me." she growled.

He threw his hands up to show he was unarmed, but she wasn't stupid, just because he didn't have a weapon doesn't mean hes not dangerous. "I don't mean you any harm, I just noticed that you..."

"I'm a wolf, a lone wolf, and I'm leaving your territory right now, I'm sorry for stepping on your toes, I didn't realize when I arrived that there was a pack here or I would've kept on going."

…...

Alcide just stood there staring at this girl, he knew by her stance she had a weapon and was on the verge of using it if he pushed her any farther, she looked ferocious, but there was also a hint of fear in her eyes. Something about her was up, he was sure Sookie would tell him about it when he finally found her, but he knew this was the reason he was called here. Sookie seen something in her and for some reason, Sookie thought it was something he could fix.

Just as he went to open his mouth, Sookie came flying from the bar, "Maggie, wait! He won't hurt you, I called him here."

Maggie looked at Sookie briefly before returning those crazy teal eyes back on him, she was threatened and she was smart, she knew who the danger was and who to keep her eyes on.

"Maggie, I know what happened to you, and I know what you're running from, Alcide can help, please just hear us out."

"You don't know anything. You just met me." she was still growling, this was not going to go well. You don't want to back a scared werewolf into a corner and give her only one way out.

"No, look, I can read peoples thoughts. I know, I know, that sounds stupid, but everyone in this town knows if you don't believe me. Alcide can help you, if you'll just listen to us."

Alcide looked at Sookie, "I don't even know what's going on here, Sook, feel like filling me in before you go making promises?"

"Just leave me the FUCK alone." With that she backed up to her truck, flung the door open and shot off into the night leaving us standing there in a cloud of dust and dirt.

"Want to tell me what's going on now, Sookie?"

Sookie stared off at the disappearing tail lights and sighed, "Yeah, let me go tell Arlene I'm leaving, I think we should talk about this at my place."