Tales of Two Hearts

Chapter 2: Job Interview

DC: Yeah still don't own Cowboy Bebop.

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"Hello?" Spike heard another voice from the receiver. "Yes it actually is open. You're the first I heard today. Well if you're interested you can come by for an interview today around 4 o clock this afternoon. The address is in the paper. Ok I see you than. Bye."

"Who was that?" Spike asked slipping on his navy blue suit jacket.

"That was actually somebody calling about the housekeeping." Julia said placing the phone back on the receiver.

"Well tell me how that goes later. I really need to get going. Thanks for breakfast." Spike quickly pecked Julia on the lips. "Love you, see you later tonight."

"Love you too." Julia escorted him out the door and watched him as he got into his brand new black convertible Mustang.

Now:

After dropping Michael off at daycare, it took two buses to get to the address shown in the paper but Faye had finally made it. She brought along her best friend, Roxy since she insisted on coming.

"Wow this place looks so…clean." Roxy whistled looking around the neighbor hood as they both walked down the streets. All the houses around them were at least two floors high. They were the kind of houses you would find in a perfect home catalog.

"Yeah… I think this is it." Faye looked at the address on the paper one last time than back at the house they were standing in front in. An iron gate stopped them from going any further.

"Well what now?" Roxy asked climbing onto the gate while looking around. Looking through the gate you could see that the yard was fairly big with bright green grass. Small-colored flowers surrounded the yard leading all the way to the front door. Next to the yard was of course the driveway leading up to a two-door garage.

"I guess this is the button." As Roxy looked at the house Faye pushed a small red button connected to a speaker box. After a few seconds of waiting a voice finally responded.

"Hello?"

"Yes I'm here for an interview."

"Oh that's right just meet me out back. I totally forgot about it." After that the line went dead. Roxy jumped off from the gates just as they opened. They both walked in and up to the double glass doors. Upon opening it they both whistled at the beauty inside of the house.

The floor was all polished wood. The walls were painted a bright shade of white and a mirror hanged on the wall closet to the door. A nice round brass glass table was place in the middle of the hall underneath a glass crystal chandelier. Next to it was the grand staircase. At the bottom it twisted a bit but it lead straight up as you climbed it.

They picked a hall to walk into they were soon led into the kitchen that was just as impressive as the front hall. All the cabinets were made of cherry oak. The long counter top table in the center was right underneath all the pots and pans.

A small side door in the kitchen finally led out to the backyard. They walked closer to where Julia was sitting on a patio chair under an umbrella that stood on a glass table next to the swimming pool. She chatted happily with two other girls. Julia saw Faye and Roxy approaching them so she got up to greet them.

"Hello I'm Julia Spiegal." She shook Faye's hand and stared at Faye. She was surprised by how young and beautiful she was.

"I'm Faye. Faye Valentine and this is my good friend Roxy." Faye nodded towards Roxy who shook Julia's hand as well.

"Nice to meet you, please sit down. I'm sorry but company came over. Theses are my friends Tory and Karen." Julia gestured the two girls who were sipping on their drinks not bothering to greet back. Faye and Roxy sat in the two chairs left empty.

"So would you guys like anything to drink?" Julia asked rearranging her chair so that it faced Faye.

"No thanks I'm fine." Faye declined politely. Roxy shook her head but gave thanks as well.

"Well let's get this started. How old are you, Faye?"

"I just turned 22 about a month ago."

"Well tell me a little about yourself."

"Like I said I just turned 22 not to long ago. I live at a small apartment complex on the other side of town. There's really not much to say except that I'm a good cook and I'm a great housekeeper. I never did any housekeeping for other people but even though my apartment is small I keep it in tip top shape." Faye said.

"That's true she'll bust a cap in your ass if you track mud in the house." Roxy cut in. It wasn't in her nature to keep quite for a long time. Faye looked at her with a scornful look. Julia also looked at her with a distasteful look but chuckled it off a bit.

"What was your job?" Julia asked looking back at Faye.

"I was a bartender at a strip bar but I didn't do any stripping. I worked there for about year. I quit because they were pushing their luck when they wanted me to strip." Faye answered.

"I see but you can't blame them for trying. Well I like your attitude Faye. You seem like a hard worker so just name your price and you can start tomorrow."

"Um…I'm not sure… whatever you think is sufficient I guess."

"Oh come on if you ask for to much than you're abusing or if you ask for to little than you don't value yourself. How much did you make at this bar?"

"300 dollars every two weeks and that's not including the hundred dollar tips I would get by the end of the night."

"Well than I'll give you 500 dollars every two weeks. That should be enough right?" Julia asked. Faye just nodded in response.

"Great than I will see you tomorrow." Julia said, getting up from her chair. Faye and Roxy followed suit.

"Thank you! You don't know how this makes me feel. I really need this job." Faye smiled in appreciation.

"Yeah that's great. You remember the way out right?"

"Yeah I do."

"Ok that's good so I won't need to walk you out. See you tomorrow Faye." Julia bid her adieu and went back to happily chatting with her friends. The girls went back inside the house and out through the gate walking down the street towards the bus stop.

"Wow that was easy. I never thought I would find a job this fast." Faye beamed.

"Yeah sure." Roxy scoffed while crossing her arms over her chest. Noticing the bitter tone in her voice Faye turned to her.

"What's up with you?"

"I'm not sure Faye but I just didn't like that woman for some strange reason. I know I especially didn't like her friends." Roxy responded.

"Ok I'll admit I didn't like her friends either but I can't say much for Julia. Remember you did just cuss in front of her."

"So what? You're just going to be on her side now and what's this about you not mentioning about your son? What your ashamed of him too?" Roxy blurted.

"No you're twisting my words! I didn't say that. I'm just saying that maybe you should've kept your mouth shut about the whole busting a cap in your ass and how dare you Roxy? You know damn well I love Michael. I didn't mention him because I didn't feel there was a need. I do like my privacy, not everybody needs to know about my personal life." Faye reasoned.

"Well this is great my best friend turns me over for some rich chick she only met today and to make it worse she thinks I'm a bad friend now!" Roxy sped up her steps a bit. Faye stood back in shock of what just occurred. After a few moments Faye started going after her.

"Roxy wait!"

Roxy turned around in time to see a Faye just about to cross the street and a black convertible speeding down towards her. Not knowing what to do she screamed.

"Faye, watch out!" Faye turned around to see the black convertible but she couldn't move. It was as if her feet were glued to the cement.

A/N: I think has been the fastest I have ever updated a story but this story has been on my mind for a while and I just want to work on this for a while.

Thanks go to ni9htdreame12 and animefreak03 since they were the only two who reviewed. I also thank those who read and didn't review anyways.