Sitting in the Uber, Dot wasn't sure what to expect once she got to Bobby's work. She had a general understanding of how a firehouse worked. Nothing too specific, random stuff like the firefighters would have to sleep at the house sometimes because they had long shifts. Looking out of the window, she saw the tall buildings and busy streets. Being from Vegas, she was used to the fast pace, crowded streets, and constant noise and movement. But this was still a new place for her; a new start. And regardless how much she loved big cities, and being independent, she was still nervous for her new life.

Pulling up to the firehouse, Dot took a deep breath before thanking the driver and getting out. Smoothing her buttoned down tank top, that she tied at her waist, and fixing her high waisted shorts, she began her trek into the firehouse. You never really consider how big fire trucks actually are until you're standing right beside one, and Dot's only thought while she was standing between two was 'Holy shit.'

"Hi! Can I help you with something?" Dot heard someone call, breaking her out of her musings. Looking to the back of the trucks, she saw an Asian man looking at her with a kind smile.

"Yeah. I'm looking for, uh, Captain Nash?" Dot said apprehensively. She didn't know how much everyone knew about what was going on, so she tried to be formal.

"Oh. Are you a friend or something?"

"Well -"

"Dot!" Hearing her name being called with authority, Dot looked up to the second floor and saw her Uncle at the top of the stairs looking down at her. He gave her a smile, before jogging down the stairs and walking across the room to join her. She smiled back at him, then looked back down to the man standing in front of her.

"Thanks."

"No problem." Chimney murmured as Bobby joined her, and both walked passed him, going to the office. He looked up to the second floor and saw Buck watching them too; leaning on the railing, he called down to him.

"Who was that?"

"No idea Buckaroo."

"Okay, so this is the program you can use to-"

"I think I can figure it out Uncle Bobby. Thank you." Dot smiled up at him from his chair. "Gotta say, this chair is pretty comfy."

"It's nice. Great for doing paperwork." He agreed, "Okay, I'll leave you to work. Come upstairs when you're done and you can join us for lunch."

Dot shot him a thumbs up without looking up from his computer. Walking out of his office and up the stairs, Bobby was confronted with his team standing and staring at him in the kitchen.

"What?"

"Who's the girl Cap?" Hen asked, as Bobby walked past them all and started prepping the ground beef for their lunch.

"Buck, can you chop the lettuce and tomatoes?" Bobby called out to the younger man without turning from the stove.

The group of firefighters all looked at each other in question, then looked to Bobby's back.

"Uh, Cap?" Eddie was next to try.

"Hmm?"

"Who's in your office?"

Sighing, Bobby turned down the stove and turned to his team.

"That's my niece, Dot. Dorothy. She showed up at our door last night. She's going through a rough time right now, so she's staying with Athena and I for a while."

"Is she okay? Like is she safe?" Buck asked. He thought back to when Maddie appeared and wanted to make sure this new girl was going to be okay. He didn't want anyone to have to go through what his sister did. He may not know her, but he would make sure she was safe.

"Yeah, oh yeah. It's nothing like that. Just some personal issues that need to be worked out" Bobby didn't want to get too into it. It wasn't his place to tell these people. They may be his family, but they were strangers to Dot.

No one noticed the girl standing on the edge of the stairs watching them. Dot could see that they were all obviously close to one another. Her Uncle wasn't just letting her stay with him and his family, but he was bringing her into his whole family. She didn't feel that she really deserved everything he and Athena were doing for her, but it made her want to do everything she could to show that she was grateful.

"Oh, hey!" Chimney called when he saw her standing there. Everyone looked to her and extended a chorus of greetings. Bobby waved her over and laid his hands on her shoulders, turning her to the group across the island.

"Okay everyone, this is Dorothy. Dot, this is everyone!"

"Helpful, thank you." Dot looked up at her Uncle with an eyebrow raised. Everyone quietly laughed watching the two of them. Bobby looked down at her and smiled, ruffling her hair.

"Alright. So that's Eddie, Hen, Buck, and you met Chimney when you came in." Bobby pointed out all the people as he introduced everyone. Dot furrowed her brows at the last introduction.

"Chimney?"

"Oh, you should hear that story." Hen said conspiratorially.

"Noooo!" Chimney sang as he turned and walked towards the table. Everyone else laughed and grabbed the various dishes for lunch. Bobby sat at the head of the table, Eddie on his left with Dot beside him. Hen was on Bobby's right with Buck beside her and Chimney at the end opposite Bobby.

"Mmmm" Buck moaned, clapping his hands together. "Tacos! The best meal honestly."

"And what about pasta Thursdays?" Bobby inquired.

"Well yeah. Pasta and tacos, top two." Buck responded, piling his plate with tacos. Dot watched him from across the table. She smiled at his excitement. Dot began building her own tacos, not realizing that Buck was watching her in fascination.

"What are you doing?" Looking up, Dot saw that everyone was now looking at her after Buck's question. She looked to her tacos to see what he was talking about.

"What?"

"You're putting soft tortillas with hard ones?"

"Yeah! It's the best way to have tacos! You put sour cream on the soft one, then stick it to the outside of the hard one. Then fill it like normal! It's so good." Dot happily explained as she finished building her taco, punctuating the end of her sentence with a bite. Buck's eyes widened in excitement, and he started to spread some sour cream on a soft tortilla to add it to his hard taco. He raised his eyebrows at Dot as he brought his newly upgraded taco up to his mouth and took a bite.

"Oooooooooooh" He moaned in satisfaction, making everyone chuckle. "Bobby, thank you for bringing her into our lives. This is the best taco I've ever had."

"Ooo, I'm gonna to tell Abuela you said that." Eddie mocked, taking a bite of his own taco. Buck looked at him, worried for a moment, before shrugging and finishing off his taco. Everyone was quiet for a few moments, all enjoying their food.

"So Dot," Chimney broke the silence. "What exactly brings you to the fine city of L.A.?"

"I, uh, I had some family issues blow up in my face, so I thought I'd come here to see if I could find some help. Found Uncle Bobby, and him and Athena are taking me in for a while to help me out." Dot rambled, embarrassed. Explaining it to her Uncle and Athena was one thing, but talking about it to total strangers was something different. She had already talked about it a number of times in the past 2 days and she just wanted to move on. "So I'm here to print out some resumes. Gonna go hand some out, then apply to more places online later. Gotta try to make some money since I'm here for the foreseeable future. Yeah. That's it really."

The group nodded along to her story. They could all tell there was more to it, but she obviously didn't want to get too into it, so none of them pushed the issue. Buck was about to ask a question about jobs when the alarm went off.

"Let's go everyone! Dot, finish up. Print what you need. When you're ready to leave, go through that door" he pointed to a small door at the front of the building. "If you need anything, there are maintenance guys around that can help you." He rushed out as he followed the group to the stairs. Dot went to the railing and waved as they got into the trucks and pulled out. She went back to finish her food, cleaned up the dishes and the kitchen, printed her resumes, and left on her job hunt.

Walking into the house later that afternoon, Dot felt accomplished. She got a waitress job at a bar a few blocks from the firehouse. She went and bought some clothes for the job; jeans, black tops and black shoes, some more toiletries she would need, and grabbed some food to make Athena and her Uncle dinner as a beginning to saying thank you. She knew her job wasn't much but it was a start, and it would help her start to move forward.