The next morning was spent in a large amount in nervousness. It was torture. She walked around, shot with Daine (she managed to hit an arrow on the target, though it was far from the center.) She ate lunch and bathed again, as it was very hot. When she was done with her rinse off, she dressed and set off for Billy Frogs. She stepped in at the exact ring of the bell. Jerry was at the bar, wiping it off and setting out a drink for a lone man. He nodded to her and came around to instruct her on what to do.

"Ye'll need to change the sheets in every room ye clean, till they've all got clean sheets."

She nodded, then went to get the items she needed while he went back to his customer, who was asking for another drink. She cleaned five rooms and a privy, taking the time to rewipe down the room she had cleaned two days ago. The privy wasn't to bad, jerry made sure that his customers put their used straw into a bag, so all she had to do was dump the bag. She made sure not to inhale the entire time. She put new hay into the stall and wiped it down, then sprayed the perfume. Before she knew it, it was getting dark and she had to report downstairs. Linda took one look at her and took her by the hand, telling her to follow her quickly. Xlelon realized her problem when she looked at her cloths compared to those of Linda. Linda was in a, and there was no other word for it, sexy dress that clung to her. Xlelon noted with little surprise that her things were in Jerry's room. They make an ok couple, she decided, and she did tell me that her husband knew that she worked her.

"Well Xlelon, you're a bit taller than me, but I'm sure we can find something suitable."

She began to rummage through her drawers and came out with two different outfits, but none of them fit her, she was too tall. Linda sat on the edge of her bed, and thought hard.

"Oh goodness! Of course! How could I have forgotten?"

She reached into the bottom drawer and pulled out a dark blue and silver dress. Xlelon gaped.

"Yes, beautiful isn't it?"

She sighed. Xlelon could tell that there was a story behind the dress. Linda held it up to her, then shoved her into a room, telling her to try it on. With shaking fingers, she pulled it on, and was amazed to find that it fit her exactly. She came out of the room smiling.

"Gods Xlelon. It's yours."

"But…but I cant take it! It must be worth a fortune!"

Linda shook her head violently.

"No. It's yours. But don't wear it here."

"But that's what we're here for isn't it?"

Linda flashed her a smile.

"Yes, but I had forgotten how beautiful that dress is. Take it. I'm sure that we can make do. Just make sure to get something better tomarrow."

She nodded, now speechless. Linda smiled and grabbed some fabric that was sitting in the corner. She told her to wrap it around her waist. Then she told her to strip down to her breastband and wrap it up to there. She did so, and they turned out with a decent, but appealing, dress. Xlelon used pins that she found to keep it on right and they went back into the bar room. It was now quite crowded, as the sun had set five minutes ago.

"Wow, Linda, you sure fixed her up nice."

Julie winked at her, and laughed as Xlelon blushed at her comment. Obviously, the men agreed with her, because when she was introduced, they whooped and cheered. She smiled, beginning to enjoy herself, and curtseyed nicely to them. She was then caught up into serving drinks. She served so many that the time went by in a blur, and the people ran together. Quatrine gave her some tips, and Xlelon gave her one big one. She noticed that Quatrine was often invited to take a drink, and after three, she was swaying slightly on her feet. Xlelon went and caught her, scolding her lightly for drinking so much.

"But if I don't drink with them, they'll take an insult!"

Xlelon smiled, knowing that quite well. She still remembered the trick from coyote ugly.

"So, every time you take a shot, take a beer with it."

"Huh?"

"I'll show you, it's part of my stash of useless talents."

She grabbed a beer bottle and went to sit with a group of four. They invited her to a quick drink, and she accepted. With Quatrine looking on, she took a drink and subtly spit it into the beer bottle. No one noticed it but Quatrine. When she understood, she went to another group to serve, and tried her new 'trick'. Xlelon bounced up and went to get her table another round of drinks, with a gold piece in her hand from the man she had been sitting on.



"Well Jerry, there goes the eleventh watch, I'll be off."

Jerry nodded.

"When'll ye be revertin to the tenth watch?"

She counted on her fingers the number of days.

"Erm, about two days."

He nodded again and went to serve the people that were left. She sighed and set off to the palace, waving to Quatrine who was working for another three hours. In the last ten days she had found out that Julie and Linda were the only ones that worked all night, she and Quatrine only worked part of the night. She had found a suitable dress, a short black number with a dark green top. It was a bit shorter than she liked, but it got her lots of tips. She patted the small purse on her belt and smiled. She would have no trouble fitting in here, and now she had enough money to pay for her stay at the palace. That night, she went to bed happy, still with Neal's shirt, as she had become rather attached to its softness. A cat that she had adopted curled up around her head, and she fell asleep.

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Well? Bad? Good? Please tell me!! This is either the last chapter or the next to last before I leave and I'M SO SORRY TO LEAVE YOU!!!