Hey everyone, sorry it took me a little while to get this out, but I was figuring out how to end this chapter but I finally knew what I had to do, the next chapter will be out soon though so hurray for that!

enjoy!

"So this is your car wash?"

Standing before the aforementioned 'It's a Wash' were myself happily wearing my jacket which had been returned to me early this day, and the father and son duo Greg and Steven.

Looking at the car wash it seemed pretty well kept with its form illuminated by the orange glow of the setting sun, and with what I've been told this was especially impressive considering that Greg was both the owner and sole employee.

"Yup, ain't she a beaut." Confirmed Greg showing his deep pride in his business nodding his head with his son mimicking his father.

"It's pretty impressive, must help being self employed." I asked out of both curiosity and genuine surprise.

"Yup, being able to pay for both Steven and the gems err...costs is pretty handy." Greg said leaving me at odds with whatever 'costs' he mentioned, but this all blew over rather quickly, seeing how entranced I am with the prospect of new acquaintances and seeing how quickly things had moved on from earlier today.

(Flashback time!)

"Matthew Corals." I reach out with my hand open, ready to continue on with this day with a genuine smile shining on my face.

"Greg Universe it's nice to finally meet you." He firmly grasped my hand in a fairly strong grip, but considering how today was going (and the short time of isolation) it was great to be meeting more people.

"Considering all the talk I heard yesterday about the new guy moving into town it's nice to finally meet you mister Corals." Looking at Greg and his cheerful smile I began to feel the constant use of my surname start to feel a bit overused, and considering that I'm finally beginning to feel at ease I decided to change that.

"Please, Call me Matthew." From this I saw Greg taken a little back from this and then gave a small smile.

"Well of course, nice to meet you Matthew." From then we ended our handshake and from looking down at the smaller man he looked down at his son.

"Well then my little shtoo-ball, aren't you going to ask Matthew what you wanted to ask him?" With this I was believably confused and with myself looking at Steven with his mouth open with a giant smile taken shape and his eyes shown with what looked liked stars taking shape, I'm pretty sure this was just my mind playing tricks on me but even I wasn't to sure about that.

"We're going to give you your first tour around the city!" His arms shot up as he leaped into the air, with me feeling both confused and ecstatic with what would be coming next.

(Flashback stop!)

Looking around I could see the sun beginning to fall towards the horizon, and the brightness of the day slowly easing on the city, with everything that had happened and the places that I've seen I was finally feeling familiar with my new home. From this morning to right now, I wasn't expecting to be standing where I am now, in front of a car wash with a family that was nice enough to show me this city and to return my jacket (and my wallet as well) back to me.

"It's starting to get pretty late sporto I think it's time to get you back home and get ready for some sleep." Turning to look at Greg I could see him looking at Steven who had been running around with a hose in hand as he washed the van leaving it literally spotless of any dirt.

"Aww, but I'm not even that (yawn) tired." He said trying to fight off the impending wave of sleep fuelled yawns, by reflex Steven had rubbed his eyes with his palms, this had left both Greg and I smiling.

"You're not fooling anyone kiddo time to put you into bed." This time Steven had listen with just a quiet yawn as he let the hose fall to the ground and jumping into the back of the van. As I was just about to make my own way home Greg had called out to me, turning around I saw that he stood at the drivers side door looking at me confused.

"I'm willing to give you a ride home, if you'd want of course." Looking at the van and then at my surroundings I realized that it would take a while for me to make back home, it would be well after dark by that time, I however knew of one place I still had to get to before the end of the day.

"I really appreciate the offer but if it's ok, a quick drop somewhere else would be just as good." I said with a guilty smile, this left me knowing full well where my destination was.