Thank you so much for baring with me while I've had technical difficulties with the third chapter! I hope you like this so far and please tell me in the review section. With that being said, here is the next chapter!

Ruby sat in her bed hoping she was doing the right thing. Technically there would be no record of Emma even staying at the Inn and it's not like the place was busting out of the seams for rooms and it would be better than having her in the spare bedroom and plus, she needed the help in the kitchen. There are several pros to outweigh the cons, especially when Granny finds out. She had something in the back of her mind, however, that made her worry that something would go wrong, like she had put her faith in the wrong person. Maybe it was the anxiety getting in her way. Finally, it subsided, and she was able to go to sleep.

The next morning, Emma walks downstairs to the diner still dark from the night before, she beat Ruby to it. She owed a debt and wanted to make sure it would be repaid. When Ruby does come, hands the girl an apron, notepad and a few pens.

"Have you ever been a waitress before?" She asks.

"Yeah, for a few years while I was in high school."

"Good, thank you so much for helping me out. I'll help if you ever need it. First, let's go through opening work." Ruby says and she unveils the checklist. They start working, cleaning and prepping for the day and Emma learns the ropes with little help from Ruby. The shift ran smoothly apart from Emma not knowing the menu very well, thankfully, most of the customers were nice and understanding that she just got the job.

At three that afternoon, the girls finally counted up the drawer and were done for the day. While Ruby would be on the floor that evening as the manager, Emma wasn't needed. In the break, Emma and her both get something to eat and they go to Emma's room where they enjoy the air conditioning and TV for a while before Ruby goes back downstairs for the dinner shift. The two girls got along fantastic, Ruby was like a breath of fresh air that Emma almost forgot that she was supposed to leave in less than two weeks.

After Ruby leaves to go downstairs, Emma takes a shower and walks downstairs with her sketchbook and she sits at the bar top where Ruby works through the evening. They talk about music and movies, things they wanted to do someday, there was never something not to talk about when the two of them were concerned. Emma also liked the customers. Hearing their grievances, their triumphs, it was fun. Of course, seeing new blood in the town, some people grew curious of who was the girl in the yellow bug. On shifts that Emma did not work, she spent most of that time in the diner at the bar top, drawing other people and reading books Ruby had or just went to the room where she would watch TV. That did not keep her safe from the boys either. Several would come by the diner to bug Ruby and Emma like it was their job and for once, Emma was no longer invisible. When they were relieved by the other shift, working from six to three was taxing, especially when it's in a new place and would take the time to just mellow out and be with each other.

She would assume all the shifts Ariel had and when she wasn't working, she would still walk around the town, sketch people or things that made her happy or sad. She found that this town is one she enjoys way more than she thought she would. First, she sketches a man named Marco, she eventually found out, overhearing some conversation. She'll sketch people walking along the street, the fry cook in the back, working away, or Ruby. She loved sketching Ruby, she was her muse. There was just something that was interesting about her that made Emma want to keep on sketching her.

After Thursday night's shift, Emma and Ruby were just finishing up cleaning and counting the drawer. It was a busy night but the two made a very good pair. "With as steady as we were tonight, I might have to talk to Granny and see if she can hire you full time."

"We'll see, Ruby." Emma said, that's what Emma's been saying a lot lately, we'll see.

"Emma, even temporarily, you need money to fix the bug, right? Stay here, work here and you'll be fine. I bet Granny would say yes."

"Granny will have to meet her first." Says a woman as she comes into the light. "Catherine Lucas, and you are who?"

Emma gulped. "Mrs. Lucas, hi, I'm Emma. I am so sorry. I'll leave right away."

Mrs. Lucas looks around the establishment and notices it's pristine condition, finding it better than when she left it last Wednesday.

"Emma, consider this your interview; tell me about yourself."

"Well, I'm eighteen, grew up all over Connecticut and Maine, I've worked in a diner down for a few years while I was in high school. I'm actually on the way to Boston."

Emma stops suddenly when Granny's hand goes up, "Eighteen? Where are your parents?"

"Well, I don't know, I was left on the steps of a firehouse when I was a baby. I was in a homes across the state for a while and then I ran and made it to Maine before I was brought in to the foster system here. I'm just trying to get to Boston."

Granny stares the young blonde down as she listens to the girl's story. "What's in Boston?"

"I'm not sure yet, actually."

"Did you finish school? I know that's sometimes a problem when you age out."

Emma looks down, "No ma'am."

Granny looks at the girls for a while, staring them down almost then she finally speaks, "I'll cut you a deal, you stay here, get the car fixed, whatever, but you will not leave here until you graduate high school, I don't want you to start out life harder than it has to be, and you'll be staying with me and Ruby, no sense in you staying in the inn when we have a spare bedroom. You look like a good kid, let me get some paperwork for you, legalities and all that mess." Granny says with a smile.

"Thank you, Mrs. Lucas. Thank you thank you!" Emma gets wrapped up in the moment and hugs the woman who is startled by this. Emma was ecstatic, she could stay! No more living in her car, she'll have a job and she'll get somewhere.

"One more thing," Granny started and Emma got nervous. "None of this Mrs. Lucas stuff, I am Granny from now on, understand?'

"Yes Mrs.-I mean, Granny." Emma said and hugs the woman again. Granny leaves to get some forms from her office and Emma starts filling it out.

With the help of Granny and Ruby, Emma got all of her stuff out of the bug and into the guest bedroom of the little house behind the Inn. Emma looked at the room, it was clean in a spare bedroom since. A sewing machine sits on the table of the room, there's old dressers filled with different fabrics used to make quilts.

"Sorry it's a bit messy, I've been doing some quilting. Get some sleep and we'll be up for the morning shift." Granny says.

"This is perfect, thank you so much." Emma says as she settles in for the night.

The next week was fun, filled with some hard work, yes, but also some fun here and there. She enjoyed the library that Ruby let her borrow her card at. She would stay for hours drawing or reading. When neither girl was working, and Granny allowed there to be a day or two when they weren't, she and Ruby made little adventures around the town, exploring the forest, going to the beach or going to trails around the hazy New England town. It was nice not having to worry about where the next meal was coming from or where she would stay the night and Ruby was becoming a very good friend to her.

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