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"Well," Tasia starts off, leaning back on her hands and looks to her blue-eyed companion, "I'm not sure how long I'll be here, so for the time being I should make a living for myself. Are you folks hiring? I can take a load off your shoulders."
Ruby smiles, "I'll see if I can talk Granny into it."
"I appreciate the help, and if she doesn't take me in. I'll understand," the brunette woman stands up from her spot, dusting the leaves off of her pants, "I'm supposed to meet Emma and her family at the diner anyway, would you like a ride?"
The she-wolf walks up to the younger woman, and immediately she could smell the ocean mist with a hint of forest coming off from her imprint. It was peculiar, but it gave Ruby this sort of comfort. She loved it, "I'd love to."
Back at the diner:
Granny looks up as she hears the chiming of bells to see her grand-daughter walk in, wearing the biggest smile on her face that is directing to the young woman in tow.
Ruby literally bounces over to her grandmother, pulling her brunette friend along with her by the hand, "Granny, this is Tasia. Tasia, Granny," the young she-wolf introduces, "Tasia's looking for work, do you think you could hire her?"
Granny shakes her head and looks at the younger woman, her glasses sliding slightly down her nose "do you have any experience child?"
"I've worked in a deli for 3 years…"
The older woman nods her head, pushing her glasses up, "okay, you can start right now. Ruby get her an apron," Tasia looks at her in shock then over to Ruby as the she-wolf goes in the back for an extra apron.
"Ashley," Granny calls over to another brunette who just placed an order at the kitchen window.
"Yes Granny?"
"This is our new hire. Do you mind training her dear?"
Ruby walks out from the back in that moment and hands the younger brunette a brand new apron as well as a note pad and pen, smiling, "Welcome on board!"
"This is amazing. Thank you so much!" taking the apron and putting it on with excitement Tasia turns to the other brunette in anticipation.
"Great! Let's get started, I'm Ashley," the other brunette holds her hand out in greeting.
Tasia smiles and takes the hand, shaking it, "Tasia," then Ashley leads her away towards a couple customers who just walked in and sat down.
"Wait, what?" Ruby look over at her grandmother with a glare.
"Listen my girl, she's your imprint, and I support you, but I can't have you getting distracted. This is a business, we need to keep it professional. And you should give her some space," then with a cross of her arms Granny says, "Besides, I recall giving you the rest of the day off. Now run along and do what you do on your day off. Shoo!"
Ruby sighs and nods, saying to herself, "I don't even know what to do, I've never had a day off," so she decided to play customer and sits on a stool at the bar until the Swan-Mills trio walked in with the Charmings and their baby boy in his stroller. They all sat at a table, with a seat remaining empty and talked amongst themselves like a big happy family they are.
"Hi everybody!" Tasia beams with her notepad in hand, "I will be your waitress for the evening."
"I see someone's adjusting to our little town," Emma speaks with a grin.
"Thanks to Ruby," the younger brunette says, jerking her head in the direction where the she-wolf sat, "And like I told her, I'm not so sure how long I'm going to be here, so I might as well do something."
"Well, that's very mature of you," Snow speaks up.
"Let's just say that I've learned from my mistakes," Tasia responds, looking to the pixie-cut brunette, "the memories of the bad choices I've made are punishment enough. So, are you folks ready to order or should I come back in a few?"
The Charming-Swan-Mills family ordered their usuals, having to actually name them for tonight and the town's new waitress takes the orders straight to Granny.
Granny rings the bell indicating that Snow and David's orders are ready along with Regina, Emma, and Henry's. Just as quickly Tasia grabs all five orders with a graceful spin, leaving another order for Granny.
Ruby stands at the window in front of her grandmother, watching her imprint practically glide between tables and other waitress as she balances the trays in her hands with ease, "I have to say Ruby," Granny speaks up observing the younger brunette as well, "I'm impressed. At least I know this wasn't for not," patting her grand-daughter's hand before she goes back to her cooking.
"You have a knack for this dining stuff," back at the Charming table, Henry grins.
"When my family and I would go out to eat, towards the end I would stack all the dishes for the bus person to grab all at once then wipe down the table as best as I could even though I knew the bus person would probably have to do it again. I could honestly say that I've always wanted to be a waitress."
"That's very interesting, what are your dreams?" Snow asks in curiosity of this young woman.
"That conversation would have to wait for another day," Tasia says as she hears the order bell ring, "I have other customers to tend to, I'm sorry," spinning on her foot the younger woman swiftly makes her way to the window.
"I guess this fairytale story's been put on hold for now," Henry says as he stacks up whatever dishes were empty at the moment and wipes down the table.