Chapter 7: Settling In

A/N: Hey everyone! How's everyone doing? Can you believe we're finally in the year that Hazbin Hotel is going to air? I feel like we're slowly getting closer and closer to its release date! And what better way to celebrate than with a new chapter?

Things are slowly starting to take shape in the hotel! What does Jennifer have up her sleeves as Angel Dust makes himself at home?

Disclaimer: I don't own Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss, I just own Jennifer.

Enjoy!

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When Angel Dust moved into the hotel, Vaggie instantly regretted it. The adult film star pretty much brought everything he owned from his apartment and tried to cram it in the room Charlie provided. If that wasn't bad enough, he brought his pet pig as well.

"There is no way we're keeping animals in the hotel!" Vaggie snapped.

"Then how come you're here?" Angel Dust said smugly.

The two of them bickered while Charlie and Jennifer watched. They should have done something but they were too busy gushing over Fat Nuggets.

"I gotta say, I never thought there would be regular animals down here in Hell" Jennifer said as she tickled the pig's belly.

"Couldn't give God all the credit when things were created" Charlie joked.

Vaggie threw her hands up in the air and turned to her girlfriend.

"Charlie! Back me up on this! We can't have pets roaming around the hotel!" she insisted.

Charlie bit her lip. She saw where Vaggie was coming from but at the same time if she put all these restrictions on their first guest then Angel was going to back out.

Jennifer picked up on that and came up with a solution.

"I'm sure it won't be a problem. Charlie owns the building and if she didn't want animals, she would have said so at the beginning. It's not a sin to have a pet" she pointed out.

"Besides, maybe having an animal will help out? I know back when I was 'alive' a lot of rehabilitation facilities used animals to help their patients. It gave them a purpose to better themselves. That's what this hotel is about right? To better ourselves"

"I knew you and I were gonna get along, sweet cheeks" Angel smirked.

Vaggie scowled but didn't argue. She didn't want to admit it but Jenny had a good point.

"Fine, the pig can stay. But this better not backfire" she warned.

Jennifer just waved her off.

"Oh please. Everyone would do anything for their pets. They won't change for their friends and family, but for their pet, they would do anything. They'll even commit murder if it meant making them happy"

Angel Dust snickered.

"Yeah, we're gonna get along just fine"

He looked around the lobby and crossed his arms.

"I don't know why you're worried Fat Nuggets is going to make a mess. This place is already a Pig Stye"

The spider demon had a point. Since the hotel really wasn't open yet, it was still a little messy with the remodeling and refurbishments. Charlie rubbed her arm embarrassingly while Vaggie growled in annoyance.

"And that's why you're going to help us make this place look brand new!" Jenny said with a fake smile.

She held up a broom and dust pan for Angel to take.

"Since you're so concerned about how the place looks, you can help me out by cleaning out the lobby"

Angel Dust looked at the cleaning supplies and backed away in disgust.

"Whoa there! This wasn't part of the agreement, bitch. I said I'd help out with your little experiment, not be a cleaning lady"

"You wanna pay rent?" Jennifer said dryly.

Angel snatched the cleaning supplies and stomped away from her.

"Fucking cut throat pixie" he grumbled.

Vaggie snickered, finally glad that the spider demon was taken down a peg.

The four of them slowly started to clean the lobby. They had to get ready for when they opened the hotel up to the public.

Angel grumbled as he swept away dust from the floor.

"I can't believe I'm doing this. I'm a film star for crying out loud!"

"I thought you would be used to it. You get dirty at your job, how is this any different?" Jenny joked.

"Hey! That's a fun kind of dirty! People pay big money to see me do nasty things" Angel said.

"And you're getting paid to do something everyone will think is weird" Jenny replied.

Angel scowled and crossed his arms.

"Why are you even here anyway? You don't seem like you wanna change"

Jennifier stopped what she was doing and looked at him. Angel didn't know how to describe the look she gave him, but it was as if she had heard this phrase so many times.

"Let me ask you this: have you ever looked back on your life and think of all the mistakes you made? Have you ever thought about them and think 'God I wish that never happened'. Do you always regret how your life played out and wished it went a different way?"

Angel didn't realize he was gripping the broom in his hands tightly. Every word she said was like hitting the nail on the head.

Jennifer picked up on this. She went over to a wooden crate that was one the ground and motioned for him to sit next to her. The porn star slowly walked over to her and sat down. Jennifer looked ahead of her as she thought of what she was going to say.

"When I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actress" she started off.

"My grandma took me to a musical and I just fell in love. I found it mesmerizing that thousands of people would come to see someone perform, to pay so much money to watch someone sing and dance. I wanted to feel that, to have people love me so much that they would come see me perform"

She recalled all the school plays she performed in, all the playbills she collected and traded with Moxxie, all the times Millie would beg her to sing, the times Blitzo would tape her performances. Those moments were like magic to her.

"I wanted that dream to come true so badly that I went to college for it. But then..."

She looked at her engagement ring and thought of David. She remembered when they became a couple, he talked down her dreams of becoming a star.

"You have to be reasonable, Jenny. So many people try to becomes stars and only so few succeed. You need to think about having a real goal, not just some silly fantasy. If you follow this dream of yours, they're gonna eat you up and spit you out. It's time to wake up"

She closed her eyes tightly. Even though she was planning to marry David, it still hurt her deeply that he never tried to support her dreams. He expected her to follow his because it was the reasonable kind.

"But then I had to wake up from that dream...or at least I thought so" she said quietly.

She didn't notice that Charlie and Vaggie had stopped cleaning and were listening intently to her. She hadn't really talked about herself and they were curious to know more about her.

"I gave up becoming an actress and decided to become a teacher instead. I figured it was better to inspire the next generation to follow their dreams since I couldn't follow mine. It was the logical one"

"But it wasn't what you wanted" Angel finished.

Jennifer slowly shook her head.

"I didn't mind being a teacher, but I wasn't happy" she admitted.

She always felt horrible for thinking like that. Even though she enjoyed teaching kids new things, she always felt hollow inside not to mention envious. Why could they live out their dreams but not her?

"There were times where I thought I should just quit teaching and get back into acting. But there would always be a voice in the back of my mind telling me to stop, that my dreams will just be crushed, that it was just a waste of my time. And then...I wound up here"

She could still feel the fear she felt when that hooded stranger plunged the knife down on her. How her life flashed before her eyes.

"When I got down here, I was filled with regret and sadness. Why couldn't I have just followed my heart? Maybe if I did the things that I wanted to, I wouldn't have wound up here. Why can't I rewind time and change everything?"

Everything she said was like twisting a knife in Angel's heart. He knew exactly how she felt. Every day he woke up, he was filled with nothing but regrets. He tried to mask the pain, but nothing could fill all the cracks.

Jenny sighed and looked at Angel. She gave the spider demon a sad smile.

"You asked why I'm here? Because it's a second chance" she explained.

"I can't change the past and I undo the mistakes I made. But I can use that to my advantage and make things better for me. You've been down here for a while and you know what life is like here. I bet you hate it and you wished things were different, right?"

Angel was quiet for a moment but slowly nodded.

Jennifer stood up from her seat and offered her hands to him.

"And that's why you decided to come here too. You want a second chance as well. Just because you wound up here, doesn't mean you have to stay down here forever. If there's a chance to change then take it"

Angel looked at her hands and took them.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever"

He stood up and stretched.

"I'm gonna go unpack. Consider that as me redecorating the rooms. You bitches can finish down here"

He picked up Fat Nuggets and strode over to his room. The pig made a few noises as he was carried away. Angel looked at his pet and smiled softly.

"Yeah, I think we'll get along with her too, Nugs"

Jennifer just watched as Angel left the lobby.

"Was all of that true?" Charlie asked.

Jennifer looked over her shoulder to see her and Vaggie stare at her seriously. She kinda forgot that they were there when she spilled her guts to Angel.

She looked up at the ceiling and shrugged.

"Kind of. Had to ham it up so he could take what you're doing seriously. Figured he wouldn't listen unless he had someone who was in his shoes"

Charlie bit her lip and fiddled with her jacket. Hearing what Jennifer said felt personal. She knew exactly where the human was coming from. Her parents were against her dreams of rehabilitating sinners and told her countless times to give up on it.

If she wasn't going to give up on her dreams then neither should Jenny.

"You can still make your dream come true" she said.

Jenny looked at her and raised an eyebrow. Charlie stepped forward and grabbed her hands.

"This is your second chance. Once you get home, you go and make your dream come true! You know what it'll be like if you wind up here. You don't want to spend your life and afterlife full of regrets. Just because someone tells you that your dream may be silly doesn't mean you should listen to them"

Jennifer was shocked. Even though Charlie was born and raised in Hell, she still wanted others to have a happy and fulfilling life. She didn't want to see people be punished for their mistakes. She truly wanted to help others, even herself.

She smiled and squeezed her hands.

"Thanks, Charlie"

The princess smiled brightly.

"This hotel is to help everyone and that includes you!"

Vaggie smiled at the scene. Even though this isn't how she envisioned how the hotel was going to run, at least it was helping someone out.

"Alright you two, we still have a lot of cleaning to do. This hotel isn't going to fix itself up"

The girls went back to tidying up the lobby. They had a lot to do if they want to help others. Fortunately, they were taking the step towards something good.

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A/N: Man, that was deep. Who knew Jennifer was hiding so much behind that smile? And David's kind of an ass for not being a supportive fiancée. Maybe she can make her dream come true this time around.

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