"Ruby, where'd you take us?"
"Back to my Hotel?"
"This....isn't your hotel."
"It's not?
I thought I pictured everything in my mind as it was in here."
"That's the thing with hotels. A lot look the same.
Why were you running anyways?"
"I can't go back to jail. Not here. Not now. I just got out."
"Jail?
Ruby, people don't go to jail for speeding. All they get is a little tiny piece of paper telling them to pay. Then if they don't pay on time, they have to pay double later."
"Seriously?
Their is no lesson to be learned in that? What's to stop people from paying? By next week's paycheck they will have made all the money back they lost?
No damage done."
"According to the GPS on my phone, your Hotel is only two blocks that way.
I'll go get us another car, while you go there and clean up.
Good deal?
*Vroom*
I take that as a yes."
"..........Oh, good evening, Miss.
How was your first day on the town?
Everything you thought it would be and more?"
"Something like that."
"You...…didn't have a good time?
You look awfully exhausted."
"This?
It's nothing. Just tired after a long game of basketball. You know, it's very team building; almost like a Kingdom if you...…..Oh. I must sound like a crazy girl to you."
"Not in the slightest. I don't think you're crazy at all, but I see someone else is crazy about you.
A letter was sitting on my desk when I came back from lunch. It's addressed to you."
"Does it say from who?"
"Nope.
Should I throw it out? Maybe it's a prank letter."
"I'll take it.
Wait a sec."
"What?"
"........You hear that?"
"I don't hear anything."
"Exactly. Where did all the people go?"
"You mean all the noisey people.
Told you we'd remove them while you were away."
"Oh. Must have been too busy to remember."
"Why? You liked the noise?"
"Definetly was no bird chirpings and the sound of animals, but now just the sound of tranquil water flowing off the peakest mountains.
Thanks."
"Hey, if it's a letter date, then remember; the Salad and appetizers might look endless and yummy; but don't stuff your face before eating your meal, or else you will always, always, always have to order a container."
"I know how a fork and a belly works.
Not fully wild, you know?"
"Just trying to be helpful."
"I can see that.
I'll be in my room if you need me."
"Ruby, this is a hotel, not your parents house.
You don't need to tell me where you will always be."
"I don't?
.........Okay.
See you when I see you."
*Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump*
...….*Shriiiiiiiiiieeeeeaaaaaaat*
"Okay, T. If this is how you formally invite someone out, then maybe you're not half as bad as I.....thought?
'Rosa may be your Queen, but the true King of the streets formally invites you to a Sit Down at La Rancha De Casa, so we may welcome you properly to our Kingdom.
But if you refuse, how's the saying go? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a finger for a finger?
I think I messed that up, but you; if you come won't be; for it is rude to resist such an offer from your'….."
*Shriiiiiieaattttttt…Shriiiiiiiiieaaaaat..Shriiiiiieatttttttttt…Shrieatttt….shriiiiiiieaaaat*
"Only one day in the big City, and I have already made friends and enemies.
Good job, Ruby.
Way to listen to Elwin, and 'Not' use your powers; like she warned you of.
Keep it up, and this day may be your last."