It did seem pointless to Gloria to just stay in her room and miss home. She hoped Amy was right, that when she started working and was busy, she wouldn't miss home as much. Besides, she'd like to get to know Amy better. She wanted them to be friends. Going out to eat was a good way to start a friendship.<br/><br/>Gloria smiled to Amy.<br/><br/>"That sounds perfect."<br/><br/>She replied when Amy told her about the diner. As long as they had good, but inexpensive food, she'd be happy. It didn't have to be fancy, as long as it tasted good and filled her belly. Gloria nodded her head when Amy said to make sure to mention 'specialties'.<br/><br/>"I'll make sure to get me a good pair of dance shoes."<br/><br/>Gloria replied, wishing she had thought to bring ones she had at home. Although a new pair would probably be better. It would look nicer then the ones she had in her closet back home. When Amy mentioned her grandmother was French, Gloria replied.<br/><br/>"That's really cool you can speak French."<br/><br/>English was the only language Gloria knew herself. She thought it would be cool to go to France, though. Especially to see Paris.<br/><br/>"Sounds good."<br/><br/>Gloria replied when Amy excused herself to change. When Amy rejoined her, she said.<br/><br/>"Your dress is very nice."<br/><br/>Whoever made it was talented. A lot of Gloria's own clothes were handmade too. Clothing could get very expensive and small town people didn't have a lot of money to spend on that. Once she got working, Gloria decided the first things she would have to do is buy a good pair of dance shoes and some nice dresses for interviews.<br/><br/>"Lead the way."<br/><br/>Gloria told Amy with a smile, following her to the diner. Once they were seated inside, she asked.<br/><br/>"Have you ever been to France?"<br/><br/>She asked curiously.<br/><br/>--------------------<br/><br/>There many times during the work week that Diane cursed out Rich Porter. But only in her mind, never to his face. He did pay her very well, especially with the 'side' jobs. She just wished he'd understand she had a fucking life outside of running his errands. Her life didn't revolve around him. For example, she had a cute and very understanding boyfriend. Of course, her boss looked down his nose at Shane because he was an auto mechanic. Rich Porter didn't do manual labor. That was beneath him and so were the people who did it for a living. Diane didn't care, though. She thought Shane was amazing and she was very disappointed to have to call him and cancel their date.<br/><br/>Diane could almost make the stupid contracts in her sleep. She had made so many of them since she had been hired by Rich. The girls never lasted long. Rich always found something wrong with them. They looked fat on camera, they tried to upstage Martin, they didn't obey his every order. Amy Stevens would be just be another name on the long list of women that Rich hired and then fired rather quickly.<br/><br/>There was a knock on the office door and Diane yelled out.<br/><br/>"We're closed!"<br/><br/>They were closed, Rich and all the other employees had all went home for the night. It was just Diane and her typewriter. The person on the other side of the door was persistent, though. They knocked again and louder this time. Diane sighed in frustration as she got up from her desk. Dammit, she hated being interrupted while she was working.<br/><br/>"Hey, I said we're-"<br/><br/>Diane was angry and flung the door open. Ready to yell at whoever was too dumb to read the office hours that were posted. The angry look on her face quickly turned into a grin when she saw who was on the other side of the door.<br/><br/>"Shane?! What are you doing here?"<br/><br/>Shane smiled at her and held up a picnic basket.<br/><br/>"Well, I figured since you couldn't come to dinner, I'd bring dinner to you. If that's okay."<br/><br/>Diane's stomach growled in response. She was hungry. Thanks to Rich's 'side' errands, she had not had time to eat in hours. She grabbed Shane's arm and pulled him inside the office.<br/><br/>"Definitely okay."<br/><br/>She told him with a smile and gave him a kiss that he happily returned.