Ben left downstairs to work again. Ivy spent all two hours settling down in her room. She put away her clothes in the closet and dressers. She set up her paint area where she will be painting most of her time while she is there. She also put up picture frames and her laptop on the desk as well.

Then Ivy realized that she cant just sit around and wait for a job to land in her hands. So she grabbed her jacket and small backpack. She walked downstairs trying to go look for a job around the city.

Before leaving the restaurant, she wanted to let the guys know that she will be leaving for the afternoon. When she came downstairs, she wandered near the bar area to see if anyone would come out of the kitchen. Then William, Jason, and Ben all came out at the same time getting ready to open the restaurant.

Ben (*comes out of the kitchen, sees Ivy, asks) : your finished unpacking in your room ?
Ivy (*smiles & says) : yeah.
Jason (*introduces himself to Ivy) : Hi, i'm Jason. i work here with Ben as a waiter.
Ivy (*shakes Jason's hand & says) : its nice to meet you, i'm Ivy.
Jason : so how do you like your new place so far ?
Ivy : its nice and spacious.
William (*says to Ivy) : we met earlier when you came. I'm William, the other manager.
William : you can just call me Will.
Ivy : its nice to meet you again William.
Ben (*notices that Ivy is leaving somewhere & asks) : your going somewhere ?
Ivy : i'm going to look for a job to pay the rent.
Jason : already ?
Ivy : yeah. its not going to do itself.
William : but your a painter. don't painters make a lot of money ?
Ivy : i am a painter but not one your thinking of. i'm not famous yet William.
Jason : i guess we'll see you often around here then ?
Ivy : it looks like it. i better get going before it turns dark.
Ben : good luck !
Ivy (*smiles & says) : thanks. i'll see you guys later.

William, Ben, and Jason looked at Ivy leave the restaurant. They stood there a while talking before going back to their jobs.

William : man, she is pretty.
Ben : you have a crush on her Willy ?
William (*slap's the back of Ben's head & says) : shut up. nobody calls me that.
Ben (*feels the pain & says) : alright.
Jason : i have to agree with William here, she is pretty. Do you know how old she is ?
Ben : oh my god, look at you two drooling over the new girl.
William : she might in her mid 20's, who knows.
Jason (*says as putting his arm over Ben) : you know you like her too.
Ben : i do but not the same way you two like her.
Ben : aren't you guys going to tell her that she wont be able to find a job here in New York ?
William : why would we tell her ?
Ben : because you need a profession or experience to apply for the job.
William : we'll tell her when she gets back.
Jason : i'm sure she'll be fine.
Ben : aren't you guys going to let Charlie know that she left ?
William : we'll tell him when he asks. lets get back to work.

The three went back to work. Couple hours later, it was [4PM] and Ivy had already gotten back to the restaurant. She was so exhausted from going from one place to the other. She even went outside of New York City a little bit but no place accepted her. Along the way, she also bought two cups of coffee to keep herself awake and took the subway to the places. She went into museums, restaurants, and business places to look for a job but nothing.

Ivy walked into the restaurant sitting at the bar area stool trying to catch her breath from going everywhere in just a few hours. William stood behind the bar counter making Ivy a cup of martini to calm herself down.

William (*slides the martini glass in front of Ivy & says) : here.
Ivy (*asks as looking at William) : Martini ?
William : it helps with everything your going through right now.
Ivy (*takes a sip of the martini & says) : thanks.
William : so i'm guessing that you didn't find a job yet ?
Ivy : do you know how hard it is to find a job in this city ? its freaking crazy.
William : i know. how do you think we opened up our own restaurant ?
Ivy : so no one is able to find a job in the city ?
William : right.
Ivy : that why i couldn't find one no matter how hard i tried.
William : right.
Ivy : why didn't you tell me William ?
William : i'm sorry. i wanted to tell you and so did Ben.
Ivy : you would've stop me.
Ivy : i searched the entire New York City nation. i even took a subway around town.
Ivy : so why couldn't i find one ?
William : its because you either don't have a profession or experience.
Ivy : i can tell you now that you are wrong.
William : how many places did you really look at today ?
Ivy : around 20.
William : and none of them wanted you to work for them ?
Ivy : nope. not even one.
William : i can always ask Charlie for a job here. you can work as a waitress.
Ivy : that sounds good but will he let me work here ?
Ivy : not to be mean but he's really mean. i can tell that he regrets people easily.
William : don't worry. i'll talk to him for you.
Ivy : you would do that for me ?
William : of course i would. i'd do anything for you while your here.
Ivy : thanks William. (*smiles)
William : don't worry. i’ll talk to him tonight after work is over.
William : i got to get back to work.
Ivy : okay. i'm going to go upstairs and rest.

Ivy was so tired from her day so she went upstairs to rest on her bed. As she was laying on her bed, she was so excited and happy that someone decided to help her. For an hour, she lay there resting a little bit.

Then Ivy got up and went into the kitchen to find something to eat. There was nothing in the fridge that she liked to eat.

So she took her jacket and bag to leave to the market quickly. She didn't use the front door of the restaurant to leave so she went back to the back of where the window in the halls were and took the ladder stairs down. She jumped off the ladder onto the trash box and off onto the ground cleanly. She raised her hands up and pulled down the ladder so she could come back later after going to the market.

Ivy was standing in the alley and headed out to the street. She walked towards to the street and made her way forward passing by all the mom and pop stores. After a while later, she walked to the market and went inside. She went inside, looked around, and got what she needed.

After an hour of shopping, she walked outside with two bags of groceries. She walked back to the restaurant apartment using the ladder again with the groceries. She climbed back up into the window and into the apartment. Ivy made sure she looked the window before walking to the kitchen to put the groceries away. She walked into the kitchen and took out everything that she bought.

Ivy began to cook her famous spaghetti and meatballs. After finish cooking, she set up the table and ate her food by herself. She felt so lonely eating alone but she had no other way to. There was also a lot of left overs left so she stored majority of it in the fridge in a large container. Two small containers were also left over and Ivy was wondering if she give it to Ben and Jason as a gift for helping her settle in. So Ivy placed each container in each bag as a gift.

[7PM] Then Ivy took the bags downstairs and saw that the restaurant was getting busy. Customers were coming in and out eating dinner with families and friends. Ivy took a seat at the bar on the stool and placed the two bags onto the counter. Ben was on his 5 minute break and just standing behind the counter of the bar drinking water and catching his breath. Ivy talked to him while sitting there.

Ben (*notices the bags on the counter & asks Ivy) : hey. what are these ?
Ivy : its for you and Jason.

Ivy slides one of the bags towards Ben and Ben takes it out of the bag.

Ben (*asks Ivy) : is this spaghetti ?
Ivy : yeah.
Ben : did you make it yourself ?
Ivy : Yep.
Ben (*says as examining the container) : it looks amazing and vibrant.
Ivy : are you on your break right now ?
Ben : yeah, 5 minutes.
Ivy : you should eat it before getting back to work. you'll get energy.
Ben : that's a good idea.

Ivy smiles while Ben starts to unopened the container taking the first bite. He looks like he's in heaven after taking that first bite. Then he puts the container down and tells Ivy..

Ben : its delicious. how were you able to make it ? did you use Charlie's fridge ?
Ivy : its a secret and Charlie's fridge had nothing.
Ivy : i went to the market earlier and bought ingredients for the week.
Ben : but we didn't see you leave earlier. how did you leave ?
Ivy : i left using the window upstairs with the hanging ladder.
Ben : wow. your brave to use that. nobody has used that in a long time.
Ivy (*smiles & asks) : is it okay if i stay here for a little bit ?
Ben : i guess so. just don't touch anything, Charlie might yell at you.
Ivy : i got it Ben.

Ben finished the spaghetti container and went back to work serving the customers. Ivy sat there looking around the restaurant and wondered how nice it would be to find a job to work in the meantime. There was a notepad and a pen on the counter. Ivy took it and wrote a note for Jason so that he would know who it was from.

She wrote ; "Jason. This is for you. Thank you for the introduction and meeting you. This is a gift more like a meal from me to you. -Ivy".

Ivy peeled off the paper from the notepad and stick it under the bag leaving it there.

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