Working for the Weekend.... Loverboy?!

I forgot to give Kiera's Stats last time:

• Aspiration:  Painter Extraordinaire
• Base Traits:  Family Oriented, Creative and Foodie  :}

Chapter 2 - Hard Days Night, after Night, after Night.

The next few days seemed to fly by.  
Everyday, Kiera got up and rushed to get ready for work. Spent eight hours at the museum working her but off.  Came home exhausted and tense...  She would have loved to have gone out to have a little fun in the evenings.... but she was just SO tired.  The little time she had after work, she used it to scope out the area for things she could sell to make just a little more money.  She worried about how long it would take for her to get a promotion... she wasn't getting any practice at painting - she couldn't afford painting supplies yet.
And then her luck started to change.
She got her first promotion!!  OK... granted it was only a couple extra dollars an hour - but the small bonus the museum gave her made it possible for her to buy an easel and a small radio from the "New to You" shop.  She was still tired though, and her evenings were now spent making yet ANOTHER salad, and working on painting techniques.  

She had arrangements made with the local gallery - they collected all kinds of art from a range of artists in the community.  And they Thankfully saw something in Kiera, and had decided they wanted to collect all her early work.... better yet, they'd pay her for it. The better she got, the more they'd pay ... so she had incentive to work herself hard.
And so more days passed.
Work. Eat. Paint. Sleep.

She decided to start a small garden to do something to break up the monotony.  It helped... a little.  It gave her something to focus on, other than work.  But she made a decision, no matter what, she was going to have a little fun this weekend!!
And then something she wasn't expecting to happen - happened.
For the second time that week, she was called into the Director's office.  He was very pleased with how hard she'd been working this week.  She was developing a style of her own, he said.  And to show how much they believed in her, they were giving her another promotion!! Two promotions in one week!!!

But more importantly....

WALLS!!!! She could finally afford to hire a contractor to build a small simple structure. She left the Directors office and before the door had a chance to close, she was on the phone, finalizing the agreement.  It was still early in the day, and given the size and simplicity of what she need from them... they told her they'd have it built by the time she got home. 

When she got home that night, there it was... as promised.  The  construction crew had even moved all her belonging inside!!  The outside wasn't finished yet (though the inside had a very basic coat of paint, and they had laid a cheap plank flooring).... and it was little more than a box - but it was home. She finally had a roof over her head and a DOOR!!

Time to CELEBRATE!!  Heck Yah!!  She was gonna check out that sweet looking lounge over in the next county, Oasis Springs - What was it called... The Solar Flare or somethin'? Anyway, Kiera made herself a quick bite to eat, had a shower and got all dolled up.

She had just arrived at Flare. She was getting out of the cab when HE bumped into her.
The two of them started to say something.... and just, stopped, and stared.
After a moment he finally said, "I hope I didn't hurt you, but I can't exactly say I'm sorry I bumped into you..... my name is London - London Grier."

Kiera had dated in high school.  She had heard other girls talk about having butterflies when they met a boy they liked.  But it had never happened to her.

Until now.

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Thanks for reading~
This is fun.... I might update more often.
Wizard of Roz - OUT!