A few more patrons walked through the door and shouted across the room, "Ay Jake, how you doing tonight?"

"Doing great Rocky, you havin' the usual tonight?" Jake replied while throwing a damp towel over his shoulder.

"You know it, my man. Gotta few friends with me too, they'll have the same."

"Comin' right up." Jake then grabbed a few glasses, put them on the bartop and grabbed a mix of bottles. He began mixing the drinks and creating one of his own unique drinks. Bottles were flipped and thrown all around, giving everyone a good show. After a few more seconds of bottle-twirling, Jake was finished. He slid the drinks down to the end of the bar where Rocky and his friends had taken their seats. "There you go, friend. Enjoy." Jake grabbed the towel from his shoulder and started cleaning the bartop off. He took a look around the place and saw that business was a little slow tonight. Maybe someone'll come in and liven the place up.

"You put that away a bit prematurely." Ruby said sliding into one of the bar stools in front of Jake and gave him a half-hearted smile. After she had parted ways with Knox at the hospital, it was hard to just...forget about him. She could have gone back home and got in an early night...but who was she kidding? There was still plenty of night-life left in Storybrooke, and she was determined to go out with a bang, even if she had to fake being happy at first.

Ruby tilted her head to the side slightly, causing her long, red and brown pigtails to swing to the same side.

"Can I get a green apple tini?"

"Of course, but just to let you know, my specialities are unique drinks. I can make anything. Hell, I'll even surprise you." He said returning a genuine smile.He pulled out a glass and started pouring up the ordered drink. 

"God knows I could use a surprise right about now." Ruby mumbled to herself, letting her head rest in her hand with her elbow keeping it propped up on the table.

It only took a few seconds before he was finished. "And there we go, one green apple tini. Hope you like." Jake took a second to look at the woman in front of him. He knew who she was, and probably vice versa, but he can't remember the last time they actually met. Guess now was as good a time as any. "Everything going alright? Besides alcohol, I can't really help you out with surprises. Don't know when your birthday is, so we can't do that."

Ruby chuckled, but only slightly and grabbed the martini from him and took a small sip, and nodded in approval almost immediately. Setting the martini glass down on the bar, she reached into her open shirt and then her bra and pulled out the five, one-dollar bills that she had stored away, her winnings she had swindled from the guys earlier and handed it over to him.

"Oh yeah - everything's...great..!" She answered smartly with a harsh edge of sarcasm and took up the martini once more to give her something to do and took another drink. "You ever have one of those days where everything seems like it's working out great, and then it all just collapses in on itself before you even have time to blink?" She asked him curiously.

Jake let out a slight chuckle, "You've never been a bartender. Ya, I've had my fair share of days like that. I'de feel shitty all day, but the next day, I'm back to feeling fine. Just gotta push through 'em. They suck ass, but hey, what can you do?" 

"I work at Granny's." Ruby reminded him. "I've done my fair share of being a bartender."

"You know what, keep your money. That drink's on the house. You seem like you needed it." 

Ruby seemed to be nice and all, he's obviously heard the stories, but so far, she seems cool. Still plenty of night left, no telling where it'll end up.

Ruby's red lips turned up into a soft smile, seeming to lighten up her entire complexion.

"Hey, you should be my bartender more often. Jake...isn't it?" She asked. She could have just looked at the name-tag, but where was the fun with that? She had seen him enough around town to have learned his name beforehand and therefore didn't really need to second-guess herself.

"Always willing to help out a troubled soul, . . . Ruby isn't it?" He said shooting a tease. "Besides we get plenty of business around here. They won't notice it. All I ask is that you feel better with that drink, and that'll be payment enough, deal?" He began placing the bottles back too their original positions, still having his attention focused on Ruby. 

Ruby tilted her head once more, looking upon Jake thoughtfully.

"When's your next break?" She asked almost out of the blue.

Jake looked at his watch, "In about five minutes. May I ask why you ask?"

Ruby's smile returned to her lips.

"I'm going to tell you something." She began and then pointed to her left where the pool tables were. "I'm going to be over there, waiting for your break. And when you come over to me, you're going to show me around the supply closet, and then you can see just how much better you can make me feel."

Ruby picked up what was left of her martini and drank the rest of the contents with a single gulp before returning the empty martini glass to the bar table and without another word, she hopped off of the stool and did exactly what she said she was going to do and went over to the pool tables.

Jake kept his composure the whole time, but his mind was obviously racing. The next five minutes flew by fast, and he quickly clocked out. He calmly made his way to where she was waiting, "Now I can give you the full tour." He grabbed her hand and guided her through the back of the building and into the supply closet, careful to keep anyway from seeing them. He shut the door behind them, and pulled her close. "So, how do you like the supply closet. Nice and roomie?"

Ruby just raised an eyebrow, resting her hands on his chest as he pulled her close, the look of a preditor gleaming in her eye.

"Just shut up and kiss me." She replied with a smirk, and too impatient to even wait for that, crashed her lips against his.

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