[u]Knox Kowalski[/u]

And life continued on, as normal. Sure, the town newcomer had been arrested for kissing the comatose Jane Doe, there was much to be done during the week about the earthquake related damages, and Mr Gold was out free walking the streets…but there was also days of rest, peaceful mornings with Ruby at the diner.

Mornings with Ruby at the diner, new moments in life to fill his head with confusion.

Previously, there was Ruby running around the diner with little reservations on her choice of dress, heavier make up and clothing...Knox supposed the switch up was what caught his attention, and not in a cautious or disturbed way, per se. Longer material uniform, instead of short shorts, no makeup…the security guard caught himself staring and trying to remember what she looked like with shorts, essentially imagining the waitress with less clothing. Gods, was he finally seeing her for what she was? At one point, he almost choked when Ruby bent over a table wearing skinny jeans…much to the confusion of the good people sitting in the booth over.

Feeling none too pleased with himself over his new found morning distractedness, the man could only force himself to stare into the girl’s face when she got close enough and make on topic conversation, remember that the fries were for eating. Ruby herself, the memory of their...time together, the 'small' interactions...were what kept his attention, among the other things. Catching her eye, staring at her soft lips, exchanging an apologetic look (both had busy schedules), occasional physical contact that Knox otherwise previously never noticed (hands touching, shoulder pat, poke)………aaaaaand, on the other end of things, there was the usual morning to noon activity of watching security footage or checking the sign-in logs, and night shift as an actual patrol around the hospital.

Not much would change in schedule, with it being Miner’s day, only that Knox would be needed in the hospital more than ever. Quite a number of regular security staff was off to enjoy the activity, so Knox felt compelled to stay to make sure nothing went wrong with the decrease in their regular numbers. With Jane Doe being kissed inappropriately on a regular, full staff day, you can never be too careful…or paranoid.