Billy smiled. "She's beautiful."
Bodie shrugged. "She's not bad."
"Not bad?" Billy stepped over a rusted motor and put his hands on the hood. "She's perfect."
Heco nodded. "It's a '69," he said. "That's a nice find. Shitty color, though." He touched the flat dark green of the Mustang's roof.
"Ever hear of paint?" Billy said.
Heco shrugged.
Billy reached in and popped the hood. Bodie lifted it up and looked inside.
"You'll never get it running," he said.
"I'll get it running," Billy said.
Bodie and Heco looked at each other.
"What?" Billy said. "I'm a good mechanic."
Bodie rolled his eyes. "You took two auto shop classes in detention school."
"Yeah," Billy said, "and the shop teacher said I should start my own garage."
Heco laughed. "Billy, they tell everyone who don't try and burn down the shop they should open their own garage."
Billy reached in and unscrewed the oil cap. "Fuck you guys," he said. "I can rebuild an engine."
Heco looked around. The junkyard had a tall, locking fence, and those dobermans were probably loose inside after dark. "You'll never get it outta here," he said. "What are you gonna do, shoot the dogs and push it out?"
"No, asshole," Billy said, facing him. "I'm gonna pay for it and have my uncle tow it out."
Heco couldn't tell if Billy was being sarcastic or not.
"What?" Billy said. "I been saving up."
Heco and Bodie laughed hard. Billy crossed his arms.
"'Saving up,'" Bodie laughed.
"You won't be laughing when I'm done with her," Billy said. They kept on laughing. "I want this car," he said. "Just cause I don't spend all my money on drugs like you, Heco." He slammed the hood shut.
"Whatever, man," Heco said. "This car is going to be sitting on cinderblocks in front of Bone's place looking just like that till the old man gets tired of looking at it."
"That's what you think?"
"Yeah, that's what I think."
"A hundred bucks."
"Oh, I'll bet you a thousand bucks this car will never see the road," Heco said.
Billy smiled. "I wouldn't want you to go into withdrawls over me," he said.
"Shit," Heco said. "I'll bet you a hundred."
They shook hands.
"Easiest hundred bucks I ever made," Heco said.