"Here. I connected the AC7 to the main wiring of the block's telephone system and…" Charlie grabbed the laptop off of Lyle's desk and stared at it. Rob came up behind Charlie and mumbled something that Lyle couldn't hear. They laughed in a secretive way and Lyle rolled his eyes.
"Hey Charlie, I thought you were dating Stella, not Rob." Lyle deadpanned and Charlie looked down at him. Rob put his hands up in surrender.
"You all know for sure that I am not gay. And if I was gay, Charlie here would not be my type." Charlie spun around at Rob's remark. He glared at him and Rob just replied, "Sorry, mate. I just like the blonde ones better." Lyle, Left Ear and Stella all laughed and Rob and Charlie just stood there with dumb smiles on their faces. Charlie put his hands on Rob's shoulders and said, "Well I prefer the ones with hair." Lyle's eyes bugged out and Left Ear covered his mouth with his right hand.
"Ohhh-ho-ho, that was low Charlie!" Lyle laughed. Left Ear nodded in approval and Stella stood up, her long legs balancing over the bench that she was just sitting on.
"Hey, where are you going? You know that we all have to be here to meet this girl." Charlie said, following after Stella.
"I know." She turned around, walking backwards, "I can't go get a water?" She stopped in front of Charlie. They looked at each other and Stella gave him a quick peck on the lips and turned around, going toward the refrigerator.
"I'll be right back, I promise." Stella called and Charlie smiled, eyes following her ass in those tight black jeans as she walked away. Handsome Rob's strong cockney accent penetrated his thoughts.
"Alright, Charlie, get your dirty brain over here," he called out and Charlie quickly joined the rest of the group. Lyle looked up from his laptop and asked, "So… who is this girl again?"
"Yeah, remind us again, Slim." Left Ear added. Charlie smiled, "Her name is Kelly Ralston. Or, at least, that's what she says her name is. She's a techie, like you Lyle… but she can handle a gun." Lyle looked up at Charlie, glaring.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Lyle asked, puffing out his chest. Charlie, Rob and Left Ear laughed.
"Man, it means you're a pussy, Lyle!" Left Ear laughed and Lyle looked down.
"Yeah. I guess I am," he admitted with a laugh. Everyone burst into laughter as Stella walked back over and settled at her place on the bench, across from Lyle and in between Left Ear and Rob.
"She here yet?" Stella asked. When the boys had finally stopped laughing, Charlie replied, "No, she isn't." Charlie's phone rang in his front jeans pocket and he pulled it out and answered it.
"Hello?" he asked into the telephone, "Yeah, yeah, the garage is open. Yeah, sure come on in." He clicked the phone shut and the huge garage door slid open, revealing the mysterious guest that Charlie had invited into the group's next scheme- Kelly Ralston.