I threw my head backwards and laughed loudly at Rick's joke. But then sobered soon when I remembered that it only passed two weeks since Gideon had died, and we shouldn't be having this much fun.
I've been working at Cheval, Gideon's mechanic shop, for two years now. He took me in when I had just gotten received from college, fresh and thinking that I knew everything. He taught me so much, but specially that I didn't know everything.
And now I'll never be able to repay him... I thought sadly.
"Did you hear?" Rick continued talking, not noticing my foul mood.
"What?" I asked him curiously.
"About Dean?" guessed Steven, smirking when he received a nod from Rick "He used to work here" explained to me. He like everybody there, except me, had been working at Cheval for at least a decade now "He was like a son to Gideon. He gave him and his sweet little wife everything he had when he died, even Cheval".
I looked shock at him and thought a bit relived: At least the new boss we are having was chosen by Gideon.
But then anger took control of me.
Although Gideon considered him his son and gave him everything, that bastard didn't even visit him when he was dying. I want to meet that son of a bitch so I can give him a piece of my mind!
And just as if my thought was a summoning, a young very handsome man in his early twenties walked into the mechanic shop.
He used to work for Gideon before I came around?! He must have been sixteen years old for that! I thought shocked.
"Rick! Steve! Long time guys!" his deep reach voice boomed through the mechanic shop.
If I weren't already in a relationship, and madly in love with my boyfriend, I would have totally try to get into his pants. The bastard was damn sexy!
Stop it Jude! I scolded myself in my head, The idiot left Gideon for dead, he does not deserve your admiration.
"Hey, dude. You new?" his voice brought me back from my thoughts. I spaced out enough for the whole shop to great him and he noticing me, between the small crowd "The name is Dean, what's yours?" before I even knew what I was doing I punched the bastard on the face, making him step back only a bit "What the fucking hell man?!" he yelled at me with an angry glare that made me shiver.
He is a scary dude. I contemplated in my head but still stood by my decision.
"That is for Gideon" I snapped at him "You should have been here for him! He considered you a son and you left him on his own at his dead bed! How..." I shook my head, wanting to cease the clear anguish in my face to not show myself weak in front of him "How could you do that to him? To Gideon?! He is the best damn man I have ever met... He deserved better!".
"Jude!" exclaimed shocked and clearly angry Steven "I am so sorry Dean. Gideon's death has been hard for everyone. Jude just..." he stopped talking when the bastard raised a hand in clear gesture to shut him up.
"It's ok Steven" he tells him "He is just defending Gideon's honor" his gaze never flickers from my face "I didn't know that Gideon was dying. I found out that he had died when I called him to invite him to my wedding" a flush full of shame started tainting my cheeks when I heard the bas... Dean's words "Let's all get back to work guys".
"Si... sir, I..." I began stuttering but shut up when Dean cut me off.
"As I told Steven, you were just defending Gideon's honor. As long as you doesn't repeat this behavior again, everything will be fine" he gave me and assessing gaze before turning around and getting into Gideon's old office.
The rest of the week passed like any other one... well except that Dean has been working along us. The dude was really good... who am I kidding he was freaking genius with cars! He discovers problems that normally takes us hours in minutes and fixes them very fast. What he said about us being fine was true. He never mentioned our... our little misunderstanding when we first met. He even treated me with the same familiarity and care he treats the others.
"Excuse me" a polite voice caught my attention. I lifted my head from the car and landed my gaze with a breathtaking female. She was tall, slim, her long chocolate brown buckles were formed a halo around her and her sweet smile made her hazel greenish kind eyes shine so much that it almost made me stop breathing "Do you know where I can find Dean?" her questioned made me stop gaping at her.
"Sammy" the voice of my boss startled me, making me jump and hit my head with the hood of the car I was repairing "What are you doing here?" Dean continued taking as he walked towards her, completely ignoring me.
At the beginning I was angry for being treated like that but didn't speak up because I was already in red marks with him. However, when my gaze fell on them all my anger went away. I understood that he didn't do it because he didn't care, but because his complete attention was on her. From the week I have known Dean I had never seen him like this. His eyes looked at that girl as if she was an angel that was sent from heaven to save him. As if she was his life and only purpose for living... and maybe she was.
His arms circled around her waist so carefully, as if she was a delicate glass doll, and brought her against him and kissed her lovingly. I had never seen a couple share such a passionate and honest kiss, with only being a chaste peck.
"De! Stop it. Didn't you notice that the poor guy is hurt?" she scolded him. She broke from his grip and went to my aid "Are you ok? Where does it hurt?" she grabbed my head to check the hit clearer.
I almost jumped in fear when I locked gazes with my boss. He was watching me with so much hate that I feared that he would jump on me and beat the crap out of me. His burning glare was specially directed towards the place his girl was touching my face.
I would have never believed that my boss was jealous and possessive. He always had this carefree and secure attitude that would never make you imagine that he would feel insecure about a skinny boy being near his girl. But as I looked into his green eyes shining in rage and... fear? Fear of what? Someone taking her away from him? Why would he feel like that? It was clear that she only had eyes for him. Even now as she was taking care of me her eyes wandered towards him every five seconds.
"Come one Sammy" Dean finally spoke, after having enough of watching his girl touching another man "He is fine" he grabbed her hand and dragged her towards his office, but not before shooting a venomous glare at me.
I blinked a few times stupidly and stared blankly at the motor of the Mercedes in front of me. Half an hour later they both stepped out of the office, their hair a bit messed up as if it had been combed hastily before leaving the room. My boss's girl only flashed me a sweet smile and entered the Impala, Dean stopped by my side and opened his mouth to say something but at the end shook his head and only nodded at me before entering his car.
I smiled amusingly at how cute my boss looked when he tried to apologize and waved at them as they drove away.
Maybe... maybe having a new boss wasn't that bad. I thought happily before getting back to my work.
