He chuckled as he saw the sports car turn into the nonexistent dirt parking lot of the shop. He worked there most everyday of the week rarely took days off and still, this was the first time he had seen a car like this at this dirty, grimy, old shop.

"Why hello there." He whispered observing the woman that stepped out of the car. She had lightly tanned skin, brown hair that was pulled into a neat ponytail, a white spaghetti strap tank top, tight blue skinny jeans, an expensive looking belt, and a large frown. Ellis emitted another silent round of laughter as the girl dabbed at her forehead with the back of her hand. City folk. He thought to himself as she stepped forward looking around the shop and observing the posters of nearly naked women, several bands, and countless cars. Next thing she most likely realized was the amount of cars in the shop. Two. Not very many compared to the city folk and their huge amounts of fancy cars that always broke down, well that's at least what Ellis had been told.

"Howdy!" Ellis called over to the girl, he rubbed his hands over a towel he kept hanging from the pocket of the mechanics suit he had tied around his waist. She looked towards him when she heard his voice ring out in the otherwise quite store (other than the Midnight Riders playing softly in the back).

Ellis froze when their eyes locked. Man, she was prettier than he had thought! Damn! She attempted a smile as she batted away a couple mosquitoes and knats that flew around her, most likely attracted to her perfume. She looked like the type to wear perfume.

"Umm…hi!" She called back and watched as the young mechanic made his way towards her.

"So Darlin' what's the problem?" Ellis smiled warmly and offered her a small battery powered fan he also kept in his pockets. She declined the fan politely but automatically looked like she hadn't. Ellis laughed out loud and extended it out towards her again "No, take it. It's real damn hot in here and a pretty girly like you should have to endure this." Scowling she took the fan and flicked it on, it was rather noisy for a hand-held fan, but she endured it.

"I was heading through town and some idiot rammed into me. Dinged up my side pretty good and my breaks are making all sorts of noises." She blushed, or maybe that was just the heat.

"Really now? Well what kinda car is it?" Ellis demanded slightly removing his cap so he could run a hand through his sweating curly locks on top of his head.

"Umm…a Mazda?" She smiled, sighing Ellis began making his way to the car.

"MX-5" He told her. "Hey, at least you knew it was a Mazda!" He joked, this made her red face now match a tomato. "Now, let's have a look-see." He went over to the side of the car with the obvious dent. "Hmmm." He whispered inspecting it. "Wait here!" He smiled back at her and turned to jog into the shop, he snagged a flashlight and took a swig of Coke before running back to the girl, "Haha, sorry!" He put up a hand and then got on his back by the car and crawled under. He was silent for several minutes before laughing out an, "Ah ha!" He smirked and flicked on his flashlight to further investigate the damage. "Found your problem!" He yelled so the girl would hear him.

"Really now? What's wrong?" She demanded. Ellis clambered out from under the car and sat up so he could look up at her. Her eyes were squinted and she held a hand up to shield her face from the sun, but still she was beautiful.

"Well…" Ellis began. "First things first, I don't think the crashed caused any damage to the breaks. Their just worn out. Haha, it had perfect timing too, blame it's own malfunctioning on the crash! The crash however was hard enough to ding up a couple bits and pieces." Her face fell, "Ah, don't worry much. Nothin' I can't fix." She forced one side of her lips up into a smile.

"Cool, er, how long will it take you?" She asked checking her watch, which also looked expensive.

"Hey, why don't you step inside and I'll tell yah all about it!" She looked relieved for a second when he said "inside" but then her face fell again. I will never understand city folks. Ellis decided.

"Oh, hey, I'm Zoey Swanson." She smiled at him.

"Heh heh, I'm Ellis." He didn't bother giving a last name, a girl as pretty as that would remember his name anyway. "Well enough chit-chat, it's as hot as Hell out here and I wanna go inside, come on!" He urged, Zoey obliged willingly and began following him inside the large building.

"Here." Zoey paused to hand Ellis his fan back. He grinned at her.

"Thank you kindly ma'am." She shrugged and allowed Ellis to show her into a small room with a large window right next to the door, it was facing the inside of the garage. There was also a small plastic table which held messy piles of folders and loose paper as well as a dinosaur of a computer.

Ellis pulled out a foldable chair for Zoey as she entered. She sat gladly and he pushed it in a bit then walked around the other side of the table and took a seat himself, wiggling the mouse of the computer to wake it up.

"Alright Miss Zoey…it is Miss right?" He asked.

"Oh! Yes!" She nodded, Ellis turned to the computer and typed in a few words.

"Well from the time it's gonna take me to fix the dent, replace the parts damaged, and replace them breaks you're lookin at two to three days. I'm here all by my lonesome right now but I got one or two guys comin' in tomorrow, I'm sure they'd be more then happy to help, considerin' none of us guys every worked on a beauty like that!" Zoey nodded wondering if he was talking about the car or her. They way he looked at her confused her a bit.

"Oh…there is no way that I could get it by tonight?" She asked Ellis sighed,

"None, sorry ma'am. Other than that I wouldn't suggest you drive that car. With the breaks out it could get you into a more serious accident." She frowned again.

"Well is there a rental car I can use, or maybe a hotel a walk-able distance from here?" Ellis pursed his lips.

"No and no. Sorry, I could drive you to a little inn we got just up the road. Best I can offer! But, I'm sure Mrs. Brown would be more than happy to let you take a room there!" Zoey sure didn't look ecstatic from his answer.

"Oh, well that'd be fine I guess. Would you be able to drive me now?" Ellis frowned too this time.

"Nah, I gotta wait for someone else to be here, Keith's on his break now, he'll be back in about a half an hour, can you bear with me 'till then?" Zoey sighed quite loudly but nodded.

"It wouldn't hurt."

X

"So, how about I work on you're here car and you can go have a seat in the back if you want, or you can stay out here with me, or you can just wander 'round the garage or somethin'." Zoey smiled at the offer, but she appeared to actually be falling a bit for the young good looking mechanic.

"Thank you, I guess I could sit out there with you. At least this way I can see a bit about cars." The mechanic seemed to be in bliss as she said the words he probably wanted to hear.

"Well that ain't a problem with me. I could show you a bit!" Zoey beamed.

"Alright, thanks!" Ellis stood and made his way to the door. The brunette followed him and he held the door open so the woman could make her way out before shutting the door behind her.

"Alright, let's get this thing started." Ellis chuckled and moved over to his Coke from before, "Dammit! It's warm!" He moaned. "Hey, you want anything?" He asked sauntering over to a small mini-fridge near the back of the garage.

"Oh if it wouldn't cause any trouble." Zoey smiled.

"I'm over here already ain't I? Come on over here and pick somethin'." Zoey did so without hesitation