Author's note: New story! :D And yes, it is another Spinneli story. Are you really that surprised? :P This idea was given to me but my friend, Amanda, on Tumblr. It's not the first time she's given me an idea either but once she gave me this once it all just exploded in my mind so I wrote it down and outlined it and here it is. It's a TWO-SHOT. And I hope you enjoy it. :)
I jammed the key into Morty and prayed he would turn on. Over Spring Break, I've worked on him enough to get him started but he could barely run. I just needed to get him down to Jay's Auto Shop and he'd be fine.
The only problem was he wouldn't fucking start!
"Ugh!" I yelled and slammed my head against the headrest. I can't believe I was this fucking stupid to crash my car for her. Her, Clare, who left me in a hospital bed, broken and alone. I can't believe I thought she was worth it. Worth this.
I took a deep breath and tried to remember what my therapist told me. Blaming people will get you no where. Just look past it and focus on getting better.
Calmer now, I turned to key and Morty roared to life. I took another deep breath. "Come on, big guy, just make it a few blocks and then you'll be good as new,"
I pushed my foot on the gas, and we slowly started down the road.
Morty made it and I pulled into the small garage. They didn't get much buisness around here since another Auto Shop opened a few blocks away, but my dad had bought Morty from the guy that owned this place so I figured he new Morty better than anyone else.
I killed the engine and got out, hobbling over to the office inside the garage. The doctors had taken my brace off because the fracture healed fast, but I still had issues walking.
I knocked lightly on the door and a tallish guy with a baseball cap and shirt that said "Jay's Auto Shop" answered.
"Sup?" he asked.
I laughed lightly at his casual word and then motioned to Morty.
The man looked at me, then looked at the car, then back to me.
"Yeah..." I sighed.
"Okay!" he said. "Let me just grab some stuff and I'll get to work,"
"Thank you,"
I walked over and sat down on a swivel chair that was near the door.
The guy when back into the office and came out with a box of tools and...a woman. She was a little shorter than him and had long black hair. She smiled at me and followed the guy to Morty.
"Oh my," she gasped. "What happened?"
"I, er, crashed it," I nodded my head.
"Yeah, I'll say," the guy muttered. "The front of the car is totally trashed. How did you even drive it in here?"
"It took a few days to get the engine to work and then I thought you could do the rest,"
"Yeah, I'll see what I can do. Manny, will you go grab me some gloves,"
The girl - Manny - walked back into the office and came out with some rugged looking gloves. "Here, Jay,"
So he owned this place.
Jay put the gloves on and started digging through Morty's hood. I sighed and looked away, hating myself for doing this.
Manny came over and hopped up on the desk next to the chair I was sitting at. "Don't worry, Jay is like the best machanic ever. I'm sure you're car will be fine,"
"Thanks," I muttered.
It was about an hour later and Jay was still working on Morty. Now, he was under him and Manny was handing him the tools that he needed.
Someone came running into the garage. They ran straight past the car and into the office. "Jay!" he yelled. "Jay, guess what?"
Jay slid out from under my car and laughed. "Over here, Spin,"
The guy - Spin, I assumed - walked over. "Oh, Manny, good you're here. I have great freakin' news,"
"What?" Manny asked.
"Emma is pregnant!"
Manny squealed and shot up, hugging Spin tightly. "Oh my god, I have to go call her," she darted off into the office and the door slammed.
Jay stood up and high-fived Spin. "Congrats, man,"
They started talking about some random stuff and I sighed. Not only did I feel awkward with them all sharing this cute moment, but I wanted my car fixed. I cleared my throat and Jay looked at me.
"Oh, fuck, right I'm working. We'll talk later, Spinner,"
Spinner nodded. "Yeah, sure, but I wanted to go out and celebrate so can I just hang here until you get done?"
Jay nodded. "Yeah...if I ever get done!" he complained, glaring at me.
I rolled my eyes and looked away. I started to move back and forth in the chair and Spinner came over. He leaned again the same desk Manny had sat on earlier.
"Don't be offended, he's always like that. But that car sure is fucked up. What the hell happened to it?"
"I crashed it," I muttered.
"I'll say. How did you crash it?"
I laughed. "How else do you crash a car?"
Spinner laughed, too. "I mean were you drunk? Was the other person drunk? How did it happen?"
I sighed. "I crashed it into a wall on purpose,"
"Why the hell would you do that?"
"Cause I'm stupid? I don't know. I wasn't thinking straight,"
Spinner nodded. "It's cool. I mean, hey, we all screw up, right? I'm sure it wasn't a big deal. And Jay will have it perfect in no time,"
I smirked and nodded. "Yeah..."
I wasn't sure what else to say. Spinner looked at me. "So what caused you to crash it on purpose?"
I clenched my jaw and stared pointledly at the ground. "It was...for a girl. A stupid, stupid girl,"
"Wait...you crashed your car into a wall for a girl? Please elaborate,"
"I don't know, it was stupid..." I grumbled. "I thought it would keep up together since she said she hated the car,"
"And you couldn't just sell it?" he laughed.
"I told you! I wasn't thinking straight," I found myself laughing and that shocked me. Spinner was an easy guy to get along with.
"I can see that,"
"Yeah and plus I'm screwed up in the brain pan so it didn't exactly work out too well," I pointed to my head and rolled my eyes.
"So you have like a...mental disorder?" he asked.
"I guess so," I sighed. "They haven't figured out what it is yet, though," I shrugged.
"Damn. Mind me asking who the girl was?"
"Just this chick, Clare. I met her at my school, Degrassi, and I thought we were perfect and-"
"Wait, Clare what?" he asked.
I looked up at him, confused. "Edwards..."
"No fucking way," he laughed. I raised an eyebrow. "I know Clare, or well, I knew her. I knew her when she was in like 7th grade. I dated her old sister,"
I raised both of my eyebrows. "Oh. Well this is awkward,"
He laughed. "So you crashed your hearse for Clare?"
I nodded.
He thought about something for a minute. "I don't know if I woulda crashed my car for Darcy. Maybe..."
I laughed. "Shut up,"
"So what made you crash a car for Clare?"
"She broke with me on the worst day of my life and I overreacted,"
"Worst day?" he shooked his head, like he didn't understand.
"Stuff happened, I was dealing with it badly, she made it worse. It's a long story,"
Spinner nodded and pointed to Jay. "Well considering how fucked up that car is, I think we have time,"
I laughed. "I have issues with my past and shit like that and she just didn't understand. I was dealing with my issues in a bad way and she freaked out, I guess." I shrugged.
"Really? She didn't like your past? It's called a past for a reason, shouldn't she have just gotten over it?"
"I guess, I don't know. I don't understand her. She said she'd be there for me, but when I needed her...she was gone," I stared at the ground remembering the promise she made me and how she broke it.
"That blows, man, really," Spinner looked at me with soft eyes and I knew he felt bad for me.
Jay clapped his hands and walked over to us. "I am not going to get that thing fixed by tonight, but I will continue working on it tomorrow. As for now, we have to go celebrate and Spinner offspring. Who knew you could do it, one nut?"
I stared at Spinner, confused but he just laughed. "Shut up, Jay,"
"Hey Manny!" Jay yelled and Manny poked her head out of the office, phone to ear. "We're going to get drinks, wanna come?"
"Actually, I was about to head over to Emma's! Can you give me a ride?"
"Sure, boo, we'll meet you in the car," Jay turned to me. "Okay, uh..."
"Eli,"
"Eli, right. I will call you tomorrow when I finish it, just write down your number somewhere,"
I grabbed some paper off the desk and scribbled down my name and number. "Great...so do you wanna ride home?" he asked
"Or you could come with us?" Spinner asked.
"I'm seventeen. Can't go to a bar,"
"We can all hang out at my place," Spinner offered.
"Aren't Manny and Emma gonna be there?"
"Emma's at her mom's tonight so they can freak out and Manny will be there, too,"
"Alright then!" Jay laughed. "To Spinner's!"
Author's note: I'll post the next chapter sometime tomorrow...Reviews would be lovely.
