Lily sat on the sofa watching one of her favourite programmes; Otis was helping Rufus in the garage working on a car they were refurbishing. When suddenly Rufus's large bulky frame came bounding through the door, Lily jumped and screamed whizzing round to see who had barged through the door. It was Rufus who had a hand over his nose and mouth with blood pouring through his fingers.
"Oh my God Rufus what happened to you?" She gasped quickly getting up off the sofa and running to his side.
"It's alright Lily ain't nothing" He mumbled through his hand.
"Ain't nothing? There's blood pissing everywhere" Lily panicked quickly grabbing some kitchen roll for him to hold in place. "Quickly wash your hands and sit on the sofa with your head forward and pinch the top of your nose and I'll come and have a look" Rufus gave one nod and did as she said.
"Right let's have a look at you" She said smiling she couldn't believe that someone as small as her was looking after someone so huge and strong. He let go of his nose and she examined his nose, he hissed in pain and scrunched up his face as she touched it, it made a crunching sound, Lily grimaced.
"Bad news Rufus that nose of yours is broke" Rufus gave a heavy sigh.
"Brilliant fanfuckingtastic" He growled, it made her laugh how similar Otis and Rufus were despite being so different at the same time. Lily stood up from kneeling in front of him and went to get some peas out of the freezer as Rufus cleaned himself up now that the bleeding had stopped.
"What the hell happened?" Lily asked passing him the packet of frozen peas to hold over his nose. Rufus closed his eyes and leaned back into the sofa with the packet of peas over his nose.
"Fucking bastard Otis punched me" Rufus growled.
"What why?" Lily gasped even though it wasn't unusual for Rufus and Otis to get into brotherly disputes.
"He found out I sold the cars, more importantly his favourite didn't tell him why I did it though" Rufus explained, Lily closed her eyes and sighed she knew how much that must have hurt Otis but he didn't know the full story.
"Well to be fair Rufus if you'd told him he probably wouldn't have punched you" Lily said and Rufus shook his head.
"I couldn't do that we had an agreement remember Otis could never stand feeling in debt to me just imagine trying to explain to Otis we had to sell almost everything we had to get him back" Lily nodded her head understandingly, Otis felt bad enough feeling in debt to her means he thought it was just her money but to learn that everyone had spent money to get him back would have made him feel guilty beyond belief.
"I'll go and talk to him" She said rubbing his leg with her hand "You just stay still and keep those peas on" Rufus nodded and she left to go to the garage.
Otis was under the car he was repairing when Lily walked in, the door creaked loudly as she walked in Otis jumped lifting his head up and banging it under the car.
"God Dammit!" He cursed, sliding out from under the car and rubbed his head; Lily tried not to laugh but gave a small giggle.
"What you laughing at mama?" He hissed, Lily bit her bottom lip to stop her from laughing again; she was surprised by Otis's sudden anger towards her.
"Otis what's wrong with you today?" Otis shrugged.
"Don't know what you're talking about" He said rearranging the cap on his head.
"You broke Rufus's nose for fuck sake and you're gonna stand there and tell me nothing's wrong with you" Lily ranted her voice stern and raised, shaking her head disapprovingly.
"He sold my fucking car mama my favourite fucking car no fucking explanation or nothing just said it was gone" Otis growled, Lily sighed she didn't know what to say she couldn't tell him why Rufus had sold the car it would hurt him too much.
"You broke Rufus's nose Otis because of a fucking car" Lily growled, Otis shifted his trucker's hat nervously on his head he didn't like Lily's tone he felt like that scared little boy being told off by his mother again before usually being hit. "And get rid of that fucking ugly ass hat!" Lily yelled grabbing the hat off of Otis's head and throwing it across the garage and onto the floor; she turned and saw Otis had cowered from her expecting her to hit him.
"Otis, no, Otis, don't do that, not from me" Lily sobbed walking up to him and pulling him close. "Don't cower from me baby" Tears running down her cheeks as she looked up at Otis's terrified face she placed a hand on his cheek and he flinched.
"Otis please I'd never hurt you you know that" Otis slowly nodded his head "What I'm getting at is I love you no matter what, long hair or short hair I love you, you don't need that ugly hat to hide from me"
"I'm sorry mama, it's just I loved that car and it pissed me off"
"I know baby I know" She soothed running a hand through his hair.
Lily walked off and grabbed his cap up from off the floor and dusted it off and brought it back to Otis placing it back on his head.
"I love you handsome cap or no cap" She said smiling, Otis gave a small shaking smile back. "I'm sorry baby I shouldn't have shouted at you" Lily apologised.
"I, I better apologise to Rufus huh?" Otis mumbled, Lily nodded and smiled.
"Yeah that would be a good idea" Lily nodded reaching up and kissing him on the cheek.
That made Lily decide she needed to get Otis's car back she thought it would only help Otis feel better. It had been a bad idea to sell that car but they were desperate to get Otis safe and back at home. It didn't help that Otis felt in debt to her, every time he saw her he thought about how much money she must have spent to get him back and how much he owed her. She wasn't sure if Otis suspected what had happened to his car but if he did she intended to undo all of this and make things relatively normal to it had been before all of this happened.
Lily went back to the car showroom where Rufus had said he had sold the car too, Lily was relieved to see the car was still there, however the car was being sold for a lot more money than she had left over from getting Otis back. Lily sighed with dismay she was never going to get Otis's car back she tried not to sob as she knew she had let him down.
"Can I help you?" The owner said from behind her.
"Oh no, I no thank you" The owner looked at Lily in her tight low cut top and denim hot pants and licked his lips.
"Sure I can't do anything for you?" He asked and Lily shook her head.
"No, this used to be my partners car he had to sell it to you I was going to buy it back for him and surprise him but I'll never be able to afford it" Lily explained and turned to leave.
"Wait" The owner called to her "If it means that much to him I'm sure we can sort a payment plan out"
"You think?" She asked surprised.
"Sure we can work something out" He grinned putting an arm round her neck and led her into the showroom. She and the owner walked into his office Lily turned round to look at him.
"I have most of it I'm just short of a few hundred" The owner nodded understandingly.
"I'll do anything to get that car" She pleaded.
"Anything huh?" The owner grinned slowly closing the office door behind him.
Lily felt numb as she drove the car back to their house, she felt cheerful and excited that she had managed to get the car back for her Otis she knew how happy it would make him to see his favourite car back but she felt dead inside. She had done what she had had to do to get her loves car back she would do anything to see that smile and make him happy again. She vowed to never tell Otis what she had had to do to make up the remaining balance of the car it was going to be her secret till the day she died.
Otis and Rufus ran out of the garage when they heard the orgasmic deep grumble of the cars engine as it pulled up outside of the house.
"Lily you got the car back?" Rufus said surprised he hadn't expected her to do that.
"Yep piece of cake" Lily said grinning putting on a happy face like it was as easy as making a cup of tea. She climbed out of the car and slammed the door shut.
"You, You brought it back for me mama?" Otis asked surprised almost gobsmacked, Lily walked up to him and put her arms around him and looked up at him.
"Of course I did baby I knew it would make you happy" Lily said smiling.
"Dammit mama I owe you enough already" Otis cursed running a hand through his hair, Lily's face fell this wasn't the reaction she had wanted.
"Otis you don't owe me anything I did this to make you happy" She said kissing his jaw "I, I thought we could take it for a drive just me and you, just drive till the sun goes down going nowhere in particular"
"That sounds good mama" He said smiling, Lily almost sobbed just seeing that smile it was so rare for her to see recently. Just seeing that smile made her feel like everything she had done to get the car back had been completely worth it.
"Good" She said smiling "And you don't owe me anything baby everything I've done I do because I love you"
"Love you too mama" He said leaning over and kissing her on the lips.
Lily and Otis sat on the bonnet of the car in each other's arms watching the sun go down on the horizon she seemed to think Otis's anger had calmed down since getting the car back it was almost as if his world was going back to normal before everything happened. Seeing Otis's happy care free face as he drove the car with the wind blowing through his short hair she gave a happy sigh it was as though while he was driving with her he could forget all his problems and that made everything worthwhile. He had a hand on her thigh and one hand on the wheel he was truly a handsome sight it made her heart want to burst.
"Thank you mama" He said putting a hand round her waist and pulling her closer to him "I know I didn't sound grateful at first but I am really very grateful not just for the car but for everything you've done for me" Lily's eyes began to well up, she loved him so much and just hearing him say that made him want to cry. Otis put a hand on her cheek and kissed her deeply, a hand snaked up her top and she groaned.
"You want me to keep the hat on mama?" He asked concerned.
"Whatever makes you happy baby you don't have to hide that hair from me you're gorgeous no matter what" She said smiling kissing him on the lips. Otis grinned happily he was so appreciative of her, he really didn't deserve a woman like her, she loved him no matter what he was finally beginning to believe she did, despite his awful hair do. He grabbed the peak of the cap and threw the hat away it landed in the middle of the lake; Lily smiled and gave a laugh finally glad to see the back of that cap knowing that he was finally beginning to believe her. That evening Otis made love to her on the bonnet of the car as the sun set over the lake.
