Chapter 2
The next morning Memphis walked into Otto's Garage thinking of Kips new girlfriend. He still couldn't get his head around it all. Kip had never been one for 'relationships' he was not the strings attached sort of guy. A string of willing woman who he never made breakfast for was more his sort of thing. Not only that but also they were all so different to Lisa. They had never been as extreme as Sway but they had never been the pretty in pink sort of girls.
Memphis wasn't passing judgement on Lisa, she seemed to be nice enough in the half an hour he had met her, but Sway was a totally different card game. Lisa was not the sort of girl Sway had ever liked. Memphis could foresee problems and the girls had not even met.
Memphis was sure that Kip wouldn't bring Lisa to the garage tonight anyway and he would have time to talk to Sway about her first.
**
Memphis, it turns out, had been wrong. Kip did bring Lisa to the garage that night and he did exactly what he had done the night before. Walked in hand in hand and pulled Lisa into his lap as soon as he sat down. Sway was not there and Memphis wasn't sure if it was a good or a bad thing. He didn't have to think about it for long because he soon heard the familiar sound of Grace pulling up outside the Garage.
**
Sway pulled up outside the garage on Grace. She loved this bike about as much as Memphis loved Eleanor.
She swung her leg over the bike and pulled off her helmet. She ran a tender hand over the gleaming Yamaha. She grinned to herself and walked into the garage.
Sway's was wearing her black leather, hip hugging pants and a white baby Tee. Sway's T-shirt was covered in grease where she hadn't done up her overalls properly while working on the cars at work but she didn't really care much.
She saw Memphis right away, unusually not under the most recent car Otto had in. She walked up to him and he kissed her quickly.
"Hey baby" he said as she put her jacket and helmet down on the hood of the same Mustang Cobra she had admired yesterday. She had not yet noticed Kip and Lisa.
She smiled at him and called a greeting to Otto who was working in the office. He came out to greet her in person when he heard her yell.
Kip smiled at Sway happy that she was finally able to meet his new girlfriend.
"Hey Sway, there's someone I want you to meet" He said to her back
She turned around quickly, still having not noticed that he was there
"Jesus Kip, are you trying to give me a heart." She noticed the petite blond, today dressed in white pedal pushers and a pink halter top, and trailed off only to finish her sentence a fraction of a second later in a quieter voice ".attack."
"This is Lisa, my new girlfriend."
Lisa smiled a huge grin and gave a small wave.
"Hi" she said enthusiastically
"Hey" Sway said back before shooting a quick glance at Memphis and another at Otto who was standing on the other side of the Mustang.
"Lisa lost her purse the other night, I found it for her and we really hit it off." Kip explained to a somewhat less than engrossed Sway. Kip raved on for 10 minutes all about where Lisa lived, her parents, friends and basic life story.
Somewhere during the story Sway had sat down on the desk next to Memphis and was staring at Kip and Lisa in a way that could only be described as confusion.
Kip turned to look directly at Sway
"Sway, guess what?"
"Your eyesight's falling" not loud enough for anyone but Memphis to hear who immediately shot her a look, yet couldn't stop himself from smiling a little.
"Lisa's gonna get a Tattoo" he said proudly
Lisa smiled a little,
"Yeah, I think I'll get a small one like on my ankle or something, a heart or a flower. Maybe a rose."
Sway smiled a little at the vision of Lisa actually going through with the idea of getting a Tattoo
"Sounds nice. You do know it hurts like a Bitch right?" Sway said sweetly in reply
Memphis jabbed her in the ribs gently and she shot him a look of annoyance.
"Oh Sara" Lisa said giggling "you're so funny with your clothes and tattoos, you really are quite boyish, you should be in the movies."
Sway raised her eyebrows at the girl and felt the anger rise up inside of her.
"You too, I hear there's an audition for the Sugar Plum Fairy in Hollywood somewhere" Lisa looked at Sway for a minute not entirely sure what to make of the comment but then burst out in more giggles.
Memphis took hold of his girlfriend lightly by the top of her right arm.
"Otto we're off now, I'll see you tomorrow"
"Sure thing." Otto said back shooting an amused look at them both as Sway grabbed her jacket and helmet and then walked out the door just behind Memphis.
The next morning Memphis walked into Otto's Garage thinking of Kips new girlfriend. He still couldn't get his head around it all. Kip had never been one for 'relationships' he was not the strings attached sort of guy. A string of willing woman who he never made breakfast for was more his sort of thing. Not only that but also they were all so different to Lisa. They had never been as extreme as Sway but they had never been the pretty in pink sort of girls.
Memphis wasn't passing judgement on Lisa, she seemed to be nice enough in the half an hour he had met her, but Sway was a totally different card game. Lisa was not the sort of girl Sway had ever liked. Memphis could foresee problems and the girls had not even met.
Memphis was sure that Kip wouldn't bring Lisa to the garage tonight anyway and he would have time to talk to Sway about her first.
**
Memphis, it turns out, had been wrong. Kip did bring Lisa to the garage that night and he did exactly what he had done the night before. Walked in hand in hand and pulled Lisa into his lap as soon as he sat down. Sway was not there and Memphis wasn't sure if it was a good or a bad thing. He didn't have to think about it for long because he soon heard the familiar sound of Grace pulling up outside the Garage.
**
Sway pulled up outside the garage on Grace. She loved this bike about as much as Memphis loved Eleanor.
She swung her leg over the bike and pulled off her helmet. She ran a tender hand over the gleaming Yamaha. She grinned to herself and walked into the garage.
Sway's was wearing her black leather, hip hugging pants and a white baby Tee. Sway's T-shirt was covered in grease where she hadn't done up her overalls properly while working on the cars at work but she didn't really care much.
She saw Memphis right away, unusually not under the most recent car Otto had in. She walked up to him and he kissed her quickly.
"Hey baby" he said as she put her jacket and helmet down on the hood of the same Mustang Cobra she had admired yesterday. She had not yet noticed Kip and Lisa.
She smiled at him and called a greeting to Otto who was working in the office. He came out to greet her in person when he heard her yell.
Kip smiled at Sway happy that she was finally able to meet his new girlfriend.
"Hey Sway, there's someone I want you to meet" He said to her back
She turned around quickly, still having not noticed that he was there
"Jesus Kip, are you trying to give me a heart." She noticed the petite blond, today dressed in white pedal pushers and a pink halter top, and trailed off only to finish her sentence a fraction of a second later in a quieter voice ".attack."
"This is Lisa, my new girlfriend."
Lisa smiled a huge grin and gave a small wave.
"Hi" she said enthusiastically
"Hey" Sway said back before shooting a quick glance at Memphis and another at Otto who was standing on the other side of the Mustang.
"Lisa lost her purse the other night, I found it for her and we really hit it off." Kip explained to a somewhat less than engrossed Sway. Kip raved on for 10 minutes all about where Lisa lived, her parents, friends and basic life story.
Somewhere during the story Sway had sat down on the desk next to Memphis and was staring at Kip and Lisa in a way that could only be described as confusion.
Kip turned to look directly at Sway
"Sway, guess what?"
"Your eyesight's falling" not loud enough for anyone but Memphis to hear who immediately shot her a look, yet couldn't stop himself from smiling a little.
"Lisa's gonna get a Tattoo" he said proudly
Lisa smiled a little,
"Yeah, I think I'll get a small one like on my ankle or something, a heart or a flower. Maybe a rose."
Sway smiled a little at the vision of Lisa actually going through with the idea of getting a Tattoo
"Sounds nice. You do know it hurts like a Bitch right?" Sway said sweetly in reply
Memphis jabbed her in the ribs gently and she shot him a look of annoyance.
"Oh Sara" Lisa said giggling "you're so funny with your clothes and tattoos, you really are quite boyish, you should be in the movies."
Sway raised her eyebrows at the girl and felt the anger rise up inside of her.
"You too, I hear there's an audition for the Sugar Plum Fairy in Hollywood somewhere" Lisa looked at Sway for a minute not entirely sure what to make of the comment but then burst out in more giggles.
Memphis took hold of his girlfriend lightly by the top of her right arm.
"Otto we're off now, I'll see you tomorrow"
"Sure thing." Otto said back shooting an amused look at them both as Sway grabbed her jacket and helmet and then walked out the door just behind Memphis.