Laura was woken by the sound of the door clicking open. She quickly turned over to find Mia sneaking outside.
"Oh hey, sorry, did I wake you? I wanted to leave without disturbing you….I left my number on a card over there so you could call me or something. I could do something to say thanks for you helping me. My brother is on his way over to get me….and he's bringing coolant." Mia laughed at this.
"Don't worry about it. Ill go out and wait with you, I wanna make sure the car starts up Ok anyway…"
Laura got up out of bed and pulled her jacket back on. As she walked over to the door she glanced at the clock, it read 7.08am. She hadn't slept much at all, no wonder she felt like shit! Mia and her settled on a bench outside Laura's room and within a few minutes a red Mazda RX-7 sped into the parking lot. A very well built man got out of the car and rushed over to them.
"Shit Mia, you OK? I can't believe you couldn't get through to Letty or one of the others last night. Sorry I wasn't there for you, I got shut up for the night, typical right!"
"No problem Dom. This is….uh, what's your name?" Mia looked at her, looking a little embarrassed.
"Oh sorry, I'm Laura." She held her hand out and was met by a very firm grip.
"Thanks for lookin out for her last night. I owe you…I'm Dom by the way." He smiled at her and then walked over to his car, taking what Laura guessed was coolant out of the trunk. He worked at Mias car for a few seconds and Laura watched as he worked with the engine. He was definitely no stranger to them.
"Right, I'm done. You coming Mia?" he called over.
Mia got up and smiled at Laura, "Remember my number is on the card in there, give me a call…or come round to the store. See ya!" And with that she was gone.
As both cars sped down the road and round a corner Laura watched with fascination. What did Mia mean, the store? What store?
Laura walked into her room and lifted the card sitting on her bedside table. 'Torreto's' was written on it along with a number and some directions. She guessed Torretos was the store Mia was on about! Maybe she would go over, maybe this Dom guy knew a mechanics she could work at.
She went and had a quick shower and pulled on a pair of faded jeans, a black halter neck top and her black converse. She pulled her long black hair into a ponytail and looked at herself in the mirror. Her green eyes sparkled as she though of the prospect of finding a job in a performance shop. It would totally fulfil her dreams…