Sorry for the short chapter. As always let me know what you think.
Chapter 33
This had been the weekend from hell. Sky prayed for the sun to rise and bring a better day. She drove around mindlessly for hours and somehow ended up at DT garage. With a click, the glare of the fluorescent lights showered down on her. Her eyes stung from the salty tears she had been unaware of falling from her eyes. "How much pain must I feel?" She screamed towards heaven. "Why not me? Why don't you take me?" No answer came to her only more tears.
She sat down on the bench seat and stared at her broken car. It was worse than she could have ever imagined. Just mangled wreckage that had seen better days. It was how she felt inside. She walked up to the car and ran her hand across the jagged metal. The body panels were beyond repair. In her head, she made a list of the parts needed to put the car back on the road. This time though she wanted it to be faster, one of the fastest. Putting the car back together felt like putting the pieces of her back together. How was the question? She knew the basics of putting a car together, but speeding it up was another matter. An expert was needed and that expert was the mad scientist himself.
Her cell phone echoed loudly through the shop. "Hello?"
"Miss Thomas, this is Nurse Raines from County."
"Oh yes. Is everything ok with...." Sky stopped. In a moment of panic she realized that she didn't even know Raz's real name. Quickly pulling his wallet from her pants, she flipped open to his license. "Christian Marrs?" 'His name is Christian?' She said to herself.
"Mr. Marrs has come to. He would like to speak with you for a few minutes. He is still very weak and will not be able to have visitors at this hour. Keep your conversation brief and you can visit him later."
"Yes mamn." Trying to be polite for a change.
"Hey little one." The voice on the other end seemed strained.
Sky wiped newly formed tears from her eyes; "Damn you scared me to death."
"Sorry. I'm ok now. They had to take out some of my intestine though."
"Oh my. I'm so sorry. It's all my fault."
"Don't be sorry. Least my shit will have a shorter distance to travel."
"This is not a time for jokes Christian."
"Not funny. You must have my stuff."
"Uh huh. That name really doesn't fit you though."
"I know that's why I changed it. Hey I got to get off here. Nurse Ratchet is coming. Come see me this afternoon."
"I will. Love ya Raz."
"Love ya too Sky."
Sky looked up at the clock on the wall. It read 5 o'clock. The team wouldn't arrive for hours. That gave her enough time to remove all the damaged body parts and glass. Working so hard took her mind off Raz. In no time the car was stripped and ready to be pieced back together. Sky ran into the office to get a parts book. Walking while flipping through the pages, she paid no attention to the person leaning against the back quarter panel of her car. She sat down next to the front passenger side wheel and held the magazine up to the rim trying to decide which to order.
The person pushed off the car and crouched next to her, "Those aren't the best for this car."
Sky nearly jumped out of her skin, "God Jess. How long have you been standing there?"
"A few minutes. What ya doing down here?"
"What'd ya mean, what are you doing here so early?" Sky shot back.
"I asked you first." Jess said in a teasing tone.
"Couldn't sleep, needed to get the car stripped. Since you're here, you wanna help me decide how to put her back together?"
"That's why I'm here. I drew up some plans yesterday and I wanna know what ya think. Figure we should make some changes and get ya going faster so you can keep up with the rest of us." He winked and headed off to the office. After a few minutes he poked his head out of the office, "Are ya coming or what?"
"Of course." She rose from the floor and ran towards the office. Jess had the computer fired up and an image of her car on the display. "Come on Einstein show me what kind of complicated plan you have come up with this time."
With a few clicks and drags of the mouse, the image in his mind appeared on the monitor. He rambled off all the modifications so quickly Sky could barely understand what he was saying. All she knew was the car was going to be tight. "One more thing," He held his finger up. "Close your eyes I have a surprise for you." Sky could hear him rummaging through a box. "Alright, open."
"Holy shit. That's so cool." Laid out in front of her was the new graphic for her car, a metallic angel kneeling with her wings and arms stretched back. From her fingertips, thin strikes of lightning flowed matching Sky's favorite leather pants.
"Ya like? Custom made just for you. We can paint the car black and have a light purple run under the lightning. The silver graphic should stand out from the black. Figure we can use a purple under-car kit. It's really up to you."
"Hell Jess just do it like you describe it and I'll be happy. How long will it take to get my baby back on the road?"
A wide smile came across his face, "If we both work on it, we could have ya back on the road by Friday."
"Just in time for the races. Guess Vince will have to get used to sharing his car with me for the rest of the week."
"Does he know you took his car again?"
"I left a note."
Jess fell over he was laughing so hard, "He's gonna kill you."
"Yeah right. V may talk a mean game, but he's just a big old teddy bear. I get what I want. That's the way it's always been with us. Just got to get that sad look and he melts. Dom falls for that too. Watch him with Mia sometime. You'll see."
Chapter 33
This had been the weekend from hell. Sky prayed for the sun to rise and bring a better day. She drove around mindlessly for hours and somehow ended up at DT garage. With a click, the glare of the fluorescent lights showered down on her. Her eyes stung from the salty tears she had been unaware of falling from her eyes. "How much pain must I feel?" She screamed towards heaven. "Why not me? Why don't you take me?" No answer came to her only more tears.
She sat down on the bench seat and stared at her broken car. It was worse than she could have ever imagined. Just mangled wreckage that had seen better days. It was how she felt inside. She walked up to the car and ran her hand across the jagged metal. The body panels were beyond repair. In her head, she made a list of the parts needed to put the car back on the road. This time though she wanted it to be faster, one of the fastest. Putting the car back together felt like putting the pieces of her back together. How was the question? She knew the basics of putting a car together, but speeding it up was another matter. An expert was needed and that expert was the mad scientist himself.
Her cell phone echoed loudly through the shop. "Hello?"
"Miss Thomas, this is Nurse Raines from County."
"Oh yes. Is everything ok with...." Sky stopped. In a moment of panic she realized that she didn't even know Raz's real name. Quickly pulling his wallet from her pants, she flipped open to his license. "Christian Marrs?" 'His name is Christian?' She said to herself.
"Mr. Marrs has come to. He would like to speak with you for a few minutes. He is still very weak and will not be able to have visitors at this hour. Keep your conversation brief and you can visit him later."
"Yes mamn." Trying to be polite for a change.
"Hey little one." The voice on the other end seemed strained.
Sky wiped newly formed tears from her eyes; "Damn you scared me to death."
"Sorry. I'm ok now. They had to take out some of my intestine though."
"Oh my. I'm so sorry. It's all my fault."
"Don't be sorry. Least my shit will have a shorter distance to travel."
"This is not a time for jokes Christian."
"Not funny. You must have my stuff."
"Uh huh. That name really doesn't fit you though."
"I know that's why I changed it. Hey I got to get off here. Nurse Ratchet is coming. Come see me this afternoon."
"I will. Love ya Raz."
"Love ya too Sky."
Sky looked up at the clock on the wall. It read 5 o'clock. The team wouldn't arrive for hours. That gave her enough time to remove all the damaged body parts and glass. Working so hard took her mind off Raz. In no time the car was stripped and ready to be pieced back together. Sky ran into the office to get a parts book. Walking while flipping through the pages, she paid no attention to the person leaning against the back quarter panel of her car. She sat down next to the front passenger side wheel and held the magazine up to the rim trying to decide which to order.
The person pushed off the car and crouched next to her, "Those aren't the best for this car."
Sky nearly jumped out of her skin, "God Jess. How long have you been standing there?"
"A few minutes. What ya doing down here?"
"What'd ya mean, what are you doing here so early?" Sky shot back.
"I asked you first." Jess said in a teasing tone.
"Couldn't sleep, needed to get the car stripped. Since you're here, you wanna help me decide how to put her back together?"
"That's why I'm here. I drew up some plans yesterday and I wanna know what ya think. Figure we should make some changes and get ya going faster so you can keep up with the rest of us." He winked and headed off to the office. After a few minutes he poked his head out of the office, "Are ya coming or what?"
"Of course." She rose from the floor and ran towards the office. Jess had the computer fired up and an image of her car on the display. "Come on Einstein show me what kind of complicated plan you have come up with this time."
With a few clicks and drags of the mouse, the image in his mind appeared on the monitor. He rambled off all the modifications so quickly Sky could barely understand what he was saying. All she knew was the car was going to be tight. "One more thing," He held his finger up. "Close your eyes I have a surprise for you." Sky could hear him rummaging through a box. "Alright, open."
"Holy shit. That's so cool." Laid out in front of her was the new graphic for her car, a metallic angel kneeling with her wings and arms stretched back. From her fingertips, thin strikes of lightning flowed matching Sky's favorite leather pants.
"Ya like? Custom made just for you. We can paint the car black and have a light purple run under the lightning. The silver graphic should stand out from the black. Figure we can use a purple under-car kit. It's really up to you."
"Hell Jess just do it like you describe it and I'll be happy. How long will it take to get my baby back on the road?"
A wide smile came across his face, "If we both work on it, we could have ya back on the road by Friday."
"Just in time for the races. Guess Vince will have to get used to sharing his car with me for the rest of the week."
"Does he know you took his car again?"
"I left a note."
Jess fell over he was laughing so hard, "He's gonna kill you."
"Yeah right. V may talk a mean game, but he's just a big old teddy bear. I get what I want. That's the way it's always been with us. Just got to get that sad look and he melts. Dom falls for that too. Watch him with Mia sometime. You'll see."