Chapter 23 - F*ckin American Cars!
Kat woke up the next day and headed to work. Even if she did love her job she still hated Mondays. She kept thinking about how to get an excuse to go down to Dom's garage to see Leon. She didn't know why he kept stopping when they started to get with each other. He couldn't know she was a virgin. She wasn't telling him that. She knew without being told that it would freak him right out. So the only way he was gonna find out was if he could tell when they hooked up. And they would hook up if Kat had her way. He was the only man that had ever made her regret still being a virgin.
She was out back, reorganizing the parts that had just come in when Harry came up to her.
"Dom has my friends MX-6 ready. If I drop you off down there on my way to my appointment in Santa Monica can you drive the car back here and leave it in the back bay? I won't have time to grab it myself." Harry looked harried.
"Sure, just let me know when you wanna go." Kat said, trying not to look to eager or desperate to get down there. She tried to put on an air of indifference.
"It'll have to be now. Brian'll stay and run the store alone while you're gone." Harry motioned for her to precede him out of the store room so she did. They climbed into his Mercedes and Harry asked if she minded if he put the top down. She said of course not and used the elastic she kept on her wrist to put her hair back in a messy bun.
"How long'll you be gone Harry?" She wondered how long she could mess around at DT without him knowing she'd hung out there.
"Oh I doubt you'll see me again today. I'm gonna be gone till after 8 I imagine. So take your time at DT." He added with a wink and Kat blushed. He had seen right through her. "That's why I'm letting you do it not Brian."
"Oh Harry." She sighed. "Am I that transparent?"
"Yep, but hey, you picked a nice guy. I hope it works out for you." He smiled at her. Harry felt a kinship with Kat, he felt he had to look out for her and make sure she didn't get hurt.
She smiled back. "Well, I hope so too, but this kinda blindsided me you know? I didn't plan meeting anyone let alone fallin' for Leon. I still feel bad for causing shit between him an Dom." And for robbin' him, she thought but she didn't say that. She was gonna take that to her grave if she could. No one would ever know.
"You can't help who you fall for Kat, you're not supposed to." Harry said with a smile.
"Funny, Sean told me the same thing. When I first thought I had feelings for Leon Sean told me I couldn't help who I liked and I shouldn't try."
"Well he gave you good advice. But if he ever hurts you, you let me know and I'll take care of it." Harry said as he stopped the car at DT. "See you tomorrow Kitten." Harry called and pulled off on the way to his appointment.
"Bye Harry. Have fun in Santa Monica!" Kat called as she waved good-bye to Harry enthusiastically. She pulled the elastic out of her hair and let herself into the shop via the customer door. She found Mia at the counter.
"Hey Kat! How are you?" Mia asked with a smile.
"I'm good. How're you?" Kat liked Mia. She was always happy and she was really nice. Mia was the perfect girl for Brian.
"Good. Hot though. It's hot in here." Mia fanned herself.
"Yeah, it is." Kat did find it hot.
"Dom keeps sayin' he's gonna get the A/C fixed but never does. I think it comes from having the A/C ripped outa his car to save on the weight, he's use to doin' without it."
"I still got mine. I wouldn't go without A/C in Cali. I'd sweat to death." Kat giggled.
"I know what you mean. So what brings you down to our humble business?"
"Well it seems that Harry's MX-6 is ready and he wants me to take it home for him. He won't have time to get it tonight before you guys close and the friend is pickin' it up tomorrow morning early at the store."
"Yep, that's the little dark red Mazda right, small, kinda strange looken' rear end?"
"That's it." Kat made a face. "If I remember it's a pseudo race car, not a real sports car at all."
"That's the one for sure." Dom said from the door of his office. He'd been listening to the girls chat. He walked up to them. "But it's all working now at least. Now if the guy that owns it'll stop burnin' out in it, it might stay that way."
Kat figured she'd have to be dead not to notice that Dom with no shirt on was impressive but she didn't let on. She gave him a small smile. "Well, yeah, I guess you need to know not to burn out all the time or you're gonna fry your piston rings."
Dom tapped his nose. "And that is exactly what happened here."
"Really? You work fast. You tore apart the block and reassembled it that fast?"
"For Harry, yep. For most people, no way."
"He's a great guy." Kat said. Dom wondered if she knew how many times her 'great guy' had almost gone in for receiving stolen property. He decided not to tell her. Kat handed Mia Harry's credit card and she took the payment for the car.
"Well, your ride is out back. Go ahead and pick it up. They guys'll wanna say hi anyway." Dom walked back into his office after grabbing a corona from the fridge.
"Yeah, and it's hot back there too so the guys are all in the same state as Dom." Mia winked and Kat blushed.
"Lucky you. We have air and no one gets undressed where I work. Of course my only choices for half clothed guys would be Harry and Brian. Neither of which is as appealing to me as what you got back there." Kat laughed.
"I don't mind when Brian works here for Dom." Mia laughed.
"You wouldn't. I find it hard to think of Bri as a guy. I know that sounds weird but he's right up there with Sean and Stacy and Kale. It seems weird to think of him as a guy." Kat made a face.
"Well, that's good. Since he's taken and if you had a thing for him you'd have to be disappointed." Mia giggled.
"Who's Harry seeing?" Kat said and then they both cracked up and she even heard Dom snort in his office. Realizing Dom could hear every word made both girls blush. Kat smiled and pointed with her thumb to the door to the service bays. "I'ma get my ride now." With that Kat headed out back. She saw Leon, Vince and Jesse with no shirts on in the bay, all working on cars.
She wolf whistled from the doorway. "Is this any way for people to dress around cars?"
"Hey Kat." Jesse called. "What're you doin' here?"
"I'm here for Harry's 'car'. He can't make it today."
"Well, it's ready to go." Vince called.
"I know. I was takin' to Dom." Kat walked over to it. "It's a nice color." It was the only think she had to say nice about it.
"Yeah, it is." Leon said from behind her. He was staring at her top, not the car. She was wearing a silver tank top and black leather miniskirt. She was always wearing little skirts that drove him nuts. He licked his lower lip. Kat caught the movement.
"You want somma this baby boy all you gotta do is say so." She said to Leon with a smirk. She was only half kidding.
"OK. I want somma that." Leon said, dead serious.
"You just name the time and place baby." Kat purred. She was only half kidding.
"I wanna take you out to dinner, tonight. That good for you?"
"That is great for me." She trailed a finger down across his collar bone, down his chest and down his belly.
"What're ya doin' girl? Tryin' to drive me nuts?"
She nodded. "Is it workin'?"
"Yeah, it's workin'. Say you wanna tour of the place? You wanna see the back room of the garage?" Leon gestured with his head to a small room off to the side of the garage.
"Sure." He had her lead the way to the room. She put a swish in her walk, knowing he was watching her go. Soon as they were out of site of his team he was all over her.
"If Harry knew what was in store for you here he woulda sent Brian." Leon growled right before he had her pressed against the wall in the dark storeroom and his lips locked on hers. He kissed her for 5 minutes straight then made himself stop. "Oh man."
"Yeah, oh man." Kat answered. "I hope no matter what you wouldn't do this to Brian. And now, since we forgot to turn on a light, and everyone knows you haven't been showin' me shit all, we get to go out there and have your whole team know what we've really been in here doin'."
"Ah shit." Leon laughed at the absurdity of his team knowing her couldn't keep his hands off Kat for 5 minutes. He threw back his head and roared with laughter. Kat joined him, it was pretty funny. They walked out of the room, heads held high not looking at anyone else in the garage. But Kat could feel the stares of the others as they walked up to her ride, heard Vince snicker. She walked to the driver's side door of the car. She leaned against it and Leon unconsciously grabbed her waist and looked down at her. "So, I'll pick you up at home around 7?"
"Sounds good. See you then." She went to turn to get in the car and Leon stopped her by gently grabbing her chin and kissing her in front of everyone. "That's to keep me till I see you tonight."
She licked her lip and got in the car. Leon was still standing beside it. Kat started it up and promptly stalled it out. Leon laughed at her.
"God damn it. Fucking left hand drive cars." She shouted. Leon laughed. So did Vince and Jesse. Dom even chuckled from his position in the shop doorway. Leon had trouble driving a so called normal car now too. Driving was very much based on muscle memory. You got use to doing things with a certain hand. For most people it was shift with the right, steer with the left. For him and Kat it was reversed. They found it just as strange to drive on the 'right' side of the car as others did to drive on the 'wrong'.
"It'll come back to you in a minute. I have the same problem every time I have to drive an American car too."
She tried to move again and this time it all worked out. She went back to work.
Kat woke up the next day and headed to work. Even if she did love her job she still hated Mondays. She kept thinking about how to get an excuse to go down to Dom's garage to see Leon. She didn't know why he kept stopping when they started to get with each other. He couldn't know she was a virgin. She wasn't telling him that. She knew without being told that it would freak him right out. So the only way he was gonna find out was if he could tell when they hooked up. And they would hook up if Kat had her way. He was the only man that had ever made her regret still being a virgin.
She was out back, reorganizing the parts that had just come in when Harry came up to her.
"Dom has my friends MX-6 ready. If I drop you off down there on my way to my appointment in Santa Monica can you drive the car back here and leave it in the back bay? I won't have time to grab it myself." Harry looked harried.
"Sure, just let me know when you wanna go." Kat said, trying not to look to eager or desperate to get down there. She tried to put on an air of indifference.
"It'll have to be now. Brian'll stay and run the store alone while you're gone." Harry motioned for her to precede him out of the store room so she did. They climbed into his Mercedes and Harry asked if she minded if he put the top down. She said of course not and used the elastic she kept on her wrist to put her hair back in a messy bun.
"How long'll you be gone Harry?" She wondered how long she could mess around at DT without him knowing she'd hung out there.
"Oh I doubt you'll see me again today. I'm gonna be gone till after 8 I imagine. So take your time at DT." He added with a wink and Kat blushed. He had seen right through her. "That's why I'm letting you do it not Brian."
"Oh Harry." She sighed. "Am I that transparent?"
"Yep, but hey, you picked a nice guy. I hope it works out for you." He smiled at her. Harry felt a kinship with Kat, he felt he had to look out for her and make sure she didn't get hurt.
She smiled back. "Well, I hope so too, but this kinda blindsided me you know? I didn't plan meeting anyone let alone fallin' for Leon. I still feel bad for causing shit between him an Dom." And for robbin' him, she thought but she didn't say that. She was gonna take that to her grave if she could. No one would ever know.
"You can't help who you fall for Kat, you're not supposed to." Harry said with a smile.
"Funny, Sean told me the same thing. When I first thought I had feelings for Leon Sean told me I couldn't help who I liked and I shouldn't try."
"Well he gave you good advice. But if he ever hurts you, you let me know and I'll take care of it." Harry said as he stopped the car at DT. "See you tomorrow Kitten." Harry called and pulled off on the way to his appointment.
"Bye Harry. Have fun in Santa Monica!" Kat called as she waved good-bye to Harry enthusiastically. She pulled the elastic out of her hair and let herself into the shop via the customer door. She found Mia at the counter.
"Hey Kat! How are you?" Mia asked with a smile.
"I'm good. How're you?" Kat liked Mia. She was always happy and she was really nice. Mia was the perfect girl for Brian.
"Good. Hot though. It's hot in here." Mia fanned herself.
"Yeah, it is." Kat did find it hot.
"Dom keeps sayin' he's gonna get the A/C fixed but never does. I think it comes from having the A/C ripped outa his car to save on the weight, he's use to doin' without it."
"I still got mine. I wouldn't go without A/C in Cali. I'd sweat to death." Kat giggled.
"I know what you mean. So what brings you down to our humble business?"
"Well it seems that Harry's MX-6 is ready and he wants me to take it home for him. He won't have time to get it tonight before you guys close and the friend is pickin' it up tomorrow morning early at the store."
"Yep, that's the little dark red Mazda right, small, kinda strange looken' rear end?"
"That's it." Kat made a face. "If I remember it's a pseudo race car, not a real sports car at all."
"That's the one for sure." Dom said from the door of his office. He'd been listening to the girls chat. He walked up to them. "But it's all working now at least. Now if the guy that owns it'll stop burnin' out in it, it might stay that way."
Kat figured she'd have to be dead not to notice that Dom with no shirt on was impressive but she didn't let on. She gave him a small smile. "Well, yeah, I guess you need to know not to burn out all the time or you're gonna fry your piston rings."
Dom tapped his nose. "And that is exactly what happened here."
"Really? You work fast. You tore apart the block and reassembled it that fast?"
"For Harry, yep. For most people, no way."
"He's a great guy." Kat said. Dom wondered if she knew how many times her 'great guy' had almost gone in for receiving stolen property. He decided not to tell her. Kat handed Mia Harry's credit card and she took the payment for the car.
"Well, your ride is out back. Go ahead and pick it up. They guys'll wanna say hi anyway." Dom walked back into his office after grabbing a corona from the fridge.
"Yeah, and it's hot back there too so the guys are all in the same state as Dom." Mia winked and Kat blushed.
"Lucky you. We have air and no one gets undressed where I work. Of course my only choices for half clothed guys would be Harry and Brian. Neither of which is as appealing to me as what you got back there." Kat laughed.
"I don't mind when Brian works here for Dom." Mia laughed.
"You wouldn't. I find it hard to think of Bri as a guy. I know that sounds weird but he's right up there with Sean and Stacy and Kale. It seems weird to think of him as a guy." Kat made a face.
"Well, that's good. Since he's taken and if you had a thing for him you'd have to be disappointed." Mia giggled.
"Who's Harry seeing?" Kat said and then they both cracked up and she even heard Dom snort in his office. Realizing Dom could hear every word made both girls blush. Kat smiled and pointed with her thumb to the door to the service bays. "I'ma get my ride now." With that Kat headed out back. She saw Leon, Vince and Jesse with no shirts on in the bay, all working on cars.
She wolf whistled from the doorway. "Is this any way for people to dress around cars?"
"Hey Kat." Jesse called. "What're you doin' here?"
"I'm here for Harry's 'car'. He can't make it today."
"Well, it's ready to go." Vince called.
"I know. I was takin' to Dom." Kat walked over to it. "It's a nice color." It was the only think she had to say nice about it.
"Yeah, it is." Leon said from behind her. He was staring at her top, not the car. She was wearing a silver tank top and black leather miniskirt. She was always wearing little skirts that drove him nuts. He licked his lower lip. Kat caught the movement.
"You want somma this baby boy all you gotta do is say so." She said to Leon with a smirk. She was only half kidding.
"OK. I want somma that." Leon said, dead serious.
"You just name the time and place baby." Kat purred. She was only half kidding.
"I wanna take you out to dinner, tonight. That good for you?"
"That is great for me." She trailed a finger down across his collar bone, down his chest and down his belly.
"What're ya doin' girl? Tryin' to drive me nuts?"
She nodded. "Is it workin'?"
"Yeah, it's workin'. Say you wanna tour of the place? You wanna see the back room of the garage?" Leon gestured with his head to a small room off to the side of the garage.
"Sure." He had her lead the way to the room. She put a swish in her walk, knowing he was watching her go. Soon as they were out of site of his team he was all over her.
"If Harry knew what was in store for you here he woulda sent Brian." Leon growled right before he had her pressed against the wall in the dark storeroom and his lips locked on hers. He kissed her for 5 minutes straight then made himself stop. "Oh man."
"Yeah, oh man." Kat answered. "I hope no matter what you wouldn't do this to Brian. And now, since we forgot to turn on a light, and everyone knows you haven't been showin' me shit all, we get to go out there and have your whole team know what we've really been in here doin'."
"Ah shit." Leon laughed at the absurdity of his team knowing her couldn't keep his hands off Kat for 5 minutes. He threw back his head and roared with laughter. Kat joined him, it was pretty funny. They walked out of the room, heads held high not looking at anyone else in the garage. But Kat could feel the stares of the others as they walked up to her ride, heard Vince snicker. She walked to the driver's side door of the car. She leaned against it and Leon unconsciously grabbed her waist and looked down at her. "So, I'll pick you up at home around 7?"
"Sounds good. See you then." She went to turn to get in the car and Leon stopped her by gently grabbing her chin and kissing her in front of everyone. "That's to keep me till I see you tonight."
She licked her lip and got in the car. Leon was still standing beside it. Kat started it up and promptly stalled it out. Leon laughed at her.
"God damn it. Fucking left hand drive cars." She shouted. Leon laughed. So did Vince and Jesse. Dom even chuckled from his position in the shop doorway. Leon had trouble driving a so called normal car now too. Driving was very much based on muscle memory. You got use to doing things with a certain hand. For most people it was shift with the right, steer with the left. For him and Kat it was reversed. They found it just as strange to drive on the 'right' side of the car as others did to drive on the 'wrong'.
"It'll come back to you in a minute. I have the same problem every time I have to drive an American car too."
She tried to move again and this time it all worked out. She went back to work.