When You Say Nothing At All
Disclaimer: I own nothing having to do with the WWE. Alicia (Allie) and Stephanie are my characters though.
"John Cena?"
"Yeah, John Cena," said Allie as she and Steph walked out of school, glad the day was finally over.
"Are you sure you trust him?" the green eyed, brunette asked hesitantly.
"No I'm not sure," Allie said sighing, "but he does seem pretty trustworthy."
"Alright, just be careful," Steph said hugging Allie, as Randy pulled up in his green Jeep Cherokee.
"Hey Zie, you need a ride?" Randy asked when Steph opened the door and got in.
"No thanks Oreo, I've got one," Allie said waving at him.
"Alright….oh hey, Dave told me to tell you that he'll pick you up tomorrow morning," Randy said leaning over Steph.
"Ok, cool. Thanks Rand. I'll talk to you guys later," she said before they closed the door. They waved to her and left the parking lot.
Allie stood waiting outside for a few minutes, before she felt someone lightly poke her in her sides. She jumped and turned around, finding John standing behind her with a huge smile on his face.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," he said laughing.
"Shut up," she said hitting him on his arm, "and yes you did."
"So you ready to go?" he asked still laughing a little.
"Yep let's go," she said smiling as they began walking through the parking lot. Allie followed John to his car, smiling when they reached it, "Sweet ride John-boy," she said looking at John's black Escalade.
"Thanks, it gets me around," he said tossing his backpack in the back seat. Allie walked up to the passenger side door and started reaching for the latch, but a hand shot out in front of her. She looked up to see John smiling at her as he opened the door, "My Lady," he said motioning into the car.
"Why thank you, my good sir," she said smiling and blushing lightly again. She got in the car and waited for John to get in on the other side. Once he did they were on their way.
"Anything you wanna listen to?" John asked her as he scanned through radio stations.
"Actually, I just got a new cd," Allie said digging through her bag, "If you wanna listen to it."
"Yeah sure, pop it in," John said looking over at her as she pulled out her cd case and began flipping through it. He noticed a lot; actually most of her cds were burned copies, "Do you have a lot of mixes?"
"What do you mean?" she asked confused looking up at him.
"You have a lot of burned cds in there. I thought maybe they were mixes," John said pointing to her cds.
"Oh no," she said understanding now; "Whenever someone in the group buys a cd they burn it for everyone else. It's just a system we've worked out to save money. Needless to say I don't buy cds very often," Allie motioned to her case.
"That's actually a really good idea. I wish I had thought of it," he said smiling over at her as she slid the cd into the cd player. Soon "Encore" by Eminem was blasting on the radio, "Aww dude, I've been dying to get this cd. I haven't gotten a chance to yet."
"Well I'm burning copies for everyone tonight," she said looking over at him, "I could burn one for you too."
"That would be awesome," John said glancing at her, "Does this mean we're friends?"
"Well duh. I'm actually in a car with you right now, aren't I?" Allie teased, giving him a gentle shove.
"Yay, my mommy will be so happy I made a friend on my first day of school," John said in his best little kid voice, making Allie laugh. They sat listening to the cd for a few minutes before John spoke again, "Man, Eminem is awesome. When his last cd came out, I missed half a day of school so I could get it."
"That's nothing. Last year when he was on tour, Steph, Randy, Dave, and I skipped school and stood in the rain for hours to buy tickets."
"Did you get 'em?"
"Yep, front row, center."
"No way, that's so cool. You guys suck. I was up in the rafters."
"Next time come with us. You'll get awesome seats," she said winking at him. John just smiled at her. They drove for a little while longer before pulling into the parking lot of King's Garage, "Thanks for the ride John," Allie said opening the door to get out.
"Anytime Al," John said smiling at her, making her blush yet again, "I guess I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yep," she said climbing out of the car. When she turned back to grab her bag, she saw John looking at her, like he was deep in thought, "What's up?"
"Umm…..I was wondering, what are you doing after work?" he asked nervously, picking some invisible lint of his jeans.
"Probably just going home and relaxing, why?" she asked curiously.
"I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go get something to eat."
"Oh," said Allie smirking, "sure, I'd love to."
"Ok, great," he said relieved, "What time do you get off?"
"Nine o'clock. So I'll see you then?"
"Yep, sounds good."
"Ok, I'll see you later then."
"See ya later." With that Allie closed the door and walked into the garage, as John pulled away, both smiling happily.
About 8:30, Allie was wearing her grey cover-alls and black boots, covered from head-to-toe in oil and grease. She was just finishing an oil change on a Ford Mustang, when King called her from the office. She closed the hood and walked over to him, wiping her hands off on her oil rag, as she reached him standing outside of the closed office door.
"What's up?" Allie asked him, still trying to remove some oil from her hands.
"We have a couple new clients inside, and they asked for my best mechanic," King said nervously, "Which is you."
"Okay, well if it's anything more than an oil change, it's gonna have to wait until Wednesday for me to do it," Allie said, tossing the rag aside, "I've been backed up all day and I have another car to start on before I leave."
"Do me a favor and have Reed start on the other car. I really need your help on this one today," said King looking a little skittish.
Allie looked at him confused, but didn't press the issue. She turned back towards the garage and shouted over to a tall, shaggy haired blonde teenage boy, "Hey Reed do me a favor and start on that Volvo for me. King's got me doing something else."
"No problem Zie," said Reed, who after, headed over towards a maroon Volvo.
"Alright, so where's this car?" Allie asked, turning back to King.
"It's at the other end of the garage. I had Matt bring it in," said King as he moved his hand back to the knob on the office door, "Go take a look at it and we'll be right down with the file and you can give them an estimate."
"You got it boss," Allie said before making her way down to the other end of the garage to the mystery car. Once she reached it she stopped dead recognizing it immediately, "Oh you've got to be joking."
Ok guys, I'm gonna be evil and leave you hanging a little. Hey you've gotta have cliff hangers every once in a while. So tune in for the next chapter and find out whose car is in the garage and why it seems to be a possible bad thing. Plus John and Allie's "date" (for lack of a better term) will be in the next chapter as well. Hope you're enjoying it so far. Please review. Later!