When You Say Nothing At All
Disclaimer: I own nothing having to do with the WWE. Alicia (Allie) and Stephanie are my characters though.
"On the contrary, this is a very serious matter," said a voice from behind her. A voice she'd loathed since the first time she'd heard it. She turned slowly around, wishing for her to be wrong, but once turned around her fear had been reality. Standing in front of her was not only her father, but her brother Mark as well.
"Hello Joe, Mark," Allie said forcing a sweet smile, "Are you lost?"
"Not lost, but confused," said Joe annoyed, "King must have misunderstood me when I said I wanted his best mechanic."
"And that's what you got," said King stepping up beside the, "Allie is my best mechanic."
"Then I want your best male mechanic," said Joe looking smug, causing Allie to give him a look of disgust.
"Very well, but I'll have you know that my best male mechanic is Reed Flair. And as good as he is, fails in comparison to Allie. You want the best? Well that's her right there," King said pointing at Allie confidently.
Joe stood brooding over it for a moment, while Mark and Allie exchanged glares, "Fine, I just want the best work done," Joe said finally.
"Fine," said King turning to Allie and handing her the file in his hand. "These are the requests, look over them and give them your estimate," he said before walking away.
Allie looked over the file for a moment silently adding things up. Once she was done she wrote down the estimate and handed it to Joe.
He barely glanced at it before saying, "Come on now Alicia, I think you can do better than that." He held the paper out to her smirking snottily.
However Allie didn't take the paper, she merely closed the file and crossed her arms over her chest glaring, "Look, I've had a long day and I'm not really in the mood for your bullshit. If you don't like my offer, fine, there's the door, but good luck finding someone who will do the same quality work for that low a price. So regardless of whether or not you think I can do better, that's my offer. Take it or leave it."
With that said she began walking back toward the office when Joe's voice stopped her. "To save myself the time and aggravation of finding someone else, I'll accept your offer."
"Fine," she said facing them again.
"Now let's talk time frame," said Mark, speaking for the first time.
"Well factoring in that I'll have to order some parts and wait for them to come in. I'll start work on it Wednesday, then come in Friday and work on it through the weekend. So I'll say it'll be ready by Monday, but we'll call you and let you know for sure."
"Fine," said Joe, "So now what?"
"You can go to the office and sign the paper work saying you have agreed to the estimate, but you realize it's subject to change, as is the time frame," said Allie writing everything down in the file, then closing it, "and I get to leave for the evening. Follow me please."
After taking Joe and Mark back to the office and giving the file to King, Allie grabbed her stuff and clocked out. Then she left to go sit outside and wait for John. That was the one thing that kept her sane throughout the evening, knowing she would be hanging out with John soon.
Sorry it took me so long to update, I've been busy with school. This chapter also is very short as you may have noticed. I have the next three chapters written, but I won't be able to load them until this weekend. Don't hate me! Again sorry for the wait and for the short chapter. I'll make it up to you, I promise. Please read and review as usual. Thanks much!
Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005
You are greatly missed!