"Don't touch that box its part of a special project." he told her.
"Sorry." she said as she lowered her head.
Sean scratched the side of his temple and he looked at the box and its contents and than at Max. "Why don't you help me… it'll keep you out of trouble and I'll be able to pass off my knowledge of working on bikes to you."
Max smiled "Ok. What can I do?" she asked. "I really don't want to go. But I know I have to." she thought "I guess I can go after I help him fix his bike or whatever his doing with it." she thought.
Sean pulled the book that came with the bike out of the box and put it in Max's hands "This might come in handy."
Max looked at the book and smiled "What's all that stuff?" she asked even through she know the names to the different parts that the box contained.
"It is the life blood of the motorcycle. You have to connect all the pieces to make it go vroom vroom."
"He sure has a way with words." she thought as she looked through the box again there was the motor, battery and a few other things "Ok. Can we get started?" Max asked.
"You know how to do this stuff?" he asked her.
"Not really but I'm a fast learner." Max told him "Of course I don't I just leaned how to put together and repair all different kinds' motor vehicles when I was 3½ and learned how to drive them when I was 4." Max thought making her smile.
"Hmmm… well let's get to it. Why don't you start reading and I'll lay the parts out."
"Alright." Max said with a smile and began to read.
"So it's safe to say that building this bike is pass due…" he told her "I have a friend who did inventory of one of the warehouses here in Seattle and found the parts. It's got a 4-Stroke, Liquid-Cooled, DOHC, 4 Valve Cylinder Head, Parallel Twin, with 650 ccs of raw power. Let's see if I can make this work."
Sean was explaining all of the calibrations to Max but she had her nose in the book he had given her. He looked at her and put his hand over the page she was reading "The reason I didn't want you to mess with this because it's lost merchandise."
"It's not lost just very thought of." Max said putting down the book.
"You finished it already?" Sean asked as Max came closer to the bike.
"I'm a fast reading." Max explained.
Sean and Max started working on the Ninja 650 and after a while there was another dinging noise as somebody came into the store. It was a woman surrounded by two body guards. Sean seemed to know who she was as he stood up and grabbed a towel and wiped his hands off. "Stay here Max and work on the bike. I got some business to deal with."
Sean walked down the aisle because of his height he usually dwarfed women but this woman was about 6'. Sean was met with a slap to the face from the girl but all he did was wipe his face off and give her a smile.
"Nice to see you too Tasha" he said.
Max watched as he left and watched the women slap him "Don't get involved." Max thought as she continued working on the bike.
After a few more minutes Max finished putting the finally touches on the bike and saw that Sean was still talking to that women so she slowly walked over to Sean but hide behind some boxes.
"You are dumb to show your face in Seattle again after what you did." she said to him rather hastily.
Sean shook his head and looked at her. "You mean after what you did and blamed me for. Maybe I was stupid to come back but my funds were running kind of low." He lied.
"I am sure daddy could spare a few million for his baby boy." she responded back.
"Well if you haven't gotten the news my father disowned me and wants nothing to do with me." Sean said
"I would too if my son killed my only daughter." She said with a smile
This statement pissed Sean off "I--I didn't kill her and you know it." he told her.
Max watched "Who is that women?" she thought "Whom ever she is I don't like her." she whispered.
"Look I could go down memory lane all day but the reason I am here is because you still owe me some fights."
Sean smirked "You think I am going to step into a ring for you again. Besides I don't think I can get a license after you drugged my last opponent to the point where it only took a few hits for him to go down and when the commission found out you laid the blame on me to keep your own hands clean. That was bullshit Tash and I vowed to myself that I'd never fight for you again.'"
Tasha sighed and pulled out a cigarette and stood there as one of her fellows lit it for her.
Max stayed out of site but moved closer "What is up with this women?"
"All I know is that you owe me two fights or 250,000 dollars. So you decide...I think if this place caught on fire it would be worth about that much."
Sean started to fume "Don't you dare...don't you fucking dare. I'll fight those two fights and then we are through" he said in a harsh voice.
Max finally had had enough and came out of hiding "Sean I finished the bike." she said with a smiled and then looked at the women "Who's this?"
Sean looked at Max and sighed when Tasha glared..."An old friend."
"She doesn't look or sounds like a friend." Max stated.
Tasha clicked her tongue when she looked at Max. "Look who talking sweetheart."
"Don't call me sweetheart and by the way the sign says no smoking." Max said pointing to the sign on the wall. Max jumped up and grabbed the cigarette out of her mouth and put in out "See that's better."
"Since when did the surgeon general work here?" Tasha scoffed "I have dogs bigger than you."
"Really and I bet they would love to take a bit out of you." Max said stepping forward but Sean stepped in between them trying to make the Peace.
"I swear if you don't go away I am gonna make you disappear" Tasha fired back at Max
"Are you supposed to be scaring me?" Max asked her.
"Next time you touch me your going to have one less hand."
"I wish you would…" Max started but Sean cut her off.
"Max get to the back" Sean said to her. he turned to Tasha "go"
"Why she started it and she is the one who is ganging up on you." Max told him.
"It's ok Max I can take care of myself." he told her.
"I still don't like her." Max said "Why does she want to burn down you place?" she asked.
"I don't think you heard her right." Sean replied to her.
"No, I did she said that if you don't fight in two fights or pay her 250,000 but if you don't then she is going to burn the place down which is worth 250,000." Max told him and looked back at the women.
"Max..." Sean said giving her a look.
No it's ok Sean...she must have ears like a cat." Tasha cut him off.
"First she has a name and it's Max and second I could have been standing about 3 feet from you." Max said smirking and stepping towards her. "Max remember trying to fit in don't want to go to the bad place." she thought and began to relax.
"Let's finish this over dinner lets say at the club about 8:30" Tasha said putting her finger on Sean's chest but he slapped it away.
"Sorry I got plans." he responded.
"With your little friend here?" Tasha said sarcastically.
Max gave her a cold stare. "I really want to show this woman where I can put her." she thought.
"Matter of fact yes." he told her. "Look I'll call you, you don't call me. Now get out of my place before I call the cops." he concluded.
"You better not take off again." Tasha said as she turned "I'll be…."
Max cut her off "Yeah, yeah, yeah you'll be back…" she said as she moved towards the door and opened it "…and look I'll even show you the door."
The woman and her body guards began walking towards the door.
"I'll be here..." Sean said calling after them watching them for a few minutes and walked to the back where they were working and saw that the motorcycle fully assembled and he walked back out and gave Max a 'are you serious' look.
Max who was still holding the door for the woman who was waiting for her guards to get her car, the car pulled up and the women walked out.
"And by the way don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out." Max said as she slammed the door making it hit the women and began to laugh. Max turn to see Sean looking at her and her laughter died down as she walked up to him.
"That bike it only took you 20 minutes to put it together?" he asked
Max looked at him "Well no not really I was listening to you and the women talking for a while."
"Her name is Tasha and she isn't exactly the nicest girl around if you catch my drift."
"I know." Max said smiling "She'll leave you alone if she knows what's good for her." Max thought.
"Sometimes people get caught up with the wrong kind." he explained.
"That's ok." Max went over to the bike and roared the engine "Everything's in working order. I even filled the tank" she told him.
"Nice." he said with a smile.
Max looked at him "Now what?"
He looked around and grabbed two helmets and smiled at Max "Wanna go for a ride?"
"Yea" Max said smile and starting pushing the bike outside.
Sean followed behind and pulled down the garage door so nobody would get in. "This girl is amazing...20 minutes to put together a motorcycle, .no freaking way. That's not normal." he thought
Max turned around and hopped onto the bike "You coming or are you just going to stand there?"
"I don't know yet." he answered.
"What do you mean?"
"It depends on who's driving."
Max looked at him "You can drive." she said moving back so he can get on.
Sean swung his leg over to the other side as he got on. He felt Max's warm hands wrap around his waist. He turned the engine on as he kick started it "You're going to enjoy this hang on."
Max held his hand "Did you forget something?" she tapped his head.
"Oh…My helmet. Its ok I'll drive slowly. But here's one for you" he said passing her one.
"If you're not wearing one then why should I?" she asked with a smile.
"Good point but hang on." he said "Smart ass." he thought and gunned the engine.
"Whatever you say." Max told him. "I forgot to tell his I upgraded the engine. Ooops…" Max thought with a smile.
Sean drove a few blocks and then turned a corner which caused the bike to go faster naturally. He spun the bike and pressed the brake. "That was fun Max...you want to try now?"
"Yea" she said.
Sean turned and grabbed Max and lifted her so she could get into the front.
Max looked at Sean and put his helmet on "You may need this." she said.
"Thank you and you forgot yours." he said putting a helmet on Max. "Go slow." he told her.
"I hate these things." Max thought. "Ok." Max turned the bike around and drove off adding speed at each turn and ended up back at the shop.
Sean took his helmet off and wiped away the sweat. He saw her barcode during one of the turns and thought his eyes were going bad than he wiped her hair back and saw it again but he didn't say anything.
Max jumped off the bike when she felt his hand "That was fun." she said taking off the helmet.
Sean slowly got off the bike and saw that the day was already slipping away from them.
"Let's go get that burger after we put this bike away."
"Ok" she said as she pushed the bike back inside "Did he see it?" she thought pushing the bike into the garage.
Sean walked in behind her and some of his co-workers who were amazed that in one day that lost motorcycle sitting in the box was now assembled.
"Ladies and gentleman this is the Ninja 650 and our friend Max here put it together." Sean announced and in unison they clapped and told her good job.
Max watched as everyone clapped "It was no big." She called to them.
Sean leaned down to her ear level "Take the compliments these jokers aren't nice all the time."
"Thank You" she called out hoping that they would stop.
Sean waved them off and they stopped clapping. "Alright, alright get back to work."
Max looked up at him "Thank you." she mouthed.
"Let's go get that burger."
"Yea I'm hungry." Max told him.
"Alright that sounds good." Sean said as he led Max out of the shop.
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