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Author's Note: This story is based 4 years before the movie, however this story will go through the movie as well. Unknown Strangers is basically about Evelyn's niece coming to visit her during her Christmas break and during that week plenty of odd instances happen during her time of visit. I hope you all will enjoy this story and please Read and Review. Just so I know if I should continue on with this story or not.

Ch.8

When morning came, Alex slowly opened her eyes, feeling two strong arms wrapped around her waist. And as soon as her vision appeared before her eyes she saw a very strong masculine chest in front of her. She couldn't help but smile as she watches his chest slowly rise and slowly fall.

In so many ways this man before her was a fighter, he was strong and powerful but deep down he truly had a heart. Alex slowly moved her body closer to him, feeling him subconsciously tighten his grip upon her.

As she stared she noticed the rosary tattoo that was wrapped around his neck and went down his chest. 'In God I Trust' it said and in some way Alex couldn't help but smile at the sight of it. She didn't know why she was fighting herself so badly; it was inevitable that she had feelings for Bobby.

Sure, she only knew him for a couple of days but for some reason he made her feel like she's known him for so much longer. And yes he has made some bad choices in his life from what she's heard of but in a way she somewhat hoped that maybe she could help him with the future…

Maybe he just needed someone to be there for him just like her Aunt who would stick with him and not use him or knock him down and make him believe he's not worth a damn. Alex slowly glided her fingertips against the rosary tattoo and heard him sigh, she smiled at this and gently placed her lips against the tattoo cross.

She then slowly nuzzled her face against his chest, enjoying the warmth that his body was radiating against her. She then suddenly felt her entire body being pulled upwards and came to realize that she was now lying right on top of Bobby. She immediately looked up at his face to see that he was awake and was giving her a tired smirk.

"Hey…"

He said groggily, his arms still wrapped tightly around her. Alex slowly smiled down at him, her hair lying over one side of her shoulder.

"Hey…"

Little did Alex know was that Bobby was already awake before she was but pretended to be sleeping to see what she was going to do. It enlightened him to know that she didn't try to pull away from him and in fact kiss and nuzzle her face into her chest.

Sure, with most women he'd just push them out of the bed and tell them to get the hell out of here but he wanted Alex to stay. After that whole incident last evening he realized that if he was ever to get a girl like Alex that he was going to have to try and make himself worth it. Sure, Alex was going into a good career but where the hell would that lead him if they ever were to get together? There was no way in hell he was going to allow her to take care of him, he was going to take care of her and maybe he could end up getting a decent loan from a bank and maybe make his own car repair shop or maybe get into construction with Jerry.

There were tons of possibilities but he was for sure that he wasn't going to allow Alex that is if they ever do get together be the one to take care of them, no way in hell. "So did you sleep well?" He asked, running his fingers through her hair, Alex laughed and gently nodded. "Yes very much so… How about yourself?" Bobby shrugged; he really liked feeling her laying on him like this. "I did… did I snore too much? I was told that I snore really badly." Alex laughed and gently shook her head. "No you were fine…" Bobby allowed out a small laugh and leaned up to kiss her forehead.

"Well that's good to hear."

Alex smiled and gently nodded her head. "mmhhhmm" Bobby smirked at her, as he rubbed his hands up and down her back. "So… I guess that means they lie then." Alex giggled. "Yeah I guess they did because you did not make one bit of sound last night." Bobby chuckled again and slowly moved himself and Alex onto their sides, his arms still wrapped firmly around her. "Well then that's really good to hear." He whispered and slowly leaned his face closer to hers, tempting fate as he watched to see if Alex would tense up or pull away. She didn't so this made him think he could continue on.

So Bobby moved in even closer and finally closed the gap between he and Alex. Alex was somewhat taken aback but she loved feeling his lips against hers and decided to deepen the kiss. Bobby was thrilled that she was responding to him and immediately moved on top of her and continued to kiss her with such brute force.

Alex moaned against his lips as they continued their embrace, Bobby took this as his opening to slip his tongue into her mouth, both fighting for dominance with their tongues. Bobby moved in between Alex's legs and pulled her tightly against him.

"Bobby…"

Alex whispered, as Bobby slowly kissed her jaw down to her neck. She ran her fingers through his slicked back hair and wrapped her arms around his neck once he found her sweet spot. Alex then gasped as he nipped and kissed that sweet area. It has been a long time since she has felt that good and for some reason it somewhat scared her.

All the alarms were now ringing through her head but the way Bobby was working on her neck she couldn't bring herself to stop him. Bobby then placed one last peck on her neck and then moved back up to her lips. She tasted so sweet to him, it was almost like she was his heroine and she was so addicting that he just wanted more and more. Her soft moans turned him on and little did she know was every time he had hit a spot, like her neck, she would arch her back against him making him feel her entire body.

Never in his life has Bobby became this intoxicated by a woman and in some odd reason he was determined to make sure that she was his and solely his. Bobby then started to become more daring and slowly slipped his fingers under her shirt and gently glided them up towards her bra. Alex immediately caught notice of this and stopped his hand.

"Bobby…"

Alex whispered, breaking the kiss completely. Bobby looked down at her and saw the uneasy look on her face and decided to back off. He was silently kicking himself for being so bold and gave Alex an apologetic look. "I'm sorry baby girl I'm really sorry." He whispered, resting his forehead against her. Alex was surprised at first since Bobby didn't seem the type to apologize; she felt him slowly move his head down to her neck and nuzzled his face against her soft skin. "It's ok Bobby…" She whispered, playing with the hair behind his neck. Bobby slowly looked over at her, giving her a serious look.

"Look baby girl I didn't mean to get too pushy I'm not that kind of guy I hope you know that."

Alex smiled at him and gently nodded. "I know Bobby and it's ok really… I… I liked it." Bobby slowly smiled at her and gave her a quick peck on the lips. "Yeah well I liked it too. So what does that make us?" Alex laughed and gently shrugged her shoulders. "I think we should take this really slow…" Bobby nodded, kissing her forehead. "Tell you what. We'll keep quiet about us for right now and see where it goes." Alex nodded in agreement and gave him a closed mouth smile.

"Ok… So we're quietly seeing each other then?"

Bobby chuckled and nodded his head. "Yeah I think we are." Alex then gave him a beaming smile. "Ok…" Bobby slowly smiled back at her, somewhat surprised that she was actually going along with this, let's just say he really wasn't expecting it. "Really?" Alex giggled and gently nodded her head. "Yeah… really." Bobby happily crashed his lips against hers. It was just yesterday they were arguing about him not being boyfriend material and here he was Alex's kinda sorta boyfriend.

In a way he wanted to throw this in his brothers faces but considering that Alex wanted to take this really slow, which was going to kill him by the way… but for some reason he was willing to do it for her. 'Seriously what the hell is wrong with me?' He thought to himself as he broke the kiss and looked down at her smiling face. 'Oh yeah that's why… because other than ma she was the only one who gave a damn.' He thought to himself once again. Alex then slowly rose up from the bed and stretched her limbs. "Well… I guess we should get up." Bobby nodded as he looked over at his alarm clock.

"Yeah I need to go get ready for work."

Alex looked over at him curiously as he walked over to his dresser. "Would it be a problem if I went with you?" She asked innocently, Bobby chuckled as he pulled on a light gray long sleeve knit shirt. "You want to go to an Auto body shop?" Alex shrugged her shoulders, clasping her hands. "Sure why not? I mean I'd like to see where you work." Bobby scoffed, as he grabbed his jeans and looked back over at her.

"It's not necessarily the safest place Alex. I don't want anybody screwing around with you alright?"

Alex nodded, fiddling with her hands. "But you'll be there with me." Bobby started to laugh; this was definitely a first for him. Never in his life had any of the girls he was seeing ever showed interest in where he worked, all they just cared about was what he could do for them. "Alex… I don't feel comfortable bringing you there alright? At least not for the entire day. Some of the guys I work with can be rather shady." Alex slowly nodded, as she rose up from the bed. "I understand." She said with a small smile, Bobby sighed and grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms.

"Look baby girl if it was a decent place I'd be all for it ok? But I just don't want anything bad to happen to you there… How about this... Marli is supposed to bring Mark over so he can look at that mustang with me so how about you hang out with me until she comes by and you girls can go do whatever you want. Sound's good?"

Alex happily smiled up at Bobby and nodded. "Sounds good." She whispered, while Bobby grinned down at her. "Good." He whispered and kissed her on the lips. "Now go get yourself ready and we'll grab breakfast on the way ok?" Alex nodded and was about to walk away but Bobby pulled her back to him and crashed his lips against hers once again. Alex laughed against his lips and wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss completely.

Bobby was so entranced with Alex that it made him realize why David probably became so possessive of her. It almost seemed like she had a web of spells that she ensued upon men but he knew that was a complete farce. In all honesty Alex was the girl you wanted to take home to your mom, to have your children with. But Bobby wasn't ready for that no way no how, at least that is what he thought.

However, he did plan on holding onto her as long as he could, for some reason he definitely did not want to lose what he was developing with her at all, in fact he wanted to savor every inch of it because who knows when he would ever receive this kind of opportunity again.

Bobby and Alex then slowly broke apart from their embrace; Alex gave Bobby a sweet smile as she started to move away from him. "Well I'm going to get ready so I'll see you in a few." Bobby smirked at her and slowly nodded his head.

"Alright but hurry, my boss will have my ass if I'm late."

Once Alex left the room, Bobby allowed out a long sigh. He really didn't know what he was going to get himself into, sure since the moment he has laid eyes on Alex he knew in that instant that he wanted her but he was also worried of getting her involved into his life. Sure, she had every right to know how really violent his life is but he was also worried that she'd freak and end up leaving him.

This was so completely odd for him since he's never really cared about these sorts of things before but for some reason with Alex the last thing he ever wanted was to lose her completely. Once he was all dressed and combed the loose ends of his hair, he then walked out to see Alex coming out of her room in a pair of blue jeans; a red long sleeve knit top, and her black beanie on her head.

Bobby couldn't help but smile once he saw her; in a way she seemed to make things so much more brighter for him. "Ready?" he asked, Alex finally looked up at him and nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be." She said softly, pulling on her wool coat. Bobby chuckled, as he grabbed her hand and started to pull her with him. "Alright then let's head out, and give Marli a call while we're on our way over to the shop."

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On the way over to the shop Bobby stopped over at McDonalds to grab breakfast for he and Alex while she called Marli to give her the heads up. Marli and Mark planned on coming down at 1:00 so Bobby made a huge point for Alex to stay with him or at least be near him. They finally made it over there and as they both were climbing out of the car Bobby smiled over at her and led her in.

One of the guys working on an engine looked over at them and gave Bobby a curious look. "Hey Bobby! Who's that pretty piece you got with you?" Bobby smirked as he wrapped his arm around Alex's waist. "None of your damn concern Johnny! She's with me and if any of you fuckers say one comment or lay one hand on her I'll beat the shit out of all of you! Got it!" Johnny smirked while the other guys laughed.

This girl had to be something if Bobby Mercer was bringing her along for the ride and in all honesty he was quite surprised to see a very pretty piece like her even giving him the time or day in the first place. "We got it Bobby. So what's your name sweetness?" Johnny asked with a smug smirk on his lips as Bobby moved his arm away from her waist as he pulled his leather jacket off and went to go hang it in the office.

Alex looked over at the grease monkey who was practically the same age as Bobby. She gave him a small smile as she placed a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Alex…" Johnny allowed out a low whistle as a large grin morphed on his lips.

"Alex that's pretty. So Alex what the hell are you doing with Mercer? He's usually not a good guy to hang around with; maybe you should hang with someone who knows how to treat their girl right"

Alex arched her brow at him and allowed out a small laugh. "And I take it that would be you?" Johnny grinned at her as he walked up towards her, wiping his hands with the rag he held in his pocket. "I just might be sweetness." Alex smirked and crossed her arms over her chest. "

Really? Well that's funny because I've always had a thing for…"

She then gave him a leering grin as she walked up closer to him. Bobby now walked out of the office and watched the two of them with complete interest and irritation. Johnny noticed Bobby standing there and had a large grin upon his face as Alex inched closer to him, giving him the most seductive smile she could possibly pull off.

"Bad boys who can take care of themselves and you sweetheart just do not cut it for me."

Johnny's smile instantly fell as Bobby's frown was replaced into an incredibly large smile. He then slowly walked up behind Alex, giving Johnny a look of victory as he wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his head against her shoulder. "Hey baby girl you wanna see that Mustang that I've been working on?" Alex immediately grinned and turned around in Bobby's arms and nodded.

"I would love to!"

She said happily as Bobby sincerely grinned and pulled her along with him. Chuck laughed as he watched the two walk over to the vintage mustang and slowly walked up to Johnny and slapped his hand on his shoulder. "That one I have a feeling is going to be the one Mercer is going to keep around for quite some time." Johnny scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Please Mercer will do something to screw it up and she'll walk out on him I bet you 100 bucks on that one."

Meanwhile, Bobby and Alex were now walking towards the mustang, while Bobby had a protective arm around was wrapped around Alex's. Alex could tell that he had an incredibly protective behavior and in some ways she really like that feat about him. "Hey I'm sorry about that asshole Johnny… if you want I can beat the shit out of him later." Bobby said with a small smile on his lips, Alex laughed and gently shook her head.

"That's ok Bobby I think he's going to lay off."

Bobby nodded and stopped and moved himself right in front of her. "Look, I gotta say that was bad ass what you said to him but assholes like that you just let me take care of them alright? No one talks to my girl like that and I'll make sure they are crystal clear about it." Alex softly laughed and leaned up on her tiptoes and gave Bobby a small peck on the lips.

"As much as I love you being my Hero and saving me from every situation I get myself into I just want you to know that I can definitely handle myself with guys like Johnny. Its guys like David I have an issue with."

Bobby smirked as he kissed her forehead. "Not anymore…" Alex smiled and noticed the blue 1967 mustang convertible sitting snugly in one of the parking spots waiting to be maintenanced. Her eyes widened as she slowly moved around him and walked up closer to the mustang.

"Oh my goodness is that the mustang you're having Mark work on with you?"

Bobby grinned as he crossed his arms over his chest, watching her examine the car. "Yeah that would be it… what do you think of it?" Alex immediately looked up at him with a large grin on her lips. "It's amazing! Bobby this was like my dream car since I was a little girl! I didn't know you were working on this model." Bobby chuckled as he walked up to the driver's door and opened it.

"Go ahead baby girl have a seat."

Alex gave Bobby a surprised look but gently shook her head. "Oh Bobby that's sweet and all but I really shouldn't sit in someone else's car." Bobby shook his head. "Nah it's cool baby girl this car is my buddies so he won't care if you have a seat." Alex still looked hesitant but Bobby laughed and gently pushed her in.

Alex sat there a smile starting to morph onto her lips as Bobby closed the door and leaned against it as she examined the inner counsel of the car. "So this was your dream car huh?" He asked as Alex slowly looked back over at him.

"Yeah… I always had a love for mustang convertible but the 1967 was always my baby. My father used to have one and on every Sunday he would take me out in it. Some days he would take me on the trolley tours or take me to a Bear's game. It was probably the best memory I've ever had with my father. But then he met Annette who was like years younger than him and things went downhill there. He started accusing my mother that I wasn't his and that she was sleeping around while all the while he was doing the very same thing he was accusing her for…. Did know my mom was dancer?"

Bobby arched his brow at her which caused Alex to laugh.

"Not like that you nasty! She was a professional Prima Ballerina when she met my father and the day she met him he literally swept her off her feet and everything then was like a fairy tale that is until the divorce and it made my mother realize that she just dropped everything all her hopes and dreams for this man and he ruined everything for her. She tried dancing again but everyone said she was too old or to rusty on the dance floor so after all the rejection she thought that if she could earn enough money and save it then she could run her own dance studio. She managed to make enough but unfortunately she passed away right after I graduated so Auntie Evie helped me get my scholarship and that was that."

Bobby smirked at her while Alex looked at him blushingly. "Sorry I was talking to much wasn't I?" Bobby chuckled and shook his head. "Nah its cool baby girl." Alex smiled and softly asked. "So what about you Bobby? What was your life like before you ended up with my Aunt?" Bobby's smiled slowly morphed into a frown and immediately looked away from her. "It's not important." Alex frowned and gently took his hand into hers. "Sure it is… Bobby you can trust me." Bobby immediately glared back over at her, ripping his hand away from her.

"Look I said it wasn't fucking important alright! So just fucking drop it!"

He growled, Alex looked at him somewhat worriedly and gently shook her head. "Alright." Bobby sighed, silently kicking himself and placed his hand on her cheek. "Hey… look at me Baby Girl." Alex finally looked back up at him and saw the regret in his eyes.

"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have went off on you like that but look my past isn't something I like to talk about ok? One day maybe but just not right now, I don't like reliving that kind of shit. And I don't want you to see how much of a bad guy I really am. I really feel for you girl and… I like what we have alright?"

Alex silently nodded and looked away from him. "So… what's wrong with the car?" She asked, clearing her throat. Bobby gave her a closed mouth smile and pulled on the lever that popped the hood. "Numerous things but it's mostly the engine." Alex arched her brow at him as she opened the car door and walked around the front of the car and pulled open the hood. Bobby smirked as he watched her entire body stretch upwards as she opened the hood and couldn't help but think to himself how damn beautiful she really was and how thrilled that he was able to call her his. "So basically this car is a money pit…" Alex deciphered while Bobby chuckled as he walked up next to her and placed his hand on her lower back.

"Nah it's a good car just needs the right owner to properly take care of it which is the last thing my buddy is. The problem with the engine is Lack of compression. The charge of air and fuel cannot be compressed properly; the combustion process will not work like it should. This is usually caused by the piston rings becoming worn and not allowing air or fuel to leak past the piston during compression. Or the intake or exhaust valves are not sealing properly, which again allows a leak during compression. Or it could just be a hole in the cylinder. The most common "hole" in a cylinder usually occurs where the top of the cylinder which holds the valves and spark plug attaches to the cylinder itself. So basically the cylinder and the cylinder head bolt together with a thin gasket pressed between them will ensure a good seal. If the gasket breaks down, small holes develop between the cylinder and the cylinder head, and these holes cause leaks. That is why I want Mark to come over and have a look since he's going into this field he can probably brain storm with me."

Alex nodded and looked over at Bobby. "Well it sounds like to me that you pretty much have it all figured out. You're really good at this Bobby." Bobby chuckled and shook his head. "Thanks… I've always been kind of a grease monkey. Car's have always been a passion of mine next to Hockey." Alex laughed and slowly turned around and wrapped her arms around him and buried her face into his chest.

"Thank you for taking me here."

Bobby smiled as he wrapped his arms around her. How was it that this woman had such an impact on him? He only knew her for a couple of days and yet he felt like he's known her forever. He was so completely comfortable with her and she understood him and never looked down at him.

However, he was afraid as well, he could feel himself growing closer and closer to her and he was worried that one day she'll just up and leave him. Sure they never declared their secret relationship but deep down he knew that he wanted her and only her which was another far off thing for him.

He knew that he could never provide for her like she could provide for herself once she graduates and that angered him even more. If he was going to end up with her he wanted to have something that will make him the man something that will prove that he could take care of her and not she taking care of him. He was the man damnit and he would be damned if he would ever let that happen.

Bobby looked down at her and smiled as he kissed the top of her head, loving the feeling of her body against his. "It's cool baby girl I'm glad that you're having a good time." A couple of hours went by and Bobby was showing Alex all around the shop and introduced her properly to all the guys.

Surprisingly to Bobby, Alex got along with everyone beautifully. She was trading jokes with Marty and Johnny while Chuck would just crack jokes with her causing her to laugh every time. Bobby's boss was also very pleased with her and liked the huge change she has created in his leading mechanic. He could tell how happy Bobby was to have her around him, and how she just lit up the room while she was in it.

He even offered her to come by anytime to hang out and learn a thing or two about cars if she was ever interested. Mark and Marli finally showed up to the shop and met up with Alex and Bobby. Marli could tell the huge change between Alex and Bobby's behavior as the two were playing around and laughing. She also noticed the way Bobby had his arms around her in some sort of way almost telling the other guys to lay off of her.

After Mark and Bobby met up and started talking about the mustang it was then time for Marli and Alex to go. Before Alex left Bobby pulled her into a huge hug and told her that he would see her later. Alex had a large smile on her lips as she leaned up and kissed his cheek. "I can't wait." She whispered softly however, Marli ended up hearing her which made her even more curious.

Once Marli and Alex got into the car Marli stared the engine and began to drive away. "So… how was your morning?" She asked as they both decided to head to the mall. Alex shrugged as she looked out the window. "It was good." Marli smirked and arched her brow over at her friend. "Just good? I highly doubt that." Alex immediately looked back over at her with utter confusion. "I don't have the slightest of what you mean." Marli scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Please you two are so obvious! When did you guys hook up?" Alex looked at her friend astounded and shook her head.

"It's not like that. We didn't hook up we just decided that we like each other and want to take whatever this is slowly."

Marli instantly grinned, she really liked Bobby which was surprising because most people don't but she liked what he was when he was with Alex. Sure, he was extremely protective and had a bit of possessiveness in him when it came to her but he was not anywhere near as to what David was. And in all honesty she could see that Bobby would never lay a hand on her like David did and that by far was far more important than anything else to her.

"So you guys are kinda together…?"

Marli summed up. Alex shrugged as she looked back at her friend. "I guess. But look Marli please don't tell Cordy or Amy! I don't want Bobby to freak and just break away. We're both taking this slow for a reason. He has trust issues and so do I. We're going to work this out together." Marli nodded giving her friend a warm smile.

"Don't worry Sweetie your secret is safe with me."

Thanks for reading and Reviewing! They really do mean a lot to me, I hope you all enjoyed the eighth chapter and I promise more will be on it's way! :) (Sorry for the incredibly long wait things have been very, very chaotic for me but I'm back. I promise more is to come but until then please read and let me know what you think I'm game for any ideas or thoughts thanks!)