"Holy shit Ellis, she looks great" Nick grinned, looking at the repair job his boyfriend had done on the car.

Ellis smiled. "I know right? Came out lookin' good. And also Dave found out the person who hit your car. They brought their car here today. I'd say yours came out on top."

Dave walked over. "Hey man, mus' be Nick" he extended his hand.

Nick looked at the grease stains and just smiled. How could he not expect that? He shook Dave's hand.

Sally had insisted on taking Nick for coffee while Ellis worked on the car. "I don't want you distractin' my baby while he's workin', got it?"

Keith walked over to Ellis. "So, the two o' you are really datin'?"

"Yep. But don't worry none, I'll still hang out with the two o' you."

"He is gon' ditch us" Dave joked. He looked at Nick, smiling. "Ain't you glad Ellis walks both sides o' the street?"

Ellis blushed and buried his face in his hand. "Oh god no Dave, don't start that shit."

"Jus' the truth!" he insisted.

He shook his head. "Well, anyway, your car is done Nick" he walked over to Nick.

"Hell, I am so happy. Thank you so much El." He hugged the mechanic.

Keith grimaced and Dave just watched, eyebrow raised at Keith's expression.

"He is still better looking than that girl you dated a few years back" Dave grinned, elbowing him.

"Fuck off Dave." He walked over to the car that had crashed into Nick's and started looking at the damage.

"By the way I told 'em that I was gonna inform you 'bout 'em" he said, looking at Nick. "You can choose if you wanna go through your insurance. They will be back in under an hour."

"How did you know it was them?" Nick asked.

"Well, funny you ask. They said that car looked familiar, an' when I pried a bit they admitted it was them who'd crashed into it."

"Dave is great at that" Ellis smiled. "Gettin' information outta people that is."

"Is that how he found out that we were dating?"

"Yep. Got it outta me."

"Keith started it" Dave said, defensively. "He said that you two were participatin' in 'sleepovers' whatever that s'posed to mean" he narrowed his eyes at Nick.

"Why the fuck do your friends not trust me?"

"Dave trusts you, don't you Dave?" Ellis smiled.

"Sure I do. A friend o' Ellis' is a friend o' mine. Why the fuck do you think I hang 'round Keith?" he joked.

"I heard that Dave!" Keith called out.

"You were s'posed to!" Dave shrugged. "Anyway, take real good care o' El, or you'll be sorry."

"See Ellis?" Nick pointed out. "He doesn't trust me."

"He will. He probably knows how shady you are" he chuckled.

"Whatever El."

"Don't worry, I love you" Ellis blushed realising he had just spouted the 'I love you' phrase. "Ah, don't say nothin'."

Dave frowned. "What in the hell El?"

Nick leaned over. "Me too" he smiled and kissed Ellis' cheek.

Ellis blushed. "You think I could take a ride in your car now?"

Nick passed him the keys. "You drive it."

Ellis eyes lit up like a kid at Christmas. "Serious?"

"Of course I am."

Ellis wasted no time at all jumping into the car and driving out of the garage.

Dave smiled. "Y'know, I think you're the one he was waiting for." He walked over to Keith.

Nick smiled. He hopped he could be, no, would be the best person for Ellis.

Ellis came back, grinning. "That's it Nick, you're gonna have to take the truck."

"You can have the Thunderbird on weekends" he decided.

"I'm cool with that."

"Here they come" said Dave, looking at Nick. "These here are the people."

Nick nodded. He knew what he was gonna say. The words he wanted to say had changed many times over the last few days, but now he had the exact words to say.

The man looked at him and bit his lip. "Guessin' you own the Ford?"

"Yeah, I do. Listen-"

"My wife and I have been talkin' an' since it was decidedly coward of us to drive off, we are gonna pay for it straight out. Right now."

Nick was shocked. He was had been planning on telling them not to even worry about it. "Wait, what?"

They looked at Ellis. "Where can we pay for this gentleman repairs?"

"Jus' in this here office."

Nick looked at Keith and Dave who looked at surprised as each other. Nick quickly turned and walked up to the office. "Excuse me, you don't have to-"

"It will be easier than getting insurance in the mix" said the wife. Her husband seemed to move faster and quickly process the card payment.

Nick sighed.

Ellis looked at him, then back at the couple. "Well, here is your receipt. Thank you an' have a nice day."

"Thanks" the husband said. He looked at Nick. "And again my apologies."

"Its fine man, you shouldn't have paid."

"Don't worry about it." They walked down to Dave and Keith to discuss their car.

Nick sat down and pulled Ellis onto his lap. "That was just… I feel bad."

"Never thought you'd be one to feel bad."

"Guess shit gets different as you age" he sighed.

Ellis smiled. "Well, thanks again for letting me ride in your car, that was real good fun."

"I can think of something else that's fun to do in cars too" Nick mused.

Ellis eyes widened. "Do you mean-?"

Nick smirked.

"Day-um Nick."

"Maybe another time."

Ellis just laughed. "Maybe."