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Trucks Hunks
Melisande's car had stopped just a few blocks over and since the only place that was remotely close was the auto shop, she walked over to see if anybody would be willing to help her. She disliked going into the auto shop not because she always got looked at weirdly since she was a girl, but because of the men. The men there were quite attractive,but even though they were she knew that some were in that rubbish pact.Anyways, Mel walked inside the shop, not even bothering to stop at the desk since it was oddly unoccupied. She walked inside the back where she got the oddest looks. Of course it may have been because she was wearing a pretty girly outfit and didn't really 'blend in' with the stuff around her. Though it wasn't her fault that nobody was at the desk. She quietly lounged against a wall,waiting for somebody to notice that she wasn't going to leave until she got some car help. (view spoiler)
((lol, he's in the pact...))David was situated under a car when the girl, and the only thing that alerted him to her presence was the clicking of her shoes. He knew none of the other guys were going to help this damsel in distress, so though he was covered in grease and shirtless from the heat, he still pushed out from under the car and told someone else to take over, wiping his hands on a rag. He stretched his back and moved over to the girl. "Is there something I can help you with dearie?" he asked her, taking her back out of the garage so the guys would stop staring at her like they had never seen a female before in their lives. It was actually a little sad. She was beautiful though. He had to admit that.
(view spoiler)Melisande watched a male get out from under the car and walk over to her.She stood up straight when he approached her and a small sigh of relief escaped her lips when he was finally in front of her. Then he called her dearie. Dearie? Was he attempting to be kind or was he flirting with her?"Well dearie actually you can. My car broke down a few blocks back and I really don't know what to do with it. So, if it's not much trouble, could you fix it?"Melisande replied at first being quite sarcastic with the dearie remark but as she spoke she slowly got back into being calm and kind. She really didn't mind who fixed her car so long as it was fixed, though she recalled that this male once went to her school. He was graduated, though she believed he went there for one or two years. He was popular with the ladies, since his physique and face were both quite attractive. She could admit that, but she probably wouldn't get mixed up with him.
"Of course, but if you don't want me to call you dearie, you could give me a name you know, mines David," he told her with a lopsided grin, reaching back to grab a tool box. He liked this girl, she had a little spunk, and that made her a real doll in his eyes. He probably shouldn't tell her that, nor call her it. She seemed to be in genuine need of help. "How about this, we can roll your car back here and I can do a full inspection on it and fix it, as well as give you an oil change, on the house?" he offered, business had been good, and the manager did offer big deals to the students so that they would come back as long as they were in the area. It might have something to do with that he did feel a little bad for insulting her, though he called all girls that, except for his sister.
Melisande scoffed slightly before laughing. Was this guy really trying to flirt with her?Hopefully he wasn't part of the pact or she'd have to stop talking to him. The pact in her mind was foolish,stupid, and overall horrid."Melisande. But call me Mel."She said with a smirk. When he offered to fix it on the house, she shook her head."No thank you.I think I want to pay for my things."Melisande replied to the offer. She was way too independent to let anybody pay things for her. She had been working quite often and she could pay it with her own money. She believed it may have been a way for him to flirt with her, maybe not, but either way she wasn't going to leave without paying.
"As you wish, Mel, now why don't you show me where your car is and we can see about getting it here?" he told her, hands up a little defensively. He wasn't trying to flirt with her, he just enjoyed her. What wasn't to enjoy about a pretty, witty girl who needed his help? Hello night in shining armor mode. There was no way he was going to let her pay full price for what he would do, but he wasn't going to tell her that. He would probably just charge her for the inspection, which was on of the cheapest things they did. He figured he could at least get the car started to get it back here, he was good when it came to cars, the whole shop would go down without him. He also had the highest paycheck, one he had been using to help pay for his sisters doctor visits. He wondered if the little french girl he was with now was in it, she didn't seem like the type, and strangely enough, he liked that. He didn't want to think about someone using her, or her having to go through the trouble of raising a baby.
"Fine by me"Melisande replied before walking out the big open entryway on the side of the building. She walked in front of him, seeing that she would have to show him where the actual car was. It wasn't quite far, about five or six blocks down.Mel still had a raised eyebrow because he didn't object to her paying like a normal guy would. She didn't know anything about cars, but if he gave her a cheap price she'd deny the price and give him more. Melisande didn't like to be treated special, she saw herself as an equal. Getting a special treatment was stupid in her mind because that showed that the person getting it couldn't do things on their own. Or at least object like she did.
David smiled, following her, checking her out from the back a little, mostly being shameless about it. Hey, he wasn't trying to take her for a roll in the sack, he honestly was just going to fix her car, probably would forget her after so long, but still. He was a guy, he could look at a girl, he wasn't touching, and he wasn't planning on it, she was beautiful, and he was filthy. No way he was leaving grease smudges all over her like the way they covered him. "So, Mel, what do you like to do in your spare time, other than trying to get handsome guys to fix your car for you?" he teased her, flirting a little, moving to pretty much walk beside her, trying to be halfway decent.
Melisande looked back at him and found that his eyes were wandering in the unwanted places "Hey.If your going to look at me, keep your eyes on my face."She muttered. She didn't really care if she was being looked at, she knew guys were going to do it anyways so it was no use in telling them not to. Though, since they were alone she felt as if she needed to remind him that she was still a lady and she wanted to be respected. Not that he wasn't respecting her. It should have been a compliment, though in her mind it really wasn't. When he teased her slightly, she rolled her eyes "Read, dance, ride my harley. Pretty much anything."She said with a shrug as they neared her black hummer H2.
"A harley? You have a harley? I am so jealous, I have a run down pickup that only works because I know how to fix it and a bicycle. You are so lucky. I've been trying to get my hands on a bike for years. Those things aren't cheap," he told her, shaking his head and running his fingers through his hair, walking with her. He saw the hummer ahead of there and had to pick his jaw up off the ground. "Don't even tell me, this is the car you want me to fix?" he asked, indicating to the hummer they were nearing. There was steam and a little smoke sneaking out from under the hood, so chances were more than good that this was in fact the car she needed him to fix. He was smiling. He never got to work with nice cars. And this was most definitely a nice car. "You are tempting me to do very bad things with this car."
"A have quite a few bikes. The harley is just my favorite."She said with a shrug. She herself had gotten her harley but most of the bikes she had were gifts from past birthdays and christmas'. Lets just say that her parents had a whole lot of money to spend and nothing to spend it on. They tried to spoil her even though she always wanted to pay them back. They were good people with good intentions, though those same good intentions made Melisande sometimes come off as a snobby rich girl. "It quite is the car and if you do anything but fix it you'll get fed to my cat after I have my fair share of picking at your dead body."Her cars were her life and since her parents spent so much money on them she wouldn't let anyone modify them or mess them up.
"Don't worry, dearie, I'm good at what I do," he told her, a lopsided smile thrown over his shoulder as he popped the hood of the car and got a face full of steam. The car may have just over heated, though that was rare in high end cars, they normally had cooling systems, whether they be wrapped or simple cooling rods. He started to carefully poke through things, not moving or misplacing anything, avoiding the red hot parts of the engine. "You over heated. Your cooling system is shot. Before I'm able to do anything, I'm going to have to let her cool down, which will probably take some time, so is there somewhere I can take you in the mean time?" he asked her, thinking he could have the repair done in less than an hour once the thing had cooled. He just didn't feel like burning his hands off for the girl, that wasn't unreasonable, was it? He was perched with one knee on her bumper, being earnest in asking if there was anywhere she needed to be.
(view spoiler)"Again.My name is not dearie. And you better be because I'm serious about feeding you to my cat."She watched him approach the car and do very standard under the hood checks. When he told her she over heated, she sighed. She was sure it would be quite a deal of money to fix a cooling system. Then he asked her if she had to be anywhere. Melisande thought through her schedule that day and recalled she had to be at her dance practice in about a half-hour. Normally she could have just skipped,but seeing that they were practicing big dances she couldn't miss this class. Plus, Demi-plié only gave her class a certain amount of time and a certain amount of days to use the studio so she really needed to be there. "Actually I do need to be at Demi-plié in about a half-hour."Mel replied
"Will you trust be and give me your keys for this and I can give you my keys for my truck? It's not the best car in the world, but it runs. Or I can drop you off and you can call me to pick you up when you're done?" he offered, wishing he could just take one of the nicer cars currently in his car for a little spin and drop her off in an up scale car so she wouldn't have to be embarrassed by his car, but he was leaving it up to her, still poking around under the hood a little, trying to see if there were any other issues that needed to be fixed. He figured to really figure it out he would have to go under, to check that out. He felt kind of bad for the girl, this was mostly just bad luck. Not anything overly serious.
Ana drove towards the auto shop her brother worked at. Their fathers car was having problems again and David was the only person who their father let work on his car. "You'd think he'd ust get a different car" Ana muttered to herself, thinking about all the other times the old car had broke down. After a minute or so, Ana grew tired of the silence in the car and turned on her music loudly. As she got to the shop (Coming from the opposite direction, so she can't see David or Mel) Ana waved happily at the mechanics who turned at the sound of her music.
Melisande sighed softly" I wouldn't like to be much of a bother,plus you probably have work to do besides my car. So I'll just walk."she replied as she took her keys out of her pocket and tossed them over to him.It was true she didn't like to ask much favors of people,especially if she thought that they had more work to do and that they were just trying to be nice. Then Mel heard loud,booming music coming towards them. She cringed slightly as it passed them and headed towards the direction of the shop.
"Seriously, I can drive you there, no problem, just let me go check on my sister first, okay? You shouldn't have to walk across town to go to dance classes, and do you need anything out of the car for classes?" he asked her, he was thinking that if she didn't have any bag with her now, she probably had to get one from her car. He did manage to catch the keys easily, moving back toward the big door of the garage where he saw his sister waiting to have him come over an kiss her forehead and ruffle her hair. What else were big brothers for?
Melisande remembered something in her back seat so she opened her car door which wasn't locked,like always, and she grabbed a small duffel bag with her clothing and shoes.She managed to follow him back to the garage door and saw a girl with dyed tips and brunette,almost black, hair. Then she noticed her stomach. She was... pregnant. Was she in the pact? Melisande stiffened quickly at the sight but slowly regained composure and walked over to them as if everything was okay.
As usual, David went up to his sister with a smile, wrapping her in a one armed hug and ruffling her hair, bypassing the kiss for now since he didn't want to give Mel the wrong impression since he kind of really liked the girl. "Ana, this is Mel I am going to fix her amazing car, and Mel, this is Ana, my sister," he introduced them with a smile. He smiled at Mel, his eyes flicking curiously to his sister, seeing the keys in her hand. "The car again?" he asked her, taking the keys from her, already knowing he would find their dad's old fixer upper in the lot with something falling off it or smoking.
Ana smiled at Mel "Hey" She waved cheerfully "Its nice to meet you" Ana continued, before turning to look at her brother "Yep, you'd think he would just buy a new one already" She joked as she dropped the keys into her brother's hand. Ana turned back to Mel "You go to the highschool right cause I recognize you" Ana questioned, now ignoring her brother to possibly make another friend.
"Oh yes, commence the female bonding, I'll go get the car into it's personal spot in the garage," he said, jogging over to the car and getting it quickly into the back of the garage. He would work on it while he waited for the hummer to cool. Everyone in the garage recognized the car and groaned. Dave went back over to the girls. "Either of you two need a ride anywhere?" he offer, pulling out his truck keys for his sister if no one else.
Mel tried to put on her best smile though knowing that this girl could be in the pact made her queasy. Yes, Melisande knew she had her own...past. Though not with the pact. She also knew that she could have been being a huge hypocrite but the idea of the whole pact made her uneasy. The thought of possibly being used and not being supported was..horrid in her mind. "Hello Ana. It's very nice to meet you. Yes I do go to the high school, though this is my last year."Melisande replied. The girl seemed cheerful, and she had a nice aura to her. When David asked if they needed a ride, Mel turned to look at him "Like I previously said, I can walk.It's not that much of a big deal."
Ana shook her head "No but if Mel needs to go somewhere I can drive her while you work on dad's car" Ana suggested. She was always was willing to lend a helping hand to anyone who needed it.
(view spoiler)"Okay, Ana, take my keys if you need them, if you need a ride, Mel, just hit me up," he scrawled his phone number down and gave it too her. "Now I'm going to work on our scrap metal car, so I can end the day off with your very nice car. If you ladies need anything, you know where I'll be."
(view spoiler)Ana took her brothers keys "Thanks David" She said and gave her brother a quick hug. Ana loved her brother more then anything, she also gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. There was something else I was suposed to remind him about She thought, having a lot of trouble trying to remember Thats it She thought, triumphant "I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and mom is busy. Will you take me" Ana asked, giving David her puppy dog eyes.
Melisande smiled. This guy was quite nice, but she couldn't accept his offer. She slung her bag over her shoulder and walked forward. It wasn't like she couldn't walk in what she was wearing and it wasn't that far. Mel was being independent. As Melisande walked away she heard the girl, Ana, ask her brother to take her to the doctors office. That mention got her a bit uneasy so she walked quicker,happy to be out of the situation. She wanted to know, but she didn't want to be rude and ask her very bluntly.
Ana noticed Melisande walk away "Wait let me give you a ride please?" She asked, not wanting the other girl to have to walk somewhere. Ana jogged to catch up with Mel "If you won't let me drive you, can I at least walk with you?" She questioned, in her mind no one should have to be alone for long especially if there was someone who could be with them.
Mel smiled when Ana came up to her. She turned to look at her"You really don't have to. Seriously I'm fine with walking alone. It's calming to me." She said. It was true, she did like taking long walks alone so that she could think and reflect a bit. The girl was cheery, very cheery. Melisandes heels clicked against the pavement. Many girls would dread walking around town in heels but she had no problem with it. Her mother put her in heels at a young age, and though it may seem wrong she was happy her mother did because it ended up helping her.
"I don't mind walking" Ana replied, listening to the clicking of Melisande's heels "How can you walk in those without falling?" Ana joked, as she could never manage to walk in heels or anything more then running shoes. "If I wore those I would break my neck" She continued.
Melisande smiled when the girl stayed with her. She guessed her hint was too subtle. The girl asked her how she could walk in heels and Mel shrugged" I'm used to it." She said. Of course, Ana shouldn't have been walking in any heels if she was pregnant. Melisande grew uneasy but didn't let it show.
Ana frowned lightly "What's wrong" She asked rather bluntly. It bothers the goth when people pretended to be happy to have her around when truthfully they didn't want her around or something about her buged them. I don't think I've talked to much or maybe I've been to hyper Ana went through everything that could bother someone in her head, while waiting for Melisande's reply.
Melisande put a smile on as if nothing was bothering her mind" Nothing's wrong."She didn't want to upset the girl,Melisande wasn't that type of person. Though her past made her uneasy when near pregnant women. Thought that past was the past and she knew that she wouldn't be sharing that story anytime soon. Only a few close friends and family knew, so they knew all about her uneasiness and understood her.
Ana frowned deeper "Is it cause I'm in the pact" She said the last word quietly, as she didn't like telling others about her part in it. Although it was the only way to justify her having a baby. "If I'm bugging you I can leave" Ana suggested to her, wanting Melisande to be comfortable.
Those words killed Melisande inside.It was confirmed, the girl was in the pact. She was shocked,because she seemed like a nice girl. Mel was sure it was because Ana felt like she could mother a child, but the girl was seventeen! Yes, Melisande shouldn't have even been judging her because she was only a year older than her, and yes she had her past..but it wasn't her fault. Though, she still wouldn't reveal the full story.Not yet. Finally, when she could manage to get a few words out,she spoke. "You're in the what?" Melisande replied in a shocked tone. She still couldn't believe this. Melisande hated how girls let the pact justify their pregnancy. "God.Thats so stupid.Why would you let yourself get used like that?" Mel managed to ask through clenched teeth. If only girls knew how horrid it felt to actually be used, then they may see the light. Maybe they would see how horrid it was.
Ana shrugged "I can't justify my choices, but they were my own and I don't regret them" She answered being rather deep, despite the popular belief that she was uncapable of being even remotely deep. "I've always had a mothers insinct since I was a child and I knew I wanted a child of my own, even if that meant joining the pact" Ana looked forwards as they walked, not daring to look at Melisande as she was nervous of her reaction. "If it bothers you I won't stay" Ana said more to herself then anyone.
"You couldn't have waited until you were older?! You do know that you'll have to drop out of school because taking care of a baby is a full time job?!"Melisande said as she pinched the bridge of her nose.She breathed in and out slowly,trying to calm herself down. This girl didn't know what she was in for. She thought having a baby was all fun and games but when she wouldn't be able to get into college because she didn't complete high school only then will she regret it.
Ana stared at Melisande "You think just because I'm a teenager I can't raise a child" She began, getting angry at the other girl "You don't know a thing about me, so don't be judging me for a choice I made!" Ana hated that so many people looked down upon her for being pregnant. "My parents are glad to help while I'm in school, so I won't have to drop out and I have a brother who cares" Ana finished her rant, angry tears filling her eyes rapidly. No one realized that before she made the choice to get pregnant, she made sure to get all things in place, in Ana's mind it was well thought out.
"Yeah well your parents have jobs too! So does your brother!Are you really willing to let them sacrifice their jobs so that they can take care of a baby?! Isn't that your responsibility?! I may not know a thing about you but I do know many things about being pregnant! How the hell would you like it if you were raped at fourteen and had to deliver a baby so young?! How would you feel if that baby died two years later and you had to move countries because you we're being harassed for being a so called 'slut'!" Melisande said,fuming with anger. She never intended to share that story with anybody but in the heat of the moment everything came out. This girl believed it was so simple. That her parents could take care of everything while she went to school. God. They had lives of their own and they shouldn't be taking care of her baby.
Ana stared at her, her anger gone after hearing what happened to Melisande "My mom wants me to have the baby, she was glad to hear I was pregnant" Ana admitted, despite the fact she had promised her mother she wouldn't share that with anybody. In the back of her mind Ana could see the little coffin, there was something about Mel saying her child died that made her remember about her little sister. "I do know how it feels to lose someone who was so young, my little sister didn't get to take her first steps or see any of us. She was stillborn" Ana shared with her in a normal voice, she had shared this with other people before so it didn't hurt very bad.
Melisande rolled her eyes, a bit of her dark side coming out. She hated when people attempted to sympathize her by giving her their own sob story. This girl still didn't get it. She didn't see how wrong everything could turn out. "Don't try to sympathize me.Your lucky. You didn't see them grow, you didn't have to watch them suffer. The baby didn't come out of you. You know what. Please, just leave me alone."Melisande said as years welled up I her eyes. She hated crying, well at least in front of people.She walked away,not turning back to look at Ana.
Ana closed her eyes and leaned against a wall, she wished she had just stayed at home, but no she had to help her dad. "I'm an idiot" Ana murmered to herself, as she slid down the wall. Despite the fact that everything that Melisande said hurt, Ana blamed herself for the fight and decided that next time she saw the french girl she would apoligize for starting a fight. Finally, Ana stood up wiping away the tears and walked back to the auto shop.
David looked up when he heard his sister come in, wiping off his hands and going over to her when he saw her saw her crying and the absence of Melisande. "What's up?" he asked her softly, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, pulling her into his chest to cry it out before he really tried to get the story from her.
Ana shook her head "Its nothing" She whispered, wiping away the tears yet again. She really didn't want to worry her brother, despite the fact he always seemed to find out one way or another. "I just tripped and lightly twisted my ankle" Ana attempted to lie to himalthough she was never very good at lieing.
"Ana, I know that's not true, what happened?" he asked again, wiping the tears from her cheeks as the flowed again, looking down at her, she was a terrible liar, and he knew her too well, she wouldn't cry over a twisted ankle. "What happened between you and Mel?"
"It was just a little argument and I guess because of the baby I'm a bit emotional" Ana half lied, not wanting to cause any trouble for Mel since the other girl had gone through so much. "I'm okay" Ana leaned against her brother.((Sorry I'm taking so long to post I'm watching Ted with my parents))
((I'm watching do no harm, I understand))"Are you sure?" he asked softly, brushing her hair back from her face. He kissed her forehead, digging out some money. "Take my truck, go get something to eat, then go home, I'll drive the car home tonight, okay?" he told her softly.
Everyone likes someone who can fix a car..