Two Roses

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕱𝖎𝖛𝖊

Carlos came stumbling into his room around 11:30 his hands and legs sore as Blakely insisted, he help her with another bike so he could have a 'useful skill'. Though it mostly consisted of her referring to Evie and Mal as the gorgeous princess and the beautiful fairy as they worked and Carlos almost taking his fingers off several times. "Whoa are you okay?" Jay asked. His eyes trailed down to Carlos's knees which were all scratched up. "Did you fall or something?"

"No Blakely insisted I help her fix up another motorcycle, so I was on my knees for a half hour before she realized I was wearing shorts."

"How did she miss that?"

"In her words, 'Fletcher Fiztherbert usually helps me and he's always weaning jeans, I nearly forgot you weren't Fletcher,'" He deadpanned.

Jay shrugged, "means she's comfortable, easier to pull the wool over their eyes if they're comfortable." He stood up stretching, "I'm gonna go steal that motorcycle."

"Where are you gonna put it!?" Carlos was ignored.

Blakely was not comfortable; she was trying to be though as she wheeled the motorcycle into her garage at the castle. It was her own personal one where she kept all her secret projects. No one used it so no one saw them. This way her parents couldn't tell her that working on cars wasn't lady-like.

She waited outside for about a half hour before she saw Jay sneaking up to the door, "looking for something?" She knew Carlos would tell him about the bike and after she saw him playing with her missing hood ornament today, she figured he had some pretty sticky fingers. 

He jumped, "Oh hey Blakely," He tried to put on the charm.

"Yeah, that doesn't work on me. I read your file, saw you with my hood ornament and I knew Carlos would tell you and you'd come around." She took the keys out of her pocket and dangled them in front of him. "You can use the bike on one condition," he tilted his head and raised an eyebrow. "You let me teach you how to ride."

He was concerned, "that's it? No strings?"

"Nope the only string is me not wanting you to accidentally kill yourself."

It took a few seconds for him to react, he had never had anyone give him anything in exchange for his safety. His own father in fact made him sleep on a rug under the strained wooden shelves of TV's in his shop. "Deal," he agreed, taking the keys from her grasp.

"I'll teach you tomorrow, right now I'm gonna go see if Raine is done with the gorgeous princess and the beautiful fairy yet."

She stretched her hands above her head and yawned, "they are. I saw her leave the room about an hour ago, I was going to talk to the girls," Jay said looked excitedly at the motorcycle. 

"Awesome, I need her to take off this make up."

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Blakely walked back into her dorm and saw Evie and Raine laughing by the blonde's desk. "Hey, you're back," Raines' soft turned voice flowed.

"Yeah, cause it's like midnight and we have class tomorrow," She said pointing to the clock on the wall.

"O-oh towers!" Raine stammered as she stifled a yawn.

Evie chuckled nervously, "we must have lost track of time."

Blakely shook her head fondly and took off her coat and boots, "yeah. Can you take off my make-up so I can get some sleep?"

Before Raine could answer her phone alarm went off, "shoot those are the muffins I made."

"Wow you must be really tired; you only bake in a sleepy haze. You only bake well, I mean."