Direct And Linear Relationships

Chapter 10: Tow Truck

Shit.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Shit.

Keep it together Dahyun you got this! It's not the first time something like this has happened before. While Ms. Minatozaki had her head under the hood of my car I took off my sweatshirt and wrapped it around my waist so the sleeves were tied behind my back and the part that made for my body was covering my bulge. She turned around at my rustling and her eyes glanced down to my hoodie.

"Did you get warm all of a sudden?"

"Yup, I get hot easily." as bumps rose on my skin.

Good just keep lying with confidence like that.

I rolled my eyes.

"So what do you think? Can you just jump it?" I asked trying to change the subject.

"Doesn't look like it. I can smell gasoline and saw some black smoke coming out your exhaust when you tried to start it. It's possible your engine is flooded."

No don't say that please.

I placed my hands on my hips and groaned loudly. My tiny fingers ran through my hair and I held them their grasping behind my neck.

"What do I do now?"

Ms. Minatozaki shut the hood and leaned against my car.

"Well I could call a tow truck for you, or I could attempt to fix it and if that doesn't work then..."

"Back to the tow truck." I finished for her.

She smiled and let out a soft chuckle.

"I have to say, I can't imagine you fixing any sort of car."

"Why? Because I'm a woman in heels and a pretty outfit?"

A pretty everything.

"Well if you're such a boss fix my car."

I don't know where this teasing vibe came from but I was enjoying it. It didn't feel strained. It felt right.

She raised an expectant eyebrow at me then stuck out her hand with her palm up.

"Keys."

The way she looked at me right now like I was prey made me twitch. With shaky fingers I dropped my keys into her hand and she walked away from me, opened my door then sat in the drivers seat. I walked to my passenger door and climbed in.

"This method I'm going to show you does not always work, but it's an old school way of doing things and sometimes it does the trick. First you want to hold your foot down on the gas pedal."

"That's what I did! Foot on the gas pedal and the clutch."

"No, you probably had your foot on the clutch as you pumped the gas pedal, I said hold it down with your foot."

I thought back. Yup she's right.

"Next you place your other foot on the clutch..." Ms. Minatozaki teased. "Then you crank."

She turned the key over and it clunked but nothing happened.

"You can do this up to 3-5 times. But keep your foot on the gas pedal, don't let up when you try to turn it over again." she said.

Again she turned it over and it sounded like there was life before it died down again. One more time and with serious struggle my beetle started up again. Ms. Minatozaki looked at me and smiled but as soon as she took her foot off the clutch and gas my car died again.