Bumping Accident | Englot

Chapter 6

Engfa’s POV 

"What?" She looks at me like I'm crazy. 

"You can drive my car to your house, and I can take your car to my mechanic, this way, it wouldn't break down on the way to your house." 

"You want to let me drive your car to my house?" She asks, and I nod. "That's a lot of trust to put in someone you've just recently met." "I guess it is." I shrug. This woman could ask me to give her my whole house, and I would. I don't know there's just something about her. "It would just be easier, and I promise my mechanic is good."

She's quiet for a second, thinking. "It's not that hard to drive it, it might feel a little bit different at first, but the only big difference is the speed." I informed her. "Please, I insist." She slowly nods, still unsure. But I quickly get to work and put everything away so she doesn't second-guess it.

I move to my car with her behind me. "Hey sweetie, you and mommy are going to take my car to your house, would that be fine with you?" I ask Olivia as I'm pausing Frozen. "Yes, yes, can I keep watching Frovzen?" She asks me with this cute pout. "Of course you can, princess, do anything that you want." "Thank you P'Fa, your the best." She says this and puts her arms around me to hug me. My heart literally melts. Kids always have the kindest hearts.

 "Alrighty." I turn towards Charlotte, and she gives me a small smile. I can feel my heart start to beat a little faster. "Come on, go sit down, and adjust your seat." She moves around me, sits down, and brings the seat a little bit backwards  maybe because she’s 2 3inches taller than me, so it makes sense. "So it's like a regular car, right?" She turns around, looking at me. I can tell she's nervous. 

 
"You're going to have fine, cute eyes, plus if anything happens to the car, I wouldn't hold it against you." I say it with a reassuring smile. 

That seemed to calm her down. "Anything I should know about your car." I say it with a chuckle. "No, just take care of her." "Can I have your number?" She turns her head quickly to look at me in shock. 

"So you can send me your address so I can bring your car back." I ramble out quickly. Gosh, I am so not subtle. 

"Umm, sure, yeah, give me your phone." I give her my phone, and she puts in her number, and I send her a text so she can have my number too. 

"Alright, I'll probably bring your car back later tonight, would that be fine?" 
 

"Yeah, perfect. Thank you so much." 

"Don't mention it, you should get going, it's getting dark, and, um, 1... let me know when you get home so I know you made it safely." She nods and steps back, and I quickly look at Olivia before she starts driving. 

"Hey princess, it was really nice meeting you. Be good to your mommy, and hopefully I can see you again soon." I say, and I tickle her, and she starts laughing. 

She gives me a high five and another hug, and I step back and watch my beautiful Porsche leave. I quickly get into her car and go towards my mechanic. 

Thank God the mechanic isn't far away from where we are. Hopefully, he can finish quickly. 

 
It takes me about 15 minutes to get there, and I park and get out. "Hey, Fa, did you get a new car?" "James, how are you? No,  I didn't. This is a friend's car, she got a flat tire." "I'm good and it shouldn't take that long to fix it." He goes to take the keys from me, and right before he does, I just have this urge to do something. 

 
"You know what? Since I'm already here, go ahead and change all 4 and put new ones, and if anything else needs changing, please also do that. Everything's on me." 

He simply nods and grabs the keys. Since I can remember, I've been bringing my car to James, he's the only mechanic I can trust to work on my cars. 

I got outside and sat on the curb to wait. She has a nice car, to be honest. A black 2021 Chevy Blazer. I can appreciate a person who has good taste in cars. 

I take a deep breath and try to gather my thoughts. What's happening to me is that I have never let anyone drive my Porsche, and Charlotte comes along and changes that within the week that we have met. 

Meeting her daughter today was an amazing feeling. I felt so connected to Olivia, and I could tell she felt the same. I need to talk to Tina and see what she thinks. 
 

As I'm sitting and waiting, I hear my phone buzz.

Cute eyes: Hey, I just wanted to let you know we made it home.

Me : I'm glad you guys made it home safely, and I should be on my way to your house in about 30 minutes. 

Before I can put my phone down, it buzzes again, and I look down to see she has sent me her address. I can't help but smile a little bit. 

I wait for about 15 more minutes, and I see James walking out and coming towards me. 

"So I changed the tyres, and the breaks needed to be changed too, so I changed those too, and I put a new spare tyre in the trunk, beside that, everything else is good. 

"Thank you so much. E-mail me the paperwork and stuff, and I'll send you a check." 

 
He nods, "No problem, Engfa, don't mention it, so I'm sorry. I know it's none of my business, but I saw you smiling at your phone, and you never bring anyone else's car in, so I can't help but ask, have you met someone?" He asks with a big smile. 

 
I laugh a little bit. James is like my older brother, he's protective and always has my back. 

"To be honest, I'm not sure. All I know is that she makes my heart feel like it's going to explode whenever she's around." 

"No way, kid, I'm so happy for you, it was about damn time." 

"Well, nothing has happened yet, so I'm not going to get my hopes up." 

"Give it time, and I'm always here for you if you need anything." He says that and goes in to hug me. I hugged him back, and we said our goodbyes. Now I'm on my way to her house. 

I decided to quickly take her car to a car wash, and now I've been on my way to her house for about 20 minutes. It's about 8 p.m. now, and I pass my club, and it looks packed. 

 
Unfortunately, I can't come back and help since I need to get a good night's sleep for tomorrow and get my stuff ready. 

10 minutes later, I arrive at her house and see my Porsche parked outside. I knock three times and wait. A minute later, a woman opens a door, and I don't recognise her. She looks like Charlotte little bit, but I don't know. 

"Hello, I'm here for Ms. Austin." I say and wait. "Oh yes, she's my daughter; who are you if you don't mind me asking?" "I'm a friend of hers, I brought her car back from the mechanic."

"Oh my god, you're the person who helped her out. Thank you so much. Please come in." 

"It's okay, Mrs. Austin, I can just wait for her outside." "Nonsense, please come in." How do you tell an older woman no when she's looking at you with pleading eyes, and how do I always find myself in awkward situations?