Mechanic girl

Chapter 5 : You did what?!

"You're one of those",he says smirking and my fist meets his face.

I woke up sweating. I was breathing like I just came from a running marathon. I looked at the clock and it showed me 7:40 A.M.
Ugh, I let my body  fall back on the mattress. Fuck you Luke. You opened some wounds and it hurts like hell.

"You know nothing"
"You should move out of this high school"
"She offered her body for be in this class"

I knocked out my thoughts and I began to cry. Why can't I do what I love? Why am I judged?
I tried to stop myself from crying. Slowly I took small and deep breaths. I did this for a couple of times until I actually stopped.
I got up from the bed making my way to the bathroom. After a shower and the usual routine, I changed into a black jumpsuit and I put on my black sneakers from Adidas, I took my little backpack and my phone and I went downstairs to the kitchen.
There was a May that was radiating happiness. Probably Damien did this.

"Morning", I say.
"Morning. What's with you today? You don't look too well", she says. I hate sometimes when she's right. She knows me way too well.
"I'm fine. Just don't remind me", I say.
"It's him, doesn't ?"
"Fuck Luke from my bottom of my heart", I snap.
"What did he do now?", May says.
"Making myself so angry that I punched him", I say and I start to make myself coffee.
"Wait you did what?"
"I fucking punched Luke, Maya. That's what I did", I say.
"Jesus, you two don't get along"
"Yeah, you can say that twice", I say and I take a small sip from my coffee.

What are you waiting for?

My phone started to ring making me  come back to reality. I grabbed it from the counter table and I see that John is calling me.

"Hey Alexis. How's going with the garage ?"
"Hey John. It's going great. Yesterday I had the first client"
"I'm happy for you. I see that I make a good choice letting you in charge. I just wanted to check up on you. Good luck with the cars"
"Thank you. Have a good day!"
"You too Alexis!", and the line went dead.

At Luke's place

The sun made its way through the curtains waking me up. Perfect moment to wake me up. Note my sarcasm. I don't know if I have at least 2 hours of sleep.
The whole night I was thinking about the fight with Alexis. And I didn't want to, but it just kept appearing in my mind. I was running my fingers on the place where I had been punched. Ouch! Fuck! It still hurts. Not so bad, but it still does. Damn, this girl knows how to hit. Oh well, I have no time to think about this now. I got up and I went to the bathroom where I did a quick shower and the morning routine. Then I changed into black ripped jeans and a black t-shirt, and I put my Nike sneakers on and I made my way downstairs to the kitchen.

"Morning", I say to Damien who was enjoying his coffee. Probably the others were still asleep.
"Morning", he says in a worried voice.
"What's wrong man?"
"I just got a call and we have a month until the race"
"What ? I knew that we have 2 months, not one"
"So did I, but now the plans have changed. You know what this means"

And I wish I didn't know, but unfortunately I do.

"Yeah, I do", I say.
"What car you'll drive at the race?"
"The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, why?"
"It's not the same Challenger you had problems with a few months ago?"
"Yeah, that's it. But now I'm taking it  to a mechanic, don't I?
"Oh boy, I hope you'll be nice to her. At least try. Just for the damn race"

He's right though. I have to try, even if I don't like it. Or I just can pretend to be nice.

At the garage

"Thank you so much Alexis", Mike said.
"You don't have to Mike, that's my job. Whenever you have a problem, just come here. I will be glad to help you", I say with a sincere smile.
"You're the best Alexis. I got to go. Thank you again", Mike says and he leaves.
He was the first client.
"You do make people happy, by fixing their cars", May says.
"I'm trying my best", I say as I clean some screwdrivers.

Few minutes later, I hear an engine. It doesn't sounds familiar. I turn around and I see a black Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. Jesus! That car looks so hot!
When the driver gets out of the car, my face fells down. Luke drives it. Then Damien gets out, and 2 more guys which I don't know.
Oh boy! Here we go.

"Hey, Alexis!", Damien salutes me. I think he's the nicest of them all.
"Hey Damien", I say. He goes to May and he kisses her. Oh well, that went from 0 to 100 real quick.
"So this is the famous Alexis?", a boy with blue eyes like the ocean says. He has curly hair and it suits him so well. "I'm Elijah"
"Nice to meet you Elijah"
"My name's Ryan. Nice to meet you",says the other guy. He's good looking too. They seem so nice.
"Pleasure is mine", I say with a shy smile.
"By the way, good punch to Luke", Elijah says and I laugh slightly.

"Guys, I'm over here", Luke says. I roll my eyes at his voice.
"Stop fucking rolling your eyes. You look after your brain or what?"
"Unless like you, I found it", I say and I gain small laughs from his friends.
His expression changes.
"Now tell me what are you doing here with that SRT Demon?", I ask. He didn't expect me to know what car he drives. I smirk as an answer.

"Guys,leave us alone", Luke says and in few seconds we are alone. I start to hate these moments when we're alone. "Now let's talk about business", he smirks. And I swear that scared me.
"I'm listening", I say trying not to look scared.
"Well, since you're so good at cars-", he says moving around me, "-modify my car", he continues. My eyes widened at his words who left his mouth. I've never modified a car before. But I can't let him know that.
"Why?", I ask with confidence.
"Because I want to", he says in my ear sending shivers down my spine.
"I won't do that until you tell me the real reason", I add.
"You have a month to finish. Good luck Alexis", he says looking into my eyes and smirking. I swear I will slap him one day because of that smirk. He leaves me with his car here. The car's keys were standing on the table next to my backpack.

"What was that?", May asks me.
"I don't know"

Well, I'm fucked.