aftershocks

Familiarization

The light of the sun peeked through the window of my L.A apartment or at least what I thought was my 10th floor apartment I was still trying to figure out where I was when I felt the slightest bit of movement against my chest I looked down to see the green hair and angular face of Ela bosak suddenly everything came rushing back, last night went from a foggy memory to a sharp crystal clear image in my mind, my head came up slowly as to not wake Ela as she seemed to be sleeping peacefully against my chest I looked around as best I could from that position I saw a giant bay window in front of me looking out on the coast of california from the scenery I guessed I was in Malibu the side table right behind Ela had four things on it my watch, keys, phone and my M1911A1 pistol and my watch read 8:13AM I felt Ela stir against my chest I looked down to see her open her piercing ice blue eyes staring into my face then she put a hand behind my head and brought me in for a kiss that lasted about 3 seconds too long "morning kochanie have a good sleep?" she intoned in her melodic slightly lilting voice probably the aftershocks of last night I thought as she pushes the covers off of her body and to my relief she was wearing pink panties and a black lace bra "yeah I guess I did" I grumbled before pulling on a shirt and heading downstairs to the kitchen while Ela went to take a shower in the kitchen shockingly pun totally intended stood Twitch wearing black sweatpants and a Star Wars rebels tank top making breakfast I could already smell the bacon that was sizzling in the pan, on the island behind her was a griddle which she was currently flipping pancakes on. I sat at the island and Twitch looked up at me and gave me a smile and said "morning mónami how was your sleep"? In her sweet french accented voice "it was ... alright" I replied as she placed a cup of coffee in front of me " I made it just the way you like very sucrèe" she said "merci" I replied taking a sip of the coffee true to what Twitch said it was very sweet, I heard footsteps behind me and I turned to see Ela coming down the stairs wearing a grey tank top and a pair of my shorts " where did you get those"? I asked " you started leaving your stuff around my house you left these here a couple of weeks ago" she replied, her voice a bit more stable apparently she had recovered a tiny bit more. I looked at her confused "what are you talking about Ela? I don't remember leaving anything at your place" "oh but you did, after you left after our first date I found your watch sitting on my bedside table" ''I was wondering where that went" I said as I took another sip of coffee then I looked around and saw the remnants of last nights outfit a brown leather jacket, a pair of pirate black adidas yeezy boost 350s and my holster which was sitting on the coffee table. "You starting to remember last night babe"? Ela asked I turned around to look at her and she had her head cocked to the side "honey from the moment I saw you sleeping with me I remembered last night" I replied chuckling slightly then I took another sip of coffee "Where is my car"? I asked Ela "oh the Mustang? its outside next to my AMG GTR and Twitches Camaro" Ela looked at me confused " I thought you knew where you parked your car"? "Apparently I do not remember where I parked my Mustang and Ela I didn't know you where a car person" I commented "I'm not really a car person but I do admire the beauty of some of the more streamlined and flowing cars and I'm a decent mechanic" This really shocked me, I had been dating Ela fro more than two months and I still didn't know everything about her. "Breakfast is ready" Twitch announced I turned around to see that she had three steaming plates of pancakes, bacon, sausages and eggs "bon appetite mónami" Twitch said as she placed a plate in front of me she sat down across from me as Ela sat down next to me and we started eating after a little bit of silence I spoke up "so I'm going down to my shop later on today to grab my charger and go the caffe either of you want to come with me? Ela I'd love to introduce you to my crew" " I don't know Atley I kinda want to keep this a secret for a bit longer because you being special forces and me being part of rainbow" I nodded my head and continued to eat "if you want Atley I will come with you in my Camaro" Twitch said "yeah that would be nice of you the crew would like to see a new face" as I said this I got up "I'm going to take a shower and get ready" "I will meet you outside" Twitch said. 10 minutes later I was showered and dressed I slipped on my jacket as Ela came up to me and pressed my keys into my hand " might want these" she said I wrapped her in a hug and she kissed me " don't drive like you normally do Atley, I want you back intact tonight," she said in her melodic tone "don't worry about me worry about Twitch the crew is a bit touchy with new people and Twitch is from a different country so" there was a worried note in my voice "yeah like I should worry about someone that actually can drive normally and not at full throttle" she teased I kissed her again then I opened the door "see you tonight Ela don't worry I will be careful" she closed the door behind me and I walked over to my GT500 and unlocked it "so Twitch you ready to meet the crew"? I asked as she climbed into her Camaro which was painted a Deep navy blue with white pinstriping "no but because of how much you've talked them up they sound like really nice people" she replied " yeah toward me but I grew up with them and we're really close since I had no parents I spent most of my time at Amara's shop she's basically a sister to me" Twitch started her Camaro the sound of the supercharged V8 filled the air soon the wail of the roush supercharger on my Mustang could be heard " lets roll" I said to Twitch and I pulled off Twitch right on my tail. We arrived at my shop and I opened the shop door and pulled inside I parked next to my charger then I shut off the engine and exited the car shutting and locking the door Twitch pulled in next to my Mustang she got out and asked me "why do you need to grab your Charger when you already had your Mustang"?. "It's because I told my crew about a new project car and I promised to show them when it was done and it's a beautiful car to keep it squirreled away in my shop no"? I replied as I hung up the Mustang keys and grabbed the keys for the Charger I descended the stairs from the upstairs office "plus it's something different from my Mustang that I usually take to the cafe" I climbed into the Charger and Twitch climbed into her Camaro soon the sound of a supercharged 5.7liter hemi mixed with the sound of Twitchs Camaro and I closed and locked the shop then I led Twitch to the shift lock cafe where I pulled in to the end of a line of high performance cars and Twitch pulled in next to me. In the lineup there were a variety of different cars as usual directly to my right was a metallic lime green 2016 Aventador "who's car is that"? Twitch asked sounding a bit confused "what the Aventador in lime? That's Mickey's car he's always been super rich but surprisingly even though he owns one of the fastest cars here he never boasts about it and never talks down to us and he's not an asshole" I explained as I opened the door for her "thanks" she says as I came in after her letting the door swing shut behind me we are overwhelmed by the smell of coffee, eggs and bacon I saw that our normal booth is already almost full of people and I pulled up a chair to the table Twitch sits next to me "hey Atley how's it going?" James asks as he takes a sip of his irish coffee "it's going great" I reply and I accept the cup of coffee the waitress gives me "whos that"? Colby ask's after Twitch has settled into her seat and taken a cup of coffe from the waitress "this is Twitch one of the people I work with" I answered not giving the full truth beacause how I met Twitch amd Ela was highly classified by six and her stupid fucking protocol "so is this your girlfriend"? Amara Asked teasingly "no, but a friend of my girlfriend" I replied and Twitch elbowed me in the ribs "be careful" Twitch growls into my ear "jesus okay Twitch calm down" I whisper back "So I have the new project car here with me after we're done catching up want to check it out and then cruise along the coast? Twitch here owns a really nice 2015 Camaro SS In navy blue" "sure that sounds like a good idea right?" Jake says the rest of the table agrees with him "Twitch you own a Camaro"? Amara asked "yeah I do it has enough horsepower to get the job done but I made the mistake of letting this one play around with my engine" Twitch replies in a somewhat annoyed voice hooking a thumb toward me I looked over at her a hurt look on my face "I'm wounded Twitch actually wounded" she could tell I was only joking "yeah I know what he can do to an engine with the perfect budget you should see the BMW M5 I was working on when I came back from vacation the engine had over 700 horsepower and the car was painted a very garish silver and lime green" she sounded disgusted like I had ruined her build "hey I thought that paint job was very nice and what did I do wrong with the engine"? I replied I knew I had majorly fucked up her build but it was fun winding Amara up and seeing her reaction "Atley I was building a prowler for car cruises not a monster of a drift build" "yeah but it was fun drifting that thing right"? I said with a huge smile on my face "your enjoying this aren't you"? Mickey asked "oh totally it's so fun seeing her all worked up" I replied laughing "I think we should check out his project then get going" Colby interjected "yeah that's a good idea before we have to keep Amara from killing Atley" Jake said as I got up and headed for the door chuckling to myself as we exited the cafe everyone whistled as they saw the flat black silver flaked 1967 Charger R/T With a hole in the hood to allow the chrome scoop to come through "damn Atley you've been keeping this from us this entire time"? Mickey asked bending down to inspect the carbon fiber rims "yeah Atley I thought you had bad taste after what you did to my M5" Amara commented "even though I don't know much about muscle cars this is nice" colby said "yeah I have to agree with colby there" Jake said walking around the car "come on Twitch I want to check out your Camaro" Amara said grabbing Twitch's arm "lets let the men salivate over old tech lets see what you have in your Camaro" about 6 minutes later we all were standing around Colby who had his tablet open and was planning a route for us to cruise on, once we had a route planned out we all got in our cars and lined up with me in front and Mickey out back with Twitch right behind me and Amara behind her with Jake and Colby behind Amara, in our line up we had a Charger, Camaro, BMW M5 , Honda S2000, Subaru BRZ and a Lamborghini Aventador as soon as I pulled away everyone followed close behind. we probably looked really interesting to the news helicopter that was flying overhead all of our high performance cars in our ludicrously bright paint jobs and really loud engines we wound our way back to my shop and I changed cars, me and Twitch said our goodbyes before we headed back to Ela's house as I roared down the highway I was thinking about a new idea for a new bodykit for the camaro I pulled into Ela's driveway I saw that she had the garage door open and was working on her AMG GTR she had the hood open, I pulled into the open garage space next to Ela's AMG. Ela looked up from wrenching on the AMG's custom twin turbo V8 OHV I shut off my Mustangs engine I stepped out of the Mustang and Ela ran up to me and wrapped in a hug and I kissed her "how was your meeting with the crew"? She asked as Twitch pulled in behind my mustang and shut off her camaro "it was good" I replied, "What are you doing to the AMG"? I asked in return "I'm changing the turbo fans to new performance turbo fans because the old ones had started to warp with the amount of heat that the turbos produce I also ordered covers for air intakes on the nose of the car" Ela replied "so you are already going at it with him as soon as he got back?" Twitch added accusingly "yeah I am but it's fun because he actually knows what I'm talking about unlike some people" Ela replies giving Twitch a playfully harsh look " hey I know more about electrical mechanics than you two combined, so Atley your FD M6 wouldn't have that professional switch starter system" Twitch responded "yeah I know Ela's just messing with you" I replied smiling I turned to my toolbox and stripped off my jacket and shirt and pulled on a black ford performance T-shirt and got to work, I pulled the hood pins on the hood of my mustang and propped it up, I removed the cross bracing over the engine, then I started checking the supercharger I grabbed a wrench and I unbolted the supercharger cover I pulled out the screw from the supercharger and I checked the rest of the case It seemed to be in fine condition I cleaned the entire inside of the supercharger and put new oil in and I then replaced the screw of the supercharger then the supercharger case then the supercharger belt next I crawled under the car and drained the oil because I was for some reason still running the race oil from my last track day I collected it all in an old oil bottle I capped the oil pan and went back to the engine bay and poured in new castrol edge oil finally I replaced the cross bracing on top of the engine then I closed the hood and I replaced the hood pins I looked up from my work to see that Ela was cutting holes in the front bumper of her AMG I walked over and grabbed the other circle grinder and started cutting the second vent for Ela. after that was done both of us retreated inside and Twitch had made dinner which was a peruvean chili with cheddar on top and for desert she baked croissants with chocolate filling after dinner we went to the living room to watch a movie I sat down in my favorite spot and Ela laid down next to me and put her head in my lap I looked up from staring into Ela's eyes to see Twitch flipping through the action movie section of netflix she settled on FURY about halfway through the movie Ela fell asleep and 20 minutes later she woke up stretched and yawned "somones tired" I said looking down into her face "no I can stay up all night" she replied her eyes half lidded "no I can tell your tired" then I put my arm underneath her knees and behind her neck and picked her up bridal style and carried her off to bed "have fun you two" Twitch yelled after us "shut up Twitch" I yelled back. It was a little hard to open our bedroom door with her in my arms but I managed to get it open I entered the room and set Ela down on the bed then I stripped and put on a pair of shorts by the time I was done Ela was already in bed watching Russianbagder I climbed into bed next to her and she moved so I could watch with her she fell asleep against me and I turned her tablet off and put it on her nightstand then I spooned her and I fell asleep with Ela in my arms.