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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2010 15:02:04 GMT 2
Nina was having a bad day, from being late to an important meeting with the cast and crew of her latest project, to spilling orange juice down her faviourte white shirt, Alyvia had spent the entire night crying and hadnt settled for the nanny. To top it all of her car was now making funny noises. With a grumble she spotted the sign for a garage and sighed, her gaze flicked in the rearveiw mirror checking to ensure Alyvia was okay, to find her sleeping peacfully, she smiled, signalled and headed into the garage.
She pulled the Yellow 2007 Dodge Charger to a stop and killed the engine, gaze wandering around to see if she could see anyone to help her. Alyvia chose that moment to start crying, with an annoyed sigh and quick movments she had her daughter in her arms rocking her softly while heading over to the only man who looked like he worked there.
"Hey would there be a chance for you to look at my car"She questioned.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2010 17:03:57 GMT 2
Rome looked up from the engine block he was working on to see a beautiful woman with a fussy baby standing near the entrance of the garage. He stood quickly, wiping his hands on the rage in his pocket before stepping forward.
"I might be able to," he said with a smile. What's wrong with it to you?" He always liked to know what the customer heard or felt, because that sometimes helped him find something else wrong beyond the obvious. He followed her out to her car, a beautiful Charger, late model but still good, and popped the hood.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2010 17:40:22 GMT 2
Nina shifted her daughter in her arms, soothing her while she followed him backwards towards her car. "She's feeling a little sluggish"She stated with a small smile, she dropped a kiss to her daughters forhead. "Im not sure if the gasket's on the way out or mayybe the plugs"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2010 20:56:08 GMT 2
"Well, let me take a look; if you want, in the office there's a couch. I'll come get you when I'm done looking. Little as she is, I bet she ain't light." The baby was cute, but very fussy, and he wouldn't want to stand around while someone looked at his car either. Okay, well, he would, but only to make sure they were doing their job.
He looked under the hood and noticed that one of the belts was fraying, and a gasket was, indeed, on its way out.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2010 21:01:16 GMT 2
Nina smiled nodding her head "Thanks"She stated with a smile. "Could you give her a once over, iv not got the time to do it myself"She threw him another look before heading towards the office where she dropped down, gently cradling her daughter to her side, rocking her gently untill she fell to sleep.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 2:05:54 GMT 2
Rome nodded and smiled as she walked away, unconsciously watching her ass as she went, before turning back to the car and starting the inspection process. About 30 minutes later, he was done with the physical inspection, and was just waiting on the fuse tests to finish, so he stepped into the office, noticing that she had settled on the couch as he'd suggested. The baby looked nearly asleep so he very quietly pulled a soda out of the fridge and held it up in invitation.
His chips were still on the desk, but they were too loud to eat at the moment, so he just settled into the chair with a soft sigh, waiting to hear the faint beeps from the equipment.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 8:06:52 GMT 2
Nina smiled as she watched him offer her a soda, with a small nod of her head she gratefuly accepted it. She had learned long ago how to manage things with one hand, thankfully Alyvia didnt open her eyes when she opend the can. With a sigh she took a small sip before flicking her dark gaze over to the man in front of her.
"Nina"SHe offered him with a smile, after all he had all but saved her, he could at least know her name. "Whats wrong with my baby"She questioned gesturing to the car sat outside, she was mentally cursing herself for not taking a look herself earlier but the last week had been just one busy moment aftrer the next.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 8:29:29 GMT 2
"I'll know all of it when my tests finish," he murmured. "I'm Roman. Just call me Rome." He took another sip of the soda and almost spilled it when the phone rang.
"Bar Bros. Garage, This is Roman." The person on the other end was the owner of the engine he had been working on. "Sir, I have to rebuild the block; should take me until Friday, then it'll be ready to go back in. Saturday pickup? Thanks, you too, bye." He hung up, lamenting the fact that there wasn't an assistant. He then heard the beeping from the tests.
He stood and checked them: a few of her fuses needed replacing, which added to the frayed belt and dying gasket. She also need new brake pads and shoes. When he told her, he added, "all general maintenance stuff that we do for cheap here." It was true; the majority of people that came through had the same types of problems, which were cheapish parts and quick fixes, so the discount was a bit more than say, a new engine block.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 8:32:57 GMT 2
Nina nodded her head smiling "Okay how much"She questioned with a raised brow as she looked up at him, if he needed to keep her car, which she was sure he would she was going to have to talk to her PA and get her to come grab her, another major hassle she didnt need in her busy schedule today.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 8:42:48 GMT 2
"$500 all up," he said after looking at the price list on the computer. The parts might have been cheapish, but they still weren't THAT cheap, and if he tried to give more of a discount, she might notice; He'd already dropped it by $75. "You got someone that can come get you?" He was tempted to offer her the Monte Carlo, but he didn't know if she'd accept it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 8:46:26 GMT 2
Nina smiled looking over at him with a raised brow but simply shrugged her shoulders "Ill go write a check, you do take checks right" She questioned because some people did and others didnt. Her dark gaze sparkled aas she pulled out her phone, as long as her PA was in a good mood they'd be fine.
"Er yea, my PA can come grab me, and ill go grab my other car"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 8:56:55 GMT 2
"We accept checks, yeah, but it's another $25 for the checks," he said. That was the only fee he absolutely couldn't waive, due to their agreement with the bank, but the fact that she was so up-front about getting her other car made him think that the $25 would not really be a loss. Besides, she'd get it back. "The extra goes back to your account once the check clears, but the bank is evil."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 9:04:36 GMT 2
Nina laughed nodding her head "That it is"She stated, she walked slowly back to her car, leaning into place Alyvia back into her car seat, glad when she didnt wake, leaning in the front she grabbed her bag, taking out her check book she quickly wrote the check.
"Thanks for sorting her out"She stated, before going about unfastening the car seat and pulling it from the car. "How long till shes done"SHe questioned shooting him a small smile and look while she text her PA.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 9:06:37 GMT 2
"Well, as you heard, that guy destroyed his entire engine block... so... Thursday?" he said as he took the check and put it into the pocket of his coveralls, which, as per usual, were not exactly being worn correctly, and he leaned against the garage doorway, watching her daughter sleep. The baby was beautiful, and unknown to anyone but Jack and Brian (and he would deny it to any other man til his dying day), he had a real soft spot for kids. And the fact that this woman was a working mom, and had mentioned no husband or boyfriend, broke his heart.
However, he knew better than to say anything about that; she would probably get offended and think he was a mysoginist. That would not go over well with Mia, who was just about ready to pop, and had demanded that he be on call if she needed food. Thankfully, she hadn't called yet that day, meaning he could actually get some work done (and eat his OWN food).
"How long til your ride gets here?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 9:19:06 GMT 2
Nina quickly thought through her the work schedule, before slowly nodding her head "It would have to be early"SHe stated as she looked over at him "Would that be okay" She questioned just as her PA drove up, obviously she had been closer then she realized, a second or so later her two toned, blue and purple Nissan Skylien pulled up.
"Apparently they were closer then i thought" And it also ment someone had been out driving her cars again, when would they learn. SHe laughed to herself shaking her head in mild annoyance.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 9:26:19 GMT 2
"Should be," he said, thinking in his head of how he would work it out; with Brian gone, he might just have to burn both ends, but he'd do it. He whistled at the Skyline that drove up; it made him miss his Spyder, even though the thing had been wired. He walked around the car, admiring its simple line and the paint scheme.
"Damn it makes me miss my old car," he said lowly, glancing apologetically at Cherry and his Skyline, the one that Brian had refused to take back after he 'fixed' it. This just reminded him of when it was him and Brian against the world, and how much better life had seemed then, even though it was nearly perfect now (except for having to watch over his shoulder).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 10:13:07 GMT 2
Nina smiled "Beaut aint she"She stated allowing her PA to take Ayvia from her and get her situated in the Skyline. She eyed the man who stepped from it and laughed as she watched her co director and producer step from the car.
"You getting a feel for the new movie already"She questioned with a raised brow shaking her head. He had been agasint her produceing a movie about street racing right from the get go, but apparently the more she pushed the more he seemed to like the idea, him taking her most prized possesion out just proved it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 15:06:03 GMT 2
"New movie?" He asked curiously, secretly really curious about the man, but he didn't have any right to ask. Judging by the car, it must have had something to do with at least import cars, and that was an idea he could get behind.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 16:31:21 GMT 2
Nina twisted around with a smile over at Rome. "Yea, im writing and directing a movie about the race scene"SHe stated with a smile, her co producer jsut smiled, handed her, her keys and then took of with her PA. With a smile she folded her arms over her chest, eying him with curiosty.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2010 16:33:07 GMT 2
"Racing, huh? You ever actually ever been to a race? Or in one?" This woman, despite her cars, did not look like the racing type, so he was skeptical as to how realistic she could actually be.
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