"sorry about that Max just loves people." Mira said as she held back her laughter. "I'll see you then I guess." she walked away down the street with max walking right at her side

Brian finished his current project before he grabbed the keys to Miras car and drove it inside.
Roaming through the storage area he found else everything he needed and called a friend for one part that was missing.
He turned up the stereo and then started taking the front tire off whistling along.

Mira left the gargage tring to figure out how she was gonna kill a few hours. She couldn't race with out her car so that was out so was taking her motorcycle out. Hopefully Brian coul get it fixed before her dad asked where the car was.

Just when it was closing time Brian let the lift with the Charger down. One at a time he had loosened the bolts, drilled through the bushings to remove them, cleaned and painted the arm hole and waited a little too long to let it dry. So he very little time to insert the actuall new arms. It had taken a hell of a lot of fiddling, cursing, scraping skin of his knuckles and actually calling Diablo for help to speed things up but when the clock said 6.30 pm the car had brand new control arm bushings.

When Mira returned Brian handed her the keys and stated.
"You should have better controll now. Maybe you should think about replacing those tires. They are worn down pretty unevenly."

Mira inspected the work "I would love to but that's more money that I don't have." she told him as she handed him the 600 for the control arm. Maybe now she could win some races to pay to fix the rest of the charger.

Brian went over to the computer and printed out the statement. He signed that he received the money and handed her 50 $ back. "It turned out a little cheaper."
The keys were placed in her hand. "Drive safely, Mira."

Mira smiled and set her bag on the counter. "Well I lied. I do have the money" She opened the bag and handed him 500 more. "Wanna do the breaks too?" She knew she could now trust him with her car.

Hesitant Brian eyed her. He felt a little offended by her actions.
"Why did you do that?" He wondered. "Check me out?"
He put his hands on the counter and leaned on them but didn't take her money.
"Why did you come here, Mira?"

"I came to get my car fixed but first I had to be sure you weren't just another half assed mechanic tring to make some quick cash with bad workmanship." Mira told him being honest this te. She meet one too many garage owners who lied and did shitty jobs fixing cats to make as much money as they could.

"Nice." Brian frowned.
"I meant why did you come here of all the places? We have a reputation and I don't think it's that bad."
His mood had turned a little sour and he tried to pull himself together.
"Fair enough. There are a lot of bad apples out there."

"I came here because you have such a good reputation but I had to make sure of it for myself." Mira frowned slightly. She didn't mean to offend him she just had to make sure what she had heard was true. "I didn't mean to offend you in any way and I am sorry if I did. I have just been to one too many mechanics who don't do the work correctly." she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. She tended to do that when she was nervous.

Brian noticed that she was getting uncomfortable so he offered her a smile. "It's okay. I understand. Now you can spread the word that I don't rip people off. So you want the breaks and tires? I'll have to order them though. Any certain brand or model?"

Mira smiled slightly. "I will definitely spred the word" She took a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to him. "Thats the tires and breaks I need." She thought for a moment before she started to talk again. "So I have a question for you. Just out of curiousty who is the best street racer around here?"

Brian took the piece of paper and scratched his eyebrow. The tires she ordered were very durable and unusual for your standard family car. Her next words shed some light on that.
He bit his lip and looked up at her. "Seriously?"
Very tempted to point at himself he let his head roll around and then admitted.
"Toretto but he isn't around any more. Now there are a couple..."

Mira giggled softly. "Yes seriously. You didnt really think I owned my Charger just to catch boys' attention did you?" She smiled as his reaction was classic and one she had gotten many times before.

She was cute. He had to give her that.
"You will though! There are a lot of boys out there who can't afford that kind of car."
He let his eyes wander over the custom paint job of her Charger.
"A friend used to own a Charger. It was beauty."
Turning his attention back on her he added. "So you race and probably really well. Why don't you check out the local scene?"

Mira blushed slightly. "Well to tell you the truth till I started racing with it I couldn't afford much for it. For the longest time I raced it stock." She glanced at her car and smiled. "I think I will check out the local scene when its fixed."

"So you're good enough to win." He handed her his business card.
"Call me tomorrow. I'll take you to the next race."
Brian wasn't going to give up the time and location to a stranger but he would drive her there so she could check it out.

Mira hesitated for a split second before she took his card. Brian seemed like a trust worthy guy so why not. "Alright sounds like a plan." SHe handed him her charger's keys. "Take car of my baby." She told him as she walked out of the garage smiling.

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