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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 17:23:22 GMT
Gabe had been at the garage all day, arriving at the break of dawn, not sleeping for two days straight now. He knew his nights would be strangled by nightmares about aliens and mutilated cows, so he didn't want to even allow his head to hit the pillow... so instead he found himself at his workplace, radio crackling out a few classic tunes, a beer in his oil stained hand... just trying to forget the past few days.
His 'Rustang', as he liked to call it, sat with its hood popped in the middle of the open space he did most of his work in, opposite where he sat in a small deckchair beneath a tree shading himself. He was fed up... everyday he seemed to do the same... nothing... at least nothing useful. Finally deciding to venture back into the light, he flicked his sunglasses down over his dull eyes, just chucking his drained beer bottle to one side as he approached his car.
He cranked up the volume on the old radio that sat, just about fixed-in, inside the rusty old mustang. Lifting an arm, he wiped his forehead with a sigh, before his head was lost in the bonnet of the car... absent mindfully tweaking at random bolts. He hoped someone would at least pass by and save him from insanity...
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Post by Juliet Conner on Apr 25, 2007 17:29:57 GMT
Juliet had seen a lot of bad cases, who would have thought so much could happen to one place. She was driving down the road when she felt her car start to buck, she found a place to pull over and it just died on her. She sighed some clutching the wheel and sighed. "Piece of Crap" She grumbled, it was a black malibu only a year old she hadn't had any trouble, up until now any way. But she got out of her car and took her cell phone out but it wasn't picking up a signal. Her green eyes scanned the area as she heard music, she slowly followed it, hoping that someone was here to give her a hand.
Sometimes people left things on and forgot about them, she made sure to make noise so no one thought she was sneaking around. The heels of her shoes making a tapping sound on the rock that was on the ground. She saw a guy tending to a car, maybe she was lucky, maybe it was destiny that this happened. She took a deep breath and sighed silently, as she tucked her wallet in her pants pocket.
"Excuse me" She said with a smile.
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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 17:41:18 GMT
The mid-day sun beat upon his back like a thousand flaming torches... it was really too hot to be drinking and not eating anything, but Gabe didn't really care, he needed cash if he planned on fixing the farm house up. Bringing his head back out to allow his sleeves to be rolled up by two black-coloured hands, his ears were flooded with the few, but reassuring words of someone he couldn't recognise by voice alone.
Turning to see who had spoken to him, he pushed his shades back up onto his spikily-matted hair with his free hand, the other clasping onto a spanner. He politely returned the smile and squinted into the sun as he spoke "Afternoon... can i help you?" he inquired, at first his eyes tracing the woman, giving up as they didn't recognise her from anywhere. Before awaiting a reply, he made sure to lower the volume of the radio... the songs sucked anyway...
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Post by Juliet Conner on Apr 25, 2007 17:47:08 GMT
She smiled "I hope since im new to this area" She sighed "My car decided to be a royal pain and broke down out front, just got it last year to not sure what is wrong with it' she couldn't help but check him out, the hot sun beaming down on her made her really hot, she hated the weather here but she didn't complain about it, a grin on her face as she walked right up to him.
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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 17:56:14 GMT
Gabe listened to the woman's reply... it sounded like it shouldn't be too hard, and if it was he could just toe it in for an overnight job. Nodding his head he started collecting up a few tools into the small carrying box, glancing back to the woman every now and then. "Far from here?" he asked as he walked back toward her after gathering what he thought would be sufficient for this kind of thing "The car I mean...". It was obvious that it couldn't be too far since she walked to his garage, but he just didn't know how far she had walked... the town is quiet so it could have taken her ages to find someone around...
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Post by Juliet Conner on Apr 25, 2007 17:59:47 GMT
She smiled "Just right out side the front, thank god to if I had to walk in this heat I think I would have passed out" She giggled a little bit as she watched him gathering up his things. She was nervous around good looking guys she didn't know why either. She walked a few steps and pointed to where her car was, only a few feet away from them actually. Grinning she looked at him.
"And im being rude sorry" She grinned "My name is Juliet"
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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 18:12:29 GMT
Gabe peered to where she had pointed, nodding to show he was actually listening for once. He smiled in agreement, never really enjoying the sun himself. He looked down at his hand... he was going to offer it for a shake but signs of hard work were being shown by the various grazes and oil stains upon the skin... man he needed a shower. "Gabe..." he replied simply, deciding to give the name he usually went by, his full first name being another thing he disliked. He then made his way towards her car with a slight smile, thankful that someone had shown up, steering him away from drinking himself to death
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Post by Juliet Conner on Apr 25, 2007 18:21:56 GMT
She smiled "Its nice to meet you Gabe" She grinned and watched him "Man ive had some day, first day being a doctor and I have car trouble" She grinned softly leaning against the side of her car watching him. She closed her eyes for a moment wondering what was going on through his head. When she opened her eyes she waited patiently to know what the fate of her car was. Juliet wasn't worried about price she was just thankful that she had just gotten her first pay check..
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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 18:30:20 GMT
Gabe started by popping the hood, setting his tool box on the dusty floor next to him. His eyes had a glance around at the insides for a second or two before they found themselves back on Juliet, his head nodding slightly " Yeah, that's life in this town for you..." he replied, turning away from her briefly to bend down, retrieving a few various tools from the box, keeping the conversation going as he did "... new doctor, hey? Well I'm due a check-up, I'll have to stop by some day". He chuckled slightly, despite he had actually been telling the truth... he tried to avoid the clinic, the doc always had somethig bad to tell him about Gabe's drinking problem. After that, he proceeded to just make sure all the car's parts were fixed in properly... he couldn't see anything wrong with it, it probably just needed a good jump start...
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Post by Juliet Conner on Apr 25, 2007 18:37:23 GMT
She smiled "Youngest Doctor actully" She laughed "Im only twenty but id see you for the check up, I hate doctors myself, why I became one, because I wanted to help people and this town really needs the help" She crossed her arms. "So do you have any idea whats up with my car, sometimes I wish I knew more about cars but then if I did I never would have met you and im glad I met you" She said softly.
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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 18:45:20 GMT
Gabe sighed deeply... he was one person that needed the most help, but he didn't like to admit it, he preferred to sort things out by himself. But lately it became more clear that he wasn't really capable of it. "Well it's good to see a fresh face around the place..." he added, his voice sounding a little metallic as it echoed around the engine and the rest of the car's vital insides "... and at least your here for something useful, alot of people are turning up just to be nosy... all this talk about stupid aliens... 'specially those reporters, they'll do anything to get a bit of info outta' you". Apart from the sheriff, there weren't many people he trusted. Glancing back up to Juliet, he knew she could easily be some reporter, lying to get a news story or something... but he just let that thought pass, she seemed too genuinely nice to be a journalist. "Maybe she just needs a rest, I don't see anything wrong in here..." he smiled, referring to her car " maybe you should give her another try, if not, I'll have to see if i can get her jump started"
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Post by Juliet Conner on Apr 25, 2007 18:51:50 GMT
Juliet nodded "At first I wanted to be a reporter but I don't like the back stabbing crap you have to do to get ahead, I want to help people not hurt them, I know this town is full of nosy people that will do anything to get information, I mean sure I want to know because I live here now and don't know much, but besides the crazy things that happen im really happy here, I feel like I belong"
When he said that about her car she nodded taking her keys out of her pocket and opened the door getting in the drivers seat, she looked at him and waited for him to give a gesture or something, she didn't want to start the car with him down like that, only god knows what would happen since she knew nothing of cars and wanted Gabe's safety.
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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 19:04:53 GMT
Gabe just gave a few finnishing tweaks to the cars organs before he stepped back, gently closing the bonnet once more. Taking a step back he gave a smile "Ok, start her up..." he said with a nod of his head. He hoped it would be ok, but he didn't really want the woman to be gone so quickly... she seemed interesting and her company brightened him up a bit. If it did start, he'd at least invite her for a drink some time, after he'd cleaned himself up a bit... his appearance right now probably didn't give a very good first impression... but hey, he was working...
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Post by Juliet Conner on Apr 25, 2007 19:25:37 GMT
She nodded "Alright" She put the key in the ignition and tried to turn it over it gave the sound that all cars did when it refused to start, after three tries she stopped since she didn't want to damage the car she got out. She smiled "Well right now I guess you can say im a damsel in distress" She giggled and sighed "Im not worried tho, maybe a nice jump start will get her going, I drove thousands of miles in this car getting here so she is probably tired"
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Post by Gabe Rivers on Apr 25, 2007 19:36:40 GMT
Gabe folded his arms, nodding as he heard the familiar choking sound coming from underneath the car's hood. A smile appeared upon his lips as he got out from the car "Ok, that's no problem.. just, wait here" he said as he made his way back up to his own car, getting inside so he could slowly bring it down to park just infront of Juliet's vehicle, making sure his bumper was facing that of her own car. Sliding himself out, he begun setting up the jump cables, attatching them to both of the batteries... not enjoying the silence he'd now created...
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