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 Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:32 pm
*while working on the car, he laughs* It was like being in a Catholic School Girl porno?
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:36 pm
Like being the fiancé of a Grammy award winning Irish R&B diva...
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:38 pm
*looks at him with narrows eyebrows* Now I know you're bullshitting me.
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:54 pm
*Bard holds up an index finger as if to say, 'wait right there.' He walks into the house and disappears for a few minutes. Finally, he returns clutching a magazine. He points at a picture featuring himself and an attractive redhead. The caption reads: Linda "GLO" McGloin and fiancé Brad*
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:34 pm
*Luke's eyes go wide and he feels something turn in the pit of his stomach. This woman is liquid ******** hot. But that's not what upsets him.*
*She is a dead ringer for Kara Nephris. Luke blinks. No ******** way. He's just seeing things. His mind's got the best of him. But even when he blinks, the Kara double is still there.*
Wow. *Luke looks at Bard.*
She's smokin hot, man.
*Luke's still staring at the photograph.* You ever... notice that she sorta looks like... *Luke sort of waits to see if Bard can finish his thought.*
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:40 pm
Kara? *Bard shifts uncomfortably, and gives a rueful chuckle* Only every time I've run into her.
*Bard considers for a moment, glances over at the glove box of the Jaguar, leans over, pops it open, and fishes around until he finds a battered old pack of Newports and translucent green lighter* Hers...
*He fishes a cigarette out for himself, tucking it between his lips. He holds the pack out and offers one to Luke*...mm?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:44 pm
*Luke relieved that Bard sees the resemblance, too, but that doesn't make it all THAT much less...* Creepy.
*When Bard offers him a cigarette, Luke grins a little. He puts up his hand and proclaims.* No way, man. I've got enough problems.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:54 pm
*Bard nods* It's a filthy habit. I was clean for six months. Started up again a few months ago for... personal reasons... quit a couple weeks ago. Looks like I'll be quitting again.
*He gestures that he's going to step away from the car to smoke. He walks a safe distance away and leans up against his townhome. He lights up, takes a long drag and releases it slowly*
Nothing tastes worse than one of your ex's cigarettes.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:07 pm
*Luke watches him curiously. Whoa, guy got burned...bad from the looks of it.*
Yeah... I guess I'll have to take your word on that.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:12 pm
*Bard takes another long drag and exhales. He flicks the ash off the tip of the cigarette with a precise jerk of his fingers*
Listen... about Kara... I just want you to know... she looks like Linda, but there's no way in hell I would... you know what I'm saying?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:17 pm
*Luke arches an eyebrow in time with his smile. He laughs a little, though it's for reasons Bard does not understand. He walks over closer to Bard.*
Trust me, man. That is the -last- thing on my mind right now.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:26 pm
*Bard nods, slightly relieved. He looks at his unfinished cigarette, drops it on the concrete walkway and grinds it under his sneaker*
Luke... you know... *he hesitates... Know what? You're little smut bunny is a raging slut? You should keep away from her if you know what's good for you? She'll just ruin your life?*
...that engine isn't going to install itself.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:38 pm
*Luke grins.* Noooo, it's not? Well, s**t, man. What do you bring me all the way out here for?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:45 pm
*Bard chuckles* Someone had to suffer through this heat with me.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:21 pm
*Luke takes that as encouragement. He mimicks him, grinning the whole way.* Yeah, cuz I mean -- It's way too hot out! Man, we should p***y out and just go back.
Put down your cigarettes, old man. It's time to work!
*And so they do. Over the next five hours, Luke and Bard take out the engine and replace the car with the new parts that Bard ordered from overseas. The work goes steadily, with some glitches, but with minimal setbacks. They both work, Bard more from memory, and Luke more from the Manual. Slowly, as the hours pass, the oppressive sun sets, giving them at least somewhat of a reprieve from the heat.*
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