Chapter 2
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Mack-Mack-Mack-Mack-Mack
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“Man, I can’t believe you sent that, you must be getting desperate” Daisy teases
Mack glares at her.
“ I know, Okay! I don’t think I could be any more obvious if I tried!”
They were getting everything ready to head over to the auto show. Mack had been so happy when Phil had actually let him work on Lola, Daisy didn’t think anything could get his mind off that car; then he’d met this Fitz guy.
Mack had seemed just completely taken with him. He just went on and on (and on, and on, and on; she was thinking of getting a pair of the earplugs they used sometimes in the shop) about how amazing he was. He was a genius, he was funny, he was so sweet and he babbled incessantly. He was so adorably, clumsily, charming. He was So cute; he had curly, light brown, almost but not quite blonde hair and amazing blue eyes and he was kind of short but he had so much personality that you kind of didn’t really notice it. At this point, Daisy was pretty sure she could pick the guy out in a line up.
“Mack, dude, why don’t you just flat out ask him out?”
“I Have! I invited him out for coffee, and to that new Star Wars movie, I even invited him to that soccer game last week, and I don’t even like soccer, but I remembered him mentioning it!”
She snickered as Mack shook his head
“I just don’t know. I mean, I thought he seemed interested, with the way he was acting, and blushing and stuff, but, I don’t know. Maybe that’s just how he is.” He said with a shrug
“Well, he does sound pretty dorky” she said, only partly joking.
He glared at her again, to no effect, as she continued
“I guess he could just be a kind of bizarre, awkward mess around everyone. I kind of doubt it, though. Maybe he just doesn’t realize that you are actually asking him out on dates.”
“I don’t know, maybe he’s just trying to let me down gently, I’m sure he’d of picked up on it by now, he is a genius, you know…”
Daisy groaned, covering her face
Bobbi walked in,
“Bobbi, hi! How are you today, how is everything going, anything to talk about, any news anything..Anything at all, that doesn’t involve a blathering, awkward, adorable, genius, please” Daisy rushed, kind of manically
Bobbi seemed a bit startled but the flood of words, then it made sense; she’d had to listen to Mack too, after all. She laughed, while Mack still just kind of glared at them both
“You know, It is my shop, I could fire both of you”
“No you can’t” they said dismissively, in unison,
He regretted ever introducing them and continued to glare
“I actually did kind of have some news” she started
“So, I’ve been seeing someone, her name is Melinda. It, it really seems like it could be something, you know?”
“That’s really great, Bobbi, I’m really happy for you” Mack said,
“Me too, that’s awesome” Daisy chimed in
“Well, the reason I told you today is you’ll get to meet her. She’s gonna meet me at the car show, and she’s bringing along some of her work friends as well.”
This surprised both of them
“Wow, meeting the friends already, this seems kind of serious?” Daisy inquired
“Yeah, um, I think it really could be. I hadn’t said anything yet because I didn’t want to jinx it or mess it up or anything; but yeah, I really think it is.”
They were both happy for her; she hadn’t really dated too much since her and Lance’s divorce a few years back. Lance was perfectly happy, kind of bouncing from one pretty person to the next; this week he was in Vegas with a cocktail waitress he’d met in a bar the night before. But with Bobbi, it was kind of harder.
She’d go out some time, but nothing ever really seemed to develop too much. She just always seemed a bit too much for most people. It was really appealing, at first, exciting and, honestly, sexy as hell. The only thing was, after a while, it just seemed like more than people could handle. Guy’s tended to be intimidated, because she could kick their ass and wasn’t about to act like she couldn’t. Women usually stayed around a bit longer, but, eventually, they seemed to just want someone a little less intense, a bit softer.
She sounded really excited about this one, though, almost bordering on giddy.
It was cute, and kind of terrifying…
Who could possibly get Bobby smiling like a love struck teenager?
Daisy had to know
“Well, what are we waiting for, let’s get going, I have to meet this girl. Anyone who can make you this happy and excited, I have to see for myself” Daisy declared.
Mack nodded in agreement
The three friends quickly gathered their things and headed out the door.