Friendzoned by Power P.S

Author:Power, P.S. [Power, P.S.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2013-08-12T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter seven

It made the next forty minutes pretty tense. Not for Gary, who was a real pro when it came to working on cars, apparently. He had to remove a few things to get at the belt, but had it on and tightened, with only a tiny bit of help from Cory, inside the half hour that he'd promised. Then he spent time checking and replacing all of the fluids, mainly using things that Keeley had in her car, packed carefully in a little plastic bin that was in her trunk. When he noticed the state of her oil, he gave her a look that seemed almost unfriendly.

"This, is not good. Not at all Becky. We need something to use as a catch pan and probably a new oil filter."

It was true and a good idea, but it would take money, which was a thing that she didn't really have much of at all. Keeley seemed to pick up on that first and offered to take her to the parts store, before it closed. She didn't say it any particular way, but it was clear that she meant to leave the boys behind for it.

That seemed really rude, since they were helping her out. She froze for a bit, trying to come up with some way out of the whole thing, one that wouldn't involve being embarrassed, but she knew it wouldn't work. Not really. Finally she just went along with Keeley, getting into her little rattle trap.

It was a bit of a surprise, to look at, the car being beaten up and having primer spots showing. It ran pretty well, not making a lot of noise when it started, which meant she actually cared for it. Hence the box of stuff in the back like that. It was hard to remember that Keeley's dad had just taken off one day, near Halloween. It wasn't even a proper divorce, or running off with another woman. He'd literally just packed up and moved to a different country, as far as Becky had heard.

Leaving Sherri and Keeley to fend for themselves. The floral business was a new thing too, and while it was keeping them in food and paying the rent, it was probably sort of amazing that Sherri had managed a car for her daughter at all. She worked constantly, to keep it all together, but it was impressive. The woman was always nice and sweet to everyone too. Even when it was clear that she was exhausted from working all the time.

They headed directly to the shop, a very orange building that was still an hour away from closing. Becky pulled the ten dollars she had out of her purse, trying not to seem all that poor, but Keeley shook her head and produced her card, holding it up a bit.

"From my bio-dad. For some reason he seems to think that me having a car means that it will cost about eight times what it does. I could live off of what he's giving me, but don't have too.

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