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XXXII .. mercedes boy
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"ITS SO TINY!" chrissy smiled as she stared at the sonogram. "i could just hold it in my hand. oh, i can't believe that's my niece, or nephew."

"what are you and johnny hoping for?" jenna smiled as she sat back down on the love seat. "a boy or a girl?"

"whatever it is, it's our kiddo and we'll love him or her very much." bella smiled as she laid on the couch, eating grapes. "but, i think it's a boy and johnny's convinced it's a girl."

"i think it's a boy." jenna said as she took some grapes from bella's bowl.

"i'm gonna say something i might regret later; but i agree with johnny and say that it's a girl." chrissy said as she grabbed a beer and opened it up. "speaking of, i got his last beer."

"oh shit, i totally forgot!" bella said as she sat up and looked down at her watch. "it's my turn to go grocery shopping, you girls wanna come with?"

chrissy and jenna nodded in unison as the three girls headed out the door. bella grabbed the keys to her mercedes as she carefully walked down the stairs. as she started the car, a weird noise alarmed the girls. "what the hell was that?" chrissy said.

"it sounded like it was coming from the hood." bella said as she turned the car off and stepped out of the car. as she examined the hood, she found out that it had something to do with the engine. "fuck. it's the transmission."

"what? it's fried?" chrissy said as she got out of the car as well.

"no, but it's fucked up, if not it wouldn't have made that sound." bella sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. "chris, we're gonna have to take your car. i'll have johnny look at it once he gets home."

"he can finally put whatever he learned in mechanics to work." chrissy teased as she grabbed the keys to her '88 mustang.

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"i don't see anything wrong with it." johnny said as he examined the hood, trying to find the issue. "are you sure you heard a noise? because that's exactly what happened last time and there was nothing wrong with it."

"you can ask chris and jen. they heard it too." bella said as she tied her hair back into a ponytail.

"isabella, your car is fine." johnny sighed as he placed his ray-bans back on and stood in front of bella.

bella took the keys out of her pocket and placed them in johnny's hands. "see for yourself." bella said, standing back as johnny got into the car. he started the car and there was the noise again.

"ah shit." johnny said as he turned the engine off. "something is fucked up."

"isabella, your car's fine." bella smirked as she imitated the blonde. "now do you believe me?"

"fuck." johnny sighed. "what time is it?"

"it's almost 6:00." bella said as she checked her watch. "there's no car shops open right now."

"i might know a place." johnny said as he handed bella the keys to the firebird. "take my car and follow me to reseda."

"you're gonna drive my mercedes?" bella teased as her boyfriend got into the driver's seat of the white car.

"if you drive it, you're gonna freak out. just trust me." johnny said as he softly started the car. "i'll meet you there."

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FLASHBACK — LOS ANGELES, CA; 1984

"a 1965 ford fuckin' mustang!" dutch smiled as he opened up the coke can he was holding."that's the car they brought in this morning."

"it needed an oil change and some tuneups." johnny said as he wrapped an arm around bella. "but it's a badass car."

"and you're telling me that dutch didn't fuck the car up?" chrissy laughed as she opened up a bag of cheetos.

"fuck off chris." dutch scoffed and rolled his eyes. "my cousin and i used to help out my uncle at his car shop over in van nuys."

"okay, so what i'm hearing is that neither you or dutch fucked up?" bella teased as she took a sip from her cherry coke. "wow."

"what are you talking about?" johnny said as he turned to face bella. "i know about cars."

bella raised an eyebrow as she stared at her boyfriend. "you know about cars?" she smirked.

"what kind of man doesn't?" johnny said.

"i can bet that i know more about cars than you do." bella smirked as the group laughed at their discussion about cars. "so if there's something wrong with my car, my 1980 mercedes-benz 450SL convertible, with about a 13k mileage, and an 4.5L fuel injected V8, you would be able to look into it or fix it?"

johnny was quiet as he softly bit his lip and smiled at his girlfriend. "that's what i thought." bella teased as he pulled her closer and crashed his lips onto hers.

"how'd you know all that about your car?" chrissy laughed. "i don't even know what model my car is, i just know it's my dads old rolls royce."

"my father taught me." bella smiled as she then turned to look at her boyfriend. "i gotcha."

"i think i just fell in love with you again." johnny smiled as he caressed her cheek.

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PRESENT DAY — RESEDA, CA; 1990

"john, where the hell did you bring me?" bella said as she got out of the car and locked the pontiac. in a secluded area of reseda, there was a small car shop where johnny brought the mercedes.

"just trust me." johnny said as he walked in to the car shop. she tightly held his hand as she looked around and the different cars the guys were working on; a '79 coupe, an '81 ford truck, and an '56 chevy. "hey charlie!"

a tall brunette slid out from under a '77 mustang and smiled when he saw johnny. "well if it ain't the champ!" charlie called out as he greeted johnny. "long time no see, man."

"yeah, long time, huh?" johnny said.

"is this your girl, johnny?" charlie smiled as he turned to bella. "the famous bella we've heard so much about?"

"yeah, she's my girl." johnny said as he held bella tight. "charlie, isabella monroe; bella, this is charlie."

"nice to finally meet you." charlie smiled as he greeted bella. "so what brings you two down here?"

"well, my car's making some weird noise. i'm pretty sure it's the transmission; i checked it, johnny checked it and it looks like it's the transmission." bella said.

"on what car?" charlie said.

"a 1980 mercedes-benz 450SL convertible." a familiar voice called out from the back of the car shop. the couple's face lit up as they found a familiar face.

dutch.

"you've gotta be shitting me!" johnny chuckled as he greeted him. "it's nice to finally see you outside of that cell, how the hell are you?"

"long time no see, man" dutch smiled as he then turned to greet bella. "and you, i told you that car was gonna need a repair soon, diva."

"yeah, yeah, you jinxed it. that's what happened." bella laughed as she embraced him. "it's nice to see you."

"so, the transmission, huh?" dutch said as he walked over to the car and popped the hood open.

"that's what it sounds like." bella said as johnny handed dutch the keys. "we both checked it out and all signs point to the transmission."

dutch started the car and heard the noise. "the hell did you do to the car?" he laughed as he turned the car off. "it is the transmission. we can take care of it."

"thank you." bella smiled.

"ace-degenerate's gonna have to be your taxi for a few days." charlie laughed as he took the keys from dutch.

"you better not fuck it up." johnny said as bella handed him the keys to the pontiac.

"she brought it in before you fucked it up." dutch laughed as he playfully shoved him. "just like you almost fucked up the coupe back in high school."

"a coupe?" bella laughed as she placed her glasses back on.

"it wasn't just me." johnny laughed. "you almost fucked the engine up."

"okay." bella said as she looked at the two boys. "before you two start throwing punches, how much do i owe you?"

"on the house." charlie smiled. "its a friend helping out another friend."

"thanks man." johnny smiled.