I get back with the part and the blonde girl is flopped on a bench next to the red Neon with tools scattered across the floor. She speaks to me without looking up.
"I don't think I can do this." Do what, replace an exhaust?
"Everyone else is so sure of why they're here, you know? And I'm just not." I couldn't be less interested.
"When I was a little girl, and my dad use to hold me up on his shoulders while he was working on our station wagon..." Jesus Christ, shut up. "... it just made so much sense, you know? I felt like I was floating. But now, it's like I'm trying to swim in a tank that's constantly filling with water." Listening makes me have to pee.
I set the part down gently and tiptoe away. I go to the bathroom, I pee and wash my hands. I can still hear her on my way out of the garage as I'm turning off the huge fluorescent overhead lights.
"But then we got put in different homerooms,
and it was like we just couldn't connect anymore, you know?"
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These are some of the songs we've been hearing around the garage today - check 'em out on iTunes!
Four Tet - Sing (Domino)
Mariachi El Bronx - Cell Mates (Swami)
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun (XL)
Massive Attack - Girl I Love You (Virgin)
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