He laughs as he stands up. The person is holding back a laugh, seeing the man starting to laugh Tyler busts out laughing again. The guy loses it and breaks down having seen the entire exchange. Just as they stop laughing Tyler starts talking only to lose it again, causing the guy to lose it all over again. They go through this for several minutes before Tyler has to stop himself from having a headache from laughing. At this point the guy is kneeling at the counter, eyes bloodshot from laughing so hard.

"No more. Please, no more! I can't take it anymore."

The customer says as he breathes heavy trying to regain his breath. Tyler stands up and wipes his eyes.

"Okay, what can I get you?"

The guy holds up a bright red nitro engine.

"I need 4 of these but I can't remember the name."

"That is a Dynamite big red .28, torque monster."

"That is it. But yeah, I need 4 more."

Tyler gets in the case behind the counter and pulls out 4. He places them on the counter.

"You know how much these are don't you?"

"Not a clue, didn't expect too much."

"They are 149.99 a piece."

The guy just stares then shudders.

"Damn, I don't have enough for even 1. I was thinking maybe 30 or 40."

"Nah, they are giant engines. 3.4 horses at a max of 34,000 rpm. They are my favorite rc engine, I actually run them in a 150 pound monster truck rc."

The guy sighs.

"Guess I will have to wait on these then. You have anything cheaper that I can pick up?"

"I have a few at about 100 bucks."

"Alright, I will take your choice of which one you would suggest. I am running a pulling truck."

Tyler pulls out another engine.

"HPI Savage 1.5cc, 109.99"

The guy nods his head.

"That I can pay."

He pulls out 6 20's and slides it over.

"That is 116.59, out of 120."

He packages up the engine handing him his receipt and 3.41 in change.

"Have fun with that."

"Thanks. I will be back in around a month."

The guy turns around and walks out.

Ele had to keep her back to the customer and Tyler as they dissolved into their laughing fits, just so that she could keep her own act together. Once the customer left, Ele concentrated for a while while longer on the set until her fingers began to ache and her head hurt from concentrating.

Standing up straight and groaning as she stretched, Ele raised her hands above her head and turned to Tyler,

"I think I'm gonna stop here for the day. I'm starting to go cross-eyed."

She said, picking up the pieces on the floor and putting everything into the plastic tote. When the floor was clean she slid it under the table.

He walks over to her.

"Relax, I got something for you."

He wraps his arms around her gingerly. Tying her up like a pretzel with his arms he starts stretching her out, cracking her back and neck in the process. He moves her around in different directions getting different spots in her back to crack, some loud, some silent. After stretching her out he starts massaging her neck and temples.

As Tyler's arms went around her and put her in a strange position, Ele closed her eyes and took a deep breath, forcing herself to relax. Then as Tyler twisted and turned her around, making her back and neck pop and stretch, Ele practically melted in Tyler's arms.

"Oh my gosh!"

She gasped as he started massaging her, feeling lighter and freer.

"How did you learn how to do that?"

"Bad back so I learned how to crack my own and translated my style of cracking into cracking others."

He keeps rubbing her neck and temples.

"That and watching youtube videos."

"Chiropractor from Youtube University."

Ele murmured, her eyes still closed and leaning into Tyler's hands.

"If you don't stop soon I will make you become my personal masseuse."

He chuckles.

"I am good with my hands."

He finishes massaging.

"You should be nice and limber now."

When Tyler's hands left her, Ele made a small noise of protest but he was right, she did feel more limber and better.

"That's amazing! Thank you!"

She said, turning to him and smiling,

"I feel great!"

He smiles and looks down at her.

"About once a week is how often I would get adjusted. But since getting in shape it is about once a month."

Curious, Ele looked down at herself. She was petite, slim, not out of the ordinary in her mind but she wondered,

"How often should I get an adjustment?"

"Probably once every month or 2."

He says as he stretches out. Loudly his back pops making him shiver.

"See I can't do that!"

Ele looked on in shock as Tyler popped his own back, wishing she could do the same. She had tried for years and years, but it just never happened. Sighing and picking up her jacket and checking that she had everything, Ele smiled shyly at Tyler for a moment then stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him, her head resting on his chest.

"I'll see you back at the resort?"

She asked quietly, just letting herself feel for a few moments.

"Of course hun."

He says returning the hug and resting his chin on her head.

"I will probably come right to the resort."

Smiling when she felt his arms go around her and his chin on her head, Ele gave Tyler a little extra squeeze before backing up, somewhat reluctantly. Waving on her way out, Ele couldn't help but feel a little proud of herself that she was making progress towards getting better.

He waves back and passes the time of the day until closing time. After a few hours he heads back from work, stopping at subway on the way he grabs a couple reuben subs with extra corned beef and a black forest ham egg and cheese. The reubens toasted on honey oat and the breakfast on italian herbs and cheese. He drives back to the resort and parks at Ele's suite once again, spooling up the turbos outside the place, letting it build up and sound like a jet getting ready for takeoff.

At the suite, Ele had set up the airbrush set and had watched Youtube for a few tutorials, eventually getting the hang of it and had a few practice pieces of flames, rainbow gradients, and other things. When she had finished with that, Ele sat curled up on the back porch of the suite with a cup of tea and music playing from her phone. Balanced on her legs was her old, worn out sketchbook that she used for personal drawings, kind of like a journal. The drawing in front of her was of the inside of the Camaro, from the point of view of the passenger's side.

One thing that Ele had committed to memory was the way Tyler held the steering wheel, comfortably and with ease, and so she had drawn his left arm outstretched and resting on the wheel, his right on the shifter, and the car interior from her perspective. Tapping her pencil on the edge of her book, Ele stared off into space just thinking about what her life would be like if she really did move out of the city.

This time, when Tyler made a bunch of noise, Ele smiled and got up from her chair and left her things where they were. Going out to the front, Ele opened the door and leaned against the frame, crossing her arms over her chest. Tipping her head to the side, Ele waited until Tyler had quieted down before calling,

"You know, a simple knock on the door would suffice! Plus, you're going to get me in trouble with the neighbors!"

"What neighbors hun? Most the people that come here enjoy cars and the noise they make."

He smiles at her stepping out.

"I got something for us."

He shows the subs.

"Steak egg and cheese and reuben subs. 2 reubens."

He carries them in, setting them on the counter.

"You never know! There may be other visitors here, out-of-towners like myself,"

Ele reminded him as she let him into the suite and shut the door. The mention of food made her perk up though and she smiled,

"Sounds awesome! I'll get some drinks,"

She said, getting down glasses and pulling out a pitcher of lemonade from the fridge.

"Want to go to the porch? It's nice outside right now."

"Hey tea and lemonade. Ever mixed them?"

He asks as he picks up one of the reubens.

"Sure, that would be nice."

"Arnold Palmer,"

Ele said with a nod, picking up the other sandwich and handing Tyler one of the glasses then grabbing her own. She lead the way to the back and set her things down on one side of the small side table. Closing her sketchbook and moving it to the ground, Ele sat in the chair again and started on her sandwich.