Her injuries mostly healed now, Aja was back to running about Arcadia in her normal fashion. She was coming from Harriet's consignment shop when she spotted Parker leaving his office and heading towards the bridge in his own cart.
Watching Parker try to drive always amused Aja. He had the basic elements down, but he still drove like a drunken sailor. People in the street quickly got to the elevated sidewalks when they saw him coming.
She followed him in her own cart, waving to those that had gotten out of Parker's way with a grin. Once he came to a halt, narrowly missing a tree in the process. She pulled up behind him and got out, trailing him near the water's edge.
She stood back and leaned against a tree watching Parker checking out an old dock. First he walked along the dock looking it over, then he sprinkled it with some dust like substance, which seem to glow for a moment before drifting harmlessly onto the old wood. He muttered some things while he paced back and forth on the land before the dock, the air cackled a little with an electricity of sorts and that seemed to please him as she saw him smile.
Finally her curiousity of what exactly he was doing got her to move closer.
"Parker?"
"Aja!" he said with a smile. "Just the person I need." he reached out taking her hand and stepped closer to the dock. "Can we restore this dock?"
"Well, of course." she knitted her brows together a little. Parker had never really been interested in smaller vessels. But maybe he had recently decided he wanted one.
"And make a path to the main road?" He asked and Aja looked towards the main road from the dock. There was a partially hidden path already there from days when this old dock had been used more often.
"Yeah. It'd be an afternoon project." She said estimating the time in her head that it would take to make it usable again, even pretty. She then looked at Parker who was grinning.
"Wonderful."
"You wanna tell me what yer up ta?" Aja asked while watching him putter around.
"No." he said rather quickly and went back to the dock looking it over. Aja blinked at the answer and just shook her head.
"Alright." she said. "When ya want dis here thing done by?" "Soon. Maybe even before this weekend?" He gave her a hopeful smile and she nodded.
"I'll get some guys on it." she said and tugged her phone out, dialing the Yards. "Ricks" Send a crew of five out ta da old dock near da bridge. Parker wants it restored and stuff....." she listened and then shrugged. "I don't know, jist he wants it done. So..." she listened again and nodded. "Yeah. I think it's just a basic rebuild. Shouldn't take any longer than a couple hours." Aja gave Parker a thumbs up and then grabbed a hoe from the back of her cart. "He wants the path redone too. I'll mark out the width. Ok. See ya all in a bit." Aja hung up and looked at Parker. "The boys are coming out now. You tell "em what ya want. They'll do it."
"Thank you." He watched her marking the width of the path with the garden hoe and smiled. She would give him anything he asked for, and even without asking a lot of questions. For her, he knew that was a huge sign of trust. "Now you go. You have much to do."
"How do you know what I have to do?"
"You always have much to do." Parker said with a smile. "And I don't need you underfoot while the boys do the work."
"You are trying to get rid of me."
"I am." Parker did not look apologetic about what he said. Aja sighed then and shrugged.
"Alright. Have it your way." she said heading back to her own cart. "Oh and Parker?" she turned to look at him. "Try not to run people over. Ok?" she motioned to his cart. He just waved her off and she went back to her cart with a grin.
Whatever the old man was up to, she would let him have his way on it.
Watching Parker try to drive always amused Aja. He had the basic elements down, but he still drove like a drunken sailor. People in the street quickly got to the elevated sidewalks when they saw him coming.
She followed him in her own cart, waving to those that had gotten out of Parker's way with a grin. Once he came to a halt, narrowly missing a tree in the process. She pulled up behind him and got out, trailing him near the water's edge.
She stood back and leaned against a tree watching Parker checking out an old dock. First he walked along the dock looking it over, then he sprinkled it with some dust like substance, which seem to glow for a moment before drifting harmlessly onto the old wood. He muttered some things while he paced back and forth on the land before the dock, the air cackled a little with an electricity of sorts and that seemed to please him as she saw him smile.
Finally her curiousity of what exactly he was doing got her to move closer.
"Parker?"
"Aja!" he said with a smile. "Just the person I need." he reached out taking her hand and stepped closer to the dock. "Can we restore this dock?"
"Well, of course." she knitted her brows together a little. Parker had never really been interested in smaller vessels. But maybe he had recently decided he wanted one.
"And make a path to the main road?" He asked and Aja looked towards the main road from the dock. There was a partially hidden path already there from days when this old dock had been used more often.
"Yeah. It'd be an afternoon project." She said estimating the time in her head that it would take to make it usable again, even pretty. She then looked at Parker who was grinning.
"Wonderful."
"You wanna tell me what yer up ta?" Aja asked while watching him putter around.
"No." he said rather quickly and went back to the dock looking it over. Aja blinked at the answer and just shook her head.
"Alright." she said. "When ya want dis here thing done by?" "Soon. Maybe even before this weekend?" He gave her a hopeful smile and she nodded.
"I'll get some guys on it." she said and tugged her phone out, dialing the Yards. "Ricks" Send a crew of five out ta da old dock near da bridge. Parker wants it restored and stuff....." she listened and then shrugged. "I don't know, jist he wants it done. So..." she listened again and nodded. "Yeah. I think it's just a basic rebuild. Shouldn't take any longer than a couple hours." Aja gave Parker a thumbs up and then grabbed a hoe from the back of her cart. "He wants the path redone too. I'll mark out the width. Ok. See ya all in a bit." Aja hung up and looked at Parker. "The boys are coming out now. You tell "em what ya want. They'll do it."
"Thank you." He watched her marking the width of the path with the garden hoe and smiled. She would give him anything he asked for, and even without asking a lot of questions. For her, he knew that was a huge sign of trust. "Now you go. You have much to do."
"How do you know what I have to do?"
"You always have much to do." Parker said with a smile. "And I don't need you underfoot while the boys do the work."
"You are trying to get rid of me."
"I am." Parker did not look apologetic about what he said. Aja sighed then and shrugged.
"Alright. Have it your way." she said heading back to her own cart. "Oh and Parker?" she turned to look at him. "Try not to run people over. Ok?" she motioned to his cart. He just waved her off and she went back to her cart with a grin.
Whatever the old man was up to, she would let him have his way on it.