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Chapter 22

"are they going to try the race again?" Smokey ask.

"not for a while now. there was so much fire damage." Doc frowns.

"yeah I know I lost my car." Cal chuckles walking in.

"hey kid, quick thinking out there." Smokey said. Cal smiles slightly.

"how is he?" Cal ask.

"trying to fucking sleep." Lightning snapped.

"hey Lightning." Cal says. "sorry." he adds.

"s'okay Cal." Lightning murmurs. "you okay?" he mumbles.

"oh yeah. just through I'd check on you. oh yeah. Mater said to give you this." Cal said. Lightning opened his eyes and looked over.

"not another one. the spare bedroom if still full of those from your wreck." Doc grumbles. Cal laughs and puts the little stuffed cow in beside him. Lightning looks at the cow and chuckles quietly.

"aww s'cute." he murmurs. Lightning reaches for cow, picking it up with a small smile. "get it Doc? 'cause cow tippin'." Lightning snorts.

"mhmm. yeah. I got it." Doc mutters looking unimpressed. Smokey chuckles softly, looking amused.

"we'll I'll get outta here. good luck." Cal smiles, waving. Lightning snorts to himself, smiling a little, until Bolt sniffs the little cow.

"see s'cute Bolt." Lightning mumbled. Bolt wags his tail and snatches the cow. "hey! give that back!" Lightning glared. Bolt is clearly attempting to play with Lightning, but the man is tired and sickly. he can't get up. "give it back you little shit." Lightning hissed. he grumbles to himself as Bolt moves to the foot of the bed. he heaves a sigh from his nose and starts sitting up.

"Bolt drop it." Doc frowns.

"don't tear that you're going to make Mater cry." Lightning mutters.

"drop it." Smokey frowns, grabbing the pups collar gently.

"release." Doc ordered, grabbing the stuffed cow. Bolt drops it with a whine, watching Doc. Doc hands it to Lightning.

"be nice to him." Lightning frowns.

"we're not hurting him. he's fine." Doc assures.

"he's good boy." Lightning mutters, closing his eyes.

"get some sleep kid." Doc muttered, ruffling his hair. his hair has a thick black streak through it from the oil and Doc frowns a little. Bolt whines and curls up against Lightnings side. "he'll be alright buddy." Doc assures.

"whats gonna happen now?" Smokey ask.

"we're going home as soon as he's released." Doc frowns. "we're taking him back to Radiator Springs. the race has to be rescheduled." Doc adds. Smokey nods a little and looks over at the younger man, who is snoring.

"good luck Hud." Smokey says. Doc nods at him and leans back in the chair.

after three days of being in the hospital they release Lightning. he's exhausted, drugged up, and wants nothing more than to sleep. he's already half asleep, so Reds carrying him. Mack, Junior, River, Louise, and Maddie patrol the entire parking lot to make sure they're not being watched, while Red puts Lightning in Smokeys truck. he wouldn't be riding with Doc, Junior would. they'd be hauling Juniors car in the Macks semi.

Lightning immediately curls up in the seat, snoring. Bolt curls up in the floor board. everyone loads up, driving off. Smokeys not entirely sure how he feels about riding with the younger, he doesn't really like people in his truck, but he does so without complaint. it could literally save the youngers life, so he goes along with it. he doesn't mind the younger and actually really likes dogs so Bolt is more than welcome to ride with him. they're intending to take the entire 10 hours to drive and Doc assured him that Lightning would probably sleep the whole time and Smokey would only have to ride with him for about three hours, they'd move him over to either Louise's car or Macks semi. Bolt is watching Smokey carefully, his tail wagging happily.

"what are you thinking?" Smokey frowns at Bolt, when the dog stands in his floorboard. the dog shoves his nose into Lightnings face and the younger man mumbles, turning away from him. "stop it, he's sleeping. leave him alone Bolt." Smokey frowns. Bolt whines quietly.

"shhh buddy." Lightning murmurs, reaching his arm out and patting Bolts head. Smokey shifts a little and Lightning blinks some, shifting to look at him confused. "you're not Doc." Lightning yawns.

"no. m'not." Smokey snorts. Lightning mumbles a little and curls up more.

"where are we?" Lightning ask.

"somewhere between California and Arizona." Smokey replies. it quiet a moment, but the youngers still awake, petting Bolt gently to settle the pup. "so what draws you to him?" Smokey ask. Lightning lifts his head and blinks confusedly.

"Bolt? Rust-eze bought him-" Lightning tries.

"no, Hud." Smokey corrected him.

"Doc? what do you mean?" Lightning ask confused.

"what draws you to Hud? is it because he's the Fabulous Hudson Hornet?" Smokey ask.

"mmm no. that only plays as part of our racing relationship. we don't talk about that stuff unless we're training or actually on the track and we don't talk about anything not work related unless we're doing neither of those things." Lightning shrugs a little. "and me falling in love with him, has absolutely nothing to do with what he used to be, it played a factor in how we became friends, but he's not the Hudson Hornet anymore, unless he's on that track in Radiator Springs, any other time, even as my crew chief, he's just Doc Hudson." Lightning adds.

"so him being the Hornet is not what you fell in love with?" Smokey ask.

"no geez, I'm not that shallow." Lightning huffed softly.

"okay, well, what did? what did you fall in love with?" Smokey ask, watching him a moment. Lightning shifts to look up at him.

"you really don't like me do you?" Lightning ask.

"what?" Smokey ask, shocked. "I never said that." he frowns.

"well not directly, but there was the time back in your house where you ask Doc if he was sure I actually loved him and now you're asking me if I'm sure I love him." Lightning shrugs.

"Hud told you about that?" Smokey ask.

"no, I was already awake on the couch." Lightning replied.

"look kid, that was nothing personal, that was just me making sure that Hud knew what he was doing." Smokey frowned.

"of course its personal." Lightning huffed. he yawns and shakes his head curling back up. he mumbles to himself and gives up the fight to stay awake. "s'always personal. everyone always questions me 'bout that shit." Lightning mutters half asleep. Smokey sighs after a moment. he likes the kid, don't get him wrong, but someone has to watch out for Doc. he's a good man with a lot of heart and Smokey won't let some kid come in and break it. it doesn't even seem to be a fear of Docs, that the younger man may only 'love' him because he was the Fabulous Hudson Hornet all those years ago, and it worries Smokey. it worries him a lot because he's seen it before and he doesn't want Doc to end up broken hearted again.

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