22. Race
Bea Messina
Reaching the cliff side, I pull up next to Ace's car and help Oscar down as he attempts to jump down.
"Can we sit on the front?" Alice asks Ace as he helps her out.
"Of course." He answers smiling, he lifts her up from under her arms and places her on the front of the hood. Smiling, I put Oscar up next to her.
"I'm gonna get changed behind the car." I say pointing my thumb backwards, they nod and I go to the trunk of my race car. I grab my jean shorts and grey tank top before changing quickly behind the car, away from prying eyes.
I throw my previous clothes in the back and put on my sleeveless, black hoodie with the cards on the back.
"I'm gonna go down and talk to Bill before the races, are you guys alright up here?" I ask putting my hand lightly on Oscars knee.
"Yup, I'm sure Ace can keep us company while you race momma." Alice asks with a bright smile.
"Yes he can. I love you guys, I'll see you after ok?" They both nod and wave while smiling.
Walking to my car, Ace follows me and envelopes me in a hug from behind as I stand next to the drivers door. "They're safe with me, I promise." He whispers in my ear causing me to smile slightly.
"I know they are, I'll see you after." I say turning in his arms and giving him a peck on the lips before exiting his arms and entering my car.
He stands back, arms crossed over his chest as I drive away, slightly waving.
I drive down to the track to see the light crowd forming, obviously there is some time before the race starts.
I quickly throw on my red high tops and put up my hood as I step out of my car. I walk to the back of my car calmly and open the trunk, flipping switches to change the 'mode' it is in. When I close the trunk again, I look over to the booth the rich man sat in last time, to see it still empty.
Bored, I lean on the hood of my car, crossing my arms over my chest as I wait for Bill.
Minutes later, I see Bill walking towards me. When I look around again, I see the crowd has grown a bit, but still not as much as I'm used to.
"Hey Blackjack. Good to see you actually showed up." Bill greets humorously.
"Yeah, I needed a good race. So how many racers are on tonight?" I ask getting right down to business.
"It's actually 9 new racers. All from the high school, they roll in some gang, you might know them. I wouldn't be able to tell you what they look like, just that they think they are that good." He answers crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well, they aren't from a gang I know, I would've known. So unless someone new moved into town, I doubt that part. As for knowing them from school, I'll probably recognize them from the football team, I better get my mask." I reply sighing a bit.
He nods and I head back to my trunk for the third time tonight.
I rummage through my bag and find a black mask that covers the bottom half of my face with a skeleton mouth painted on it. I quickly throw my hair into a high ponytail and slide the mask onto my face, looking as mysterious as ever.
Nodding to Bill, I lean back on the front of the car, watching as nice cars start to pull up.
I block them out as I wait for Bill to start the race, looking mindlessly forward, thinking about the last few days in particular.
Breaking me from my daze, I hear Bill over the mic, "Hello Racers. Tonight, is filled with newbies, but let's not forget the great herself is also here." I giggle and shake my head as he begins with the introductions.
"First, in the red, Ford Mustang GT, is a newbie, Hurricane." I look over and in fact, it's Zayn, he's on the football team. He's one of the less popular team members, but he's still there.
"Next, in the blue Subaru WRX STI, also a newbie, is Velocity." Eyeing up the next racer, I see one of the nerds from school, his name fits well but man does he look different. Brent? I think that's his name, I didn't realize him and Zayn were friends, from the way they stand close to one another, I assume they are.
"In the silver 2015 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6, is the last newbie for this race, the Colonel." When I look to the car next to me, the person I hate most is standing there, Spencer.
"But let's not forget the reigning champion, here to show the boys the ropes, in the black Challenger, is BlackJack." The crowd goes absolutely wild, I smirk and wave to the crowd as they fan over me.
"Racers, to your cars." I oblige and hope in the front seat, starting my car, opening my passenger window to see the three boys looking down at me.
I smirk and wave as I look forward, revving the engine a bit, giving the crowd a sound of the beast.
Zoning into the race, I see a girl in a red, plaid crop top and the shortest short shorts even possible. She smiles seductively as she raises the green fabric in her hand as her other lay rest on her hip.
When it comes flying down, the boys go flying forward in seconds. I wait a few seconds, letting them think I can't race, and then I'm off.
This is a different track than usual, but that doesn't mean I won't win.
Easily catching up to them, they create a line, thinking I can't get past. This is so much like last time
Still accelerating greatly, I hover my finger over the button I've used once before while racing in this town.
When I'm just about to hit the rear end of Spencer's car, I smirk and press the button, flying over top of their cars. I wave down at them as I'm flying through the air, seeing their shocked expressions.
I smirk and shake my head, continuing on.
From the inside of my car, I can see the scowl on Spencer's face, he obviously isn't enjoying that a girl is beating him.
The rest of the race was easy, I didn't even encounter any of them again. When I pulled past the finish line, I came to a skidding stop and slowly got out of my car, leaning up against the hood of my car.
When 'Velocity' and 'Hurricane' both finished before Spencer, my excitement grew. They both came and nodded as we stood around my car.
I shook my head and removed my mask, not really caring.
"Bea? Is that you?" Zayn asks completely astonished.
"Indeed it is, I didn't know you guys were into racing." I say smirking.
"Yeah, we decided to give it a try, obviously you dominate us." He replies still a bit flabbergasted by the situation.
"Well, since you know about my racing, I would like to invite both of you to join my gang."
"I'll do it." Brent says quickly.
"Woah, the nerd doesn't have a place to stay eh?" I add with a smirk.
"I have no family anyways, what have I got to lose?" He asks in a serious tone.
"Alright, what about you Zayn? You in?" I ask curiously, he sighs and nods. "Great, Kirk and Jackson will bring you by tomorrow after school to get you settled in the house and we can talk more then." They nod and disappear.
I don't know when but Spencer was watching us from his car.
"Does Ace know you're here?" I ask with a smirk. He scowls and gets in his car, slamming the door before driving away quickly.
The races all went by swiftly, I of course won them all. I also got five new members for the Forsaken. All guys from the school : Mark, Chris, Trent, Caleb and Rey. All really good guys, excited to be a part of the gang too.
"Thanks again Bea, it really smoothed them out a bit." Bill says as he hands me my winnings.
"No, it was a pleasure, plus I got some fresh meat for the gang. I'm excited, that means this week is initiation week, they are not going to be sleeping properly all week." I say chuckling thinking of the previous recruits we've had. "Anyways, I've gotta go, Ace is waiting." I say waving him off as I hop in my car and drive up to the cliff.
As soon as I get out of the car, I have to little bodies attached to my legs.
"Hi babies." I say giggling at the two children.
"That was awesome momma!" Alice said looking up at me, seeing the excitement in her eyes actually completed me.
This is all I'll ever need.
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