"Do you think Ms. Garcia will like them?" My brother asked me as we began to put cupcake icing on the cupcakes.

"I think she will because we put in our Falcon secret ingredient," Jen answered as we all sighed and said in unison ,"chocolate."

"Come on let's finish the-" I was suddenly cut off when the house phone rang. I answered immediately and said in a happy tone "hello, this is the Falcon residents, your speaking wit-"

"Mia, could you come over here. It's an emergency."

"Chase, I can't exactly just lea-"

"Please Mia"

I groaned and answered ", fine, I'll be there in 3 minutes."

Hanging up, I turned over to my siblings and asked "who would like to come and visit my friends house?"

They both looked at each other before answering in unison "ok!"

I grabbed their hands and ran out of the house and before we knew it, we were in front of the Davenport household. "Ok, what's the emergency?" I asked once I stepped through the door, my siblings in tow.

A tall rich kid turned around and said "woah, who's the gorgeous young woman you have bestowed upon my line of eyesight."

I raised an eyebrow at him ", how old are you? As a matter of fact, what is going on?"

Chase grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards him, silently whispering "that's Clayton, Pierce's son. The guy who keeps driving on our lawn in the middle of the night."

"Jerk" I mumbled under my breath, glaring at him.

"Look, I'll get right to the point. You have been driving your car across my yard at night and it needs to stop." Mr. Davenport asked/commanded.

"Not gonna happen but I will pay you to stop talking. What's your price?"

"Are you trying to pay me off? I'm a billionaire."

Pierce began to mock ",Wow, just a billionaire; must be rough. Well if you ever need a loan you know where I live. It's the castle at the top of the hill that casts a shadow over your entire existents."

"Please, you do not have more money than I do." Mr. Davenport scoffed.

Peirce took out his phone and began sliding the screen to show us all the zeroes. Every time he slid the screen, we uttered a woah as Mr. Davenport began to turn pale.

"Oh yeah? Well I see one zero that's not on this screen. Ha! Take that!" Mr. Davenport tried to reassure himself.

"Someone's about to start crying," Bree sang while walking towards me.

"Look, okay, enough is enough, what is it going to take for you to stop driving on my lawn?" Mr. Davenport yelled frustrated.

"I can't think of a thing. Goodnight."

"No! You are not leaving until we resolve this!"

"Fine! How about a contest? We can settle this on the racetrack. My stock car against yours. You do own a stock car, don't you?" Pierce asked, raising an eyebrow him.

Mr. Davenport scoffed "Of course I own a stock car and when I win it, you stop driving your car on my lawn."

It was as if Pierce and Clayton had a silent agreement because suddenly, Pierce said ",Oh no! I think we should play for much bigger stakes like the deeds to each other's houses. Also, the girl wearing the red leather jacket is my son's betrothed one and is to have no contact with any of you or your family."

I felt Chase grab me by the hips and pull me over towards him protectively. My brother and sister were getting angry. In fact, sparks started popping around them if you look closely.

"Deal."

"See you on the track...or later tonight when I tear up the rest of your lawn."

Clayton was about to touch my cheek when I raised up my hand and stopped him ", don't even think about it!"

He smirked "feisty, I like that in a woman."

Chase pulled me towards him and held me tightly, glaring down Clayton as he walked out the door.

Bree looked over to Mr. Davenport "Mr. Davenport are you sure about this?"

"Yeah if you don't win, we'll lose our house and never see Mia again"

"Guys I got this, don't worry about it," Mr. Davenport reassured us "I just have one question though. What exactly is a stock car?"

I looked over at Mr. Davenport and growled "let me at em."

I jumped towards him before being grabbed from every limb of my body, stopping me from toasting him alive. What did you expect, that I would be all nice and forgiving after just selling me out, you don't know what I'm capable of when I'm furious (but not Explosiva furious).

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"Wow" I muttered, looking at Mr. Davenport' s stock car when he rolled by on it.

"Sweet ride Big D. For a second there I forgot you were cool." Leo said admiring the car.

Bree smiled and said sarcastically "Yeah, a guy with a huge ego and a sport where they put your name and face on everything. It's a perfect match."

Chase looked uneasy"Are you sure you gonna be able to beat Pierce? I mean, you have no stock car experience, not to mention you get car sick going to the store."

"Please! Look at this track. Even Adam can drive in a circle."

Adam shuddered "But this is an oval and those terrify me."

"Driving in a circle gets exponentially harder at two hundred miles per hour." Please stop.

"Plus no bathroom breaks," oh come on. I don't want to be betrothed to...oh god I can't say his name ",You're gonna need this."

"Guys don't worry about this, I have spent hundreds of hours training in a stock car simulator. I've hired the best pit crew in town; I got this."

Chase looked over to me, concern etched across his face. "Mia, what happened to you. You have a cut on your jaw and a few bruises on your arms."

He grabbed my wrists gently, slowly examining them as I simply answered "oh, I went on a few missions before I came here. I'm alright though so don't worry."

Chase was about to say something else when suddenly Pierce and...Clayton...came by and said "Well Davenport we just wanted to wish you luck."

"You'll need it against our driver," Clayton said, smirking.

"Driver?"

"Yeah. I said we'd race. I never said I would be the one driving. Joey!"

I gasped, he didn't. What did I do to deserve this, please tell me.

Mr. Davenport scoffed "That's your driver! When does he get his learner's permit."

"that's Joey Logano. He's been a racer since he started racing at the age of six! Youngest Nascar driver to win pro circuit." I mumbled as everybody held their breath.

"We're gonna need a bigger bucket," Adam mumbled. I shook my head and whispered "no, it's going to take alot more than a bigger bucket to fix this. "

I sat down on one of the tires, staring at the track as Mr. Davenport tried to reassure us. I couldn't help but feel...dead. I know I'm not suppose to feel this way but I just can't help myself. It's not like me to feel like everything has gone wrong, but the fact that I might never see them again...it's unbearable.

"Hey" I heard someone say quietly as they sat down besides me.

"Hey" I greeted back quietly, messing with the hem of my jacket sleeves.

"You know, you shouldn't be upset right now. You should be thrilled about the fact that your going to see rich men drive recklessly in a circle. " I laughed a little and turned my head to see Leo there, watching Mr. Davenport and Joey getting to the starting line.

"I'm going to miss this" I mumbled, watching Chase holding a clipboard. I felt Leo stiffen besides me before standing up.

"Mia, remember what you use to tell me when we were little? "

"Eat your vegetables? " he rolled his eyes.

"No. You use to tell me that the struggle I was in today, was the strength I was developing tomorrow. Remember?"

I smiled at Leo, I haven't really smiled in a while. "Your right Leo. Come on, let's go cheer them on!"

Leo smiled and walked away. I smiled a little before frowning again. For some reason, I had a nagging feeling in the back of my mind and I just couldn't shake it off. I guess it's doubt but I'm not sure. I know it's not on the race because if it were, I would at least say something but I can't because it's not about the race.

"You're doing great Mr. Davenport."

"Really?"

"No, You're twenty eight laps behind." I heard Chase say as I walked over to them.

"Please tell him he doesn't have to wave every time he passes us," Bree whined.

Chase looked over to me ", hey Mia, you ok about the whole betrothed thing?"

I smiled at him, glanced at Leo and said ", yeah. I've gotten over the thing a few moments ago. I realized that bets are made to be broken and nothing can keep me away from the people I love most. Not even my 'fiancé'."

Chase genuinely smiled at me and for a moment, we just stared at eachother, in a daze. It was like goosebumps traveled up my spine, my heart fluttered, and everything around me shimmered into darkness. It was just a second of us looking at eachother when suddenly my smile turned into a scowl when I saw Mr. Rich kid walking over to us.

"So, where are you guys thinking of moving?" He asked, looking at me as if silently claiming me his. Chase glared him down, using one of Spike's death glares.

"Well my gut says Cleveland but I'm an Indiana man at heart." Adam answered, trying to avoid the awkwardness filling the air.

"We're not gonna lose Clayton." Leo spat out.

"Keep telling yourself that Junior."

"I'm the same age as you."

"Your wallets not," Clayton spat. Really, 'your wallets not?' Isn't that the best comeback ever.

"That doesn't make any sense."

"My wallet makes sense, it talks to me all the time and right now it's saying, Can I have Leo's bedroom? Yes you can!" Clayton looked up at me and said ", don't worry princess. I can buy you whatever your heart desires and soon that cheap ring on your finger," he pointed at the ring Chase gave to me months ago ", will be replaced with a diamond ring with a matching necklace and earings. Consider it an engagement gift."

Once he was gone, my hands turned to flames, my eyes had flames inside it's brown orbs, and right before I was going to turn into a full on fire rampage, I felt Chase grab my arm and say "he isn't worth it Mia."

I looked over at Chase and sighed, cooling down my flames. Chase smiled at me, and was hesitant for a moment before walking away. It was as if he wanted to...Bad Mia!

"I can believe I'm losing this badly." Mr. Davenport groaned once he reached us.

"But you do know that stepping on the gas pedal makes it go faster, right?"

"There must be something wrong with the car"

"Okay let's be smart about this and eliminate variables. Are we sure the car is not in reverse?" Adam suggested and he visibly turned pale. I think it's because he used the words 'eliminate' and 'variables' in the same sentence and used them the right way.

"Wait! It's been almost a minute. Shouldn't your pit crew be done by now?" Chase asked, looking around the area.

"Yeah, and where's your crew chief?"

We suddenly saw the crew chief talking to Pierce and Clayton as I asked ",What is he doing down there?"

Chase tapped the side of his temple and suddenly he said "Peirce is cheating! He paid your pit crew to sabotage your car!"

"I thought he was a low life rich dude but a cheater!" I mumbled, exasperated.

"I knew it!" Mr. Davenport yelled, firing everyone as they left his car in a mess.

"Probably should have waited until they put those back on."

"Wait, Mr. Davenport, what if we replaced your pit crew with a bionic and super pit crew?"

"Or we can root for Joey Logano," we all looked at Adam questioningly. He just shrugged.

"Hey just throwing out options."

"Hold on. Isn't using bionics and superpowers technically cheating?"

"Look, they cheated first. Technically I'm just leveling out the playing field." Mr. Davenport said, moving his hands around.

"Okay, I'll tap into the car's central computer and optimize it for peak performance. Mia, you will adjust the parts that have been messed with. Bree, you use your super speed to change these tires and gas it up. And Adam…" Chase hesitated before Adam cut him off "Can do this." Suddenly, the car was lifted off the ground.

"Pretty cool, huh?" His hands burned a bit but he was just fine.

Mr. Davenport gave us all pit crew suits as we finished fixing up his car. Soon, he was off. Chase kept track of him through his binoculars. Once Mr. Davenport came back, he said "Okay! We need to change these tires in under ten seconds-"

"Done!"

Suddenly Mr. Davenport was off again and was head to head with Joey Logano.

Once Mr. Davenport came back and left I saw Joey Logano on our side of the track.

"So it looks like my afternoon just freed up, you need any help?"

We all muttered a few yes's and no's before he began to beg "Please say yes! I want to hide from that flag lady."

Principal Perry asked out of nowhere"Joey! Wanna go halfsies on a hoagie?"

Joey was suddenly on the ground, wise choice.

"Mr. Davenport you're doing great. Just please stop saying Vroom Vroom every time you make a turn."

Mr. Davenport began to slow down behind...Pierce? Ok, I didn't know Pierce even knew how to drive. I mean, he can't even drive on the street right.

"What is Mr. Davenport doing? Why is he slowing down?"

"He's gonna lose."

"No, he's obviously giving up. It's the honorable thing to do."

"No, he's just drafting," Joey told us, as a sharp intake of breath came into my mouth. Suddenly I felt a warm hand on mine and I instantly calmed down. I knew who's hand it was, there's only one person in the world who can make me feel like I'm floating on air without me needing to fly.

"Something I learned from my racing simulator, I'm reducing my weight and resistance by hiding behind Peirce's car and then I'm gonna sling shot past him in the straight away. On my controller its red, red, green, up arrow. I'm pretty sure I can make it work."

I squeezed Chase's hand and closed my eyes, hoping that it would work when suddenly-

"And Davenport crosses the finish line!"

I stood there frozen for a minute before laughing and giving everyone hugs. Ok, I was happy and it isn't everyday your happy about breaking your engagement to someone you don't love yet loved doing it.

"Hey Clayton" I said walking over to him.

He glared at me and said "hello, princess. "

I gave him a fake smile "if you ever claim a girl yours over a bet, you know the consequences"

Right when I turned around, I brought my fist up, turned back to him and punched him square in the face. He fell to the ground as I felt giddy, like I had a mini 'Frozen' moment right now.

Bree laughed and said "ok, that's a break up worth putting on the net."

I know I skipped alot of episodes but I couldn't help it. I didn't like those episodes as much. Also I know I've been using original ideas lately but only because something big is going to happen during the showdown that may or may not involve life or death.

And that mini frozen moment. I felt extremely giddy writing it. Hope you like this chapter