"yeah! do it." Doc grins. Lightning passes him the bottle and opens up the sun roof, before climbing up in the seat. Docs Hornet didn't have a sun roof, this must be a newer model or at least a modified one . "be careful baby." Doc chuckles, watching him poke his head out of it. this is just what the younger needed, a way to relax and half fun.

"lights off Hud!" Smokey shouts in reminder out of his window. Doc reaches forward and shuts them off chuckling. Doc nudges Lightnings leg gently and holds up the bottle, he's willing to let the kid have as much fun as he wants. Lightning takes it, taking a bigger drink than he should and laughs.

"having fun?" Doc asks.

"hell yeah!" Lightning grins, holding tightly as Doc slide around another curve going way faster then he should. Lightning passes the bottle back down to Doc and the older man takes his own drink.

"hell yeah kid thats the way to do it!" Louise shouts, laughing.

"just be careful!" Junior grins.

"kid get down." Doc says. "or hold onto something!" Doc grins. he hits the jump going fast than he was before and Lightning laughs, holding onto the car for dear life, he trusts Doc, he's not afraid, even when his feet leave the seat for a brief moment, though theres a hand on his ankle the moment he does and Docs holding him down. as a matter of fact, he's having the time of his life. nothing matters right now. not Chick, not racing, not even his wreck.

"whoo!" Lightning grins. Docs laughing and Lightnings laughing, plopping back down into the seat. he's giggling and his face is flush from both the wind and the moonshine, but he can't find it in himself to care.

"hang on Monty." Doc grins as the others skid to a stop. Lightning holds onto the door handle, grinning. Doc slams on the breaks and pulls the wheel hard laughing. they spin around twice, coming up on two wheels before slamming to a ground and skidding to a stop.

"always gotta be a show off hmm?" Smokey asks getting out of his truck. Doc smirked, climbing out of the Hornet. Lightning gets out with him, laughing.

"thats the first time in a while we've done that." River grins getting out of his own car, his moonshine bottle in hand.

"you guys do this a lot?" Lightning grinned.

"used to. been about three months since we have. we don't do it in the cold weather, first ride of the season." Smokey grins.

"that was great." Lightning laughs, brushing his hair out with his fingers.

"glad you had fun kid. we get back." Smokey says looking at his watch. Doc nods.

"yeah probably." Doc mutters. he heads back to the hornet, getting in with the younger.

"we've gotta do this again sometime." Lightning grins. Doc chuckles softly as they head back to Smokeys.

"you slept all day, you going to be able to sleep tonight?" Doc ask. Lightning nods slightly.

"yeah, I think so." Lightning mumbled. "if not Smokey has a tv in his living room he told me I could watch." he adds.

"you can always wake me up if you need to." Doc assures, pulling up to Smokeys garage. he parked beside Smokeys truck.

"no I'll be fine. I'm sure I'll sleep fine." Lightning says. they got out and headed inside the house, Smokey followed them, bottle of moonshine in his hand.

"you two going to be okay?" Smokey ask.

"we'll be okay Smokey. its all good. promise." Doc assures. Smokey nods heading for his room. Doc leads Lightning back to the room their sharing and lets him in. "change your clothes. you've been wearing those since the hotel. get a shower clean yourself up okay?" Doc ask. Lightning nods and grabs himself some clothes, before heading to the bathroom. Doc watches him go and sits on the bed.

"hey." Mack murmurs poking his head in.

"whats up kid?" Doc asks.

"they said he had a panic attack again. he okay?" Mack ask. Doc nods.

"yeah saw a green car and it set him off." Doc said. "pretty bad one too." Doc frowns.

"was it Chick?" Mack ask. Doc shakes his head.

"no. he's in Arizona, in jail. they still haven't found his crew yet though." Doc frowns. "Louise said she saw it too, but my head was under the hood of a car." Doc sighs. "kid was out of it." Doc adds.

"talking about me?" Lightning asks, walking into the room.

"of course." Doc smirks. Lightning half smiles, drying his hair.

"hey boss, how are you?" Mack asks.

"good I guess." he shrugs. "you guys haven't been too bored without us have you?" Lightning ask.

"nah. we're good." Mack smiles. "just wondering how you are. you've got a little more color to you than you did earlier." Mack smiles.

"yeah him feeling better is not why he has color." Doc snorts.

"huh?" Mack ask.

"the moon was in full shine." Lightning says, before bursting into giggles. Doc chuckles a little. Mack looks at him curiously, before looking at Doc.

"you guys are drunk?" Mack ask.

"no, well, I'm not. he is. lightweight." Doc snorts.

"what did you even drink?" Mack ask.

"he told you already. the moon. it was in full shine." Doc grins at him. Lightning burst into giggles again and Mack almost wants to drop the subject. he hasn't heard his boss giggling and laughing like this in a while.

"what the hell does that even means?" Mack asks.

"the moon is-" Lightning goes to repeated.

"we brew moonshine." Doc huffs.

"moonshine? that shits illegal." Mack hisses.

"no it's not. not here it ain't." Doc snorts. "besides it was all in good fun. look at him Mack." Doc murmurs, turning his head to look at the man whos now laying on the bed in a giggle fit. Doc turns back to Mack. "I haven't heard him laugh like this in too long, okay? he needed this." Doc added. Mack frowns and looks at Lightning. its obvious he's drunk, but the light in his eyes is back. he's laughing, giggling, and grinning just laying on the bed. "he's happy Mack, whens the last time you actually saw him like that." Doc said.

"I get that... but..." Mack started.

"I'll take care of him. I always do. he's okay." Doc assures. Mack nods slightly.

"alright. nice guys." Mack says, walking back to his room. Doc shuts the door. he let the younger have a little to much moon shine, but he couldn't find it in himself to regret it. Lightning sat up and wobbled.

"hey giggles. thats my shirt you got on there, again." Doc chuckles. Lightning giggles. he's wearing one of the olders casual t-shirts. its an old racing t-shirt with a Piston cup on it.

"its comfy." he giggles.

"its huge on you." Doc says.

"m'sorry I don't got the broad shoulders like you." he huffs.

"you're cute kid." Doc murmurs, smiling. he kisses the younger and smiles. "now lay down. bed time." Doc chuckles.

"no way! I'm not tired." Lightning laughs, getting up off the bed. Doc was quick to grab him when he stumbled.

"well thats too bad because its past midnight and the rest of the house is going to sleep." Doc says, amused. Lightning steps away from him quickly.

"well, I'm not." Lightning says sticking his tongue out at Doc. Doc rolls his eyes, reaching for him gently.

"come on time for bed." Doc murmurs. Lightning shakes his head, stepping out of his reach. "kid, come on. it's time to sleep." Doc says.

"I'm not tired." he huffs.

"well I am." Doc said, kicking his jeans off. he tosses his shirt onto the ground, before laying on the bed. Lightning stares at him. "take a picture kid, it'll last longer." Doc mumbles with his eyes closed. Lightning kicks off his pants and crawls onto the bed, crawling over Doc. "no. bed time." Doc said. Lightning reaches a hand out to touch the olders face, poking him in the nose. Doc grunts and turns his face away. "bed time baby." Doc say firmly.

"no." Lightning huffs. Doc grabs his wrist gently when the younger reaches towards his chest. he opens his eyes and stares Lightning down.

"bed. time." Doc says more firm than before. Lightnings eyes widen and he stares at Docs hand around his wrist, frozen. something flashes in the youngers eyes and the smile is gone. "kid?" Doc ask.

"let go." Lightning mumbles.

"kid, you okay?" Doc ask.

"let go!" Lightning shouts, trying to pull his arm free.

"kid are you-" Doc tries.

"let go!" Lightning shouts, leaning forward and biting Docs wrist hard.

"ow! hey!" Doc hissed sitting up and letting his arm go. Lightning scrambles back, falling off the bed backwards with a thump. Doc looks at the blood running down his wrist and crawls over to the edge of the bed to look at Lightning. he's laying on the floor looking confused. "what the helll was that for?" Doc glares.

"you grabbed me." he says sounding confused. "I... I didn't mean to." he mumbles. he flinches when Doc sits up.

"what happened kid? you were so giggly a second ago." Doc frowns worried.

"nothing... I... a bad memory... s-sorry." Lightning mumbles softly.

"come on up here kid." Doc murmurs. Lightning tensed a little, eyes flickering to Docs bleeding wrist. "my wrist is fine and I'm not going to hurt you, just want you out of the floor." Doc says softly. he still seems hesitant, but gets up out of the floor anyway. Doc pats the bed gently, but Lightning shakes his head slightly. "okay, I'm gonna get up, off the bed and go take care of my arm okay?" Doc ask. he nods slightly, watching the older with careful eyes. "okay. just take it easy, I'm getting up." Doc warns softly, getting up off the bed. Lightning flinches back some and Doc puts his hands up in innocence. "shhh. shh. I'm gonna go clean up my wrist." Doc says, side stepping away from the younger. its like being an a room with a caged up animal. he heads into the bathroom and patches up his arm, before carefully creeping back into the room. the younger is sitting quietly on the edge of the bed looking lost. "kid-" Doc tries.

"m'sorry." Lightning says quietly.

"no I am. I'm sorry kid. I didn't mean to upset you. are you okay?" Doc asks. "didn't get hurt from falling off the bed did you?" Doc asks. Lightning shakes his head.

"no. m'okay... hows your arm?" Lightning ask.