I think I'm going to go with a year, maybe 1 or a little over that, years later like most of you suggest. But not at first. We're gonna start maybe a weeks after the ending of Back to you...

Lightning and Sally were meeting at the courthouse with their own lawyers to discuss the children. Who and when they get to stay with while they aren't in school yet. (ages at the point are twins not quite a year, colt is arond 2? think thats right.)

They all talked and were just finishing up. Sally's lawyer wrote down some notes and repeated asking "So? We agree the children, as young as they are, should remain with my client until Mr Mcqueen finds his own home suitable for the children. And that when that happens, Lightning may take the children friday morning until Sunday night each weekend?" Lightning nodded. Sally weighed in here, "Ofcorse if you find a place close like you said? We don't need to worry about this all that much. We can always talk and figure out when we want the kids back and fourth." Sally's lawyer raised a brow and whispered "I don't recommend that." Sally nodded assuring "It's fine. I trust him." Lightning zigged then looked at his pwn lawyer.

Who then spoke up clearing his throat. "Mm Yes. My client, Mr Mcqueen.. Is taking a job that rerequires him being out of state for some time." Sally's expression changed drastically as the lawyer continued "So for now, the children will remain with their mother for a period of time until Mr McQueen finished his business." Sally's jaw dropped asking "You're leaving?!" As she stood up. Her lawyer pulled her back down gently. Lightning frowned. But they finished up the agreement.

Lightning made a quick escape but not quick enough. When he reached the parking lot, Sally had caught up and darted in front of him asking "You're leaving? What, where? Why?" Lightning sighed answering "Work Sally." Sally was lost, "What work? You don't have a job!?" Lightning glared correcting "Thanks for that.. Actually I do. I talked to Tex, I'm going to Florida for a few months. Help me take my mind off things.." he griped. Sally's eyes widened but she became angry, maybe hurt and snapped "Florida!? To get your mind off what!?" "Of you!" Lightning shouted. Sally stood dead silent in front of him as he continued explaining "We maybe divorced like you wanted but I am not over you. I need.. I need some space. Some time to just.. It's work Sally." Sally rolled her eyes snapping "How long,!?" she asked. Lightning rubbed his eyes feeling a head ache as he answered "Six months or so." She onky snapped back fast! That's not work, it's racing!" Lightning ignored that and began walking away to his vehicle. "You will always choose racing over your family won't you?!..." She added. Lightning stopped and he was about to snap back but. He just ignored her and went on...

1 year later

(which kids ages would be 3 and twins 1.

Lightning was only gone to Florida for about 8 months. When he returned, Tex announced his full retirement. Leaving Cal Weathers in charge of the dinico rusteze racing school. Cal Ofcourse proudly took on the challenge of running this place. Cal placed Lightning as one of the instructors and coaches on the simulators for the young wanna be racers. But Lightning yearned to be out on the schools track next to the school itself. But Lightning was about to receive some upsetting news from his boss and friend...

Lightning was standing next to the simulator, watching the young man in the car driving. "Great! Doin good there Gerry!" Lightning encouraged. Then Cal walked up smiling and greeted "Hey McQueen!" Lightning turned "Hey Cal." Cal watched Gerry a bit then asked "What do you think? Good enough for one of our picks?" Lightning shrugged answering "Well he's good. I don't know if he's ready to be a racer yet. but he's good." Cal nodded. The two watched Gerry finish up. Lightning then called instructing "Alright! Let's wrap it up for the day!" Cal snickered asking "Friday pick up again?"

Lightning nodded, "Yup. My weekend with the kids. Sally drops them off at daycare for me on friday mornings." Lightning said with a sigh. "Alright. Well could you put in Gerry's information in with the other students we're considering?" Cal asked. Lightning nodded "Yeah, sure thing." Cal smiled and walked off, checking on the rest of his school.

Lightning was at the desk and picking through different file information. Looking for Gerry. "Gerry.. Gerry.. Awe here it is. Gerry Bingham. What a name.." Lightning muttered and set the file aside. Lightning put the rest back up on the shelf just as a knock came to the door. Just Cal again."Hey. Find it?" He asked. Lightning nodded and held up the file. "Odd last name." Lightning pointed out. Cal shrugged explaining "May shorten it for the public. Anyway I just need this." Cal grabbed some papers and began leaving saying "See you Monday Light." "Yeah alright, Hey Cal!" Lightning stopped his friend.

Cal walked back in. "Think we can start some classes outside? You know on the asphalt track we have? Think a lot of the students could benefit from it." Cal shook his head answering "Uuhh no. We can't actually because I sold it." Lightning's expression quickly changed asking "You? Sold it? The race track?" Cal nodded further explaining "Well yeah. The school barely been usin it and it cost more to up keep than anything here? Even more than the cars." "But it's the only race track in the school? A racing school?" Cal chuckled a little replying "Don't worry. With these new simulators, we don't need it. You know that?" Lightning shrugged adding in "Yeah but?.. That track could have given the kids experience on the real thing?" Cal frowned, "Well I already sold it.. Besides I talked with her and it didn't seem like a bad idea? Gonna build a campus there. I mean with the other college just a few streets over it seemed like a good deal. The racing school is even going to sign a thing with the college and combine them."

Lightning's brows lowered as he stood up and asked "Wait? What her? Who exactly bought the track?" Cal stared a moment before answering "Well.. The mayor.." Lightning sighed and nodded muttering "Gee.. Thanks for the heads up Cal.." Then grabbed his jacket and began leaving. Cal stopped Lightning and tried talking to him, "Lightnin.. The track wasn't getting it's use. I needed to sell it.. The school.. Isn't doing as good anymore and the students don't want to train like us old timers. They want new and flashy and high tech. They all wanna be like Storm. Cruz was the only racer that got youngsters into old methods of training.. And.." Lightning sighed finishing "I know.. She's gone, leaving Storm the big influence.. Yeah.." He glared. That was his fault though. "I'll see you monday." Cal said. Lightning nodded and with a goodbye headed out to talk with the mayor...

Lightning waited in a chair in the hall. The mayors assistant Carly was at her desk. Typing away on the computer. Lightning sighed and glanced at his watch. It had already been 11 minutes. Lightning glared at Carly asking "Yeah uh.. Any chance she's not busy yet? I seriously need to get a move on." Carly stared but didn't say a word. Kind of just ignored him.

Suddenly the door opened and Carly spoke "You can go in now." Lightning glared at the young girl then went on in. There she was.

Sally looked at Lightning sort if surprised and muttered his name. "Lightning.." "Sally." He came right back with as he walked closer. Sally raised a brow and asked "The kids okay?" and motioned for him to sit. Lightning went ahead and sat dow as he answered "Yeah, kids are fine. I'm gonna go pick them up once I leave here." Sally nodded but asked curiously "So why are you here?" Lightning sighed admitting "Well the race track. Cal told me you bought it? Is that true?" Sally leaned in her chair and nodded. "Technically the town bought it but yeah. Going to build a campus there." Lightning quickly snarled "But that's the only race track besides the one at Willy's butte? Did you have to put it there!?"

Sally sighed answering "It's right next to the racing school and Cal and I already talked about it and he thinks it's a great idea. And it's just a few miles from the new college." "But you didn't talk to me!?" Lightning snapped! Sally rolled her eyes reminding "Because you're not the owner of the school." Lightning shook his head arguing back "You know this is going to do the exact opposite of what you wanted to do to the town when you became mayor?" Sally nodded agreeing but explained "I know. But the town needs this. Our kids are going to need this. As mayor, I have to do this if we plan to make Radiator Springs a place to live in and not just a vacation hot spot...Unless you want to leave Radiator Springs? I have to adapt the town for families to live in. That means schools." Lightning sighs but sees her point and agrees.

It gets kind of quiet a moment. Lightning frowned and vented to his ex wife, "Just.. It's my fault that racing.. that students can't train like Doc trained me.. Half the students at this school don't even have real passion for the sport. They are simply just there. They aren't true racers like.." He paused and he and Sally stared at each other a moment. He was thinking Cruz but "Like Doc.. Sorry.. I'm, I'm rambling.." Lightning muttered. Sally just stared at him. She felt a little bad so tried to make him feel a little better, "Look, if you want racers to train like Doc trained you? Then you should show them that. I don't know? Offer to take some students to the a track or open your own track or something?" Lightning stared at her. Thinking. "My own track huh?.." Lightning muttered. Wheels definitely started turning in his mind there.

"Well.. Maybe you should.. Go get the kids.." Sally mentioned. Lightning nodded and stared at her. Her hair was grown out a little past her shoulders. An olive green blouse with white capri pants and nude pumps. Lightning smiled a little and complimented "You look good." Sally shook her head and scolded "Don't do that." "Do what?" Lightning asked. Sally stood up replying "That thing you just did. We're divorced Lightning." She then began gathering her things. Lightning sighed and smiled saying "I know. Thought it was funny." Sally shook her head "You have an odd sense of humor. I have got to go. So please just go get the kids. You need anything for them this weekend?" Lightning shook his head answering "Nah. I got it Sally." "Good." She then held the door open and waited for Lightning to leave first.

Lightning sighed and stepped out, followed by Sally. "You really do look good." Lightning complimented. Sally sighed and went with it "Fine. Thank you.." Lightning walked with Sally out of the building. "You look good to." Sally complimented. Lightning chuckled a little and thanked her "Thanks. Been using the school's gym." Sally stared. A little shocked and asked "You're working out?" Lightning shrugged. They walked to the porsche she kept. The one Francesco gave her. "Still not gonna let me buy you a drink sometime?" Lightning asked. Sally shook her head scolding "Stop. Please.. You've done this every week sense you got back from Florida and we are divorced. We are friends. Nothing more." she said firmly. Lightning shrugged saying "Friends have drinks." "Goodbye Lightning." She said back still firmly. Then got into her car and started it. Lightning waved off as she left..

Lightning pulled up and parked. Going in to pick up his children from the day care service. Lightning walked up to the class room. Colton was in a seperated class from his siblings due to age. Lightning knocked on Colton's room first. Colton looked over and smiled shouting "Daddy!" And ran over! Lightning knelt down and hugged his son. Catching the eyes of a few other parents. "How's my rookie?" Lightning asked. Colton grabbed Lightning's hand and pulled him inside the room shouting "Look, I color a picture!" Lightning smiled asking "Did you?" Colton pulled Lightning to a wall and pointed to the picture. "Which one? This one?" Lightning asked pointing to the rather awfully drawn scribbles. You could tell by the photo that an adult seriously helped. Colton nodded.

"Looks good buddy." Suddenly the twins grabbed hold of each of Lightning's legs. "Heys guys!" Lightning says to his children. But the twins and Colton quickly run off playing again! Lightning sighs. Knowing he's about to have to chase them down to get them into the suv. Then one of the moms approached Lightning greeting "Heeyyy.. Awe your kids are adorable. Not like my little Henry.. I swear.. Kids are a handful." She joked. Lightning chuckled but smiled as he glanced at his kids playing and nodded agreeing "Awe well.. They can be."

The woman smiled in a weird way. A way that warned Lightning of this women's intentions. Not that she wasn't attractive. She had sandy brown hair and brown eyes. Tall, long and slim. Wearing this white blouse with a pink blazer, tight dark jeans, ssparkling gold heels. You'd never thought she had a kid really.

"You know..." She said softly as she brushed her hand across his, catching his full attention. Her hand rubbed up his arm. "Raising kids alone can make you tense.." Lightning sighed and stepped back replying nicely "It can. It can.. But I have ways of managing." The woman smiled and muttered "I'll bet you do.." Lightning stared a moment. Then noticed the group of women behind her and them snickering and whispering. Lightning nodded and then turned to his kids saying "Come on guys. Time to go home!"...

Lightning was having dinner with his kids in his living room. In his bachelor pad of a home. At least that's what Sally called it. Besides being large. It was so nice and bright. Wood everywhere. Huge double door entrance, two story, A bridge above the living room as a hall between the master bedroom and other rooms and stair case. It was a bit much. Like he was trying to show off. Again, that's what Sally said when he moved into it a few months ago when he came back from Florida.

He and the kids were eating simple pizza rolls while watching some stuff on tv. Colton was squishing the sauce out of the food. Lightning noticed and scolded his son lightly "Hey? don't do that? You're getting rid of all the good stuff there kid." Colton just giggled a little and continued. Lightning sighed. Then he noticed Landon shoving a bunch in his mouth at once. "Oh god.. Landon no. Stop that. Geez.." He held his hand under Landon's mouth and the toddler spit them out in his hand. Lightning sighed. Then his phone rang and he answered quickly without even looking at the name.

"Hello?"

Hey!

"Bobby! How you doin?"

Good. Great. Was wonderin if you wanna get together sometime this next week? Been trying to get you out of the house for a while now!? You work too much man.

"I got kids. I got work Bobby."

Yeah yeah. Well you owe me.

"Sure thing. Hey actually gues what Cal did."

What now?

"Sold the race track."

The race track? To the racing school?

"Exactly! Says racers don't want to train like that anymore."

Well.. Can't argue with that... Everyone wants to be like Sto-

-"I know! Please don't say that.. Person's name."

Well what you gonna do? It's not like you can get Cruz back?

"No... That.. That would be crazy. Actually Sally mentioned opening my own track."

Hmm. Eh.. Too much work.

"Yeah you're right. Why don't you come down sometime next week. I'll make time and we can get drinks or somethin." Lightning began cleaning up while he talked. Tossing the kids partially cleaned up plates into the sink as they ran off to play.

You askin me on a date?

"Haha funny. Alright. I'll see you next week sometime" Lightning hung up and called to his kids "Alright! Time to get ready for bed guys!"

After grabbing them up and getting them into pajamas and into their shared large bedroom. In his home, Lightning had set up a large bedroom for the kids and a playroom. Anyways, Lightning got the twins to lay down in their beds next to each other. Colton was curled up in Lightning's lap and arms. Lightning yawned a bit but Colton begged "Book peaze." Lightning smiled. A tired smile. But nodded and grabbed one of the few books he had. Settling in. He began reading to his kids. But it didn't take long for them to all fall asleep. That was thanks to Sally. She had gotten them in such a routine, as long as Lightning followed it he could get the kids to bed pretty easily.

Once they were for sure asleep. Lightning set down the book and slowly, carefully lay Colton down into his bed and smiled gazing at his first born. He frowned and sighed though as he thought of the picture. It kind of broke his heart. A picture of all of them.. And Sally. He still wasn't completely over her. Though Sally seemed to have moved on fine. She was successful and busy and a big deal to the entire town. But this is what Sally wanted this. She wanted the divorce...