Stronger Feelings
Lightning looked down bashfully, inching a little closer to Sally. She closed her eyes briefly as Lightning barely nudged her fender with his own. He looked up, smiling sheepishly. She nuzzled his fender in return, smiling happily as she cuddled into his side. He blinked a few times, smiling shyly at the ground, as she pressed her fender onto his. He nuzzled her again, closing his eyes in content.
"Is that what I think it is?" Sally heard Flo ask from beside them.
She sighed, closing her eyes in content. " I don't know, Flo, but… I… am… going… to… find… out… helloooo…"
Lightning's eyes fluttered open, looking over at the Porsche beside him. He smiled even bigger, seeing that her eyes were closed in bliss.
"Lightnin'…" She said slowly, suddenly opening her eyes.
"Hmm…?" He replied, still smiling.
"Lightnin'…" She said again, this time sounding a little more deep, a little more like…
"Lightnin'! Wake up, buddy!" Mater exclaimed, nudging his friend's tire.
"Nooo…… Lemme sleep…" Lightning muttered, squeezing his eyes shut.
"Come on, bud! We gots ta hurry up an' set up for the annual Radiator Springs anniversary… uh … thingy!" Mater exclaimed, hooking his tow cable up to Lightning's front bumper and towing him out of his cone.
Lightning hit his brakes, skidding to a halt in front of the rusted tow truck.
"Mater… Why do we have to start so early? Sarge and Filmore haven't even started arguing yet!" Lightning said in an annoyed tone.
"Because, Sheriff told me to! And I don't really wanna mess with him…" Mater replied, chuckling.
Lightning sighed. "Ok, ok…" And with that the two made their way to Willy's Butte.
As they passed the Cozy Cone's reception area, Lightning looked in the window, noticing that Sally was already awake. She looked up and smiled, then turned her attention back to her paperwork. Lightning smiled to himself, still staring at her as she worked.
"You was dreamin' bout her, weren't ya? Mater asked suddenly, making Lightning snap his attention back to him.
"Wha? No! What—What would make you think that?" He replied, somewhat embarrassedly.
"Cause you kept sayin' her name, and you was smilin' perdy big…"
"I wasn't dreaming about her, Mater." Lightning argued.
"Sally! Oh, Sally! I love you, Sally! Mwa! Mwa!" Mater teased in a high-pitched voice, making kissy faces at Lightning.
"Mater! Mater, please! Cut it out!" Lightning yelled over him, blushing a darker shade of red.
Mater laughed, and stopped, as Lightning glared embarrassedly at the ground.
"Ya know I'm just kiddin ya…" Mater said quietly, nudging his friend's tire. "Well, I guess we better get started decoratin'. Here, hold this…"
He handed Lightning the end of a rope, then proceeded to hanging a banner up. Lightning sat there, his tire pressed to the rope, starting to get bored. He let his mind drift to Sally, imagining them together up at Wheel Well, him scooting closer when she wasn't looking.
"Lightnin'! Earth to Lightnin'! Are ya with me, bud?" He heard Mater say, snapping him back to reality.
"Uh, yea, yea… What do you need?" He replied, smiling sheepishly.
"I asked if you could hand me a tack."
"A tack?" Lightning repeated, raising a windshield.
"Dang it! We done fergot tha tacks!" Mater exclaimed, setting down the banner. "You stay here, I'll go back ta town, and ask if Flo gots any."
Lightning watched as Mater left, sighing to himself. He drove over to a secluded spot, starting to get bored again. He began to move around some rocks with his tires, forming a small heart. He place a few more rocks, forming an L and an S in the center of the heart. He heard an engine approaching, and quickly threw some dirt over the rocks, hoping no one would notice.
"I got tha tacks, buddy!" He heard Mater yell as he drove up to the banner once more.
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"I can't believe that we got done decorating so fast." Lightning said as he and Mater drove back to town together.
"Yeah, me neither… Well, I gots ta go. I promised ta help Lizzie out with some work she needed me ta do." Mater replied, heading towards the curios shop.
"Seeya Mater!" Lightning called back, driving the rest of the way to the Cozy Cone. He spotted Sally driving out of the lobby, and quickly drove over to her.
"Hey, Stickers. Are we still on for a movie tonight?" She asked as he pulled up beside her.
"You bet. Eight o' clock, right?" He replied, smiling at her.
"Yep, see you at eight." And with that, she drove off, heading up towards Wheel Well.
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"Hey, Sally. You ready to go? Ah….. No, no…… That sounds to weird. Um… Sally, I hope you like horror movies, cause this one's really, really scary! God, that sounds so stupid!" Lightning was outside Sally's cone, practicing what he should say when he picked her up.
"Uh… Um, uh…. I'm really looking forward to… Ah… No, no! Uh, hey, Sally. You look really great… tonight."
"Well, thanks." He heard someone from behind him say. He turned around, wide-eyed, to see Sally giggling at him. "You don't look to bad yourself, Stickers."
He blushed involuntarily, smiling in embarrassment. "So, um… Are you ready to go?"
She nodded, smiling, as she drove up beside him. They made their way to the drive-in, to see that most of everyone had already gone in.
"So, Stickers… What movie are we seeing anyways?" Sally asked as Lightning handed the clerk their tickets.
"Glass Garage… I hear it's one of the best films this summer." He replied, as they entered the theater together.
"But isn't it a horror movie?" Sally asked, looking over at him.
He shrugged. "Well, yea… But don't worry. These things are never really scary."
Lightning hated to lie to her. The real reason why he picked a really scary movie was so that Sally would get scared, and cuddle up closer to him.
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"Oh my Chrysler!" Sally cried as a crushed up car popped up on the screen. She screamed when the car caused another car to fall to it's death off a cliff, getting crushed by the rocks at the bottom.
Lightning couldn't keep his eyes off of Sally. He wasn't even paying attention to the movie. He just smiled dreamily at her as she hid her face in his side. He turned his attention up at the screen, just as someone shot a gun, causing oil to spatter everywhere.
"Oh God!" Lightning exclaimed, closing his eyes tightly, and pressing his frame against Sally's.
He heard cars start to move around them, and opened his eyes a crack, to see the end credits rolling up on the screen. He opened his eyes the rest of the way, looking over at Sally. She was looking at him with an amusing look on her face.
"What?" He asked.
"Did it scare you much?" She asked, smirking.
"What? No, no… No way." He replied, smiling sheepishly. "What about you?"
"What about me?" She asked, starting towards the exit.
He followed her, pulling up beside her as the made their way back to town. "You were screaming through most of it!"
She laughed, rolling her eyes. "Yea, ok… So maybe I was scared a little. But you were practically hiding behind me!"
"Was not." He replied, smiling.
"Was too." She pressed, giggling.
"Was not!" He argued, laughing a bit. They fell into an awkward silence as they pulled up to Sally's cone, staring at their tires.
"So, um… I guess I should go in, right?" Sally said, breaking the silence.
Lightning nodded, smiling a little. "I had a great time, Sal… But next time, you can pick the movie."
She laughed, but in stead of going in her cone, remained in front of him. "So… I guess this is goodnight."
"Yep." Lightning replied. He knew what he wanted to do, but he didn't know if she felt the same way. He inched forward a little, and she did the same. Before they knew it, they were interlocked in their first kiss. Sally pulled away, smiling happily.
"Goodnight, Stickers." She said, kissing him on the fender and heading into her cone.
Lightning just sat there, staring dreamily at her. "Night." Was all he could manage to get out. He sighed as she closed her door, and, smiling to himself, heading to his own cone.
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Ok, hope ya'll like this... Forgive me if the scene from the movie in his dream isn't exactly right... Lolz, I'm going to try my best to make them stay in character this time... and not too much drama/ crying too... That got tiring. And I have know idea why I named this Stronger Feelings... I guess cuz they admit later on that they have stronger feelings for each other. shrugs Ah, well... Reviews anyone?