Author's Note:

For those of you who have read A Memory Returns then you know who Callie is. If you haven't read it then you should, but it's not like I'm forcing you or anything :) This is not a sequel to A Memory Returns but… then again it is. I'm gonna try to make it very sweet! I figured Callie and Mater could use some love in their lives… anyway, I'll just shut up and let you read, lol.

Mater started humming a catchy tune as he made his way up to Wheel Well. Callie had offered to help Sally run it while she attended to the Cozy Cone down in the town, and Mater had a very important question for her that just could not wait.

Since Lightning was busy with Doc making plans for his fancy-pants Racing Headquarters Mater couldn't bother them. Which he had to admit made him feel like a dog, but it's not like he will ever show it.

"Howdy, Miss Callie!" Mater called into the lobby of the motel with his usual cheerfulness.

Callie glanced up at him from the room listings on the desk. "Hi, Mater. Do you have any messages from Sally for me?"

"Well, no," Mater frowned as though he were trying to remember if he did, "but I gots to ask ya sumthin'."

"Shoot," Callie replied with a grin, finally making eye contact with the rusty but trusty tow truck.

"Since mah buddy Lightning is busy with Doc making plans for the headquarters; I don't have no one to go tractor tippin' with me tonight."

Callie frowned sadly as she realized where this was going. "Oh, Mater, I wish I could but I have to keep an eye on things for…" she stopped short at the sight of his face drooping and his eyes filling with sadness. She hated seeing the usually cheerful tow truck in a glum mood. "Well… I suppose I can… we haven't really been that busy up here anyway-"

"YEEEEEHOOOOO!" Mater exclaimed nearly making Callie jump out of her tires.

She laughed as Mater began to drive backwards around the motel with his tow cable swinging wildly behind him.

"Okay, okay! Don't scare the guests away! I'll meet you down in the town just before sunset." She glanced out at the sun that was already beginning to slip behind the horizon.

"Okey-dokey, Cal Gal!"

Once Mater left, Callie was still laughing silently to herself. Mater was definitely a little crazy, but that's what she loved about him.

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She pulled down into the town after making sure the motel was secure and all the guests were comfortable for the night. She looked around for Mater, expecting for him to jump out of nowhere. Sure enough she heard a clattery engine sneaking up behind her. Just before he was going to scare her she interrupted him with a, "Hi Mater, are you ready to go?"

Mater frowned and pulled up next to her. "Aw man, how did ya know it was me?"

Her engine gave a hum as she reversed around to meet his gaze. She grinned at his buck teeth and lively eyes. "I have my ways."

They started to leave the town like they had known each other for years. After a while Mater starting going on about how much fun they were going to have that night. "I know you've only been tractor tippin' once, but I'm as positive as a plus sign that you're gonna be awesome tonight! It's gonna be just oodles of fun!"

"Oh, yeah," she said as she remembered the stories Lightning had told her about his and Mater's adventures. She giggled quietly to herself at the funny memories he had shared with her. She looked back up at Mater and was kind of surprised to see him gazing down at her with a shine in his green eyes that she had never seen in them before.

He blushed softly underneath his rust and shied away at the eye contact.

The grass tickled their bumpers as they pulled into the tractor field. His eyes wandered over to her again in the moonlight. Wow, her paint is so purdy tonight…so shiny...

He booted himself out of his thoughts. Gosh, this is his best friend's sister! He couldn't date her! Could he? Well, whatever those fuzzy feelings he had for her, he certainly hadn't had them before…

Author's Note:

Okay, I know that quite a few of you have been itching for the second chapter. I've been getting messages and reviews asking for it. I have cleaned up the first chapter a little bit, and I promise I will get the second up soon.