Chapter 1: The Crash
"Step on it!" I yelled as we raced away from the crash in my bright yellow Porsche. The crash of which, of course, was our fault. We had a speedy get-away after the fact, but before there was even a thought about causing any mass destruction today, we drove at a casual speed heading towards a party that we were supposedly, "invited" to.
"Hey everybody, we have arrived!" proclaimed the 17 year-old Jack Williams (who is one of seven of us in our "group" and is really cute), as we walked into the party. "Come on in everyone, the party hasn't started yet, because it can't start till we're here!" He said as he waved the rest of us into the crowded house.
"And now that we are, can we leave?" whispered the beautiful Rachel Hiltz; a 17 year-old drama queen who doesn't want to ruin her reputation by showing up at a party that she wasn't invited to. "Yeah," agreed her boyfriend Christopher Teige, "This place gives me creeps. Let's just go home now and avoid this whole unnecessary confrontation waiting to happen." "What are you talking about! If anything bad is going to happen, it'll be all on them, because it's their party, and their house. So why shouldn't se stay?" Jack retorted. "Fine, come on. Let's just get this over with." Rachel unwillingly agreed.
"What do you think you're doing at our party?" asked one of the other group's guys, Leo Newton. "Same as you, we just came to chill out and have a good time," said Jack. "Oh really?" asked Eric Thomison, another guy on the other side. "Yes really!"I exclaimed, speaking for the first time since we arrived. "Hey, we don't want to cause a raucous especially in front of our guests, so could you please just leave?" asked Morgan Barker, the oldest girl (18) in 'their group'. "Not even if you punch me in the gut!" Jack replied. "That can be arranged!" Leo yelled back. "You want to fight buddy?" "Bring it on!"
"Guys, guys, break it up!" Yelled Caroline McCarthy as she and Clara Russo (each from one side) stepped forward to get in the middle of where the two guys were fighting. "Yes, there is no need to start a fight." Clara said agreeing with Caroline. "There is if he just barges into my party in my house without even being invited!" "Well, why didn't you invite us? It would have been a lot easier, considering we wouldn't have come!" Jack yelled sarcastically. "Oh, so you come to parties when you're not invited, but you don't come to them when you are invited?" "Mainly yours," Jack said. "Oh, ok! I'll keep that in mind!" Leo said sarcastically.
"Come on let's just go," I said. "No," Jack said back. "Please!" I asked, ready to get down on my knees and beg like a dog. "Why should we? There is no real reason to go." "Why? Are you kidding me? We are going to get in so much trouble if we do not leave at this exact moment." Rachel said answering Jack's question. "Fine," Jack said in a sulking kind of tone, which suddenly perked up. Oh no. That's an idea kind of face, and with Jack, it can't be good. "What are you waiting for?" Eric asked in an extremely sarcastic voice. "This!" Jack said, right before he knocked off what looked like a very expensive vase from the top of a small, round table. "What the heck was that for Williams?!" Leo yelled at Jack as the seven of us ran like the wind out the open front door and jumped into my car.
"Don't think you can run away from us! Come on guys, if it's a chase they want, then it's a chase they're going to get!" "Um, I think I'll stay here," said Elisabeth Johnson. "Are you sure Liz?" asked Jane Peterson.
"Yeah, I'm sure. But thanks anyway Jane." "Sure," "Come on people! Let's get a move on! They'll be all the way to New York city by the time we get on the road!" Leo said as he pushed the rest of them out the door and into his Mercedes. "Let's go give them a chase that they'll never forget!"
For a moment I thought we might be home free, but then I heard the roar of the engine and honking of Leo's Mercedes. Great, they're coming after us. Just what we need: a car chase. We drove as fast as we could without breaking the speed limit towards the packed freeway; the only way to get to my house, which is where we usually go at a time like this. My parents are almost never home, but my house is extremely safe and secure. My dad is a police officer and Leo knows it. That's why we have to hit my street before they get to us.
"Can you go any faster Jack? As you can tell, Leo doesn't give a crap about the speed limit. They'll catch us before we hit the first light," said Luke Smith, a 16 year-old kid who everyone thinks is cool. He is in a way, but if you know him like we do, then you'll see that he can be pretty nerdy at times. "I'm doing my best," Jack said back. "Well your best isn't good enough!" Luke practically yelled. "What do you want me to do Luke, speed through all this traffic? We could get ourselves killed!" "Well, we're probably going to end up crashing anyway with Leo at the wheel," "I don't know," "Guys! Could you stop arguing for one minute and pay attention to the road and what's on it! For example: Leo's Mercedes!!!" I yelled as Caroline started to hyperventilate. She doesn't really care for car chases, or anything else that's dangerous for that matter.
Then Edward Collins, the extremely good looking and sweet 18 year-old said, "Guys, you're really freaking out Caroline, can you please calm down and-" "SPEED IT UP!!!" Luke screamed at the same moment that I saw Leo's Mercedes in the rear-view mirror. "Oh no, oh no! This can't be the end!!!" "Calm down Caroline, it's going to be alright," Edward said trying to make Caroline feel better. But it didn't work very well, because she only got worse as they got closer. Then, (finally) Jack sped up to about 100mph. We were really zooming now. But that doesn't mean that Leo wasn't still after us. He stayed at about the same speed, but I think we were going a little bit faster. I love my Porsche.
We were racing away with the wind in our hair and their Mercedes on our tail. We were so close, I could feel it! But then, all of a sudden, there was a huge amount of cars in front of us. And when I say huge, I mean huge!
It all happened so quickly after that. Jack tried to slow down, but he was going too fast. He got to about 65mph before he hit the car in front of him, which hit the car in front of him, etcetera, etcetera, so on and so on. And of course, Leo crashed into more cars without even slowing down! Now we had a problem.
There was honking and yelling everywhere around us. I couldn't even hear my own thoughts! "We have to get out of here!" Christopher yelled. "Yeah, the cops will be here any minute, and if my dad is with them then we're in trouble!" I yelled back over the screaming. "Ok, let's go!" Jack yelled. We started to move slowly towards the nearest exit. At least my Porsche isn't in to bad of a condition. It's extremely strong and safe. "Oh no, the cops!" Luke yelled. "Great, just what we need," Jack mumbled to himself.
"Step on it!" I yelled as we raced away from the crash in my bright yellow Porsche. "I'm going as fast as I can!" Jack yelled back. "Are they fallowing us?" Caroline asked still seeming a bit frightened. "Who, the cops?" Luke asked. "No. Leo." Caroline corrected him. "No, I don't think they are." Edward said answering her question. "Good. Hopefully they got arrested or something," she said. "I don't think they're that stupid as to stay there just waiting for the cops to find them. They probably just gave up and went home. I don't think it would be a very good idea to come after somebody when that someone was going home to find a police officer waiting to see if they were alright. They probably thought that too," Jack said.
Once we got to my house, Jack shut off the engine and we sat in the car listening to the quiet for a minute until Jack finally spoke up. "We need to lay low for awhile. We should probably separate too, like in groups of two or three. Oh, and no fancy cars. Sorry Alice." "That's ok; I'll have to send my Porsche to a mechanic anyway, before my parents see the dents." I said. "Alright, let's get into groups. Edward, you can go with Caroline and Luke. Rachel, you and Christopher can go together since most people know that you're dating and are used to seeing you together. That leaves you and me Alice. Is everybody happy?" Jack asked. "Yeah," Luke muttered. I wonder what his problem is. Everyone else either said yes or nothing at all, and then Jack told us which cars we would be using. Jack and I got the black convertible (yay!), it blended in nicely. Rachel and Chris got the Ford, and Edward, Caroline, and Luke got the Chevy.
"You know guys, we probably won't be seeing each other as much." I said. "Yeah, I know," Caroline whispered sounding sad. "It'll be ok. This will all be over soon." Edward said comforting her yet again. "Ok, for the next few weeks, we will just have to lay low. Don't cause too much attention in or out of school. And Alice, if your dad tells you about the crash, you should probably act surprised; like you didn't know about it yet." Jack told us. "Ok, I can do that." I told him. "Everyone, discuss where you will meet each other later, and may you all stay safe. We will meet at the ball field two weeks from today at 5:00pm. Got it?" "Yes," we replied. "Good."
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