Bright Lights…
'GET YOUR ENGINES READY!'
Loud Crowd…
'You're going down….'
Bright Cars Speed by…
'Maybe this is the last goodbye…'
"Man… I can't believe you've beaten me."
"Tch."
"Vic, you need to stop watching that one—"
"It's Speed Racer." Victoria said flatly, cutting off the boy. "Sorry…" He mumbled. Victoria smiled at him, "No problem, Kent." She chuckled, looking at him, whose expression was unamused.
As they reached their apartment home, Victoria sighed hard. "Another boring day over…" She muttered, Kent looked over at her and smiled big at her.
Later that night both of their families met out at the field, close to the Speed Way, most younger children were out there getting lesson from both Kent's father and Pop (Vic's dad). But Victoria stayed inside to watch this new series of Speed Racer. 'Won't be like the original…' She thought. Her eyes flickered over to her bedroom door. "Parties outside." Her dad said. "Hn." She simply said as her father shook her head and muttered, "Racing isn't everything." In about part II of Speed Racer: The Next Generation, Kent came in. "You should come out, it's beautiful out." He said, jerking his thumb to her door. "OK." Vic said, getting up and stretching. As Vic and Kent got out and looked up at the almost starry night, a shooting star passed by. Screams of excitement could be heard from the younger kids; Vic closed her eyes and sighed. 'I wish something exciting and unsuspected could happen.' She wished. "Vic?" Kent put his hand on her shoulder. "Hn?" She opened her eyes and raised an eyebrow. "Nothing." He said quietly. They reached up with the group and talked for a while there until moving on into the racing ring. Kent's older half-brother walked up to them and pretended that Vic was royalty. "Everyone should bow down to Vicky the almighty racing queen." He said with heavy sarcasm, pretending to bow down to her. Vic only crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, shaking her head. Victoria looked up at the highway the was only a few miles a way, seeing car lights pass by.
That night went by fast; Vic laid her head on her pillow. She looked up at the dark ceiling; the only sounds that could be heard were passing cars, once and a while, and crickets. Her heavy lids drooped a couple of time before closing…