Holding Hands
Written by: SerenaBlackmore98

A/N: So this is literally just a series of one-shots about my favorite animated car couple; Lightning and Sally! The one-shots do sort of follow each other (or at least all follow the same established AU) and will be posted in chronological order. (There will be time jumps though).

The whole track seemed to have gone crazy. The press began to swarm around famous racer Lightning McQueen and his girlfriend Sally Carrera. The two had been dating for months now, but only their 'family' in Radiator Springs knew about it until now…

Lightning hadn't thought much of it, he seriously didn't think them holding hands would get this much attention. The young red-haired racer seemed more annoyed than uncomfortable in this situation.

Sally wasn't very accustomed to the attention and the paparazzi, or being in the spotlight as she was now. The petite blonde woman was uncomfortable to say the least, and did her best to just ignore them.

"Now I remember why we don't do any public displays of affection," Lightning groaned in annoyance. Sally giggled.
"Oh, Stickers, it's no big deal. Thought you were used to the media prying into your private life?" she remarked.
"I am, but it's still annoying, Sal." he replied.
"Perhaps, but it's still not that bad." she reasoned.

Trying to get to the pits, the young couple were bombarded with questions.

"McQueen, is she your girlfriend?"
"How long have you two been together?"
"Are you two planning on getting married?"
"How did you meet?"

Figuring they had a few minutes to spare, Lightning and Sally humored the reporters.

"Yes, she is my girlfriend. We've been together for…what, five months now?" Lightning answered.
"And as far as marriage goes, we have yet to discuss that. We met when he teared up our road in Radiator Springs; I'm the one who wanted him to fix it." she smirked.

Once they were satisfied with the answers they were given, they allowed the couple to head to the pits. Arriving at the designated pit area for #95, the two were greeted by Doc Hudson; Lightning's crew chief.

Doc was a famous racer for the piston cup back in the 1950's. After an awful wreck in '54, The Fabulous Hudson Hornet seemed to have disappeared. Many thought he had died from the crash, but they were in for a surprise when he reappeared in the racing world as Lightning's crew chief at the end of his rookie year back in 2006. Noticing that Lightning seemed a little flustered and annoyed, Doc couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

"What took you two so long?" he inquired.
"Reporters," Lightning groaned.
"What did they want this time?" Doc asked in reply. Sally couldn't help but giggle.
"Well, Sally and I made the mistake of holding hands on our way here." The young racer briefed.
"No wonder you two were taking forever. They must have gone crazy over your love life, rookie." The older man laughed.
"Yeah, they did." Lightning chuckled as he grabbed his water bottle from the cooler inside the pit box.
"And to think, you two were just holding hands; imagine what they'll do when you two kiss!" Doc exclaimed, causing Lightning to spit out his water.

Sally and Doc couldn't help but laugh at Lightning's reaction; it was just priceless! He glared at the two as he mumbled:

"Not funny, Doc."

A/N: A little short in my opinion, but I hope you guys enjoyed regardless! I'll do my best to update as much as I can!