Summary: There are many kinds of love out there, and most of them are discovered in Radiator Springs. (LightningSally and SheriffOC, minor RamoneFlo, and OCxOC parings)

A/N: Hello, all. Normally I write Mario and Pokemon fan fictions, but now I feel like writing a Cars one. Why? Because I feel like it, darn it. Until then, I won't be writing any chapters to any of my other stories, so please don't ask. Anyway, enjoy and review.

The Many Kinds of Love: By SneakySneasel

Chapter One: Invited

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"She's WHAT?" shouted an almost furious Ramone. The shout turned many a head in the small hospital, even some of the patients wondered what was going on.

"Pregnant," the doctor answered as if he had been asked that question a million times, and perhaps he had.

Now I know what you are thinking; "Ramone, pregnant?" No. Flo is though. Either way, Ramone was pretty surprised, to say the least. Flo had been feeling uncomfortable at times for the past several months, but according to Doc Hudson, there was nothing wrong with her. Boy was he wrong…ish, though it was Doc who told the two of them to go to Flagstaff to find an actual hospital instead of Doc's small office place.

"This is...is…," Ramone was at a loss for words, which is common in this kind of situation.

"I understand what's going through you mind; I have three daughters myself," the doctor said.

Ramone wasn't paying any attention to him though. He was too busy thinking. Was it a boy or a girl? What about names? This whole parenthood thing seemed insane to him. After all, he'd be the first parent in Radiator Springs (A/N: Sorry, Doc has no 'secret' daughter in this story. Deal with it.), so no one would be able to help him out.

"How…how long until…"

"She delivers? I'd say about three months at the latest."

"Three months?! You mean she's been pregnant for half a year already?" Ramone was normally cool, calm, and collected, but now he was a nervous wreck (A/N: Get it? Wreck? You're supposed to laugh people), and he wasn't even an official parent yet.

"It appears so. We even determined the gender of it."

"...Really?"

"Yeah."

"So…?"

"Oh, right. It's going to be a…"

"A what?"

"Are you sure you want to know?"

"Y-yes. I'm sure. I might as well know."

"Ok then; it's a boy."

"Ok then. Thanks doctor; is that all?"

"For now, yes, but I do expect you two back soon."

Ramone just nodded and left the office. He headed down the short hallway back to the doctoring room place.

"So?" Flo simply asked.

"Apparently," Ramone did his best imitation of the doctor, "you're pregnant."

"Man, I already knew that," Flo said in her sassy tone. Women usually knew certain things about them, like when they were three months away from having a baby. "Come on honey; let's get back to Radiator Springs. I probably shouldn't been driving too much now."

"Wait a second. Don't you want to know?"

"Know what?"

"If it's a boy or girl."

"Why don't we just let that be a surprise?"

"Yeah, but..." it was too late. Flo was already off, with Ramone trailing behind her. As they went down the hallway, Ramone did a double take in the direction of the waiting room, making sure he was really seeing what he thought he was seeing.

It was none other than Strip Weathers, aka The King, by himself no less.

"But what's The King doing in a small hospital like this? What's he doing in a hospital at all," Ramone thought. He contemplated going up to him and talking to him, but soon shrugged it off.

"Hey, you. Come over here," Strip said to Ramone.

"Who, me?"

Strip nodded, and Ramone came over. "Aren't you part of Lightning's pit crew?

"Yeah, but how do you know that?" (A/N: The only cars who I know weren't there were Sally, Red, and Lizzie, so I'm assuming he was there.)

It turned out Ramone happened to be wearing the same coat of paint when he was at the tiebreaker race three weeks ago. How convenient.

"Guess I never forget a face, but that's beside the point. I need you to do me a favor," Strip paused for a moment to get out three envelopes. "These are invitations for my retirement party. You think you could deliver these to Lightning and his crew chief?"

Ramone took the invitations, "Oh, absolutely. I'll make sure they get them."

"Thanks."

"No problem," said Ramone as he drove off, already well behind Flo. "Man, talk about a rare encounter."

A few moments later, they were back together driving back to Radiator Springs.

"What took you so long?" Flo asked, concerned. "For a minute I thought I lost you back there."

"You won't believe who I was talking to back in the hospital. It was The King"

"The King? Yeah, right. And I'm-"

"I'm serious, girl. He asked if I knew Lightning, I said yes, and then he gave me these," Ramone stated, showing her the invitations. "He told me to give these to Lighting and Doc."

"Alright, if you say so." After a couple hours of driving, they arrived at Radiator Springs in the afternoon.

After the whole "Lightning's missing" fiasco, Radiator Springs was put back on the map, and more cars were driving on the old Route 66 like the old days. During the day, plenty of them would stop by, maybe get a new pair of tires or a bumper sticker, stop for gas, and then drive off. Nighttime was a different story though; only the original "gang" would be there, but sometimes one or two would stay the night at the Cozy Cone, but that was rare. Not sure why this random explanation of things is here.

"So, who are we telling first?" Flo asked.

"Tell wut?" questioned an all too familiar rusty tow truck who seemingly came out of nowhere.

Flo and Ramone gasped and jumped forwards a few feet. "Mater!" they both shouted. "Don't scare us like that!"

"Sorry," Mater mumbled, looking down at the ground, but immediately lifted his head back up and asked, "How was the doctor? What's the die-ig-nosis?"

"Um…well, Mater…you see, Flo is…," Ramone stopped for a second, and then blurted it out, "She's pregnant." Flo just rolled her eyes, thinking he was being way too overdramatic.

"Aw, that's nice," Mater replied, smiling. A few seconds passed…

"She's WUT?!"

Good ol' Mater.

Anyway, the commotion turned some heads, just like back in the hospital. Instinctively, Sheriff was the first to arrive at the scene. In such a small town, the Sheriff didn't need long to arrive on a scene.

"What's going on around here?" Sheriff asked in his usual gruff voice.

Mater slowly wheeled up to Sheriff, and whispered near him, "Flo's P-R-E-uh…something, something, something-B."

Sheriff just shook his head. Like he (or anyone else for that matter) knew what Mater meant. He chose to ask someone he could trust a bit more…and spell a bit better.

"Ramone, what happened? I heard Mater scream, although he screams at a lot of things," at this point, Mater kind of blushed a bit, "so I came over a fast as I could."

"Eh, it's nothing," Ramone stated, looking a bit nervous, "It's no big deal, really. Mater's just being…Mater."

"Why are you two making such a big deal out of this?" Flo questioned to Ramone and Mater. "Sheriff, I'm pregnant."

Sheriff was just as stunned as the other two guys. "Oh…ohh," he cleared his throat, "Um, congratulations. Now if you'll excuse me," he turned around, "I have some…things to do," and with that, Sheriff left.

Flo sighed, "You guys are way too high-strung. Now if you'll excuse me, I got me a restaurant to run and hungry customers to feed." Flo left, leaving Ramone and Mater by themselves.

"Oh yeah! I gotta give these to Lighting and Doc," Ramone said, holding the invites.

"Wut 'er those?"

"Invitations to some party. While we were at the hospital, I ran into The King, and he told me to give these to them."

"You ran into da King?"

"Yeah. Not sure what he was doing there, but he was there. Good to know he's all better after that nasty crash. Anyway, have you seen them?"

"Uh…yeah. I think 'dey're at Willie's Bluff, training or somethin'."

"Thanks." And so, Ramone left to go to Willie's Bluff (A/N: Tell me if I'm wrong about it being called that.)

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Ramone arrived at Willie's Bluff, with Mater close behind even though Ramone told him not to follow him earlier.

Lightning was going around the bluff, practicing, with Doc telling him what and what not to do. This went on for about half an hour, until Doc told him to take a short break. That's when Ramone made his move.

"Hey! You guys got a minute?" he asked the two of them.

"Yeah, sure," Lightning answered.

"Yeah. Need anything, Ramone?" Doc responded.

"I have something I gotta give you," he took out the invitations. "You won't believe who I ran into back at the hospital."

"Who did you-", Lightning started to say, but was cut off by Mater.

"Da King!"

"Mater? The King? Are you serious?" Lightning asked.

"Yeah. He told me to give those to you for some party."

"A retirement party," Doc said, reading the letter, "which happens to be a part of the awards ceremony. It's in three nights in L.A. We're going to need to leave early tomorrow if we're going to make it on time."

"Yeah, it wouldn't be the first time I needed to hurry to L.A.," Lightning stated, thinking back when he was in a major hurry to get to the L.A. Speedway for the tiebreaker race.

"Hold on a second," Doc mumbled. "I got two invitations. How many did you get, Lightning?"

"Just one."

"Guess he gave me three, but why?" Ramone wondered.

"So what are we supposed to do with this extra invitation?" Lightning asked.

"I'm not going to do anything with it."

"So you're just going to pretend it doesn't exist?"

"Pretty much."

"Aw, come on Doc. We have it; we might as well use it. We could give it to-"

"No. This invitation is for someone else, so when we get there, we check the list, and give it to whoever was supposed to get it. I'm sure they'll be there looking for it."

"Fine, fine. Relax. Alright, whatever you say."

"Hey, Lightnin'! Hey Lightnin'!" Mater called out. At this time, Ramone had already left and returned to his "House of Body Art".

"Yeah Mater?"

"Guess wut happened ta' Flo!" Mater said, rolling down the hill towards Doc and Lightning.

"I don't know."

"Come on, guess!"

"Um…ok I give up."

"She's P-R-E-uh…J-something, something, X, Q."

"Can't you ever just say it?" Lightning asked.

"You're going to have to tell him later, Mater," Doc interjected. "Break's over, kid. Come on; we still have a lot of work to do to get you ready for next season."

"Sorry, Mater. Hey, you can tell me tonight. I'll meet ya at Flo's café tonight."

"Sure thing, buddy," Mater said happily, and soon left to do whatever Mater does at this time. Who knows?

Doc and Lightning soon got back to training, but questions kept filling Lightning's mind. Why was there an extra invitation? What happened to Flo? If the Greeks invented yogurt, why did they give it a Turkish name? He thought about the possible answers to them as the sun started sinking lower over the horizon.

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That's the end of chapter 1! Yay! Please read and review, or I'll cry. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some sleep to catch, bye! Fwee, etc.