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Chapter 2

Mater and Holley seemed to forget the other couple in their midst (which said other couple honestly didn't mind) and cruised off together along the main street.

"Any new dents?"

"Well, it ain't much, but right befer you got here..."

Lightning exchanged a knowing look with Sally and they both giggled. "Finn is over at Luigi's," Sally explained. "Siddley dropped them off and said he'd be back when another mission came up."

Lightning frowned. "Wait, so, they don't actually have a day off today or anything?"

"Nope. They just happened to be on standby. To be honest, I don't know if they get days off."

"Really?" Lightning looked down the road. Mater and Holley were in their own little world, but how long would that last? Sally caught Lightning's sympathetic look and smirked, looking to the sky.

"Well, looks like you're stuck with me for the rest of the day, and with Mater distracted so he couldn't try to intrude on a date or anything like that."

"Oh, what a shame," Lightning replied with an equally coy smirk. He added a melodramatic sigh for good measure and shrugged his wheels. "Guess I'll just have to go for a drive with you, then."

"So we both wound up wit dents!" Mater laughed upon finishing his story. "Ain't that something? Mcqueen's probably going to Ramone's right now to get himself polished up though. He's gotta have perfect aromatics fer his races and-" Holley yawned. Mater shut up, biting his lip and staring at the pavement awkwardly. Holley blinked and took a moment to process why Mater had stopped so suddenly.

"Oh! No, it's not you! I'm sorry, Mater. I like your story; quite adventurous, actually." And a bit worrisome to think Mater was frequently putting himself (not to mention Lightning) in such a dangerous situations as being chased by an outraged harvester, but instead of including that thought she just yawned again.

"You okay?"

"Oh, I just haven't gotten much sleep is all. We were investigating something with Scotland Yard last night and the bobbies just aren't trained for the same level of undercover work as the MI6. Things got all pear-shaped." Holley yawned once more.

Mater nodded, although he didn't understand much beyond the first sentence. "Well, if you need some rest, I'm sure Sally's got an open cone and-"

"Thank you, Mater," she smiled, "but I didn't come all this way to take a nap."

Mater smiled warmly back, sinking a little on his tires. "You sure?"

"Positive. I'll be fine once my RPMs pick up a little; loafing around Siddley for hours would leave anybody lax. Sooo..." she swiveled left and right a bit as they continued to ramble through town. Mater couldn't help but notice that at Holley's closest, her fender was only an inch away from his, "what did you have in mind for our date?"

"Well lemme thunk here," it was Mater's turn to swivel as he drove, but not as much for the sake of teasing and more to help himself think. "Lesee, we could go fer a drive around the county and I could show you the sights, or we could go to the movies later – you know they got this new one about a garbage truck who meats a bea-u-tiful car from space..."

He paused and turned to Holley who had been, and still was, smiling and listening attentively.

"Not nearly as purty as you, though," he added. Flat. Like he was correcting himself. Holley's smile widened and she was thankful when Mater didn't seem to notice the hint of a blush that formed.

"Or... Hey! Have you ever gone tractor tippin'?"

She chuckled. "I think a tour sounds lovely, Mater."

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