After a while, the couple came back from their drive. They were pretty tired when they got back.

"Wow, I'm beat!' Sally said panting.

"Yeah," Lightning said panting as well. "Let's get a drink."

Sally nodded and they both went to Flo's. Becky was still at Flo's, but she wasn't getting oil or anything. She was just at the corner of the building, just staring at the customers come and go.

When the two cars got their drinks, Mater came near Lightning.

"Hey buddy!" he called.

"Hey Mater." Lightning said.

"Lightnin, where have ya been?" Mater asked. "I haven't seen you since dis mornin!"

"Well, I went on a little drive with Sally." Lightning answered.

"Yeah, for about a half hour!!" someone called out. The three cars didn't know who it was, but some other cars knew it was Becky who said it.

"Ok," Lightning said.

"Anyways," Mater said handing him an envelope. "You got some mail."

With that, Mater left. Lightning looked at the envelope. His eyes widened and then he opened it.

"Who's it from?" Sally asked looking at the letter.

"It's from my parents." Lightning answered.

"Oh." Sally said. "You know, we never met each other's parents yet!"

"Yeah, well you're gonna meet mine tomorrow." Lightning said reading the letter. It said.

Dear Lightning,

Me and your father has been traveling around Route 66 for a while and thought we can meet you tomorrow and see how everything is! So we'll both see you tomorrow at 3!

Love,

Mom

"They're coming tomorrow?" Sally asked reading it too.

"Yeah." Lightning said reading it over again. Then he looked over at his girlfriend. "Ya nervous?"

"Well," Sally hesitated. "Ok, a little!"

Lightning laughed. Then he started to nuzzle her. "Don't worry, they'll love you."

Sally smiled.


It was the next day. Yesterday, Lightning told the town's folk that his parents were coming and they spruced up the town. Now it was 5 to 3 and the town had no messes, no misplaced tires, everything was cleared except for a couple of customers coming and going. And for Becky, she checked in at the Cozy Cone for a while. That made Sally a little suspicious.

"So," Sally said coming next to her boyfriend.

"You're parents are coming pretty soon."

"Yeah, I know." Lightning said. "I hope they don't treat me like I'm a kid anymore!"

The two laughed. "Well, I'm gonna go in front of the street to see if they'll come now." Lightning said.

"Ok. I can go get them some drinks" Sally said going to Flo's.

"Ok." Lightning said back.

So Lightning went to the front of the road to see if his parents were coming any soon since it was now 3 to 3. Suddenly, Becky came near him.

"Hey Lightning." She said going next to him.

"Hey." Lightning said putting his eyes back to the road.

"Sooo…" Becky started to ask kicking a rock with her tire.

"Whatcha waiting for?"

"Well, my parents are coming pretty soon and I just want to come up here so they won't get lost here."

Becky laughed lightly. "So what was that thing yesterday, when Sally called you 'Stickers'?"

"Oh, that's my nickname. But she only calls me that." Lightning said.

"Oh." Becky said. Now, the two cars fell silent. Sally, from Flo's was secretly watching them.

They didn't really know what to talk about. Becky wanted to talk about something, but the time to talk about was a pretty uncomfortable. Then she finally said,

"Well, I guess I'll catch ya later."

"K, bye." Lightning said while she was driving away. While Becky was driving away from the front of the street, she was thinking to herself,

Darnit! I gotta talk about it with him SOMETIME! But this the most stupidest time to talk about it!

Meanwhile, Lightning was still staring out the street watching cars coming into town, but none of them were his parents.

All of a sudden, her someone call out his name,

"Lightning!!"

Lightning saw the person who called his name. It was his mom and his dad behind her. They came near him and his mom nuzzled him.

"Hi Mom." Lightning said when she went back in front of him.

"Oh honey!! It's been SUCH a long time since we've seen you. Well, besides on TV!"

Lightning laughed.

"Good to see ya son." Said Lightning's dad.

"Hey Dad." Lightning said.

"So Lightning," said the mom taking him down the road into town.

"How is everything?"

"Well, you know, everything's good. Oh, and there's someone I want you to meet."

"Ooohh!! Is it a special someone?"

"Yeah, she's my girlfriend. Hold on, I'll get her." Lightning said going to the Cozy Cone.

Lightning's mom faced his father.

"Our little Lightning has grown up so fast!" she said proudly.

He nodded. Then, Lightning came back with Sally holding the drinks on a tray.

"Mom, Dad, I want you to meet Sally." Lightning said introducing her.

"Hi…ohhh." Said his mom. Her tone went to happy from disappointment. That confused Sally and Lightning.

"I mean, uhh." She said recovering. "Hi! You can call me Mandy."

"I'm Jack." Said Lightning's dad.

"Nice to meet you." Sally said putting her smile back on and handing the parents the drinks.

"So," Mandy started to ask taking a drink. "How long have you two been dating?" Mandy started to take a sip.

"Mmm, about 3 months." Lightning said.

Mandy spat the oil out. "And she hasn't met me that long!?"

The couple hesitated. "I'm sorry ma'am," Sally said cleaning up the mess with a rag she had on the tray.

"It's just that, I've been very busy at the Cozy Cone and-"

"Pardon?" Mandy asked.

"Oh, the Cozy Cone is a motel I own. It's over there." Sally said pointing at her workstation.

"Oh…nice place." Mandy said wiping her mouth from the oil.

"Thank you." Sally said finishing the mess. "And you guys can stay there for a while if you want. You know, on the house."

"Oh, that's nice of you." Said Mandy. "Well, where do you live Lightning?"

"Oh, I live with her." He answered not knowing exactly what he said. His mom's eyes widened.

"No no no, not like that! I mean, uhh, I live in one of her motel…cozy…cone…things." Lightning said nervously.

Mandy hesitated a little. "I see." She said.

Sally looked back at the Cozy Cone and saw that there were a few customers there.

"Uhh, Stickers," she started to say. "There's some customers I have to take care of. I'll be right back."

"Ok." Lightning said. Then she looked back at his parents.

"It was nice to meet both of you."

"My pleasure." Mandy said.

"Bye." Sally said leaving. Lightning looked back at his parents.

"Stickers?" Mandy asked.

"Oh, that's the nickname Sally calls me. So… what do you think about Sally?"

"Well Lightning," Mandy started to say. "She's very...oh Lightning, I'm not going to lie to you."

That made Lightning's face confused.

"She's very………very small."

Lightning's face got even more confused now. "Small?" he asked.

"Mom, a LOT of Porsches are small! You're gonna judge her by her size?"

"Well, it's not just that honey. Remember your neighbors when you were in middle school?"

"Yeah. What about them?"

"Well, they were also Porsches and…they weren't very nice to us."

"Mom, you threw a wrench at the wife's hood!"

"Well I had to! She was being a pain!"

Meanwhile, Sally was done taking care of the customers and decided to go back to Lightning. But the look on his and his mom's faces stopped her and made her decide to listen from where she was, where they couldn't see her.

"And what was that thing behind her?" Mandy continued to ask "Was that a tattoo?"

"Yeah. So what? A lot of girls have tattoos."

"Yeah, PUNK girls have tattoos!"

That made Sally gasp.

"Punk!? Mom, Sally's not punk, you don't know anything about her!"

"Well I don't have to get to know her dear. You can tell just from the look of her!"

Mandy's words were beginning to hurt Sally and made her worried if what she said was true.

"What are you talking about!? There's nothing wrong with Sally!"

"Except for her voice! What's wrong with it? She sounds like she's over 40…is she?"

"No!" Lightning yelled. His mom was making him angry. "Sally has a beautiful voice."

"Yeah, for a grandmother!" Mandy joked.

Tears were forming in Sally's eyes.

"Mom, why are you being so mean to her when she's been nothing but nice to you!?"

"I'm not Lightning. It's just, I want you to be sure you're making the right choice!"

"What!? Look Mom. I am NOT you're little boy anymore! I am 25 years old and Sally is my true love. You can NOT tell me who to love and how to live my life!"

Mandy hesitated for a moment thinking about something else.

"Whatever happened to Becky from highschool?"

Lightning stopped his anger for a minute. "Becky Romano?" he asked.

"Yeah." Mandy started to remember. "She used to be your girlfriend, why did you let her go?"

Sally's tearing eyes widened and she gasped when Mandy said girlfriend. Lightning told her that they were just old friends!

"Mom, you know that she had to move, I didn't dump her."

"Ohh, I understand. So you wanted to have another girlfriend and you couldn't find one so you just chose a cheap one."

Sally gasped. Those were meanest words from the conversation.

"WHAT!?!" Lightning asked furiously.

"Mom, why do you hate her!?"

"I don't Lightning, I'm just saying…you can do better."

And with that, Mandy left.

"THERE'S NO ONE BETTER THAN SALLY!! NO ONE!!" Lightning called after her.

"YOU'RE WRONG MOM, WRONG!!!"

Lightning looked at his dad who didn't follow Mandy.

"Dad?" he asked.

"I'm not saying anything." Jack said. He left to follow his wife.

Lightning sighed. He couldn't believe his mom didn't like Sally at all. Sally, who was silently crying drove up a little bit so Lightning could hear her say,

"You lied."

Lightning turned around. He saw Sally crying from his mom's harsh words. Lightning didn't know what exactly to say.

"Sally, I"

"You told me Becky was your old friend and you lied."

Lightning hesitated while Sally asked,

"Why?"

Lightning sighed again. "Look, Sally, if I told you that she was my old girlfriend, I thought it would be uncomfortable for you for me to talk to Becky and tell her that we're just friends now."

"Lightning, I don't care about that. I just care that you lied to me."

Again, Lightning sighed sadly. Then he went next to her.

"I'm sorry." He said.

"Lightning, you always tell me to trust you, but it's really you who should trust me."

Lightning hesitated. Yep, that is true. He thought.

"Ok," Lightning said kissing her side. "I trust you."

But Sally still wasn't smiling. She was sniffing from her tears.

"I can't believe you're mom doesn't like me. My voice doesn't sound old, does it?"

"No, of course not! You have a beautiful voice Sally."

Sally did a tiny smile at her boyfriend's compliment.

"You see, my mom is the type of car that says mean things to another person just so she'll good about herself and think she's perfect."

"Like Chick?"

The two laughed. But Sally was still upset about Lightning's mom.

"Sally, I promise you that I won't let anyone, not even my mom, to say mean things about you anymore. I'll continue to talk to her, and everything will be ok. I promise."

Sally smiled and looked up at her boyfriend. She's very happy to have a very lovingly and protective boyfriend like Lightning.

But he used to be Becky's…

Mandy's mean!!!!!! Yeah, and what about Becky? What is she gonna do? Imagine how difficult it must be for her try to talk about it with Lightning! Geez…