Complications

Just leave

Thunder sighed, looking to the lodging in which Susannah resided. He couldn't believe he had done what he did…

She had been drunk…

He had been sober…

She was happily married…

He was a desperate bachelor…

The truth had been that ever since they're first meeting just over ten years ago, feelings had begun to flourish for the Porsche who was a year older…

…Yet, it didn't feel strong enough to be love…

Visiting Mia and Duncan had been an excuse to see Susannah (though, it was nice to catch up with the twins every once in awhile) but now he had done what he so badly wanted to do to her, he was confused as to why he wasn't experiencing the after effects of which he had heard so much about…

…The after effects which Gabrielle almost always suffered with…

But now he knew what he had to do…

Just leave

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"Mia, I'm your grandmother. I have ev'ry right to know what you need a pill for."

"For the last time, Flo, I'm not gonna tell you!"

There was a moment of silence in the House of Body Art in which the two females contemplated on what to say next. Flo was the first to speak, "Mimi, you're a beautiful young girl…"

"I'm not young!" Mia yelled angrily, though her usual mood was anger, "I'm gonna be a grown up soon, I want people to treat me like it…"

"You want me to treat you like a grown up?"

A silent nod was all Flo got in response.

"Well, for starters, we 'grown ups' call others adults. Now, c'mon… you're beautiful and I don't want you to get hurt."

Mia sighed, as she did so she turned to face the back wall when she noticed Ramone entering the building. "You desperate to know?"

The show car nodded, "yes."

Another sigh came from the fifteen year old Porsche Cayenne, "last night…" She drew a sharp breath as she attempted to control the immense grin that was attempting to take over her bumper, "last night… I lost my virginity to Gravity."

Slight hesitation. "Honey, maybe you should get the pill… y'know, just in case you become pregnant."

Mia growled to herself in frustration, "I don't care," she hissed, turning to face her grandmother slowly, "because if I was gonna have a kid… I would look after it… I would give it love… and me and Gravity'll leave to find a town which does actually have pride!"

"Mimi," Ramone began, "don't get angry."

"Oh yeah!?" She yelled, "Since when did I give you permission to tell me what to do? Anyway, it's my decision! It isn't even the right time yet!" With that as her final statement she swiftly drove away.

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"For the last time, Stickers," Sally began to repeat to her husband, "no swearing in front of Adene!"

Lightning sighed, it was going to be the same argument again, "Sal, it's gonna be okay…"

"No Lightning!" She yelled, "It's not going to be okay!"

"Mummy?"

The two turned to face the door of their room to see Adene; she looked like she had been crying.

"Oh, baby," Sally whispered as she nuzzled her daughters' fender, "why don't you go see Auntie Susie…"

"Or go and see Duncan about that drive," Lightning interrupted. Seeing that her mother was beginning to get noticeably aggravated by her fathers' actions, she turned and obeyed what she had been told to do.

"Ted McQueen," Sally began, "we need to talk."

Lightning flinched, for two reasons. Firstly, at the sincerity in her voice and secondly, he detested being called by his real name and just by that one word, he could tell that his wife meant business. "Okay, Sally, what do you want to talk about?"

"You. Me. Us." She said simply, "I don't feel as though this marriage is working as well as it should."

"Well, if you feel that way, maybe we should ask Mater and Susie for advice."

"…And I wanted two children, what's the matter with you? You can't even do that!"

"If you were that desperate you would've gone to Mater! He didn't have any trouble giving Susie two kids!"

He instantly regretted saying this. She gasped in shock, but once it had dispersed she frowned and yelled angrily, "what do you think I am!? Just because Susie's a whore doesn't mean I am to!"

"Don't you dare talk about Susannah like that!"

"Oh yeah? How long was after they said I love you to each other she found she was pregnant?"

Lightning's frown softened as he realised where she was going with the argument, "a few weeks." He mumbled, just loud enough for Sally to hear.

"And me?"

He sighed in realisation that he had lost the dispute, "ages."

She only nodded before following in her daughters' tracks.

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"I told them," Mia said as she drove back to her boyfriends' side.

"So are you gonna get the pill?" Gravity questioned, he sounded slightly worried though Mia couldn't be too sure.

She sighed in annoyance, "is that all people worry about? You should've thought about that before you even tried to mate with me!" She smiled slightly and nuzzled his fender, "although, if I were to become pregnant I'd be happy to know that I've got part of you in me."

"Mum! Don't!" Came Duncan's shouting voice.

Soon after, her mother's voice replied, "I warned ya!"

Mia sunk low before saying quietly, "hopefully I won't turn out like my mum."

Gravity frowned at this, "your mum's great, she's kind, she's funny and she's loving. I think it's time you started to respect what she does for you."

"Look," she began angrily, "you're my boyfriend not my adviser on life!"

She froze, squeezed her eyes shut and clenched her teeth as her fathers' voice came from behind them, "so… Mimi's gotta boyfriend?"

She turned around and forced a smile, "yes dad, this is…"

"Gravity," her father nodded, "so it's time tuh get the baby pictures out, huh?"

Out of nowhere, Susannah slid to a halt next to her husband, "did I just overhear someone say something about baby pictures?"

Gravity smiled, "if you don't mind Mr and Mrs Tow, I'd love to see them."

The parents beamed an excited smile. "I'm gonna go get Duncan's breakfast off me," Susannah said, "Mimi, show Gravity to the living room." She slowly drove away, but Mater stayed at her side.

"I can' believe it," he began, "Mimi's growin' up!"

"I know," she sighed, "I don't trust that guy; you told me most want to go out with Porsches because they're Porsches. I got this bad feeling he's gonna get her hopes and dreams up but leave her with nothing but memories of the sex…"

By this time, they had reached Red, she explained what happened and before long she had cool water spraying against her side. "Susie, jus' give 'im a chance," Mater said.

She closed her eyes, "I have to, he's my daughters' boyfriend, and he could be my son-in-law in a few years."

"Yer lookin' ahead a bit, ain' ya Susie?" He asked with a grin.

"I'm a woman, that's what I do best," she said, returning his smile. She looked up at the fire truck as he stopped spraying the liquid against her, "thanks Red." She placed a soft kiss on his fender.

He just blushed and smiled in embarrassment.

"Hey," she began as she slowly turned around, "you keep that up and I'll have to give you Mater's special."

Her husband joined her as she slowly drove away, he looked to his wife and watched the drops of water drip freely from her bumper onto the floor; he swiftly looked away when an urge to take her out and make a little love for all to see overcame him.

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"Why do you want to do this?"

"Mimi, it isn't like there's anything you don't want me to know."

"But Gravity," Mia moaned, "my parents will be more embarrassing than usual!"

"Mia!" Gravity hissed, "I think your mum and dad are fantastic…"

"What!? My dad's so rusted it looks as if he could turn into a pile of dirt at any moment…"

"Mimi!" He yelled angrily, "I think that it's time you opened your eyes and came to terms with reality! Your parents ain't gonna be here forever!"

"You my adviser now!?"

"No! You're lucky! I only knew my dad for three years!"

She was quite taken back by this; she frowned as she saw how dismayed he looked, "honey, what happened?"

He closed his eyes to control his tears, "when I was two my parents argued… a lot… but as time went on they only got worse, but then when I was three my mum told me something I didn't want to hear…"

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The young Mitsubishi hid under his sheets as his parents argued through the late hours of the night. Through his sobs he heard his father yell, "well why don't you take that piece of useless scrap of metal while you leave then!?"

Soon came his mother's screaming reply of: "He is not a 'piece of useless scrap metal'! He's our son and I love him!"

"Well somebody has to don't they! 'Cause I certainly don't give a damn about him anymore!"

"Maybe I don't care about you anymore!"

"Oh yeah!? Does it look like I care?"

"No! But I don't care! I hate you and the only reason I went out with you was because I felt sorry for you! You're just a heart-less bastard!"

"Don't you dare talk to me like that!"

Soon after the Mitsubishi heard that enraged yelling, a glass smashed and his mother screamed, this made him flinch slightly and cry loudly.

"I want you out of my sight, out of my life, I want that ineffective brat to go with you and I want that to happen by the morning! Got that, sweetheart!?"

The Mitsubishi pickup quietened his sobbing when he heard deep breathing outside of his door, it was too recognisable, he knew that it belonged to his incensed father. He usually used the term 'sweetheart' while being nice to her, but that word had never been used in such a menacing tone.

His mother cried a bit, "yes, that's fully understandable."

"Good," he heard something hit the wall outside of his room, "now go see your useless son… oh well, we know where he gets the 'useless' part from don't we, Gabrielle?"

Gravity – the young car – quickly closed his eyes when he heard the door of his room creak open. "Yes we do," Gabrielle answered, her voice quivering.

A few moments of silence passed.

"Gravity?" She asked quietly, "Are you okay?"

He opened his eyes at the reassuring voice, he turned to face her, "mummy, will you stop yelling?"

"Sure we will, honey, it's just that we're going through a hard time at the moment. But sometimes mummy's and daddy's don't get along very well, but daddy doesn't think he was ready for me to bring you into the world…"

He began to cry loudly again, "it's my fault?"

"No… no… no…" she said hurriedly, "it's mummy and daddy's fault, but he can't accept that. Sometimes… couples don't work out as well as some people want to and well, we're one of those couples…" she sighed, "Gravity, I don't want you to worry." She looked down to the toys on his bedroom floor, "daddy wants us to leave so we're gonna have to clear all this up tonight."

He looked down to a toy scooter, pulling it close he asked, "Can Mr Ruffles come along?"

She smiled, "yeah… Mr Ruffles can come with us…" She looked into her side view mirror when she heard the door slam shut. Her smile broadened; that could've only meant that her boyfriend had left and she didn't have to live her life in fear anymore.

"Just hold on a second baby," Gabrielle said with a quick nuzzle of his fender. Gravity nodded and followed her to the door of which she rolled out. After a momentary disappearance she returned to the hall and stared at a picture of the small family. With a grunt she pulled the picture down and broke the glass.

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Mia just stared at Gravity as he drew his tale to an end, "you were a mistake?" She asked.

Gravity shook his hood, "an accident. That's why I'm so desperate for you to have the pill, because I don't want the fact to screw his life up like it did mine."

"Hey," Susannah's voice came from behind them, "we're not interrupting anything are we?"

Gravity forced a smile for his girlfriends' parents, "not at all, Mrs Tow… we were just talking."

"Cool," She said simply, rolling further into the room, "let's start at the beginning of they're life, huh?"


RAWR! 'Tis I the one who shall someday rule the world with my little finger! Yes.. anyway... in the sweet little world of me Lightning's real name is Ted (or... some shall call him Teddy... I'm one of those) also, to me a scooter is the equivelent to a dog... but poor Gravity and Gabrielle, huh? I'm so mean... I'm on two week holiday now! w00t! So, I'll try and update soon(er or later)...

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