The next morning a package, or should I say a giant crate, showed up at our front door.
"Hey Sky!" Austin yelled as he, Tej, and Rome inspected it.
I looked up from the game of cards Han, Mia, Nora, and I were playing. "What is it Austin?"
Austin chuckled and held up a slip from the man who delivered it. "Sweetheart, I think it's for you." Austin waved the slip of paper in the air, catching the attention of the few people in the group who hadn't already hung out around the package.
"Who the hell would send me a giant crate, Austin?" I barked back and rolled my eyes, picking up the beer Han was drinking and taking a swig.
Austin chuckled, "Well, the name on the return address is Blake, so I'm guessing it's Blake."
"Blake?" Leslie shot up from behind the tvs on the platform. "As in your brother Blake? As in your brother, Blake, Sky's biggest fan and creepy stalker?"
Austin rolled his eyes, "That'd be the one, but I don't appreciate that. Just cause he's madly in love with Sky doesn't make him a stalker."
"Yes it does," Nora walked over and snatched the slip from his hand, eyeing it. "It especially does when he sends massive crates from his Brazil work office."
I dropped my cards on the table and jumped to my feet, "No way!" I ran over and snatched the paper from her. "Holy shit…"
"What are you guys talking about?" Brian asked, trying to clear up the confusion he and clearly everyone outside my crew was thinking.
I walked up to the crate and patted the side of it. "We need this open… Like now."
The boys had the crate disassembled in minutes. Dom had been all for just smashing in one of the walls with an axe, but Nora had nearly screamed no.
"Um… guys," Han now had the paper and was reading it over.
I didn't notice him talking, I was concentrated on the car shaped tarp inside the crate. "Please be what I think this is." I whispered as I reached and took one edge of the tarp nervously.
"Guys, this crate is from the Lamborghini office here in Rio." Han told everyone as they huddled behind him to read it.
I chuckled, "Damn right." Nora grabbed the other corner and together we whipped the sheet off the car.
"Holy…" "Oh my…" Everyone had a different comment, but as I smoothed my hand over the silver hood I only smiled and whispered, "Beautiful."
"Is that a…" Tej started.
I cut him off, "Silver fully loaded 2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster with a top speed of 217 miles per hour? … Yes, yes it is."
"It's a beauty." Dom nodded.
"Where'd you get that?" Roman asked, more towards me than the others.
"We had lives before we met you, Rome," I retorted with what had become the catch phrase when something either showed up at our door or someone knew something ridiculously out there.
Austin chuckled, "Yeah, so did my brother… He's the marketing director for the entire Lamborghini brand. It helps that he's so obsessed with Sky too. Blake'll give her just about any car he can get his hands on. He knows how much she loves them. It's about the only thing he's got."
"Dom," I stood up and looked at the man, "if I remember right, it was my turn on the course?"
Dom chuckled and eyed the car before walking away, "Then you're up, Sky."
I slid in the driver's seat and tried to hold back groaning at how amazing it felt.
Han leaned down to the open window, "Mind if I take a turn in it after you've had your fun?"
"Only if you promise not to hurt my new baby," I ran my hand possessively over the dash.
Han chuckled and patted the top of the car, "If I hurt this car, I'd gladly let you dismember me because I must deserve it."
I thought about it for a second, "Sounds fun… Okay, deal."
Han backed away from the car and let me go to the start of the track.
Nora's POV (briefly)
Han, Tej, Roman, and I walked onto the platform as everyone else went back to what they were doing. But they weren't exactly doing a good job hiding that they were all staring at the track waiting for Sky to get.
I rubbed my hands nervously against the edge of the desk before signaling Sky to take off….
… And take off she did. The girl must've floored it.
It was verging on beautiful to my eyes as I watched her pass cameras 1, 2, and 3 with time to spare. I was ready to cry tears of joy till Roman pointed as camera 4 caught a glimpse of the edge of her taillight. It was so brief, that I'm pretty sure I was seeing things… She might've actually been going so fast she made it to camera 4 before it could start its next rotation… Meaning the 10 second rotation from before she'd taken off must've been the one to catch her.
She drifted the car a full 180 at the end before coming to a stop, all eyes on her.
"I think I'm in love." Han said as he watched her open the car door.
I didn't think he meant it quite so literally, but for a man who loves nothing more than girls and cars, a girl who can drive a car just as well as he can must be appealing… Especially when she's driving that car… and especially when it's Sky.
It was the closest any of us had gotten, and she did it in the most beautiful car I'd ever laid eyes on.
"Baby," I called out to Sky as she hopped up on the platform, "Camera 4 caught the edge of your taillight."
"What? Are you serious?" She leaned over the edge of the desk, watching on my laptop as we played the four cameras.
Han, Rome, and Tej all stood behind her as she did, staring at her ass. She was wearing some fairly tight hacked off shorts, and if I swung that way I'd totally understand why they were staring. But I didn't so I just glared at Rome and Tej.
"That sucks."
Han stepped forward, finally peeling his eyes off her ass. "Mind if I have a go."
"Knock yourself out." Skylar tossed the keys over her shoulder, not getting off the desk as she replayed the video, trying to figure out whether it was the cameras being too fast or a mistake of hers.
Han caught the keys and got in the car. He had the widest grin on his face, and I didn't know if it was for the car or the girl that he was smiling.
Han did a full run on the track with the car, and I was floored. We all were.
Sky had given up watching her video as Han started, but while we watched the cameras we didn't see a thing.
"No way." Sky whispered, jaw on the floor.
Tej let out a heavy sigh as Han haulted behind the platform. "Look," he said, pointed at camera two's video.
There was the slightest tin of silver in the corner for less than a millisecond, and I was pretty sure I was just imagining things for a minute, because I wanted to do it not Han.
"It caught a glimpse of your mirror." Skylar told Han as she stood up and turned to face him.
Han raised his eyebrow in question. "You sure?"
"Not entirely, could've been a camera glitch even it was gone so fast, but I must say, I'll go with it just so you don't beat me." Sky spoke honestly.
Han chuckled and turned to Dom, "Dom, windows too small, man. Only way we'll beat the cameras is with… invisible cars."
Dom let down the hood of the car he was working on and smirked up at us. "And I know just where to get them."
