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The OC -John Black, Chavo- Belongs to Ghost 1998
guest 2-Very rough and hell like child hood John has been through. I suppose all the roughness he went through turned him in to the tough bodyguard that he is. It may hurt but it's good that he opened up to Scarlett so they're both even.-John is a very private car, kind of like Doc, it took a lot for him to open up to Scarlett. John knows that she won't say anything to any one, but it was still hard for him.
Big surprise in him proposing to her but they really do hold a strong bond and it's what Scarlett would of wanted. Sheriff is gonna get a shock but I'm sure he'll be happy enough that his daughter's found the right man. John could use his colt as a back up gun just in case of an emergency. Very sexy moment between them after the proposal. The really gagged for each other.-Most of what happens in the chapter is a set up for later in the story. I haven't focused much on them, but John and Scarlett have been spending a lot of time together. Besides they have pretty much kept their relationship quiet. But living in a small town, some people are beginning to notice them always being together, including Dunkin. Some big changes are coming for both of them.
Here's an idea for Mater's paint job. You could have Mater painted in his original blue with a red bonnet or hood as America would call it and have the title 'RADIATOR SPRINGS TOW MATER' accented in a rust colour and a tyre and two spanners in the backround.- Thanks for the idea. I might use it. I'm still playing around with the idea. I've not really decided on anything yet. I'll decide on something this week and revel his new look in the next chapter.
If you're planning a wedding for John and Scarlett here's some ideas. You could make it part Police part James Bond themed as Scarlett's a police officer and John's a bodyguard. Those are just ideas nothing more. If you have a theme planned I don't mind coz I know it'll still be brilliant considering you write good stories. Groomsmen and bridesmaids wise is up to you.- I haven't gotten around to writing anything yet, but I'll keep your idea in mind.
You could have Lightning pull a prank on Doc to get back at him for covering him in snow where Doc opens his draw, gets a cream pie in the face and then Doc shouts his full name out while Lightning and Sally are making out at Flos. Your choice you choose. A very touching and heart maxed chapter here-Lightning gets in some payback. That's all I'm going to say about that.
Ghost 1998-Love it a lot, nice work there my best amazing friend, keep up the great work.-Thanks, Text me later and we can talk about 'stuff' LOL!
Chapter 10. -New Beginnings -
Six weeks later: Doc Lightning, and Tara was gathered for a meeting at Wheel Well, which was still Lightning's headquarters, but he had made one of his workshops into
Tara's racing headquarters. She didn't need a staff yet, so Lightning's office staff just added Tara and her needs to their list of daily activates. Doc and Tara were outside
enjoying the view. They were just waiting for Sally to arrive. "Doc, Tara! I'm sorry, I'm late. My last meeting ran longer than I expected." Sally said as she raced up to them.
"Where's your father?" "He's here," Tara said. "He said that he had a phone call to make." "Well then" Sally said. "We better get started." They all headed back into wheel well
for the meeting. As Doc, Sally, and Tara approached the conference room, they could hear Chavo growling playfully. When they entered the room, they saw Lightning with one
end of a tug rope in his mouth and on the other end was in Chavo's mouth. The puppy was growling and tugging on the rope. "Dad plays with him almost as much as I do"
Tara said, Chavo saw Tara and he dropped the rope and bounded over to her. "Chavo, were you playing with Grandpa?" Chavo gave a couple of happy barks. "Grandpa?!"
Lightning said "I'm not his grandpa!" "Sure you are" Tara said. "And Mom is Grandma." Lightning pointed and laughed at Sally. "Ha, ha. I'm getting you some knitting needles
and rocking chair for you sit in" Lightning taunted. "Grandma McQueen! What's Doc, Great Grandpa." "Maybe, I don't know what I'm going to call him." Tara said "Maybe
uncle or something. Doc's too young to be a great grandpa." "WHAT!" Lightning complained "I'm younger than he is, and you're calling me Grandpa." "So" Tara said "My dog,
my rules" Doc laughed. "I'm going to get a doghouse" Sally said. "But it's not for Chavo; it's for your father to sleep in after that last comment." Tara laughed so hard that she
nearly wet herself. "All right children, settle down. We have a lot to discuss." Doc said "We need to all grab a spot at the table. While you three don't have anything to do this
afternoon, I have patients that I'm seeing in a few hours." "Okay, Chavo go to bed." Tara said, the puppy whined like a child not wanting to go. When Tara pointed to the
kennel, he walked slowly over to it, climbed in and laid down. "Good boy, you take a nap, and when you wake up we can play." Chavo laid his head down and watched the
meeting from the comfort of his kennel; it was only a matter of minutes before he was asleep. "Well this is a start of another racing season." Doc said as he turned towards
Tara. "Now before we discuss strategy, I have just received some interesting news. As you know, the league has a week break after the first couple of races. Well this year
they have decided to have two. One week break after the first race, and then take another week break around the middle of the season." "When is the middle of the season?"
Tara asked "Does that include the school too?" "The first week of July" Doc said. "Yes, that includes the school too, so we can come home and rest." "That's cool!" Tara said
"I'll be home for 4th of July then." Doc just nodded. "Your father and I always sat down before the racing season starts and discussed racing strategy." "My strategy is simple"
Tara said "Drive really fast and be the first one to the finish line." Lightning snickered but he was silenced by Doc's icy stare. "You know that it takes more than just speed"
Doc scolded. "Besides you will find out, winning races in the piston cup is going to be harder than the junior league. Since you only have one racing season under your belt,
the first few races are going to be tough for you." "The veteran racecars are going to push you around, and don't be surprised if you get bumped." Lightning said "It's a right
of passage. We always made the first few races tough for the rookies. We needed to know if they had ability to handle being in the league or not. Don't think that being my
daughter is going to make any difference on how rough the cars are going to treat you. If anything, they will be a little tougher with you. I'm not trying to scare you Tara, I'm
just giving you a heads up. Unless things get out of control, I'm not going to step in and protect you. You need to stand on your own tires and earn their respect just like all
other rookies. Besides with my new position with the piston cup, will prevent me from helping you, unless the rules get broken." "That's right" Tara said "Ring monitor or
something like that." "Actually a Racing Steward." Lightning said "It's a new position that the racing league is trying out. Now when a racecar get into trouble. They won't
immediacy go before the correction committee. They will be called before a racing steward to be punished. The only time a car would go before the correction committee is
only after two of the three stewards have reviewed the case and recommend it. Other than that, I don't know what the other jobs of the position are. The racing league is still
working on it. I think it's going to be a trial and error kind of thing." "Strip Weathers has been in charge of setting the position set up." Doc said "It has taken over a year of
work. The racing league has made him the head steward." "Chanti said that she has also got a racing steward position" Tara said. "She finished her master's degree in
management over the off season. She applied for the position and she got it." "Then that's the third one" Lightning said. "The racing league was only going to have three to
start with." "I have some interesting news" Doc said "I'm not going to reveal my source, but Chick and Chelsea has separated, it looks like their marriage might be over."
"Known those two, I'm surprised that their marriage has lasted this long" Lightning said. "Are they getting divorced or they just separating?" "My source tells me that they just
separated, he doesn't know anymore than that" Doc said. "I won't be surprised to hear that divorce papers have been filed." "When I was dating Thunder, I witnessed them
fighting. It wasn't physical, just a lot of screaming and yelling. They both accused each other of being unfaithful." Tara said "How's Thunder taking it? Is he still racing this
season? Who's going to take care of him?" "I don't know what his mental state is" Doc said. "But I do know that he's submitted all the paperwork, so I guessing he's still
planning on racing. As far as I know Chick has custody, but I wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea and Chick fight over him. I know that Chick doesn't openly show it, but he does
love his son and wants what's best for him." "Chelsea would love to get custody of Thunder most because of the heartache that will cause Chick" Lightning said. "And she'll
use Thunder as a pawn to get more cash out of Chick." "Doesn't Thunder have a say in who he want's to be with?" Tara asked "If he does I know it'll be Chick. Chelsea doesn't
like racing. When I was 'dating' Thunder, she was always complaining that he needs to do something else than race." "I'm not surprised" Lightning said. "Chelsea never liked
me racing either. She wanted me to work for my father in his movie studio. Which I'll probably be doing if the racing thing didn't work out." "Is there a pre-nuptial involved?"
Sally asked "If there is, the divorce will cost Chick a fortune." "My contact doesn't know." Doc said "But if there is one, Chelsea has no chance of winning anything. Her
condition will prove that she was having an affair." "What about her condition?" Lightning asked. "Is she pregnant or something?" "Yes, she's pregnant" Doc said "And rumor
is… it's not Chick's baby she's caring." "WHAT!" Lightning examined "That's not like her, when we were together, we always used protection. If it's not Chick's baby. Whose is
it?" "My contact tells me it's Ralph Carlow's (AN: Lil' Torkey Pistons #117). But nobody really knows for sure." "Isn't' Ralph, Jordan Carlow's younger brother?" Sally asked
"The famous Hollywood actor." "Yes" Doc said "That explains why Ralph was seen hanging round Chick's trailer a lot. "With connections to Hollywood" Lightning said. "He
would be a natural choice for Chelsea to get her claws into." "Speaking of affairs" Tara said "Has Misty Cummings been found?" "Yes" Doc said "She was arrested a few weeks
ago at her ex-husbands home. It turns out she's pregnant too." "Who's the father? Is It Chick?" "We don't know" Sally said. "She refuses to say whose it is. Xander Drax
called me a few days ago to let me know that Misty has been arrested." "So that means that I'll have to testify before a judge gain" Tara said. "I really don't want to. I hated it
when I had to at Brody's trial." "Not necessarily" Sally said "Xander is the one pressing charges. The most you'll have to is give a sworn statement about how Misty treated
you." "I get to swear!" Tara said "That's awesome!" "No, Goofball not that kind of swearing" Sally said. "It's like the testimony you gave at Brody's trial." "Oh, bummer" Tara
said, "If I have to do that, don't I need an attorney with me? I don't have one of those." "Tara" Sally said "I'm an attorney. My law license is still current, or did you forget that
I helped you with choosing a sponsor." "Yeah, kind of" Tara said. "I think of you more of as my mom, than as an attorney. And now my sponsor." A few weeks earlier: As
planned Mater had his surgery to have, his hood permanently reattached. Like he said, Lightning was by his best friend's side every step of the way. In fact, he even stayed
with Mater for a few days after he was released from the hospital. It would be another few weeks before Mater was healed enough to get his new paintjob. Sally helped Tara
with the business end of her racing career. He even convinced her to hire Casper Volt as her agent. Casper was Lightning's agent ever since he dropped Harv, shortly before
his wedding. Sally reviewed all of Tara's offers. Once word got out that Tara was looking for a sponsor for the upcoming racing season, she got a mountain of officers, even
some from major sponsors. Lightning said something to her about Rust-eze looking for another car to sponsor. "Dad, that was your sponsor" Tara complained. "I want to
make a name for myself." Sapphire Winter announced that she was retiring at the end of this racing season, and wanted a young racer to take her spot. She got Dinoco to
offer Tara a one season 'apprentice' sponsorship. Sally was worried that her offer of sponsorship was going to cause Tara problems, if she accepted it. Sally got in contact with
a friend and fellow attorney, one that was not afraid to tell her he truth. He reviewed Sally's offer, he also reviewed what the other offers that Tara had as well as what
somewhat the other rookies were being offered. He reported it was generous for a rookie racecar, but it fell within what he felt was a normal sponsorship. The sponsorship
was a two million dollar contract. As much as Tara wanted to pick her new sponsor, Lightning convinced her that she needed it keep it in the family, for at least her first racing
season. While not very happy with it, Tara accepted the Cozy Cone's sponsorship.