Blacktop Obsession Chapter 10
"Man, I wouldn't trust the girl, Brian." Roman said after they had pulled into a McDonalds. Brian and Roman were in the line, Roman dancing around and anxiously awaiting to place his order.
"Wow, that's not shocking, Bro." Brian grinned, watching Kaidyn and Shayde talk across the way. "She's fine. She's not a cop." He shook his head, now looking at Roman.
"No, but you're gonna get burned by her. I see the way you look at her, you're almost under a spell or some shit when you're around her." Roman grumbled, sounding almost jealous.
"Ro, I'm a big boy, k? I can handle myself." Brian said and walked over to Tej with Roman mocking his words behind him.
"Are you sure no one followed us?" Kaidyn asked Shayde, giving a weary sigh as they walked into the girls bathroom. Kaidyn did some stretches, grateful to be out of the tight space of the trailer.
"I'm sure. We'll wait till I get the call and we'll be outta here in no time." Shayde smiled confidently. She slapped Kaidyn's hand as she chewed on one of her nails. That was one of her biggest bad habits.
"I hope you're right." She sighed again, giving her sister an annoyed look for the slap.
"Hello." Shayde answered her phone, putting a finger to her lips to hush Kaidyn up.
"Hey, it's the black Maxima in front of the door in the drive through line. It has tinted windows. One of the other boys are up there ordering and not going to finish ordering till my boy calls him, so get goin." Dominic said, standing outside the McDonald's to make sure the coast was clear. "It's right at the door you walked in at." He added.
"Did we get followed?" Shayde asked, shooing Kaidyn out the door as she talked.
"Nope, we lost them earlier. Trust me, they'll be lost trying to keep up with us all." Dominic smiled, quite proud of himself at coming up with this plan. "I'll call you later, girl." He hung up.
"All right, follow me, girly. Let's hit the road again." Shayde lead the way. "Just hurry up and get in behind me and we'll be good to go." She nodded, holding Kaidyn's hand. She noticed it was shaking."Hey, you okay?" She asked, stopping before they got out the door, stopping to lift up her chin.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Kaidyn said, her heart feeling like it was lodged in her throat.
"Kk, I promise you that no one will hurt you. I will not let that happen. Just follow what I do and it'll be fine." She said in a reassuring tone.
"This is like some Sherlock Holmes stuff, huh?" Kaidyn giggled nervously as they walked out.
"You're nutty." Shayde said, holding her breath as though it would help her get outside safely. She hopped into the black Maxima car and made sure Kaidyn climbed in right behind her. Both girls scrambled to shut the door quickly.
"Hey girls, this line's a bit too long, you're not hungry are you?" Hector asked with a grin, looking at them through the rearview mirror.
"Nah, we're not hungry at all." Shayde gave a knowing smile. Kaidyn looked out the window, seeing Dominic leaning on the front of the truck's hood, keeping watch like a guard that was guarding the Queen of England's castle.
"Good, we're outa here." He pulled away. "No hi Hector, How ya doin Hector, no you're my favoritest person in the world Hector?" Hector asked Kaidyn with a mischievous grin.
"Hi Hector, how are you Hector?" She asked, distracted by looking out the back window, making sure no one was following them. This made Shayde and Hector laugh at her. She looked at them quizzically, not getting what was so funny. Hector pulled out of the drive through line, checking his mirrors to make sure no one was following them.
"Dom came up with the most genius of plans, don't you think?" He asked Shayde, who yawned and nodded. "Us splittin up like this, there's no way they can follow us all." He laughed.
"How long until we get there?" A sleepy Shayde asked, watching Kaidyn look around his car for something to do.
"About an hour." Hector replied.
"Ohhh, that's an awesome Ipod! Can I be the DJ?" Kaidyn asked, her big blue eyes lighting up at Hector's lightning case on his Ipod that had just caught her attention.
"Sure, here …" Hector started to unhook it and hand it to her. Kaidyn had already started climbing up front, glad to have something to do.
"You can't Dj from the back." She said matter of factly, sitting in the seat and adjusting to the bucket seat. Shayde covered her face with her hand in disbelief and a bit of embarrassment.
"I'll agree with you on that one." Hector nodded, giving Shayde a look as if to say 'she's fine'.
"So, what was this master plan? Shayde was supposed to tell me but she didn't cause now she's asleep and so you can tell me." Kaidyn crossed one leg over the other, still playing with his Ipod as she talked.
"Me and my crew all picked you guys up at MickyD's at different times in that drive through line. We're all takin different routes and going to get to the place we're heading at different times. Pretty good plan, don't you think?" He asked, looking at Kaidyn. He was glad Shayde was getting some sleep, it was well needed.
"Why do you act as though I should know you?" Kaidyn asked, her eyes narrowed suspiciously, as though she was sizing him up. "I've only seen you around a few times." She added, waiting for an answer impatiently.
"Are you playin me? You seriously don't remember me? I'm hurt." Hector looked a bit offended.
"Yeah, right. Sounds like you're playin me." She changed the song on the stereo and blew her hair out of her face.
"Let me put it this way, have you added any new trophies to that room of yours?" Hector asked, getting a big reaction from her.
"Are you a stalker?" She asked, her mouth dropped open at how he knew that.
"Would a stalker pick up your meds and stuff from the pharmacy for you? I'm at your house like all the time." Hector said, trying to convince her.
"My sister wouldn't let anyone do that for her. She's quite capable of doing it herself." Kaidyn shook her head, folding her arms now as she watched him for his reaction.
"Do you seriously not remember me picking you from school and taking you to your pageants, your cheer practices, and to other things like that? I was like your personal chauffer for a while." Hector laughed.
"I would remember if I had a personal chauffer, thank you very much. You're still suspicious to me." She said, still not convinced. Hector wanted to crack her up. She was a riot.
"If you don't trust me, wake your sister up and ask her." He motioned to Shayde, who was peacefully asleep in the back.
"Umm, no, I think I'll pass. I guess if she's sleepin with you driving, you must be somewhat okay." Kaidyn sighed, really not wanting to wake Shayde up.
"Gee, thanks." He retorted.
"So, you got any magazines that a girl can read or anything at all to look at?" She asked, fidgeting in the seat. She reminded him a lot of Jesse at how she was so hyper and talkative.
"Me? Ha, I'm a macho boy, not a pretty boy. It wouldn't be right for a hard core racer to have mags for chicks in this car." Hector shook his head. It was silent for a bit, much to Hector's relief.
"So, now I know why she won't give into Brian and like him, she's with you!" Kaidyn clapped her hands together as if a light bulb in her head had came on. This made Hector about spit out his drink he had just taken a drink of. He couldn't help but bust out into laughter.
"Hector, quit laughing and go back to sleep." Shayde murmured in the back seat, curling up even more. Kaidyn's mouth dropped open and she put a hand over it to hide her shock.
"It's not even like that so get that outta that head of yours." Hector shook his head, trying to make sure Kaidyn didn't get the wrong idea. "Oh, look, here we are." He declared, sounding relieved. They pulled into the underground garage of Dominic's. This was the same place he had stored his cars when he had been doing the heists on the regular. It was nicely hidden and large enough to fit ten freight trucks inside of it along with some other amenities.
"Wake up, we're here!" Kaidyn punched her sister excitedly, like a kid at the circus. She jumped out to go explore. Hector opened Shayde's door for her.
"Where in the hell does she get the energy from, Shayde?" He asked, shaking his head, watching Kaidyn.
"I have no clue." Shayde stretched after getting out. She gave a big yawn.
"You know she doesn't really remember me?" Hector asked, looking concerned. He knew it had been a while since he had seen Kaidyn, but it hadn't been that long.
"Yeah, it doesn't shock me since she's blocked out so much." Shayde sighed, sounding extremely exhausted.
"But surely she wouldn't forget me. I mean, I have been there a lot." He said, looking into Shayde's tired eyes.
"But she's always gone when you are at my house. Between community service, then he going away to serve that bit of time in juvie, and then all the pageants and traveling she did, you know. I'm sure it'll come back to her sometime soon." Shayde said, secretly hoping it wouldn't for a while. If it did, there would be even bigger problems at hand.
"I'm shocked she didn't sleep on the way here." Hector said, sitting on the hood of his car as Kaidyn walked around restlessly.
"She hardly sleeps at all, Hector. Post traumatic stress does that for you." Shayde folded her arms.
"Isn't there anything to do here?" Kaidyn walked over looking as bored as she sounded.
"Just sit tight, Rome and Tej will be here in about fifteen minutes or so." Hector nodded.
"All right, I'm timing you." She nodded, checking her sister's watch. Shayde just let her sister grab her arm, used to her doing things like that.
"I said about." Hector laughed.
"Hey sis, there's a fridge that's built into the walls in here somewhere. If you find it, I bet Dom has some Coronas in there. Bet you can't find it." Shayde challenged.
"Ha, I know I can find it." Kaidyn smiled smugly, literally hopping away to go start her mission.
"That should keep her busy….all of five minutes or so." Shayde nodded, knowing it wasn't that hard to find it. "Hope you can come up with something to keep her occupied until then, Hector." Shayde laughed, loving the look Hector gave her.
A/n: Thank you, thank you, thank you for reading as always! Please review! Cheer