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Chapter 10:

We arrived at the hotel a few hours later. I hopped down out of the truck and stretched my legs. I looked up and Landon tilted his head at me.

"What?"

"You ok?"

"My legs are just stiff, not all of us can stay still for hours on end." I smirked at him.

"Sorry. I forgot. You should have told me, we could have pulled over."

"It's fine."

"Well let me run in and get checked in and get our keys and then we can go to the races and drop the trailer off."

I nodded.

He came back three minutes later with our keys.

"I'll take the suitcases and bags up. You stay here. Stretch your leg." he leaned over to me and kissed me.

"You sure?"

"Positive. I got it." he smiled at me and gathered all the suitcases and the bags and placed them on some cart with wheels. He kissed me one final time before wheeling the bags into the building up to our room.

I smiled when he arrived back downstairs. He opened my door and helped me up. He was in the drive seat the next second.

"People are going to see." I hissed.

He laughed and started the truck.

The drive wasn't that long, thankfully. I didn't know how much longer I could last in this truck.

I looked around as we pulled up and he parked. There were trailers everywhere. With different names and sponsors on them. Were was an assortment of bikes, ranging in all different colors. I realized then there weren't that many girls.

"Landon?"

"Yeah?" he called as he unhooked the trailer from the truck.

"Uh, how many girl's are there?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well I'm looking around and I'm not seeing that many girls? Is our race just smaller?"

He pulled himself from around the trailer and looked at me.

"Carlie. Your not racing with just girls."

My eyes probably popped out of my head. "What?"

"Your good enough. don't worry about it. You can smoke these guys."

"I, uh, ok." I nodded. I still wasn't sure about that fact.

He walked over and put his arm around me. "You'll do great, I know it. Don't worry."

"I'm not worried. I, nervous yes." I smiled.

"Well don't be that either." he laughed.

"Easy for you to say you've done this before."

"Carlie. I will be right there with you the entire time. I wont let anything happen to you."

I smiled at him and kissed is cheek.

"Lets go get registered. I'll show you around too."

He lead me around to a booth where we stood in line for a few minutes. We finally got to the booth and he grabbed two clipboards and handed one to me.

"Fill it out."

I filled it out, all it called for was your name, bike number and the race.

I handed it back to him and he smiled at me. Then we walked over to another booth and Landon handed a woman the two clipboards.

"Ok, lets show you around." he smiled and grabbed my hand. He pointed out all the big sponsors and there trailers. Then he lead me around and told me about the different races. Last he showed me the track. People were racing down there.

"You race, is in four parts tomorrow. You'll have three races. You'll have to do well in the first two to qualify for the third. If you do good in all of them, you'll top."

"What about yours?'

"Same." he smiled at me. "There all pretty well spaced apart so we wont miss each others races."

"Good." I smiled at him. I really was happy that he was here with me. To help me, and just be here.

"Stop your making me nervous now." he laughed.

"How? You know what your doing."

"You've never seen me race before. I don't know. I love having you here. With me. Always. But you've never watched me race before. For some reason I'm nervous." he laughed lightly.

"You'll do amazing. I know you will. Besides, you have your good luck charm."

"What's that?" he looked down and tilted his head toward me.

I smiled up at him and waited. He lifted his eyebrow up at me and made an annoyed face.

"Me." I laughed.

He wrapped his arm around me and we watched the race.

As I stood there in Landon's arms. Jacobs question rang in my head. 'what about Landon'.

I couldn't answer that question. What about him. I shifted slightly and Landon leaned down and kissed my cheek.

"You'll be great." he whispered in my ear.

Landon, he was sweet and kind. He protects me. He makes me feel good. Better when I'm upset. Then again so did Jacob. I was in love with Jacob, I have been in love with him for like ever. Since we were younger, all those years ago and it hasn't changed.

I had just recently met Landon, but I had fallen in love with him along the way.

Jacob blamed me for that, but really when I had came home, I came back for him. I found out he was with Leah, so I was angry and upset and wanted nothing to do with him. Landon was there for me. I couldn't deny the fact that if Jacob hadn't have been with Leah, I would not have found Landon.

I would be happy, with Jacob. Like old times. That however was not the case. Things were so far from like they were. So far from what I thought and dreamed they would be. It was one big mess. That I didn't think I knew how to fix. I knew I couldn't keep them both. As much as I wanted to. It wasn't fair. I knew I had to let one of them go.

But which one?

"Carlie?"

"Yeah? Sorry."

"What's wrong?"

I shrugged. "I don't know."

"What don't you know?"

I looked up at him.

"Carlie, you want your family here don't you?"

Not exactly. "Yeah, that's it. I just wish they could be here for my first race too." he looked away slightly "I'm happy you're here though." I leaned my head on his shoulder.

"Carlie."

"hmm"

"I love you." his voice confident. But he sounded nervous.

I pulled away and looked up at him. "I love you to." and it was the truth.

He smiled at me. "Lets get back to the hotel." he wrapped his arm around and lead me back to the truck. He helped me up into the truck and shut my door.

He climbed up into the driver side and grinned at me. "Slow enough for you?"

"yes." I stuck my tongue out at him like a little kid.

He reached over and grabbed my hand as he started the truck and headed toward the hotel.

The entire drive he held my hand, and caressed it gently. The longer I was here with him, the less guilty I was feeling for leaving Jacob back home. I still felt immensely guilty for not being able to choose between the two of them yet, and for the night with Jacob. But you cant help who you fall in love with. And apparently you couldn't help how many either.

"Ready to go up?" Landon asked as he hopped out of the truck and came to my door.

I stepped down and he wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me in the air.

"What are you doing?" I laughed as my feet dangled above he ground.

"I like holding you. Having you close."

"Well I can walk." I grinned.

"Would you like to walk?" he placed me on my feet.

I wrapped my arm around his waist and he placed his on my shoulders.

"I like to walk like this." I smiled.

He lead me inside and pushed the button for the elevator. When the door closed behind us he hit the number five. For the fifth floor.

He handed me a room key. "Your key."

"Thanks. What room are we in?"

"505"

"Ok." I was slightly excited to see the room.

The elevator opened on the third floor.

"down?" A pasty faced woman asked.

Landon shook his head. "up. Sorry."

When the elevator doors opened on our floor. I almost bolted out the door, but Landon's arm was still around my shoulder.

We walked down a hall that had flower wall paper trimming the top. There was a maid a few doors down messing with her cart.

"505." Landon stopped at the door and smiled at me.

"505." I repeated.

"Well, go on." he nodded and removed his arm from my shoulder. He gently kissed my forehead and grabbed my hand.

I placed the key card in the door and pulled it out quickly. The light turned green and I turned the handle.

As the door opened I gasped.

"Oh my…."

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