Authors note: I don't own any of the characters, they all belong to Pixar. I do own my own characters; Monique, Charles, Rosalind, Danilo, Rafael, Wendy and Louis. And please excuse my poor english, I'm norwegian and didn't pay too much attention in my english class...
Big cars don't cry
Chapter 28
DJ was at The Foggy Windshield with Wingo and Snot Rod, when Louis came in the pub. The three cars were surprised to see him there, no one had ever seen him at a pub before.
The red corolla drove up to the bartender.
"Give me the strongest ethanol you've got!" he muttered and glared back at the DRH's standing there staring at him in shock.
DJ finally pulled himself together and drover over to him, putting a tire on his bumper.
"Louis...? I thought you didn't drink?"
The corolla took a huge sip of his drink.
"I started right now!"
DJ looked puzzled. There was definetly something bothering his old friend, why else would he start drinking?
"Are you sure this is a good idea...? I mean... you're not used to drinking... maybe you shouldn't..."
"What?! Are you my babysitter, or something?" Louis cut him off, emptying his drink and ordered a new one at once.
DJ shifted his weight from the left set of tires to the right.
"No... I just... Is there something wrong?"
Louis smiled sheepishly and put a tire on his bumper.
"You should stop worry that much... I'm fine!"
With those words he took his bottle of ethanol and moved to the farthest corner of the pub, making it clear to DJ that the conversation was over.
The tuners kept an eye on him anyway, and without speaking it out loud, they all made a silent deal; they would stay until Louis left, to make sure he found his way home safely...
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Louis didn't notice the three cars following him when he drove home that night. He wouldn't have been able to see them if they drove right in front of him either. His eyes barely was able to focus on the road, and even that seemed blurry. His tires felt like they were made off jelly and made it hard to stay on the street.
When he stumbeled through the door at his house, the DRH breathed out and drove back to the pub.
Wendy heard him enter the house, and peeped out of the door to the guestroom. She didn't want to sleep in the same room as Louis this night, so she took the guestroom.
She spotted him in the hall as he crashed into a huge green plant, and sighed. She drove down to him and tried to ignore the smell of ethanol from his breath as she guided him up to his room. She was about to leave the room when he held her back.
"Were are you going?" he asked.
She jerked herself away from him. Louis looked at her with a heartbroken expression on his windshield.
"You're drunk!" she hissed, ignoring the fact that it was partly her fault. "You think I can sleep in this ethanol-stench?!"
With those words she left him, even more heartbroken than before.
"No wonder I'm drinking! I dont even know what I did wrong in the first place!" he yelled after her.
Wendy shut the door behind her, allowing the tears to run free. She didn't knew why she hurted him like this. He couldn't possibly know why she treated him like this. But she still didn't want to tell him... Even though she knew it would ruin their relationship.
'I'm sure glad that Shani isn't home right now...'
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DJ came to Louis house the next day. He had waited a while before he went there, since he expected Louis to have a huge hangover...
Wendy was on her way out, it was saturday and she didn't have to go to work, but she didn't want to face Louis right now. She wanted to visit Wingo and her parents, it was a long time since she had seen them.
She greeted DJ and asked him to come in to wait for Louis to wake up. It didn't take long before the corolla came stumbling down the ramp from the second floor, she hurried outside. DJ stared at her, wondering why she didn't say goodbye to her boyfriend. He shrugged and turned towards the red toyota standing there, blinking his eyes towards the bright light from the lamps. Louis seemed to be in great pain, but tried his best to hide it.
"You really look like hell. I told you not to drink that much..." DJ said.
Louis just replied with a patethic moan, feeling very sorry for himself.
"Try some brake-fluid. That helps me when I have a hangover." DJ suggested helpfully.
"I dont feel like putting anything in my mouth right now, DJ..."
DJ became silent for a while. Then he looked at Louis, meeting his stare.
"Boost has left town..." he began.
"So that's why he hasn't visited me..."
"I'm worried... He left me in charge of the DRH, but I've not heard from him since then..."
Louis tapped one tire, while he swallowed the news.
"How long is it since he left? I dont know how long I was..." he didn't finish the sentence.
"You were gone for five weeks, Lou..." DJ helped him.
"It feels like a year... Wendy has really changed during those weeks... She can't stand me..."
"That's not true..."DJ was about to protest.
"Why would she treat my this way then?! She don't want to talk to me or see me. She doesn't even want to sleep in the same room as me... I cant kiss her, then she push me away... I don't know what I've done wrong, she wont tell me..." Louis sighed.
DJ put a tire on his bumper to comfort him, feeling sorry for his old friend. Louis stared into the air for a while, then he turned back to DJ.
"I can go look for Boost... Wendy doesn't want me anymore and Shani is staying with her grandparents for two weeks... I have to get away from this, DJ, I can't stand it."
DJ stared at him in shock.
"It's only for a week or two... If I find him, I'll come home earlier. I have to come home before Shani is back anyway, so don't worry. I'm not leaving you all forever."
"Ok, if you want it this bad..."
"Will you help me pack my things? I want to be out of the house before Wendy comes back..."
DJ shrugged, a little puzzled by how things had turned out.
"Sure..."
"Thanks. And one more thing..." Louis continued.
DJ met his stare.
"Yes?"
"If I don't make it back before Shani returns... Can you look after her? I don't trust Wendy anymore, and I don't want that unstable bitch to take care of my daughter..."
To be continued...
Please review, even if you didn't like it. I need to know if I should continue this story or not. And of course, let me know if you have any ideas, or thing you want to happen. I might put it in, even though I've already planned the whole story.
