The next morning the six teens met down in the lobby, each other them with smiles on their faces. Max and Liz held hands, Isabel had her head rested on Alex's shoulder and Michael held Maria around the waist.
"So same driving arrangements?" Alex asks
"Naw, we can change it." Max said as they walked out to the cars.
"Okay, but I'm driving!" Maria says leading herself and Michael to her car.
"I'll go with Maria, Alex come with me?" Isabel asked
"Sure." Alex said
"Okay Liz, its you and me." Max said smiling. After stopping for breakfast the were on the road.
Three day's later:
"We're here!" Maria said from the passenger seat, Michael was driving with Isabel and Alex in the back. They drove into Chicago, Alex, Liz and Michael all looked around having never been there.
"Wow, so this is a city?" Alex said, Isabel and Maria nodded happily.
"Okay where to?" Michael asked
"Here pull over and let me drive. We can get there faster." Isabel said to Michael, he nodded.
"Good idea, I might get us lost." Michael said, they switched spots. Michael looked at Max and Liz in the car behind them and Michael grinned at the sight of Liz laying her head on Max's shoulder sleeping. He was glad that his best friend found someone like Max. After twenty minutes Isabel pulled into a small community that wasn't really well off.
"Where are we?" Alex asked as Isabel pulled into a driveway. Right away Maria was out of the car and running to the front door, Isabel and Max not too far behind. Before Maria reached the door and guy opened it with a huge smile on his face, when Maria reached him she lunged into his arms and they hugged. Michael looked at the guy and hoped that, that was Maria's cousin. Liz came up and leaned against Maria's car.
"Wow." Liz said
"Wow what?" Michael asked knowing what it was. The guy had short spiky, kind of curly dirty blond hair. He was wearing dark jeans and a wife beater, he was well defined.
"Wow wow." Liz said smirking. Michael and Alex looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
"Remember Max Liz?" Alex asked. Liz glared at the two boys. They watched as more people came out of the house, they all hugged Maria, Isabel and Max happily. Michael didn't like the fact that Liz said wow every time a new guy came out of the small house, that meant that they were good looking. The girls were pretty in Michael's eyes but not much else.
"Michael! Come here!" Maria yelled, Max and Isabel motioned Alex and Liz to follow.
"Michael this is my cousin Matt." Maria said grabbing Michael's arm as she motioned to the first guy she hugged, Michael let out a sigh of relief inside.
"Hey, you touched my cousin?" Matt asked Michael shaking his hand.
"Matt!" Maria yelled hitting his arm, Matt just shrugged and hugged Maria again.
"Missed you Ria." Matt said, when he put Maria down Michael protectively pulled Maria to him. He saw that Max and Alex had done the same with Liz and Isabel.
"You guys hungry?" Another guy asked, everyone nodded and went inside. There Maria made introductions.
"This is Michael, Liz, and Alex. You guys this is Matt my cousin, Autumn and Dave also cousins. This is Rick, Tim, Michelle and Rachel." Maria said sitting next to Michael and Max. Everyone said hi again and started to eat dinner, which was pizza.
"So you called me, we're here." Max said to Matt.
"Yeah, Maria filled you in?" Matt asked, Isabel and Max nodded.
"Okay, it's in one week and we need you. Mostly you pixie" Matt said looking at Maria, she nodded leaning back against Michael.
"But you three are our best, we need the best." Matt continued.
"You have the best." Isabel said smirking, chuckles went around the room between everyone but Michael, Liz and Alex who didn't know what was going on.
"You'll do it?" Matt asked even though he knew the answer.
"Have we ever not?" Maria asked raising an eyebrow. Matt shook his head smiling.
"When do we start?" Isabel asked
"Bright and early tomorrow morning." Autumn said
"Just the way I like it." Tim said, Autumn nodded agreeing, everyone rolled their eyes.
"Naw man, night has the excitement of not knowing." Rachel said shaking her head. Dave and Rick nodded with her.
"No way! Middle of the day baby, suns out and you can feel everything." Michelle said.
"Shell's right, middle of the day." Matt said nodding
"I just like to do it." Maria said, Max and Isabel nodded.
"Now their the true ones. It's their destiny." Michelle said.
"What are you talking about?" Michael asked confused.
"Racing." Matt said
"Racing, like around the track?" Alex asked
"No, like real racing. No rules, nothing. It's anywhere, anytime. Open roads, traffic, suburbs. We race for money, cars, jewelry, anything. It's for fun mostly, but it's a way of life." Max said
"You have to have talent, or. . ." Maria said trailing off.
"Or?" Liz asked interested
"You can die, there's no rules Liz. No one there to help you but the people who came. No paramedics, doctors. We go against other's like us, wannabe's, cops, whoever. It's dangerous, but it's how we live." Matt said.
"And them. . .there the best we have." Matt said motioning to Max, Isabel and Maria.
"The can die." Michael said not happy.
"Yeah, but their good. Real good." Rick said
"Speed isn't the only thing, it's talent, endurance, guts, money." Isabel said
"How are they the best?" Alex asked
"They just are, pixie's the best anyone's ever seen." Matt said, Michael tightened his grip around Maria.
"Why?" Michael asked Max, Maria and Isabel.
"Our parents wanted us to be the rich snobs all the kids are at school. We didn't want that, their never home, it's like we're rebelling I guess. We love it." Maria said kissing Michael's chin. Liz went into Max's arms and Alex pulled Isabel closer.
"I'll be okay." Maria said reassuring Michael, he just kissed her forehead telling her he wasn't angry. This was one trip.
"So same driving arrangements?" Alex asks
"Naw, we can change it." Max said as they walked out to the cars.
"Okay, but I'm driving!" Maria says leading herself and Michael to her car.
"I'll go with Maria, Alex come with me?" Isabel asked
"Sure." Alex said
"Okay Liz, its you and me." Max said smiling. After stopping for breakfast the were on the road.
Three day's later:
"We're here!" Maria said from the passenger seat, Michael was driving with Isabel and Alex in the back. They drove into Chicago, Alex, Liz and Michael all looked around having never been there.
"Wow, so this is a city?" Alex said, Isabel and Maria nodded happily.
"Okay where to?" Michael asked
"Here pull over and let me drive. We can get there faster." Isabel said to Michael, he nodded.
"Good idea, I might get us lost." Michael said, they switched spots. Michael looked at Max and Liz in the car behind them and Michael grinned at the sight of Liz laying her head on Max's shoulder sleeping. He was glad that his best friend found someone like Max. After twenty minutes Isabel pulled into a small community that wasn't really well off.
"Where are we?" Alex asked as Isabel pulled into a driveway. Right away Maria was out of the car and running to the front door, Isabel and Max not too far behind. Before Maria reached the door and guy opened it with a huge smile on his face, when Maria reached him she lunged into his arms and they hugged. Michael looked at the guy and hoped that, that was Maria's cousin. Liz came up and leaned against Maria's car.
"Wow." Liz said
"Wow what?" Michael asked knowing what it was. The guy had short spiky, kind of curly dirty blond hair. He was wearing dark jeans and a wife beater, he was well defined.
"Wow wow." Liz said smirking. Michael and Alex looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
"Remember Max Liz?" Alex asked. Liz glared at the two boys. They watched as more people came out of the house, they all hugged Maria, Isabel and Max happily. Michael didn't like the fact that Liz said wow every time a new guy came out of the small house, that meant that they were good looking. The girls were pretty in Michael's eyes but not much else.
"Michael! Come here!" Maria yelled, Max and Isabel motioned Alex and Liz to follow.
"Michael this is my cousin Matt." Maria said grabbing Michael's arm as she motioned to the first guy she hugged, Michael let out a sigh of relief inside.
"Hey, you touched my cousin?" Matt asked Michael shaking his hand.
"Matt!" Maria yelled hitting his arm, Matt just shrugged and hugged Maria again.
"Missed you Ria." Matt said, when he put Maria down Michael protectively pulled Maria to him. He saw that Max and Alex had done the same with Liz and Isabel.
"You guys hungry?" Another guy asked, everyone nodded and went inside. There Maria made introductions.
"This is Michael, Liz, and Alex. You guys this is Matt my cousin, Autumn and Dave also cousins. This is Rick, Tim, Michelle and Rachel." Maria said sitting next to Michael and Max. Everyone said hi again and started to eat dinner, which was pizza.
"So you called me, we're here." Max said to Matt.
"Yeah, Maria filled you in?" Matt asked, Isabel and Max nodded.
"Okay, it's in one week and we need you. Mostly you pixie" Matt said looking at Maria, she nodded leaning back against Michael.
"But you three are our best, we need the best." Matt continued.
"You have the best." Isabel said smirking, chuckles went around the room between everyone but Michael, Liz and Alex who didn't know what was going on.
"You'll do it?" Matt asked even though he knew the answer.
"Have we ever not?" Maria asked raising an eyebrow. Matt shook his head smiling.
"When do we start?" Isabel asked
"Bright and early tomorrow morning." Autumn said
"Just the way I like it." Tim said, Autumn nodded agreeing, everyone rolled their eyes.
"Naw man, night has the excitement of not knowing." Rachel said shaking her head. Dave and Rick nodded with her.
"No way! Middle of the day baby, suns out and you can feel everything." Michelle said.
"Shell's right, middle of the day." Matt said nodding
"I just like to do it." Maria said, Max and Isabel nodded.
"Now their the true ones. It's their destiny." Michelle said.
"What are you talking about?" Michael asked confused.
"Racing." Matt said
"Racing, like around the track?" Alex asked
"No, like real racing. No rules, nothing. It's anywhere, anytime. Open roads, traffic, suburbs. We race for money, cars, jewelry, anything. It's for fun mostly, but it's a way of life." Max said
"You have to have talent, or. . ." Maria said trailing off.
"Or?" Liz asked interested
"You can die, there's no rules Liz. No one there to help you but the people who came. No paramedics, doctors. We go against other's like us, wannabe's, cops, whoever. It's dangerous, but it's how we live." Matt said.
"And them. . .there the best we have." Matt said motioning to Max, Isabel and Maria.
"The can die." Michael said not happy.
"Yeah, but their good. Real good." Rick said
"Speed isn't the only thing, it's talent, endurance, guts, money." Isabel said
"How are they the best?" Alex asked
"They just are, pixie's the best anyone's ever seen." Matt said, Michael tightened his grip around Maria.
"Why?" Michael asked Max, Maria and Isabel.
"Our parents wanted us to be the rich snobs all the kids are at school. We didn't want that, their never home, it's like we're rebelling I guess. We love it." Maria said kissing Michael's chin. Liz went into Max's arms and Alex pulled Isabel closer.
"I'll be okay." Maria said reassuring Michael, he just kissed her forehead telling her he wasn't angry. This was one trip.