Chapter 4: Joining the Team
One day without Trixie knowing, everyone agreed unanimously that she should be a member of the Go Team; Speed's racing team. The day they surprised her was one she'd never forget. Speed had picked her up and brought her to his parent's home before they were to go to one of his races. At the Racer's house, Speed asked his girlfriend, "Trixie. Are you ready to go?"
"I'm ready," she said after feeling one of the Mach 5's tires.
"No you're not," Speed said as his family entered the garage with them.
Trixie was totally clueless to what was going on as she looked back at them.
"You have to put this on before we leave," Speed said taking a box from his mother and then handing it to Trixie.
Trixie just smiled as she took the box. She then put it on the table, which was against the wall and she started to open it. After opening the box, she saw a white shirt with a G on it for the Go Team and a pair of shorts, pants, wrist bans, a hat and under everything was a jacket with the G and her name on it. She was speechless for a few seconds before finally looking up and asking, "Does this mean I'm on the team?"
"You have been for a while," Speed said smiling. "But now it's official."
Trixie smiled a brilliant smile as she hugged her boyfriend and then hugged everyone else. She adored the Racer family not knowing how they had truly grown to adore her as well. They loved that she was very respectful and never tried to be the center of attention like some of Speed's ex-girlfriends. Trixie just fit in with the Racers and it was obvious how much she cared for Speed and what she meant to him.
Besides being so attentive and helpful to Speed, she knew when not to help as well. Speed had a quick temper when someone played a dirty trip and she knew when to back off. An example was the day that the Go Team was at the track practicing for a special race, which was coming up. Speed was driving very well as everyone cheered for him on the sidelines. He was driving well until Doug drove onto the track. The car racer, Doug, wouldn't move his car away from Speed's and then tried to run Speed right off of the track. However, Speed managed to stay on as an arrogant Doug disappeared.
"Did you see him!" Speed screamed upset when he stopped his car and jumped out.
"You can't let other drivers intimidate you like that," Pops said shaking it off.
"Intimidate me!" Speed yelled becoming furious. "He could have caused a bad accident!"
"Speed," Sparky said calmly. "Pops's right. Just concentrate on yourself."
"Okay…fine!" Speed shrieked as Trixie decided to keep her opinion to herself as Speed went on. "I'll start running people off the rode too!"
"Where are you going?" Pops demanded to know after watching Speed turn away from him.
"I need to get out of here," Speed said upset and then his voice softened a bit as he looked at Trixie and held out his hand and said, "Are you coming, Trixie?"
Trixie didn't say anything but took his hand. They were off driving away in his car within a minute. Ten minutes later, they were parked by the park.
"I'm sorry," Speed said now feeling much calmer as he took her hand once again as they sat side by side in the Mach 5.
"I understand why you're mad," she said turning to look at him.
"Being here with you looking into those green eyes, I'm not mad anymore," he said looking at her very seriously.
"Well...I'm just glad you took me with you," she said with a smile.
"Are you kidding," he said leaning closer and putting his arm around her shoulders. "I would never leave you behind."
"I'm glad," she said smiling back as she felt her heart flutter.
Again with a serious look on his face, he said, "You know when I'm being an idiot to just blow me off, right?"
"I didn't think you were being an idiot," she said with a hard look on her face. "I was pretty mad myself."
Speed smiled, "Yeah. But I bet if you would have agreed with everyone else, you would have still kept calm and blew me off."
"Well, you know I'm very opinionated but I know you enough by now to know when to leave you alone."
"I just don't want you to feel like you can't talk to me," he said still looking into her eyes.
She put her hand on his face and said, "Believe me. You're the only one I want to confide in."
"I'm so lucky I found you," he whispered just before kissing her, and she ended up in his arms as they continued to kiss some more.
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A couple of weeks later, Speed was standing in a wedding for a cousin. Since he had to be there so early, his parents offered to take Trixie to the wedding with them.
Lisa, the person whom Speed would be walking up the isle with, was to fly in the day of the wedding from another state. When her flight finally came in, she was about a half hour late showing up to the church. When all of the guys standing in the wedding saw her, they made big over her; saying she was worth the wait. She was gorgeous with long, blonde hair and light, blue eyes. Speed admitted to himself that she was pretty but in his eyes he could only see someone else.
At the church, Speed's cousin Matt kept aggravating Speed about Lisa. He couldn't figure out why his racer cousin wasn't paying much attention to her. "Now I know why you don't care about Lisa," Matt said staring at someone who was walking into the church.
"Oh really," Speed said. "Why?"
"Because of that brunette walking in with your parents. She's your date. Isn't she?"
Speed turned to see Trixie. She looked beautiful in her, dark, blue dress, which hugged her figure. Speed wasn't used to seeing her dressed up. "Besides how good she looks,"he said with a smile, "we have a lot in common."
"Why? Is she a race car driver?" Matt joked.
"No, she's a pilot."
"What?" Matt asked surprised as Speed walked over to Trixie to tell her hello.
"You look beautiful," Speed said after giving her a small kiss.
"You look very handsome yourself," she said somewhat embarrassed as Speed's Mom smiled at the both of them.
Later in the church, Speed walked arm and arm down the isle with Lisa.
Trixie felt a bit intimidated because the girl looked just like a model from a cover of a magazine. Lisa also made it very obvious that she liked Speed by the way she tried to hang on him. Trixie felt intimidated that is until Speed winked at her as he walked by her down the isle as if he forget that his arm was linked through Lisa's.
The reception ended up making Trixie feel even better. When she had arrived with Speed's parents, Speed came running down the stairs from where he was suppose to be taking wedding pictures with the wedding party. "I was wondering when y'all were going to get here," he said frustrated as he took Trixie's hand. "I know Trixie's not in the bridal party but I need her up there with me."
"Why?" Pops asked looking confused.
Speed whispered to his father, "Because Lisa is all over me and she's not the one I want."
Trixie overheard and had to control the big smile that wanted to spread across her face.
"What did he tell you?" Mom Racer asked Pops when Speed and Trixie walked off.
"I think our son is really in love with Trixie," Pops said amazed.
"You just figured that out?" his wife asked like he was crazy.
Pops rubbed his head for a few seconds and said, "I guess, I knew. It's just that sometimes I think that maybe they are more of friends because of how good they work together getting ready for the races."
"You're right. They make a good team," Mom Racer said but then added with a smile, "But people who are just friends don't look at each other the way they do."
"Yeah. I guess you're right. I don't know how many times I've asked that boy if he finished doing something and he doesn't answer me. When I look to see why, he's staring at Trixie."
"Every day he has her over at the house. They're crazy about each other."
"I just never thought I'd see the day he'd be serious with anyone," Pops said still in disbelief since Speed had had so many girlfriends.
"Well...one day he'll admit it to everyone," Mom Racer said very sure.
Later when the music was blaring, Speed and Trixie were having a good time dancing. They laughed and cut up as they danced together looking like they were having more fun than anyone else.
When they took a break to stop, they enjoyed some of the food, laughing as they fed each other different things. After they tried almost everything, Trixie excused herself to the rest room. As Speed waited for her, he sipped his drink as the beginning of a beautiful love song flowed to his ears. What made it better was when Trixie entered the room just after it started. Putting down his drink, Speed slowly walked over to her.
"Can I have this dance?" he asked so seriously.
"Only you," she said making him feel very lucky.
During their dance, they held each other close and gazed into each other's eyes. It was like no one else was there in the large room with them. Mom Racer smiled as she watched them and was glad there was something special in Speed's life besides racing.
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The excitement was definitely there with Trixie around. It was one late afternoon when she landed her helicopter down close to the track; Sparky riding along with her. "Sparky," she said just after landing the helicopter. "I'm going to give this map to Speed. I'll be right back." She then took her head gear off and jumped out of the helicopter.
"Okay," Sparky said wondering what it would be like working on a helicopter instead of a car.
The blades on the top of her helicopter were still spinning as Trixie ran to Speed. She was talking to him about the map when she said, "Wait. The plane sounds like it's...lifting up." She looked and sure enough it was starting to lift off the ground. Immediately she knew that Sparky must have gotten brave and fooled with some of the controls.
"On no, Speed! Does Sparky know anything about flying!" Trixie screamed with horror in her voice.
"He can't handle that thing!" Speed screamed back not believing his eyes.
Suddenly, Trixie began to run full speed towards the helicopter.
"Trixie!" Speed screamed to her. What is she going to do? he worried as he began to run behind her.
Trixie grabbed on to the leg of the helicopter just before it lifted out of her reach, and she held on to it tightly.
Speed couldn't believe his eyes and his heart beat like crazy as he watched her stunt as she managed to swing her little body up so her legs could wrap around one of the legs of the helicopter. Beginning to hold his breath, Speed watched her pull herself up and climb into the helicopter. It was obvious when she got control of the plane, and then Speed felt relieved. Within a minute she landed the helicopter once again.
A nervous wrecked Speed ran over to it to see Sparky getting out of it looking scared to death. "Are you okay buddy?" Speed asked.
Looking in shock, Sparky only shook his head yes glad that he still had his life.
When Trixie jumped out, Speed practically caught her in his arms, and then he hugged her tightly. "I can't believe you just did that."
Trixie just hugged him back letting her heart calm down, and then she lifted her head to look at him. Her hair was blowing all around from the wind from the helicopter. Speed pulled her away from the helicopter, and they ran over to the Mach 5.
Pushing her hair behing her ears, Speed wrapped his arms around her again and with his eyes on hers, he said, "Don't do that to me again. You scared me to death."
"I'll admit I was worried that the helicopter was going to land when I was under it."
"I know," Speed said pulling her close against his body. "That's it. No more leaving Sparky in the helicopter alone."
Trixie laughed hugging Speed back. "I'm becoming a little too daring hanging around you."
"I guess we are both a little nuts," Speed said so grateful that she was safe in his arms.