Bump looks away from the yellow 1986 Chevrolet Camaro and sees Randy Butler nose to nose with the man who looks like his friend, Danny Roberts.

Randy shoves Ben Song backwards.

Both Bump and Lenny run outside the garage and towards the gas pumps.

"Come on," says Randy. "Let's go."

"I'm not going to fight you," replies the leaper.

"What's going on, Danny?" asks Bump.

"Nothing," answers Ben. "It's over." He turns and walks towards the garage.

"I'll tell you what's going on," says Randy. "Your friend here is a chicken."

Randy gets back into his car, and burns rubber as he races from the gas station.

Bump and Lenny look as their friend speaks to someone they do not see.

"What's he doin'?" asks Bump.

"Talkin' it out," replies Lenny. "Like my dad did. Of course,it was always after drinkin' a gallon of moonshine."

Just at the side of the Union 76 franchise, Ben speaks with Addison Augustine.

"Was that the guy that took out Danny's eye?" asks the leaper.

"Yes," replies the observer. "Randy Butler. His dad owns the pasteurizing plant, the biggest employer here. Apparently, they were fighting over a girl."

"Nadine."

"It's typically what boys that age fight over. Just stay out of the fight until the race."

"You better get yourself cleaned up," says Lenny. "You got a dinner date with Nadine's parents."

"Oh boy," says Addison.

Oooo

The street is quiet, like most residential streets in Elk Ridge, Indiana. One-story houses line the street. In one of those houses, a radio blares out music.

Don't say you'll stay 'cause then you go away

Damn, I wish I was your lover

I'll rock you till the daylight comes

Make sure you are smilin' and warm

I am everything, tonight I'll be your mother

I'll do such things to ease your pain

Free your mind and you won't feel ashamed

"Could we turn the radio off?" asks Frank Ketchum.

"Sure," replies his wife, Rose, shutting off the General Electric radio.

"Nadine tells me you race cars," Frank says to the man who appears to be 18-year-old Danny Roberts.

"Uh, yes, sir," answers Ben, clearly uncomfortable. "I'm going to the time trials tomorrow."

The leaper slices another piece of pot roast. He is inside a small dining room in a small house. Dining room is adjacent to the backyard, and the kitchen is located in all hallway that connects the living room to the kitchen. He glances at Nadine's father, in his mid-forties, hardened by nearly three decades of labor.

"So what will you do for a living?" asks Mr. Ketchum.

"Race cars?" says Ben.

"And after you grow up?"

"Race cars. There's a lot of money to be made racing cars, sir."

"You have to be the best of the best," says Mr. Ketchum. "Randy Butler's a pretty good racer, and even he knows it;'s just a hobby."

"I don't wanna talk about Randy, okay," says Nadine, a tone of annoyance in her voice.

"Oh, that reminds me," says Rose Ketchum. "He called here today

"Mama, I don't care. I just want him to leave me alone."

"But Nadine, he's such a nice boy..."

"Maybe for somebody," Nadine says angrily as she stands up at the dinner table, "but not for me!"

"I don't like that tone, young lady," says her father.

"Why don't you accept the fact that it's over!"

Ben and Addison both widen their eyes at the young woman's outburst. Nadine walks out to the backyard.

"Uh, excuse me," the leaper says to Nadine's parents. He then walks outside.

He looks at the young woman, who is wearing a simple, sleeveless dress for this occasion; her chestnut brown hair tied in braids. Addison walks through the closed back door and also stands on the porch.

"You okay?" asks Ben,

"I'm sorry," replies the young woman. "It's always Randy this and Randy that. They don't know him. He thinks he can just snap their fingers and I'll come runnin' back to him. I wish he'd leave for good. Hold me, Danny."

She runs up and hugs the leaper tight, and Ben has an awkward look on his face; the observer simply has a blank stare.

He gently backs away. "Everything will be all right," says Ben.

"Not while I'm stuck here. Once you win that race, we can get married and never look back."

"Married?"

The rear door opens, and Frank Ketchum stands right there.

"Nadine, get inside," he says. "Mama needs help with the dishes."

"I love you, Danny," Nadine says to the leaper.

"I know," says Ben.

"I'm sure Danny loves you too," says Addison.

Nadine pushes past her father as she goes into the house, and he steps out onto the back porch.

"I absolutely enjoyed the pot roast, Mr. Ketchum," Ben says to him.

"I don't want you seeing Nadine anymore, do you understand?" asks Mr. Ketchum."

"I'm not sure I do."

"Her mama and I want better for her than you can offer."

"what about her happiness?"

"That's none of your business; it's mine and Rose's. You just stay away from her. Whatever you two had, it's over."

Less than a minute later, Ben and Addison walk along the street.

"Some girls try to get away from home by getting married," says the observer. "And some girls join the Army."

"I am wondering why Nadine's parents are so hell bent on dating this Randy guy," says the leaper.

"Turns out her dad works at the pasteurizing plant, the one owned by Randy's dad."

"So he's using his daughter to basically further his career."

"That's part of it. I think he really believes he's doing what's best for Nadine. She marries Randy, she gets a share of his family's wealth."

"She hates him."

"They figure the money will help her get used to him." Addison touches the screen of the handlink. "Spoiler alert, they were completely wrong. Randy never married Nadine, and her dad never rose about the position of shift supervisor until he was laid off during the Great Recession in 2010."

"Great what?"

Leaper and observer notice a pair of headlights heading towards them. Ben steps out of the way, and the vehicle passes right through Addison.

Don't get upset girl, that's just how it goes

I don't love you hoes, I'm out the door

And I'll be

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo

Sippin' on gin and juice, laid back

With my mind on my money

And my money on my mind

Ben looks and notices the Ford F-150 pickup truck. Bump calls out to him.

"Hey Fireball!" yells the young man.

"Just another wild night here in Elk Ridge," says Addison. "Anyway, watching you eat dinner made me hungry. See ya later." She presses the screen on the handlink and disappears.

"What's up?" asks Ben.

"We're gonna get a drive shaft," says Bump.

"But where will we find an open store?"

Lenny steps out of the pickup truck.

"Who said anything about buying a driveshaft?" he asks.

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo

Sippin' on gin and juice, biatch

With my mind on my money

And my money on my mind