Misguided Emotions Chapter 6: Swept Off Her Feet, a speed racer fanfic

Chapter 6: Swept Off Her Feet

Trixie sat on her sofa in front of a blank TV screen having no need to put it on. She was busy going over pleasant thoughts running through her head - a smile on her face as she thought of Jessie.

The day before when she had met him, he really did help to ease the pain of her broken heart. She knew she'd always love Speed, but thinking of Jessie seemed to make the loss of him so much easier. Looking at Jessie had certainly been easy on her green eyes as well. He was beyond good looking with his light eyes and thick, blonde hair and he towered over her because he was so tall.

Over the last couple of weeks she had guessed that Speed wanted to date the tall, model type and now she had spent the afternoon with someone who could have been a male model. Jessie's personality however, had been what she really liked. Charming wasn't a strong enough word to describe how he acted towards her.

Giggling, she thought of him telling her that if he said she could sing, she could. She wondered what he thought he knew about singing. He probably couldn't carry a tune if his life depended on it.

Continuing to think of their meeting, she recalled sitting at the small table in the Karaoke Bar. She had become very nervous when Jessie made his presence known to her. However, after he held her in his arms during a slow dance, she became silly putty in his hands. Feeling she deserved the tender, loving care, she snuggled up against his chest. She didn't want to feel not good enough anymore and he truly had treated her as if he had found her irresistible. After the dance and hours of talking, he had gently taken her hand and kissed it, beginning to sweep her off of her feet.

She had thought that she'd never see him again, but he had surprised her by asking her to meet him at a different club the next night. The name of the club was the "Blue Diamond". About to say no, she changed her mind since she was indeed free. She just wasn't thrilled about his suggestion of her to meet him at the club. It would have been nicer if he'd pick her up at her place, but she didn't push the issue. She just told herself it didn't matter because it wasn't like they were going to become serious. Speed, unfortunately still occupied her heart. It was just nice to know that someone else was attracted to her.

Trixie finally moved from in front of the blank TV screen so she could go take a long bath in preparation for her date with Jessie that night.

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Late that afternoon, Speed drove the Mach 5 towards Sandy's place for a date. They were going to spend the afternoon together and then go out that night since he had dropped her off early the last time they had been together. That had been the night he had gotten Trixie home safely from the Karaoke Bar.

Pulling up in front of Sandy's house where she was there outside waiting for him, Speed's eyes couldn't help but scan her nice body as she began to get into the Mach 5. She was wearing a white sun dress that was very short and skintight. He suddenly remembered times on the beach with Trixie when she wore her bikini. Though her suit was tasteful and it was a pleasure for him to see her in it, he didn't like other guys looking her. Luckily, she hadn't been the type to try to get every guy's attention. Sandy on the other hand, did want a lot of attention and the way she dressed left nothing to the imagination. Speed knew he'd never hear the end of it if Mom Racer saw Sandy's attire. Thinking of his mother, he remembered that he still hadn't even given her a direct answer of why Trixie hadn't been around. Poor Mom Racer knew nothing of Sandy or the other girls he had been seeing.

Because Speed wanted to show off the Mach 5 to Sandy, he began to drive her out to a place in the hills where there were never any other cars around. It had always been fun for him to practice there. Riding to the place, he was keyed up just from the thought of driving the Mach 5 very fast. When he got to the hills, he brought the car to a stop. "Okay," he said turning his head to look at the girl in the passenger seat, "Are you ready?"

"Sure," Sandy said not knowing what she was in for.

"Hold on!" Speed yelled as he took off. She's going to love this, he thought as he pushed the gas pedal down making the Mach 5 almost feel like it was flying. He just barely glanced at her and from seeing her wide eyes, he thought she was completely impressed. "Let's make her go faster!" he screamed as he pushed down on the gas pedal even more.

"Wait...Speed!" Sandy suddenly cried out.

Speed thought she really loved it till he turned and saw her face. "What's wrong?" he asked puzzled as he began to slow the Mach 5 down.

"Don't you think that you were going a little too fast!" she yelled looking extremely angry.

"You must be kidding," Speed said knowing she couldn't have forgotten that he was a race car driver.

"No! I'm not kidding and the worse thing is...look at my hair!" she shrieked, clearly upset as she pushed it out of her face. She grabbed her purse and then pulled a mirror out of it and began to fix her dirty blonde hair.

"I'm sorry," Speed said remembering that another girl he had gone on a date with the week before also complained about her hair getting messed up. She too hadn't been very interested in the Mach 5. He had thought that she had to be the only one who felt that way and now he knew he had been wrong. Never once did Speed remember Trixie complaining about her hair. Smiling, he remembered Trixie screaming for him to go faster as her hair blew wild. In fact, they had done some pretty heavy kissing in the hills after a fast, exciting drive.

"What are you smiling about?" Sandy asked, now with her hair pulled up into a ponytail as she put the mirror back into her purse.

"Nothing," Speed said losing his smile as he came back into reality; away from his kisses with Trixie.

"Don't worry," she said in a sexy voice, "You'll be smiling again later tonight."

Speed looked back at her knowing that she definitely wasn't the type of girl to marry, but maybe getting to know her a little better wouldn't hurt anything.

"I'm hungry," she suddenly said. "Take me somewhere to eat."

"Uh...okay," Speed said putting his driving adventure out of his mind. "Where would you like to go?"

"Somewhere very nice," she said as if she only deserved the very best.

"Okay," Speed said hoping he had brought enough money with him.

They rode on the main highway for a while and it really aggravated Speed when she acted crazy over a sports car that they passed. The Mach 5 could easily blow it off the road and yet she acted like the sports car was the best on earth. For a moment he had a sick thought of taking her long hair and strangling her with it, though he'd never do such a thing.

Finally they pulled into the parking lot of a nice restaurant that both he and Trixie had really come to like. The food there had always been so good and there was plenty of it.

"I hate this place," Sandy said shaking her head as if to say there was no way that she was going to eat there. "The food's horrible."

"I guess we'll be leaving then," Speed said pulling out of the parking lot proud that he controlled himself from saying that she obviously had no taste in food. Staying calm, he asked, "So where would you like to go?"

"Across the street," she said excitedly as she began pointing to the very expensive restaurant.

Speed tried to blow off how much money he was about to spend and told himself that he might just enjoy the fancy place.

Dinner had been nothing to be thrilled about and Speed had hidden that he wasn't happy with the prices on the menu. Again, he hid how disappointed he was when he saw the little bit of food on their plates. Of course Sandy complained that she couldn't finish hers because she was watching her figure, and they had almost goten into a fight over this.

"You know," Speed said sounding irritated. "My girlfriend, I mean ex- girlfriend, used to clean her plate and she remained very slender."

"Oh, do you mean Trixie?" Sandy asking sounding very aggravated as she folded her arms.

"Well...yes," Speed said now wishing he hadn't brought Trixie up.

"I'm sorry I don't...clean my plate," Sandy said angrily as she remembered her last date with the racer that was cut short after Speed explained how nice Trixie was and that she might need his help. It had been clear to even Sandy that he still had deep feelings for his ex.

"Sometimes Trixie didn't eat everything on her plate," Speed said calmly.

"Oh, and if she's so very nice like you said, did she ship her leftovers to a starving country?"

"Actually," Speed said afraid that Sandy was going to slap him after what he was about to admit, "She'd put her leftovers into a to-go box and then give the box to the first homeless person we'd come across."

"Oh, she's so wonderful," Sandy said sarcastically as she shook her head in disgust.

Speed looked at Sandy with a expression on his face that said Sandy was anything but wonderful.

"Look...I'm sorry," she suddenly said as she reached across the table to take his hand, "It's just that Trixie had her claws into you for a long time and I think she began to brainwash you."

"Brainwash me?" Speed asked never feeling like Trixie ever had control over his mind. If anything, she had helped him make the right decisions when he jumped the gun.

"Let's not fight," Sandy said leaning close to Speed as she gave him a sexy smile. "I think we would be better at other things together."

"Fine," Speed said trying to forget the flirting she had done with their waiter when they had ordered their food. "Would you like some dessert before we leave?"

"I don't want to mess up this gorgeous body of mine," she said looking down at herself.

A flashback of sharing a piece of cheesecake with Trixie ran through Speed's mind. They had acted like there would never be another piece of cheesecake on earth again as they attacked it with their utensils. It had actually been so much fun eating that piece of cheesecake.

As Speed and Sandy stepped out of the restaurant and headed back to the Mach 5, Speed heard his name being called. Turning his head he saw Sparky pulling in and waving his hand out of his car.

"Hey," Sparky said pulling up to Speed to see Sandy all but on top of him. "This is the last place I expected to see you. I thought I was seeing things when I spotted the Mach 5 at this extravagant place."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm really here," Speed said not in the mood to be teased after he had just paid over 200.00 for a dinner that clearly hadn't been worth it.

"Speed's going to start eating better now that he's with me," Sandy said thinking that she could change Speed into someone so much better.

Sparky looked back at her guessing that she didn't know that Speed probably already had a date set up with someone else the next night.

"Where are you off to?" Speed asked Sparky since it was getting dark and time to go out for most young people.

"If you must know," Sparky said as if not really wanting to tell him, "Trixie is headed somewhere alone and I just want to keep an eye on her."

"Please don't let her drink again," Speed said glad that Sparky was being the friend that he couldn't be to Trixie anymore. "Where is she going anyway?"

"Don't tell him," Sandy said wanting Speed's attention all to herself. "He's all mine tonight."

"Sorry, Buddy," Sparky said knowing that Speed and Sandy were the last people that Trixie needed to run into that night. He didn't know that Trixie was meeting someone at the club.

Trixie carefully picked out her clothes for her date with Jessie that he said to dress casually for. She ended up putting on a pair of black jeans that fit her curves nicely and a green, silk shirt that fit snug around her tiny waist. "If Jessie likes green so much, maybe he'll like this shirt," she said smiling at herself in the mirror as she put on some perfume. Ready to go, she said, "Okay, Trixie. You're moving on. It's time to put Speed in the past for good."

As she drove to the Blue Diamond, she remembered making Sparky swear not to tell Speed where she was going. And it had really touched her when Sparky said he might just show up to check on her.

Trixie put the radio on in her car as she continued to drive to the club and soon found a slow song on. She couldn't help but notice that the man singing it had such a beautiful voice. What a great singer, she thought not having a clue that the voice was Jessie's. She soon turned her radio off as she pulled into the Blue Diamond's parking lot.

Minutes later, Trixie was still sitting in her car a bit nervous at seeing the crowd waiting to get into the place. "What is going on here tonight?" she wondered as she forced herself to get out. She hated the thought of standing in that long line by herself. What if Jessie couldn't find her?

A minute later while standing in the line waiting to get in, Trixie suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Jessie's friend, John. "Oh, hi," she said glad to see a familiar face.

"You don't have to stand in line," John said in a friendly voice. "We have been waiting for you."

"Oh?" Trixie said surprised as she began to walk with John. "Do you own this place too?"

"No. A buddy of mine does," John said as they walked into the place past everyone in line.

"Is Jessie here yet?" she asked as she looked around. It looked more like a small auditorium than a club.

John didn't want to give too much away as he led her to a table right in front of the stage. "It won't be too long till you see Jessie. I hope you don't mind waiting for him here."

"I...I guess not," she said taking a seat as she watched the people pouring into the place.

About ten minutes later, Sparky showed up, but he couldn't find Trixie in the big crowd and hoped that she was okay.

Outside, Speed and Sandy were getting out of the Mach 5 not knowing that Trixie was in the place. Speed had overlooked both Trixie's and Sparky's cars. "Why are we here?" Speed asked not in the modd to be in a crowd.

Sandy pointed to the name on the lit up sign and said with excitement in her voice, "He is performing here tonight and he is only like the hottest guy on earth!"

"Gee, thanks," Speed mumbled as Sandy pulled him to the line.

Another ten minutes later, the lights in the place dimmed and girls' screaming could be heard all through the place.

Speed and Sandy were in the very back and he hated it as Sandy screamed in his ear.

Trixie was still sitting at her table alone, feeling very uncomfortable since Jessie hadn't shown up yet. Finally when the light flicked on and then off again, a voice from the stage said, "Let's welcome to the Blue Diamond for the first time, Jessie Jensan!"

"Jessie Jensan?" Trixie asked herself. "I'm about to see someone named Jessie and I just met a Jessie yesterday? That's weird."

Suddenly girls started to scream louder than ever as a very handsome man walked onto the stage.

Trixie was floored to see that it was the same Jessie she had met the night before.

He immediately looked at Trixie and smiled as he began to speak into his microphone.

Speed couldn't believe how the females were acting just from Jessie saying hello. He thought that they definitely needed to get a grip.

Jessie soon began to tell a story as Trixie told herself that she couldn't believe this was happening.

"Yesterday," Jessie began. "I was at a friend's club when I saw a girl. No, I'm sorry. She's a beautiful woman and I was lucky enough to meet and talk with her. She was unlike any other I have ever shared time with before. She was sweet, classy, and I instantly knew that she was one in a million. Unfortunately, I could tell even before talking to her, that she was down in the dumps from a broken heart."

Jessie smiled at Trixie as the crowd roared, "Awe!!"

With a small laugh, Jessie continued his story. "Though I haven't known her long, I dedicate this next song to her. After all, I wrote it for her late last night and...she's here now to hear it."

The crowd went wild wondering who he could be talking about. Suddenly a light appeared on Trixie.

Jessie moved closer to the end of the stage and focused his eyes on Trixie as the music began to play. He whispered into the microphone to her, "You really do have such incredible green eyes."

The females screamed at his complement wishing it was for them.

Sparky couldn't believe it, but was thrilled to see the girl Jessie had been talking about was Trixie. She more than deserved it, he thought clapping his hands not knowing that Speed was there and didn't know how to handle this.

"Trixie?" Speed whispered as the light stayed on her. "She's the one this...singer wrote this song about?"

Jessie began to sing the words to his song. The verse told of how they met and talked, but the chorus said a lot more:

I will make you mine

I will embrace you with my touch

I could never hold you too much.

I will pour my passion on to you

It will be like no passion you ever felt before

I will make you mine.

Speed became furious as he listened to Jessie express the passion he was so sure he was going to experience with Trixie. The racer thought that the singer shouldn't have felt that way since he and Trixie had only just met the day before. Plus, down deep Speed had thought that Trixie wouldn't be that interested in someone else, because she had always been so loyal to him. Now this intruder thought he could take Trixie away from him. Take her away from me? You practially threw her away, Speed thought miserably to himself. He felt his heart fall as he realized that it was his fault that Trixie had the opportunity to meet this Jessie in the first place.

Speed watched as Jessie stepped off the stage and walked over to Trixie who was still sitting down. It was obvious that she was very surprised about the song and Speed couldn't help but hope that Trixie didn't return Jessie's feelings. Taking Speed out of his thoughts Sandy screamed in his ear, "I wish I was her!"

Looking at Sandy like she was crazy, Speed didn't say anything, but then turned back to look at Trixie again. Sure, he had wanted her to meet new people, but he had never thought how it might feel to see her with someone else. He almost felt like he was being robbed of something, like Jessie was taking something that was his. A voice in his head reminded him that he only wanted to be friends with Trixie and at this time they weren't even that.

Trixie couldn't believe what was going on. Jessie was a popular singer? Had the racing world had control over her so much that she didn't know anything else? To top things off, this gorgeous singer had written a sexy song for her and now sang it to her in front of all of these people.

When the song ended, Jessie took Trixie's hand and she let him pull her up and into a hug. She held on to him tightly wondering if she was meant to be with him. In the past, she had been so sure she was supposed to be with Speed. The words in Jessie's song expressed that he thought she was meant for him.

Speed became outraged as he watched Jessie continue to hold Trixie close in his arms. I don't care how big he is, Speed thought wishing he could make his way through the audience and pull her away from Jessie. I can stil beat the crap out of him.