Miranda and Gordo were inside her house watching TV. They had been watching TV for almost six hours. It was the day before Todd came to town and they both felt like being lazy.

"So, Miranda, what are you going to do with Lizzie tomorrow?"

"I don't know. Todd's plane gets in around four and tomorrow, I'm just going to sleep until a couple hours before my race."

"So, really, you won't be seeing Todd until the race?"

"Nope."

"Ok, but I will right?"

"No. What you'll do is sleep in late, then go over to Angelo's, hang out with him for a bit and then go to the race with him. I'll let him know, don't worry. I'll make the arrangements from there. You just hang out with Angelo."

"Ok, so what if Angelo doesn't like me?"

"Gordo, you've met him once. He's already done a background check on you. You've done nothing wrong so he says you're cool."

"Ok. Then I'll go over there. So, what are you doing now?"

"Sleep. And when I say sleep, I mean sleep. Like deep sleep."

"Ok, I get the message. I'm leaving."

"Thanks."

"Goodnight." He said and went over to hug her quickly. "Sleep good."

"Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow after that race ok."

"Bye."

Shortly after Gordo left, Miranda went to her room and in her bed. She watched some T.V. and then around ten she turned the T.V. off and went to sleep. Around eleven, her phone rang. She answered only to find a wide- awake Lizzie on the other end.

"Miranda, hey, how are you?"

"Tired."

"Oh, sorry about the late night call it's just that I am so excited about tomorrow. I just *had* to talk to someone about it."

"Oh, it's no prob."

"Miranda, he has the cutest eyes and perfect teeth and one time Todd told me you could get cancer in your tongue."

It went on and on. All Miranda wanted to do was sleep and she listened to Lizzie for a little bit but she couldn't hold it any longer. She fell asleep while Lizzie was talking. Miranda only woke up when she heard the dial tone in her ear. Lizzie must have hung up on her after she found out she fell asleep. Shortly after, Miranda fell asleep again but was woken up by another phone call at midnight.

"No, Lizzie, I have never heard about cancer in the tongue but I really want to sleep so if you don't mind."

"Miranda, it's me."

"Oh, hi Gordo."

"Why do you sound so irritated?"

"Listen, it's the middle of the night. Get to the point."

"Where does Angelo live?"

She explained to him and then he let her sleep. She had a pretty good night other than the calls and found out that she had slept in until almost noon. By this time, Gordo was already at Angelo's.

"Listen, as long as you make Mia happy, you're cool with me." Said Angelo

"I would never do anything to make her unhappy but we really aren't anything more than just friends."

"I would have thought you all were something more."

"Nope."

"So, this is one.old car you got here."

"Yeah, my parents said if I ever got in a wreck, it wouldn't be all that bad."

"You should get the windows tinted."

"Yeah, I've been thinking about that. I want to get a design and I have one in mind. I was thinking lightning streaks reaching from the hood to the back rims. There would be ice on the hood which would melt into lightning and stretch from the middle to the sides."

"Man, you could be a genius. I like it."

Gordo was showing Angelo the inside of his car when Angelo's cell phone rang. He got out of the car and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Angelo? Mia."

"Oh, hey where are you? You better be visualizing the win."

"Yeah I'm doing that but in order to concentrate, I need your help."

"Name it."

"Listen, Gordo and I have this friend named Lizzie. She is his ex girlfriend. Tonight, she's coming to the races with her new boyfriend. It's a long story, but I have to visualize my win. If you want to know the whole story, ask Gordo. I don't want him to see this guy with Lizzie until I am there. Ask some of your 'henchmen' to not let them near you or Gordo. Tell them that they have to wait for a couple of minutes."

"Ok, will do. Just keep on visualizing."

"Ah, you're an angel."

"Don't push it."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye."

Miranda spent the rest of the day watching T.V. About an hour and a half before the races started, she decided what she was going to wear. She wore a black t-shirt that only exposed some of her midriff and some tan pants that had major flare. It was cold out so she also took a hoodie. She wore some military dog tags for necklaces. Then, she put on her combat boots. She was ready to go. She got her cell phone and got in her car. She called Angelo on the way to the race to tell him she would soon be there. She got there and did her race. It did not take very long. She had one but not by much. She was glad that she did win. She then called Angelo to see if Lizzie was still there.

"Angelo, is she there?"

"Nope, she already left. She said that she wouldn't wait so she got up and went."

"To tell you the truth, that's really ok. I'll just have to see her tomorrow."

As Miranda pulled up, she started to honk. Gordo got up and ran over to her. She was still sitting in the car when she told him the news of her victory. She got out and walked over to Angelo and he stood up and gave her a hug.

"I never had a doubt Mia"

"Yeah."

Miranda pulled out a wad of cash and gave it to Angelo. In return, she got a small wad of cash herself. She sat down at the table and talked for most of the night with Angelo and Gordo. Then, she finally went home and got some sleep.