Hollywood Hotshot

Take 5

"Where do you get off?" Lace tapped the girl reporter who had been grilling her friend. As she turned around, she pulled back her clutched fist and punched her with brute force.

"Who are you?" The lady asked, caught off guard and in a weak voice.

""Askin questions is what got you in this position in the first place." Lace replied icily as the other reporters stared at her in shock. "You wannna be next? My girl over there goes at it better than me." Lace warned in a deep voice, gesturing to Letty, who gave a sarcastic wave accompanied by a scowl. The reporters, for the most part, backed up.

"So, she's your girl huh? Lesbian, I believe that is the term?" The guy that Trynten had been tortured by asked. Lace turned around, her face a total look of 'you're going to die by my bare hands' and started for him.

"You dumb because of no brain or you have one that doesn't work?" Lace spat, ready to pounce, working on closing in on the distance between her and him.

"I got this, Lace. Go find her." Vince nodding, shocking Letty and Lace. Soon after his words and his promise, he punched the paparazzi reporter.

"T!" Letty called, sticking her head in the bathrooms to find no answer. She was looking for any trace, including her small frame, footprints, or any sounds to show a sign of where she had run off to. She followed a darker path that was by a small pond. The silver moonlight shone on the water, making it look like a scene in a movie. "If I die out here, it's on yo hands and I'm a haunt yo ass." Letty muttered, being creeped out by the surreal scene because it reminded her of a typical horror movie setting. The sounds of revving engines, loud mufflers, and tires squealing on blacktop had been halted for the night and it was total silence. Not even crickets made chirping noises and the wind wasn't blowing. Letty, being superstitious, though not admitting that either, hated full moons. She hated water as well. She cursed in Latino as she made her way closer to the pond. Her two secret fears put together made her so on edge she jumped at the bushes rustling. Then she laughed at herself and blew her hair out of her face. It was then she saw the drawn up, her petite figure in the moonlight, sitting on the edge of the bank, legs drawn to her knees and her arms around her legs.

"Kill me and get it over with." Trynten begged as she wiped huge tears off her shimmering eyes after hearing Letty's footsteps in the squishy muddish sand of the bank.

"Nope." Letty said, her tone almost scolding as she sat down beside her. Then it dawned on her she didn't know what to say. It was odd she even liked this girl. When Lace had shown up, they had fought physically and with each other at every opportunity until they both realized that neither was going to give in and were too stubborn. IT was then they realized they both had the same qualities in them that made them become friends. Now the two acted as though they could be sisters. Why she liked a new person, a girl, at that, was beyond her. She just seemed likeable, although quite a different type than her normal preference. Only Mia had been able to get past Letty's tough exterior and that had been because the two had grown up together.

"Go away, please." Trynten chocked out, fully sobbing as she tried to talk and be understood with her throat so tight.

"No, come on, chica." Letty put an awkward arm around her and Trynten sobbed harder. This left Letty more uncomfortable. She couldn't' remember ever shedding very many tears, at least not in front of anyone.

"I give in, I really do." Trynten lifted her head up and looked at Letty's dark chocolate eyes.

"No. You have come to far. We just all…we just always assume the worst and this time we were wrong is all. And I'm saying sorry for all of the crew." Letty admitted, looking down. This didn't seem to change Trynten's crying so Letty decided to make an attempt at a joke. Her wit was by far the most untouchable of al the crew. "You know what they say 'bout people who assume, right?" She asked, grinning in typical Letty fashion.

"NO. What?" Trynten sniffled, wiping her eyes and taking a deep breath.

"It makes Asses out of you and me." Letty grinned, getting a soft smile from Trynten. "Should I go get Lace? She's better at this whole comforting thing." Letty offered with her admission, making Trynten laugh.

"You're doin fine." Trynten shook her head, then was quiet as she watched the circles in the water swirl randomly. She loved any types of water and loved to watch animals under the surface make impressions on the water, such as circles. "I'm just.. Everything I do. Especially the guy who uses me for a hunt in a game. My careers over and I'm fine with hat. I just want them to leave me alone, no matter what it costs." Trynten sighed sadly.

"Those reporters are a pain in the ass." Letty agreed. "You sure you want to give up that career of yours?" She asked, throwing a stone into the water and creating a rippling effect. There was a big splash and Letty Jumped up ready to dart. This made Trynten giggle.

"Its' just a fish." Trynten promised.

"Big ass fish but I'll try to take yo word." Letty said as Trynten got up to follow her.

"Then why you leavin?" Trynten joked, calling after Letty.

"We can talk on the way back. Got some work to do." Letty lied, keeping her brisk pace. Trynten caught up. "You sure you'll be okay?" She asked, not stopping.

"Yeah. I just .. I was just starting to have fun with you all and now they don't trust me, hate me,…" She trailed off, the both of them waling toward the campgrounds, it being pretty quiet. All of the racers were waiting for ht official start of race wars.

"Still can. Come on. Lace set em straight so the reporters gotta be long gone by now." Letty laughed, loving the replay in her head. It caused her to laugh out loud.

"What's so funny?" Trynten looked lost, though intrigued.

:"Thinking how V punched ol' boy out and Lace punched one of the ladies out. It was great entertainment." Letty grinned, her boots kicking up sand as she walked.

"Vince punched out someone? Lace doesn't shock me." Trynten's mouth dropped.

"Yup and you missed it, chica." Letty said, walking up on eh campsite.