Kim woke up the next morning at 9:02. She dug her head deeper into her pillow and closed her eyes. She was tired. She didn't know why. She was used to getting no sleep.

She rolled over and looked up at her ceiling. There were some scattered pictures around it. She smiled and sat up as the sheet slid down to her hip. She put her feet on the cold floor and felt a shiver go up her spine.

She stood up and walked out of her room and down the stairs. She smiled at her mother as she went though the living room and into her kitchen. She poured herself a cup of coffee and walked into the living room.

She sat down next to her mother and watched the morning show that she was watching. She didn't pay much attention to it. She felt like she had forgotten something…

Kim looked out at the clock on the microwave through the opening to the kitchen. It read 9:38. She still felt like she forgot something. She looked at her mom and asked, "Did we have any plans today?"

Her mother shook her head, "None you told me about. By the way, where did you go last night?"

"I went to the Highland run with Mei and Na…."

She stood up and bolted up stairs. She saw her mother's eyes staring after her and she heard her yell up "Who?" but ignored it and slammed the door to her room. She ran into her bathroom and got into her shower. She got out five minutes later and slid a towel over herself before walking quickly over to her dresser.

She dug through her fourth drawer and found her shortest blue denim skirt. She quickly slid it on and looked through for a shirt. She then found a black, low-cut cammy and slid it on before walking over towards her mirror. She adjusted her shirt and then went back into her bathroom.

She came out five minutes later with her hair let down. She checked herself in her mirror one more time before she found her watermelon flavored lip gloss and put it on her lips. She grabbed her cell phone and stuck it in her small black purse before looking at her clock. 9:59.

She walked downstairs and went passed her mother's quickly widening eyes. Her mother stood up and was walking towards her when she grabbed her coat and walked outside. She looked across the street at the black 240 that sat idling. She then saw the star-struck eyes of the driver staring at her. She smiled and walked towards the car.

Nik watched as she walked around his car and slid into the passenger's seat. Her eyes were blue that morning. She looked over and smiled at him with full, juicy lips as she said, "Hi."

Nik's lips quivered slightly but then managed to say, "Hi…"

Nik looked in his mirrors and saw a women smiling on Kim's front porch. Nik returned her smile as he put the car in gear and pulled away from the house. He turned around and drove away from the dead end road. He got onto Main Street and turned left as he drove down the road.

Kim looked ahead on the road and was kinda ignoring him, "How are you?"

Nik smiled and tried to keep his eyes on the road, "I'm fine. You?"

"Oh, I'm great." He watched as her hand slid down to his shifter knob which sat in 3rd gear, "I see you installed the new shifter knob. How does it work?"

Nik swallowed hard and said, "Its fine, it has great grip."

Kim sarcastically said, "Ya, the grips usually do that."

Nik took a left turn and drove onto the highway. He put his hand down onto hers to shift up to fourth gear. They both moved their hands away and Nik looked into her eyes. If it wasn't for the sound of the car behind them beeping, Nik would have kept staring and driving straight.

Nik felt her hand slowly slide away from under his as he brought his down to the shifter. He shifted to fourth and then up to fifth as he accelerated. His eyes went back towards the road. He watched the signs go by him and heard Kim sigh like she was bored.

Nik looked over and asked, "Bored?"

She looked over with a blank expression, "You drive slowly."

Nik looked at his speedometer. 72 mph. He sighed, "I don't want to get a ticket."

She sighed again, "And I thought the Highland 240 was fearless…"

He smiled as he leaned back in his bucket seat, "He is, but he's not rich. I don't want to have to pay off a ticket, or worse, be on 'Americas Most Dangerous Police Chases'."

She laughed lightly and then resumed her position. He watched as her skirt slid up exposing more of her thigh. His mind said "Pervert" and his eyes shifted back to the road very quickly.

Nik got off of exit 43 and took a right turn as he drove towards a stop light. He went past the green light and drove into a large mall parking lot. He found the main entrance and parked outside.

He turned off the car and put the keys in his pocket. He opened his door and stepped out as Kim did. He looked over and saw her eyes studying the mall. She looked at him and asked, "Why are we here?"

Nik smiled, "Everything."

Kim was puzzled why Nik took her to a mall. She didn't know what to expect when she hung up with him last night but she didn't understand what the hell he was doing with her here…

She walked up next to him and followed him through the mechanical doors that led him to the main hall. She looked around and up on the second floor. She kept walking with him as he walked through the mall quietly.

Kim looked up at him and said, "Why here?"

Nik looked down and said, "I don't know, it seemed like the one place I could take you."

"Oh? And why is that?"

Nik started to point to various places around the mall as he spoke, "Restaurants, electronics stores, clothes shops, there's a lot of things to do here. I don't know you very well; I thought maybe I'd get a chance to."

"Why do you want to get to me so badly?"

"You're…..interesting."

"Interesting?"

"Yeah, interesting."

Kim sighed and realized something. He couldn't get him to race her easily. He wasn't like most guys. She sighed again and realized she needed to sit down and rethink her plan.

She looked over and saw an IHOP restaurant. She figured he'd eat something and while he did that, she could think. She looked at him and smiled, "Hungry?"

Nik nodded, "A little."

She grabbed his hand and led him into the restaurant. They were quickly seated and she began to think while he looked over a menu. His mind didn't work like the minds of normal men. He actually had the ability to think.

He also seemed more interested in her mind then her body. Something she also was not used to from guys. He was also kinda romantic… in a screwed up kinda way. It didn't make sense.

It wasn't just the things that set him apart from normal men. It was also the things that set him apart from most racers she had met. A lot of them had an attitude like "I'm gonna leave you in the dust!" His was more "I don't care who wins or loses."

He wasn't competitive? How could he have become the Highland 240 if he wasn't competitive? She put her elbows on the table and rested her head in her palms. This guy was confusing…

Nik ordered a short stack of pancakes and then the waiter looked at Kim and said, "And for you miss?"

Kim shook her head, "Just a glass of orange juice."

The waiter nodded and walked away. Nik watched as he left before he leaned back in his seat. It took him a few minutes to realize that she was staring at him. His brow raised in a questioning manner.

He asked, "What's up?"

She replied simply, "Nothing."

"Are you sure? You look a little lonely."

"I'm just confused."

"'Bout what?"

"You."

"Ya, that happens a lot to people who now me. I confuse my own mother a lot."

"You really are a character, you know that?"

"What can I say, I was well written." ( winks sorry, had to toot my own horn)

"So, will you race me?"

Nik smiled. His opportunity had come, "Why do you race?"

"Why do I race? What kind of a question is that?"

"One that ends in a question mark."

Kim rolled her eyes and then narrowed them as he stared at her, "Why do you want to know?"

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Because."

"Oh my god, isn't this just a little childish?"

"Probably."

"Can you answer me with a strait answer?"

"Are you afraid to answer a question without using another question?"

"Oh my god!" Kim buried her head in her hands as she brought them down to the table. She couldn't believe how old the person she was having a conversation with was. She also couldn't believe something else. She was smiling.

She brought her head up as her smile turned into a smirk. She watched as the waiter set his pancakes in front of Nik and placed the cup of orange juice in front of her. She took a sip before looking up at him again.

She said, "I race for the sake of winning. I want to take an opponent and bury him. I want to show them all that I'm the best. I refuse to lose."

Nik sighed, "In that case, I'm not racing you."

Kim looked up in amazement. Had he just turned her down for a race? What the… "What do you mean? What led you to that decision!"

Nik leaned back again and said, "Calm down. I won't race you because you lost your love for the sport."

"What do you mean?"

"Let me guess. When you become the best, you'll stop racing except to defend your title. Am I right?"

"Well duh! What point would it make racing opponents who aren't worth my time?"

"So they could learn."

Kim looked up at him with widening eyes. Once again, he had lost her. His lack of competitiveness was getting to her again. She sighed and leaned back in her seat before saying, "What do you mean?"

"You'll learn more from losing then you will from winning in most cases."

"I don't understand."

"When you lose, you retain more of the knowledge from the race then when you win, especially when you're on a winning streak. Winning is great, but losing isn't bad."

"Yes it is."

"How long have you had your winning streak?"

"6 months."

"My personal is going on 3 months, but my team is going on 2."

"What happened?"

"Mei crashed his Sil-eighty into a rail and it did a lot more damage than it was worth."

"Oh, wow…"

"Yeah, but that was the teams only loss in Japan."

"Well, I want your title."

"Good luck." Nik took a bite out of his stack of pancakes. Kim stared at him as she continued to drink her meal. She had a conclusion on him. He was a complete and total psychopath.

She sighed, "So where do you wanna go after this?"

"How about the touge run at the edge of Bakersville?"

Kim choked slightly on her orange juice. The Bakersville touge? How did he know? Her eye's narrowed on him as she said, "How did you know about the Bakersville touge?"

He smiled as he swallowed another bite of the pancakes, "It's the only place that you ever lost. This was back when you raced solo as 'Willow's Red Rose.'"

Kim's eyes widened. How did he know all this about her? What was the deal? She reluctantly opened her mouth and said, "How do you know so much about my racing career?"

He smiled as he set his fork down, "Your mom's name is Tracy, your brother's name is Dylan, your father's name is Dave, and your favorite flower is a black magic rose."

Kim let go of her glass and watched as it fell to the table. Her breath was heavy. She couldn't breath. This guy…this random guy…knew everything….Once again, she opened her mouth, "How the hell do you know everything about me!"

He smiled, "I called my aunt for the personal info and I had Jesse run a background check on you throughout your underground career."

Kim sighed with relief. At least he wasn't a stalker. She shook her head and looked up again, "Why would I want to go back to the only place I ever lost?"

"Because it would be my guess that it's more important to beat the driver who beat you then a random guy who holds a track record."

Kim tapped her foot on the ground before stopping and saying, "You're crazy, do you know that?"

"Yes."

"Ok, so why don't we go tonight? At least then he'll be racing."

Nik nodded as he pushed his empty plate aside. Kim smiled as she stood up. Nik followed her as they walked to the register and paid their bill. Kim walked back out to the parking lot and stood by Nik's car.

Nik walked up to the driver's side door and unlocked the car. He clicked the button on the inside which unlocked the passenger side door as well. He sat down as Kim did.

Nik started up the engine and revved it twice before he let it mellow and idle. He looked at Kim, "Do you want to drive?"

Kim's eyes widened. He wanted to let her drive his car? What was his deal? She sighed, "Yeah, sure…"

"Cool." Nik stepped out of the car as Kim did. They exchanged spots and sat down again. Kim revved the engine before placing it in reverse. She backed out of their spot and then accelerated out of the lot. She turned tightly through the lot.

She braked hard as they came to a stop at the exit of the parking lot. She looked over and saw Nik examining her. What was he up to?

Nik smiled, "You ok."

Kim nodded and looked back at the road as the light changed to green. She accelerated around the turn and the tires screeched loudly. Nik watched her upshift into third gear. Her timing was good considering it was her first time driving another racers car.

Nik watched as she downshifted to enter a light left. She didn't slow down as much as he would have when driving on a crowded road. Her normal driving style was aggressive like Mei's.

Nik opened his mouth slowly, "I want to see you drift."

Kim looked over, "Right now?"

"Yeah, the on ramp has a hairpin turn. Drift through it."

"I don't want to get a ticket."

Nik's tone became deeper and more serious, "If you get one, I'll pay it. Now drift."

Kim hesitated momentarily before nodding and then centering herself on the road. She turned the wheel slightly right as she entered the on ramp. She accelerated and shifted up to fourth gear as she neared 100 mph.

The on ramp was clear ahead and behind her. Nik's eyes glared down at her feet. He counted in his head, "Three…two...o."

She braked lightly and turned into the corner. He saw her left foot slide over the clutch and depress it. His eyes shifted to the shifter. She downshifted into second quickly. He then looked back at her feet. She had heel-toe downshifted.

He saw her ease up on the braking and go to the accelerator pedal more to keep her speed up. He had already felt the back end slide out and it was very close to the edge. She had to keep it tight due to only having a single lane. She countered steered and rode the drift out through the turn before straightening out and depressing the accelerator.

She kept her speed up before slowing down to the normal speed limit. He saw her look up at the rear view mirror and look for any police. All she saw were a few cars. She sighed in relief.

Nik smiled, "Not bad. Not bad at all."

Kim looked over, "Not bad? That was an excellent drift. It was perfect the whole way through."

"You broke early."

"No I didn't."

"It was fine for a show drift, but a racing drift needs to remain every bit of speed you can. You lost about 5 extra mph in entry."

"Really?"

"You should pay more attention to your driving."

"I play plenty of attention!"

"Then how did Mei pass you the other night?"

"He had a faster car, plain and simple."

"But he took the corner the same way you did, right?"

"Yeah, we both powered through."

"So how could he be faster if you did everything the same way?"

"Better acceleration?"

"Mei's car only has 300 hp. Your 911 has near that, doesn't it?"

Kim sighed, "Then what the hell was it?"

"His exit speed."

"But we entered the turn at the same time, how could I have lost more speed."

"He entered the corner slower. You rapidly decelerated. Mei steadily accelerated. You see?"

"Oh… that makes sense…but that also means that you only won because you knew the course."

"Maybe, but then again, maybe we won because we knew what we were doing."

"I'm getting the odd feeling like your insulting me."

"I'm not insulting you at all. Your technique is excellent. I'm just saying your grasp of racing concepts might be lacking."

"So, in other words, I don't know what the hell I'm doing."

"I didn't say that."

"No, you strongly implied it."

"Are you trying to start an argument with me?"

"Maybe."

Nik smirked, "Maybe?"

Kim returned his smirk, "Yeah, maybe."

Nik smiled as his eyes went back to the highway. Kim pulled off the highway and took a light left. She was heading towards her house. She accelerated around a 90 degree right and drove up the road until she reached the blue house. She depressed the brake pedal and turned into the driveway.

Kim looked at the boy who sat in the passenger seat of his own car. He opened the door and stepped out of his car. She smiled and did the same after taking the keys out of the ignition.

She walked in front of the car and put the keys in front of his face. When he grabbed for them, she whipped them back teasingly. She put them in front of him again before whipping them back when he snatched for them.

Nik smirked, "What the hell?"

Kim sighed and lightened her tone as to seem more innocent, "What do you mean?"

"I want my keys."

She smiled in a seductive manner before dangling his keys in front of him again, "Then come and get them."

Nik lunged at her and barley missed her wrist. She turned her body and Nik caught her off guard. He pushed her down and slid his body on top of his hers on the hood of his 240.

Kim became short of breath. She could feel the weight of his body on top of hers. Her eyes had widened. Nik placed his hand on the carbon fiber hood and pushed his body up. Kim slid down and stood up in front of him.

She straightened herself out in time to here him say, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that."

She nodded, "I know, you were just going for your keys. Here." She put her hand out and Nik took the keys from her. He smiled and said, "Thank you."

Kim's eyes locked onto Nik's. She stared into them as he returned her stare. Suddenly she heard her ring tone begin to play. She sighed and unzipped her purse. She pulled out the small silver phone and flipped it open as she brought the phone to her mouth.

"Hello?"

"Kim, its Jess. You interested in who Tom's racing tonight?"

"He's racing tonight?"

"Yeah, he's going after Kevin from the Torringford run."

"I was actually planning on checking out his team on the Bakersville run tonight. I didn't know he had a race."

"Yeah, do you want me and the rest of the team to come up?"

Kim sighed as she leaned against the side of her house, "No, this is personal business. I'd rather go up myself."

"Ok, I was just asking 'cause I know about the history you have with Tom. You sure you'll be ok?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. I'll call you back later with a practice schedule for the team."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye."

Kim brought the phone away from her ear and shut it. She looked back at Nik as he asked, "What was that about?"

Kim sighed, "That guy from the Bakersville touge, the one I lost to. He has a race against Kevin from the Red Metal team on the Torringford run."

Nik looked up at the sky, "At least he kept the black part…"

"What?"

"Nothing, I just used to race with him."

Her eye's widened, "You're kidding me, right?"

"Nope, me, Mei, and Kevin used to be the three Blak Nites."

"Holy crap. Well… that explains why he was one of my toughest opponents."

"You raced him?"

"Yeah." She smiled happily as her voiced lightened up so she sounded sweeter, "And I beat him too."

Nik gave her an impressed whistle, "Wow, Kevin must have really let himself go."

"Hey!"

Nik smiled, "So I'll see you at 9:30?"

"What?"

"I told you that I'd be going with you to watch this guy."

"Oh… I didn't know if you would still want to do that."

"Of course I would. Why wouldn't I want to be in the company of a beautiful girl?"

"I'm not beautiful."

"Yes you are."

She turned her body away from him, "No, I'm not."

"Who told you that?"

"I did."

She heard him smile sweetly, "I think you need a new mirror in that case."

She turned around to face him, "What are you?"

"A man the last time I checked."

"You're just so hard to get."

"I'm I hard to get? Or am I so easy to get that your intelligence level slides right over me?"

"You're calling me stupid again."

"No, I'm calling you really smart."

Kim smiled and dropped her head to avoid looking at his hazel eyes. She didn't want to admit it, mostly because she knew how guys had treated her in the past, but she REALLY liked him.

Then she remembered the other half of why she couldn't like him. Her eyes fell on Nik's hand. He was tapping his finger against the hood of the car. She smiled. It was working. She had just been…. She hadn't noticed. She looked up at him and spoke in her sweet tone again, "Are you ok?"

Nik nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine, why?"

She stepped up close to him and pressed her body against his. Nik's body tensed up. She looked into his eyes, "Are you sure? You feel tense." She slid her hands up his chest and around the back of his neck.

Nik's body relaxed when Kim began to massage his neck lightly. He slid his hands around her waist and pulled her into him. Their eyes locked as they stared at each other.

Kim brought her lips up towards Nik face. Nik brought his lips towards her as well. Their faces closed into the others. Their lips sat a single centimeter away from the others. Kim was short of breath. Nik's grip on her waist was tight.

Nik had stopped thinking. He was acting on pure attraction. He knew he had wanted to do it. He also knew that he felt strongly for her. He liked her ten times more then he had originally liked Maka.

He watched as her eyes slowly closed and her lips sat, waiting for him. He couldn't resist it. She was there. She was just waiting for him. He brought his face closer to hers and closed the gap between their lips...

A/N: Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I had to deal with being grounded and I'm searching for a car. The perfect car. The car that I must have! I want an FC ;; The accord just ain't cutting it anymore.

Also, I want to deeply and completely thank my GF whose pen name on the site is Twisted Lizard. She's my muse. I'm pretty sure that the only reason my stories are relatively good is because she's letting me dissect her female mind for info. With out her, I'd be lost. I just wanted to publicly and globally thank her for all her help.

Also, I'd like to thank everyone who put up the read and reviewed my story. I really appreciate it. I'd also like to thank everyone who read my original Blak Nites story. I never actually did that.

I'll try to get another chapter up soon. I don't know if I'll get grounded again, but knowing my luck, it'll probably be another month till you see chapter 7. So until then, Gohan Gaitei wo doko desu ka?