Nik sat on the hood of his black Nissan 240SX, his eyes glued to the stars that sat above the lake. He loved it. A clear sky, an almost full moon, and soon enough, engines roaring across the lake.
Speaking of engines, Nik could hear the 911 driving up the road. His eyes shifted to the red car as it parked next to his black one. He watched Kim slowly step out of it. She looked amazing once again.
Kim smiled, "Hey."
Nik nodded, "Good evening, you ready?"
"For?"
"Racing, of course."
"Ya, ya..."
"You sound bored."
"I am."
Nik smirks, "Keep up with me."
"What?"
Nik walks over to his 240SX, "If you can catch me, you can go home. If not, you stay out here with me all night. This is called a cat and mouse race."
Kim looks at him, "Maybe I wanna be with you all night."
Nik sighs, "Stop hitting on me and drive."
Kim smirks, "You've been hitting on me so much, I figured I owed you."
Nik starts his engine and revs it before he pulls up to the starting line. Kim pulls her 911 along side him. Both cars sit on the line before Nik looks over at Kim, still smiling, "Start."
Nik hits the accelerator a second before Kim. Kim follows him off the line and begins to gain on him along the straight. The corner approaches and Nik begins a drift. Kim follows him through the corner but loses ground.
Kim accelerates harder as she catches up to Nik's bumper. They approach the slight uphill and...
"What the fuck?"
Nik slid around and went around the side road, Shoreline drive. Kim kept steady acceleration and wondered why Nik would go out of his way to go slower. Kim ignores it and drifts around the continuous turn set.
Kim exits these turns and accelerates towards the next corner when she notices the headlights in her rearview mirror. They quickly disappear as Nik slides around another side road.
As Kim drifts around a wide left curve, she wondered why Nik was going around all the side roads. Is he just showing off? Is he testing her? Is their actually a method to his madness? The only thing she was sure of at the moment is that he's crazy.
Kim begins to drift the non-stop, always changing S-curves. As she takes these curves, only utilizing half of her skill, she notices a light flickering in her rearview mirrors.
Kim is amazed as she turns onto the straight. He's only three car lengths behind her. She sighs and speeds up as she approaches a light right turn. She takes it at full speed and loses no ground to Nik. She then approaches the drop-down turn.
Kim floors her accelerator and feels the car lift up slightly as she goes down the three hills. She powers around the corner, trying to keep every inch of ground she has between her and Nik.
She comes through the corner strong and shoots herself up onto the straight. Nik is still behind her, but she doesn't have to worry about him catching her on the straight. She has more power then him.
She drifts around a sharp right turn and then accelerates towards the light curve section. She begins to turn her wheel back and forth lightly, attempting not to oversteer and send herself into a drift.
She continued through this section before she came to the final section. She began to drift the 90° right/ 90° left turn combo. She then accelerated down the straight as she noticed Nik had gained one car length.
Kim long-slide drifted around a medium right turn as Nik followed her through the turn. Kim accelerated hard around a very light right turn and then used the built-up momentum to swing herself into a drift around the sharp, V-shaped corner. She then had an uphill acceleration to handle before she slammed her breaks before she reached the start/finish line.
Nik pulled along side her and looked over, "Why'd you stop?"
Kim's eyes met his, "It's over, I won."
"Nope, cat and mouse, remember?"
"But I got ahead of you."
"Exactly you're problem."
Nik hit the accelerator and pulled off the line once again. Kim followed him off. He was pissing her off. She didn't like being toyed with. She drifted behind him in the first turn. She watched as the approached shoreline once again and...
He didn't take it. Instead, he pulled onto the road on the left and drove up. Kim sighed, "What the hell! Why won't you drive straight like a normal person!"
Nik smiled as he slid around the tight right turn, sending him onto a dirt road. He accelerated and began to drive down a small slant as he saw Kim's 911 drive by on the main road which sat ahead of him.
Nik smiled as he used the turning force combined with the dirt road to sending him into a drift as he exited the corner. Nik flashed his lights at her to show her that he was there.
Kim still hadn't figured out his method. She was a good driver. In front, she didn't feel the pressure of being hunted, but when driving in the rear, she didn't understand how to be the hunter.
Nik had a feeling that hunting down Tom would be the only way that she could force him into insane speeds. Unfortunately, she still had to learn how to be insane. Nik would bet she was very crazy back on Willows Hill.
Nik powered through the S-curve section, gaining distance on Kim, leaving him two car lengths away. Nik accelerated with her on the drop-down turn. Nik sighed, "I need to get closer."
Nik drifted around the sharp right turn and accelerated along the light section. Nik had a lot more oversteer to contend with then Kim did. Nik did his best not to spin out.
Nik accelerated harder and began to follow lines that were tighter then others. Nik had to catch her; he had to get ahead of her. He gritted his teeth as he gripped the first 90° turn and then swung his back end out on the second one.
Nik had realized his hardest opponents in America had been found in the last week or so. The game had upped since he'd left. If American drifters kept getting as good as these guys, there would soon be drivers who rivaled the Takahashi's from America.
Nik watched as Kim slid wide on the V-curve. Nik pulled to the inside and gained a single car length on her. As they passed the Start/finish line, Nik smiled at the blue dodge stealth that sat in the parking lot surrounded by other cars.
Nik accelerated harder and caught up to Kim's bumper before the entrance to the first turn. Nik tandem drifted through the turn and then accelerated behind her. He had to stay focused and get ahead of her.
Nik accelerated hard and once again tandem drifted with Kim around the continuous turn set. He didn't like being this close. He didn't have enough room to do his own thing.
Nik long-slide drifted around the wide left turn and accelerated along side Kim. He came out neck and neck with her. As they entered the S-curve section, he tried to accelerate harder when he was on the inside, but she caught up to him when she was on the inside. They approached the drop-down turn neck and neck.
Nik had the inside advantage. He matched Kim's acceleration as they entered the turn. Nik pulled in tight and kept on his accelerator. He pulled through the turn and got ahead of Kim. He sighed and accelerated hard as he entered the sharp left turn.
Kim matched his drift as they went around the sharp left turn. There was a smirk on her face. She was happy he had decided to get serious about this race. Now she could have some fun.
The light curve section presented no challenge to her or him. She was mentally preparing for the difficult section up ahead. If he was serious now, he would attack it aggressively. She would have to watch for his weak points.
Kim watched as he accelerated hard around the 90° turn set, swinging his back end out on the second turn. He kept a very tight line. His approached the next turn very fast and long-slide drifted around the next corner.
Kim watched him accelerate way too much to handle the next V-shaped curve. Kim held back and awaited to see how he would handle the turn. He drifted...backwards?
Nik didn't take the correct Highland curve, but he turned the other way and headed towards Main St. Kim powered through the corner and drove behind Nik. He accelerated towards the street and drifted past a green stoplight. Kim made it past yellow.
They accelerated down the main drag of town. Kim's car was able to catch up to him as they accelerated past a police station. Kim then heard sirens. She then heard the tires of the car ahead of her screech to a stop. She also turned her wheel, making a side pin stop. She rolled down her window as Nik did.
She said, "What the hell were you thinking!"
Nik smiled, "I felt like having some fun. Follow my lead."
Kim sighed as Nik turned back towards the police station. Kim followed him as he accelerated towards the oncoming police cars. She gritted her teeth as she saw him power slide around a street corner. She followed him around the corner, watching the flashing lights in her rearview mirror.
Nik power slid around another corner as Kim followed him. She knew that there were more cops out there then there were Nik and Kim's. Nik slid to the left and accelerated down a quick stretch before sliding right.
Kim sighed as they took yet another sharp turn. She hated racing through the streets. She got into touge just so she could stop street racing. She hated running from the cops and here she was.
Nik took another right turn only to find more cops heading towards them. Kim sighed and followed him around a quick left turn. She didn't know where he was going, but she wasn't so sure they were gonna get away.
Nik powered up a wide, uphill corner and then drifted around an uphill/downhill corner. Kim followed him down a patch of road the lead them to an uphill drift turn, followed by a long stretch of road. Kim heard the sound of sirens become fainter.
Nik followed him around a sharp right and then down another small stretch before taking a wide left. She then followed him down a very long stretch of road before taking a left turn and then and immediate right, driving them into a bus lot.
Kim followed Nik into an open space between two busses and parked behind him as they came to a stop. She watched Nik get out of his car and walk over to her passenger seat.
Nik slid into the bucket seat and looked at her, "They should pass by in a couple of minutes."
Kim sighed, "What the hell were you thinking?"
Nik smiled, "I just did what seemed fun to me."
Kim's eyes widened, "Getting chased by cops is fun?"
Nik put a finger on her lips and she instantly froze. Nik said, "Shhh, not so loud."
Kim nodded as Nik's finger parted from her lips. Kim bit her lower lip as Nik reclined in her seat. She unclenched her lip as she looked over at him, "Have you hid out here from cops before?"
Nik nodded, "Yeah, a couple of times. The trick is to lose them before getting here."
Kim nodded, "Ok."
A short silence followed that. Kim didn't know what to say to him. He looked so calm and relaxed, just sitting their in her passenger seat. She didn't know why, but she just wanted him so bad at that moment.
Kim spun around in her seat and kneeled on her bucket seat. She looked over at Nik with passionate eyes, "Nik?"
Nik's eyes never opened, "Hmm?"
Kim fell over her E-brake, landing partially in his arms, partially on his chest. Her lips fell into his and she kissed him. She didn't know why, but she felt like she had satisfied a need.
Nik's arms slid around her waist and he pulled her off the uncomfortable center column and onto his lap. Her head twisted so she was no comfortable once again. She continued to kiss him and she continued to need him.
She was starting to feel comfortable when the sound of sirens broke her serenity. She pulled away from him and watched the police cars drive by the bus lot. Kim sighed and looked at him, "Why do we keep doing this?"
"Doing what?"
"This." She leaned in and kissed him once again. As she pulled away, she brought herself off of his lap and back into her seat. She heard a light tapping sound. She looked down at his foot.
"Oh..."
She sighed, "Yeah..."
"Well, I guess I do it because I really like you. Why do you do it?"
"I don't know, I guess I like you too."
"Yeah..."
Another long and uncomfortable silence followed that short burst of conversation. She waited for him to say something, anything. She just wanted the silence to be broken.
Kim heard Nik say, "Do you wanna go on a date with me tomorrow?"
Kim looked over at him, "What?"
"Do you wanna go on a..."
"No, no, I heard you. I just mean, why are you asking?"
"Well, I like you and you like me, so I figured we could try going on a date."
Kim thought he was crazy...but on the other hand... "What time?"
"Noon? I'll pick you up?"
Kim nodded, "Ok, one date won't kill me, but we're gonna practice again tomorrow night, right?"
Nik nodded, "Yeah, that's why our date is during the day."
Kim smiled, "Ok, then. Get the hell out of my car."
Nik smiled, "Good night."
Nik stepped out of the 911 and heard the engine start up. He watched as she backed up and drove off. Nik smiled and stepped into the 240. He started the 300 hp engine and pulled out as well.
Nik smiled as he drove over the small hill, towards his house. He passed by the parking lot where he'd seen Tom's car. He was flagged down by a few guys. He turned into the lot and parked.
Nik stepped out of his car and looked around at some of the guys. They looked serious. There cars were all American, not one single import. Not even anything European.
He then heard the sound of a familiar engine. He turned to see the Dodge Stealth driving up the road. He pulled into the lot next to Nik's car. Nik watched him step out of his car.
Tom sighed, "So how are you doing tonight?"
"Not bad, not bad at all."
Tom smiled, "I heard a lot of sirens before. That you?"
Nik nodded with a smile, "Yeah, me and Kim."
Tom stopped smiling, "Something going on between you two?"
"No, not yet."
"Not yet? Are you planning something?"
"I like her."
"Ahuh..."
"You got a problem with that?"
"Yeah, I do. I want her to be mine and I will get her back."
"She doesn't like you."
"I'm getting her back, so fuck off."
"Calm down man, I don't want any trouble."
"You go after her, you're going to have more then you can handle."
Nik looked around at all his teammates. They looked like they were going to kill him. Nik looked at Tom, "Can I go now."
Tom nodded and Nik got back into his 240. He started up the engine and drove away from the parking lot. He sighed as he took a right turn. Nik sighed, "Why am I always getting into trouble over girl?"
About me starting up BN x-mas again, no comment.