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Rating: PG-13. You know. KaixRei yaoi pairing and language(Which Rei seems to have now)

Notes: o.o It's 7:40 in the morning and I MUST TYPE THIS. O.o I want to get it done BEFORE the race(which is at 10) so I have to do it now. .; I think...I kind of...Yeah...scratches her neck I kind of...Forgot...reviews...So...Um...Runs away, trying to remember what race this was. Uhm...Atlanta? Las Vegas? Uhm...Shit. We'll say this is Atlanta because I think we're at Darlington today. OH! Bristol is next weekend 33 We named our German Shepherd Bristol :)

Chapter 7

Atlanta. 325 laps. Rei was ready. He'd gotten enough sleep to last him a month and he was now bored of waiting for everyone else to be ready. Well, it was 6 am. Rei looked over. Kai was half-awake and obviously hadn't slept well. That was to be expected. He hadn't been feeling well all week.
"Why do you insist on sitting up and waiting for everyone to be ready? You might as well go and wake everyone up." Kai murmured, removing his arm from over his eyes to stare at the ceiling.
"Tyson would kill me." Rei responded.
"No he wont. I'll get to you first." Kai muttered.
"Hey. It's not -my- fault you didn't sleep well." Rei responded, standing up.
"Hn"
"And it's not like you'll be able to sleep anyway so you might as well get up too. Kenny said he wanted to get to the track early." Rei said as he shut the bathroom door behind him.
Kai sighed, sitting up and rubbing his temple with a hand. His headache from last night had no left him and was probably worse than before. Growling, Kai stood up and brushed his hair out while he waited for Rei. Once the rookie was out of the bathroom, Kai went in.
There was a knock at their door and Rei answered it to find Kenny. "Oh, good. You're up. I would hate to have to wake up Kai." Kenny said, having heard the shower in their bathroom.
"Yeah, you would have." Rei responded. "He's in a bad enough mood already." "Well, finish getting ready and meet us downstairs. I'm going to go wake up Tyson and Max. Kyra's already down there"
"Okay." Kenny left and Rei shut the door, returning to his bed to brush his hair.
"I think it must be a bad thing if I can't remember where I qualified." Kai said as he came out of the bathroom and sat on his bed.
"You can't remember?" Rei asked.
"I think I remember but I can't...remember. I don't know. My head hurts." Kai rubbed his head again.
"Maybe you shouldn't be driving then." Rei sounded worried.
"You've got to be kidding. I've already murdered my place in the points standings enough. If I mess up even more I'll no chance at all to even get a top ten finish in points...Not at this rate"
"Yeah...Maybe you should get something to eat. You didn't eat at all yesterday"
"I suppose...Rei"
"Yeah"
"Where the -hell- did I qualify?"

Rei couldn't believe what he was hearing. He'd taken the pole in qualifying and he had to go to the BACK?
"I'm sorry, Rei. But we had to change the engine. Someone messed with it over the night." Kyra said, looking equally annoyed.
"Damnit!" Rei glared at his car. "Damnit"
"Hey, look at the bright side. You've got a better chance than Kai has"
"That does -not- make me feel better...How is Kai"
"No doing too well. His headache seems to have gotten worse. Kenny's not sure he should be racing but Kai refuses to drop out"
"I know. He probably told Kenny the same thing he told me." Rei sighed.
"Well, let's get out there"
"Yeah..."

Only lap ten and Kai already felt like his head was not going to survive the next turn. "Maybe, if I die on the next turn, they'll call off the race." Kai muttered.
"Kai. What good would that do you?" Rei asked.
"I wouldn't loose anymore places in points"
"No shit, Kai. You'd be -dead"
"Heh. Yeah. Good point." -Are you okay, Kai-
"Damnit. Does it -sound- like I'm okay"
-No-
"Didn't think so"
"Hey, Kai?" Kenny said.
"Yeah"
"You need help"
"When did you figure that out"
"Don't ask"
"Well, shit. Look, Dranzer. It's Kurt. You think I can piss him off if I spin him out"
-Kai. If you stop talking, we might actually finish the race-
"What are you saying"
-Shut. Up-
He did.

"Two-hundred and eighty laps to go, Kai. How are you feeling?" Kyra asked.
No response.
"Kai"
-If she could hear me I'd tell her that Kai shut up when I told him to. Drigger-
-Rei. Tell Kyra that Kai shut when Dranzer told him to-
"Why would Kai shut up"
-I have no idea-
"Right...Kyra. Dranzer says she told Kai to shut up"
"And he listened"
"It would seem so"
"Tch"
"Hey. Why does it feel a bit like I have been surrounded?" Rei said, glancing at Dale Earnhardt Jr. on his left.
"Because you have. Jr. on the inside. Newman on the outside...And Rusty Wallace on your tail." Kenny said.
"Oh, shit"
-I can't get us out of this, Rei-
"Great...What's our position"
"13th with 273 laps to go"
"Where's Kai"
"10th." Kyra announced.
"Please tell me he's not falling back"
"Why"
"Because I don't think I want to be driving with him right now"
"You do know that he -can- still hear you, right?" Kyra said.
"Shit. I forgot"
"I thought so"
"This is going to be a clean race. Whether these three assholes like it or not." Rei muttered. "Who's behind Rusty"
"DJ"
"Hey. That's a friendly face." Rei said. He was sort of catching Kai's odd mood. "Looks like it. He's coming up behind Jr. I think he's planning on drafting him to get him out of the way...Yup. You're clear on the inside Rei." Kyra said.
Rei took advantage of that. He came down on the inside of the track and pulled out ahead of the other two. "Okay. So I have 15th. Where's Kai"
"I don't want to say""He's in fifth"
"Damn! How the hell"
"I couldn't tell you. Maybe he's feeling better"
-Yeah, right. He's not feeling better. He's crazy-
"How so?" Kai responded.
-Nevermind-
"Yeah. Nevermind." Kai growled.
"You okay, Kai?" Rei asked.
"Do I SOUND okay?" Kai snapped.
"Sorry..." Rei muttered.
"Hn"
"Damnit! Rusty's back on me and he doesn't seem to be all that happy." Rei commented.
"Uhm...Rei. I think he's going to spin you out"
"He -better- not." Rei hissed. Not that it mattered. Rusty Wallace hit the right rear corner of the Team Husar car, spinning Rei out while Rusty sped past him. Ryan Newman only just missed slamming into the nose of Rei's car. Jeff Gordon wasn't so fortunate. He caught the Team Husar Ford in the nose while most of the other cars either spun out in an attempt to avoid crashing or drove right past the wrecked car. The caution was out.
"Rei?" Kai said.
"What"
"You alright"
"-I- am. The car...is definitely not." Rei said as he pulled himself out of the car. "Shit...You'd think I'd gotten tagged by a train or something." Rei muttered, leaning against his car as the safety crew reached the wrecked cars.
-Ow-
"You okay Drigger"
-Uh...Yeah. I think so. That wasn't any fun-
"No kidding"
-Let's not do that again-
"Nope"
-Ever-
"Ever. He should be black-flagged for that." Rei commented before removing his helmet and following on of the paramedics to an ambulance.
But he wasn't. Rusty Wallace finished the race in third, having bumped Kai out of the way. Kai, his headache having gotten worse after Rusty bumped him, finished in 15th along with DJ in 14th and Kevin in 13th.

"How are you feeling, Kai?" Rei asked, sitting down on his bed and looking over at Kai. Kai was laying on his stomach, his head resting on his crossed arms.
"Like someone shot me in the head. You"
"Fine. No injuries"
"Good...Rei"
"Hmm"
"Sorry if I was a bit off this morning"
"It's okay. I would have been the same way, had I had a headache." "Maybe not the same, but close. I don't think you would have been as...yeah. Dranzer says I seemed a bit strange during the race"
"You were. And I think it was contagious. Drigger said I was acting a bit weird too.
"Must be our water." Kai said.
"Must be"
"Or maybe it is contagious"
"Then where'd you get it from"
"Guess"
"Tyson"
"Yeah"
"Hey, Kai"
"Yeah"
"You're not nearly as bad as everyone thinks you are"
"I'm glad -someone- noticed..."

o.o Yeah. Sorry about the race. Was kind of short. It should be better in Chapter 8 because I'm going to watch the race. Watching it always gives me better ideas than not watching it. . I still like typing this chapter. Even though Kai was a bit crazy. So...Yeah. Thanks for reading and please review! Later!

Favorite Quotes from Chapter 6:

"Hey! Kai, Rei! Hurry up. Some of us would like to eat!" "Then go alone, Tyson!" "What about Rei? You didn't throw him out the window or something, did you"
"No. I -drowned- him." "What"
"Go -away- Tyson." "Fine!" "Idiot"
-Tyson-Kai-Tyson-Kai-Tyson-Kai-Tyson-Kai

"See, now you have to deal with Kasey and I." "I noticed." "Don't get pushy. I don't need any more red paint then I already have"
"Oh, I think it would look fine"
-Rei-Kai-Kai-Rei

"One-point-three seconds back"
"Kahne's all over you, Kai." "No shit"
"Do you think they'd black flag me if I purposely spun him"
"You know that answer to that, Kai." "Of course. But if you don't tell me I might 'accidentally' do it anyway"
"Kai. If you -purposely- spin him, they'll black flag you for aggressive driving. Got it"
"I know"
-Kenny-Kenny-Kai-Kai-Kenny-Kai-Kenny-Kai

"Look, Drigger. We're flying!" "Backwards"
-Rei-Rei

"Kenny says he's sorry that you ran out of gas"
"Dranzer would speak to anyone either. Tyson's still trying to get her to speak. Max wants to know if you're okay and if you'll be down for dinner"
"You got black flagged for speeding on pit road"
"What?" "Nothing." "That wasn't funny"
"Oh course not. But you weren't going to talk to me otherwise"
"Hn"
-Rei-Rei-Rei-Kai-Rei-Kai-Rei-Kai

Snickers

Mr. Stuffy: Are you okay?

Wings: It's contagious, remember?

Mr.Stuffy: Obviously.

Wings: You want it?

Mr.Stuffy: Not really.

Wings: Then leave me alone.

Mr.Stuffy: Gladly. Leaves

Wings: What a pain in the spoiler.

Mr.Stuffy: Ha-ha.

Wings: Smirk I thought it was funny.