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Chapter 2: Not Thinking Of Marah

It had been about a week since Marah had…betrayed him. Dustin tried to keep his mind busy with all his work—school, Storm Chargers, Ninja Training, and being a Ranger and motocross, and yet all made his mind come back to Marah. At school, well, he'd just be so bored that his mind would start wondering and Marah's pretty face would come up. Her sparkling blue eyes, those pretty brown locks that he wanted to reach out and—whoa let's stop thinking about that. Storm Chargers, well he thought that would be a good buffer, but that's where that dude brought in his bike bringing up his faith in people again. Maybe Marah really wasn't that bad. Even though she betrayed him.

Next, he would go to Ninja Training and the Ranger thing which kind of intertwined. How could he not think about her than. He was supposed to be her enemy, they were enemies, and she had made that obvious. But he still wanted to just hold her in his arms and tell her it was okay. Wipe away her tears. Dude, she's got to say out of your thoughts.

That brought him to the next thing he would try—motocross. How could he stop thinking about her, the way that she was walking, helplessly on the track—where she was almost run over. He thought they had something, he thought she was true. Her eyes just said that she wanted to be good. He trusted her, how could he be so stupid.

"Dustin!" Dustin turned to see an annoyed boss looking at him. He smiled at her, and she smiled back, "Dustin, could you help out that customer?"

"Sure thing Kel."

Dustin grabbed his cloth and wiped his hands—even though they didn't need to be wiped. The person wanted to know about the oil used for a 250. After explaining the oil, which took about twenty minutes—they were new to riding—he turned to head back to work and he saw that Shane was waiting at the counter. He smiled.

Shane waved, "Hey."

"What's up?"

Dustin headed back behind the counter and looked at Shane. "That new movie is out—want to see it?"

Dustin really didn't want to see it but if he said no Shane would get worried, plus it might help him get his mind off of a pretty brunette that currently preoccupied his mind. "Of course dude. That'd be awesome."

"Great. We're going to see it at 7:30."

"I'll be there."

"I'll see you later."

"Yeah." Shane left.

Dustin went over to the bike he was supposed to be working on and finally started. This bike would do great when it raced. Hopefully there would be no girl walking on the track—one who was crying. Dustin shook his head at his memories of his first glimpses of Marah. Why couldn't he get his mind off her? Perhaps because she had looked so innocent, so sweet, so—"

"Dustin!"

He looked up at Kelly. "Huh?"

Kelly looked confused, "What's the matter with you today?"

"Nothing." He smiled hoping that would stop Kelly from asking to many questions.

That didn't fool his 2-year boss, friend, and consultant for riding. "You seem really out of it. Are you okay?"

"Yeah."

"You know if you want, we can talk."

"Thanks, but I'm good."

"Alright, well if you're sure…"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

Kelly leaned closer to Dustin. "Can you finish the bike before the next year?"

Dustin smiled, "Yeah of course." He continued working on the bike. Focus on the bike and then tonight, the movie would definitely keep his mind off of her. The rest of the day he would be Marah-thought free.