Savannah must have dozed off because the next thing she heard was Kayleigh's voice.
"Savannah, wake up." Kayleigh called to Savannah who was sprawled out on the couch, mouth wide open and arms at odd angles.
"Mmm." Savannah groaned as she turned over and buried herself deeper into the couch.
"So you don't want to go to the race then?" Kayleigh queried which rose Savannah from the couch albeit slowly but still she got up. Savannah rubbed the sleep from her eyes, the jet lag had finally caught up with her, and she let out a yawn and a stretch.
Savannah finally looked up at Kayleigh who was wearing a short light blue cocktail dress paired with black high heels. The whole ensemble fitted her perfectly as well as matched her skin tone.
"You know we are going to a race meet right?" Savannah mocked with a sleepy half smile.
"Oh shut up, go get changed and hurry up about it." Kayleigh smiled as she ushered Savannah into her bedroom.
Savannah looked at her reflection in the mirror, she wasn't beautiful to the standards of a model but she wasn't bad looking. She let loose a sigh and pulled her long brown hair into her normal trademark messy bun.
She stripped out of the clothes she had travelled in, throwing them into the laundry basket, she walked over to her suitcase and pulled out some clean skinny jeans and oil stained white tank top before throwing them on and heading back into the living room.
Kayleigh looked up from her phone and gave Savannah the once over shaking her head,
"You aren't wearing that?" Kayleigh asked in disbelief, Savannah shrugged as she grabbed her keys and some cash putting it in her wallet.
"You are such a man." Kayleigh giggled as she finished with her phone and threw it in her handbag. Savannah shook her head with a smile and grabbed her iPod and headphones, Kayleigh watched as Savannah flicked through the songs, Kayleigh knew that the iPod was security blanket to her.
Apart from being a great mechanic and racer Savannah was also great at shutting people out and closing herself off from the world. Kayleigh didn't say anything as Savannah threaded the headphones under her tank top and out the top where they dangled.
She threw on a light black jacket and stuffed her pockets; she then looked up at Kayleigh with a smile.
"Ready?" She asked heading towards the door Kayleigh nodded and followed after Savannah.
"Oh I went on Google maps and found out that it is about a five minute walk from here." Kayleigh explained as the two girls made their way out of the complex and into the empty street.
"Lead the way." Savannah smirked as she linked her arm through Kayleigh's, the two friends giggled as they began their walk. About two minutes into their walk which had been filled with conversations about their disbelief that they were actually in Japan, silence descended
Kayleigh looked over at Savannah, who was chewing her bottom lip,
"Okay, spill it. What's wrong?" Kayleigh demanded stopping in her tracks, Savannah shrugged and kept walking.
"Hey, I know you far too well Savvy, first the iPod and now your chewing your bottom lip." Kayleigh observed, she grabbed hold of Savannah's arm and turned her so she could see her face. Savannah let loose a sigh and looked to meet her friend's eyes with her own.
"I know what you're like Kay; you can talk to everyone and anyone, but tonight do me a favour?" Savannah said softly. Kayleigh watched Savannah closely and was taken aback slightly. Savannah's face was normally an emotionless mask but for the first time in years Kayleigh could see all the emotions that Savannah was feeling and it saddened her.
"Anything." Kayleigh said with a tone and look full of concern.
"If anyone asks about my life story please don't say anything. I don't want to be that girl here." Savannah's tone was soft and mixed with sadness and pain. Kayleigh pulled her friend into a tight hug.
"Of course, it's your story to tell when you're ready too." Kayleigh said with a reassuring smile.
"Thank you." Savannah said.
"I think you mean arigatou." Kayleigh giggled letting Savannah go.
"Oh so you can speak Japanese?" Savannah mocked a bright smile on her face.
"That's about as good as it gets I'm afraid." Kayleigh said, after their small heart to heart the girls continued on.
"So what do you think of Han? He seems to have taken an interest in you." Kayleigh teased giving Savannah a playful shove.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Savannah feigned ignorance, Kayleigh was about to say something more when Savannah shushed her with a wave of her hand.
"Do you hear that?" Savannah asked, her keen hearing picking up the faint sounds of revving engines, squealing tyres and music. Kayleigh stayed silent as she saw the excitement appear all over Savannah's face.
"I forget you have superhero hearing when it comes to cars." Kayleigh chuckled.
"Come on, we got to be close." Savannah said her voice full of excitement as she hurried in the direction the sounds were coming from. They finally made it to a multi-storey car park. Kayleigh looked around puzzled.
"Erm I thought we were going to a race meet?" Kayleigh questioned confusion written all over her face. Savannah looked at Kayleigh and gave her a devilish grin.
"Come on let's go." Savannah giggled as she started to walk to the entrance, Kayleigh watched Savannah and it brought a smile to her face to see her best friend back to her old confident self.
"This trip is going to be much more interesting than I anticipated." Kayleigh giggled to herself as she hurried after Savannah. The two girls got to the entrance of the car park and saw a guy stood at the barricade letting through a number of cars, without a word from Kayleigh Savannah walked over to him.
"I've never seen you two beauties around here before." He smiled at the two girls. Kayleigh was about to reply but was surprised when Savannah took control over the social interaction.
"You must be Toshi." Savannah said giving Toshi a smirk when he looked at her confused.
"Don't worry, you don't know us, we are looking for Han." Savannah explained with a laugh.
"Whew, I thought I was missing something for a moment, Han is on the first level. Welcome to paradise." Toshi gave a sigh of relief before letting Savannah and Kayleigh past him.
"Well the first candidate wasn't bad looking." Kayleigh laughed causing Savannah to give her a sideways glance and laugh.
Once inside the full effect of revving engines, squealing tyres, music and cheers was audible. Savannah's face lit up when the cars came into view.
"I've died and gone to car heaven." Savannah laughed.
"Hey will you be okay if I go find Neela and the others?" Kayleigh asked causing Savannah too look at her with knitted brows.
"I'll come with." Savannah said completely confused at her friends sudden wanting to split up.
"No, this is the first time in a long time you have been both happy and relaxed, go do your thing enjoy yourself and come find us when you're done." Kayleigh gave Savannah a heart warming smile and a pat on the shoulder before disappearing into the crowd.
Savannah stood in shock, Kayleigh was right she hadn't felt so relaxed or happy in a while; she smiled to herself and headed off to mingle with the other drivers and car enthusiasts.
Kayleigh found Neela and the group with ease thanks to their texting. Neela seen her coming and ran over to her with a smile.
"Where's Savannah?" Neela asked a hint of disappointment in her voice and face.
"Don't worry, she's here I told her to go have a look around and then meet us when she's done." Kayleigh chucked as Neela grabbed her hand and dragged her over to the others.