Richard gasped. How could his father NOT know there was someone ontop of the car???!!!
Bogg sprinted across the grassy field and headed towards the track. His heart was pounding. His boy was ontop of the car...no wonder the omni's green! That meant that Richard wouldn't get killed and he would stay into racing.
Suddenly, his feet gave way once he hit the pavent and he slid to the ground. Bogg whinced as he felt the skin of his leg rip from the fall.
Bogg could see Richard trying to wave his father down, but to no avail.Lee was still speeding towards Bogg.
Meanwhile, ontop of the car, Jeff saw his father laying on the pavement. "No, Bogg!" he gasped, though the wind took much of the words.
He kept holding tightly of the hood, though his fingers were getting tired as well as his body.
Jeff banged on the hood of the car, hoping that would get Lee's attention.
Inside the car, Lee heard the pounding on the hood. He turned his head and saw Richard flagging him down and then saw Phineas laying on the pavement!
He stepped on the brakes as hard as he could. Jeff felt the movment and braced himself for anything that would happen. He prayed that he would be able to stay ontop of the hood as the car skidded to a hault. It seemed like a long time before the car would stop and Jeff could hear the compaints of the tires as they skidded.
Bogg saw the car coming closer towards him, but he heard the brakes, so he knew that Lee was trying to stop the car.
He tried to get up, but his left leg just wasn't going to budge.
Richard ran all the way to Bogg, his lungs full with air.
"Phineas, I'll help you up!" the boy told the Voyager.
"It's, it's okay, Richard. It'll stop in time,"
Both men looked up just in time to see that the car did indeed stop just inches away from Bogg.
They saw Jeffrey ontop, holding for dear life, his face down.
Richard helped Bogg up and the priate went to help his son.
Lee got out of the car and took off his helmet. He gasped when he saw Jeffrey.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't know he was there!"
Bogg took hold of Jeff's arm. "Jeff, it's okay. The car's stoped,"
"I-I can't let go, Bogg. I'm afraid," Jeff couldn't look at the man, he still thought that the wind was pressing down his head.
Bogg smiled and brushed the boy's hair with his hand. "It's okay, Jeff. I've got you,"
Hearing the calming words, Jeff tried to let go. "I can't, Bogg."
"Here, let me help." Phineas straightened out Jeff's fingers. Jeff rolled off the car and into Bogg's stretched out arms. The boy clinged to Bogg's neck tightly.
"I was soooo scared, Bogg!"
"I know, kid. I know,"
Lee went around the car and put a hand on the boy's back. The boy's big brown eyes looked at him.
"Jeff, I'm sooo sorry. I hope this won't stop you from liking racing,"
Jeff forced a smile. "Are you kidding?! Besides from being a little shakey, I'm fine."
"You sure?" Bogg asked, concerned about Jeff's well being.
Jeff nodded, but he still didn't want Bogg to put him down. He felt safe in the pirate's arms.
"Well, the omni's green," Bogg whispered in his ear.
"It is?"
"Yep,"
"You know something, Bogg. It'll be different for me to see a race now,"
"Yeah, I bet!" Bogg grinned.
Bogg gingerly put Jeffrey down, but still held the boy close.
"What do you say we try that Daytona place again?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay,"
Richard looked back. "Jeff, ya wanna help push the car back?" But, all he could see was an empty spot where he thought their new friends were...
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. 1970
Jeff and Bogg landed on seats at the race track.
"Hey, that was cool." Jeff smiled.
"Yeah. Wish this would always happen," Bogg sighed and he looked at his omni.
"Daytona Beach, Florida. 1970."
"All right! Let's go see if there's any sign of Richard," Jeff got up and helped Bogg.
"Sounds good to me,"
"Was the omni green?" Jeff asked hopefully.
"Sure was, kid. Since you got ontop of the car and Richard didn't, everything's where they should be."
"Great,"
They walked towards the gift shop and Jeff was relieved to see that there were tons of pictures of Richard Petty.
"This is great, Bogg! Back to normal!" Jeff sighed.
"Lovely," Bogg moaned.
When he saw Jeff ontop of Lee's car, he wasn't sure if he was gonna like car racing now. That was almost for his heart to handle!
Jeff had gone to the cashier.
"Ma'am, when does the next race start?" he asked.
She looked at her watch.
"Oh, in an hour."
"Terrif! Thanks!"
For the next four hours, Jeff and Bogg looked like normal father and son. Cheering on their favorite car racer: Richard Petty.
Bogg STILL didn't like cars, but he figured if Jeff did, then it was well worth the time.
Besides, there is always time when BOYS WILL BE BOYS!