Whew, got it in. Next chapter we'll absolutely be within seven days from now. I finally have the conflict set in...brain tissue.
Chapter 4: Found Him!
After doing what Derek asked me to do, I decided to return to Flo's. I would most likely fail in trying to help by rushing to the Wheel Well fifteen minutes after Lightning, Mater, and Derek had done so. Maybe Kristopher was justified in making the wrong turn every time on the way to Willy's Butte. I must have "made the wrong turn" about eight times!
However, I never reached Flo's as I intended, at least not without a side stop.
"William!" I exclaimed.
He tensed up upon hearing me shout his name, knowing what was to come.
"Glomp!" I squealed.
As a human, I would get a running start, leap, and land on William's hood with my arms in an embrace, with William exclaiming, "Oh, my suspension," and both of us erupting in laughter. I started this tradition about a year ago.
As a car, a glomp was just a hug that moved William a couple of inches from his original spot, apparently.
"Maria?" William said. "You finally mastered that car transformation thingy?"
"What? William we're in the universe of my favorite movie again."
"Again? I don't recall ever being here."
A slight pause ensued. I finally let go of him.
"William, please don't tell me that you don't have any memory of being in Radiator Springs."
"Okay, then I won't."
I breathed I sigh of relief.
"I'll tell you that I know I have never been in this 'Radiator Springs' you're talking about."
I stared back at him incredulously. "William, we were depending on you to find out how we I got here again and how to get back."
"'We'? Who is this 'we'?"
"Derek, Kristopher, and I."
Now it was William's turn to stare back at me incredulously.
"You really don't remember anything, do you, William?"
William shook his head sadly.
"Hmm...Well, this is inconvenient," I said simply.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"We have no idea what to do next. We might be stuck here forever. It might not be the worst thing in the world, but eventually, our disappearance will concern my parents."
"Isn't this kind of thing where you're gone for a whole decade and only a second happened in your own world or something?"
"Yeah, except a whole day here equals about five minutes in our world. At least when we're here..."
"What's that supposed to mean?" William asked after another slight pause.
"I've mentioned that I was last here two years ago, which was the time difference in our world, to Kristopher and Tarin, but they didn't say otherwise."
"Who's Tarin?"
"Huh? Oh, Derek's getting married."
"This is a lot to take in."
"You'll get used to it, I'm sure," I said honestly.
William smiled softly.
Our last visit here was my confusion and lack of memory trying to follow his lies and cover-ups. Now it was his confusion following my honest guidance. How that can get us home, I would not have been able to tell you at the moment.
Then, Kristopher rolled up, "Cool, you found him."
"Kristopher!" William and I exclaimed at the same time.
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