Chapter 3: Dinner with Speed

Since that night, I stayed home with Ember playing whatever she wanted. I wish I had more time with her, but between my high school hours, her elementary school hours and racing there was only a little time to be had. She never step foot back in any stadium again. I sometimes wish someone who be there, cheering for me. Tomorrow was the big day. I plan on beating Rex Racer score of 9m 18s…well hoping.

Ember and I were watching a race when the phone rang.

"I'll got, you keep me informed." I said running to get the phone on the second. "talk to me."

"Same old little Sky Sky." I heard a female voice on the over end. I know who it was, but why call after all these years.

"Mrs. Racer?" she was a friend of my mother and hoped us out during their death. Never really met her family, only her husband once of twice. "how are you?"

"Oh, I'm fine dear. I was wonder how would you and your little sister come over for dinner tonight?"

"Ummm…sure. We would love that, what time?"

"How about in a half hour?"

"Sure thing! Til then."

"Good bye dear."

I placed the phone back on the hook and marched back into the living room, seeing Ember almost glued to the TV.

"ATTENTION!!" I yelled in military style as Ember moved and salorted me back.

"MA'AM YES, MA'AM!"

"we, as in you and I, will be going over to Mrs. Racer's for dinner. So here are the rules. 1. Don't eat with your hands 2. Don't talk about gross things at dinner And 3...I don't know, but if its weird, don't do it! You hear me?"

"I hear you ma'am!" she said and marched up the stair to change.

Speed Racer's POV

Speed didn't tell his parents about the whole 'street racing' thing, but all he said was that he ran into Sora. He got out of his room and went into the kitchen to see his mother making some fancy.

"What's going on, mom?"

"I thought it would be nice if Sora Sky and her sister, Ember, come over for dinner tonight, seeing it must be hard on her for being only her and Ember for the past year."

"BUT, MOM! I'm racing her tomorrow, don't you think it would be…weird."

"It would be weird, only if you let it."

Sora Sky's POV

I dressed up in a white tank top, with a mini black skirt with black jacket and knee high boots. Ember wear her over-all/skirt with light blue and the same boots as me. We just drove up to the house and Ember was so excited about meeting her. She was young when Mrs. Racer helped us out. We got out of the SS 10. Ember rang the doorbell before I even got halfway up the sidewalk.

As I got up to the doorstep the opened reviling…SPEED RACER!?

"Huh?" I said not believe what I was seeing.

"Hello, Sora Sky." he said smoothly as he leaned against the door frame. He looked good in a loose light blue T-shirt and blue jeans, with…red socks? What a fashion statement.

"You're related to Mrs. Racer?"

"Yes, she's really my mom."

"Wow…how…weird?" I chuckled in awkwardness.

"That's what I said…"he said looking my body over.

"Sora! Speed, let them in." Mrs. Racer said as she moved into the living room, wipping her hands on her apron. Speed stepped aside and motioned us to come in. we walked pasted him and I hugged Mrs. Racer and so did Ember. "Dinner will be done in a few minutes. Why don't you three go in the TV room with Pops and Spritle."

"ok." I said as we followed Speed. There was a older man and a kid with a monkey dressed alike. "Hello, Mr. Racer. Long time no see." he stood up and shook my hand.

"Hello Sky. How have you been?"

"Good and you?"

"Never been better."

"Who are you?" the kid said folding his arm and shaking his head as the monkey did the same thing.

"I'm Sora and this is Ember." and moved behind me as grabbed a small wave to Spritle. She must have liked him because she always does that. Spritle gave me a look over and his eyes nearly came out of his head.

"wow, you're pretty." he said as he stared at me, nearly drooling.

"Thanks…"I said and looked at Speed who had slight jealous in his eyes. They were watching the end of the race that Ember and I were watching before. "Oh, who's in the lead?" I said sitting down on the left side of the love seat. Speed sat down on the right, but spritle wedged in between the two of us. Ember sat in front of me and pops sat back on in his arm chair. As for Chim-Chim, he sat on the floor, in front of Spritle, next the Ember.

Spritle was watching me the whole time as Ember and I watched the race with passion in our eyes. The race finally came to an end and dinner was ready. I sat next to Ember, who sat next to Chim-Chim, who sat next to Pops, who sat next to Mrs.Racer, who sat next to no one, because Speed and Spritle were fighting on who gets to sit next to me. Finally, Speed sat next to me and Spritle pouted.

After dinner, Ember and Spritle went to go play in his room as Speed, Pops and I went to look at the Mach 5. It was really cool, no wonder he beat me in that street race the other day. It was around 9 o'clock at night. Pops went back into the house as I walked around the Mach 5, running my hand against it. I love the feel of it.

"Wanna sit in it?" Speed said coming up behind me, opening the door. I sit down in it as Speed shut the down and lean against it. "Control A is Jump Jacks, B is Bullet-proof polymer deflector, C is Tire Shields and Tire claws, D is Hexodyne emergency spare tires, E is Zircon-tipped cutter blades, F is Tire crampon grips."

"Wow…this is way better than the SS 10." then I said to dout myself. "I wonder if she can keep up with all of you, when she's never been driven in a real race." I looked up and Speed. "what's it like?"

He signed and motioned me to move over and he sits in the driver seat.

"It's like…the world around you is going around you. It's like street racing, the only diffence is the crowd and less dirty moves." he chuckled as he grabbed the whole. "the only thing you notice is whos in front of you, never look behind you." he closed his eyes as he heard cheering around him.

"Why do you want to win?" I asked

He looked dumbfound as I asked him. "because…racing's in my blood."

"I didn't ask why you want to race, I asked why you want to win?"

That dumbfound look found him again.

"I want to win for the cash. The only reason I race is for the cold, hard cash." he looked stunned as I said it, but it was true. "I want to keep Ember. She doesn't know she could be taken at anytime, and they will if I don't have a job, and racing is all I know how to do." I looked down and the petal. "I don't want her to be with people who don't love her as their own. If I do nothing else in life means nothing, she will always mean something."

I got out of the Mach 5 and smiled. "it's getting late and Ember needs to go to bed. See you tomorrow Speedy!" I called as I ran into the house to get Ember.