OMGOMGOMG there's gonna be a Cars short on the DVD! AH! Thank god, the DVD comes out six days before my birthday! This should be lots-o-fun, bribing my grandparents. I love being a geek.

So anyway, the story. I warn you, a lot of secrets from Sally will be revealed. The ending is going to say a LOT. So, enjoy!

"Alright. So, all you have to do is tell him. 'Hey, Lightning? So, you know, I saw those magazines in Lizzie store. Makes you wanna start a real bonfire, huh? I mean, it's not going to affect us, is it?' No, that's bad. 'So, Lightning, you know those magazines that have you and Mater on them? Is it going to make us weaker than we are?' No, no no! I need something reasonable to say. Alright. 'Hi, Lightning. You saw those magazines, didn't you? You know… the ones with you and Mater? The same exact picture? Well, I was kind of wondering-"

"Wondering what?"

Sally screamed for dear life to find that it was only Lightning. "Okay, you didn't hear me scream that loud, alright?"

"Sure. But what were you talking about? I mean, I know that you were talking about the picture on every single magazine in the world, which is why I came up, so that I could warn you. So, continue what you were saying."

"No, it's nothing important. I mean, we can stand through it, right?"

"Yeah, of course."

"I mean, you don't… like Mater like that, do you?"

"NO! I mean, no, I mean, yeah, that's what I mean."

"Just pushing your buttons!" said Sally with a smile.

"God, you're a good actress."

"Nope, I'm a lawyer."

"Lawyer, actress, I can't tell the difference."

"Well, I was serious about how it won't affect us."

"Yeah, yeah, well, whatever."

"That's all you can say?"

"What?"

"Whatever?"

"Oh, well, uh…"

"Oh, forget it. We're fine, right?"

"I hope so." Lightning smiled. "Hey, um, listen, Harv called today."

Sally frowned. "Another interview, huh?"

"Well, yeah, but this one, it's different. They…"

"Well?"

"It's on a TV show, and…"

"WELL?"

"They, they kind of, they want both of us to do it."

"WHAT?"

Lightning closed his eyes, wishing he didn't just say that. "Yeah, well, I honestly think that… well… I don't know. We might as well do it."

"I guess so. So, anyway, I'm having some huge people over tomorrow."

"How huge?"

"Turns out Chick Hicks has decided to take a pit stop from his failing promotion of, well, who else?"

"Himself?"

"Yeah. And he feels the need to come here for some odd reason. So he's under the name of John Jones. I asked if it was some prank call. He said it was something like that."

"And you just assumed."

"I asked if it was Chick Hicks, and he hung up."

"Nice. Well, next time he calls, tell him that that he can't go under an alias."

"I'll take note of that. I've realized that Tessa really isn't a problem at all."

"I know. She's, well, better than we expected."

The phone rang about two times before Sally said she would get the phone. She muttered to herself that it'd better not be Chick. "Hello, Sally Carrera, owner of both Wheel Well Inn and Cozy Cone Motel, both located in Radiator Springs, USA. How may I help you?" (A/N: I'd probably hang up right there. :p)

The other line had a woman on it. Obviously a rich one, with a nearly fake British accent. "Hello, I'd like a room at Wheel Well, best room there."

Lightning mouthed the words "Is it Chick?" to Sally while the lady was talking. Sally mouthed back "No" before the lady was finished speaking. "Oh, I'm sorry," Sally said out loud. "Wheel Well is full of vacancy."

While Lightning mouthed back "Who is it?" as the lady responded, "Well, I suppose I'll just stick with the Cozy Cone Motel. Any better room than another there?"

Sally quickly mouthed "I don't know" to Lightning before speaking again. "No, they're all equal."

"Alright," said the lady. There was a bit of a pause. "Do you have any idea who you're talking to?"

"I'm afraid not," responded Sally.

"My own daughter doesn't even recognize my voice."

Sally eyes shot open as fast as they could, with her in complete shock. "MOTHER! …wow, Mom, this is, this is-"

"Amazing, right? Sally, my darling daughter, I haven't talked to you in over two years. And it's just today when I find out that you moved out of Los Angeles more than a year ago!"

"How'd you find that out?"

"I was reading Parts magazine, and it was talking about a Lightning McQueen."

Sally looked over to Lightning, who looked as confused as heck. "Oh, did you…" Sally said.

"Well, that racecar said that you were his girlfriend."

"Oh, uh, well, yeah, that might be true."

"We'll talk about it when I get there tomorrow, alright?"

"Tomorrow? That's…" Sally looked at Lightning again, who still looked as if he had just seen a dinosaur. "…great. Alright, bye." Sally hung up and let out a high-pitched "Help!" before driving over to Lightning. "Guess who called?"

Lightning was still very confused. "Um, you… mom, right?"

"Yeah, and she's coming over."

"Oh, is she? Without your dad?"

Sally bit her lip. "Well, yeah, without him."

"Why? They divorced?"

Sally kept on biting her lip until she thought it would dent it forever. She didn't want to say it, but… she had to. "Sort of…"

What is it? was the one question in Lightning's mind. "Come, on Sal, tell me. I might as well know. We're getting married."

"Well, they didn't want to divorce. They had to. Ever since I was little, she told me he was living in Europe, because business was there and stuff, but they were still married. Well, one day I caught her kissing another guy. I told her about it that night and asked why she cheated on dad." Sally was holding back tears as she continued with her story. "She told me you can't cheat on a dead man."

Oh, god, what am I supposed to say? replaced the question What? in Lightning's mind. "…wow, Sally, I…" Come on, I'm Lightning McQueen. Fastest racecar in the world, and I can't think of what to say about my fiancée? "…that's…terrible."

"It's fine. I guess I can't miss somebody I didn't know."

"Hey, you're fine, alright?"

"No, I'm not. I didn't tell my mom I moved here or anything, and now, now she knows that I'm with you, and, oh Lightning, she hates racecars. I swear, if we had anything with numbers in our house besides phones, it would get burned."

"WHOA THERE! We?"

"Yeah, I have a brother. A really really rich brother. Before I was born, he got half of my dad's money when he died, so he created a business, and it exploded. Everybody's in love with Dinoco."

"Your brother owns Dinoco? And I didn't know this?"

"Yeah. If you see a 2000 Aston Martin Vanquish with the licenses plate "X5OKI38, that's him."

"I could've had Dinoco before had I known! Why didn't you tell me?"

"That would've only made you like me more, and I thought you were the biggest jerk on the face of the earth! And then I was gonna tell you, but when you rejected them at that Piston Cup race, I figured it didn't… matter."

"Well, I, I guess it doesn't, it's just a little crazy, because first I find out Doc has a secret past, now you do."

"Everybody in this town has a secret past, Lightning. I'm sure you do."

This was true. "Well, yeah, I…" Lightning snapped back into reality and remembered that his past was too bad to believe. He didn't want anybody to know. Not even Sally, even if he loved her. "Sal, I gotta go. Love you!" He sped out of the Cozy Cone, making sure Sally didn't look upset through his brand new rear-view mirrors that Doc had installed recently. She didn't look upset, just confused.

Sally stared at the door where Lightning left, and looked as confused as Lightning had looked when her mom called. "I… love you, too." She drove behind the desk of the Wheel Well and sighed. Her mother was coming the very next day. She loathed her mother for forcing her into law, making her work at Hummer and Plymouth Co., supporting her boss in having a major crush on her.

Her boss…

The Plymouth side of the company was where Sally worked. You either worked for Hummer or Plymouth, and unfortunately for Sally, she got Plymouth. Oh, she hated that name. She hated him. He had been nothing but inconsiderate with her, and that wasn't even the beginning. In the beginning he was nice, maybe even a little flirty. He was a handsome car. And not to mention one of the highest paid lawyers in the country. But after a while, he was cruel. Even though all her busy life was going on, she always had her good friends.

Her friends…

There was Claire, Hailey, and Alex, all great girls to be with, no doubt. They were the ones who had helped her through the one demotion Sally experienced when first starting and Hummer and Plymouth, breaking up with her now three year ex, Harold, and when she finally decided to leave L.A. She had talked to Alex last. It was the night that Lightning had come and destroyed the town. She had told her that they all missed her, including Jason.

Wait a minute…

She had left Jason so she could escape from the city life. Jason was her boyfriend. A very steady boyfriend. She had loved him, and he had loved her. He was amazing to her, everything she wanted. He wasn't the richest guy around, but that didn't matter. He was as great as Lightning. Maybe even…

No, not better! Nobody's better than Lightning. I've moved on.

She told Jason that night she had to go find something she'd never had. Freedom. She finally had it. And she had Lightning. After suffering what she had been through, nothing was better than Radiator Springs at the moment. There was only one thing she was upset about.

What on earth was Lightning talking about when he said he had a secret past?

So everybody has a secret past now, not just Doc! Yes, Doc still does. No, Mater doesn't (well, let me think about that, actually). Yes, Lightning has a secret past that right now only I know of! Mwah ha ha ha. I love messing with you minds.

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