Hey guys, guess what? I have way too much homework again! Yet, I still have time to write. I love the bus. But I hate it as well. Well, it's better than last year. "YOU KIDS STAY OUT OF THE AILE!" X-D
Disclaimer: Cars is owned by Disney/Pixar. I own none of the characters in this story except for Tessa Carson, Lexie Gears, Jason Kiichiro, Oscar Plymouth, George Hummer, Will Lube, Derek Egzaust (Sally's brother), Claire, Hailey, Alex, and Elle Lightyear. The Veronicas are copyright of themselves, but the Cars versions of them, the Veronicars, is by all rights mine. If you ask to use them, you may. And YES, that's a lot; I know, but still, all my characters. No touchy.
"Shut up!"
"You shut up!"
"Hey, you're the one who went out with a KIA!"
"At least I get more guys than you do!"
Lightning backed away. He could tell this conversation was going to get very ugly. He rolled his eyes in disgust, wondering when this was going end. Was it going to end? Would this "Jason" remain anonymous for the rest of their young lives? If Sally actually died, he would probably never find this out!
"Pit stop!"
By now, Lightning had thought he had gotten used to that, but still, "AH!" He jumped and turned to Guido, who was standing right next to Luigi.
"Guido-a tell me you needed translation!" said Luigi.
Lightning sighed. It was about time they had arrived. "Yes, please. Guido, say whatever you said to me in Italian."
Guido began, smile on his face the whole way. "I suoi amici continuano a dire che dovrebbe tranquillo uscire con questo tipo ma non sembra disposta. Dicono che è lei 'ex'."
"Basically what he is-a sayin'," stated Luigi. "Is that-a Sally has an ex-boyfriend and her friends are trying to convince her to go back-a together with this man."
Lightning just sort of froze in shock. She probably did still love him, but how was he supposed to stop her? Would they have to race or anything?
Sally was heartbroken by her friends. How in the world could they be this stereotypical? But as she slowly regained her thoughts, she realized she had been like this until her now three-year-ex-boyfriend, Harold, had broken up with her because of some stupid demotion she had when first looking at Hummer and Plymouth. "Guys, look." Everybody quieted down when they heard Sally speak that softly. She was in a serious accident, which made them rethink what they were saying to her. "I didn't discourage Claire's fiancée when he proposed to you, even though everybody knew he had a past of cheating a lot." Claire smiled at this statement. Even though they hadn't gotten married, they were still together. "And Hailey remember the one time you went out with my brother and never told me?" Hailey looked down to the road that Lightning paved. She felt bad about it. "I didn't hate you for that at all. And Alex, remember the time when you told me that you had 520 one-night stands a year, and then one of them turned out to be a stand that lasted for about five months?" Alex laughed a bit and rolled her eyes. "One-night stands almost meant nothing to you, but still I supported you in trying to make it work." Sally started frowning a bit. "It just kills me that you can't accept the fact that Lightning and I love each other."
Claire was the first to respond to this. "Oh, Sally! Don't make me cry over this stupid fluff."
"You are such a drama queen."
Claire smiled at this. There was the Sally everybody knew and loved.
Alex and Hailey both nodded at each other before turning to Sally again. "Look, Sally," said Alex. "We know you love Lightning, and we wouldn't want to ruin something this good for you. But the truth is…"
"Jason," said Hailey. "You realize he isn't over you. And he sent us here so we could try to convince you to go out with him. Not Lightning."
"Did he pay you?" asked Sally.
Hailey, Claire, and Alex and looked at each other, and then back at Sally. "Well…" they all started.
"Guys, it's fine, alright? I understand you guys love your money."
"Yeah, yeah," said Alex. "We do. No matter who gives it to us."
"We're greedy pigs!" said Claire. "Just please, don't rub it in our faces."
"Chick rubbed it in ours," said Hailey. "He said if we didn't do it, that Tessa girl would be gone."
"Tessa?" asked Sally. She hadn't heard from Tessa in a while. Most of the time she would refuse Lightning's lessons and try to learn on her own, but eventually that would start to not work. She would twist and turn on Willy's Butte until she ended up falling for the cactus. Lightning would have to get Mater to tow her back in, and then he would have to help her. Soon enough, she would be out of here. "Where is she, anyway?"
"Oh, yeah. About that…" said Claire. "Alex?"
"I'm not saying it!" said Alex. "You say it!"
"I'll say it!" said Hailey. "We kinda locked her up in the doctor's garage with some rusty old tow-truck."
"Ah…" said Sally. "Mater. So that's where he is." Sally attempted to drive over to Doc's garage. It didn't turn out so well, though. Her engine felt like it was on fire. It was about to burst if she went any further, and that wouldn't have been pleasant for anybody. "Uh, guys?" she managed to mutter out threw her pain. "A little help here?"
"We're not pushing you!" said Hailey.
"I can't push cars, Sally," said Alex.
"Well, they dropped out. I will, too," said Claire.
"Great…" Sally murmured to herself. She looked over to the bright-red racecar, who was talking to Mack, and immediately remembered why Mack was there in the first place. Lightning looked over to Sally, who looked down right after he saw her, but then looked back up at him. Despite the fact Sally looked horrible, she gave him an assuring nod, telling him that this wasn't the end. It would never be the end.
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You're a little obsessed with me
And I'm a little bit scared of you
The way you look and stare at me
Baby, it's time I let you know
Lightning shook his head. Lexie had given Sally a "Get Well" CD right before they left, which she actually just pulled out of her collection, but they had no idea it was the Veronicars! They had enough of the Veronicars for the past six months. She had specifically said that song five was the best, but at the moment, it couldn't be worse.
Phoenix was where they were going. Lightning wouldn't stay that long. He'd just give Sally the quick "I'll miss you. I love you. Blah blah blah," and get out. Nothing much hopefully. It was a thirty minute drive. Mack's trailer only had Lightning and Sally in it, but still, it felt crammed. But in some way, neither of them minded it. But maybe that was because they had been in this situation before. Being stuck in a closet, forced into their first kiss, oh yeah. Good times. Good times.
You can call me six times but still, I won't pick up the phone
You can spend all your money on me but still, I'll stay low
You can write a million letters everyday confessing to me
That I am the girl of your dreams
But nobody ever asked me (A/N: This song is called Secret by the Veronicas. Loverly song. Check it out)
The song almost fit perfectly to what Sally was thinking of Jason right now. He did still love her, but she didn't love him anymore. Sure, they were deeply, madly, hopelessly in love, but by now she had moved on.
I never looked at you that way
'Cause I always thought you were-
"Lightning?"
Lightning looked over to Sally, who was biting her lip. She definitely looked nervous about something, he just didn't know what. "Yeah?"
"I have to tell you something." Sally didn't know why exactly she was going to tell him, but she was going to. "You wanna know about Jason, don't you?"
"How'd you know I did?"
"Lightning, I saw you, but I was pretending not to… until I actually looked over."
"Right. Well, yeah, I do."
"Alright." Sally bit her lip again and looked at Lightning sincerely. "But you have to promise not to tell anybody."
Once she said that, Lightning knew this was important. "Did he, like, try to kill you or something?"
"No. No." Sally shook her head. "But the pressure was enough."
"What kind of pressure?" Lightning was in a bit of a shock. "I was joking."
"My life is no joke, Lightning." Sally was starting to sound a little concerned about telling Lightning this. She had been through too much to handle, something he wouldn't have any idea about. She was going to tell him anyway, but only because she had gotten far enough in this conversation that she had to tell him.
She didn't know why she was doing this, but she took a deep breath and started her story.
Next few chapters will be Sally's story, so, lots of blasts from the past. Awesome, huh? But guess what? (Breaks out in song) I'm bringing sexy back. Yeah! Them other boys don't know how to act. Yeah! Yes, I still have that song stuck in my head. Who's up for another parody?
I'm bringing the reviewers back. Yeah! Them other readers don't know how to act. Yeah!