Ef, you guys are amazing. TWELVE REVIEWS. That makes up for the four the last chapter. :-p Hey, I'm making a graphics site! I have the layouts I'm choosing from finished. You can see the links to themin my profile. Tell me which one through PM, review, whatever. Anyway, this is when flashback from Sally's past ends. Thank god, right? Nah, just kidding. You loved it. ;-)
2004, Hummer and Plymouth Co., Los Angeles, CA
I didn't realize that this day was going to be so demanding. I looked over at my desk, and even though there was only one folder holding it all, there were about 50 papers messily stacked inside of it.
Sally looked confused. Since when did normal people have this huge of files? Was this even a normal person? She drove over to the folder, and flipped through a few pages. It looked as if somebody had filed for false bankruptcy, and whoever it was, they weren't a normal person. She turned the pages until it came to the defense's profile.
No it couldn't be.
Was it seriously Hummer?
It was Hummer! It said his birthday and his life story and everything!
I knew that this was going to be a tough case, and I thought I couldn't handle it at first. But then the fact that my boss trusted me with a case this big, this important, that could jeopardize the Hummer & Plymouth name, kind of made me believe in myself a little more than I should've.
Sally managed to put a smile on her face. This was a huge change. And finally, if she won this case, it would be an easy promotion.
"Hey, Sally!"
Sally looked over the large pile of messy papers to see Will. Had he been promoted back? "You're back!"
"Yeah, I'm a defense lawyer now, and I just wanted to visit."
"Aw, you're so nice. Thanks."
"No problem."
"So, turns out I have to save your boss from going to jail."
"Seriously?"
"Look at the case." Sally backed up next to Will so he could see the huge pile if files, and Will's eyes shot up.
"Wow."
"No kidding. It's gonna be a huge case."
"But aren't you prosecution?"
"What do you mean?"
"It means that you have to go against him."
"Wait! Against him? Seriously?"
"That's the bad side of being a prosecution."
"I never would've known without you, Will. Thanks."
"Hey, no problem. Oh, and I heard rumors that you became a rebel."
Sally could feel a smile on her face. "Yes, I got a tattoo."
"Come on, let me see it."
Sally laughed before turning around and showing off the tattoo she had gotten from Nuts and Bolts. "It's awesome, isn't it?"
"Wow. It's different, that's for sure."
Sally turned back around. "Don't worry, I'm still Sally." Again, Sally was smiling, but this time she was biting her lip again. "So, I, um, I guess I'll see you later."
"Yeah, later."
They both stared into each other's eyes as if the stare wasn't going to end. They could both feel what was happening. Will was attempting to move closer without Sally noticing, but that would cause Sally to break the stare that he had been waiting for ever since he met her. Without thinking, he rushed a little forward and kissed her. Sally knew that he didn't know about Jason at all, but she didn't want him to be somebody that would cheat and know it. But strangely enough, she didn't want to stop. She returned the kiss, not knowing what would happen after that. She ended the kiss, backing up slightly. "Yeah, later."
"Alright, bye."
"Bye."
He drove out of the office with a huge smile on his face, while Sally shook her head in disgust of what she had just done.
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The case was already a very important, but the day it came, Sally's heart was racing like crazy. She was scared as ever, and she wouldn't be scared to admit it to anybody.
"Nervous?"
Sally looked over her rear-view mirrors to see Oscar Plymouth, looking excited. "A little. It's weird that I'm fighting against him rather than for him. Do you want me to purposely lose?"
"That's not what you're paid for, Sally."
Suddenly, it had come over her. He had filed the suit! "But it's what I'm doing."
She looked over into her mirrors, and it wasn't the look that she expected. He was furious. She couldn't tell if that was the look that was going to make her run or not, so she stayed still for a while. He revved up his engine as loud as he could to warn her. "If you do, you're dead."
This sudden fear came over her. He was serious when he said that unfortunately. "No. I don't care if I end up dead from this. I'd rather die doing the right thing."
"Then that's how you'll die."
Sally's eyes grew as wide as she could. She was going to die, right then, right there. "Oh, damn."
She drove as far as she could without running into a wall, even though she did anyway, which made her bumper go crooked. He charged at her, but quickly thinking, she drove out of the small room, panting, scared as hell.
I knew that this would be the end if I didn't get out. So I went to the only place that he could never find me.
Route 66.
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"Oh, what, so you just decided to leave me all alone?"
"It's not you! It's my boss!"
Jason and I got in a heated argument the second I called him. He asked everything. "Where the hell are you?" "What happened?" "Didn't you think about me?" I hated it. It was becoming too much.
"If it was your boss, why didn't you just quit?"
"He tried to kill me, Jason! This isn't something that happens every day."
"Couldn't you have told me first?"
"He knows my address! He would've found me!"
"What about us? Didn't you care?"
"I DO care, Jason! That's why I called! In the middle of nowhere I decide to waste the last of my money just so I can tell you I'm still in love with you and I want you to come out here with me."
"I don't want to come out in the middle of nowhere!"
"Am I not worth it! That's it, isn't it!"
"That's not it! Sally, I wanna marry you and have a family and all that stuff and then you just had to go away!"
"It has nothing to do with you Jason! I love you!"
"You know what? If you're just gonna leave me and stuff, we're done." Jason hung up the phone leaving Sally with a heavy heart. What had gone into his head that made him want to ruin something that was so perfect?
I guess you know the rest. I wound up Radiator Springs, overheated and exhausted. Doc told me if this town was a few miles further than I drove, I would've ended up dead. I guess it just wasn't time.
2006, Mack's Trailer, I-40, Between Radiator Springs and Phoenix
By now the next song from Lexie's CD was playing. It was called something like "I'm Feeling Lost," but how would they know? They didn't like the Veronicars. They never would like the Veronicars. Sure, they wouldn't mind them after a while, but they had enough of Veronicars-Mania thanks to Lexie. (A/N: The song is actually Mouth Shut)
But in the end, that wasn't what mattered.
Sally had just confessed everything. Her boss trying to kill her, her friends abandoning her for quite a bit, and then there was the love square. As much as she tried…
"So, I'm guessing that you never really got over Jason."
Sally was biting her lip again. By now, Lightning had learned that it meant that she was worried that somebody would react wrong to something she would say.
"Sally, it's fine, alright?"
"No, it's not, Lightning. I mean, I know I still love him and stuff but…" Oh… my… Did she say that last part out loud? She was looking at Lightning, who was putting on a confused face. No, no, this wasn't right! She turned around, biting her lip as hard as she could. "Lightning, I didn't mean that, alright?"
"You meant it."
"No I didn't!"
"Sally, you wouldn't have just blurted that out."
"Alright." Sally turned around, a tear falling off her hood. "I… I do… still love him." Sally shook her head in regret. Why did she still love him? He didn't go with her when she left or anything! "But it's stupid! He told me in the end he wasn't going to give up how good life was for me to get away from my life. He didn't even care!"
Lightning was a bit in shock. After she had claimed to her friends that she was over him, she said to him that she was still in love. "Look, Sally, it's, it's fine. I mean, I guess I understand. I'm not going to stop you from loving him." Sure, he didn't really want Sally to love him, but how could he help it?
Sally looked at him, worried. Again, she was biting her lip. She felt as if she had sent the wrong message. Her face was starting to look concerned. "Lightning look, just because I still love him doesn't mean that I don't love you! It's just…"
And now I know I'm not afraid
I know exactly what you'll say
But I'm sorry, it's too late
Sally nodded. "…it's just that. I know I'm not afraid to tell him that I wanna be with you and only you, Lightning."
Lightning shook his head. "You wouldn't mind being with either of us, you know it."
"Oh, what, so you don't believe me?"
"Well, maybe you're the one who lied to me all this time about him!"
"Well, maybe you didn't even need to know!"
"Sally, do I have to say this again? We're getting MARRIED!"
"If YOU'RE gonna be like this, I'M not GOING to marry you!"
"FINE THEN!"
"FINE!"
Lightning's anger was blinding the fact that he loved Sally and that he really wanted to marry her for about five more minutes. They both stayed silent, happy it was over. They weren't getting married.
Wait a minute…
"We're… not getting married?"
Sally, who had also not realized what she had just done until then, looked up at Lightning, sad as could be. Sure, she had never seen him cry, but he looked close to it. "I guess… wow. Lightning, look. We don't even know if you're gonna win your Piston Cup. If you don't, then you know exactly what happens."
"We don't get married."
"Which was bad enough to begin with. If you do…"
"I get to marry you."
"Do you think you're going to win?"
"Sally, you got to realize something. I am the Lightning McQueen. I actually did beat Chick Hicks and the King to the finish line, and had Chick not of made him crash, I would've won. And had I not've been a jerk who didn't change their tires at the race before that, I would've won. And I know that I would die for you, so honestly, this to me is going to be easy. Racing's dangerous and a lot of stuff can happen, but in the end…" Lightning trailed off as his voice got quieter. He was near a whisper when he said, "A lot of stuff could happen in the end, but it's worth it because of you."
Aw, Lightning's so nice the way I make him. Ha ha, I'm so funny. I L O V E C A R S. Anyway, I need to choose an outfit for my Rascal Flatts concert this Saturday! (He he, sorry, Life Is A Highway66! Don't worry, I'll get pics and all that fun stuff!)
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