Chapter 3. The bleeding heart.
"It was after our mission on FIGHT island where we managed to beat Vince King. When we got back Donna Ramone wanted at first to beat the pants off me, but when I stood up to her, she invited me for a ride on her motorcycle. She drove me all over L.A., even through neighbourhoods my mother would certainly object to as it wouldn't be boys I'd find as a date there." Sam couldn't help but giggle well knowing what Alex meant.
"Finally we ended up on the beach. I, ... we had a great time. So Donna suggested to meet again, which we ended up doing very often. It was around that time I bought my first motorcycle, the yellow Suzuki. It was Donna's choice, she told me it was a fun bike to learn how to cope driving. She learned me a lot about driving and not giving away how good you are. She always said it was better to let people think you're a bad driver than the other way around."
Sam looked at Alex in disbelieve. She had always thought Alex to be the worst driver around. It was only recently, since Alex raced F1 and won GP's, that Sam had revised those thoughts. She had never suspected that Alex's bad driving was just make believe. Although, in retrospect, Alex had shown often during missions how well she could chase other cars.
"We lived a fairytale and we became more and more serious in our relation. But that's where the fairytale became a tale of horror." Alex cuddled closer to Sam, her voice deeper yet quivering.
"Jerry sent us on that dreadful mission against Principal John Smith. He stole my youth and I became totally old and exhausted. Before the concert, where you and Clover took him out, I "ran" into Donna. She got real mad seeing my condition. I never saw her like that before or afterwards. She thought I was on drugs or something. I tried to calm her down. It only made her more mad and finally she ran away. She shouted she would find the culprits and show them her wrath.
After I became myself again, she tried everything to get out of me what had really happened. I was able to avoid telling the truth, but she didn't trust me any more. We finally broke up and I lost sight of her. At first, I was very glad and started dating boys again. But I never had the same feelings as with Donna. Now I know I should have told her the truth." Alex sighed.
Sam looked down on Alex as she had rested her head into Sam's lap. "You couldn't tell her we worked for Woohp Alex, you know that!"
"I wouldn't have lost her if I had told the truth!" Alex started to cry, her tears streaming down, ruining her make-up.
"But Alex, all this was ages ago. Why is it bothering you now?" Sam suddenly wondered.