Period 2: Literature
Theme 3: Classic
Words: 281
Author: Lillie Bell
Usagi whistled loudly, catching the attention of everyone in the Arcade. Her gaze was trained to the door where outside on the street a vintage Triumph was revving its engine.
Rei covered her ears and complained about the noise. Ami was running a mental diagnostic on the decibel level and, though she would never admit it, comparing it to the recorded values she had for Usagi's screams. The girl didn't belong on the decibel level, maybe the megadecibel level, she was certain. Makoto wasn't impressed by any of it, really, because this guy who just walked in totally looked like her ex-boyfriend. And her ex-boyfriend never drove a car like that, anyway.
"Why must he do that?" Rei complained. "Typical guy has to be all macho."
Usagi puffed up her chest, as if she could inhale the sound through her nose. She closed her eyes, imagining herself in the passenger seat.
"What a jerk," Rei stuck her nose up.
"Actually, he's probably got a set of SU's in there," Mamoru piped in from his corner of the counter. Rei immediately latched onto him and started praising him for his immense car knowledge. For his part, Mamoru looked a twinge scared.
"Actually," started Usagi with hands on her hips. The light turned green and the car revved itself out of the intersection. "They're twin carburetors and he's got to keep his RPM up in order to get it going because while they supply a lot more power, they require a lot, too.
"If he didn't rev it up, he'd probably stall out."
Everyone stared at her.
"How do you know that?"
"Simple," she turned to Mamoru with a simper. "It's a classic."