AN(I'm back and I'm very sorry for leaving everyone hanging like that and the reason behind the big gap between updates is because school and my, at the time new, job took all available time and finals. But enough with me giving excuses because I will be posting several chapters for this story and the other stories as well as posting a new story to make up for the big delay. Now on with thee story.)

Chapter 8

The entire time we were nosecone to nosecone but as we were approaching the statue of liberty I went full power going over five hundred miles per hour taking Natalie by surprise and leaving behind a loud rumble as I kept speeding up. I was going so fast that the air around me was starting to form a barrier in front of me then the unexpected happened; I broke the sound barrier. The resulting clap from the sound barrier breaking was so loud that I could see cars, planes, and boats being shaken from the force of the sound barrier breaking. My radio then crackled to life.
"unidentified aircraft you are entering a I highly populated area. Slow down or we will send out jets to stop you."
"alright tower. Sorry about that. I am competitor number twenty for the Wings Around the Globe Rally and I was just racing another competitor to see who could get past the statue of liberty first."
"um racer number twenty you flew past the statue of liberty about a half mile back."
"really? Was I really flying that fast?"
"yes and you and your companion are clear to land on runway two with heavy coming in behind you."
"roger and she isn't my companion."
"sure whatever you say dude."
I didn't have to wait long before Natalie caught up with me exhausted and with a look of surprise on her face.
"how did you go so fast and how is it possible that you broke the sound barrier?"
"slow down. I'll tell you after we land. We are cleared to land on runway two but we need to get off the runway fast."
"alright."
We both lined up with the runway and put our landing gear down and touched down on the runway. Not long after we touched down we could see a giant airliner coming in for a landing. We both started to look around for the pits while at the same time dodging busy tugs and giant airliners. We got a lot of stares from other aircraft and a lot of the stewardess from the airliners were whispering to each other. We finally gave up and asked a white airliner and his tug were the pits were. The tug was the first to reply.
"oh sure. You just keep going down this runway until you see red barrels. You want to take a right not the left and if you reach another set red barrels then you went too far."
The airliner chuckled and said, "just go straight then turn right you can't miss it."
"thanks. Nice paint job."
"why thanks I worked hard on this to keep it's shine."
The airliner then interrupted him.
"I think he was talking to me."
We quickly moved on as they continued their debate. We continued down the runway until we saw the pits and at the gate was the official that had done the announcements at the qualifiers.
"ah if it isn't the two jets that are the highlight of this year's race."
"hello to you to Frank."
"you two are the first ones to arrive from the qualifiers here in the United States. Now if you two will follow me I will show you two to your hanger."
We were so excited about the race that we failed to interpret that he said hanger instead of hangers. When we arrived at a large hanger in the pits we noticed that it was an old military hanger from world war 2.
"well here is your hanger and I've received word that both of your tugs have arrived."
It was then that it struck me.
"wait we have to share a hanger until the race starts?"
"yes; mostly because we are running out of space and the fact that you two can't be placed in a tent without accidentally setting it ablaze."
We both felt very awkward at this point and the arrival of our tugs didn't help us either.
"well see you two when the race starts. Oh and because of how you release fire behind you when you take off you are being put in the back of the startup with blast shields behind you."
With that Frank left us to return to his post. Luke was the first to speak.
"why are you two being placed in a hanger together!"
"I don't know Luke. Got any ideas Natalie?"
When I looked over at her she was frozen to the spot.
"um Natalie? You ok?"
That must have done the trick because she snapped out of it.
"what did you say Jet?"
"I asked you if you knew why they would stick us in the same hanger."
"I'm not sure but I think it might have to do with the fact that we are the same model and the fact that we already hang out with each other a lot already."
Then Nissa spoke up, "these next few days should be interesting."
At that statement Luke just laughed as Natalie and I went bright red.
"well I'm going to refuel then hit the sack."
After I left the group to refuel I let out a sigh as I thought that there is no possible way that this could get any more awkward. Boy was I wrong.