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Chapter 13
Once the rush of that leg of the race wore off the two of us instantly became aware of how cold it was.
"Hey Nat."
"Yes Jet?"
"it's pretty cold here don't you think."
"I agree. I think I might leave my engines running to stay warm."
"that sounds like a good idea but won't that cause your engine to overheat?"
"yes and no. Yes if the temperature outside is warm no if it's cold out then the cold will counter the heat keeping it cool."
We continued to talk until the Indian racer Ishani came into the main hanger slightly frozen followed by the last batch of racers. We watched in silence as she wheeled over to Dusty and the British Racer Bulldog and started to talk with them. We looked between each other and silently agreed to go over there and try to talk with the group. When we came closer to them I could hear them laughing about something.
"Your Name's Ishani right?"
The Indian racer looked over at us as well as the other two at the fire pit.
"Yes and you two must be those new jet racers. It was Jet and Natalie, right?"
"yep that's us."
"I must say that you two can fly pretty fast but I'm curious as to why you pulled power when you were quickly gaining the lead."
"I would also like to know that?"
"well we are capable of breaking the sound barrier but at a high cost of fuel so we have to preserve it over the ocean when there are no known refueling stations."
"oh I see. Playing it safe is always the better route than risking your life."
"I'll have to agree with you on that Ishani."
"I think I know what your talking about Dusty."
"Really?"
"Yeah. You're talking about when you took Ishani's advice and followed the Iron road through the Himalayas and risked your life to go through that tunnel that she failed to mention was there."
At my explanation Ishani looked sad and Dusty had an uneasy look. We just sat there in complete silence before I broke the silence, "don't worry Ishani. I don't hold things like that against others."
At my statement they all relaxed.
"well I'm off to get some rest for tomorrows leg of the race. Goodnight."
"Night."
(Natalie's POV)
As soon as Jet was out of earshot I was bombarded with questions by the three racers. I answered all honestly but when Ishani asked, "Are you dating him?" I completely froze while at the same time I let out a bright red blush that showed my embarrassment.
"Well we haven't had an official date yet but we plan on having one after the rally."
"Jet sounds like a swell guy from what I've heard."
"Yeah he's caring and sweet and..."
As I rambled on I noticed that Ishani and Dusty were parked pretty close to each other.
"Ishani?"
"Yes Natalie?"
"you don't have to answer this but um have you and Dusty ever went out on a date?"
At my question both of them turned red while Bulldog was just silently laughing.
"Well um actually yes we have. What about you and Jet?"
That question made me freeze as I realized that I rolled into that one.
"Well we haven't gone on an official date yet but we want to finish this race first before we do anything."
"Really? I thought that you and Jet would be going back to the military after this."
"Actually Dusty the military doesn't want us anymore so we won't be going back to them."
After my explanation the three racers shook their cowl in understanding.
"Well if you three will excuse me I'm going to get some rest for tomorrow's leg."
"Well is was nice talking to you Natalie."
"Same here Dusty."
After we said our goodnights I went to refuel then went to sleep in my hanger.