Thunk!
I opened my eyes groggily and I was face to face with a pink pillow.
"Morning, Sunshine. The earth says hello." Asuka sang. I threw the pillow back at her.
"What time is it?" I asked her trying to look for a clock.
"It's twelve thirty." she answered. Damn, I slept in late. I climbed out of bed and yawned. I showered and got dressed in a black shirt with gray boxes down the sides with jeans and black boots.
It was unusually hot in Italy today so I wore a headband. Asuka was already dressed when I got back in the room. She was wearing a red t-shirt with jean shorts. She wore red hi-tops with them.
"Now I know why your wearing estentions." I said, crossing my arms and grinning. She turned away from the mirror with a ponytail estention in her hand.
"What?" she asked me.
"Your trying to look good for Hwoie." she stomped her foot.
"I am not!"
"You haven't worn estentions till recently." She rolled her eyes, but I knew I was correct. She then snapped her fingers.
"I almost forgot, Lili came here around eight. She wanted to talk to you." I was taken aback at this. Lili never wanted to talk to me. "She's outside." I figured that Asuka was trying to get me to see what she wanted.
I left the room and headed down the stairs. When I ran into a bunch of girls.
"Where are you going Barbie? For a drive?" they giggled. I grimaced.
"Don't listen to them, lass." I hadn't realized that Steve was behind me. He was wearing tan shirt with black jeans and brown boots.
"Dude, don't sneak up on me like that." Steve continued like I hadn't spoken.
"This will blow over eventually." I then noticed Hwoarang coming towards us with a stupid grin on his face. He wore a navy blue shirt with blue jeans and white sneakers.
"So, where are we going, Barbie, a pool party?" he asked.
"Not you too." I felt like sinking into a hole.
"Hey, I'm just messing with you. Seriously where are you headed?"
"Lili wants to see me she's outs-"
"There you are Kliesen." I heard Lili say as she entered the hotel.
"She was outside." Hwoarang moved aside so I can get by.
"What do you want, Rochefort?" I asked her. She hesitated as she glanced behind me. I looked behind me and the guys acted like they were talking. I ignored them and faced the french.
"Okay, I think we both know you want a rematch from yesterday's match. So I'm willing to except your challenge." I rolled my eyes at her.
"Actually, I don't want a rematch. I made plans with my friends to see an italian movie." She clenched her jaw.
"Your actually refusing a fight. Or are you afraid I might beat you again?" she challenged. I bit my tongue. I didn't want to blow off my friends to play around with my nemesis. I shook my head slowly.
"You won fair and square." was all I said. I turned on my heel. And headed up the stairs where the guys were listening in.
"I will ask you one more time. Do you want a rematch. You will not get this oppurtunity again." I didn't face her. Hwoarang and Steve looked at me waiting for my answers. I can tell from their face they wanted me to say no.
I kept on walking...
"Fine! Whatever!" Lili fumed. I heard the guys follow me.
"You did a good thing Leo." Steve said a hand on my shoulder. And I just smiled.
The last thing I want to do on this trip is devastate Asuka. She was my best friend.
"I didn't understand a word they said, but that was great." Steve was still babbling about how great the movie was.
"Isn't that crazy or what?" Asuka said next to me. At first I thought she was talking about the movie, but then from the corner of my eye I noticed her holding a magazine.
"What's crazy?" Hwoarang asked reaching for the magazine. "How can you read this shit, it's written in italian." he said.
"I got someone to transfer it for me. There's this mob boss, Michele Buonarroti that kills teenagers. He escaped from prison."
"That sounds dangerous." Steve commented.
We pulled up at a red light. While my friends were babbling about the movie I only saw the girl driving a yellow sports car next to us.
Lili grinned and revved the engine. Wanting to race. I looked straight ahead.
rRRRGhhh!! I tried to resist the urge to look at her. She revved the engine once more and moved up a little. I looked at her and she was smirking at me. She moved up more.
I tightened my grip on the wheel and looked at the traffic light. I'm sorry, Asuka. Your going to hate me after this.
The light turned green and we sped off.
"Leo! What the hell?!" Hwoarang swore.
"SLOW DOWN!" Asuka cried. I tried my best to ignore them as I was racing my enemy.
I stomped on the gas pedal harder and sped past the rich girls car. We past the hotel.
"LEO!!"
I turned a sharp corner. Through my rear view mirror I can see Lili's face twisted in serious concentration while Ling sat next to her crying. That tugged on my heart strings, and I wanted to stop. But I couldn't let Lili win...again.
We went under a bridge. When we came out she was gone. I looked around for the hard to miss shiny sports car. I thought I had the lead until her car cut in front of me making me swerve. I was able to get my car back in gear I followed the car.
"LEO!! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US KILLED!!?" Asuka screamed in my ear. I clenched my teeth so I wouldn't scream at her.
A big hummer who hadn't seen came swerving our direction. I made a sharp steer, barely missing the big monster.
"WHAT THE !#$?!"
We bumped and steered and swerved towards the highway that led to the rural area. I dodged cars, barely missing them.
"Hey you crazy drivers!" yelled a man out the window.
"Wann werden Sie aufgeben?" I murmured to myself. (Translation: Your not going to give up are you?)
I pulled up next to her, and we were neck and neck. Asuka noticed the person in the car.
"Leo! You promised me!" she started going off at me in japanese. "Your going to get us killed just because of some girl." Another set of japanese curses. "Pull over right now!" she commanded.
Lili sped past me.
"LEO!! PULL OVER!!" Asuka screamed.
"NO!!" I shouted.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN NO? THIS IS ABOUT LIFE OR DEATH!! I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!!!"
"DON'T DISTRACT ME!!" I yelled.
"'DON'T DISTRACT ME'? MY ASS!! THAT IS BULL,LEO!! PULL OVER!!"
"We're going to die because of you!" Steve added.
"This is nuts!" Hwoarang laughed with bitter humor.
"HOW CAN YOU LAUGH NOW?!" Asuka screamed.
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I shrieked trying to blink back angry tears that dared to pour.
I cut Lili at a corner.
"Leo, you can't go through with this!" Steve told me. My jaw tightened.
Lili tried ramming into the side of the car.
"AH!"
"AHHHHH!"
"NGH!"
"EAHHH!"
I got back on the road which crossed over some large trench. Lili tried to ram into me again but this time she succeeded. We were thrown back in our seats.
"We're all going to die!"
"Steve your not helping!" Asuka spat.
We contined the bumping.
But then...
Me and Lili's car got hit by a truck. We swerved onto the dirt part off the road and I saw Lili tumble out of the car and fall over the edge.
I stomped on the brakes afraid i was going to hit her car in front of me and my seatbelt broke. I ended up stumbling after her.
"Leo!" I heard Asuka cry out. I continue to stumble and fell off the edge after Lili. I grabbed the nearest thing.
I hadn't even realized I shut my eyes until I saw Lili's legs. I was holding onto it while Lili held onto the ledge, trying to pull up.
"Lili!" I heard Ling call out. I saw her little head peak over the edge along with my friends.
"Leo!" my friends called. Lili used one of her hands to grab onto Ling's but they were still out of reach. Ling tried to reach foward.
I heard a rumble.
And a crack...
Next thing that happened was the crumbs that Lili was holding onto broke and we fell in the abyss.
The only thing I could hear clearly was my heartbeat.
Everything else sounded far away. Our names being called, me and Lili's screams.
I'll see you soon, mom.
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Ooh, A cliffie. Next is in Lili's point of view. Yay. Didn't I promise you it will get better. This is only the beginning. Review and tell me what you thought. I love reviews like how a fat boy likes cake.