Sally was up and staring at the guest room. Lightning walked over and asked, "What's going on?" Sally smiled answering, "Trying to figure out how we are going to set this up for a baby." "Wait, are you?" "Oh I hope so! I got a test from the store. We've been doing it so much lately, I asked my doctor if I could take one. She said it couldn't hurt." "Oh wow. Okay. Have you taken it?" "No. I was waiting for you. I didn't want to do it alone." She admitted.
Lightning nodded and asked, "When do you want to take it?" "Well, I could now." She said. The couple stared at each other. Honestly, Lightning didn't know to react. Oh god.. What if she was pregnant!? I mean, yeah, they were trying.. But.. Realization kicked in. "Sure." He replied. So Sally rushed off to the bathroom. Lightning stood there and stared at the little guest room. Thinking about how this room would soon be filled with a crib, toys, probably painted some wild color. They were going to be parents!…
The couple sat at the kitchen table. The test between them on it and covered by a paper towel. Lightning sighed and asked, "How much longer?" Sally sighed, "Not much longer." Lightning reached for the paper towel to take take it off, but Sally reached and slapped his hand away, "Ow." Lightning growled. Pulling his hand back and rubbing it from the sting. Sally checked the time then announced, "Alright. It's time." They stared at each other form across the small table. Both nervous and anxious at the same time.
Sally took a deep breath and reached for the paper towel. Slowly.. Then she stopped and said, "I can't do it… You do it." She ordered. Lightning reached for it then paused and asked, "How many lines do we want to see again?" "Two. One is negative." "Two, got it." He said then grabbed the paper towel and took it off. The couple stared down at the test on the table. The expression of curiosity turned to disappointment quickly seeing one line. "It's negative.." Sally said with a frown. Lightning sighed and reminded her that she had only just started her medications. "Next time, it'll be positive for sure." He said to reassure her and trying to make her feel better. Sally grabbed the test and stared at that one line. It felt like the millionth negative test!
"I'm never getting pregnant.." She growled. Lightning then assured her, "Yes, you will. I guess I'll just have to fuck you more." He joked. Sally stared at him. She didn't find it funny though. Lightning frowned and apologized. He stood up and kissed Sally on the top of her head. "It will happen, Sally." "I.. I hope so.. Maybe we weren't meant to be parents.." She mumbled as tears filled her eyes. Lightning then knelt down and reminded, "Please. There are other ways if this isn't working for us." "Really?' She asked as she wiped her eyes and sniffled.
Lightning snickered and reminded, "Yeah, you're looking at one." Smiling at his wife. Sally giggled a little and replied, "Right.. You're adopted." "And I don't think I turned out half bad." He joked. Sally rolled her eyes then stood up, Lightning standing and hugging his wife. Just being there for her with her disappointment. It would happen. He was determined to give her a family this time. For real…..
Lightning sat in the Bolt. Listening to her run. Brushing his bare hands across the steering wheel slowly. Closing his eyes and taking it in. The early morning sun rising.. The sounds of nature in the background of the rumbling engine. "Speed… I am speed.." He coaxed himself up. Taking a deep breath. Placing his right hand on the shift knob. Breathing slowly…
Lightning approached Doc at the diner outside. "Mornin Doc." he greeted with a smile. Doc sipped his hot drink and greeted "Mornin." You ready to start more training before the new season?" He asked. Lightning nodded eagerly. "Definitely! What's today? Endurance? Drifting?
Speed? I could use a good speed trap." the young man was eager. Doc snickered with a smile and left a tip.
"Follow me Rookie." Doc ordered. Lightning glared correcting "I'm not a rookie Doc. Might I remind you I have won a cup now." Doc pretended he didn't care.
Lightning was a rookie to him.
Doc opened his garage up and smiled saying "Cleaning"
'What!?" Lightning snapped with wide eyes! "What do you mean cleaning!?" Doc walked in explaining "This place is a disaster. Dust everywhere. You are going to take your time and clean every inch." Lightning's brows lowered. He was sort of pouting….
Lightning looked up at Doc answering "Well.. front wheel isn't connected anymore." Doc glared. "You hit the brakes." Lightning paused and sighed "Yeah, I hit the brakes." Lightning admitted softly under his breath. Doc shook his head and held out his hand, helping Lightning back up. "Told you not to just slam the brakes." He reminded. Lightning sighed and snapped "I know, but what does mud have to do with my style of racing! I don't even race dirt, Doc! I race piston cup, I race on asphalt!" Doc nodded. "Piston cup started on dirt. You wanna be like the legends, be a real racing champion?" he asked.
Well of course Lightning wanted to be that! He nodded slowly. "Then we are getting to the roots of racing." Doc scolded. Lightning sighed with a frown. But with the bolt down, practice was over for now….
Lightning looked over and yelled "Hey! What was that for!?" Doc approached answering "Dirty racing! Today, you learn how to defend yourself." "But I" "Don't go off the track." Doc ordered. "Let's start again." he then walked back to his car. Lightning sighed and backed up and pulled back around for the restart.
Both racers sped off through the dirt track! Lightning thought Doc might ram him off the track again at the first turn, so the kis eased up and let Doc have room on the first and second turn. On the stretch out, Lightning gunned it to pass the old man, and Doc let him.
Until the nose of Doc's car met with Lightning's rear wheel. Doc nudged him slightly. This turned Lightning side ways and off track into a spin into the dirt and sand and to a stop.
Doc hit the brakes on his car and pulled up to Lightning ordering "Again." Lightning was exhausted and didn't even want to do this and Doc knew it, but he was pushing the kid
Same outcome over and over. Doc would shove Lightning to a stop off track. Using different tactics and maneuvers each time! Getting Lightning more and more angry and thus the kid was driving more and more reckless each time…
Lightning hit the brakes and came to a stop. Dust flew up and he hit the steering wheel! Doc pulled up to the kid and said "Again." Lightning had enough though and yelled
"NO! I'm done! I'm finished! I am tired! I am hot! I am dirty and I smell and I want to go home! I want to go to my girlfriend and I want to lay down and sleep! I want to sleep, DOC!" Don't think Lightning talked to Doc like that ever before really. Doc snickered asking "Oh ho... You think because you got a big name and a pretty girlfriend you can do whatever you want hot shot?" Lightning's jaw dropped. "Not what I said at all, Doc!" "Funny. All I heard was whining. Again." The old grump ordered. Lightning growled loudly and hit the dash of the Bolt hard! He was sick of this!..
"Now go home. Get some rest. See you first thing in the morning." Doc added. Lightning's jaw dropped. "WHAT!. Why? Don't I get a break? " He whined. Doc shook his head answering "You can take a break when your hands are blistered up from how tight you grip that wheel and your back hurts from the seat and your stomach cramps up from sitting so long. Five a.m sharp. Don't be late or I'll only make it harder on you." Lightning hated this. How dare Doc push him like this! Doc then left with a final wave. Lightning sighed and sat there a moment...
Lightning opened his eyes with tears. He wiped his eyes and stared at the dirt track. Cutting off the engine of the Bolt "I should have listened more.. I need you, Doc.." He whispered aloud. Sitting in his race car. He feared he didn't have it in him. That they would make him retire at this point. That the President and board wouldn't let him come back if he lost the cup race.. Lightning felt his heart sink. He was hurting. He hadn't hurt this bad in a long time.. The depression.. The frustration.. It was coming back…
The couple sat at the clinic in California. It was the same clinic they had been going to for years now. Trying to get pregnant. Sally had an appointment to pick up her first months worth of shots to help her in getting pregnant. They sat in the waiting room. Waiting for what seemed like forever. A few of the other women and couples that were patients stared at them. Lightning hated it. Sally leaned on her husband's shoulder and he kissed her head. He was here to be supportive.
"McQueen." Called the woman. The couple stood up and followed the woman into an exam room. "Alright, she began as she closed the door. "Have a seat." She said. The couple sat in the chairs next to the exam table. The woman had a box. Four injections and began to explain. "So.. I'm going to give you the first injection. Showing you both how it is done. You two can take the rest home and inject the others yourselves. Bi weekly." Sally nodded. The woman doctor then asked Lightning, "You think you can handle it?" Lightning rolled his eyes. "Come up here, Sally." The woman instructed as she pat the exam table.
Sally got up and hopped up. The woman then pointed to Sally's side hip are and explained, "Right here is a great place. It'll make you a little sore though. So.." She lifted Sally's shirt then sighed. Sally was a tiny thing. Not a lot of fat there. "Never mind. We'll do the thigh instead." Putting her shirt down and walking in front of Sally. "Lift the skirt, please." She asked. Sally shimmied the end of her pencil skirt up and the doctor pointed to the better more meatier area of Sally's upper thigh in the side of it.
"Right here. Just wipe it clean with the alcohol wipes and then take the injection. Think like a dart." She said then stabbed Sally in the thigh with it. Sally bit her lips. The liquid burned tiny in a bit. Like a bee sting. Lightning cringed watching. The doctor then dropped the syringe into a red box. "Take that box and dump the empty syringes and needles in there. Place a Bandaid over it and there you go. Bi weekly." Sally pushed her skirt down and smiled saying, "That was easy." Lightning nodded. But gross. He hated that Sally had to go through this…..
Lightning pushed hard! Managing to stay right behind Storm! Bobby a few cars behind him. "Come on!" He shouted at the car! Storm gained track between them. Another rookie coming up and passing Lightning. "FUCK!" He shouted as she tried to keep up! These dam rules making it impossible to do this!
Team McQueen and Rusteze stood in the pits watching. Sally sighed. She knew he was upset. The way he was even racing was more reckless. She frowned. Lightning was tired of this and he was training all the time anymore.
Lightning shifted the Bolt and gunned it. Pushing the car faster on turns. Not what Doc taught him at all! You are suppose to slow down on turns, but not this time! Lightning was just trying to keep up! The Bolt's rear Swamy a bit towards the wall. Team Rusteze and the crew watched with a nervous stomach seeing that. But being the talented racer he was, Lightning managed to get the Bolt back into a line.
It was useless, Jackson crossed the finish line with such ease! Lightning.. Taking Fifteenth in the end…
Lightning drove the Bolt straight into the garage. Getting out and taking off his helmet. Throwing it at the car with such force it scratched it a bit. The car and the helmet. "Piece of fucking shit!" He shouted then kicked the side of the car! "FUCK!" He snapped as that really hurt! Sally opened the side door and walked in. Closing it. "You okay?" She asked. Lightning sighed, "No. I lost again.. I.. I can't do it. I can't beat him." Sally remained silent. Opting not to say anything this time. She walked up to her husband and hugged him. "Calm down.. The Bolt didn't do anything wrong." She reminded. Lightning nodded. She was right.
"I'm sorry. I'm just really stressed out." He admitted. Sally snickered saying, "Gee, you think?" Lightning sighed again. Staring at his race car. "Keeps leaning towards the wall on that back side still. She feels light again. have I lost weight?.." He mumbled. Sally frowned and asked, "How are you doing without the medication?" Lightning shrugged. He honestly felt like shit. He was tired, stressed, depression was coming back. But he didn't want Sally to worry.
"I feel fine. Great." He smiled. Sally glared into his eyes. Trying to figure out if he was lying or not. She couldn't tell right now. She then announced, "Bobby got Twentieth." "Dam…" "Yeah.. He's not happy about it either…" Lightning nodded. Sally then smiled as she asked, "How about dinner tonight?" Lightning raised a brow and asked, "You still want to go to dinner with a loser like Lightning McQueen?" Sally rolled her eyes and nudged him saying, "I want to do a whole lot more than just go to dinner with Lightning McQueen." Lightning smiled. Really smiled hearing how she had said that.
"You're adorable." He complimented. Sally snickered and took his hands in hers. "Come on. Go to the trailer, get cleaned up and I'll take you out tonight." "It's a date." Lightning agreed. Sally was just happy she was about to distract him. Thankfully though, there was only one last race for the season, the cup. Then Lightning would get the much needed break he deserved…..
Lightning finished his shower and dried off. Wrapping a towel around his hips. He walked out to find Sally sitting on the bed. As if she were waiting. "Yes?" He asked. Sally smiled and said "On your knees." Lightning did not delay. He went straight down on his knees. Sally stood up. Wearing one of his old Rusteze t shirts. It was baggy on her. She grabbed the chair next or the desk in the room and placed it next to him. "Look at you." She said. "On your knees already for me. That was easy. Naked.. Damp hair.. And freshly cleaned. The sight of you like this is making me wet." All Lightning could think right now was what the fuck?! In a good way!
"Here…" She said then lifted her left foot onto the seat of the chair. "Let me show you just how wet you make me." Lifting her shirt slowly and revealing her beauty and shiny area. Spread out with the position of her leg. "Things are about to get rough for you." She warned. Lightning stared between her legs. What the fuck!? "Oh Lightning.." She said. Taking her hands and spreading her lower lips with her fingers. "You want to taste?" She asked. Lightning nodded. Mesmerized by her area. The scent, the look.. What the fuck!? Sally then said, "Not yet. But I'll touch myself in front of you." She said. Then rubbed her fingers over her area. Over her clit. Lightning swallowed hard. "You can't touch though. Not yet." She warned.
What the fucking fuck! Watching her fingers glide over her hole and rubbing her clit before him! He wanted to do that! He wanted to touch her! He wanted to taste her! Fuck! Lightning could feel saliva building in his mouth as he grew a hunger for her. Sally noticed and stopped touching herself. Putting her foot down. Lightning immediately looked up into her eyes. "Those eyes. You have very hungry eyes." Sally pointed out. Lightning didn't speak. He still was in awe of whatever the fuck had gotten into Sally! Sally then took the shirt off. Standing completely nude. "Awe… Look at your face. You are just dying to touch me, aren't you?" She asked in a teasing way.
Lightning's brows lowered. What the fuck was she doing right now!? Was she trying to kill him!? "What would you rather do?" Sally asked. "Play with my tits?" Then she played with her own tits. "Or eat me out?" She asked as she sat on the floor, leaned back on her elbows and spreading her legs in front of him. Lightning stared down between her legs. Swallowing nervously. Staring between her legs. Eyeing between her legs like a predator stalking prey! Sally smiled and said, "Take off that towel and come here." Motioning for him to come with her index finger. Lightning hesitated.
Still confused and now extremely horny! He dropped the towel and crawled maybe a foot before he was sitting between her legs. Sally reached between her legs and pushed one finger inside herself then pulled it out and offered it to him. "Here, have a taste." Lightning stared at her finger and her hand. Leaning forward cautiously. He grabbed her hand with his then licked her finger up before sucking it in his mouth. Fuck he was going to destroy her hole for this! Then she pulled her hand away. Lightning stared at his wife. "Look at your lips.. I take it you want to eat me out?" She asked.
Lightning didn't move. He was frozen! Sally smiled and said, "Go on. Say it. Which do you want to do?" "I want to taste you so badly right now." He answered quickly. Sally giggled then replied, "Ask me if you can." "Can I? Please?…" He asked so softly. His breathing quickening. Sally glanced down at his hard member then back to his face as she still lay back on her elbows. Her legs up and spread out for him. Sally nodded answering, "Yeah, why not. But! Just lick. I don't want your lips or your face or hands to touch me. Just your tongue. Understand?. I only want that tongue." She made it clear. Lightning nodded and went down. Letting his tongue be the only thing that touch her sweet area. Lapping her like a dog. Sally moaned.
"Oh yes.. Yes.. I love that tongue so much!… Keep teasing me…" She begged. It took every fiber of Lightning not to grab Sally by the hips and just dive into her and devour her area! Fuck! Sally then put her right hand on his head. Playing with his hair as only his tongue flicked over her clit. "Good job." She complimented. Lightning was dying! He just wanted to suck her clit and dive his face in between her legs! What the duck had gotten into her!? Sally then grabbed Lightning's hair firmly! This made him stop and look up at her. Sally smiled and said, "Now I don't want you to breathe as you eat me out. I want you to eat me so much."
Oh he was alright with that! He'd happily die of suffocation between her legs! Sally pulled him close and he dived into her area! Immediately sucking down on her clit! His tongue lapping over her hole as he did. He moaned. Absolutely in love with the taste of her! Sally moaned. Pulling his hair and pulling him as deep as his face could go! "Oh yes… Yes, Lightning!… You must be really hungry!" She moaned louder. Lightning just making the most amazing motions with that tongue! "Oh yes!… Almost there!" She shouted! Lightning dug in as far as he could. Growling slightly as he moaned into her hole.
"I'm cumming!" She announced! Sally's insides wave after wave! "Yes!" She yelped! Letting go of his hair. She lay completely flat on her back. Lightning lifted his face up. Gazing down at this goddess before him! "Kiss me…" She said as she panted post orgasm. Lightning crawled over her body. Kissing her lips immediately and passionately! Sally moaned into his mouth! Lightning above her. His member barely touching her warm area. Sally broke the kiss and said, "Suck my tits.." And he did that as she ordered. First the right, then the left. Sally moaned and squirmed in a sexy way on the floor. Fuck! Lightning pushed his member inside her.
Sally moaning loudly at the feeling of being filled! Grabbing him by his arms and digging her nails in, Lightning could not take it! He began pounding into her! Fucking her hard! Hitting his pelvis against hers with a loud smacking sound! "Fuck! I can't hold it!" He admitted loudly then ramming his pelvis into hers, he came hard inside her! Sally smiled. Giggling a bit as he did. Lightning panted hard! As if he could barely breathe. Her nails leaving marks on his arms. "Sorry." She said with a smile. Lightning snickered. He loved whatever this was! He leaned in and kissed her lips softly. This woman was amazing and always surprised him in these weird ways. She was perfect!….
The couple ate breakfast at the motel. Getting ready to head back home to Radiator springs. Sally sipped her juice and asked, "So? You want a boy more?" Lightning stared at Sally a moment before answering that, "I'd rather a boy. But really, either or. Long as you and the baby are healthy." Lightning sipped his coffee when Sally asked, "What's if it's twins?" Lightning choked on his coffee. Coughing for his life before finally breathing. Sally raised a brow and assured, "Come on. Twins aren't that bad. I'm a twin." She reminded. Lightning sighed, "A lot more work though." "That's true." Sally agreed.
Lightning then asked, "You've had a lot of time to think about it. What about names?" Sally smiled with so much happiness. "If it's a boy, I really want to name him after his father." Lightning snickered arguing, "Monty is a horrible name." "It is not!" "If you want to do that, just give him a good strong name. Like Colt or Hudson or James or something." "Colt is cute. What if it's a girl?" "Could name her after your Mother." "I don't know about that. Maybe a variation. Like Sue?" "I don't know. Maybe." Lightning suggested. The couple finished breakfast. Just sitting at the table and enjoying each others company.
Then Lightning asked, "Hey, Sal.. What happens after racing?" Sally stared a moment before shrugging, "I don't know. We settle down. Have a family." "What the hell am I suppose to do?" "You can always help around the motels. Maybe you find some work to do on your own. Like Chad does with the cars." "'I don't know.. I like working on my cars…" Lightning muttered. Sally sipped her juice and continued, "Speaking of which, have you spoke to Chad or your Mom?"
Lightning frowned answering, "No…" "Lightning…" "I know, but. I fucked up. And I mean I really fucked up. My Mom is probably so disappointed in me she doesn't even want to talk to me.. And Chad.. I nearly killed him. I almost took me and Chad away from my Mom. Chad wouldn't talk to me if I tried." "I highly doubt that, Stickers. Just call them already.." Sally pleaded. Lightning stared at his coffee. He was so ashamed of what had happened.. What he caused. "I just can't yet, Sal." Sally stared at her love. She knew that it was bad, but she wondered if there were more to the story that he wasn't telling sense he was so ashamed that he hadn't spoken to his Mother or Chad in months….
Lightning pushed the car harder than before. Trying to find a line that he could make it faster around turns. Speeding down Willy's butte! Lap after lap, he pushed the Bolt harder and harder. Trying to find a way where he didn't need to slow on a turn. He thought maybe if he could do that, he gain a little momentum on the rookies.
196…196…198…198…196… The speed barely inching above 196! Lightning growled in frustration and hit the steering wheel as he came down the second turn of the butte! "Come on!" He shouted! Shifting the car and passing the sign again… 197…
196….197…..196…198….195…
"God dammit!" He shouted and shifted the car again! Gunning it. 198. "Fuck!" He snarled aloud in the Bolt then he kissed the turn! Lightning turned right to go left but missed it. The tires spinning out at a fast speed! His eyes widened as he came closer to the ledge! The car jumping off the cliff ledge, "Aaaah!" and into the cactus bunch below with a crashing sound! Lightning rubbed his forehead after hitting it on the steering wheel. Fuck that hurt! He was gonna feel that for a while. Lightning glanced out the side window. Stuck in the cactus. "Fuck!" He shouted as he leaned in the seat! Now he'd have to make repairs!
Lightning sighed and closed his eyes. This wasn't working. "One ninety eight.. God dammit…" He whined aloud to himself. "I can't do this…" He whispered with a whimper. He rubbed his hands over his face. What the hell was he suppose to do!? He had Ben doing everything he could think of! It was going to be over. Rusteze would go broke trying to save him and keep him in the races next year. He couldn't let Rusty and Dusty do that for him. And no one else would want him with his record lately. All he did was lose! He wasn't ready. He wasn't ready to give this up! But at this point… He didn't know what else to do!?….
Lightning returned to the house late. Sally was on the couch and glanced over towards the door. "Hey, how was practice?" She asked. Then she saw. He was covered in dirt, oil, and… Cactus needles. She instantly got up and walked over to him. "Stickers, what happened?!" Lightning pulled one of the needles out of his arms. They were on his arms, shoulders, sides, legs, back, a few on his neck. It looked like he managed to get them out of his face already. "Ow." He snapped as he pulled out another one. "The bolt.. I.. I slipped up and went off the edge.." "Where is the car?" "At the butte. Ow!" He yelped as Sally removed one from his hip.
Sally sighed and asked, "Did you walk!?" "Yeah.." he answered, pulling another out of his arm. Sally frowned and asked, "Why didn't you call? I would have came and got you." "I know.. I wanted to walk…" He admitted. "Ouch!" He snapped and jumped as Sally removed another one from his thigh. She sighed and said, "Come on. Let's get you cleaned up and some medicine. This is gonna hurt in the morning…"
Lightning sat on the edge of the tub, with Sally on the toilet as she carefully attempted to pull out all the needles while he whined, "Ouch!… Ow… Fuck!" "Hold still!" She scolded. Lightning sighed. "Ow… Fuck… Ouch!" He snapped with every needle being removed. "Almost…" Sally said. "Yeah, sure-OW!" He jumped! Sally glared and asked, "Are you going to sit still?" Lightning finally gave up. Letting Sally remove the rest of the needles painfully. After which, he showered, put some topical ointment on his skin and went to bed.
Passing out with some pain meds. Sally sat on the bed. Reading a book and watching over him as he slept. He'd toss and turn at times due to the pain from the needles. She sighed and closed her book. Brushing his golden hair. "Oh, Lightning…" she whispered. Sally hated what he was going through. Training and trying so hard to get back what he had worked so much for. She leaned over and kissed his face softly. Brushing his hair once more before she shut off her bed lamp and lay down to sleep as well. Tomorrow they'd pack and head to California for the Piston cup race coming up. Sally was worried already about it. Things just didn't feel right….