Sally walked into the diner to find her Dad at the bar with a small drink. She swallowed nervously and fixed her hair for what felt like the fifteenth time now. She had cleaned up and dressed in some freshly cleaned clothes and put her hair up in a bun before walking up to her Father now. "Hey Dad..." Sally greeted awkwardly. Carson looked at his daughter with a bit if a glare and sipped the last of his drink before saying. "I see Lightning isn't with you. Where is he?" Sly bit her lower lips and a little nervously answered "He had um.. Work.." "Right." "I'm so sorry you.. That you walked in on.. That." Sally apologized. Carson sighed and paid Flo with cash before looking at his daughter and saying "You are a grown woman.. You make you're own choices. Even if I highly disapprove of that young man." Carson growled.

Sally frowned and muttered. "Yeah... About that. I wanted to talk to you about some things I... I heard back when Lightning and I visited you.." Carson snickered. "You thinking of breaking up with him?" He asked his daughter. Sally's eyes widened. "No. Dad.. Please don't do that.. I love Lightning.. Please.. I am asking you to behave and this time, give him a chance.. He may not be a doctor like Ben, but I really, really like him. I'm happy." Sally exclaimed. Carson looked at his daughter and in her eyes. He sighed and nodded replying with a question. "You are happy here? Really?" Sally nodded.

Flo walked up and handed the man his receipt. Sally was quick to introduce them. "Flo, this is my Dad, Carson. Dad, this is Flo. She's been a very close friend to me over the years.. You remember her, right?" Flo and Carson shook hands. Flo greeting first, "Hi. Hope you enjoy your stay. You know Sally is the most loved person in the entire town. She's a jem." Carson snickered and nodded agreeing "I know she is. Definitely makes me proud. Just wish she made a few better choices." "Oh don't we all." Replied Flo. Carson sort of agreed to that. He then turned to his daughter with a smile and asked "So? How is that new motel of yours?" Sally was glad he asked! "Oh my gosh, I can't wait for you to see it. I actually still have to tell Doc about the day of the grand opening.. I really need to get on that, but first, let me help you get settled in. I can't really place you in the motel up then pass yet.. But you can stay with me." Sally offered kindly.

Carson sighed, but nodded. "Sure.. Long as I don't have to sleep on that couch." he growled. Sally blushed immediately. "Haha.. Wow.. Um.. Right.. Course not." She assured. "You can have my bed." She offered next. Carson cocked his head a bit then asked "Where would you sleep? Certainly not on that couch. Should burn it and the bed really to I'm sure.." Sally sighed and had to think quick. She glanced outside and saw her motel... Maybe she could stay with Lightning? "I have another place to stay Dad. Just stay in my room for now. Once Wheel Well is opened, you can stay there." "Hmm. Alright..But I want fresh sheets." Carson griped. Sally nodded with "Of course."

"So where did he go?" Carson asked. Sally frowned answering "Went to check up on something for me up at Wheel Well. Can we talk while you get your stuff in?" She asked her Dad. Carson hesitated as he stared at Sally before answering. "Sure. Thanks Flo." He called before following Sally outside and he unpacked his car as they talked. "So.. I overheard you and Lightning back home." Carson sighed then asked "Which time?" "When you two were alone in the kitchen." Carson frowned and thought about that conversation he had had with Lightning. "Sally... I only did that to test the kid.. I mean.. He turned it down.. Guess that means something, right?" he asked.

Sally raised a brow then asked "What are you talking about? You cornered him. Asking if he'd leave racing for me." "Oh. You... Okay. Well, I did ask that. I wanted to know though. I wanted to know how much that idiot loved you." Carson explained. Sally was now confused and curious as to what offer Lightning apparently turned down. "What did Lightning turn down, Dad?" she asked with concern. Carson stared at his daughter and almost didn't answer, but he was honest. "I tried offering him money to leave you." "What? Why would you do that!?" Sally became furious, and for good reason! Carson frowned answering "I just know you can do better.. He's some.. He's not good enough for you." "Well that's not for you to decide!" "I'm your father! I decide everything!" He yelled at her.

"Oh my god! Are you serious right now!?" Sally yelled! Carson came back with a firm "Yes! Your mother would tell you the same! He's not good enough!" He shouted! "No one is in your eyes!" Sally yelped! Carson glared at her and reminded "Not true. Ben was great. You made the stupid mistake of leaving that fine young man for this pretty boy you're with now." Sally crossed her arms and asked "Why is this coming up again? And I never left Ben for Lightning. I didn't even know Lightning back then. You know what, no. No, I'm not doing this. You came here to support me and my new business. Not to lecture me about my choice of men." Carson hated it, but agreed. "You're right.. I'm sorry.. And..." He paused and sighed.

"You really like this Lightning McQueen fella?" he asked his daughter calmly. Sally nodded answering "Yes.. Very much. He means a lot to me.. He's everything to me.." Carson slapped his forehead and rubbed his eyes. Fuck.. Why Lightning McQueen..."I.. I can.. Try to... Try to get along and.. Maybe give him a second chance.." Sally smiled and suddenly hugged her father! "Thank you." She exclaimed. Carson smiled a bit and hugged his daughter. Kissing her head full of hair. "Anything for you baby.. I love you." "Love you to Dad.." She replied. Sally stepped back and after her Father was settled in, she had to go talk to Doc about opening Wheel Well. So Carson asked "Where is Lightning again? I'd like to see him, talk to him." Sally raised a brow and asked "Are you going to be nice?" Carson snickered with a chuckle and nodded. "Sure.. I'll be nice." He agreed. Sally wasn't sure that she truly believed her Dad, but maybe some good could come out of it.

"He's at Wheel Well. Go straight up the pass and follow the road to the end. I'll bet you'll love the drive." She added. Carson curled his nose replying "Doubt it.. I hate long drives.." He griped before taking off. Sally sighed and really hoped for the best there. She almost warned Lightning with a text that her Father was on his way up, but decided to just let nature take it's course with those two and truly hoping for the best...

Lightning followed Bobby around the motel and checked out the decor Bobby had set up. It looked truly amazing. (Picture Cars 2) The beautiful tables with floral arrangements, lights strung up just perfectly, the colors of the motel beaming off the sun. The bar's table shined like never before, the rooms spotless with not a single stripper or had even been touched before! The place smelled nice to. A very faint scent of lavender instead of dirt and musky wind as it usually had. "Wow.. Bobby, you have out done yourself." Lightning complimented.

Bobby smiled proudly and slapped Lightning's back gently. "Told you man, I got you fam. Think the ole lady will approve?" He asked. Lightning nodded. "Oh for sure!" He exclaimed with excitement. Bobby was glad. "So?.. You gonna bring Sally up here to ask-er. uh.. Promise her that thing?" Lightning took a deep breath before answering "Yup." "And.. You are sure about it?" "Yes Bobby. She's as close to a perfect woman as it gets." Lightning explained. Bobby chuckled and shook his head. "If you say so McQueen." Lightning stood over the last table, (Their table in cars 2) And looked out at the view of the town, knowing Sally was down there some where. That made him smile. Thinking of her. Bobby walked up and stood next to his friend.

"Hey," He began. "All jokes aside, I'm kind of jealous. You and Cal sure seem to have it all." Lightning snickered and teased, "Oh? The great Bobby Swift have a longing to be with one woman? How selfish of you Bobby. Depriving the women of the world of your god given gift? How could you?" Bobby chuckled and nodded saying "Yeah.. I'm a pretty selfish guy." The two looked out at the view. Bobby looked at Lightning saying "Happy for you man. I think Sally will love it. She's so girly and a romantic. So are you going to get down on a knee like a proposal?" He asked. Lightning shook his head and admitted "No, I'm terrified of marriage. Not ready for that at all. I want to make that clear when I give this to her that this is only a promise. I want to promise her that I want her alone. That she doesn't need to worry about the other girls I see in my career or anything. I'll always come back to her." "Gross, but.. I just gotta ask.. Why are you scared to get married? I mean you pretty much are engaged at this point anyway."

"Would you get married now?" Asked Lightning. Bobby chuckled answering. "No, but mostly because I'm not going to marry some slut. When I get married. She has got to be the real thing and not some one nighter." "I get that." Replied Lightning. He frowned though as he tried thinking about Bobby's question. Why was he afraid of that commitment? He loved Sally. So he should marry her. One day. "I.. I just don't want to marry her yet.. I mean, we're great. I love Sally so much and she could be the one, but.. Then we have these fights and she acts all crazy and then like last night.. I mean you made me think and one girl for the rest of my life sounds great.. But then I over think about it and I'm not sure I want that. I mean.. I like the attention. I like.. I don't know. Don't you dare tell Sally." Lightning warned.

Bobby raised his hands and agreed. "Won't say a thing. What a woman don't know, won't hurt them." He joked. Carson's brows lowered hearing that as he walked up and spooked the both of the young racers with a "Hello, Lightning." Lightning and Bobby jumped a bit as they turned around seeing Carson. Bobby's brows lowered as he snapped! "Ga! Cooky old man!" "Sally's Dad." Lightning announced quietly. Bobby raised a brow as he looked at Lightning asking "The one who walked in on you two bangin?""BOBBY!" Lightning snapped in anger! Carson took a deep breath and shook his head, glaring blankly at Lightning and his friend. "You don't want to marry my daughter one day?" Asked the old man. Lightning turned a bit pale as he answered "Not what I said.. Just not right now.." "Hmm." Snickered Carson. He looked at Bobby and back at Lightning then turned around and looked at Wheel Well. "So this is the place Sally bragged about?" He asked.

Lightning nodded answering "Yes Sir. Looks great, right?" Carson nodded and agreed. "It really does look nice. Much better than that silly cozy cone down town." Lightning frowned a bit. Carson was already being judgie. Carson heard that and now he had the idea of how to break his daughter up with this guy before he was stuck with him and possibly bad genes in his family. But.. Sally said she loved him. Carson felt conflicted. He could get inside this kid's head easily if he were really afraid of marriage, but Sally like him. Really, really liked him. Why though? Lightning was so.. Awful for his Sally. Carson looked at the young racer and had the choice. Try and get along and just accept that Sally liked rough guys.. Or get them to split. Seemed like being firm and abrupt about it wasn't working. Carson decided to try and meet some level here with the kid. He turned toward Lightning and admitted "I never wanted to get married. The idea was horrible."

"What?" Lightning asked with surprise. Bobby, curious to, listened as Carson told the story. "Yeah.. I know. Hard to believe an old man like me never wanted to marry and have three kids. But.. I didn't want any of that. I was a rather rich kid in school. I had everything I could ask for. A good job lined up in a firm, money, I was young and had no problem with the ladies. I met Suzan through some friends. She was so shy and quiet and timid. I don't know, different." He stared at Lightning and maybe started to see it. Lightning was Sally's different in her world. Carson sighed an glared. "Of course.. Suzan came from a good and wealthy family. Set me up with a stable future for my children. Suzan was a proper investment." Lightning's brows lowered. "Investment?" Asked the kid. Carson bit his upper lip as he thought about how that sounded now, but yeah.

Lightning shook his head and felt the need to engage here. "Look, I don't know why you married Suzan, and glad you did because you have an incredible daughter. I want to.. Marry her.. One day.." He sounded unsure and Carson stared down into Lightning's soul it seemed. Lightning swallowed nervously, Bobby spoke up defending "Yeah, he even got a dam promise ring." "So I heard.." Carson growled, looking deeply into Lightning's eyes. "So when will you marry her?" He asked. Lightning shook his head, unsure. "Kids?" Carson asked Lightning struggled answering "Yes.. One day.." Carson didn't let up, "What about real money? A house? There is no school here for the kids? How do you plan on that?" "Well.." "Home schooling is an option. Sally could be an excellent teacher." "Yeah, so.." "But that would be hard. You would have to retire from racing." "I"-"Unless you really mean to leave Sally like a single parent to run two motels, the town, and home school?" "What!? NO, I"-"And what about that? Sally deserves a man who will raise the kids to. You do want to be part of your children's lives, right?" "Of course!" "So how long is that? When is the wedding?" "What, not. wait.. I"-" You don't plan on making Sally have your children later in life do you? The longer you wait, the older she gets. She is already a smaller woman. Birthing won't come easy for her. Her mother had several problems due to it." "So it's genetic?" Asked Lightning. Carson only snapped back with "Are you calling my daughter defected?"

"WHAT!? NO! I"-"And how what about some dam good insurance?" "What do you mean?" Asked Lightning. Carson's brows lowered. "You told me racing is a dangerous sport that kills. If you plan to race while being with my daughter, I take it you have went ahead and made the preparations in case you crash." "Um.." "So what? You die and leave Sally and your children to deal with it all?" Lightning felt hot. It was getting hot out here, right? Carson saw the kid's panic rising, so suddenly he smiled and wrapped an arm around Lightning! "I'm sure you will figure it all out! HELL! Took me a few years!" He laughed.

Lightning and Bobby both stared at Carson with pure confusion and maybe some slight fear. Carson snickered and shrugged "Don't worry, I'm sure you won't wind up like the first one." Lightning looked at Carson a bit unsure what that meant. "The first one?" Lightning asked. Carson nodded answering. "Sally's first husband. Ben. Such a great guy... But.. I'm sure you can fill his shoes in the family. You know, Ben use to make plans with me and the rest of the family. Had a weekly dinner so Sally and I never lost contact." "Really?" "OH YEA! Ben always put family first." "I thought.. Communication.. Um.." Lightning more of mumbled aloud to himself. But saying those thing and thinking about how Ben and Sally ended, gave Carson the idea of how to really get Lightning out of the family tree! He couldn't be more thrilled of it!

Carson knew Lightning was influenced easy. That was so obvious. And he knew his daughter. So putting the right things in Lightning's head would lead Lightning down the path of destruction and leaving Carson seeming as innocent as ever. "Ben and Sally did have some communication issues." Carson admitted. (Which was not a lie) "But.. I don't think the two of you will have the same problems in all honesty Lightning." Oh Carson knew this was going to work! "Ben was a great guy.. But no back bone. He was weak, little go and let people walk all over him." "Yeah.. I can see that.." Admitted Lightning. Oh good, working so far. "See, a woman like Sally needs structure. Needs a firm hand to keep her on a straight path. You seem like a.. Good... Guy.." That was tough to say. "A strong, independent... Focused.. Firm and.. A real.. Man.." He tried coming up with words, but it was difficult as Carson never really got to know the real Lightning.

Lightning glanced at Bobby who shrugged. Carson snapped his fingers at Lightning, grabbing his attention like a dog. Rude. "Look, I think you could be the perfect type of guy for Sally. She needs someone to firmly put the hammer down. Tell her to slow it down or she won't. She's busy all the time huh? Work, work, work. As the future man of the house Lightning, I'm trusting YOU. You have to put your foot down, be firm and tell her how things will be. Or else you will lose any or all communication and wind up without the girl. Sally needs a boss. Can you be that boss?" He asked. Lightning stared at Carson a moment before admitting "I've.. Been with Sally for a year.." He gently pushed away. "And I'm pretty sure that telling her what to do would only push her away.." Carson laughed.

"Lightning, I saw Ben and Sally rip apart. I let nature take it's course and failed as a Father there. I should have stepped in like I am now. She will not give you the time of day until you start making her. Don't be afraid to put your foot down. Trust me. I raised her.." He said with a smile. Almost evil like. Lightning just stared, but that did get into his head. Carson was glad of it. All it would take now is for Lightning to push the wrong buttons to create a fight that could end the relationship. Maybe even get Sally to move back home for good...

Lightning returned to Sally's cone before Carson and knocked hearing her call "It's open, come in!" Lightning walked in, only to be hit with the scent of strong wild flowers. "Holy crap.. What is that smell?" He asked as he gagged. Sally glared answering "It's febreze." Lightning coughed and asked "Is there any oxygen in the room?" Sally's brows lowered. "My dad is staying here. He wants it cleaned up and honestly, I did to." Lightning nodded, but then "Where will you stay? The couch?" Wait, be firm. Sally shouldn't stay on a couch? "You are not staying on the couch." Lightning said firmly. Sally raised a brow and stared a moment. That was.. okay? "I'm not going to. Um.. I was actually going to ask you about that. Maybe if.. The trailer is okay, I could stay there?" She asked. Lightning shrugged asking "Why not just stay with me?" Sally bit her lips and thought about the next thing she said. "Um.. I mean.. I could, but"-"No buts. You are staying with me." Lightning ordered. Sally looked up at him with such a blank expression. "Um.. Okay? That's settled than. Good. I spoke with Doc to. So tomorrow evening will be the grand opening. So tomorrow I can go back to my room." SHe said with a smile. "Gosh, I'm so excited to be opening the new place. So many memories will be made there." Lightning nodded and just loved seeing Sally in love with the place. His eyes widened as he almost forgot! The promise ring!

"Hey! Now that I think about it, I want you tonight. At Wheel Well. I have something planned that you can't say no to." "But Stickers, I already planned dinner with my Da"-"Nope. You are going with me to Wheel Well tonight. Period." Sally just stared a moment. "Well.." She said. "Okay. Guess I'll call my Dad and tell him I had something else to do. When should I be ready?" She asked. Lightning was amazed. Carson's advice was seeming to be working so far. Being his old cocky, firm, confident self and telling Sally rather than asking was working. "Uh.. Six?" He answered. Sally smiled and agreed to meet Lightning at Wheel Well at six. "And wear something sexy." Lightning added. "But also disposable. I want to rip every piece of clothing from your body." Sally's brows rose in surprise. Honestly, she found it sexy how Lightning was acting at the moment. She smiled and teased asking "What if I don't wear much of anything underneath?" Lightning couldn't help but smile as he embraced his girl. "Oh please do that." He begged quietly in a deeper and husky voice. Oh god that sexy tone made Sally melt for him more! "I'm going to go down on you, and I won't let you even think about returning the favor. You're going to let me dominate you, so you don't have to do any thinking tonight. Got it?"

Oh he knew by the paleness in her face, her pink cheeks, Sally slightly clenched her legs together. Oh yeah, he just turned her on and he was proud of it. He kind of went with it and edged her further by stepping up to he face, lifting her chin, kissing her with a wide open mouth. He took her lips in his and gently gave her everything he had. His tongue swirled around her's and almost scooped her tongue into his mouth where he pulled away only a little, french kissing her for a second then back in, sucking her tongue slightly before biting her lower lips gently and grabbing her throat, enough to hold her still, as he pulled it gently. Then rested his forehead on hers. "You're going to let me make love to you the way you deserve to be fucked.." He whispered in a deep tone. Sally was done. Melted in all kinds of ways. Feeling it especially between her legs as her cheeks blushed red. Lightning knew exactly what he was doing to her and he kind of surprised himself here to! He began to walk away and added "I'll pick you up at six." Then left. Sally touched her lips, her throat. A little nervous of what as possibly to come, but also wow.. What had gotten into Lightning?...

OH I HOPE Lightning lives up to Sally's expectations! I hope I write this next chap well enough! Makes me all jittery or maybe it's the coffee I had, oh well! Onto the next chap! Gonna try to have it up today and give ya'll more than just this one for today/tonight.