Chasing Champions

To the track! Finally...

Sarah POV:

After the love fest, the boys went and unloaded the truck and took them to what is now my room. Layla and I just sat on the couch and got to know each other better. Turns out we were quite a like. I ask her how she met Jett, and apparently it's pretty funny.

*throwback*

Layla was at the local enduro track training when she noticed some guy trying, and failing, to get through the rocks. After a few minutes she took pity and went over to help him. Turns out it was the one and only Jett flippin' Lawrence. Confused as to why he was even here and not on the moto track. She asked him why he was even bothering to do this, it wasn't like he needed to be able to do any of this. He came back with,

"Well, I've seen you coming here for a bit now and thought I would try and impress you? Stupid I know, but yeah... And all I got out of it was making a fool out of myself and now you probably think I'm weird and stupid."

Layla just sat there stupefied for a minute before laughing and helping him up. She shakes her head, looks at him and smiles,

"Well you got my attention, so I guess I will give you a chance, weirdo"

*end*

As I listen to the story, I couldn't help but laugh,

"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. At all" 

As the two of us continue to trade funny stories, the boys come flying down the stairs. Jett picks Layla up and runs out of the house. And before I could open my mouth to question what the hell was going on, Hunter picks me up and takes me to his truck. Where Jett and Layla already were waiting. I look over and ask,

"Um, where are we going? This isn't how it ends is it?"

Hunter just looks at me and shakes his head as he backs out of the driveway and stays silent. 

"...Yep, this is how it ends. It was good meeting you Layla."

As everyone laughs at me I can feel myself start to pout. I look out the window taking in all the new sites. As I feel myself drift off I can't help but feel at home. Like this is where I'm supposed to be.

As I feel the truck start to slow down and stop, I pick my head up off the window and look at my surrounding. I realize I am at the infamous training grounds that so many legends have come out of, and still do. I can feel myself staring in awe, this place is even more of a piece of heaven then what you can even imagine. As I climb out of the truck, Jett comes out of nowhere and drags me to the building in front of us, and right as I pass through the door I see a glimpse of a red bike flying through a rhythm section like it was nothing. I turn to see a lot of bikes, Hunters, Jetts, flipping Kennys and Adams sitting there. Then mine, and all my parts and tools waiting to get put away and I can feel myself start to grin as I walk towards my new bay. As I start to organize my stuff I notice in the bay next to mine, the bike is gone. I realize that it must be the guy I saw on the track. As the boys and Layla sit around and kick back, I'm thinking of how much has changed in the past 35 hours. It's a complete 180. After 30 minutes I am done putting things away. I turn and ask,

"Is there anyway I could ride? I missed a day of training coming here and yeah"

As I scratch the back of my neck, a jersey gets thrown at my face and I barely catch it before it hits me in the face. As I blink and look at my attacker to see Jett laughing,

"Of course, you don't have to ask. This is your training grounds now too Blondie"

I grin, and rush to get all my gear on. As I am trying to put my pants on I trip and I can hear all three of them laughing, so naturally I flip them off. What I didn't notice was the missing bike and rider come in right as I was pushing my bike out the side door. I also missed how the riders eyes never left me till I was out of site either.

As I throw a leg over my bike and kick it started I feel someone jump on the back. I turn my head to see the biggest dweeb I know grinning at me,

"Girl, like Imma let you go ride with out me to watch. Come on now."

I just shake my head with a laugh and ride to the finish line jump on the supercross track. As I stop Jett climbs off and pats my head like I am a little kid. I just mock glare at him and push him over as I take off. After I take a few slow laps to get use to the flow of the track I decide to do a quick hot 5 lap, then stop and see what Jett thinks. As I take off, I give in to muscle instinct. Letting myself forget everything but the bike under me and the track in front of me. And I finally feel at peace. I was so into it that I missed the mystery rider pull up on a pit bike next to Jett and start watching. If you knew the rider like Jett did you could see the awe in his eyes watching this random girl fly out on one of the most tech tracks out there. Making it look easy. And he knew, right then he had to get to know this girl. Because she was going places, and fast when the right people get to see her in action. 

As I get close to the end of my final lap, I get the crazy idea to back flip the finish jump. Even though it been a few months since I did one but, you know why the hell not? As I come around the last corner, I see someone watching along side Jett, but I quickly look away and focus on the jump. As I get to the lip I snap the throttle and I lean back. I can see everything go upside down and just for a split second I see the two faces looking at me in shock and it makes me laugh. As I come back around I land smoothly. I turn around and ride up to the two and stop, taking off my helmet as Jett grabs my shoulders, shaking them saying,

"Dude, what the hell? I didn't know you could do that on the bike yet! You gotta teach me!!!"

I laugh and shake my head no saying,

"Jett, you are way to crazy just racing. Calm down and just maybe we will talk, If you can get Auntie not to kill me for it anyways."

He pouts knowing there is no way of that happening, then snaps out of it and says,

"Oh yeah, Sarah this is my teammate Chase, Chase this in my badass cousin Sarah. She's here to stay so be nice!"

I blink and finally get a good look at the other person and recognize the face. I can feel my heart skip a beat and my face go red. I try and shake it off, thinking I don't have time for any of that nonsense, and grin sticking my hand out,

"Hi, nice to meet you. Sorry you have to deal with this kid all the time. It's a full time job."

He grins back and takes my hand with a laugh,

"Nice to meet you as well, and thanks so much for understanding my pain."

We both crack up laughing and turn to look at Jett who is just staring at us with no emotion and he says,

"No, this is a horrible idea. You two are not aloud around each other anymore!"

Chase and I just shared a look as Jett continued to rant and laughed, I think to myself,

Yeah, I think I will be just fine.

~back at the building~

Layla looks over at Hunter sitting next to her as they watch everything happen and says,

"So, you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Hunter grins and looks at her and says,

"Oh yeah, mission Chasing Champions starts now!"