Robotic Love

Chapter Fifteen: Phenomenon

We eventually entered the Raceway, the attraction looking as beautiful as ever the last time I was in here with Roxanne. A wave of amazement washed over me as I looked over the Raceway. Unlike with the Lobby, I didn't feel that frustration blend in with the amazement. I felt utter relief at that. I prefer being amazed by the Raceway every time rather than the Lobby.

I heard Roxanne giggling beside me. I looked to see her covering her mouth with her hand.

"What's so funny?" I asked curiously.

"Your face," she replied through her giggles. She removed her hand away from her mouth. "Your face looked exactly how it looked when you saw my raceway for the first time. Just as amazed as ever."

I smiled. "Well, it looks amazing as it did the last time I was here, and I was here literally yesterday morning. I prefer being amazed by your raceway rather than the Main Lobby every time I set foot into this place."

"You've been amazed by the Lobby?" she asked, sounding surprised. I nodded. She quickly regained her composure, giving me a warm smile. "I don't blame you. The Lobby is one of the cool places in the Pizzaplex, though not as cool as my raceway. My raceway is the best."

"You always say that when someone says that someplace within the Pizzaplex is cool, Roxy," Montgomery groaned. Roxanne and I looked in time to see Chica elbow Montgomery in the side with an annoyed look on her face. "Hey, what was that for?!"

"For almost ruining the moment," Chica retorted. Roxanne and I just chuckled at the action.

"Well anyway, I'll go take Mihael to go see the go-karts and help him pick one out," Roxanne said. "Why don't you three go sit at the bleachers in the meantime?"

They all nodded and headed over to the bleachers. Once they were out of sight, I looked to see Roxanne giving me a warm, confident smile. I smiled in return. A nod of my head was the confirmation to let Roxanne know to lead the way to the go-karts. She nodded in return before she released my hip, freeing me from the embrace. She gestured for me to follow her. I nodded, and with that, she began leading me to where the go-karts were kept.

Walking through the attraction with the race track towering over us made me feel small. I felt like an ant crawling along the sides of an anthill; I was the ant and the rave track was the anthill. I didn't know if Roxanne ever felt this way when she walked through her raceway for the first time, but I had a feeling that she did. I was willing to bet that anyone who walked through the raceway to get the go-karts had felt the way I was feeling right now.

I looked over the attraction. The sheer size of it was bigger than it made itself look when we were higher up. I was very impressed with how glorious it was. I could definitely see why it was Roxanne's pride and joy.

"Mihael?" Roxanne's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked to see her looking at me curiously. To my surprise, I realized that I had stopped walking when I got lost in my thoughts. I also noticed that we were standing about a foot away from a large metal door.

"Yes, Roxanne?" I said.

"Are you okay?" she asked. "You stopped walking and looked like you were thinking about something. Is everything okay?"

"Oh, don't worry, everything is fine," I reassured.

She eyed me for a moment. "Okay, if you say so."

Upon catching up to her, we walked over to a large metal door that looked slightly similar to a garage door, except it was dark gray and had checkered patterns at the bottom. When we got about a foot from the door, it slowly slid open. We watched and waited.