Life's Second Chance

Doppleganger

It wasn't long until the trio left in Vinnie's wake caught up with the red Speedster full of laughs. They actually seemed to hit it off with Rei's new 'guy friend'.

Within moments of the race, the figure of Greasepit came into view forcing Vincent to comment, "Hey Kaito, what do you make of that?"

Smirking a charming bad-boy-grin the young man snickered, "Looks like trouble."

Rei just frowned as she looked on at the broad shouldered goon, "Seriously? Don't tell me you're actually gonna-WOAAAAAAAAA!" she screamed as she clung onto the side of Kai. "AHHHHHH!"

Vinnie sang , " AHHAHAHAWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Man I love this guy!" He swerved on the sharp U-turn to the left and caught up with Rei's guy-friend. As they both whipped up a stray lose coil of wire, both bikers rode circles around their victim until Greasepit was tied as snugly as a spring roll-much to Rei's discontent.

"AHHHHKKK!" she yelled as the spinning stopped and the whole bike just zoomed forward.

The masked fair furred Martian just chuckled as he looked at the duo to his left, they both seriously reminded him of Charlie-Girl and himself which brought a slight heavy warmth into his chest. It would definitely be awesome having someone who had his 'taste' in fun for a change.

"Hey bro, if we cut off here at the junction we will cut our time in half," Kaito called out to Vinnie.

"But that's going through the back allies," the martian commented with surprise.

Rei smirked her signature sly grin, "That's the point sweet heart," she winked teasingly.

~*~

Back at the hospital parking lot, the air grew tense with irritation and annoyance. "Ugh, what's taking the guys so long!?" Charlie stood tapping her toes on the side walk. "They were supposed to be here half an hour ago!" She rolled her eyes and put on a scowl. Within moments of taking a seat on the high rails of a set of concrete stairs, Charlie could've sworn she heard the sharp roars of engines, and the mad-man type screams of Vinnie. "You have got to be kidding me," she smiled as both Vinnie and Kaito pulled up. "KAITO!" she called out running up to the familiar duo who stood in front of her- engulfing both Rei and her 'guy friend' in a hug making the masked Martian pull his eyebrows into a slight frown, "Hmf!"

Throttle soon pulled up and Modo pulled in seconds afterwards. Much to their confusion and slight relief, they caught sight of Charlene conversing with the newcomer. It really did seem that this Kaito was legit and Rei's memory hadn't been white washed for a second time.

It didn't take long for the small group to get caught up in a long conversation which focused on Charlie, Kaito and Rei's high school history, which stole the attention of the three biker mice completely. It seemed like teen lives on earth weren't as different as it had been growing up on Mars- with a few obvious variations of course.

~*~

As Rei sat atop the folding chair munching on her hot dog, she couldn't help but feel a strong sense of nostalgia start to sink in. She may not have known the guys for long, but she really did have a sense of loyalty to them. Overwhelmed with emotion as Charlie started bringing up the comical tale of her first date to prom began feeling a pang of guilt and resentment. She really envied her..Charlie had it all, she had the company of studdly, hot guys who respected her and supported her..A pang of guilt soon washed over, and try as she might she couldn't really hide it and took a sip of root bear the moment Charlie chimed in, "And then she asked him out!"

Rei choked and spat the dark liquid forcing Vinnie to call out ," Hey watch the merchandise sweet heart! This is-" he paused and stared at the girl as she called out "Sorry!" in response. The tint of rose that colored her cheeks, and those high arched eyebrows. It looked like she was about to cry, and much to his annoyance he softened his tones a bit. "just be careful next time babe," scowling inwardly turned to Charlie as he was passed a tissue to pat down his pants.