GRID

Chapter 2: Did Someone Say Street Racing?

Tyler woke up in his bed feeling drowsy and dead.  He stretched his arms out and threw his covers onto the floor. 

"UGGGGHHHHH! Fuck Mondays, I swear!" Tyler groaned.

Tyler got dressed in a pair of black baggy jeans and a shirt that said: "Touch My Bitch You Dead" with a Subaru WRX underneath it with a girl leaning on it. As he walked out of his room and into the kitchen, he saw his mom with a bright smile.  

"Hey, Mom. How are you this morning?"  Tyler asked.

"I'm good. I hope you're ready for today...You're going with Reiko to get your first car."

Tyler's jaw dropped to the ground in shock and awe. He never thought he would get his first car so quickly. The first car he drove was his dad's F-150 and that was it, but now he will own his own car!

"THANK YOU SO MUCH MOM!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!" he yelled and ran over to her and gave her a huge hug, nearly knocking her over.

"Your welcome and another thing...I signed you up for a race school and you start next week, Monday through Wednesday," she said as she held him and soon after, then the doorbell rang.

The door swung open and Reiko came in with 3 other guys following behind him. They all had leather jackets and racing pants on. Two of them had gloves on and they all had big smiles on their faces.

"Yo Ty, you ready to go get your first car?" Reiko said with a chuckle.

"Fuck yeah! But who are the guys behind you?" Tyler cocked his head to the side.

"Well, this is Marco, Flip, and Allie. They're my friends and they're pretty excited to hang with you."

"Ok cool. Well, let's go. Do you think we can get my a new pair of clothes for me? please?"

"Sure. let's go now."

The five of them walk out of the house and Tyler's jaw dropped. He saw a purple and black Agera R, a girl with long black hair, half of it dyed blonde, leaning against it with her thumbs hooked in the pockets of her shorts. She wore nothing but a black bikini top, black booty shorts, and black combat boots.

"So this is Tyler," she spoke in a calm, yet dangerous tone, taking slow strides towards where Tyler stood. "Huh. Just another dumbass kid who thinks he's got what it takes to run with the big dogs."

"Hey, Ash! Leave my lil cousin alone, ok? Yes, he might be stupid, but come on! He doesn't even know what street racing is!"

Tyler turned his head slowly to his cousin with a confused and pissed off look. He had fire in his eyes and a stare that could burn the soul of any normal man or woman.

"Quite a lot of bark. Quite a big bark for someone who looks like a $10 whore. And judging by your car you need a big engine cuz you can't get the job done with a normal car," Tyler said, walking and coming nose to nose with the girl.

"How about you shut your little punk ass mouth before I shut it for you?" Ashley growled, removing her right hand from her pocket and curling it into a fist with her icy blue eyes smoldering.

"How about this, how about I race you in Reiko's car? I guarantee I can beat your fucking ass," Tyler seethed, looking at his cousin.

"HEY! BOTH OF YOU! CALM YOUR FUCKING ASSES DOWN NOW!" Reiko shouted, getting in between them and pushing them apart.

"Then tell your little fucking pup down before he gets hurt, Reiko," Ashley growled, sending him a sideways glance without turning her head.

Tyler lowered his head down and looked at the ground tears welling up in his eyes. Tyler's dad always called him "His little Pup." Tyler shoved Reiko out of the way and threw a huge right hook at Ashley hitting her right in the eye. Tyler then grabbed her by her bikini top and slammed her into the side of her car.

"NEVER CALL ME LITTLE PUP EVER AGAIN! YOU HEAR ME!? NEVER!" Tyler yelled at her before letting go and bolting down the street crying.

"TYLER, WAIT!" Reiko called out before turning to Ashley

"Reiko...w-why did he do that to me?...Why didn't you stop him?" Ashley asked with tears welling up in her eyes.

"Ash...I'll tell you later. But we need to find Tyler."

Ash nodded, got into her car, and sped in the direction of where they last saw Tyler running off to. The others did the same, but turned off onto other streets.

Tyler ran out of breath, stopping under an oak tree and sitting down. He hugged his knees to his chest, bawling his eyes out and stabbing the grass with the knife he carried in his back pocket.

"Why? Why did you have to die, dad? Why..?" Tyler whimpered out as he left the knife in the ground, curling into a ball and starting to sob into his arms. 

Tyler cried for another 10 minutes before he saw his cousin and Ashley's cars pull up, both of them jumping out of their vehicles and running over to him. Reiko slid onto the grass and tackled his cousin a massive hug.

"Hey, hey...shhh...it's okay, Tyler. She didn't mean too. She didn't know lil T," Reiko soothed the younger male.

Ashley stood back, looking at the ground with shame. She never wanted to hurt him, but she did something that triggered a bad memory and, in return, he hit her. 

"Tyler...I'm sorry...I really am..." Ashley whispered, walking over to him and kneeling down next to the male three years her junior.

"I-It's fine...I'm sorry for hitting you...Please forgive me..." Tyler asked, looking her straight in the eye.

"Of course, lil T," she smiled, giving him a hug and receiving one in return.