shes a street racer

chapter 4

its not every day that teige will call a race at random, pulling up to the backroad the race was being held on was like a slap in the face from the past. this is the road my brother taught me how to drive on. i didnt think any one else knew of it, when ever i was down here with my brother the place would be a ghost town. the barrels he halled out here to teach me how to drift still sat there banged up from the numerous amount of time i failed.

the race i thought was going to be mutilple people was actually just me and the guy who drove the supra. to my relief the plates did not match up with drews. few people stood around as unoffical judges, teige was sitting with the guy who drove the supra sitting on the front of the car. yet again you couldnt make out the drivers face, it was still covered with the ball cap and sunglasses. im guessing this guy is just like me, dosent want to be seen or recognised.

pulling up beside the white car i slip my faceless mask over my head and roll my window down slightly. not even tiege knows who i am. not very many females compete in these street races and those who do end up seriously injured all because the men dont want to be beaten by a girl. part of the reason i were the mask is so they dont know im female and the other part so they cant take it to the media, my dads career would be ruined.

i slide my five grand out the window and listen to tiege spout of his instructions. we are to race down to the barrels and circle them and make it back before the other person does. i nod my head not replying and then tiege says in a lower voice " you must have pissed him off the other night for him to set up a race you cant win. this is his type of racing." he taps his fingers on the side door and bows out dramatically. we have a love hate relationship, he loves that i bring in tons of money, but he hates that people drop out due to the fact im undefeated.

i slip my head phones into my ear and start my music like usual. before the race begins tiege checks our nos and gives us the go ahead. tonight instead of our regular checkered bimbo waving the starting flag its tiege. an unusual thing to see and it slightly throws me off. taking a deep breath i watch as he raises his hand into the air. my muscles itch to slam the car into first but a faulty start would mean an instant lose. im not sure if hes doing it to unravel me or what his plan is but tiege just stands there hand raised. the supra blares his horn at him as if to say hurry up. bad move though its what teige was waiting for i see the quick wink and smile before he drops his hand and i take off of the starting line first. the barrels are a long distance away so the race is really about speed.

i never play dirty and it looks like this guy has the same morals, not once does he move to throw me off the road into rougher gravel. tieges words stay with me that this is his type of racing. teige dosent know that this is my road. i have concured this road more then any other road i can remember. in my rear view mirror i see the white supra lurch forward indicating the release of his nos. his car flies by me but i refuse to use the nos. he makes a rookie mistake using it so soon.

when the barrels get closer i smile at the memory of my brother teaching me the best way to drift this corner. he always told me everyone has there own way of driving that you needed to find your own way to drive. no way is better then another if you cant concure the one your most comfortable. he use to say that you can have the technic down all you want but if there was no soul in the race there was no chance of winning.

shifting down into second i pull the move my brother taught me instead of drifting around the barrel going left i weave over to the left side and take it on a right. my right drift has always been stronger, my brother was the same so he said always use it to your advantage when ever possible. the supra makes the same move and im shocked since im the only other person to make this move besides...... no.

my hearts beating out of my chest when i come out of the turn. theres no way it could be him. theres just cant be. i look over to the driver who has fallen behind when taking the turn but cant see into the tinted glass. his car lurches forward again and takes off like a bullet. hes out of nos. i shift up to the next gear and watch as he nears the half way mark. he thinks he has it in the bag. his cars swirving more probably from the excitment. never assume your going to win repeats in my head over and over as i hit my first button for nos. my car lurches forward and i grip the stearing wheel tighter keeping control of the car. we are nose and nose nose and he inches forward. reaching down to the middle consel i hit the button for the second nos and fly past him over the finish line. my head has a million questions running through it. could it be my brother after two years of not hearing from him. its the only thing i can think of. who else would make that turn like him. it was his signature move.

wanting answers i put the car in park and slide my mask on. right when im about to get out of the car to confront the guy in the supra that i hope is my brother kenny taps on my window. i roll it down slightly and he leans in. we stare at each other for a minute before he speaks. " dont do it, just put your car in park and go to the loft. its not him." i should have known that kenny would clue into what i was thinking. i had told him how my bother taught me to drive and brought him out here once showing him what he taught me.

i nod and roll up my window almost all the way. tiege comes by and slips me the money i won, my five grand plus another five grand. with out a word i take off towards the loft.

when i get closer i decide that im not ready to go home yet so i loop back around and head to the road i just races. everyone has cleared out leaving the roads deserted. all except a lone motor cycle. when i park the car and step out kenny walks over to me and sits on the hood of my car. i should have known he wouldnt have left. he knows me far to well.

sighing i got onto the hood with him and he pulled me into his arms " you were never one to listen where you."

"not true i listen all the time" i poke his ribs making him laugh

" oh really? cuz im sure if you did you would be at the loft right now instead of coming back to a place that only causes you heart ache."

silence fills the air around us, crushing me down with the words he just said. this place you to be my happy place. i loved comig here with my brother but now its just a reminder that he left. a reminder that jayden didnt think enough of me when he walked away. i wish i could hate him, i really did.

" did you know that the stars are not really there? that the light takes so long for it to travel down here to us on earth that most of them are burnt out already. leaving an impression in the sky like its still there?"

i nod my head on his chest. i know hes trying to get my mind off of everything thats happening but i want to think of my brother i want to remember him. i dont want there to be a day when i cant recall his face or his voice or the way he tried not to laugh hard because he snorted when he did. these memories are whats keeping him alive in my heart. so if its heart ache that i remeber at the moment then at least its still a memorie of him.

soon enough the night grows cold so we make our way back to the loft. i have no energy and the adrenaline is starting to wear off leaving me with pain all through my body. i hate my dad for what he did to me. at the moment though i dont think of the pain in my muscles and bones. i think of the pain that he caused my brother, so much so that he thought it best he leave. i fall asleep with dark thoughts of my father and the world that i ave lived in most of my life. i decide that i am no ones punching bag and if kenny and my brother jayden are strong enough to leave then so am i.

tomorrow after school i was going home to get my stuff and leaving. my mother will be heart broken but not as heartbroken as i was the first time my father hit me and jayden and she walked away. now its my time to walk away.