One Look at You

The Race

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Jason pulled up to a huge group of cars. Caleb pulled up next to him. Caleb, Hanna, Jason and Aria were attached at the hip and Spencer was feeling like the worlds biggest 5th wheel.

"Spencer, Come here" Hanna said. She had a fabric knife in her hand. "I'm going to fix your dress"

"It's Emily's dress and.." Spencer started but Hanna was already cutting.

"Actually it's mine, I lent it to her and it looks better on you than it ever did on either of us." Hanna said

In a matter of seconds Hanna had cut out rectangles on each side of the dress all the way to the zipper in the back. She handed one of the rectangles to Spencer.

"You're going to need this." Hanna said.

"Ok?" Spencer asked curiously.

It was then that Spencer saw that Caleb and Jason were in a line of cars. Next to Caleb was the hunky mechanic in a sleek black car. Darren the law student Spencer had met was next to Jason. A guy she hadn't met was next to the hunky mechanic. She realized then what was going on.

"They're going to race?!" Spencer asked incredulously.

"Of course" Hanna said gesturing to the rectangle of fabric that she had cut out of her dress. "And we're going to wave flags for our men"

"Our men?" Spencer asked, as far as she knew her 'man' was hundreds of miles away.

Hanna pushed Spencer in the direction of the hunky mechanic's car "go wish him good luck"

Spencer walked over cautiously to his car. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Jenna all cozied up to some guy. She realized what her presence here was for and yet she didn't care.

"Hey" she said giving him a sweet smile as she tried to stifle a nervous giggle. "Hanna told me I should come wish you good luck so. Good luck."

He reached out laying his palm on her jaw. He gently caressed her cheek. He  ran his thumb down her bottom lip as he had a smirk on his face.

"Do I get a good luck kiss?" He asked teasingly. Spencer wanted to press her lips to his maybe open his mouth and let their tongues wrestle. She had a boyfriend though. This hottie was not her boyfriend. He pulled his hand away "it's okay, if you kissed me I wouldn't be able to focus anyway."

Spencer took her spot between the hunky mechanic and Caleb they revved their engines. Aria, Hanna, Spencer, and Jenna held their scarves up dramatically. Finally they waved their flags and the five cars took off.

About five minutes later the cars came screeching back. To Spencer's surprise the hunky mechanic was the first one back. Everyone cheered and surrounded him. Spencer was working up the courage to go congratulate him when the kid Alex that she had met earlier yelled "COPS!"

Everyone scattered like broken glass. She was in a daze and couldn't find Aria or Hanna. They had to have left without her. All of a sudden someone was tugging on her arm. Before she could get a grip on the situation she was being put into a car. She couldn't believe when the driver side door opened that it was the hunky mechanic.

"Put your seat belt on." He said sternly as he raced away. Spencer looked back and there was cops following them. Her heart started racing. Her parents were going to kill her. She could blame it on Emily, it is the truth & was partly her fault for dragging her to the party. The hunky mechanic took three sharp turns and all of sudden they were in a parking garage he quickly parked.

"Come on!" He demanded. She was a combination of terrified and exhilarated. She hopped out of the car and the hunky mechanic grabbed her hand.

"Run!" He yelled chuckling.

"I can't" Spencer told him her heels were strapped on her ankles and higher than she normally wore. She reached for a strap but the hunky mechanic picked her up and continued running he brought her to a fancy looking blue car and pushed her into the back seat. He followed as they hunkered down. They waited until the cops had cleared out. He got out of the car and helped her out. He opened the front passenger side door.

"Come on, I'll take you home." He said sweetly. Spencer didn't understand why she felt so comfortable with him. She got into the passenger seat and buckled up. All of a sudden his phone rang.

"Hello?" He said

"Yeah, I got her" he said flashing a smile at Spencer.

"No, I'm going to take her home"

"Okay bye" he said.

"That was Hanna" he informed her "she wanted to make sure you made it out of there"

"Oh" Spencer said "that was nice of her"

It would of been nicer if she'd thought about her when everyone was running from the cops but she was with the hunky mechanic now so she couldn't complain.

On the drive back to the resort the they rode in comfortable silence. The windows were rolled down and the warm salty air, along with the sound of the waves and crickets made a wonderful atmosphere. Spencer had finally relaxed when he pulled into the driveway of her family's summer home.

"Thanks for saving me back there" she said with a smile. For a few seconds she was overcome with the desire to kiss him. Not just kiss him, melt into his arms and spend hours in his mouth. It was strange. It had taken months for her to feel like that with Andrew.

"Do I need to carry you into the house?" He asked teasingly. She let out a small chuckle.

"Not tonight" she said a smile on her face.

"Not tonight" she muttered as she walked up the walk way.

Spencer put on her pajamas and crept down to Melissa's room.

"Melissa!" She yelled in a whisper. She shook her a little "Melissa!"

"What?" She said irritatedly.

Spencer climbed into bed with her.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" She whispered.

"No" Melissa said trying to go back to sleep.

"I met this guy and I couldn't possibly be in love with him and yet..." Spencer trailed off.

"Andrew" Melissa muttered "you love Andrew, you are just getting all gooey about this new guy because you're in a new place and Andrew isn't here. Tell Andrew to come visit you. Don't throw away a two year relationship for some quick summer fling that will be over when August is."

"I guess you're right" Spencer said.

Melissa rolled over and sighed noisily indicating Spencer had succeeded in fully waking her up.

"What's his name anyway!" Melissa asked.

"I don't know" Spencer said not believing she still didn't know it after spending at least an hour with him. "But I'm gonna find out"

Spencer decided she'd pay a visit to the repair garage tomorrow and retrieve the book she 'forgot'
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