To Race A Hasting

Chapter 7

Lexi's POV:

"Sing a song" Enzo says.

"You want me to sing me a song?" I ask him. He shakes his head.

"No, I want you and Max to sing a song" I look over to Max and he shrugs as if to say okay.

I spent all off today training and learning some of the latest things people do to throw you off in a race.

It was fun.

Everyone cheers and they see me and Max prepare. We have a song we always used to sing. I don't know why we did though.

I tell the guy who runs the music what song to put on. I walk back over to my brother and Enzo. Max already has a microphone when I'm given mine.

The tune comes on and pounds out of the speaker.

We start singing.

'Okay, game face.

Here we go.

I've got bi-polar disorder.

My shits not in order.

I'm over weight.

I'm always late.

I've got to many things to say.

I rock mom jeans.

Cat earrings.

Extrapolate my feelings.

My family is dysfunctional but we have a good time killing each other'

Josh's POV:

"Screw it" Chelsea yells over Max and Lexi's singing. She walks to the front of the crowd and starts dancing. We all follow after her and do the same.

'They tells us from the time we're young.

To hide the things that we don't like about ourselves.

Inside ourselves.

I know I'm not the only one, who spent so long attempting to be someone else.

Well I'm over it'

Lexi's POV:

Suddenly I see Chelsea, Josh, Grant and Ofe in the audience cheering me on. I realise that they know my secret, but fuck it. Who cares?

'I don't care if, the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are.

I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are.

So what?

So what?

So what?

So what?'

Chelsea starts going into some hippie dance moves which makes me laugh.

'I can't think straight.

I'm so gay.

Sometimes I cry a whole day.

I care alot, use an analogue clock, and I never know when to stop.

And I'm passive.

Aggressive.

I'm scared of the dark and the dentist.

I love my butt, it won't shut up.

An I never really grew up'

I see my newly made friends cheering my name and spinning around.

'They tell us from the time we're young.

To hide the things that we don't like about ourselves.

Inside ourselves.

I know I'm not the only one, who spent so long attempting to be someone else.

Well I'm over it' Then suddenly the whole crowd starts singing.

'I don't care if, the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are.

I don't care, if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are.

So what?

So what?

So what?

So what?

I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are.

I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are.

So what?

So what?

So what?

So what?

So what?

So what?

So what?

So what?'

Me and Max finish the song leaving us breathless. The whole crowd goes wild. I laugh and grab my friends onto the stage to dance with me.

It's all fine until the sound of an unexpected engine rumbles.

"How is everyone today?" A voice I despise of speaks. I push my friends behind me. Using myself as a protective barrier.

Then emerging from the dust comes Charles Smith.

My fathers killer.