Daughter of NASCAR Royalty

4

I woke up when Chase moved me to get up. I sat up a rubbed my eyes as he went into the kitchen.

"Sorry for waking you Ryan," he says as I get up. "I'm making us breakfast."

"No I'll make it cause you always burn something," I say joining him.

"Can I help at least?" he begs.

"Alright fine, you can help," I give in and he smiles.

"Thank you," he says pulling out the pans and stuff. I let him make waffles while I make the eggs and bacon. He thankfully doesn't burn them this time so we sit down to eat and talk. "Are you going to the shop with me today?"

"Of course, you know I'm always down to head to the shop," I reply.

"Great, well get ready so we can head over," he says putting our dishes in the sink.

"On it," I say with a smile getting up and going to his room where I assume all his stuff is. I spot my bag on the dresser so I grab it and dig through it to find a suitable outfit. I pulled out an old shirt with my dad on it and a pair of jeans, then grabbed other necessities. I quickly showered then got ready, I finished as Chase knocked on the door. "Your turn Clyde."

"We'll leave as soon as I'm ready," he says as we pass each other in the doorframe. I run back to his room to grab my shoes and a beanie. I put them on then decided to watch something on Netflix. Eventually Chase walks up behind me handing me my phone, wallet, and keys.

"Thank you much William Clyde," I say jumping up off the couch then putting my keys around my neck as well as my phone and wallet in my jean pockets.

"You're welcome Ryan Lacey," he says grabbing my hand then pulling me out the door and to his truck. He opens the passenger door for me and I hop in as he closes it behind me. He gets in on the drivers side and we head off to Hendrick.

***

We decided to go to JRM before Hendrick since it's my brother's shop. We walk in the front lobby and the girl at the desk doesn't even bother to look up.

"The shop is right through those doors there, we don't do shop tours here," she says. I could tell by her voice who it was behind the desk.

"Well dang, we were hoping for a shop tour. Weren't we Clyde?" I joke.

"Yeah, but I guess the team shop will have to do," he says with a sigh. She then looks up at the two of us and gasps.

"Well if it isn't Ryan and William," she says getting up and running up to us.

"It's good to see you too Brandi," I say giving her a hug. Brandi is my friend Jeb's wife, she got a job at JRM when Jeb started running for my brother. I've known her for awhile as she's Jeb's wife, Jeb is Harrison's cousin so we grew up together. And Brandi has become sort of a sister to me over the years.

"You're brother is upstairs in his office and the guys are in a meeting," she explains.

"Thanks, I'm going to head up to see Junior. If you see the guys before I come back down tell them I'm here," I tell her.

"Alright, I'll do that," she says as Chase grabs my hand. He leads me up to my brother's office as if I don't know where it is. We lightly knock on the open door as we walk in.

"Hey Ryan, oh you brought Chase with you," he says looking at us.

"Yeah we were going to head to Hendrick but I thought we should come by here," I explain.

"Sounds good, I figure Brandi told you the guys are in a meeting?" he says in a questioning tone.

"Yes she did, I asked her to tell them I'm here if I'm not down there when they're done," I tell him.