A Girl Who Races

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Amelia notices her name is all over the news. The new rookie on the race track, and a good one at that. The Radiator Springs sign is changed so it says 'Radiator Springs home of Lightning McQueen and Amelia Tsunami.' Besides tons of training and having some fun here and there Amelia has to just wait for the next 2 weeks before the 3rd race of the season takes place. Those two weeks seem to go by fairly quickly and she finds herself at the racetrack again.

Amelias fan count is going up faster by the second and she's slowly finding herself a little overwhelmed with the support and attention she's been getting. Going through a crowd of media she doesn't stop to answer any questions as she pushes her way through the flashing cameras and into the restricted area. She parks Tsunami in his pit stop spot, and walks over to Jessie, Vex, Jakob, Sally, Doc, and Lightning who are all talking in a group.

"Bound to be kicked out." Amelia comes in at the end of Sally's sentence.

"Whatcha guys talking about?" Amelia asks

"Chick." Jessie says

"Oh right, I just fill with hatred whenever I even think about him. Do we have any more news?" Amelia replies.

"No. Last thing I heard they aren't letting him race today until a final decision is made." Sally says.

"Good riddance." Doc replies with a sigh.

"That's going to put him behind everybody else though, he won't have enough points. Even if they do let him race the rest of this season he's never going to be able to get the Cup." Amelia points out.

"Yea, maybe it'll be enough for him to retire." McQueen says.

"I hope so." Vex replies. "I don't want either one of you getting hurt on the track because of him."

"Agreed." Jessie says.

Suddenly Amelia feels a tug on her leather racing suit pant leg. She turns around, looks down and sees a young girl standing behind her.

"Hi there." She says with a smile as she crouches down to the girls height.

"Hi." The girl replies with wide eyes, a little stunned.

"Nicki! Get back here now." Amelia hears another voice. Probably her mother. As the woman comes up to her, Amelia stands up again. "I'm so sorry, she just snuck away from me. I didn't think she would actually run off like that, she's normally really shy." The mother apologizes, the security guards gently grab the two and start to lead them out of the restricted area. Amelia glances at the guards and tells them it's ok, she waves the guards off, and they leave.

The mother continues talking to Amelia. "Nicki is a big fan of yours. I'm sorry if we bothered you."

"Awe, it's ok. I'm not doing much anyway. Just waiting for the race to start." Amelia looks to Nicki. "You're a sneaky one aren't you."

The young girl looks at Amelia. "Do you have Tsunami with you?" She asks.

The mother quickly grabs the girls hand. "No honey, we have to let Amelia get back to her job. She's busy right now."

"I'm really not, I can show her around if you're ok with it." Amelia offers. Nicki nods her head excitedly still holding her moms hand. Her mom looks down at Nicki and then back up to Amelia. "Are you sure? I don't want to bother you."

"It's perfectly fine. C'mon." Amelia holds her hand out to the young girl, Nicki lets go of her moms and takes Amelias. Amelia turns to the group, "guys, this is Nicki, Nicki, this is Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson, Vexen, Sally, Jessie and Jakob. They're my team."