Driving Me Crazy

Chapter 12

The warm sun beats down on the cement of the track, you can see the heat rising from the surface as I drive around the track for inspection, it looks like the road is flooded in front of me, that's how hot it is on the track this morning.

What's also hot is me.

Hot and bothered.

I saw Shawn this morning, and after our little moment last night, I can't get him out of my head, but what I really can't unsee is him with his fire suit halfway up his body with the arm sleeves tied around his waist as he does pull ups using one of the bars in the garages. Shirtless.

I think I'm drooling.  I forgot how hot he was..

His body is built like a geek God with the the right amount of chest hair. Just enough to be sexy, but not enough to make him look like a caveman or gorilla.  His washboard abs sparkling with sweat as I tried to nonchalantly watch him lift his body up and down.. up and down...

"Take a video, it will last longer." Emma smirked at me as she smacked me upside the head.  "Ow bitch that hurt!" I'd said.  Laughing she drags me to the infield care center where she changes into her scrubs and I change into my fire suit.  Pulling my hair up in a low bun, I grab my helmet, but not before Emma and I "power pose" in front of the mirror.  We both have a sickly obsession with Grey's Anatomy and Emma secretly wanted to be the neurosurgeon Dr. Amelia Shepard, while I've always wanted to be Meredith Grey - all dark and twisty, but in the end gets her McDreamy.

After I'm done with my inspection drive, my team does a final check of all the pits and I can't help but stare as I get to Shawn's pit and I see him begin to climb in his car, but not before he runs his fingers through his hair and puts his helmet on.  I'm secretly cursing myself for wishing it was my hands running through his hair.   Dang it!

Overall the day was a success and James ended up winning the pole (1st place starting position) for the race in a couple of days.  Some teams decided to keep pushing laps, while others called it a day and spent some time making sure they had enough time to make adjustments to the cars.

I'm now walking from garage to garage handing out water to the teams when I reach Shawn and Niall's shared garage.  They race for the same team and have been friends as long as I can remember.  As I approach Shawn from behind, I hear him on the phone.

"This is Shawn Mendes." He says into his phone.   "Yes...I can verify I was the one that left the samples the other day."  He continues.  "What are the results?!" He says anxiously.  I see him spinning one of the rings on his finger and I recognize this as a nervous tick from years ago.  He's now spinning his ring and pacing and has yet to notice me.  Pretty soon he stops pacing and stops dead in his tracks.  "REALLY?" He says in surprise.  "I'm clean?! Oh god thanks doc!  Best news I've heard all day." He says excitedly.  "Yes sir...I promise to keep using protection." He adds as he hangs up his phone.  

He obviously doesn't notice I'm there as he turns to see Niall walking towards him as he speaks loudly "Dude!! I'm clean!!! No STD's baby.  Prefect track record is still intact!" He says as they high-five and Niall turns to see me standing there, realizing I just heard their whole interaction.

"Ummm...Shawn....we have company.." he says pointing in my direction. Shawn whips around with wide eyes as his meet mine right away.

"Camila?" He squeaks in embarrassment. His cheeks flush a deep red. "What are you doing here?" He chokes out.

"Just delivering some water to everyone. It's hot today so gotta make sure everyone is staying cool." I say giving him a smile.

"Welll...th..thats good!" He gulps.

"Here's one for you and Niall" I say as I hand him two water bottles. Our hands touch and sparks fly up my arm and chills race down my spine. He must have felt the same way because his face looks at me in shock and I can see the hair on his arm standing straight up.  "Woah." I hear him whisper.

We had held hands last night, but that was deliberate and planned by Shawn.  Pulling my hand away, I grab the cooler again and start to move to the next garage. 

"Wait Camila."  Shawn says as he walks to be right in front of me again.  "Hey..." he says quietly.  "Thanks for last night, I had a great time." He smiles. "Are you going to stay and watch us practice a little more?" He asks hopefully.

"Maybe, I don't know.  I have a long day tomorrow.  I gotta be here early and Emma and I have some loose ends to tie up before the weekend." I say.

Shawn looks slightly disappointed at my reply and I can't help but want to hug him and tell him I'm sorry.

What has gotten into me?  This is so not like me....getting soft for Shawn Mendes...

"I'll see you tomorrow though right?" I ask hopeful.  He perks up a little bit and it's like I've brought him back to life.  "Yes! I'll be the guy in the black fire suit." He continues, all proud of himself, until I gently remind him half the drivers have some sort of black on their fire suits.   "Damnit you're right!" He sighs... "Well I'll be the sexy guy in the black fire suit." He winks.

I laugh which again is odd because I haven't reacted to him in this way in a long time.

"Whatever you say Mendes." I smirk and roll my eyes as I walk out.  "See you all tomorrow." I call out behind me.

I spend the rest of the afternoon doing last minute things for the weekend and I have a hard time not wanting to steal glances at Shawn.

I don't know what is happening me to...but I'm secretly telling myself that it's okay to fall, if I can ever trust him again.

Before I know it, I'm home and passed out on my bed like a light, trying to get some sort of sleep before I have to go back to the track and do it all over again.

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