Even if she tries to escape, it will be pointless as every window is closed off and both the front door and back door are shut.
I put on my helmet and got on my motorcycle. I fished through the pockets of my leather jacket and grabbed my gloves.
After wearing them, I pressed the on button then released it when I heard it rumble with a vibrating sensation, coming alive.
I grasped onto the handles and revved it three times before driving off.
I speed down the road in the direction of the race tracks with one single thought in my mind, Tom and his gang members.
I knew that Connor and Alex can handle themselves perfectly well but the thought of not being there with them was eating me alive.
We have been waiting for Tom’s retaliation for a week now. It has been too quiet from their part. We all knew that he will be the one leading their gang after the arrestation of Aiden.
I parked my motorcycle near Jake’s racing car and got off.
I knew better than to fall for his emotional blackmail.I was about to tell him that I will not step back now that I have already declared this race otherwise I will be named a loser or a coward for retreating back but Connor beat me to it.“Don’t worry bro. I know you got this. Chill, Alex! Ryder knows what he’s doing.” Connor nodded at me before pulling Alex back, away from the car.I nodded back before slowly driving the car up to the starting point while avoiding hitting the people swarming the racing compound back and forth as they rushed to stand by the sides, eager to watch this race unfold. When they saw me though, they moved to stand by the sides, clearing the pathway for me to drive through.I drove Connor’s black Lamborghini Aventador to a complete stop beside Tom’s red Nissan GT-R. Connor’s racing car was already labeled the black monster on the racing tracks. I don’t get why Tom would want to tr
Connor, Alex and Jake made their way towards me with smirks on their faces. Jake even flashed his middle fingers at Tom and his crew. I could feel a smirk adorning my own face when I saw Tom throwing a tantrum with his arms raised in anger as he kicked the tyres of his car while his team mates tried their best to stop him from taking all his anger out on his poor racing car.“Let’s go.” Alex wounded his right arm around the back of my neck as we stepped away.Jake stayed behind with Connor. He was extra cautious when it comes to his racing car. He never lets anyone else drive his car, except us. He felt the need to move his racing car away from Tom before he ends up touching his car.His words, not mine.Knowing Tom though, I knew that he could stoop to that level just to get back at me for making him lose every time.He fucking deserves losing this race. He will remember this race forever. He almost fucking died back there. If he
Billy is the one who arranges those racing matches and also the one who keeps everything in order when things go berserk. No one knows about this place unless you’ve been brought by someone already related to illegal car racing. I remember one time when Max got into trouble for speeding. He broke the law by racing against Aiden on the main highway. The guy really instigated Max and tried to get him into trouble but Billy was there to help us.Billy will always be there for us. He once attended St-Xavier high school back in the days and he’s always been supporting the St-Xavier guys on the race tracks. He is like a father to me. If my father was still alive, he would have been just like him. This ongoing enmity between St-Xavier and Troy high schools has long since existed.No one knew what led these two high-schools to have this amount of hatred for one another but all I knew was that it was related to the racing tracks. No one has ever tried to understand
Right when Jake was about to finish drinking his bottle of beer, some girl smacked right against his back, causing him to stumble on his legs. He managed to catch himself as he prevented both his body from tumbling over as well as saving the girl from kissing the ground with her ass by breaking her fall with the weight of his body. He turned around to look at the person who almost fell over him but froze, clearly star-struck.It was Lydia.I glanced over at Alex to find him already flashing me his devilish grin.I smirked as my eyes flew over at Connor to find his face morphing into a smirk matching mine.We looked back over at Jake and Lydia to find both of them staring at each other in shock.After a while, Lydia’s face twisted in disgust while Jake’s face turned solemn.Oh no!I grimaced as I waited for Lydia to explode in anger.“Watch where you’re going, jerk!” She annoyingly shouted at Jake a
“Rachel?” I tapped her left cheek to wake her up but she borrowed herself more into my arms.The hem of her crop top reached her midriff exposing more of her skin when she reached up to wound her arms around my neck while her head rolled sideways, landing on my left shoulder with her right cheek pressed against my leather jacket.She moaned as she sighed in relief.I felt myself getting hard as her breath touched my exposed neck, bringing a chilling sensation up my spine.As she shifted to get comfortable in my lap, she unconsciously brushed her ass against my crotch. I tightened my hold on the sides of her waist as the increasingly sensational feeling rushed directly to my man down there. As much as I wanted her to stay on my lap, I knew that if I didn’t try to control my hardening groin, we would end up spending the night together once again.“Rachel” I warned her as I tried to bring her back on her feet.&ldq
I never really dreamed of anything since the death of my parents. I only had recurring terrible nightmares for three months or so. After undergoing some therapy and talked things through with Jonathan, my therapist, I stopped having nightmares but once in a while, they would come back to haunt me. I never went back to my therapist though. I just avoided the old man at all cost.The next morning came faster than I expected.I was woken up in the morning when the door bell rang.I groaned as I tried to turn away with my hands pressed up against my ears to block off the noise but it became persistent.I wanted to shout at whoever was at the door to go away but decided against it when my eyes fell on the clock.It was already eleven o’clock.I might as well wake up, I thought as I got off the couch.I tried to find my slippers but after a while of searching for them, I stood up in anger as the door bell rang like crazy.Whoev
The door burst opened and I quickly looked away, my loose hair creating a curtain between them and me, covering the right side of my face. I wanted to get up but I just couldn’t bring myself to stand up. Before, maybe it was because my legs were numb and weak but now, I just did not have that strength to get up and face them. I was afraid of interacting with new people because I was so scared of being judged again.And, I just don’t have that will power to raise my head up, walk straight ahead and just avoid their crude judgments on the way. I felt the need to stop and glanced sideways towards them and freeze up due to their remarks. I fisted up my hands, trying to forget those feelings. Maybe these people won’t be like them, like my father and like Alicia.However, I spoke too soon.“Who is she?” I heard a male voice asking in curiosity.Stop that, don’t you know that curiosity kills the cat?I couldn’t he
“Shit!" Ryder cursed and ran his right hand through his already messed up hair, his fingers leaving traces of lines behind them. He rushed towards me but I got away, making him stop from advancing forward. When he stared at me with a pained face, looking dejected and worn out, I almost wanted to forgive him but I can never forget his words from last night. Almost like he did not just look at me like that, the expression on his face contorted into a fierce one but it wasn’t directed towards me. Instead he raised his right hand high up in the air, his index finger promptly pointing at his bedroom door and glanced over his left shoulder.“Get out, now!" he angrily ordered both of them and they rushed out right away, too scared to face his wrath.The other guy who had tried to stop Ryder from punching the one, who just scrambled out of the bedroom, remained inside.Soon, his face morphed back into the dejected look it was sporting just a few second
Lea’s point of view:After I wore the knee-length black dress Aubrey and Shelly chose for me, I applied some light make-up.I let my hair down, wore my high-heels and walked out before locking my bedroom door.I squeezed my eyes shut for a second when I got out. The music was overwhelmingly deafening.The music was muffled while I was in the room with the closed door but now, it was time to face the real deal, my first high-school party which was organized by Greg, Shelly’s friend but it was being held at Ryder’s place due to some housing issues at Greg’s house.Wondering whether Ryder was still in his room, I peeked through his slightly ajar door to notice some movement. I smiled and sauntered inside as if I owned the place.I was greeted with his signature smirk and shirtless figure, and like always, my heart raced. It still got to me every time he would cast me a simple look.His eyes
Lea’s point of view:The racetrack area was all hustle and bustle. When Ryder told me about his illegal racing matches, I was repugnant. I couldn’t accept that he was into such dangerous and violent sports but seeing his passion for it, I grew a liking for it too.The moment Ryder left to go get ready for his race along with the guys; I leaned against Jake’s car beside Aubrey and Shelly.I crossed my arms over my chest before sighing.Thinking back to this past week, I smiled when I thought of my mother. We spent some quality time together, cooking, watching movies and even listening to bedtime stories like we used to do back in the days.My mom was actually quite pleased with my decision of making her stay here. She thought that it was best to start anew in this new town as she did not want to go back to the bitter memories she had made with her husband in the past.She also was not as anxious as she origi
Lea’s point of view:“- I was so relieved when I saw the police paramedics rush in to get me out of that room -”“I’m so sorry, mom.” I choked back my tears and wrapped my arms around her.A minute of silence passed by before she pulled me close to her chest and kissed my temple lovingly the way she would always do back in the days.She swept the tears rolling down my cheeks and shook her head slowly.“I’m sorry for leaving you, Lea. I should have never left you alone with him. I’m the one who should apologize.”“No, mom… I always hoped that you would come back to get me but I killed that hope when you never returned like you had promised… I should have never stopped hoping -”“You never stopped hoping, Lea and this -” She lifted her chain off my chest and smiled, deep in thought. “- right here, proves it.” Sh
Lea’s point of view: The moment Ryder drove into his driveway, he slowed down when we noticed Jason’s police jeep parked right in front of the house and a woman sitting down on the front steps of the patio. I frowned faintly in confusion when I got out of Ryder’s car and glanced at Ryder to find his eyebrows furrowed deep in confusion too. I guessed Jason did not inform Ryder about him coming over to his place at this time of the day. I squinted to get a better view of the woman who had her hair covering the side of her face when she abruptly glanced up in my direction. My eyes widened in disbelief as I quickly took in a short and quick breath through my mouth in bewilderment. Different kind of emotions hit me at once, stopping me in my tracks when I recognized the woman whose eyes welled up with tears the second she saw me staring at her. “Mom?” I whispered in a gasping manner. I hesitantly stepped back when s
Lea’s point of view:“You three… Detention!” The principal’s order from earlier flashed into my mind when I walked down the hallway towards the detention room.Jake had humphed childishly and Connor had slumped defeatedly in his seat while I had simply gulped down nervously when the principal’s angry gaze trailed over us from behind his table.When we had left his office, Connor shifted uncomfortably while scratching his chest which had patches of dried up food.“I badly need a shower.” Connor had said before making his way towards the gym.“This taste good… I wonder what sauce this is.” I had almost gagged when Jake had licked his index finger.I got yanked back when I was about to push open the detention door.I squeezed my eyes shut and opened my mouth to scream bloody murder when someone covered my mouth, muffling my scream.I jumped slight
Lea’s point of view:I gasped in horror when the cup of hot coffee accidentally flew out of Jake’s hands and exploded right on Connor’s head.Connor screwed up his face and shot out of his seat while yelping in pain as he tried shaking the hot coffee off his head and stopping it from sliding down his neck and body. “You fucking stupid – Shit, damn it!” Connor yelled and seized Jake’s collar angrily but ended up pushing him away from him.I squeezed my eyes shut before glancing away when he unexpectedly took off his shirt.I heard the girls having lunch from around our table squealed in delight before giggling and whispering among themselves.I cried out in surprise when I felt myself being lifted up from my chair and then everything went upside down.I opened my eyes to find myself slung upside down over Ryder’s right shoulder.I held myself up by pressing
Ryder’s point of view:I picked the birthday gifts Lea received from the girls and the guys after they left for the night. It was already nearing two o’clock in the morning yet I did not feel like calling it a night.I slowly opened Lea’s bedroom door to keep her gifts on her study table. Teddy’s ears perked up in alert when he heard me entering the room but he went back to his nap when he saw me.I glanced at Lea to find her already in a deep slumber.After leaving the gifts on her table, I quietly tiptoed out of the room but the cold wind blowing through the opened windows stopped me halfway.I walked towards Lea’s sleeping figure after shutting the windows and closing the curtains.I lifted the comforters and covered her shoulders well when she shivered in cold. She immediately caught onto the edge of the comforter, fisted her hands tightly onto the soft sheets before turning to the right whi
Lea’s point of view: I glanced at Ryder with a frown when he parked the car on an unfamiliar street which was still bustling with people. It was already nine o’clock and we were still far from home. It seemed like in this town, a completely different atmosphere reigns at night, yet I realized later on that the busy street never slept until later at night when we ended up spending two whole hours there. There was always going and coming of people, police cars patrolling the area and the restaurants and street snacks vendors remained open till late at night. I sighed in delight when a delicious smell of food wafted in the air as we neared a food truck selling Mexican tacos which tasted amazingly luscious. We couldn’t stop ourselves from eating a late night dinner when we tasted those tacos. It was already nearing midnight when we reached home. I was sleepy but I did not show it when Ryder pulled me into the kitchen and o
Lea’s point of view: “Ryder, stop!” I seized his right arm to stop him from advancing towards the boy. I thought the boy would return back to his place behind us quietly seeing Ryder’s death glare but he did something unexpected. He leaned forward towards me and draped an arm presumptuously over my shoulders to taunt Ryder. Right when Ryder took a threatening step towards him in anger, I pushed my two plushies into Ryder’s arms, halting him and grasped the boy’s hand and threw his arm off my shoulders. “In your dreams, buddy.” Ryder smirked in pride and crossed his arms over his chest and the two plushies to watch the scene being unfolded when I gave him a I-got-this look when I remembered some self-defense techniques Aubrey taught me. I raised an eyebrow when the boy shrugged his shoulders at me. He appeared unaffected by the insult. “You’ll definitely be in my dreams tonight, naked.” He smirked smugly and poi