Chapter Eighteen
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As I settled on my seat, and started the ignition so that it will be very prepared, I glanced again at my opponent. This race will determine how proud will be Aella on me, and I won't be too generous today. Even if my opponent is a woman
A man with the flag came between us, and waves his flag signaling us to be ready. I can hear the roaring of our engines, and it gets my blood to get raise as well. This is very exciting.
When the flag signals go, I stepped on the gas, and race like a mad man.
I looked at my left side, and the red car appears, the driver looks at me, and back to the track before she steps on the gas again leaving me behind.
She's good. I thought to myself before stepping on my gas a little more. Speeding it up so I can race her first, I drifted on the right making me the first place again. She drifted as well, and trailing behind me. When we're approaching left, she steps on her gas a little more, and left me trailing her.
The woman has guts racing with me. She's not afraid of a man that I am. The distance between her, and me is getting far so I sped up, and chase after her but she's too determined to win because she sped up, and I sped up to meet her car.
Now, we're on the same page. I look at the driver next car, and she's already looking at me. She's waving. Is she crazy? She's using one hand when driving that is so dangerous. Especially when the car is fast, it’s like a snake wanting to be released from our hands. She's really good. She speeds up again.
"Damn it." I exclaimed. I can see the finish line already. We're getting close.
I'm getting closer to her as well but she's continuously speeding up.
I don't lose. I thought as I sped up, looking at the finish line again. It’s close. I glanced at my left side, and the red is nowhere to be seen. When I look at the mirror, she's behind me. I smirk. I'll win. I thought to myself. Aella will be proud of me and I know it really well. She'll look at me in awe.
50 meters....
35.....
20....
10...
5 meters... Finish line, here I come. I thought to myself joyfully but before I can even reach the 3 meters, I heard the red car speed up like more than 220 kph. I did not notice that she gets ahead of me. It’s like a wind blew, and before I know, she already reached the finish line.
What just happened?
I lost.
We drove a few meters more so that the engines won't be needed mechanics. I saw the red car stopped in front of, Andrew, Zoey, and Nancy who is now at the track's benches standing, and clapping at the red car's driver. Where's Aella?
Maybe she's disappointed, and didn't want to see me.
I stopped in front of them, and went out of the car.
"You lost, mate." Andrew said, chuckling at me.
I rolled my eyes. "It appears that she's more professional than me." I said, shrugging off the disappointment that Aella's not here.
"Where's Aella”? I asked the cousins.
They all smiled at me, and pointed at the direction of the car.
When I turn around saw the door opens, the driver went out.
She's wearing latex leggings, a wedge boots, a red and black racing jacket, and a red helmet. She loves red, I see.
I look at Nancy, and asked her again where Aella is but she's just pointing at my opponent.
"Looks like I beat you, Mr. Hottie." I heard a familiar voice, and when I turn at to whose voice it came from, I was shocked.
She removed her helmet, and wiggled her now wavy hair in the air that looks like in a slow motion scene in a movie. She looks beautiful in that outfit. Aella
Wait? What?
I look at, Andrew, and he's laughing the hell out.
"You were my opponent”? I asked Aella.
"It appears so."She said shrugging as she gives her helmet to one of the female staff in the area.
"But? How”? I asked.
"How? What”? She asked, smirking.
"I mean, who is Mel you guys were talking about”? I asked Zoey.
"Her." She replied, chuckling. "Don't you know her real name”? She asked.
"Melody Aella Moore" I said, putting a slight shocked on Aella's face. She doesn't know I knew her name.
"Yes, when she's in a race track, people call her Mel because that's what her name is here." Nancy explained to me.
"But that guy, Timothy, called her Aella." I said to them, not noticing that it’s in irritating tone not until I saw Aella's reaction.
"Well because he's our friend." Aella said. A friend huh?
"You sounded like a jealous boyfriend." Zoey teases.
"Jealous? Me? I don't think so." I said to her.
Aella POV
The way he said that he's not jealous looks like he doesn't even care about me
I'm not offended or something. It just stings that he's not jealous. I mean, he doesn't need to be jealous of Timothy because he's just a friend, and he has a thing towards Zoey. But sure, never mind. It’s getting weirder explaining it to me.
"Would you like to eat something”? I heard Vincent asked.
"Yeah! Can we hit a bar or something”? Andrew asked.
"Yeah! That's what I was thinking just now." Nancy exclaimed, clapping her hands in excitement.
"Let's go!" Zoey countered.
I look at Vincent one more time before started to walk towards the exit door.
"It looks like you beat me, love." I heard Vincent whispered on my ear. It send shiver down through my spine, and body making me tense. "And you're blushing too." He added. I look around to see if my cousins noticed us but they're just too busy walking.
"So did I make you fell for me even more”? I teases so that it would look it’s nothing.
"Oh, yes. Definitely" He replied.
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