「 FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY 」

08 | The Tracks

"There's your answer" Noah chuckled.

As we made our way out there were 5 cars parked in the driveway, as I said before I wasn't an expert on cars but I did know when they looked expensive.

They definitely looked like they belonged in a Fast and Furious movie.

As everyone got into his or her own cars Mia dragged me into her red Ferrari with Chase trailing behind. I sat in shotgun while Mia drove, leaving Chase in the backseat. We started following the cars the others were in to the tracks.

"So uh- Alex, you look good today" Chase said from behind rather awkwardly, from the side of my vision I saw Mia frown,

"Are you saying I don't look good every other day" I laughed and tried to lighten the mood but failed miserably.

I tried again to relief the tense atmosphere that had settled in the car, "Mia actually picked my outfit out for me and did my makeup" and Chase nodded from behind.

No one said anything for the rest of the car ride and I was forever thankful for the invention of inbuilt radios.

"We're here!" Mia squealed excitedly when we reached a deserted road getting out of the car.

A dusty winding road was in the middle of what looked like no where but was actually only 10 minutes to the nearest locals. Surrounding the edges of the road were people and cars parked cheering on the cars on the middle of the road who were revving their engines loudly.

A girl in very minimal clothing held up two flags and walked up in between the two cars.

"Three"

The cars revved their engines again,

"Two"

The crowd chanted as well,

"One!"

And the cars sped off into the distance, their engines drowned off the cheers of the crowds.

Mia, Chase and I gathered to the rest of the group who were huddled around a dark short man leaning on another expensive looking car with women crowding around him trying to get his attention.

"Aye- I'll be betting on you man, have fun out there" he said as we approached,

"When have I ever lost, Marco?" Noah chuckled in response.

Suddenly Marco clambered up onto his car and whistled getting everyone's attention, "Please welcome back to the Tracks... Noah Hunter!" he yelled over the cheers.

I walked over to Noah, "You race?" I asked in disbelief.

I still remember that little kid, who was too afraid to cross the road without someone holding his hand,

"Yeah" he replied proudly.

Marco continued "We're holding bets, who wants a piece of that?" and the crowd cheered, people flocking towards the car waving cash around in their hands.

"I'm going to get ready" Noah told us as he began walking back to his car,

A chorus of good lucks sounded throughout the group,

"Take care!" I called out to him giving him an encouraging smile, which he returned as he got into his own car and waited for the last race to finish before he took their spots at the starting line.

"Let's go get a good view!" Mia called to me over the cheers, dragging me along to the sides of the track,

"Do you guys come here often?" I asked curious,