Being Fearless

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Today's race is a 30 lap race with no pit stops like usual. People are crowded around the track waiting to see the race. Most of them are college kids drinking and doing drugs. I don't blame them, I was up there like them for a while until I finally decided to try my hand at racing a car left in the garages one night. The car owner, who was an older man, told me to race it in the next race. I won by a landslide and since then, this is what I've been doing among other things.

I enjoy the rush of adrenaline I get from driving at such high speeds. It's a dangerous sport that many have lost their lives doing but I enjoy every second of it.

The flag dropped and the roar of the engines flooded my ears. The new people did what I assumed they were going to do and gunned it the second the flag dropped. Most people know about how I race but they always think they can outsmart me because I'm a female. I don't speed and try to get first, instead I stay towards the back of the pack and let the amateurs weed themselves out.

Getting to the first turn I heard the sound of tires squealing and glass breaking. Two of the cars in the front of the line had crashed like I predicted. One lost control going too fast and hit the other sending them both out. They aren't dead just a little shaken up.

I pushed the car a little harder, the engine was warming up and purred in anticipation. I slid into 5th place beside a green Lamborghini Aventador S with the top speed of 217 mph. The driver was one of my friends. His name was David and one of the first people I met at the track. He's a great racer but not better than me, he will probably finish around 3rd or 4th. I pushed to the outside of the track during a turn and stayed beside David slowly stalking my way forward.

A few more laps passed with only one other person getting out. He ran out of gas surprisingly and it was only lap 15, my guess is someone cut his gas line or something. We were only halfway done and my car was warm and ready to go. Giving it more gas, I passed David and made my way to 3rd place. I could see the person in 2nd getting ancy from the way they were driving. They would speed up then slow down making the car exhausted. They were driving a black W Motors Fenyr Supersport the top speed being 245 mph. I kept my distance knowing they would lose control of the car soon.

Lap 24 approached and the Fenyr lost control and running straight into the barrier on the inside of the track. I swerved around the accident pushing my car closer to its top speed. The car in first place was a car I hadn't seen around the track before, but I'd seen it on the road. They seemed calm like they were just cruising. I decided to mess with them and get closer to them, they were driving a very flashy red Bugatti Veyron top speed of 253 mph which is way faster than my car but I wasn't afraid of him beating me. I slid up closer to him pushing the car faster. It was hard to go your top speed on this track when it has curves that can be deadly but that doesn't stop us from trying.

The last two laps were approaching and the Bugatti driver was getting ancy but it didn't look like they were going to crash, the driver had great control over the car. I kept side by side with the car on every turn up until the last one, I slowed down letting the Bugatti easily pass me. They didn't skip a beat, they gunned it just enough in the turn for the driver to slightly lose control letting me push my car to its maximum and shooting down the straight away. When the driver finally got their bearings it was too late and I was way too far ahead for them to catch up. I passed the finish line and the crowd with crazy chanting my stage name. Ghost! Ghost! Ghost!

I slowed to a stop as did all the other cars passing the finish line, cutting my engine, I stepped out of my car. The crowd went wild seeing me. I gave them a satisfied smirk as everyone else got out of their cars and took their helmets off. I never wear a helmet no matter how many people tell me too, it just makes the whole driving experience more fun.

I looked to where the Bugatti was, curious to see who was going to step out of the car. It was a very tall man and the first thing I noticed about him was his surplus of tattoos and rings.

I raked my eyes up his body obviously checking him out. I didn't miss the slightest bit of lust I saw in his eyes but it was quickly covered by anger. While I was  checking him out, I saw how muscular he was. It wasn't a gross amount of muscle but just enough to be obvious.

My eyes reached his face once again and I saw how mad he actually looked I gave him a curt wave which only managed to piss him off more.

He had tattoos that swirled around his neck and throat. I didn't miss the 'go to hell' glare he was giving me. His jaw tight making his jawline even sharper. I still had my same satisfied smirk playing on my lips. Looking directly at him.

He's probably never lost a race in his life and probably never to a girl. Which made me do a little internal happy dance knowing full and well I would rub it in his face the next time I saw him.

He stalked towards me clenching his fists into a tight ball. I heard a ping on my phone alerting me of what time it was. Being 1:00 am I hurriedly turned the alarm off getting ready to leave.

I gave him a wink before I  shot into my car turning it on a peeling off the track. I gave him the finger out of my window hearing the cheers from the drunken teenagers. I always did have a lot of fans and I loved the attention. No one knew who I was or what my real name was here and I was fine with it. Normally I would go to the after party and get shit faced or hook up with random strangers but tonight I didn't have time.

Making my way back to the main road with a grin on my face still laughing at his angry expression seeing my car leave and my middle finger.

Oh I'm definitely gonna have a blast racing him.

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Fair warnings this book needs major editing that I haven't done yet so keep that in mind please. You can leave whatever comments you want I can take it 💪 lmao. Majority was written at 13 so it's cringe 😬 I am laughing with you guys as you make fun of 13 y/o me 😭. Anyway newer chapters are better but not entirely cause now I have part of a brain