"Are you sure you can do this?" Aster asked concerned as he pulled up to the crowd of people that surrounded a bunch of cars. I snapped my head away from the window and met my eyes to Asters in the rearview mirror.
"You were the one to initiate me into a gang remember?" I reminded him as he came to a full parking stop. Evangeline turned her head back to me and gave me a small smile "Just don't be nervous, you're not driving so you'll be ok."
I nodded slightly as I unbuckled my seat belt and big my goodbyes to Aster and Evangeline. It was the night of the first race and I was nervous, to say the least even though I wasn't driving. Xander and Archer were pairing me with Pierce and after his attitude yesterday I was not looking forward to it.
I threw on my black leather jacket as I searched through the crowd to find the rest of the gang. It was a Friday night and I was at a drag race, unlike other teenagers who spent their time going to football games, parties, or hanging out in the Walmart parking lot. As I scanned the crowd I soon the rest of the Crestmont members.
"Hey." I walked up, Pierce immediately looking away from. "Hey, was traffic bad?" Juniper asked me curiously but I was soon cut off when Archer approached up to us.
"Aspen!" He said loudly "So first race tonight, we have a ton of money betting on it. You'll be riding with Pierce still. Just watch everything so you know what to do when you start on your own. Also, watch out for the Coinstons."
"The Coinstons?" I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
"The Coinstons our rival enemies." Tyson walked up to us, his eyes meeting mine "Use to be allies but after shit went down with the Westwoods we became enemies. You stay away from them, they are bad news and will do anything in order to sabotage this race."
"Yeah and try to not fuck up." Greyson pushed past me. her shoulder bumping into mine. We all headed towards Xander who was near all the cars.
"What is the route looking like?" Phoenix spoke up to Archer who was assigning doubles. Theo with Juniper. Xander with Phoenix, Pierce, and I were all the doubles when it came to the race.
"Lots of cops along this route, be careful of speed traps. Theo and I went through and mapped all the speed traps on the route and will notify you when going through. It's starting to snow so be careful that your tires don't spin especially with rear-wheel. Xander and Phoenix you're up next."
Xander and Phoenix approached the black Lamborghini with two red stripes going down the front of it. They hopped into the driver and passenger side as all the other gangs loaded up into their own cars as well for the race to start.
My hands were a bit shaky and I didn't know whether it was from the cold air or the nervousness to get into a car with Pierce going 200 mph. I watched as a flag girl walked out into the middle of the road, before raising them. There was a pause of tension in the air as everyone watched intently. She swung the flag down and with that the car engines revved and took off so fast they were out of eye distance within minutes.
"Nervous?" A voice spoke up behind me, making me whip around. A guy who was a little over 6' foot and had dirty blonde hair, almost a Carmel color with hazel green eyes stood in a leather jacket and jeans.
"Who are you?" I asked, uncrossing my arms from my chest. He seemed to about my age and didn't look familiar to me at all.
"Sorry, how could I not introduce myself. I'm Knox Kingston. You must be Aspen Ambrosia." He gave me a smug smirk. "H-How'd you know that?" I stuttered, wondering how he would know my name.
"Well, it's not every day that a pretty girl joins the Crestmont gang as their newest member." Knox reached for my hand and inched his body closer to mine "I mean you're practically famous in the gang world. Aster Ambrosia's younger sister. Westwood to Crestmont, that's some big news."
"Get the fuck away from her." Pierce appeared out of nowhere, pushing me behind him and shoving Knox in the other direction, breaking Knox's grip from me "I'm not dealing with your shit Kingston."
"Oh looks like Gunner has a new toy." Knox's once smug smirk dropped as his face turned serious and cold as he approached closer to Pierce "How long is this one going to last? A week? Month? Month and a half?"
"Stay. The. Fuck. Away. From. Her." Pierce gritted back at him, keeping me behind him. Knox and Pierce glared at each other before Knox slowly began to walk away and broke their glare from each other.
"What was that about?"
"He's a Coinston." Pierce turned to face me "And you stay the fuck away from him and the rest of the Coinston gang, they are bad fucking news. I don't need you getting caught up with them and having to save your ass."
"Excuse me?" I snapped "Save my ass? Says the one that has choked, kidnapped, and spit on me."
"What can I say? I'm kinky." Pierce said in a blunt tone obviously joking, as he gave me a death glare and started to walk over to the rest of the gang. I chased after him and grabbed his hand, making him stop in his track.
"What is your problem? You're so fucking bipolar! One day you're an almost decent human being and another day you hate my guts and think of million ways to kill me if you could. I never fucking did anything to you. I said I was fucking sorry for what I said at the warehouse, god-forbid I didn't want to hurt you."
"That's the fucking problem!" Pierce shouted at me, "You don't get it, Ambrosia. You have no idea what kind of shit you got yourself into and Aster screwed you majorly. You are not meant for this type of shit, in this business, you don't get to pick who you do and don't hurt. That's a weakness."
"So it's a weakness because I don't want to hurt you?" I asked Pierce, completely defeated at his little game at this point.
"Yes for christ sakes!" Pierce rolled his eyes before looking directly into mine "Weaknesses get you killed. And I can only protect you so much. I don't know why you couldn't fight me in that warehouse whether it was really because of my asshole dad or if you're catching feelings but let me tell you right now Ambrosia, you'll get your heartbroken."
"Catching feelings?" I scoffed "Are you kidding me? Tune down the ego a few notches Gunner, I am not catching feelings for you. How about yourself because maybe I'll be the one to break your heart."
"Yeah right." Pierce scoffed out a small laugh before we were soon called over to Archer and the rest of the gang where they huddled around the cars. Xander and Phoenix were the first ones to go and soon followed after Juniper and Theo, and now it was my and Pierce's turn.
Archer gave Pierce some advice before we got into the car and I could see it starting to snow and I prayed that wouldn't mess anything up. I buckled up tightly in the challenger before Pierce hopped in the driver's side and set up everything he needed.
We lined up with all the cars and the all car that pulled up next to us revved their engine loudly. I looked over to see Knox who sent me a wink through his tinted black windows. Pierce clutched the steering wheel so tight his knuckles started to get pale.
Pierce revved the engine and I closed my eyes and started saying my hail mary's internally. If I was going to die was the only question running through my head. Opening my eyes I saw the flag girl walk out to the middle of the cars and raise the red flag.
Oh, here we go...
She waved the flag down and Pierce slammed on the gas, we took off with Knox not too far behind and they were in the front of the line. I clutched my seatbelt as the speed felt like a rollercoaster taking off.
I watched the speed go up and up from 0 to 180 in a matter of seconds, and the acceleration on this car was no joke. Pierce sped ahead as he entered regular street roads of New York, the streets were slightly cover in snow but nothing serious.
Knox and Pierce were at the same speed, neither of them budging. Pierce sped through the streets of New York, and I refused to let go of my seatbelt but clenched it so hard my veins started showing.
"Oh my fucking god. Oh my fucking god. Oh my fucking god." I muttered to myself as I stared straight ahead at the windshield and watch us past buildings at the speed of light. Pierce turned down a wide street with no street lights.
Knox followed right behind, and before I knew it the car halted forward. Knox slammed into the back of Pierce's challenger, and Pierce looked at the rearview mirror with a glare in his eyes. Knox sped up to get aside of Pierce by turning the wheel and slamming into the passenger side of the car.
"Fuck." Pierce muttered but kept speeding ahead. Pierce sped past an alley with Knox not far behind and then it happened.
Sirens..
"Holy shit." My eyes widened as I looked into the back rear windshield to see Knox not far from us and cop a cop right behind us.
"Fucking great." Pierce gripped the steering wheel, stepping on the gas, and hit a call button on the radio.
"What the fuck Archer?!" Pierce shouted as Archer picked up the other line "Kingston is riding my fucking ass and now there's a cop off of 78."
"What the fuck? Xander and I drove through earlier, they must've just put them there since the race already had two races go through. Where did Knox hit you?"
"Rear and passenger side," Pierce answered back as I internally freaked out and was visibly shaking at this point. Pierce let go of the steering wheel with one hand before reaching into the center console and pulling out a pistol.
"WHAT THE FUCK PIERCE!" I screamed at the sight of the gun that he had pulled out the center console. "Blow out the tires, Kingston's and the cops."
"You want me to shoot at the fucking police!?" I screamed "Are you insane?! I'm 17 if I need to remind you and you aren't legally even allowed to have a pistol till you're 21 if you need to remind yourself!"
"Do it, Ambrosia. Now." Pierce demanded, stepping all the way down on the gas to go as fast as he could "If you blow out the tires the cop and Knox will stop. Have you ever used one?" Pierce glanced over between me and the road.
"Like a couple of times when I was fifteen and my dad took me to a shooting range, but I am not shooting at the cops! They still have your license plate."
"I switch it before each race, the plate on now is fake they won't be able to trace it to me because it's not registered. There's a hoodie in the back seat put that and a ski mask on and they won't be able to recognize your identity. Just pull the fucking trigger, Ambrosia." Pierce's eyes met mine for a second but what seemed like an eternity.
I grabbed the hoodie and ski mask in the back and put them on, not questioning why Pierce had a ski mask in his car after finding a gun. Pierce pushed back the sunroof of the car and I unbuckled my seatbelt before slowly trying to stand up. My legs were on each side of the center console in order to gain balance and Pierce grabbed one of my legs with his hand to keep me steady.
I swallowed a lump in my throat before pushing my head out the sunroof and seeing Knox and the cops right behind us. My hands were shaking and I could barely hold the gun steady with hos much I was shaking. My heart was beating at a thousand miles a minute, it felt like I was going to die.
There were no other cars from the race to be seen, only Knox and the now two cop cars behind us. I rose the gun and pointed it ahead, squinting in order to aim it right. I aimed at Knox who was closer than the cops and I pointed it towards his front tire on the driver side.
BANG!
BANG!
The two shots I let out hit managed to hit the front of Knox's tires but the kick of the Glock was more than I thought, making me lose my balance. Knox's tires sped out before he came to stop and I could see him slam his fist at the steering wheel. Pierce caught my other leg and kept me balance so I could aim for the cops. After a few shots of missing, I managed to get at least one in each cop car tire.
I quickly dipped down into the car and Pierce shut the sunroof. Pierce sped through the streets, taking what he said was a "Shortcut." My adrenaline was still pumping and I couldn't believe what had just happened. We soon came back to where we started where all the other racers and gangs were gathered, easily over 200 people.
Pierce was the first one to cross the finish line with no other cars to even be seen. Everyone looked shocked as we pulled up on how we were the first ones to cross with no one else to even be seen. Pierce got out of the car, and I rolled down the window to see what he was doing.
"Cops are coming!" Pierce yelled for everybody to hear as he went to pop the trunk and pulled out another license plate before quickly unscrewing the fake one that was in and putting the real one back on so if the cops wrote down the plate it wouldn't be the one on the car.
Everyone fled to their cars and Xander said something to Pierce before Pierce entered back into the car and sped out of the racing area as well as everyone else. "What did Xander say?" I asked as I buckled my seatbelt back up again.
"We need to get out of the city, too many people but we have to leave the car first so they don't come after me or you, and I'll grab it tomorrow, and Xander will get us," Pierce explained and the sky was now pitch black as the snow came down faster onto the streets.
My phone began to vibrate and I pulled it out to see Aster's name flash on my phone "Hello?"
"Aspen! Are you ok? There's a huge police chase right now-" Aster began but I soon cut him off before he could say anything else.
"Yes Aster, I'm ok. I'm with Pierce, we're out of the race area and are going into the city and ditching the car. Xander is going to come and pick us up." I explained as Pierce wove in and out of cars.
"Please text me when Xander gets you so I know you're ok." Aster sighed and I could hear the TV in the background of the news report of the car chase happening just by the sirens that were playing.
"I will. Bye." I promised Aster before hanging up and Pierce pulled down to a side street before parking and we soon hurried out of the car and Pierce grabbed my hand to follow behind him as he pulled me away from the car.
"You two! STOP RIGHT THERE!" A police officer shouted from behind and Pierce pulled me down a dark alleyway.
"Take your shirt off," Pierce demanded as he looked around at the surrounding areas to see if anyone was coming. "What? Why?" I asked confused as to why right now would be the time to take off my shirt when we are currently running from the police.
Pierce pulled off his leather jacket and shirt before pulling my jacket off of me and ripping my shirt up and over my head, and unbuttoning the top of my jeans and pulling them off.
"What the fuck are you doing?" I stared at him in shock and the cold air hit my skin making my skin go up in goosebumps. Pierce picked me up and slammed me against the wall, looking around one more time and I could hear a bunch of footsteps approaching.
"Wrap your legs around me and moan," Pierce demanded as his shirtless body was pressed up against mine. His body warmth made the goosebumps on my skin disappear in the areas he touched me.
"Why? What are you doing-"
"Just do it, Ambrosia." Pierce gritted. The footsteps came closer and I could see shadows approach down the alleyway with the voice call out "They went down here!"
Pierce pressed his lips up against my neck, holding me up off the cold snowy ground and making me wrap my legs around his waist as he pressed me up against the brick wall. Pierce continued to kiss at my neck and slipped a hand underneath me, grabbing my butt as he held me up with one arm.
I let out small fake quiet moans as Pierce continued to suck at my neck. The footsteps got closer and I could see out of the corner of my eye a group of the police approach us.
"Hey! No public nudity!" An officer yelled, shining his flashlight directly towards us. Pierce and I jumped away from each other and I struggled to cover my half-naked body with my arms as they looked directly at us.
"Sorry officer, won't happen again." Pierce put his hands up in defeat and they headed down the alleyway. Once they were gone, I slapped Pierce's bicep in complete disbelief of what he had just done.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" I exclaimed at him, my eyes wide and my body was freezing from the December air. I gathered my clothes and Pierce buttoned his jeans and threw" his shirt back on.
"Ever seen scooby doo the mystery begins? Where they Fred and daphne kiss while the people walk by and don't suspect a thing." Pierce explained as he pulled his leather jacket on.
"Are you kidding me? So your genius plan was to make it look like we were about to have sex in an alleyway so the police didn't suspect us?! And why do you watch scooby doo-" I rambled on and on still in disbelief.
"Reese watched it all the time when she was little. And they didn't suspect us now, did they? No, they thought we were someone else so you're welcome for saving your ass." Pierce narrowed his eyes at me. I threw my clothes on quickly but struggled in the pitch-black dark before Pierce announced Xander had been here.
Throwing my heels on we started to walk towards the other end of the alley and Xander sat at the side of the road in his black Lamborghini. Pierce pushed the passenger seat forward in order for me to crawl into the back before Pierce sat down in the passenger seat next to Xander.
Xander looked back at me and cocked an eyebrow in confusion "Why is there a hickey on your neck?"
My eyes widened in response and I immediately covered my neck with my hand in response. My jaw dropped as I looked in the mirror to see a bright red hickey on the side of my neck from the one and only Pierce Gunner.
Pierce's lips tugged into a smirk in response as he looked back at me. "Pierce!" I shouted, examing the hickey in the mirror that I just knew I'd now have to walk around with for a week and have to answer to everyone-especially, my brother.
"I had to make it look convincing." Pierce pulled out his phone before snapping a picture of my neck "For blackmail of course."
"I'm not even going to ask." Xander sighed and turned back around in his seat to face the road before taking off on the road "We're all crashing at the warehouse tonight because with Knox I'm sure Coinston is going to be pissed. Safer for us to all just be together."
I'm going to kill you, Pierce Gunner...
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A://N Sorry for not updating, just been super busy and bad writer's block.
Dedicated to Jas_13-_-
Your guy's comments help the most with keeping me out of writer's block and keeping me motivated so continue to comment!
I figured I'd update now instead of Thursday since it's been two weeks since the last update.
What did you guys think of this chapter?
Thoughts on the race?
Thoughts on Knox Kingston and Coinston? Any predictions?
Thoughts on Aspen and Pierce "moment" aka scheme?
Any different feelings on Aspen and Pierce?
What do you think is going to happen at Pierce and Juniper's birthday party in the next chapter?
Hopefully next chapter will be out soon!
~Ash