Page 55 of Dare You to Catch Me
“I need coffee.” I say with a laugh in my voice and he laughs through the phone. “You've got to be kidding me?”
“I'm not. It'll take a few minutes; we have time.”
“It's not time I'm worried about, Baby Girl. We have not one but three illegal cars going to, let me guess, Dunkin?”
“You know it.”
“Fucking Christ, Emma.”
“It'll be fine.” I say with a little mischief in my tone, knowing, it might be fine. “Fine, I'll turn around.” I sigh.
“No, go on, get your coffee.”
“Would you like something?”
“No, Baby Girl, just order something quickly, please.”
“Since you said please, I will.”
I pull into the Dunkin parking lot, seeing the drive through is empty, I quickly pull up and order my coffee. Then pull up to the window and shut my car off. Handing the girl at the window some cash, I wait for my drink watching Ace and Bear backed into spots waiting for me, my eyes scan around, just keeping my wits about me.
And then I see them. The cops.
Oh shit, time to go.
Ace peels out of his parking spot and I quickly start my car, peeling out of the drive thru, getting behind Ace then Bear pulls out behind me.
Oh he's probably so mad at me now.
And my phone rings again and I prepare myself, then hit that button on my screen again. “I know.” He barks a laugh on the phone. “Take a sip of that coffee, Baby Girl, because we're about to lose them.”
I take a sip of my coffee, enjoying the hot rich flavors that fill my taste buds before swallowing it down, then playfully say. “Show me what you got, baby.”
He chuckles through the speakers in my car, pulling a smile from my face as I watch his car pull away from me. Slamminganother gear, I pick up speed and follow him through the city streets with Bear trailing behind me and now 2 cops.
ACE
I knew her going and getting her coffee was a bad idea. We attracted too much attention with three illegal cars, but what the fuck ever.
As soon as we get out of these fucking city streets and back on the highway, we will lose them.
It feels good to play a little game with these fucking cops again. It's been a long time since I've drove like this, constantly shifting gears, and my car fucking loving it. When Bear brought her car home he brought our cars too, knowing we would need them. Bear and I were the Kings in street racing, and no one could touch us. That's a part of my life I have yet to share with Emma, but she'll see soon.
We finally get out on the highway and I watch Emma swing out from behind me like a fucking sling shot, picking up speed.
God I love this girl.
I slam another gear, and floor it. She comes up on a car in front of her and sling shots herself around that car too, only to pick up morespeed. Bear right behind me and the cops; well, they're looking a little small with the distance between us now, as we speed down the highway.
The three of us weave in and out of cars down the highway, keeping a good steady high speed. And we finally lose the cops, not a soul in sight as we get closer to the mountain. Which takes the fun we just had and replaces it with darkness.
EMMA
My adrenaline that is already on higher levels, is now starting to skyrocket as I get closer to the starting line.
The sides of the road filled with cars and people. The sounds of car engines revving, the air filled with that burning tire, gasoline aroma, filling all my senses and damn does it feel good.
I notice Ace and Bear split up behind me, Ace going to my left and Bear to my right, and they disappear as I continue to drive to the start, seeing Zee and Zeke. Pressing my clutch in, I shift my car into neutral as I slow, coming to a stop at the line, before I shut my caroff.
