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Chapter 25: The Real World

Chapter 25: The Real World

Landon proceeds by asking Jay to fetch Zac. Fortunately, Zac is in the house so it's not a mission to track him down, whereas most days it would be. Usually, he's untraceable.

Lan gets amped up to show Zac the repairs and upgrades he'd made on the motorbike. Turns out to be a complete recovery. Landon revives the dead. He's gifted.

"This is so sweet!" Zac exclaims as he revs his bike, the red nitrous flowing out in small waves of energy and smoke behind him. "You installed NOS?!" Zac shouts in pure excitement as he begins to drive. His speed picks up until he's going at a significantly fast pace.

"Lan the man," I clap my hands in pride. "He's earned his rep for sure."

Jay was right. Landon can fix pretty much anything. He's handy, definitely got that under his belt.

Landon winks at me, "You know it."

"Nice one, man," Jay grins and taps Landon on the back.

"What can I say? I didn't invent the job, I just perfected it," Landon uses Jay's words back on him in a joking manner.

"Clever," Jay chuckles in good nature. "Where'd you hear that one?" He asks rhetorically, aware of the answer.

"The real question here is, where's the lovely Sarah at?" Kyle asks Landon, clearly having met her before. It makes sense. I've been out of the racers' loop for some time now. I've been part of the crazies consisting of BoyBand, Maxi-pad, Troy Story and Bells instead.

Landon answers, "She's spending the day shopping with Mia and Em. She wants to help Emma pick out stuff for the baby on the way. Nancy and Jezel asked to join too. Bells was asked, but she declined and said that she was too busy with Max and Troy to spend a girl's morning out. She said that she'd be nursing Troy's foot, as well as his stupidity."

They're all shopping while I'm stuck having a guy's morning, racing bikes and talking about cars. Wow, I am lucky. I have it great!

Kyle throws an arm around me as if he's known me for years - a natural friendly person - and yanks me toward him, "Why didn't they invite Aqueela?" he asks Lan the question that had been taking off in my mind too.

"Because she's immature," Grey answers bluntly.

"Am not!" I argue and stick my tongue out at him before flicking him on the arm.

"Point taken," Grey retorts sarcastically, pretending to not have noticed that I'm a walking contradiction.

"No," Lan disagrees, "it's 'cause everyone knows that Aqueela is more of a tomboy than them."

"Yeah, that's why she's always in colorful sundresses, hey?" Grey remarks in sarcasm, choosing to argue with Landon, a bad move on his part.

Emma's also a tomboy. Landon can try to make up excuses, but it's obvious that Emma just didn't want me tagging along.

My thoughts are interrupted by a black Gallardo sweeping to a rapid halt in front of Jay's house. 

Landon sighs as if irritated, "Who invited him?"

Out steps Xavier with sunglasses and his blonde hair gelled back in a sleek manner. He grins to himself as he locks his car and struts his way up to us as if envisioning himself as a model. He takes off his sunglasses and hangs it on the front of his V-Neck, as slick as ever, a smirk now imprinted onto his face upon seeing Landon's disgruntled expression.