Wreckers or Checkers: In It to Win It (5 page)

“Alright ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls…here he is JET CROOOOOWWW!” the announcer yelled into the microphone and walked over to stand beside me.  I sat Chase on the roof of the car and leaned against the side of the car.  A camera crew stood in front of us recording us while others had cameras blinding us with their flashes.  “Jet, give us a recap of the race.  I haven’t seen that awesome of a race in years, you worked hard for it.  Congratulations!” the announcer said into the mic then put it in front of me. 

“Well, I’m bad at this interview stuff so bear with me…I really just had to find a line that worked.  The car setup seemed to favor the high side and honestly that’s where I’m most comfortable racing.  I wouldn’t have been able to even race had Cameron not offered me a back-up car to race.  It’s a damn good car, these guys were all a blast to race against and you can bet I’ll be back here again next year.” I said and smiled at the crowd. 

“So tell us who all the awesome people are,
who’s that fella on the car?” the announcer asked.

I looked at
Kim and Mike, “That’s Jet’s son!” Kim blurted out before I even had a chance to reply.  I smiled and nodded my head as Chase’s eyes got big and he smiled.  I pointed at my pit crew and told the crowd how I wouldn’t have made it this far without the help of them and my sponsors.  “I would also like to send a shout out to my girlfriend Chassis back in Ohio and her friend Asher, we’ll be seeing you ladies soon.” I said and winked at the camera guys.  We posed for a few pictures we took the car to the tech area, after about an hour we were loading into the enclosed trailer of Cameron’s.  I spent almost two hours signing autographs, posing with fans, and talking to teenage boys and girls that were starting to race in the lower classes.  Once most of the people had left I went into the trailer and changed back into my regular street clothes, I sat down leaned my head against the side of the trailer.   I couldn’t believe I had won, the biggest race of my career and I won.  My dad’s words telling me I couldn’t do it played over and over in my head, there was a soft knock at the door before it opened.  Kim and Mike walked in and sat down on the other side of the small table across from me. 

“I hope
you’re not mad that I told the announcer and all of Boone that Chase is your son.” Kim said.

“No, of course I’m not mad, I just didn’t know what his reaction would be.  Is he confused?” I asked.

“Not really, we explained it to him this morning, he just doesn’t understand who he’s supposed to call his dad.” Mike said with a small laugh.

“You, you’re there for him, I don’t want him to upset you guys.  You’ve been there for him since day one.  Do I need to have a talk with him?”

Kim smiled, “He will understand better the older he gets, if he calls you dad we are totally okay with that because if it wasn’t for you…we wouldn’t have him in our lives.”

I nodded my head, “Thank you both for being so open to me meeting him, you really have no idea how much it means to me.  I’d like for my mom to meet him sometime too if you’re okay with that.  My dad though, he doesn’t need to know him.”

They both nodded their heads in agreement, then Chase came running inside the trailer and jumped onto my lap. 

“You leaving tonight?  That big guy the football player said you are.” He asked.

“Yeah buddy, we’ve gotta get back to campus, but I promise I will talk to you as much as you want to.  Mommy and daddy have my phone number so we can talk, FaceTime, Skype, whatever you want whenever.  Unless I’m in class but I’ll always call back okay?”

He nodded his head, “Can I call you in the morning?” he asked with excitement.

I laughed, “Sure buddy, but if I don’t answer it’s because I’m sleeping.  I’m not a morning person but I promise I’ll call you back.”

“Cool!” he said and jumped off my lap. 

We all stood and walked out of the trailer, Chase wanted me to walk them to their vehicle so I did.  Kim cried, Mike laughed at Kim, and Chase broke my heart when he started to cry and told me he would miss me. Chase stared at me and smiled until he couldn’t see me anymore.  When I got back over to the trailer everybody was already standing around with their bags ready to leave. “What the fuck are you guys in a hurry?” I asked and looked down at my watch.   “Never mind, let’s go find Carley to see if she’s ready to take us.” I grabbed my bag out of the trailer and locked the doors.  I sent Cameron a text to let him know that we were getting ready to leave and that the trophy and all my winnings were locked inside the trailer.  He sent me a text back to let me know again how proud he was of me and that they would see us in a couple of days.  We found Carley at her step brother’s trailer patiently waiting for us.

“Ya’ll do know all of us won’t fit in my car right?” She said and laughed.

Her step brother handed her the keys to his Ford dually, he shook my hand, “That was a hell of a race man, you earned that title.  We’ll come visit you in Ohio in a few weeks.”

“Sounds good, thanks for letting us take your pick up.  If I had to hear that CD one more time I’d end up walking to the airport.”

We all laughed then got in the pickup, Carley asked if Chassis and Asher knew that we were flying back tonight. I told her no and that she better not tell them.  “Cross my heart I’ll keep my mouth shut.” She said and made and X over her chest. 

As we cruised down the freeway Carley asked, “So how mad were you about watching us the other night?”

I crouched down in the seat, pulled my hat over my eyes, “I was more pissed she wouldn’t let me join.”

“Jet you couldn’t handle the both of us.” She said and laughed.

“Right…you mean YOU couldn’t handle what Chassis does on a daily basis.” I said around a yawn. 

“Oh my god…you men I swear!” she said with an irritated but playful growl.

I dozed off at some point and was woke up when Jason yanked the door open and I nearly fell onto the pavement at the airport.  Everybody around laughed then we walked into the airport.  It wasn’t very busy but Mitch kept setting off the metal detector, even after he had emptied his pockets.  Finally they ran a yellow wand up and down his body, he started laughed but stopped when the large black security guard glared at him.  “Sir do you have a piercing on your privates?” the guy asked an irritated tone.

“Yep!” Mitch stated proudly. 

“I’m sorry sir but you’ll need to take it out then cross through the detector again and you won’t be allowed to put it back in until your flight has landed.”

“You can’t be serious!”

The large security guard raised one eyebrow and pointed to a small room marked PRIVATE, “You can go remove it in there sir.”

“Unfuckingbelivable.  I’ve flown to how many games and never had to remove the mother fucker before!” Mitch practically yelled.

The security guard crossed his arms over his chest, “What GAMES?”

“I play defensive end for Ohio State University!”

“What’s your name son?” the large guard asked still not backing down.

“Mitch
Hesstin.”

The guard shook his head, “Well I’ll be damned, I knew you looked familiar.  I will let you through this time, in the future let the security know BEFORE it gets that far.”

Jason, Jerod, and I looked at Mitch and shook our heads, “In all the years we’ve known you, we didn’t know you had your dick pierced.” Jason said and kept shaking his head.

“Pussy, you should do it, the chicks love it!” Mitch said as we stepped up to the counter.  The clerk was an elderly lady, with too much makeup, and too much perfume on
and she moved at a snails pace.  After she finally handed our tickets back they called for our flight to board.  Carley hugged each of us and told me to let her know we made it back to the campus okay.  I sent Lance a text to let him know we would be arriving in a few hours, hopefully he hadn’t drank during the race so he could come get us.  He sent me back a text that said to call him when we landed. 

Three and a half hours la
ter we landed, once we made it into the airport I called Lance.  He said that he would have to send Ryan to get us because he had drank too much.  About forty five minutes later Ryan showed up, we all piled into his pickup, “Christ man the party going on at your house is insane, it’s two in the fucking morning and nobody is slowing down.  Chassis left with a couple of other guys about an hour ago.”

“What do you mean she left with a couple of guys? Who the fuck did she leave with?” I asked trying not to yell at him.

“Dude, I don’t fucking know!  I’ve seen them around campus, I know that much.”  Ryan said.

“Chill the fuck out man, you just won the biggest race of your career, just go have some drinks.  I’m sure she’ll be back before long.” Jason told me.

When we got back to the house, Ryan wasn’t kidding when he said the place was packed.  I was actually surprised that the cops hadn’t shut the party down by now.  We walked in the house, I was attacked by drunk people hugging me and congratulating me.  The only person I wanted to find was Chassis. I found Lance and asked him if he knew where she was or who she had left with.  But, he said he hadn’t seen her since the race ended, then handed me a beer and congratulated me on the win.  I tried calling her phone but she didn’t answer, I stood around and visited with some of our friends, finally around four in the morning everybody decided it was time to leave. I tried calling Chassis but the calls went straight to her voicemail so I called Mitch to see if Asher knew where Chassis was at.  I could tell I had woke then both up but I was on a mission to find her.  I went and laid down in bed since everybody had left, I tried calling her one more time and gave up I would just go to her dorm after I woke up.

Chassis

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Lap after lap, Jet passed car after car, a few cautions slowed the race but Jet benefited from the single file restart. 

“I can’t watch!” I said and covered my eyes, Jet was behind the first place car and was struggling to find a good line on the track. 

“Stop it woman, you don’t want to miss this!  OH MY GAWWWD!!” Asher screamed and yanked my hands away from my face.  “He’s in the lead Chassis, LOOOOK!” She, yelled.  The room filled with cheers as Jet battled for a few laps against the second place car.  Jet moved higher on the track as the other driver stayed hugging along the bottom of the track. 

I covered my face with my hands and shook my head, “This is torture, I’m so glad I’m not there!” I mumbled.   Once again Asher pulled my hands away from my face.

“He’s got a good four car lengths on the second place guy, you
’ve gotta watch this!” she held my hands in hers as we both watched Jet sail around the top of the track.  I jumped up when the white flag came out and Jet raced past the flag stand.  Everybody in the room was now screaming and hollering as he raced through the turns one and two then down the backstretch.  His left front tire barely touched the track.  The camera guy zoomed in on the flagman as he pulled the checkered flags out and held them up until Jet was entering turn three.  Once Jet was entering turn four the flagman started waving the two checkered flags frantically and smiling big. 

Asher jumped off the couch, “
HOLY SHIT…he did it!” She screamed and pulled me off the couch and hugged me while laughing.  Lance went into the other room and grabbed a bottle of tequila, setting it on the table then put a row of shots glasses down.  He filled up all the shot glasses then passed them around the room, “To the Super Nationals Champ!” we all yelled and drank our shots.  We sat back down and shushed everybody in the room when Jet stopped on the front stretch to give his victory speech to the crowd.  Mitch tackled Jet to the ground as soon as he was out of the car, Jason and Jerod pulled them up and hugged Jet.  Jet was laughing and smiling from ear to ear.  The announcer was walking around the car listing off the sponsors, when he got back over to Jet he pulled the microphone away as Jet said something to him and pointed at the grand stands.  The announcer nodded his head and said he needed Mike, Kim and Chase to the front stretch.  After a few minutes a tall dark haired guy wearing one of Jet’s race shirts held the hand to a very pregnant short lady.  They smiled as Chase ran down the track trying not to fall, he launched himself into Jets arms and hugged him tightly around his neck.  Jet sat him on the roof of the car then Kim and Mike both hugged and congratulated Jet.  The announcer asked Jet who all the people were that had joined him so he listed off everybody, then the announcer asked who the little boy was.  Kim spoke up and said he is Jets son.  Chase smiled big and kicked his feet back and forth as Jet thanked all the sponsors, pit crew, and that he would see me shortly.  Once they finished his interview he got back in his car and went to the tech area.  About forty five minutes later Mitch texted Asher to let her know that he passed the inspection and was signing numerous autographs and taking pictures.  I sent Jet a text telling him congratulations, then found Justin and his partner so we could talk about Justin doing more pictures for Asher and I.  The party was getting to be too loud and too many people were trying to start fights so Justin, Carl, and me left.  I sent Asher a text letting her know where I was going and she said to make sure one of them walked me back to our dorm. 

I was surprised to find that Justin and Carl lived in a house just a few blocks from campus.  Once we got there Carl decided to cook a pizza as Justin and I looked through more of Justin’s portfolio of his photographs.  “Justin you’re AMAZING!  I love your work, you really need to make a career of this.” I told him as he handed me another album. 

“Actually, I’m going to go to New York in a few weeks to show these to Ford and Leep modeling agencies.” He told me with a smile.  Carl walked back in the room and gave us each a bottle of water and sat down putting his arm behind Justin.  We talked about Carl moving to New York with Justin to work for a computer software company.  I could see how much they cared for each other just the way they looked at each other and smiled at one another.  I told them about everything that had happened in Boone and why I had come home early.  Justin shook his head and laughed, “Oh Chassis, I can tell that Jet is head over heels in love with you. He’s got some crazy ex’s that’s for sure, I know that doesn’t make what you seen less hurtful but you have to think about what you did with that Carley chic too.” He stood and put the photo albums back on the book shelf.  The timer on the oven went off, Carl went into the kitchen and came back out with a thick slice of pizza on a plate for each of us. 

We sat there talking about school, family, and majors.  They were both so much fun to relax and talk to
o, I wasn’t even paying attention to the time.  I looked at the time on the clock, leaned forward to grab my phone and knocked my bottle of water over soaking my phone.  We all three jumped up, I grabbed my phone and the bottle of water.  Carl yelled from the kitchen to bring my phone in there, he stuck it in a bowl of rice, “I’ve always been told this works, so we’ll see.” He said trying not to laugh.  I threw the now empty bottle of water in the trash and walked back to the living room.  Justin had wiped up the spilled water, as he came back into the living room I asked him if he would walk me back to the dorm. 

“Chassis don’t be crazy it’s like three in the morning, just crash on the couch.  Tomorrow I’ll walk you home.”

I yawned, “Okay, but can I borrow your phone to send Asher a text?”  he handed me his phone, I sent her a text then went and plopped down on the couch. 

The next morning I woke up to the smell of breakfast,
I walked into the kitchen to find both Carl and Justin cooking.  Justin turned and seen me standing there, “There’s an extra tooth brush in the bathroom and I put some of my clothes in there for you to change in to.  Hurry up breakfast is really close to being done.” He told me with a smile.

I decided a quick shower sounded good, once I got out of the shower and dressed I went back into the kitchen.  Carl laid my phone on the table as I sat down, “Sorry chica it won’t even turn on.” He said with a frown then popped a piece of crispy bacon in his mouth. 

I shrugged my shoulders, “I’ll get one later, surely that place in the mall has them.”

We ate our breakfast, Carl hugged me before I left and told me I needed to come over more often.  On the way back to the dorm, Justin threw his arm over my shoulder.  “Chassis I really do think you and Jet make a good couple.  When he gets back everything will work out, I know he can be pretty stubborn and no doubt so can you...”

“WHAT THE FUCK CHASS!” a guy, well not A guy..Jet yelled as he walked towards us.  I stood there in shock for a few seconds, I stared at him as he got closer.

“What? When..”I stuttered.

“I flew back last night, Cameron is bringing the rig back in a few days, where the fuck is your phone?” Jet asked, clearly pissed off.

I stood there blinking, still in shock that he was back already.  “I…Uhm spilled a bottle of water on it last night.  So Mitch is back too? And Jason and Jerod?”

“Yep..” Jet said then looked at Justin.

“It’s a good thing I know you don’t bat for the other team or I’d probably beat the piss out of you.”

Justin held his hands up in surrender, “She’s hot but damn dude chill the fuck out.”

I hugged Justin and told him I would talk to him later, he walked away, then I turned to Jet.  His jaw muscles tensed as he stared at me I glared back at him, “You going to come back to my place?” He asked and started to walk away.

“No, not if you’re pissed over something so stupid!” I told him never moving from where I was standing. 

Jet stopped and spun around, “Fine let me rephrase that…get your fucking ass to my place NOW Chassis.  I flew home after winning the biggest race of my career and you’re nowhere to be found.  Pissed over something so stupid…not knowing where you were only that you left with two guys.  THAT’s pretty fucking important in my books.” He said as he towered over me glaring down at me. 
I rolled my eyes and tried to step around him, he grabbed my arm spun me around and pulled me against his chest.  He lowered his mouth next to my ear, “Seriously, don’t even try to give me attitude Chass, I’m in no mood for it from you.”

I tried to step out
of his grip, he shook his head ‘no’ at me, slid his hand down my arm and laced our fingers together.  We walked in silence all the way to his house, I could tell he was still mad so I didn’t bother trying to pull my hand away. 

We walked into his bedroom he slammed the door behind him, walked past me and into the bathroom.  The shower started, then the bathroom door opened,
with just a towel around his waist Jet looked at me and crooked a finger at me.  I narrowed my eyes at him, “What?”

He raised one eyebrow at me, “Get your ass in here Chass.”

I slowly walked over to him, he stepped out of the way so I could walk into the bathroom.  He walked up behind me, placed his hands on my hips and looked at me in the mirror.  “I do NOT like seeing you in another man’s clothes, gay or not.” He said then lowered his mouth to my neck.  He grabbed the waist band of the track shorts I had on and pushed them down my legs along with my thong.  “Take the shirt off.” He said as he stood up behind me pressing his hard cock against my hip.  I gripped the hem of it and slid it over my head, Jet unfastened my bra and slowly pushed the straps down my arms, then turned me around.  I let my eyes run over the tattoos that covered both of his arms and his chest, then reached out and slid my fingers down his chest until I reached the towel.  I pulled it open and let it fall to the floor, Jet walked backwards into the shower.  Once inside, he didn’t touch me he just stared at me as I stared back into those amazing blue silver eyes.  He washed his body then washed me without saying a word, after we were both shampooed and clean he shut the water off and stepped out of the shower.  I grabbed a towel off the rack and dried off then wrapped it around my hair, he grabbed my hand and led me over to his bed.  Jet took the towel off my head and threw it on the floor.  I slid up the bed as Jet crawled over me giving me an evil grin, a grin that I knew was going to lead to some very good make up sex.

“So, Chassis…What do I get for winning?” He asked as he scooted my legs open by kneeling between them and running his hands up my thighs. 

“I don’t know, I’m pretty sure you should be happy with the win.  Most guys aren’t that lucky.” I replied trying not to laugh at the thought of this being how our conversation started the night I lost my virginity to Jet.

“Hmmm, you should have been there.” He said then leaned down and licked a circle around my belly button then licked and kissed his way up to one of my breast. 
He sucked the nipple into his mouth and let out a deep throaty moan while his other hand massaged my other breast bringing the nipple to a hard peak.  I gripped onto his broad shoulders and tried to pull him up to me so I could kiss him.  He wouldn’t come closer instead he slid down my body again until his face was in between my legs.  Jet gently put my legs over his shoulders, wrapped his arms around my thighs so his hands were resting on my pelvic bone.  With one very slow antagonizing swipe of his tongue he licked directly up the center of my swollen lips, then circled my clit.  I looked down and found he was looking up at me as he wrapped his arms around my legs tighter until he was pulling my pussy lips apart with his finger.  “Don’t you wish you would have been there Chass?” He asked as then lazily circled my clit with his tongue again. 

“Yes..oh Jet!” I breathed out and tried to grind my hips against his lips.

He kept his eyes locked with mine as he licked and sucked on my clit, bringing me just to the edge of my orgasm but not letting me fall over.  I rolled my eyes back as he pushed a finger inside of me then a second.  “Jet please…fuck!” I said between panting breathes.  He pulled his fingers out of me, crawled back up my body until his entire body was covering mine.  His chest hairs scratched against my sensitive nipples, he grabbed my hands and laced our fingers together and held them down against the bed above my head. 

“Wait!  You need to wear a condom…I..”

“What?  What the fuck do you mean I need to wear a fucking condom?  You don’t fucking believe me do you?”  He said, clearly pissed off. 

“NO, it’s just…”

“Just what Chassis?  We’ve never used them until now, so please fucking enlighten me!” He said glaring down at me tightening his grip on my hands. 

“If you would stop interrupting me, I just remembered I didn’t take my birth control yesterday or today.  So unless you want to have a child in nine months, I suggest you put one on.”  I said glaring back at him.

“Un.fucking.believable.” He said and reached into the night stand.  “I don’t have any, any suggestions?” He said in an irritated tone.

“Go ask Lance for one?”

“Right, just let me go find him.” He said and rolled his eyes, climbed off the bed put a pair of shorts on and walked out of the bedroom slamming the door behind him.  A few short minutes later he came back in the room, slammed the door and locked it behind him.  He stood beside the bed and tossed the condom onto the night stand, “Come over here and suck my dick until it’s hard again.” He ordered me.