ride till we die

chapter 8: race day part 2

Taylor's POV

I sigh once  again  and throw the end of my cigarette on the floor and fold up the letter into my back pocket.

I fucking miss that girl I miss her smile and her laugh her stupid comebacks  i miss everything about her.

I've never admitted it but I've liked hailee since i was 14 I remember the day I came to that realisation.

It was my 14 birthday we just had a big group bbq with most of the torreto gang it was late into the evening and most people had gone home I remeber i stood in the kitchen doing the dishes with my mum when I heard the door bell go .

I opened the door to reveal  a 13 year old  hailee  she then shouted through the door to my mum in the kithen saying she was stealing me she then grabs my wrist and drags me over to her house.

"Come on T" hailee said to me as she pulls me along the corridor towards her  kitchen and out into her backyard.

"Hailee I'm gonna fall stop pulling me" I say as I pull away from her.

"I wont let that happen to you tonta" hailee laughed.
(  Translation: Silly )

She then stops and turns around to face me.

"Okay close your eyes"she instructs as she once again pulls me with her.

"Okay open" she says I open my eyes to be met with the sight of her trampoline made into a den.

"Happy birthday T " hailee says with a smile plasterd on her face she then hugs me and ushers me to get on the trampoline.

"Take off your shoes I'll be back"she shouts as she enters the house.

She then comes back with a bag.

"What's In there " I question as i lay in the mass of blankets and pillows.

"Snacks drinks and your present" she states as she climbs onto the trampoline and takes off her shoes.

She then crawls over to me and hands me the bag.

"Open it then" she ushers clapping her hands toghther in excitement.

I open the bag and start to take out all our favourite snacks I then find a book at the bottom of the bag .

I  take it out and inspect the book turning its leather cover over in my hands a few times.

I then open the book to reveal photos of little me and hailee staring curiously at the camera like babies do.