He's the Bad Boy and I'm the Nerd

28. Surrounded by criminals and law breakers

Hailey's POV

"Ryder, I can't understand this movie." I whine. "I don't speak Japanese and it confusing."

"Shut up would you, I'm trying to watch a movie." He snaps at me.

"Rude, ignorant bastard." I mumble as I stand up and stalk out of the movie theatre making grumbly sounds.

"Oh come on Hailey," Ryder follows behind me. "Hailey, where are you going?"

"The moon." I reply, sarcasm thick in my voice. "Where would I be going? You have my keys moron."

"Right forgot about that. So why did you just walk out then?" Ryder scrunches his face up in thought.

"Because I was bored and pissed off. It's hard to understand a movie when you can't speak the fucking language. Can we just do something else?" It's 8:30pm, I had spent the whole day with Ryder and I didn't want it to end yet.

"You still haven't shown me your driving skills." Ryder smirks.

"You still haven't asked to see my driving skills." I smirk back.

"Well I think it's your turn to drive then." He suggests, pushing me in the direction of the underground parking lot. "Show me how good at driving you are. Drive your best." There is something in his voice that's making me think; should I really drive my best? Pfft of course not. I'm going to drive like a grandma, slow and steady.

"Okay then Ryder, I'll drive my best." Not, something about the way he is urging me just doesn't feel right. He passes me the key, I unlock the car and get in. "C'mon then slow poke, don't want to be left behind now do ya?" I chirp.

I check all my mirrors before putting the key in the ignition and turn it. My car roars to life making a huge noise. I never realised how loud it was. I look over at Ryder and study him for a second. "I know I'm extremely sexy, but why aren't we moving?" his deep husky voice makes me shiver and look away.

"You haven't put your seat belt on, I'm not moving until you put it on." I look out my window and sigh, waiting for Ryder to buckle himself up. He stares at me for a minute before reaching for his seat belt. "Now make it click." I sing.

"You're weird." He comments as he makes it click. "Can we go now? Sitting here doing nothing is boring." Wow, obnoxious bastard much.

"Sure," time to set my nana driving to work. I put the car in first gear, lean forward so I am centimetres away from the steering wheel, put my hands at 10 and 2 o'clock, and lightly press down on the accelerator so the car is going the pace of a snail. I can feel Ryder staring at my head. "Sex God stop distracting me, I'm already going superfast." I whine. Okay so obviously I'm not going fast actually it doesn't feel like I am moving at all compare to how I normally drive. I normally drive over 200km/hr. Yup what can I say, I'm a rebel.

"Oh, we're going fast? I thought you said you are a good driver. Hailey let me drive, I want to be at my race on time, oh shit." Ryder looks at his watch with a worried expression.

"What race? Like a ten second race? I've won heaps of ten second races. Back before my father took away my skyline and impounded it." I sigh as I pull over, "I loved that skyline; it was blue. Anyways, you get out and I shift over."

"Yes, it's a ten second race. Did you want to come watch, you can be my trophy." He chuckles as he gets out and walks around the car, "I'm driving my mate's car against a kid named Ankoku, he's a rich kid that wants nothing more than to race and prove he's not a mummy's boy." Ryder explains to me as we speed through Tokyo. "Were you racing grannies or something Hailey?"

"Can you not call me Hailey, it's not my name. And no I was racing the best in New Zealand." I sigh. It doesn't feel right people calling my Hailey anymore, I'm going to use my real name.

"So if I can't call you Hailey then what do I call you?" he questions curiously glancing at me then back at the road.

"Teddy. It's my name." I sigh and stare out the window.

"Teddy? Where did Hailey come from then?" he asks.

"Hailey is my middle name." I explain quietly, watching my fiddling hands.

"Oh, okay, cool I guess." His fingers tap a beat on the steering wheel, "Can you put some music on please Teddy?"

"Sure thing Sex God, do you want to listen to my mixed CD?" I ask, flipping through my CD's. Linkin Park, Green Day, A Day to Remember, All Time Low, Falling in Reverse, My Chemical Romance and the list goes on.

"Yup, sounds good to me," he smiles. I insert the disk and wait a couple of moments before pushing play. I lean back and relax until I realise what the first song is. I reach forward and about to change the song when Ryder starts singing along. "You're insecure, don't know what for, you're turning heads when you walk through the door, don't need makeup, to cover up, being the way that you are is enough . . ." I zone out after the first verse.

I sigh in relief as I hear the last line being sung. "Thank god that is over, I would have died if it played any longer." I mutter under my breath, hoping Ryder didn't hear me.

"Hey, Teddy?"

"Yes, Ryder?" I reply.

"Why don't you like that song?" his curiosity takes over, so he did hear me.

"I don't mind the song, I just got over it quickly."

"So why do you drive like, well my nana but she's a professional race car driver so, your nana?" Ryder smirks.

"Excuse me but my driving is amazing, I could beat your ass any day." I chuckle, "So what time is your race?"

"At 10, we've got ten minutes to get there annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd we're here." He says as he pulls up next to some cars with people crowding them. I feel a bit self-conscious wearing so many more clothes than any female here.

I get out of the car with Ryder, "Just say here Teddy, I'll be back after my race, oh and don't talk to anyone." He points at the bonnet of my car when instructing my where to sit. I nod and sit on my bonnet.

"I'll just sit here and do nothing, don't worry about me, surrounded by criminals and law breakers. I'll be fine." I make sure my voice is thick with sarcasm.

"You'll be fine Teddy." Ryder smiles and disappears into the crowd of people.