The trouble maker

Chapter - 43

The night was breezy and terribly brass monkeys outside, I never liked going out or sneaking out at nights, but all that change since Alex and I started dating, the Alex the world knew, and the Alex I knew were so different, sometimes I even wonder if he was one single person, my own self of two months ago would still consider him to be a heartless trouble maker who was full of himself, yet there I was, standing in brass monkey weather to be with him.

"How do you feel?" He tightened his grip on me and hugged me even harder from behind, "Like a girlfriend who could lose her boyfriend any moment." I spat, and it was exactly how I felt at the moment.

He chuckled, "You won't lose me." He kissed my hair, "It's not even the first time you see me race."

"Not the first time, but could be the last time." I gushed, turning to face at him, "Do you even realize how foggy tonight is? You won't be able to see what's in front of you when you're racing."

"The others won't be able to see either," He joked, "How can you still be joking? Come on, back out, let's just go somewhere." I requested even though I knew deep inside my heart that the Alex I know will never back out of anything, but I had to try. God knows how much of an imbecile twats Levi and Simon were for encouraging him throughout the years in the races. Well, as Alex mentioned, it was not the first time I was witnessing him to a race, it was my second presently, the first time was totally unexpected, he'd told me he had a surprise and told me to meet him somewhere but when I reached where our supposed-to-be meeting point was, it was swarmed with people, and I heard the majority of the people calling Alex's name, it was then that I realized that one of the racer of the super-fast cars were actually Alex.

My worried ass which almost bums the spirit out of me was relaxing when the race ended and Alex was announced champion, but Alex being the champion of the ridiculous race was not what I wanted, not even close, just the thought of him injuring or meeting an accident or possibly the worst, dead- It was too much to take, and I don't think I could handle all the stress all over again.

"Ann!" I heard Ashlynn's voice from behind me, I shifted my gaze around and spotted her running inside where Alex and I were, I also spotted the one walking in with her: Simon.

It seems like Simon still had some interest in her, they were not supposed to be considered a couple, yet. But they were not friends obviously and everyone could see it, they were as transparent as a glass.

Alex gave me a quick kiss on my cheeks as he whispered, "Trust me." And he went rolling away with the other racers to the road, "Good Lord, I'm so excited!" Ash admitted as I watched her undeniably excited face, "Really? What's there to be excited about maniacs driving with full speed on, waiting for anyone of them to meet an accident?" I hissed.

"Chill Andrea." Levi interfered, "You've known Alex for like two months but we've known him since kindergarten," He said, with a visible hauteur on his face.

But I know possibly a hundredfold lot more about him than you.

"And if there's one thing you could trust Alex with your life, it's his crazy driving skill." Simon stated, cracking the bottle on the table open and sipped it, "Trust me, he'd piled-drive those bastard's asses."

"Bastards asses? As in the other racers?" Ash inquired, "Exactly pie." He winked at her.

Pie? PIE?

I was about to ask about the ludicrous nickname in which Simon just addressed Ash and judging from her expression, it looked like the nickname was already used quite often, but the engines roaring on the roads caught my attention, I stared at the cars on line, ready to race. With their engines loud noise and the people shouting, all I could catch was a glimpse of light. Then the next moment when all the clouds disappeared, there were no cars on line anymore.

It started. "You okay?" Ash asked as she stood beside me, I nodded but honestly, I was not fine, I was about to answer her but one thought struck my mind, if my head went this dizzy because I thought something would happen to Alex, what was I supposed to do in the future? I was supposed to fill him with love, and that was exactly what I was doing and the next thing I have to do was to leave.

My head went numb at the bitter thought, more months gone and I would eventually have to give 10 million to Gerald which I can't even fathom what a big amount it actually was in my mind, how was I supposed to have it? It was impossible, even if my parents could come up with the amount of money we borrowed, that was not our bargain, I'd need more millions to close the deal which made me feel like I was at the end of the road.

Then there I was, holding my heavy heart and prayed that Alex would come out from his car, unharmed while I was bound to be the one to harm him.

The sudden shouts from the crowds perked me up, "Ann, we have a winner!" Ash shouted at my ears as she jumped, the roads were now all covered up with clouds so I could not tell who the winner was, I suddenly felt like there was a drum playing inside my head, and the bad feeling I had at the beginning of the night still haunted me.

Levi was absolutely drunk, but not the not-knowing-what-they-do type of drunk, just typical funny type of drunk, just the type of drunk who made conversations funny. "Don't worry!" He called out to me, "It's him." He stated, "How can you be certain? How are you so sure that he's not lying somewhere in the road grasping for air?" I demanded, I was getting angry and I had no idea why.

"Because I know him, Andrea, have some faith in your man." He stated rather loudly, "Drinks on me tonight!" Then the whole crowd screamed in our ears.