Chapter 17
Same Day, Different Day.
Doc slowly opened his eyes as his side was being jostled awake. "Hey Doc, ya feelin' alright?"
Doc blinked a few times, as he looked around at his surroundings of the V8 café. He mind restless, his frame edgy as he jumped from the gentle tire that touched him. His slightly wide eyes looking around in all directions…. "Where is she!" he mindlessly shouted, causing everyone at the café to wince from the aggression heavy in his voice…
The black and white Mercury pulled his tire away from his dear friends side, "Where's who?"
His crystal eyes looked over at him in a slightly annoyed expression, "Christine, she was…" His eyes looked around him confused as his thoughts were scrambled, "How the heck did I get here?"
Sheriff just watched him, his cop like senses were just as confused as the Doctor's… "You've been here the whole time…." He found himself blinking slowly "Are the years finally catching up on ya?"
Doc narrowed his eyes at that comment and let the words just slide right off of him… "Where's Alice?"
Sheriff slightly relaxed a little on his shocks, "She wanted to keep an eye on Quinn, ever since he passed out from his gift thing, or something… Don't you remember?"
Doc eased his guard down, "Sheriff that happened on Tuesday."
Sheriff looked at him funny "Doc, it is Tuesday."
The Hudson paused as he just looked at him with slightly narrowed eyes, "Sheriff, if this is going to be another one of those April fool's day pranks…"
Sheriff looked at him with a surprised expression, "Doc it is Tuesday! Why in tar nation would I do something as idiotic as doing one of those 'April fool's day' stunts. I'm have to enforce the Law around these parts, I'm the one that catches the hooligans!" His eyes were slightly concerned, "Doc, Have you been out in the sun too long?"
Doc just looked at him… then around him, "Where the heck is she…?"
"Who?" The town joined Sheriff with his confused look on their faces as they watched the whole thing unfold…
"Like I told you before, Christine." Doc's eyes were focused on the Sheriff's…
"Christine who?"
Doc just looked at him like he usually does when he get frustrated with Mater. "How can you not remember the car that smashed your..." He looked at Sheriff… Not even one mark was on him…. everything that Christine did to him, disappeared ….as if it never happened… the Hudson's face fell as he just stared at him with a blank expression.
"Doc… are you alright?"
He quietly sat there, as he rested deeper on his shocks… his eyes darting back and forth at two different spots on the ground deep in thought… Nothing made any sense.
"Hang on let me have a look at him!" A voice was heard from the back of the crowd… squeezing passed the gawking by standers, emerging a deep twilight water blue Chrysler 300, Her Midnight blue eyes were locked with the Hudson's, a small bashful smile grew on her face…
The Hudson felt a smile grow on his, his eyes burned slightly just from the sight of her flawless body…
"Thanks Kendal, maybe you can use that ring of yours to help Doc." Sheriff commented to her.
Kendal looked over at him then back at the Hudson, "Oh don't worry Sheriff I'm sure it's nothing…"
The Hudson gave her a slightly confused look… The 300 winked at him... and rolled over at his side, resting a tire on his door…
"Yup, just what I thought." Kendal concluded rather quickly in Doc's opinion, "He just had a bad dream, Due to the heat from the Sun."
Most of the town continued going back to their own routine, as Sheriff still sat there nodding slowly, "I thought so, Wasn't sure, but I thought so! He did get up earlier than normal today. What was it? Four in the morning?"
"Actually it was three in the morning," Kendal corrected Sheriff nicely, "He went to bed a little too early last night, which made him get lightning up for his training a whole two hours early just to toy with him like he normally does…" She looked over at the Hornet, "Isn't that right, Hudson?
Hudson blinked a few times, reading Kendal's eyes, "Ah, right." He weakly agreed, "I wanted... to test the Rookie, 'cause I saw him going out last night... " he raised a frame at her, as she gave a very very slight nod.
Sheriff looked at the pair for a moment knowing something was up. "Well that makes more sense… "
Kendal caught his questioning tone, " He's still a little dazed, that's all. He'll be fine, once he takes a nap in his clinic." Kendal tugged at the Hornet's side gently, "Come on, let's get you out of the sun. "
Doc gave a slight nod to Kendal, Kendal looked at Sheriff "We'll see you later Sheriff."
Sheriff just stood there…. then gave a slight nod.. "Okay, Doc, you take care of yourself, alright?"
Doc gave a nod, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Kendal smiled, pulling Doc gently to follow her….
Doc willingly followed her.
"Kendal….." he lowered his voice to a whisper….
"mmm?"
"You Remember what happened…. Right? It's not just me… it can't be.. You were there…"
Kendal paused… looked over at her side where he was…. Then back on the road…. Giving a slight nod.
Doc paused in his speech, "Then why does-"
"Everyone doesn't know…" Kendal mildly cut him off…. "I woke up with Flo laughing at something that Quinn did… You know the Day that he showed the town his-"
"I got that.." Doc put in… "Apparently today's Tuesday."
Kendal gave a small warm chuckle. "Yeah, I saw you figure that out. You and Sheriff act like siblings. Both of you just as equally stubborn."
Doc felt a smile tug on his features.
"I'm guessing that…" Kendal openly thought aloud to Doc, " we're back on the day before we even meet Christine…" Kendal looked over at him… "Since no one has even heard of her name… and she's the type where once you see her… you'll never forget her…."…. a slight shudder came from Kendal's frame…. Doc tugged at her side to cruise closer to him…..
"What did she do to you Kendal…." He asked very lowly….
Kendal looked over at him…. kind of leaning on his side… "something are just best left unsaid….."
Doc didn't know how to verbally respond to that... he just pushed his fender with hers in comfort….
Kendal closed her eyes… trusting in Doc's driving…..
Doc paused in his stride as he looked up at the clinic doors….Then looked down at her, gently parting from her side.. and opening the door for her… "Age before beauty." A smile tugged on his face..
Kendal looked at him with a warm smile, "You're not that old Hudson…"
Doc cracked a smile… "Older than you."
Kendal slightly rolled her eyes, amused, "Not by a lot."
"Well I can't take the place of beauty, it's already taken." Hudson's eyes were warm and soft…
Kendal face grew a huge smile that she couldn't hide, her eyes low and bashful….
Hudson gestured for her to go through.
Kendal, still smiling, slowly rolling past the Hudson "Thank you." she said softly.
Hudson waited for her to enter the clinic, before following closely behind her….
As the Door quietly closed behind them… Quinn opened his sugar brown eyes, blinking a few times… His tired eyes focusing on the pair… then a spark of realization came a crossed his eyes... "Doc… Kendal"…. His voice whispered to them, trying not to disturbed the sleeping Mustang at his side… "Y'all okay?"
Doc smiled shakily as he looked at the Dodges bright sugar brown eyes, as he was about to say something when something dripped on his side… He glanced over at the Chrysler tear filled eyes… "Yes we are…." Kendal chuckled a broken chuckle, "Quinn, your accent is showing…"
Quinn's chuckle was slightly broken… "Oops…" He smiled as he shrugged very weakly still caring his lil' twang, "ah well."
Doc found a tug of a true smile, "Where are ya from?"
"I actually grew up not too far from here…. in the center parts of Arizona …" Quinn spoke with his natural voice still just as soft.
Doc raised a brow… "Really? With that twang, I'd say you'd came from Texas or even Mississippi…."
Quinn lightly shook his head… "Oklahoma actually…."
Kendal smiled, leaned over to Hudson to add a comment, "He gets it from his Mother. His Mom came from Oklahoma… and sometimes.. he slips with her accent from time to time…"
Doc looked at Quinn with a warm smile. Quinn smiled back…. Doc gave a small nod, "I'm glad I still have a chance to hear your accent…" Doc swallowed hard… "Welcome back…"
Quinn looked over at Alice gripping onto his side in her sleep… a smile tugged as he found himself nuzzling her side tenderly causing her to relax… "it's good to be back…."… he paused as he just watched Alice for a moment… her body slowly moving from her breathing…. "I wasn't sure if… I was part of the plan…."
The Hudson's eyes widened…. "You planned all of this?"
Quinn gave a week shrug … "in a way…I kind of went with my gut on this…" he gave a weak chuckle…. "Kendal had that ring of hers…and…. I had this gut feeling that…. She wasn't…. well … you know…."
The was a pause in the circle…
"and…well…."His eyes looked over at Doc, "You have the medical experience….I figured that…. You could…. Save her or something…. And Alice…" Quinn paused as he adjusted his position slowly not to disturb Alice at his side… "if…if I failed…"
Kendal raised a frame, "So, You…Wait hang on…. " Her eyes picked a spot on the ground to focus on….
Hudson watched her with soft eyes as her eyes looked up at Quinn again…. "You went after Christine… You wanted Christine to come after you…." Her eyes soften…. "You … wanted …."
Quinn swallowed hard… "I didn't care what happened to me… as long as you guys made it back okay…. That's all that mattered to me…. I knew… once I turned into Doc, Christine would come after me… and leave Alice alone…. Then maybe …. She could stop time or something…. And fix everything…. But…." He looked around the place…. "Apparently… she had more of a gift than we thought she had…."
Kendal thought deeply again… "Rachelle and Zeb were about two when they developed their gifts… and at first…. It wasn't really much… Rachelle knew your thoughts, but couldn't control your mind till about a half a year later….. Zeb was a little sprinter… but he didn't go the speed of light until about 4 months later….." She paused… giving a weak shrug … "I know it took me a while to be able to heal others….. and she didn't get her gift till this year…. …. Maybe …. She wasn't done developing …." Her Midnight eyes read the sugar brown and the Crystal eyes for a response to her logic….
The Hudson leaned back in thought…. "It's makes sense from a Doctor's perspective… If we look at this as a development stage like we would with anything else…." His eyes locked with Kendal's in an agreeing fashion.
"So… Alice… Can actually…." Quinn looked at her…watching her through soft, warm eyes…. "….wow"…. he breathed…. "…. Just …. Wow…" his lightly laugh "… that's all I can say at this point!"
Alice shifted in her sleep causing Quinn to freeze... Alice gave a slight heavy exhale, pressing into Quinn more as she resettled herself down…. Quinn relaxed a bit with her…. "oops… I was a little loud…" he whispered very softly… taking time to look at the sleeping Mustang again…. Then back up at the pair… "Does anyone else know?"
"Know about what?"
"About Christine and the chaos that came with her…"
Doc slowly shook his grill " Not one bit…"
Kendal nodded, "Basically the only ones that know about Christine is… Us."
There was a pause in the speech…
"So.." Quinn spoke up.. "What's going to happen tonight?"
Doc and Kendal raised a frame "What's tonight?" the pair said… they paused, blinked, looked at each other… then smiled….
Quinn paused rethinking the memory…. "isn't this the night were …. " He looked up at the Hornet, "Where you take Alice up to see the stars?..."
Doc paused in thought….
Kendal nodded , "This was the night that …"
Doc eyes widened "Christine comes to town…"
Quinn's eyes widened as he tensed up at that thought… "W-W-What are we going to do Doc?"
Doc narrowed his eyes as he just let his aggression get the best of him…. "I'm not going to let time repeat itself…."
Kendal tugged on his side tenderly… "Hudson you have to be rational about this…" Doc looked down at Kendal, his eyes a pure mixture between Hurt and Being Protective… Then he closed his eyes as his features became pain stricken… "Hudson… listen, I'd love to just rip her apart myself… but… we know what she can do… We have to think this through…."
Hudson paused as he swallowed hard… "I know… but… It's my problem… I have to fix it."
Kendal went to say something but was stopped when Hudson gave a quick kiss on her fender … "Please, Stay here… and Stay Safe…" He whispered as he quietly pulled away from her side and pushed passed the doors… Kendal stood there in mild awe….
Quinn rose on his tires, "Doc!.. Doc wait!"… He, as gently as he could, pulled away from Alice and chased the Hornet, whipping around the stunned Chrysler in the middle of the floor….
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"Doc! ….. Doc! Wait up!" the Dodge sprinted down the street after the fading tail lights in the dusk light. "Doc! Please! You don't know what you're doing!"
The Hudson's tail lights brightened as distressed tires squealed, he whipped around to face him , "Quinn? What are you doing out here? Get back to the Clinic!"
Quinn's eyes were focused as he caught up with the Hornet.
"I can't do that." Quinn lightly panted.
Doc rose on his tires, His frustration causing him to snap "Quinn, there is no need to be a hero. You've proved your point…"
Quinn winced… but then stood his ground, "Well, apparently, Not Strong enough." His eyes were focused and strong, " I wasn't kidding about anything that I've said and/or done..."
"You dare go against a Judge's word?"
Quinn swallowed hard… then… kept his ground. "No, I tend on keeping mine."
Doc paused as he kept his gaze with Quinn's….
Quinn glanced up at the setting sun… "Plus… how do you even know that she's there?"
Doc sighed, "Quinn, I don't have time for this…." The Hornet huffed as he turned to face down the street….
"Doc wait.." Quinn tried holding him back, but didn't get the chance…. The Racer showed off his skills as he sprinted up the hills…. Quinn found himself snarling, "You know! You're so stubborn Doc!"
He revved his engine and sprinted after him…
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Doc sprinted up the hill trying to outrun the Dodge will great success… As he kept glancing at his mirror, to find just the loose leaves and dust kicking up behind him…. He didn't want Quinn to follow him… he had to do this on his own… He didn't want to see that Dodge …. Wrapped around…. The tree….. the sobbing mustang looking back at him with a shaking grill…
There was a high pitched noise coming from behind him… causing the Hudson to glance back in his mirror again…
A dust cloud puffed around this speeding demon as he was coming on fast…. Way too fast for his comfort….
The car zoomed past the Hornet like a breeze, whipping around to face him….. .
The dust quickly settled around the familiar Red Ferrari from years ago… Doc stopped. His eyes wide at they looked at the Ferrari that made some little yellow Fiat faint from his presents….. "Doc!" His eyes changed to sugar brown eyes with his copper ring…. Quickly fading to the Deep red Dodge…. "You have to knock this off! Can't we just stop and talk about this!"
Doc huffed a sigh "Quinn, it's for your own safely! "
"No Doc I don't think you understand I-"
Quinn paused…. As he looked at his side oddly… "What was that….?"
Doc looked at him, "Quinn I swear …"
Quinn shot him a look, "No seriously…. Don't you hear that?"
Doc eyes searched around him, listening sharply…. The wind ruffling in the trees, the leaves chattering with themselves….. "Quinn… I hear nothing. You're already starting to get paranoid."
Quinn blinked a few times…. "No really…. I thought I heard something….."
Doc shook his grill slowly as he rolled by him, continuing his hunt on that Fury….
Quinn paused, re-thinking his thoughts, then slowly following Doc… keeping his space…..
'I'm not paranoid…' He mouthed to himself behind Doc's back…. 'I know what I heard!' He pouted…
Doc flinched suddenly, "Quinn, knock it off!"
Quinn snapped back in confusion "What did I do!"
Doc growled "Stop bumping into me!"
Quinn looked at him…. "Doc, I didn't even touch you!"
Doc looked back at him… Then paused at the Distance between the two….. Quinn stopped 300 feet from Doc…..
Doc raised a frame….
Quinn raised a frame…. Then… His eyes went wide as he screamed at the top of his lungs…
Doc jumped.. "What!"
Quinn frightened face paled... "Something got me…." His shaking voice choked…
Doc has never seen Quinn act like that… He wasn't kidding…. Something had a hold of him…. As Doc looked around him….
…he saw nothing…
"Where Quinn, I don't see anything!"
"Get it off of me!" Quinn shrieked, his eyes glassy as he lifted a tire on his right side…as he appeared to be pushing an invisible force….
…it grunted…
Doc's eyes widened as he slowly rolled over to the area where Quinn was pushing from…
A loud clanking noise was heard from Doc's bumped as he collided with the force… Doc rolled back quickly, "… this is uncanny…." He growled….
"ow…"
Both froze at the third voice….
Quinn swallowed hard…. Then paused… blinking a few times… "Wait a sec."
Quinn brought back his tire, and forcefully punched the side of the being… making another clanking noise….
"Ow! Quite it!"
Doc stared confused at this surreal sight… He couldn't be alive… nope… this wasn't happening….. This can't be…. It didn't make any sense!...
Quinn felt himself growl… "Skyler! What are you doing here!"
Doc blinked… "Skyler!"
And just like that… a very soft green, 1970 Buick Gran Sport gently rippled into plan sight, gripping onto his Twin brother…. His Ice Eyes looked at the Hornet… a Soft Amber ring was present in his eyes…
Doc just stared at the Two Twin Brothers…. One Was a Dodge Charger, Dark red in paint, Sugar brown eyes, gift of mimic…. The other Brother…. A Buick Sport, light green in paint, Ice blue eyes, gift of invisibility… Sugar Brown, and Ice Blue…. Just like Aero's miss matched eyes…. And just like them…. complete opposites…
"Skyler, what are you doing here!"
The Buick released his brother's side… as he gave a weak shrug…. "well… I was looking for you…."
Quinn paused "Looking for me?"
Skyler nodded very slowly… "I wanted to see where…Radiator.. Springs was… but…. I've been looking around for it and…. I got lost…. And I tried asking for directions, but she was looking for the town too…. So now I'm looking for some sort of-"
Quinn narrowed his eyes… "Who's she?"
Skyler shuddered at the thought… "I don't know… but her eyes are so…malignant… it's inconceivable…"
Quinn narrowed his eyes "… in English?"
A stunned hornet shook the feeling off.. "Malignant is 'disposed to do evil.' Or 'life threatening'….. inconceivable is impossible to imagine or to grasp mentally …."…. Hudson met the still confused Sugar brown eyes… "The eyes are so evil, it's unbelievable …."
Quinn blinked… "oh….Could it be Christine?"
Skyler looked confused, "Who's Christine?" Skyler looked at his brother… then at the Hornet's shaking grill…. "It's best…" The hornet spoke, " That all you know is that she is a horrible, wicked car…"
Skyler shifted weight in thought, "Two tone? Red and cream? Plymouth Fury?"
Both Quinn and Doc's faces fell… "That's her."
Quinn paused… "Wait … you said she was looking for Radiator Springs?..." His eyes went distant… "What did you tell her!"
Skyler's face tinted under pressure…. " Told her I would look around for it...and… that if I came a crossed something to notify her…"
Quinn swallowed hard… "You didn't tell her where the town is did you!"
Skyler's Ice eyes lowered in panic… "I didn't say anything yet… I don't even know where the town is! All I know is some motel up here that I came a crossed…."
"Wheel well?" Doc asked with an even tone, His crystal eyes fixated on the new comers shy behavior …
Skyler looked up at Doc for a second, then diverted his gaze away from his eyes… "Yes."
Quinn paused…. "So you didn't tell her?"
Skyler shook his head…. "No… not at all…." His shaking Ice eyes looked up at the hornet… "I-I didn't know she was…so truculent…"
Quinn raised a frame, "I'm guessing that means wicked or something close to that…"
Doc half closed his eyes forcing himself not to roll his eyes….
Then, something lit up in Quinn's eyes… "Wait a minute…" He pointed a tire towards Skyler, "You're the reason why she found this town… and if it wasn't for you…. She would have never find this place….." Quinn looked up at Doc with bright eyes… "Maybe … we don't need to fight her at all….. Maybe she… just needs…. Some misguidance…."
Doc felt a very small impressed smile tug on his grill, "You know Quinn… You may not be very book smart… But your strategic skills blow me away every time…."
Skyler raised a frame… "This has happened before? Your speaking in past tense about this Christine problem.."
Quinn and Doc looked at each other… then back at Skyler… "It's a long story…" Quinn put it very simply…
Doc exhaled a sigh of relief… "Skyler, there is something that we need you to do…It's very important…"
Skyler swallowed… "What do you want me to do…?" he spoke very softly as he looked up at the hornet….
Doc paused deep in thought… "Skyler, we want her as far away from this town as possible….And… Whatever you do…. Don't you Dare!" His eyes sparked with seriousness causing the soft green Buick to flinch… "Tell her anything.. Not us… not the town… not Wheel Well… Nothing!... Are we clear?"
Skyler swallowed hard... "W-What do you want me to tell her then….?" His soft voice choked out nervously…
Doc looked at Quinn for a second… then back at Skyler… "You could give her a completely wrong direction…. But…. No one knows… if she will take the bait…."….
Quinn sat in thought… "Well if she believed him before… Why wouldn't she believe him this time around?"
Doc gave a weak nod… "It's worth a shoot."
Quinn nodded … "What do we have to lose?"
Skyler watched the two back and forth… "If only I can completely comprehend this conversation…" His soft voice spoke, giving a light sigh… "This information that you speak of… It must be somewhat believable… or factual for that matter…. I can't just think up of another random destination upon this earth…."
Quinn gave him such a weird look, "Sky, Why the heck do you talk like that? You sound like a flippin' computer."
Skyler raised a brow, "I sound like a computer? Huh… interesting."
Quinn rolled his eyes… "Dude… you need to get out more often…."
Doc grumbled… "Skyler…"
Skyler's Ice eyes looked back up at the Crystal…
"What's your thought on this…?"
Skyler paused…. "Well, I'm not positive… but… then again, I'm not that well informed…"
Quinn smiled… "Hey… I have an Idea…." He turned towards his brother… "Sky, Tell Christine where we live!..."
Doc and Skyler snapped back, "Quinn, maybe that's not a good idea…." Doc talked low and seriously…. "I don't want harm to come to your family…"
Quinn shook his grill, "No, Listen! We call Dad when we get back to town… Letting him know about her… etcetera, etcetera….. Sky, you tell Christine, where we live…. Have her go find out house…. And Dad can use his transportation gift and transport her… well Anywhere! Heck even a hundred feet underground if he wanted too!"
Doc and Skyler eyes were wide…. "You can come up with complex plans left and right…. But you don't even know what inconceivable is?" Doc shook his head in shock, "You are inconceivable Quinn."
Quinn's excitement slowly died…. "Why …. Is it that bad?"
Doc found himself force a weak chuckle, "No, just unique."
Skyler very quietly chuckled, "When you have a weakness at one thing, you have strength in another."
Doc gave a slight nod… "Quite true… Now… I won't agree to this unless this is truly okay..."
Quinn and Skyler took a moment to look at each other… Then back at the Hornet, both giving a nod of agreement…
Doc gave a single nod. "So it's settled… Skyler… Do you know where she is?"
Skyler gave a weak nod, "I know the general area where she is… about 10 miles away from here…. more or less…"
Doc gave a weak nod… "Alright…."
Quinn felt Doc's uneasiness as his gut tightened with his… "Sky… the town is only a few miles down this road….. If anything happens… Do what you do best okay?..."
Skyler turned over his very soft engine as he started making his way up…. "Don't you worry…I know what I am doing.."
Skyler started driving up the road…. And just as the wind gently blew the leaves around the Buick…. He vanished…
Quinn and Doc sat there, complex in thought. Wondering… if they made the right choice… Wondering… if a little change… will go a long way…
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"Uh huh… ….Yeah, I know…..I was just hoping that-… Yeah…. …Right….. I mean, this is the best that we came up with…" Quinn shifted his stance uneasily as he spoke using the head set that Doc had given him to use….The loud speaker in the phone that he was using was shot…. 'technology…' Doc thought as he watched the Dodge slowly moved himself into the wall for support…. 'but then again… It might be a good thing that I'm only hearing a one sided conversation….' Doc's expression weakened as he watched Quinn continue to grow more uncomfortable….
"A reason? Well… ….. No, it's not that, it's just that, it's very hard to explain... It's complicated…." Quinn paused as his face got red…. "…N-No, not that at all.…." His eyes went slightly wider as his father continued on the other line…. His face continuing to get redder…. "No I haven't done anything like that!... …. No!... This has nothing to do with-….." A frustrated sigh escaped… as the very soft inaudible murmurs sounded from the headset….. "Dad…"… apparently saying 'dad' didn't pause the long speech he was getting….. "Dad… She's not even…"… Quinn just stared at the wall…. As his father kept rambling… "Dad, I love you… but you really need to let me finish before you just automatically assume-…."….
Docs just watched the uncomfortable Dodge sinking lower and lower to the ground…..
He rolled towards the Dodge as he waved a tire at him trying to catch his attention….
Quinn's eyes glanced over at Doc.. Catching the waving tire… as he looked directly at him….
'Is everything alright?' he mouthed to the Dodge inaudibly…
Quinn huffed a sigh as he looked on Doc's office Desk and grabbed a blank piece of paper. Then glanced back up on the Desk… 'Pen?' He mouthed to Doc.
Doc gave a nod as he opened one of his desk drawers and found a single black pen and kindly gave it to him to use…
Quinn took a moment to think while listening… "Dad… I understand that…." He spoke allowed as he started writing out something on the page…then paused... "Dad…. Hang on just a second…". …. He finished his writing and quickly handed it to Doc. "Okay sorry, you were saying…?"
Doc looked up at Quinn, then down at the piece of paper with the words in Quinn's font:
"My Dad thinks Christine is my "girlfriend" that I want to avoid."
Doc snapped his head back at the words… Quinn nodded furiously, at the disgusted look that Doc gave.
"… Can I just say something….?..." Quinn paused…. "Alright… First of all… Christine is Doc's ex-Girlfriend that is this …. This…. " Quinn looked at Doc for a word….
Doc scribbled down on the line below that in his handwriting.
"Sick, Twisted, Sadistic Monster."
Quinn blinked at the sight of the sentence… "a Sick, Twisted, Sadistic Monster…." Quinn looked up at Doc, 'I thought Doctors had horrible writing?' He mouthed getting a chuckle out of the hornet.
"…Yes…. … Christine is life treating. She tried killing all of us here…..….. ….." Quinn paused nodding slowly….Then something in the conversation Dawned on him as he motioned for the paper again….
Quinn scribbled down again on the piece of paper underneath Doc's note. Then passed it smoothly back to him.
"Where do you want to put her?"
Doc blinked…
Quinn raised a brow… then paused… "I'm asking him now hang on…" Then Quinn just looked at him…
Doc paused unsure… "out of harm's way… I don't care."
Quinn took a second… "He doesn't care…"
Quinn chuckled at the other end…. "That's funny, it'll almost be like a reunion!"
Doc raised a frame as Quinn still chuckled listening to his father… "Yeah, that's good I like that Idea a lot…"
Doc pushed the pen and paper towards him….
Quinn grabbed the pen and quickly scribbled on the paper…
"Dad's funny."
Doc rolled his eyes… "What is funny?"
Quinn nodded, taking the paper back from him…. "Yeah…. Yeah that's good. …." He started writing stuff down….Pausing… "Huh?..." His eyes shook back and forth….a bashful smile tugged on his face… "S-She's doing good…" He looked down at what he put down and crossed it off…. As he started writing down another sentence….that smile grew even more bashful as his eyes lit up…then he eyes looked at the page…realizing what he put… crossed off another section of it…. Then…. Quickly wrote down a few more words… "Well…"….. Then his face reddened…. "Not….yet anyway…"
He pushed the piece of paper towards Doc.
"Do you remember back in … I think she might be the one… The same place as the two cars from Jack's place."
Doc paused as he chuckled at his crossed out marks….
"Well… Now is too soon….. way too soon…. I mean… she'd…. well… ahh…" Quinn gave a nervous chuckle… ….. There was a long pause… as the father asked some question on the other line….. "…. I do Dad…. I really do…."
Doc's eyes softened at the sight of Quinn….. Then he glanced down at the crossed out part on the paper…..
"I think she might be the one."
He's smiled tugged a little more at Quinn's words that he mindlessly put down on their conversation…..
His office door slowly open behind him causing Doc to switch his attention.
"Ah.. Doc…" Her quiet voice whispered to him, "There's this Buick out here looking for you…"
Doc's eyes widened… "is he alright?" His soft voice asked urgently…
"He's fine, he's just wants to talk to you…" Her Violet eyes looked past the Hudson for a second to look at the deep red Dodge behind him…a very subtle bashful smile tugged on her grill before looking back at The Hornet…
Alice blinked a few times, "What?"
Doc chuckled at Alice's movements… "Just enjoying the show…" He softly said to her side as he went into his clinic…
There sat the same soft green Buick as before…. His Ice eyes meeting his Crystal…. "Skyler," The hornet spoke, "How did she take it…?"
Skyler settled back on his shocks…. "Well, I believed she bought it. She just gave me thanks, a swift nod of the hood and took off towards our house… Only Time will tell I guess."
Doc slowly nodded… "Your brother is on the line with your father as we speak, he has agreed to the plan… We just have to wait…. and hope for the best."
Skyler nodded slowly… "Very true… I guess… My work is done here." His eyes looked up at the Hornet and gave a slight nod… "It was nice meeting you."
The Buick looked sadly at the back at the office … then made his way towards the main door.
"Hey Bro."
The Buick stopped in his tracks… and looked back at the Dodge that stood in the office doorway… "Now, where do you think you're going?"
Skyler looked back at his brother confused… "Heading home?"
Quinn shook his grill, "Why don't you stay a while? Have a look around the town, catch up? For old time sake?"
Skyler paused… looked at the double door…. Then back at his brother…. A smile came a crossed his features….
Quinn rolled his eyes, "Relax! Enough with the act! Come give your brother a hug!" Quinn said playfully as he stretched his tires out towards him.
Skyler's mature nature faded as he rushed over, tackling his brother in a hug…
Quinn chuckled loudly as he found himself rubbing his tire playfully on his hood causing Skyler to laugh and Nudge his brother playfully to the side… Just like they did all those years ago…..
Alice chuckled as she found herself rolling her eyes… "boys.."
Quinn paused in the horse play as he looked over at Alice with a growing smirk on his face, "Jealous that you're not joining us?"
Alice felt a smile that she couldn't hide…
Quinn took this opportunity to grab onto her as like a pin, not a rough as with his brother, and lightly rubbed a tire on her hood….
Alice found herself giggling at this; joy bright in her eyes…
Quinn smile softened as he warmly chuckled at her reaction… softly nuzzling her side affectionately.
Alice found herself resting on him…a soft smile growing….
Skyler felt a smirk grow… "So that's why you left home…."
Quinn shot him a look with his eyes, "what?"
Skyler couldn't help but chuckle, "I knew a girl was involved…."
Quinn rose from her side, "And what's that suppose to mean?" His Eye frame raised in question….
Skyler shrugged… "Just knew"
Quinn gave an annoyed sigh, gaining a chuckle from Alice…
"Brothers…." Quinn shook his head slowly.
"And what's that suppose to mean?" Skyler raised a frame at his question in a mocking matter.
Quinn shook his hood… "Oh geez….."
The Mustang nodded at his direction as he tapped Quinn's side, "Hey… Quinn…?"
Doc watched the trio quietly in the corner… "Skyler… Do you mind giving me some help with something?"
The Dodge turned to her with a smile on his face. "Yeah?"
Alice swallowed hard as her eyes kind of hit the ground….
Quinn raised a frame at her reaction, "Alice what's the matter?"
Alice took a breath… and looked up at him "Quinn there is something I need to tell you. It's kind of Important…."
Quinn's eyes filled with worry, "Alice, if it's about Christine, I swear on my life she will never rest one tire on you…. "
Alice shook her grill… "It's not about Christine…"
Quinn swallowed hard… As he held her shaking tire very tenderly, "What's troubling you so? Your trembling…"
His soft worried eyes looked down at her shaking tire, then back up in her eyes… "…Is….. Is it a vision or something?"
Alice very slowly shook her head… her eyes off to the one side….
Quinn found his eyes doing the same thing … Then he looked up at her again…. "Alice… W-….What can I do to-"
He found himself caught in his sentence… It wasn't because he was having trouble finding words… It was because he was having problems making them….. His mouth couldn't move….
Her lips where suddenly linked with his…..
He was in a state of shock…..He couldn't do anything….. he just sat there in awe…
She made him paralyzed…
Alice pulled back just enough away from him... her eyes still closed…. … " Quinn…. I…." … Her eyes slowly open to his…. "….I-I think I love you too…."
He just stood there still awestruck … His eyes slightly wide and he just looked at her in surprise…..speechless.
Alice's eyes cast off to the side…. " I… I didn't get a chance….to… tell you…. how I felt….. when you…."…. Her jaw tightened, eyes pooling with tears…. "w-when you….." Her lip quivered, holding back her sobs….
His relaxed his expression as he gently stroked her fender with a tire. Looking at her with glassy eyes, wiping a stray tear from her face….."…Why are you crying?" He asked loud enough to be heard, but soft enough to prevent his cracking voice about to cry.
Alice tears just ran down her hood, Her voice was so broken from her painful memory "I don't want to see you die like that ever again, I don't want to see you hurting, or being in pain, or … or…."
Quinn very lightly pressed his tire on her lips… "Shh… Alice... please….." He swallowed hard, his tire shaking slightly over her lips….
Alice's eyes looked deep into Quinn's watery sugar brown eyes… "Please… don't cry…." He blinked a few times holding back tears, "It breaks my heart when I see you cry…"
Alice's lip quivered under his tire as he gently removed his tire from her lips… She went to talk, but her voice was so shaken there was no volume to her two words "I'm sorry".
"Don't be sorry. I won't leave you." He voice was soft, as he rolled closer to her, resting inches away from her… "….I love you too much." He paused, looking down at her for a split second, then back up in her eyes… Then very gently presses his lips with hers…
'Everything was bright… the sun high in the sky, pouring it's razing around her… the warmth of the sun was just…. Reviving….
"Love, what are you doing?" the sound of his earthly chuckle sounded from a distance… She turned to face his voice, the sun blinding her from him….
"Just enjoying the sun, it's just so beautiful out!" A smile grew on her face.
The distant figure came closer to her with something at his side. "It is beautiful out huh? Maybe we all can do something together. What do you think Alice?"
The shapes sharpened as the sun let up on it's raze…. That Deep Red Dodge, with that soft crooked smile she loved…. when his eyes locked with hers, …. her heart skip a beat…
"That sounds wonderful…" Her smile grew even more as he rolled close to her, giving a soft kiss on her lips as a greeting. "I sure he'll get a kick out of it."
And just before Alice was about to ask something, something clung onto her side very tenderly….
Her violet eyes looked down at the little fall leaf dark orange, modern Mustang GT. His soft little tires clung to her side as he meet her eyes…. Indigo eyes that had a starburst of Sugar Brown…..A Blue Hazel... Big Indigo, Blue Hazel eyes looking up at her innocently as he hid at her side….
Alice chuckled softly as she nuzzled the little ones side affectionately causing him to giggle slightly by her touch…
Quinn pulled alongside Alice, leaning into Alice chuckling softly from her side as he watched them…. What a difference it was… compared to only a year ago…..'
Alice opened her ringed eyes and pulled back from Quinn, gasping from the sudden vision that flooded her senses.
Quinn face reddened as he turned away from her, slightly embarrassed. "Did I… Do something wrong…?"
Alice shook her head slightly. "No… No …" She took a moment to breathe… "Not at all…" Her Jade ring rippling in her eyes as she just zoned out on one spot, trying to collect her thoughts, trying to understand what she just saw…
Quinn glanced over at her, the paused as realization hit his senses. "What did you see? Is it Christine again?"
Alice blinked a few times…. "No…it wasn't Christine at all… it was…".. She paused… as she looked up at him… "Us."
He slowly rolled closer to her, "Us?" he mindlessly whispered.
She slowly nodded, a smile grew on her face… "Us."
Quinn's face lit up a little at the sound of that, "….Us."
"….And…. then some." Alice felt a huge smile tug on her features… A smile that she could not hide.
Quinn's eye frame raised in question…. Then his eyes went wide…..His face got real red… "Oh!…" He nervously chuckled, clearing his throat a couple of times… "…Oh… well ah…."… He coughed again as he rubbed his tire on the tiled floor uneasy like…
Alice found herself lightly laughing at his expression, "Don't worry about it… It's just comforting to know… that…." Alice rolled over to his side leaning into him, "the future looks bright…."
Quinn relaxed when Alice leaned on him…closed his eyes, gently pushing into her, savoring it, "I hope so…"
Alice closed her eyes slowly…
A ringing noise sounded from the office, causing Alice to jump from his side. Quinn rushed over to the phone, trying as best as he can throwing the headset on… "Hello?"
Alice rolled over to Quinn, Fixing the missed a lined headset on the Dodges roof… He smiled at her mouthing 'Thanks' to her… Then he paused, his eyes going wide in shock as he listened to his father's words on the other line... "She fell for it!"….
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Doc blinked wide and slowly, "You're kidding."
Quinn and Alice stood in front of the stunned Hornet behind the famous café. "I know, I couldn't believe it myself!" Quinn said matching the Hudson's tone. "You'd think that someone as devious as her wouldn't fall for something so plan and simple. It seems almost out of character for her."
Doc just sat there in deep thought, his crystal eyes zoning off on a spot on the ground. "You'd think we'd have to beat her at her own game or something…"
Both Quinn and Alice nodded slowly.
Doc still sat there unfazed. "Huh. Funny how some folk work…"
Alice nodded slowly in agreement. Quinn just looked at him with unsure eyes.
Doc's bumper very weakly curved up into some smile, "Well, I won't have to worry about someone showing up from my past anymore huh?"
Alice felt a weak smile on her face, "Is that a good thing?" she asked cautiously.
It took Doc a moment to respond to the question, "Wish I could see my crew chief one last time, but other than that… yeah. It is a good thing."
Quinn shifted uncomfortably.
Alice nodded slowly. "I wish you could too Doc."
Quinn swallowed hard. "Doc." He suddenly blurted out, gaining the attention of hornet.
Quinn found his eyes quiver back and forth as he felt his stress levels rise, "I-I know what happened to Mr. Wattsmen."
Alice's eyes widened at Quinn, then looked over at the quiet Hornet. His crystal eyes were weak as they looked into his sugar brown eyes. "Christine did it, didn't she?"
Quinn weakly nodded his hood.
Doc took a moment to let that sink in. Then his weak eyes lowered to the ground, "I.. Had a feeling… "
There was a pause among them as the heavy hearted hornet silent emotions spread among the trio. Alice rolled a little closer to Doc… "Doc…" She whispered softly, "….I'm…. I'm sorry…."
His eyes just stared off on this single spot on the ground…
Then a smile tugged on the corner of his mouth… "Why worry about the past… It's behind us, Right?"
Alice and Quinn just looked at him, unchanging in their expression.
" What's done is done, no sense in worryin' about it now…" A lightly forced smile was on his face, "My family is here." His lightly forced smile wasn't forced anymore…. "unharmed, and safe…. What more could I ask for?"
Alice and Quinn both smiled, Gaining a soft chuckle from the old hornet as he rolled up to Alice pulling her into an embrace. The Hornet held a tire out towards Quinn. "You just as part of the family as she is." He smiled towards the Dodge, "Come on, even a strong males like myself can hug every once in a while!" He chuckled waving his tire towards himself. Quinn laughed "Well… Okay!" he smiled as he rolled to his side in an embrace fashion…
"Hey Doc, where'd you go?" lightning rolled around the café and paused when he saw The hornet embracing his "family"…. "Hey…." He took a moment to look at the Hornet… The Hornet looked back up at the rookie with a blank stare, letting go the two from his sides….. Lightning just looked at him with an expressionless face…. "You told me you didn't like hugs…."
Doc's classic judge like expression was plaster on his face… "I only hug family."
Lighting eye frame raised, "How are they your family? You not even related to them!"
Doc looked over at Alice, a small creeping smile tugged on his face. "Alice is like a Daughter to me."
Alice's eyes lit up at that, "Yeah, He's like my Dad."
Lightning sat there in a awe struck expression, " That doesn't explain Quinn!"
Doc looked over at Quinn… "He's like a son-in-law."
Lightning paused looking at him… "So what does that make me!"
Doc slightly rolled his eyes, slowly making his way out of the conversation "A rookie."
Lightning blinked, tailing Doc "Aw come on Doc, What am I in your "make shift" Family?"
, "Ah… a cousin…"
"So I am in your family! Why won't you hug me?"
" Because cousins are …different."
Lighting snapped back "What! How so?"
Doc grumbled… " Cousins have to earn a hug…"
"Oh come on Doc!"
Alice laughed at the fading conversation, "Oh Doc is so stubborn… Have you noticed that he especially hard on Lightning? You know he really cares for him, must be that racer competition thing…."
Quinn zoned out on the fading Doc. "Did he just call me his son-in-law?"
Alice blinked… then smiled, "I guess he did."
Quinn rolled a little closer to her, still in deep thought, "Huh, weird….. Do you think he knows about the future?"…
"I don't think so… But I think he just follows his gut on this." Alice chuckled, looking up at Quinn, " He's no fool Quinn, you should know that!"
He warm smile tugged on his features… "Well, I forget sometimes"
"Don't worry, I've got your back." She winked a him.
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Doc pushed through the Double Doors giving of a slightly annoyed sigh. "racecars…" her huffed to himself as he went through the door to his homey clinic. He loved being around cars, but he also loved time to himself.
A dropping noise sounded from his office causing Doc to cock an eye frame.
…or almost to himself.
He rolled slowly to the Door to his office pushing the door slowly open with a tire…
Tail lights of a Chrysler 300 faced him as she froze in shock at the mess of old newspaper on the ground.
"If you're looking for a check-up, I can take you in tomorrow around nine o'clock at the earliest. The clinic's closed."
The dark water at twilight blue painted Chrysler gave a light chuckle. " Is that so? I was wondering why the lights were off."
Doc chuckled at her, playing along with his little "situation". His crystal eyes watched her tires gently scoop up the dropped newspapers on the floor…
"I take it the magazines that I provided for my patients weren't in your best of taste?"
Kendal didn't have to face the Hornet for him to tell that she was smiling, "Well, it's not that they were not in my taste. More like I found something more… Interesting to read."
Doc cocked his windshield even high, a playful smile tugged on his features. "Is that so?" He rolled over to the newspapers , picking up the top paper closest to him, showing a faded picture of him as the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Smiling….
"This is interesting to read?" He joked with her, "He seems a little too washed up…"
Kendal sent him a glance, "Washed up? I don't see that at all…"
Doc chuckled warmly at that as he rested the paper back down on top of the pile. "Well, What do you see?"
"I see a tender heart…. A kind soul…. A … mysterious being." Her eyes twinkled at that. "But I like the Doctor that he came to be."
Doc chuckled as he scooped up the papers and placed them back in the shelf. "You like Doc more than the Fabulous Hudson Hornet I take it?"
Kendal shook her grill lightly… "Nope… I love the Hudson."
He paused... something clicking in his thoughts… an answer to his long time unanswered question.
Kendal chuckled warmly at the Hudson's expression. "I don't love a Doctor, I don't love a racer, I love a Mr. Hudson Hornet. I love Hudson. I love who you are." A bashful smile tugged on her features. "I love you Hudson. Just the way you are."
Hudson's was speechless. His mind was running, but his mouth failed to form words.
Kendal gave a soft chuckle, "I've lost count how many times you asked me that question, But I never got the chance to answer it."
His eyes slowly blinked at that.
She smiled bashfully at his expression. "Wasn't that part of the deal, a while back? When you were begging me to stay?"
The Hudson cracked a smile, "I wasn't begging you to stay."
Kendal gave a roll of her eyes, "close enough. You even had Quinn and Aero get involved." She chuckled at the memory.
The Hudson tried to somewhat make an effort to re-organize his office, making himself too busy to really answer the statement. "Well, I just… Wanted to make sure… that…. You didn't have to leave."
Kendal, unfazed by his answer, started helping him clean up his office a little, "mhmm…"
The Hudson paused in his tiding up, as he just looked over at Kendal.
Kendal was oblivious to the Hornets staring at her, moving a big cardboard box out from the middle of the office. Then she paused when her eyes caught a warn crafted, homemade wooden box…
She slowly picked up the wooden box from the inside of the cardboard box. Her tires very delicately rested the box on the ground….releasing the latch that held the box shut and gently opened the box. The Hornet watched with very kind eyes as he watched her expression change on the sight of a very worn, thick, leather bound, Holy Bible.
She opened the Holy book very tenderly, opening it to a random page… Her midnight eyes were puzzled at the strange symbols and lettering of the words, expecting to be able to read it.
"It's in Greek." The humbled hornet answered her inaudible question. "It's one of the original languages of the Holy Bible."
Kendal looked up at him, "You understand Greek?"
The Hornet lightly shook his head slightly, "Not really. My Crew Chief had Greek as a second language. He said that there are details in the Greek translation that isn't in the other translations…"
The hornet rolled closer to the Bible trying to read the symbols and lettering… "I think you're in Timothy… the second book."
He took his tire, flipping through the pages, when there was a marker made out of silk that saved a section in…
Όλη η Γραφή είναι θεόπνευστη και ωφέλιμη για διδασκαλία, rebuking, τη διόρθωση και την κατάρτιση με δικαιοσύνη, έτσι ώστε ο δούλος του Θεού να είναι τέλειος και καταρτισμένος για κάθε καλό έργο.
"I know this…" The Hornet paused….trying to read it aloud with correct enunciation…
Kendal was amazed on how clear his Greek was. " if I remember correctly… it's All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work…. It was his favorite scripture… use to read it to me all the time…"
Kendal smiled, " He sounds like a very religious gentlemen out on a mission…"
Doc smiled, "He was. He was tough on me about everything, but he was on a mission…He wanted me to live a different life. A better successful life… He was showing me the Bible but…." A soft chuckle erupted from his fame, "it would have been easier to understand if it was in my language."
Kendal chuckled. "I can understand that." She said as she slowly closed the Bible, resting it back in its wooden box.
And just as she placed it back in the box, a shimmer caught her eye… "What's that?"
Doc looked inside the box, which caught a breath in his throat…. "That, we'll save for another day…."
Kendal paused, "Why Hudson, is there something you're not telling me?" She gently reached towards it as Hudson very gently grabbed her tire, holding it tenderly in his…
"I'm not hiding anything Kendal. It's just that, this is something that has to wait for the right time."
Kendal looked at their tires… then up at him, "I understand…."
Doc smiled, giving her a soft kiss on her fender, "Good. Now why don't we get some dinner. Shall we?"
Kendal's smile grew, "Dinner sounds wonderful right now."
She back up, and rolled towards the door… The Hudson rolled over towards the box, looking at the shimmer of the old fashioned engagement hood ornament, a Crystal with silver and Gold twisting through the center of it…. Covering up the crystal, and hiding it deep in the box..
"Are you coming Hudson?"
Hudson felt a tug of a smile as he closed the lid to the cardboard box. "of course." 'my darling'… Oh how much he wanted to add that.. but he felt as though that , that too, had to wait for the right time….
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Alice chuckled at herself for the first time and what seemed like a life time ago… With Christine out of the way… all that's left is a bright future… for the first time…. She was at peace…
She quietly rolled into her own cozy cone.
Even though she was up, she did have to admit it had been one, long, heck of a day…. A day she'd be glad to never have again. When someone trying to kill your "father figure", kidnapped your mother, poisoned you and cut your lover's life short….. That can take a lot of out you.
Alice yawned widely as she tapped the button to let the garage door down, protecting her from all sides. And for the first time in a while she felt…
…. Safe….
A soft content sigh escaped from her when she settled down on the ground, slowly closing her eyes…
*knock knock knock*
Alice cracked one eye open… 'don't tell me I'm hearing things…'
*knock knock knock* "….Alice?" a earthly voice whispered…
Alice opened the other eye. Blinking, letting the timbre of his voice sink in… "Quinn?" She lightly tapped on the button again, bringing up the garage door, revealing the dark red Dodge. His eyes very soft.
"Are you alright?" He asked softly, his voice making it sound like a conversation starter.
Alice blinked a few times, not even bothering to get up. "Yeah, I'm okay. Just really tired."
A crooked smile tugged his bumper. "yeah, I kind of figured as much…" He weakly chuckled tugging that crooked smile even more.
Alice felt her heart flutter… She couldn't explain it… it was just something about his eyes, and… that smile…
She had to take a moment to take a breath, "So, you came all this way to check up on me?"
Quinn took a while to answer…. "Well… You're still not a hundred percent…. I don't want you… ah… well…. I was afraid that… … I wanted….." … That crooked smile went sheepish as Alice chuckled warmly at his attempt of responding.
"Quinn…" Her warm violet eyes sparkled, "You don't have to be embarrassed or anything. You can be open with me. Just say what you feel like saying. I'll understand what your trying to get at, no matter how 'crazy' it may sound." She smiled a true wide smile…causing a shy smile to grow on his face… "Just say it."
Quinn shifted, taking his time to respond… "Well… I'm…well… ah…"
Alice chuckled, slowly rising on her tires. "go ahead… you can do it."
A smile grew on his face for a second… then faded to a subtle warm smile, "To… ah… put it simple…." His sugar brown eyes softened greatly…. "I'm afraid of losing you again…"
Alice was speechless….
"It was hard enough the first time with Jack… Then the second time with me and Christine… I just…" He took a moment to regain his composure… "I just want to make sure I'm actually here…. with you…." He paused for a moment….. "I want to make sure that…. This isn't a dream….."
Alice blinked… took a minute to think before stepping aside making more space on her right…. Patting a spot on the space next to her with her tire….
Quinn paused for a second before joining her in the cone. Settling down next to her, nuzzling her side affectionately….
Alice couldn't help but lean on him…. just something to do with him, his simple charm, that comforting sent of his… She couldn't help herself….
Quinn smiled, pushing back oh so gently. The feeling of her warm frame resting next to his…. Warmth of life…. Not a cold still body….
… "You know…. Those rings of yours really are something…" Quinn quietly pointed out, whispering at her side…. "It's not really a 'time ring'….it's something more dramatic sounding…."
Alice gave a small chuckle, "more dramatic?"
" Yeah… I was thinking… like destiny rings…. Or …prediction…. Well maybe not prediction rings…. Destiny rings sounds better, more 'Dramatic'…. It's almost like changing fate….." He paused….. "That's what they are! Their your Rings of Fate!"
Alice gave a slight roll of eyes, chuckling, "Quinn, you think too much over the smallest of things…."
Quinn chuckled, "What? I can't help it, it's who I am!" He laughed softly.
Alice laughed with him, "I know it is. Don't you dare change that! I love that about you."
Quinn smiled, closing his eyes… "I won't."
Alice smiled, closing her eyes as well…just taking it all in before whispering "…good."
Quinn felt her breathing deepen, slowing right down to slow even breath, causing him to relax… it wasn't a dream… she was real…. Alive… and well... his.
He couldn't be any more happier with her…
"Quinn…?. " she asked, grogginess heavy in her voice….
"mm?"
"In… the dream… I had… we were married….."
Quinn felt his heart skip a beat…. "yes…"
"…. Just wondering…. What is your last name?"
A smile tugs his bumper… "Comenetto."
Alice paused…. "…what?"
Quinn gave a warm subtle chuckle "Com-men-net-o…. Comenetto. It's a very unique name… My family goes way back beyond civilization…. So… we get "rare" names…."
Alice rested on him more… "Alice….Amelia…. Comenetto….."
Quinn cracked an eye open… waiting for her reaction…
"Interesting…" Alice yawned…. Gaining a chuckle from the Dodge.
"Alice, you're tired… we'll talk more in the morning…"
Alice snuggled closer to him, "don't leave me."
Quinn gave a soft kiss on the cheek, "never planned on it."
Alice smiled, "good…keep it that way."
A crooked smile on his face, "… I love you….
Alice smiled… "I love you too…"
Quinn smiled, resting by her side. If only this is what really happened from the start, No Christine, no Jake… no nothing… Just happiness….
But….then he really started thinking….If Jack never became abusive… Kendal would still be married, have all of her kids…and possibly more….… Alice would live out in the middle of nowhere with her family…..maybe meet another guy…..
Him and his Father would land in that warehouse…. Take a moment to breath…. Then go back home to his brother Skyler…. Lived a normal life with them…. maybe meet another girl….
Doc would still be… kept to himself….
If Christine never showed up…. Doc would still wonder what ever happened to her….. Alice wouldn't be poisioned….and He would of never died….. and… never….. told Alice his feeling about her…..
Alice very lightly snored, gripping on to his side dearly… causing a smile to grow on his face…. He wouldn't have her resting on his side….. and her rings wouldn't have matured….
Now thinking about it….. he was glad…. Without those horrific events…. He wouldn't be here…. and he loved being here….looking back…. he wouldn't change a thing…..
Quinn lightly kissed her fender, "goodnight Alice… you… and your crazy rings of fate….."
That's it! That's the end of it!... Note….keep your eyes open for more adventures with "the Gang"… ;)