Three years passed since the Great Race of Oban. Everything went back to normal for everybody. Stan and Koji returned to their work for Miguel and Don Wei went back to his sweet self and the racing team. As for Eva, she returned to school, a different one. Nicer and closer to home, but still a school. When she looked back at the years, she was happy. She got her dad back, almost like winning the ultimate prize after all. Being Molly was fun, but it was good to be Eva again. Still, she missed her old friends a lot. As the day passed, she kept wondering what they were doing and if they still recognized her. Thinking about the races and her friends, made her a bit sad, but someday she knew that she would meet them again.

CHAPTER 1: A FAMILIAR FACE?

The school bell rang. "Finally a break!", Eva thought. She could finally breathe out, all the reading made her so bored she could die. As she ran through the halls, she noticed that some of her friends were already standing outside waiting for her. "Hey, Eva! We're going out for lunch, do you want to join us?" ,one of her friends shouted. She ran down the stairs straight ahead to them. "Sure! Where are we going?", she asked Alan. "Nah, I was thinking that we could go and eat some burgers at the burger shop as usual", he answered her. Alan was one of Eva's new friends.

Since the day she changed school, she and Alan got along well almost like brothers and sisters. He had brown eyes, thick eyebrows and was always wearing a red cap to hide his embarrassing haircut. He would never take his cap off; even if that meant that he often was sent to the principal's office. Since his mother took her with him the worst hair salon ever he didn't dare to take it off! Eva on the other hand burst in laughter every time his mother mentioned it when she came for a visit.

As they were walking to the burger shop, Alan noticed that Eva was watching his head all the time. "What are you staring at?", he asked trying to hide his haircut while holding both of his hands on his head.

"You know Alan, your haircut isn't that bad…", Eva said and grinned.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! I know what you're thinking of. Dream on, Eva. I'm not going to show you my haircut again since you always make fun of it!"

"Hey, it's not my fault that everybody calls you a half-baled baboon all the time!"

"Whatever… Whoa! Look at that line! Oh great! Now we're never gonna get our burgers.", Alan sighed. "Oh well, I guess we can't help it. We just have to get something else to eat, Alan.", Eva suggested. "No way, I'm not gonna move from this line until I get my burger!".

"C'mon, Alan. Don't be stupid! We don't have all day, let's go!", Eva told him, trying to pull him out of the crowd.

Some students in front of them were so impatient; they started to push other students to the side and trying to sneak. "Hey, no sneaking!", said some of the students in the front line. Soon they started a fight causing everybody to ruin the line. They looked like a pack of hungry gorillas trying to eat each other's bananas. Eva knew that this was going to get ugly. She pulled of Alan's caps and ran away from the crowd!

"Hey, wait what…! ARRRGH! EVA! COME BACK WITH MY CAP!", Alan screamed and ran after her. Eva was way ahead of him running like a chaeta. While she was running she looked after some place to hide. Finally she saw an empty café and hid under a table. She watched as Alan passed the table without even noticing her! "Unbelievable! He didn't even stop to look after me! Haha, what an idiot!", she giggled. Eva came up from the table and was about leave when she saw a familiar face on the news. Her eyes widen when she heard the reporter talking.

"Rick thunderbolt, before a racing legend, now a famous coach for the racing team at The Wei Company! "Tell us, Rick, what does it feel being a coach now?", the news reporter asked him. "To be quite honest, it feels good. After all those years with racing I found out that being a coach was much easier. Using your own experiences to teach young people how to race feels good! Finally I can be the boss for once", Rick said and laughed a bit. "But don't you miss racing at all?", the reporter asked. "Yeah, sure I miss it. But as a coach I can breathe out without worrying about racing all the time. Besides, these kids need me! So if you're out there-", Rick said turning around to the camera. "If you want to fulfill your dreams as a pilot, you know where to find me!".

Eva couldn't believe it! It was Rick! "Wow, he's still same old Rick. Maybe he's right, maybe I should come by sometimes and hang out with him just like old times", she thought for herself. Suddenly a cold hand shook her shoulder. She turned carefully around and then she saw him. Alan grinned while he tightens his fist. Eva knew that when he grinned it was over! He was about to punch her, when his mother randomly showed up. "Alan, what on earth are you doing? Shouldn't you children be at school by now?", she asked him and tried to fix his haircut. "Mom! Please!", Alan begged. His face was turning red, almost like a tomato. "It's ok, Mrs. Flynn, Alan was just joking. C'mon let's hurry before the bell rings!", Eva took his hand and ran towards the school. "Teenagers these days. When are they going learn?", Mrs. Flynn shook her head.

Author's note:

Stay tuned for the next chapter guys if you want know more!Reviwe if you wish! Would be nice to see what I can do better next time!