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Willow ran all smiles to Trina and wrapped her arms around her mom’s legs. The little girl yawned a huge oversized yawn for a kid of her size.
“Guys, this has been fun, but I think Willow has had her fill. Time for this little munchkin to get home and to bed,” Trina said, as she patted the little girl’s head.
Sam picked her up, and Willow laid her head on his shoulder with a shy smile. “Sunshine, tell Uncle Luc goodbye, and we’ll see him soon.” Willow waved and reached to Luc for a hug.
“See ya, kiddo.” He smiled as he hugged the little blonde cutie.
“Hey, you two gonna ride?” The young worker called to Luc and Kassie.
“On our way.” Luc held his index finger up at the guy. He quickly hugged Trina and fist bumped Sam. “See you guys later.”
He was so preoccupied as he picked out a car to race, it didn’t dawn on him until Kassie and he were both in their cars, that they were the only two racing. The racing light turned from red to yellow to green, and the automated black-and-white-checkered flag waved on the screen high above the track.
At first it seemed kind of silly that they were only racing each other, but as soon as Kassie flashed him a competitive grin and gunned her car to speed past him, he knew this race was on. Putting his pedal to the floor, he zoomed past her in an effort to prove his skill, or something like that.
Her laugh came from behind him, and then her purple go-cart zoomed around him, cutting him off as she took the lead. Two laps later, Luc caught up to Kassie, but when he tried to pass her, she sped away. She was obviously enjoying this, but Luc was taking it as a knock to his manhood. No way was he letting a girl beat him. But every time he caught up to her, she continued to pass him, over and over.
There was no easy way to flirt while driving these little cars, so he did the next best thing. He annoyed her. In the same way that little boys pull little girls’ pigtails in kindergarten, he drove up behind her and nudged her purple go-cart with his red one.
“Hey!” She glanced back at him, eyes squinted, yet still laughing. She sped away.
Catching up to her again, he nudged her car, jolting her a bit more this time.
“You’re going down, Marcella!” Kassie growled.
But as hard as she tried, she couldn’t manage to get her car behind his, and he hit into her again. This time he laughed deviously out loud.
A voice came over the PA system. “You in the red car. No hitting into other cars.”
“Ha-ha!” Kassie laughed at him and sped off around the track.
Luc raced after her, finally taking her spot in the lead of the race. Just as he was ready to respond with a “Woo-hoo!” Kassie bumped into the back of him. His hands weren’t tight to the steering wheel while he was showboating for the cute O’Conner, and his car swerved and bounced off the wall in the middle of the track. “Hey!’
“Ha-ha!” Kassie called.
“No crashing into other cars!” The loud voice bellowed over the speakers. “That’s it. You two are done. Get out.”
The cars shut off in the middle of the race. Luc looked around and questioned, “What?”
The young worker frowned. “You two can’t follow rules, so you’re done.”
“Are we being kicked off?” Kassie asked.
“Duh.” The young worker said, wide eyed and annoyed. He showed them the exit gate and moved his attention to the next in line. “New race. Let’s go, folks.”
Luc bumped Kassie’s shoulder. “Smooth move, ex-lax. Got us kicked off the go-carts.”
“You started it! I blame you.” Kassie put on a faux pout.
“You two playing nice?” Dom’s voice came from behind them.
“Trying,” Kassie answered.
“Just wanted to let you know that Kat and Kris took off. It was past Ian’s bedtime. We’re heading out now. I think we’ve had enough PG-rated fun for one day.” Dom fist bumped Luc. “Peace out, bro. G’night, Kassie.”
Luc stayed quiet, watching a new go-cart race.
“So…” Kassie finally spoke up.
