Convincing her

Jen thought she knew the meaning of the word regret, but she was currently feeling what regret really was. When she had seen Lucas' smile mischievously at her when she asked him about what she wanted to do, she would not have dreamed that they would be here.

"Since when did you have such a dangerous hobby?" Jen asked Lucas as she fastened her seatbelt.

"This was how I met Brian after he returned," Lucas said with a bright smile as he fastened his seatbelt as well. Jen blankly looked at him before looking at the empty road in front of her.

A slim girl that was wearing a short skirt, and a bralette strutted from god knows where and walked between the two cars that were preparing for the race and went to stand at the starting line with. two flags in her hands.

Jen looked at her as if she saw a supernatural creature, as it was freezing cold that da. Granted, it was better than the previous day but Jen couldn't see herself walk around in barely anything in these temperatures.

"How is she not frozen solid?" Jen asked Lucas, who hadn't even paid much attention to the lady outside. He checked for Jen's safety before turning on the car. The sound of the engine brought a smile to his face and in contrast, Jen's face turned white.

Yes, today Jen learned that Lucas enjoyed street racing, and she was not amused at all. She had been kept in the dark about this hobby of his.

"You could have just left me behind, why did you bring me along?" Jen complained as the car moved towards the starting line.

"Because it's fun, and another lady would have to accompany me if you don't," Lucas answered with a smirk.

"So you've been accompanied by a lot of ladies before, right?" Jen asked, but rather than an answer, the car shot forward immediately. She could feel her heart in her throat, not just from the speed but also from fear.

She could barely make out the scenery outside and at some point, she noticed they were headed for a roundabout. She wasn't even paying attention to the competitor, but she knew no one had been driving before them, so she assumed that they were in the lead.

All she could hear was the powerful engine and Lucas' skilful manoeuvring of the car before the skidding sounds of the car during the turn, followed by a burnt rubber smell. She had tightly closed her eyes because she did not want to know what he was going to be doing and kept her eyes closed until she felt the car stop. She heard the door to the driver's side open; Then slam close before her own door was opened. 

"Jen, are you all right?" Lucas asked with his eyes filled with worry. Jen blinked her eyes before she focused on Lucas' face.

"Are you okay?" Lucas asked again as he pushed her hair away from her face. Jen's gaze slowly turned serious as she regained her bearing.

"You…" she started to say because she did not know what to say to him.

"Shh, it's okay," Lucas said and pulled her in for a hug. He was familiar with these reactions, especially for first-timers.

"It's not okay, you are never doing this again," Jen demanded as she started to shake. It was one thing getting into a normal car accident but if something happened while he was driving at such high speeds then weren't his chances of survival practically zero?

"Mmh, calm down first," Lucas said in a soothing tone as he gently patted her back. He had driven a bit far off after crossing the finish line so people wouldn't bombard him immediately after as he knew that he would have to have some alone time with Jen. 

Jen knew that she was feeling terrified, but at the same time, she had never seen Lucas look so excited about doing anything else like he was when he was racing.

"You said something about being accompanied about other women earlier," Jen said and Lucas laughed out loud. 

"You're really out of it, aren't you?" Lucas said as he pulled back to look at her.

"Don't change the subject," Jen said with a pout.

"How was it? Did you enjoy it?" Lucas asked curiously.

"Where does it look like I enjoyed it?" Jen asked with a glare.

"Next time i-"

"There will be no next time, I felt like my soul wanted to part from my body the whole time," Jen answered as she closed her eyes as if she remembered the terror she was feeling.

"I won't bring you along next time," Lucas said and Jen bit her lip nervously. She couldn't decide whether it was better for her to know when he went to enjoy his hobby or if she preferred that he kept her in the dark.

"Do you like it so much?" Jen asked as she held on to his arm.

"Mmh, I do," Lucas admitted. The first time he got in a car in this setting he was with Brian and he had been laughing from excitement the whole time, at some point Brian even thought he was crazier than he was.

"If I ask you not to do this again…" Jen said but couldn't finish her sentence.

"I won't do it if you ask me," Lucas said with a smile. Jen felt reluctant to ask him to stop especially when she saw how he was willing to stop completely if she asked.

"You must be an adrenaline junkie," Jen muttered under her breath and Lucas laughed at her accurate evaluation of him.

"I am," he answered honestly.

"So if you stop this, will you go looking for another hobby like this?" Jen asked and Lucas just smiled ambiguously in response. Jen sighed and seemed to age a few years in those few seconds.

"Don't do it too often," Jen said as she leaned back in her seat. She couldn't even find it in herself to be mad at him anymore.

"I won't," Lucas said as he got up from his position and went back into the car.

"Let's go back, I just won myself a car," Lucas said with a wide smile as he turned on the car and went back to the crowd.

"I was so close man," the guy he was competing with said for the hundredth time as he looked at his car with a lot of sentiment.

Both Jen and Lucas got out of the car, and Lucas swung an arm over her shoulder. She had to resist the urge to roll her eyes at his very cliché young master move.

"Keys," Lucas said as he stretched out his hand and the car key was handed to him with two hands.

"Please take care of my baby till I win her back," the dark-haired man said as he looked at his car again.

"You'll have to win it back from Brian," Lucas said with an expression filled schadenfreude. He rarely went to City K to begin with, and if he decided to 

"Well, I have a date after this, so I'll see you all next time," Lucas said as he handed the car keys he just received to Jen who blankly looked at him.

"I can't drive two cars now can I?" Lucas asked as he took Jen to the sleek silver car that had been modified to the point she couldn't pinpoint the brand it had been. Lucas opened the door to the driver's seat, and she sighed loudly before going in the car.

"Just follow me to Brian's shop, okay?" Lucas said and gave her a peck before going to the car he was driving. He said goodbye to the friends he was familiar with before going to his car and driving off. Jen frowned a bit after turning on the car and followed Lucas, who was driving ahead of her. 

She had never in her life dreamt that she would end up driving a car like the one she was driving. She did not know whether she should be excited or nervous, especially knowing that Lucas would probably be driving that car in a race in the future.

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