CHAPTER FIFTEEN: FOOD-MEMORY-TRUCK

                                    

                                          
It was Friday, school was over early and Tristan had decided he has to take some steps in making it work with Angel again, and he wasn't ready to give up on her. At least, she should just remember him.


                          
After school was over, Tristan drove Dylan's bike to a place Angel and the girls usually get stuffs when they're preparing for any party or so. He was right, they were there, laughing and making jokes. He walks inside the store and immediately Angel sighted him.
                          
He walks close to them, and Angel had her eyes fixed on him, there's just something about him.


                          
"Hey" Tristan said as he walk close and then inserting his hands in his pocket
                          
"Hi" Angel replied quietly.
                          
"I knew you'd be here, Uhm can I show you something please? It won't take long" Tristan said with hopes
                          
"Uhm, I'm here with the girls an..." She was saying as she turned to look at them but they were busy talking to some boys, more like flirting. She smiled, and turned to Tristan.


                          
"If anything happen to me just know that ....I know some kung Fu and I'll kick your ass"
                          
"...you know some kung Fu and you'll kick my ass" they both say at the same time and that made Angel surprised.


                          
"Yea, I know that already, you've told me before. I'll be very careful" He replies and they left. 
                          
Angel was still surprised but she just smiled.


                          
They got outside and hopped on the bike, Tristan rode in a maximum speed. 
                          
"Can you go faster?" Angel shouts from behind him 
                          
"You might wanna hold on tighter" Tristan replied and Angel tightened her grip on Tristan more and they both had some reaction to that.  Tristan speeds up and Angel screams in excitement. 
                          
Few minutes later they were there, it was the food truck in which he had taken her to before, when they got there, and the seller immediately recognized them because they've been there twice after their first day.
                          
"Oh you two again" he says smiling, and Tristan returned the smile but Angel wasn't sure what was going on. 


                          
"The usual?" He asks and Tristan nodded in affirmation.
                          
"What's the usual?" Angel asked, whispering to Tristan using her palm to cover her mouth.
                          
"You'll see" Tristan replied smiling.


                          
"There you go" the seller gave them their order with a nice smile, they paid and Angel said "thank you" and the seller replied "always".


                          
Angel realized their order was a Burger and her drink was chocolate shake. That was her favorite.
                          
"How did you two know this, what's going on?'' Angel asks confused.
                          
"We've been here together, haven't we?" Angel asks and Tristan falls his head and nodded.
                          
"Wait, you told me your parents brings you here before, before...." She cringed in pain and held her head, she was having slight headache.
                          
"Take it easy, don't push it. Are you okay?" He asks her, concerned and she smiled. 
                          
"I'm fine" they ate and chatted for a while before taking off. 


                          
On getting home Tristan stopped a little further from the entrance to her house
                          
"I cannot be seen by your parents" He says, and she nodded that she understood.


                          
"I don't know why I feel like I know you so much" she says, curiosity showing in her eyes.
                          
"That's because you do know me, and eventually you'll realize that" He replied.


                          
"I saw the note you left in my room. I just wish the Angel you know and clearly have feelings for will someday return to you. But for now, I don't remember you. I'm sorry" Angel says and that kind of hurt Tristan but to lighten the mood, he smiled and changed the topic immediately


                          
"You've said sorry again. Wow" he laughs and so does Angel.
                          
"Do you Uhm have anyone you're going to the bonfire with?" Tristan asks and Angel nodded, and that snatched the smile out of Tristan's face again. 


                          
"Okay, um okay" Tristan says as he tries compose himself. 
                          
Angel laughed, shaking her head "I said I had someone I was going with but you didn't ask if it was a date or not" Angel replied, confusing Tristan. 
                          
"Do you want to be my date to the bonfire?" She asks causing Tristan to almost choke out of surprise. Angel was literally asking him on a date. 


                          
"Yes, sure. I'd love to take you" he smiles and she returned the smile. 
                          
"Goodnight then" She says, moving backwards
                          
"Yea, I will see you tomorrow, as your date" Tristan said and that made Angel laughed out loud. 
                          
"Yes, as my date tomorrow" she laughs again.
                          
"Night Tristan, see you tomorrow" and she walked to the door, she turned and waved at him, then she locked the door behind her. Smiling, Tristan finally was ready to leave. He drove home smiling as if he had won a lottery, he was happy he could spend some time with her again. 


                          
On getting home he met the guys getting dressed up.
                          
"Where are you headed?" He asks them 
                          
"Come on man, its tonight" Austin says and immediately Tristan remembered and muttered "shit, I'm going with." He didn't bother to change, he checked in on Jamie and met him sleeping already. 
                          
They left for the race night, with Tristan riding with Dylan, and Anthony riding with Nathan on their bikes.


                          
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The race began in about 10mins after the boys got there, Tristan was part of the second round, while the first racers were on the move, Dylan heard some boys talking about something that concerned them. He quietly followed the boys to the corner and he hid where he wouldn't be seen. They were talking about the next race, he eavesdrop on them.


                          
"You sure it's going to work, I don't want no mistake mate" a guy with a strong British accent said
                          
"Yes boss, the engine has been smoked. Once they races with the booster, it's going to knock out and it'll be really really messy," the other guy replied with a smile
                          
"Very good. I want that cash, and no little' boy is gonna make me lose it this time around" the boss said with a smug smile on his face.


                          
Dylan moved quickly and back to the boys. He wanted to tell Tristan about it but remembered how Tristan promised to make money for Jamie in order to take his new girlfriend out and Tristan wanted to make his money himself.
                          
He didn't know how to tell Tristan to cancel his race and Tristan needed to win that money by himself. He didn't want any help and he couldn't stand seeing Tristan get hurt.


                          
He got to Nathan and told him he needed him to distract Tristan while he races for him.
                          
"No man, you're going to get yourself killed. Let's just let it go" Nathan refused
                          
"We've been on this game longer than Tristan who only raced few times, come on you know I'm better than all of you in racing and trust me I have a plan" he convinced him and reluctantly, he accepted. It was almost time for Tristan's race, they were dressed already and so was Tristan until Nathan walked to him.


                          
"Yo! Man, I need your help" he says quickly walking towards Tristan.
                          
"What is it" he asks.....


                          
Nathan finds a way to distract him while Dylan entered his car, until Tristan could hear from the speakers the countdown and he rushes to the center but was too late to stop him.


                          
"What the hell is going on?" He shouts and Nathan was forced to explain. But then Dylan was already racing for a life.