A little bit, lol. 
MissCarrera: Ok, thank you for try to update soon for your readers 
I understand if you can’t don’t worry but I got to say I’ll be so excited for the next chapter.
About the chapter I agree with Lightning about to not make up because he felt his heart sank when Sally went with Francesco to Italy, now she gotta feel what Lightning felt.
I love this story, you’re awesome, you’ve got imagination and you’re smart when you’re telling the story I wish this were a very long story and it never get to its end 
Jordan: Well, this time it is a new chapter!!
Destiny: Yes, unfortunately I was too busy, so I’m going to make sure I update at least once a week minimum. Wow! Thank you very much for your compliments! Hahaha, don’t we all wish stories were never-ending like that?
Alright! Next chapter is here! This one flicks between both Sally and McQueen, it also takes place over several days (how many isn’t completely specified). Kind of a filler chapter but also one of my longer ones. I also noticed that my story is now at 48 pages on my word program! That really surprised me because I never expected this story to get so long. However, I think it may be one of my best stories yet so I think I’ll keep running with it! 
Onto the chapter!
Chapter Fifteen – “Addio” (Farewell)
Time had never moved slower, and still, days passed by beneath shadows of hopelessness. Each and every moment pulled Sally closer to an unforeseeable future, one that seemed to continually grow bleaker. Everything was over now, too far gone to rescue.
She spent most of her days in the cramped motel lobby, just staring at the outside world like a foreign country. How had she lived like this so many years ago?
It was the memories. She hadn’t any before coming to Radiator Springs, none as real as what she had now. They were what truly broke her down; because really, what was life but a series of memories? It left her blank to imagine that she wouldn’t make more with him. She had to live on that one last kiss for the rest of her life, as if it were still on her lips.
Lightning closed his eyes- she was there. He took a breath- he felt her breathing too. He said her name- loud, soft, fast or slow- it still sounded the same. Yet, when he opened his eyes, held his breath and was completely silent, she was anywhere but near.
He acted like she wasn’t always on his mind. It wasn’t that hard actually. He simply pretended he was entirely absorbed with the racing season opener coming up. It was an easy cover. It was all the other things that were impossible to ignore.
Like the chatter at Flo’s V8 that happened to stop whenever he approached. They thought he was oblivious to their gossip on the split. But he heard their whispers about regret and disappointment like the voices in his mind. He felt their eyes, like bugs crawling wildly across his body. They were trying to strip his appearance to find reasoning, but it was something he couldn’t offer.
He was even excluded by Mater and Holley. The pair were running out of visiting days and Mater hadn’t found time to confront his friend. McQueen undoubtedly knew that Mater was aware of the momentous shift between the town’s long-adored couple. He was secretly glad that Mater had been keeping his distance so far though. He was looking for sympathy from no one.
Where could she begin? She could try and pick up the pieces. She could try to put things back together how they were before. But like a shattered mirror, the image would never be the same.
If there was one thing as painful as the memories it was the possibilities. Sally had never really realized how much of her future she’d built upon McQueen. When it all came down to it, she hadn’t ever cared where life wanted to take her. As long as McQueen was there then it was a future she could live with. There was nothing she could have taken for granted more than that, besides her own existence possibly.
Driving away from her had been the hardest part of it all. It reminded him of that night so long ago; when he was taken away from Radiator Springs. He presumed it felt a lot the same as how Sally had felt driving away from the trailer, only with a hell of a lot more guilt.
He wondered if she had counted the days they were together. Or if she had started counting again; counting the days they were apart. So far he was at eight days. 192 hours of loneliness.
Everywhere he looked he saw familiar faces and places; all which felt so rejecting now. He was no longer a member of the Radiator Springs family, rather just a loitering visitor. After all, no one wanted him here to begin with. If it wasn’t for Sally seizing his destruction of the road as an opportunity then they all would have turned him out. He’d be off the hook thanks to Doc’s ruling, and living a completely different life at this very moment. Not a single resident would have objected Doc’s decision. But Sally had.
At the time, he had hated her for it. But now he couldn’t help thinking that maybe that was the luckiest day of his life. And maybe there was something wrong about driving out on the car that had caused that luck.
It was the break of dawn, six AM, as Sally sat at the lobby doorway. She’d been so wrapped up in her own emotions over the past few weeks that it had almost slipped her mind that the new race season was beginning.
She concealed herself behind one of the entrance walls and gazed attentively out at Flo’s V8. She could see Mack pull out into the middle of the street and lower his back door to allow Lightning access to board. The few members of the pit crew had already settled themselves in a separate transport which was beginning to pull away. Exhaust clouded the air in her view before slowly dissipating again. She could see McQueen hovering behind Mack awkwardly, his expression deficient of confidence. With Mater gone to take Holley back to the airport, there was no one to wish him farewell. Not a car stood by to send him off with words of encouragement.
Suddenly he looked in her direction. She reversed back into the lobby, hiding herself from his wandering eyes. She waited until she heard Mack’s engine start up, then the closing of the rear door, followed by the fade of his rumbling. She inched out of the lobby, squinting at the transport until it was invisible.
What if he never came back? That could have been it; the last time she would ever see him. It was like she had been reading a book all this time, and it was only now that she had discovered the last page had been ripped out.
Metaphors and similies for the win!! :laughing: I think I may have some weird enjoyment with writing heartbreak scenes between these two. <img src="//pixarplanet-forums.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/8/8371c7894e2d5afce579dc5cf9aaae13fb3016f2.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="o_0" title="Conspiracy"/> I would like to point out that the last line was one of my personal favs for this chapter, although it didn't quite go where I wanted it to. But I'd rather hear your favourite parts. :sunglasses: Oh, and just to go back to the time thing... I guessed that the WGP took place in the autumn of 2011, and this story began a few months later, so like late autumn, early winter. Therefore, it is now around spring time of 2012 when McQueen would begin racing again in the Cars world. Does this mean my story takes place in the future? Because that would be epic. :sunglasses: OK! Enough chatter! Please comment! :smiley:Very nice! I like how you used those similes and metaphors. You did bring up a good point from the first movie too. If it wasn’t for Sally, Doc would of ran Lightning out of town and still would of been the cocky hot-shot he was. He also wouldn’t of learned that winning wasn’t exactly everything either.
Thanks! And yes, he would be very different that’s for sure! I like your new sig by the way.
Thanks! I couldn’t find a smaller image for my current one, but I went with what I could find. I like yours too! Kind of fits the tone for this story.
Great chapter! I liked the sad emotions going on inside both characters, I think you wrote it great. I’m excited to see the continuation.
Wowwwwwwwww…, that was unbelievable. 
Writing wise, this is the best chapter in the story so far. I absolutely loved it.<3 You have accomplished in metaphorically breaking my heart in this chapter. After every part I read, it got worse, and by the end, I was just like 
(Take that as a compliment. 
) So many quotes coming your way! I’m not even going to comment on them because you know quote= love.
^^^ Absolute genius.
^^^ I just love the comparison you used between the two.
It’s kind of too long to quote but I love the little flashback to Sally keeping Lightning in R. Springs.
Okay, the absolute saddest part of this chapter was when Lightning was all alone had no one to send him off. Although heartbreaking, I must say that I love the other residents’ reactions to all this. 
<3 <3 <3
Thank you for another great chapter! I like the reference to the first film I really like it.
I can’t wait for the next monday to know what is gonna happen.
pixarmilan: Thank you very much! I’m glad you felt both the perspectives too, not just one or the other.
Paulisha: Girl, you make me die with happiness every time I read your comments. <3 Please be my editor and you and I will write the best books to be published! Eeeep! I’m actually so thrilled and flattered by your compliments, can’t thank you enough! I’ll comment on on some of the quotes you picked out… the second one, as soon as I wrote it I was like, “OK there Shakespeare, trying to get super deep or something?” and I was going to cut it because I thought people might find it cheesy. Needless to say, glad I didn’t! The third quote, that is one of my very VERY favourites of the whole story. You know how to pick 'em. 
The fourth one, I’m pleased you liked that one too because I wasn’t sure how it would come across. I’m pretty sure I misused the dashes but I didn’t know any other way to get the point across. The fifth and sixth ones, I liked them too. I’m also very happy you liked the comparison. Again, thank you!!
Destiny: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the comparison to the first film as well.
I will try and get the next chapter going as soon as I can! Thanks a bunch guys!
OK, here it is! I really like this chapter personally, so I hope you’ll enjoy too. Read on!
Chapter Sixteen – “Felice” (Happy)
Lightning drew a long and jagged breath. His windshield clenched tightly closed as he pushed the air back out. Inhale… exhale… total darkness. How did the rest of that routine go? Oh right, something about speed…
He shook his hood miserably and looked over at the slender trophy shelf that ran his trailer’s length. A ‘Rookie of the Year’ award glittered and winked at him beneath the soft lighting. His eyes roamed further, across more ornaments of accomplishment until they landed on a framed picture. Within the image, he saw Mater, Doc and Sally, all grinning outside of his headquarters.
They were his support system; not just in his career, but in his life. Old Doc had given him everything he could, he’d laid the foundations. Sally made him safe and strong, she built the walls. And Mater showed him all the adventure that stirred outside, like the open windows of a house.
But all that support had crumbled away over time. Without the foundation, the walls were too weak to stand on their own, and without the walls there was no place for the windows to hang.
McQueen let this concept really set into his mind. He was trying to empower himself to embrace this new independence. However, he found the opposite effect. Why would he want to be alone when he had been perfectly settled with what he’d had?
He was still brooding over this disconcerting question when Mack finally gave the trailer a pound.
“The crew is asking for you, kiddo. They’re getting a little impatient,” his driver said hastily.
Lightning sighed and didn’t answer. He drove forward, but stopped short of the exit button. His vision drifted up to the ceiling as he prayed aloud, “Watch me today, Doc, because I’m afraid Sally won’t.”
“I’m so sorry,” Sally started into the phone on her desk, “I won’t be making it out to the Wheel Well this afternoon. I’m just swamped with paperwork for the motel. So, you’ll have to hold any questions for me until tomorrow. I’ll sort out any problems later. OK, I’ll see you then, goodbye.”
She waited for the receiver to recognize the dead air and automatically hang up. Then she heaved a small sound of relief. The lawyer in her didn’t feel comfortable with fibbing, but after all the liars she’d met, she had to admit she was a damn good one. Everything was plotted out; she had nothing to worry about.
But maybe it wasn’t the lying that was getting her jittery. It could be the anticipation that was putting her on edge; she couldn’t be sure. All she knew was that she had the afternoon free now.
Sally moved quickly, casting a surreptitious glance outside the lobby. The town was in a gentle lull with few active tourists at the moment. The sun was blazing ferociously, not the most enjoyable environment to be out in for any period of time.
She pulled back inside to the shaded room. Her eyes sought out a very small TV in the corner; one that McQueen had bought her one year for Christmas. She rarely used it, except to check the weather or provide some background noise on tiresome days. Her stare wavered on it for a second longer. At last, she inched ahead and powered it on to RSN.
“Is everything alright, soldier?” Sarge communicated through Lightning’s headset.
“Yes,” Luigi chimed in, “Is it-a your tires?”
“No, no I’m fine guys,” McQueen mumbled in response. He could hardly focus on their voices as he raced onto lap 150.
The Las Vegas temperature was throbbing all around him, almost suffocating him in its strength. Every part of him felt strained and under immense pressure, as if he was about to overheat.
What made it worse was the fact he was earning no gain from this burning sensation. His effort wasn’t there, he was completely off today. And boy was he paying the price by falling further behind in the standings. Cars whizzed on past him like escaping thoughts.
Suddenly, his mind was filled with frantic commotion. Luigi was yelling in undecipherable Italian and Sarge repeatedly exclaimed directions for him to slow down before the turn. A crash, there had been a crash, the militia car hollered in his headset.
But McQueen didn’t hear them. Their cries faded into static and by the time he entered the wall of smoke it was too late for reaction. He let himself keep going, with nothing but white surrounding him. He forgot all about control and let himself drift deeper into the smoke.
He closed his eyes and saw Sally. He felt her touch before she wondrously melted into him. He inhaled slowly and tasted her breath. And he knew that if this were to be his last moment then he could die happy.
My favourite lines (before possibly claimed by Paulisha :sunglasses: ) are: [i]“Watch me today, Doc, because I’m afraid Sally won’t.”
[/i] and... [i]And he knew that if this were to be his last moment then he could die happy.[/i] Second one almost made me cry when wrote it. And I'm the author! LOL. Well, can't wait to hear thoughts from you guys. Thanks for reading!! <img src="//pixarplanet-forums.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/c/cc83e9b583138e48ff45f96609046b06d06c7f9d.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":mrgreen:" title="Mr. Green"/>Great chapter! I really like the cliffhanger ending, and again you showed the emotions of the characters very well.
I love the last part and the part when Lightning asked Doc to watch him race was so intense, it just killed me, Lightning’s alone now just like he was before. OMG what is going on with Lightning?. Thank you so much for the chapter. I was so excited to read it
Thanks! I love crafting cliffhangers! 
Yup, very similar to a certain scene in the first film. 
Glad you’re enjoying it still, thanks for your feedback!!
I don’t have much time but I wanted to review quickly so I didn’t leave you hanging! This chapter was good! I enjoyed reading it! And I loved your little shout-out at the end there. Appreciate it.
I don’t know why I just liked this part. Maybe the connection to the first movie?
^^^ This was my favorite part of the chapter. I just love the analogy and the similarities between the characters and the “house” were perfect.
Ahh, you and your cliffhangers. 
I will be (not so patiently) waiting for the next chapter.
You know I was looking forward to your review. LOL, no problem!
Thanks for your feedback as always! I like that part too, I think it is the connection as well. Oh, yes! I was hoping you’d like that analogy! It was another one of those iffy ideas because I didn’t know if people would understand it or not. Hehehe, I’ll try my best to keep pumping out the chapters! Can’t wait to see more of yours too. 
You’re welcome! I did like it and I’m glad you decided to keep it in there because it did make total sense and was pretty awesome.
Hey, hey. I’m working on it. I’m trying to finish up something for my drawing thread hint hint wink wink nudge nudge. Then, I’ll start the next chapter.
Thanks again. Oh my gosh! Something for the drawing thread?! Oh oh! I think I may possibly be even more excited for that!
Sorry for the wait everyone. I know I’ve been MIA from here for a few weeks now. No reason in particular, just life. I would never forget about my fan fiction though! So, here’s the next chapter for you. Kind of a filler so I’m going to try and get the next one out as soon as I can. But please enjoy!
Chapter Seventeen – “Bisogno” (Need)
For a fraction of a second everything stopped. The world didn’t seem to turn out of absolute horror. Sally’s entire body froze, as if she were absorbing the impact of the crash. She couldn’t help thinking that she’d just witnessed the death of her lover. The screen before her continued to zoom in on the hectic accident scene from different angles in attempt to cut through the smoke.
The track was quickly overtaken by medical vehicles and the TV switched to playing replays of what had gone down just moments previous. Sally looked on painfully as they recapped McQueen’s entrance into the pit of clouded air. He glided along the pavement so lightly and approached without even a hint of braking. She could only imagine what he’d met with when he was swallowed into the smoke.
There wasn’t time to ponder though. She couldn’t even sit to wait and see him emerge from the wreckage. She knew she had to be there, even if it meant dropping everything. Lightning may not have wanted her anymore but there was a difference between want and need; one as great as life and death.
It was dusk when she finally reached the Las Vegas hospital. She was tired and breathless from the non-stop drive but the exhaustion was a fleeting feeling amongst her worry and determination. She didn’t want him to leave the world like this, not with how things had been lately.
The next hour was a blur of slow progression. Filling out paperwork, sitting in the uncomfortable waiting room and arguing with medical professionals- it seemed never-ending. A pounding hoodache was starting to stir within her from all the constant noise. Then she caught sight of Luigi zipping by. She launched from her spot in the waiting area and chased after him in hot pursuit.
“Luigi! Luigi!” she cried out, as she tried to weave through patients and visitors. Her voice came out scratchy and dull, hardly recognizable with all the other sound around. She scrambled to get his attention and yelled out, “Aspetta! Ti prego, aspetta!”
It wasn’t much but the small Italian immediately picked up his native language and paused. He searched the crowd for a second until he met Sally’s eyes with surprise.
“Sally!” he exclaimed in a tone of relief.
“Luigi, thank the Manufacturer,” Sally sighed, “You’ve got to help me. I’ve been trying to get permission to McQueen’s room for ages. Where is he? What’s going on?”
“Ah, yes-a. He isn’t doing-a too well. Follow-a me,” Luigi muttered lowly and took off down the corridor.
She followed after him as casually as possible. Inside she was aching just to shove her way past every car in sight but she remained cool. Images flashed through her mind of the condition McQueen could be in, all plastered in oil from when they pulled him off the track…
They slipped into an elevator and rode a few levels up to a quiet hallway. At the end of the hall she could see the rest of the team clustered together with weary expressions. Guido was slumped against Fillmore, already asleep apparently. Sarge straightened his posture as they drove nearer and prepared to deliver the news.
“Where is he?” Sally asked immediately.
“We were hoping for some back-up,” Sarge replied, ignoring her question. “But where is Mater?”
“He’s probably just getting back into town now, he took Holley to the airport, remember? It’s just me here, now where is he?”
Sarge could see her anxiety building with the quickening of her words. He reversed a bit to block the door on his left before answering her.
“Listen, Sally, the doctors have asked us to wait until they perform the surgery to see him and-,” he began to explain.
The frantic look drained from her eyes and anger snapped to the surface. “Don’t tell me I came all this way to wait around some more. If you think-.”
“Sally, please,” Sarge barked a little too loudly. Luigi tossed him a nervous look and Guido’s windshield cracked open in alarm. Fillmore remained as calm as ever.
The sergeant lowered his voice and tried to tell her in a soothing tone, “His body is very mangled and… deformed at the moment. Having served in the army, I’m immune to such graphic things, but I believe it is unfit for a lady to see.”
Sally’s mouth dropped open in utter shock. “Are you serious? What century do you live in? I’ll see what I want to see! And for your information, I can bet I’ve seen more of him than you ever have!”
The boys jolted upward and exchanged awkward glances as the digested what she meant. Sarge moved aside and offered her access to the door. His only words were, “Make it quick.”
LOL, I didn't really know how to end it without going into the next chapter so yeah. :stuck_out_tongue: Oh and a translation of what Sally shouted at Luigi: "Wait! Please, wait!" Simple as that. :laughing: So, if I still have any readers on here then any feedback would be great. Thanks for reading!!I enjoyed this chapter, I think there were better chapters so far, but I think you set up the next chapter very nicely in this chapter. So good job.