Heist

Torrid's POV

I woke up when I heard Reeses drinking from her water bottle. I opened my eyes to see Craig’s mouth wide open in my face. I grimaced as I caught a whiff of his morning breath and rolled over to look at the time and check my phone. When I unlocked the screen I had a few texts. The first one was from my aunt and it was a picture of Emma at her classmate’s birthday party. I smiled as I saved the picture to my phone and replaced the background picture of my engine with it. The second text I got was from Jamie.

From: Jinxx

Wow, could you and Craig be any louder? Lol.

I snorted a laugh before texting her back.

To: Jinxx

Dude, you know I needed it. Wait till matt gets some. Yeah, I’m sure you’ll be oh so quiet ;)

I set my phone on the nightstand and rolled over on my side and pulled the blankets up. A moment later I felt Craig’s arm drape over my waist. I could hear how steady his breathing was and could tell he was still sleeping. I closed my eyes when my phone went off. Craig spasmed and woke up. He pulled away and rolled onto his back and started stretching and rubbing his eyes. I picked up my phone and saw it was Jamie demanding I meet her in the living room.

I sighed as I sat up and stretched. I pulled my shorts back on and walked out to the living room. When it came into view, I saw Max still half asleep on the couch with Matt and Jamie on the other. I joined Max on the couch and looked over at Jamie who just had a giant grin stretched across her face.

I smirked at her and wiggled my eyebrows, “Yeah, that’s right, I got some ass last night.”

They both broke out into a fit of laughter. When they calmed down Jamie looked over at me, “So, according to Matt, Vengeance and Syn are going stir crazy and need to get out of the garage for a bit. So they mentioned us all going to the beach.”

I shrugged, “Sure but you know Max and Craig have to tag along.”

She looked down at the floor. I sighed, “Come on J, we bail on them all the time, because of you.” I said pointing at Matt. He snorted a laugh and looked at the TV.

“Like it’s not for a good reason Tor.” She said to me. Max began to stir and I motioned for her to stop talking about it.

When his eyes started to flutter, I smacked his chest repeatedly and spoke loudly, “Hey Maxy! Hey Maxy! Wake up buuuuddy! Let’s get up and get readyyyy!”

He grabbed my wrists and growled, “Where the fuck do we have to go so early in the fuckin morning?”

“Dude, it’s almost eleven thirty. We’re going to the beach!” I replied in the same fashion as before.

“But what about Craig?” he whined.

“He’s going too. I’m going to make sure he’s up and we are going to get ready!” I said jumping up and running to my room.

When I closed the door, Craig was sitting up on the bed still rubbing his eyes. I knew what I had to do to get him up.

“QUICK! GET NAKED!” I yelled as I took off my shirt and jumped out of my shorts.

His eyes flew wide open and he was up and out of the bed with his shorts off in the matter of seconds. I looked over at him and gave him two thumbs up, “PERFECT! Now, get your swim trunks on.” I smiled.

He groaned as he walked to his bag, “Bitch. Had me going there.”

I laughed as I tied the strings of my Sinful bikini top, “I know. I’m the worst person in the world.”

I turned to look at him as I pulled my boy shorts off and slid on my bikini bottoms. “Your shorts have yellow on them! You look like a bumble bee!” I squealed.

“Did you have coffee yet?” he asked.

“Nope.” I replied pulling on a pair of black shorts.

He pulled one of his HK Army tank tops over his head, “How do you have this much energy?”

I grabbed a Jack Daniels tank top out of a drawer and my sunglasses placing them on my head, “Dunno, let’s see what happens when I get some in my system though.” I replied before sliding my flip flops on and walked to the living room.

“So what goes on?” I asked as Craig walked passed me and into the kitchen.

“We’re going to meet them on the south end of the beach. They already left so once we get changed we can leave.” Matt replied.

“Well, let’s goooo!” I yelled.

When Matt and Lucy emerged from her room, Lucy sported a Sinful bikini, shorts, a tank top that read ‘Fangs Are Fantastic’, flip flops and sunglasses. Matt wore a Metal Mulisha tank top, swim trunks, flip flops, a hat and aviators.

“Where’s my dipshit cousin?” I asked looking around.

“He’s in the car already. He threw his shit in and said ‘wake me up when we get there’.” Jamie replied. I sighed and we headed out.

When we reached the beach, the others weren’t hard to miss. We made our way over to them and got settled in. We laid out our towels before Jamie and I put on some sun block.

“What do you guys wanna do?” I heard Brian ask.

I turned around to reply but instead my jaw grew slack when I saw all the guys shirtless. I was about to drool at the gorgeous sites when Max closed my mouth.

“Da-uhm. Your-uhm, it’s hot. Water, cool off, good.” I replied stumbling over my words. Instead of waiting for a response and a chance to embarrass myself further, I turned and took off my shirt and shorts then walked towards the water.

When I reached it I jumped right in. It was pleasantly warm and the waves were perfect. I heard some splashes catching up to me and saw Jamie, Matt and Max trying to run through the water. Max tackled me down and we both went under. When I emerged from the surface I couldn’t help but laugh. I pulled him towards me and leaned up to whisper in his ear.

“Let’s get Jamie and Matt.” I told him. He smiled and nodded as we made our way over.

“Aye Jinxy!” I called.

She looked over at me with a smile that soon faded as she noticed us charging for her. We tackled the both of them down and got out laughing. Jamie went to go for a jump at me and I moved my arms to block her off. However my movements were sloppy and felt my left elbow connect with someone’s face.

I turned and heard a yell as I saw Zacky. He held the right side of his face and winced in pain.

“Oh my god! Vengeance I am SO sorry!” I exclaimed as I hugged and cradled his head.

He had his left hand resting on my hip laughing. “It’s cool, shit happens.”

I kissed the side of his head, the same I would do if what just occurred happened to Jamie or Max. He smiled at me and I saw the side of his face getting red and beginning to bruise.

“Oh dear,” I grimaced, “What will you tell the people at the meets?”

He laughed, “Exactly what happened. I’m sure any guy would be happy to get elbowed in the face by someone as pretty as you.”

I blushed and was about to thank him for the compliment but was tackled down by Jamie before I got the chance. When I surfaced, I had enough time to breathe before getting tackled again by both Max and Craig. This time when I surfaced, it was by Craig lifting me up and throwing me.

This time, instead of surfacing right away, I swam away and towards the shore. Once they spotted me they all began to yell and started to run for me. I laughed and squealed as I ran out of the water and towards our spot. Somehow, Matt and Zacky caught up to me first and brought me to the ground. Jamie and Max piled on top of them and I fought for air and the urge to laugh.

“Having fun down there?” Craig asked kneeling over with a smirk. I flipped him off and used the rest of the air I had to laugh.

“Alright everyone, let the girl breathe!” I heard Jamie laugh/yell. A moment later I felt the weight lift off of me and my lung were free to expand.

I rolled over in the sand and saw Zacky reach out a hand so I smiled and grabbed it so he helped me up. I wiped the sand off of body as I saw a volleyball coming at me from my peripheral. I swatted it away before it was able to hit me and saw Max bent over laughing. I picked up the ball and threw it at him full force. He straightened out just in time to get hit in the face, causing everyone to laugh.

“ALRIGHT! Now, we must pick teams.” Max stated.

“I’ll be ref. I don’t feel like playing.” Brian said.

“Okay, let’s have the girls be captains.” Matt said.

Jamie and I looked at each other and nodded with a smirk.

“Okay, I want Matt and Zacky.” Jamie declared.

“Alright. Max, Craig. I’ll kill you if we lose.” I said with a smirk.

We got set up on our sides and jumped right into it. We decided whoever got 10 points first one. About a half hour later, we were tied at 9-9.

“Alright bitches, one more point.” I said to Max and Craig in a huddle.

I looked over at the other team and saw Zacky look over our way. He had a giant smirk on his face and I couldn’t help but smirk back. He walked up to the net and motioned for me with his finger. I met him at the net and he began to whisper.

“So, how about you and I make a little deal?” he asked. His smirk never faded.

“Oh?” I asked putting my hands on my hips, copying his smirk, “What kind of deal?”

“Well, how about if my team wins, you let me take you out tonight?” he said.

“Hmm, and what about if I win?” I asked.

“You can have your way with me.” He replied.

I snorted a laugh and smacked his arm, “Not a chance. I want a different reward if I win, however if you win, you can take me out.”

“Fair enough.” He replied before turning back to his team.

When I reached mine Craig was eye balling me and Max had a grin sprawled across his face.

“What?” I asked.

“Hahuh.” Max laughed as he retook his position.

I was tossed the ball and served it. Matt hit it back over the net and Max saved it sending it towards Craig who hit it back over the net. Zacky smacked the ball hard and sent it flying and I was pretty sure it would have gone out of bounds but dove for it when I saw the shadow not quite meeting it. It flew by Max and he knocked it back over the net.

Jamie saved the ball and smacked it towards Zacky who spiked it over the net. I scrambled to balance myself and went to dive for the ball and as I hit the sand on my back, the ball landed just above my head. I heard Max and Craig groan as Jamie jumped on Matt cheering. I sighed as I lay there and saw Zacky stand over my head.

He knelt down and smiled. “I’ll pick you up around eight.” With that being said, he joined his team to celebrate their victory.

Max came over and helped me up. He gave me a hug. “Hey Tori, do you see how red I am right now? I’m fucked.”

“Yeah, he’s redder than Satan’s dick.” Craig laughed.

“Yeah and Tori’s not too far behind.” Max said to him.

“Wanna go home?” I asked. He nodded.

I walked over to Jamie and motioned towards the car, “We’re burning.”

“Yeah, I was gunna say something. I gotta get home anyway, Matt asked me to go to a movie with him so I gotta shower and get ready.” She replied.

“Alright, I gotta get ready too.”

Her eyebrows shot up, “Oh? For what?” she asked.

I went to reply but was cut off when Zacky had an arm around my shoulder and a huge cocky grin across his face, “She made a deal with me, and she lost. So I get to take her out.”

I rolled my eyes and laughed. “Okay well, in order for me to hold up on my end of the deal I have to go home and get ready.”

“Alright. Look pretty. We goin zoom zoom tonight.” He replied before heading over to the guys.

We said our goodbyes and headed home. I sat on the couch with Craig and Max and watched some TV with them and let Jamie take her shower first since Matt was picking her up around six. When she came out of her room, she wore a black tank top, red jeans, her fake gauges and her biker jacket with her bag in hand. She poked out her bottom lip at me.

“What?” I asked.

“Can I borrow your red and black skull heels?” she asked.

“Oh, yeah.” I replied thinking a moment, “They are on the top shelf of my closet, all the way to the left.”

“Thank you!” she squealed running to my room. I couldn’t help but laugh.

A moment later I went to check to see if she needed help finding them before I jumped in the shower. When I walked in she was sitting on my bed and putting the other shoe on.

“Your room reeks of sex.” She laughed.

I walked to my dresser to gather some clothes, “Yeah, yours will later too.”

I grabbed a green tank top, under clothes and socks before heading over to the closet for a pair of jeans and a pair of Nike’s before heading out to the bathroom.

“Does Craig know?” Jamie asked before I got to the threshold.

“Know what?” I asked.

“That you’re going on a date with Zacky.”

I furrowed my brow, “Why does it matter if he knows or not?”

“Well I mean, you two apparently had sex last night. Don’t you think it’ll hurt him?” she asked.

“We’re not together. We just had a moment. That’s all, you know, the random moments ex’s have. We just had a fling. It shouldn’t bother him at all.” I replied.

She put up her hands, “Whatever you say Tori.” She said getting up and walking towards the door. She walked passed me and I couldn’t help but say something.

“What are you going on about?” I asked.

“Look me in the eyes and tell me you can’t see he still wants you.” She said staring me down. All I could do was stare back.

“Jamie! Matt is here!” Max called.

“Don’t hurt him Tor.” She said before heading to the front, “Thanks for the shoes.”

I just stared after her. What the hell was she talking about? Craig didn’t want me like he used to, now it was based on sex. I wasn’t going to let this bother me. This was the one night we had off and I was going to enjoy it, so I headed to the bathroom for a shower.

I emerged fully clothed with my hair straightened and my makeup done. I walked through the living room to go to the kitchen and grab my phone off the charger. I got a whistle from Max and couldn’t help but laugh.

When I picked up my phone I saw I had a text from Zacky telling me he might get me at 7:00. I texted him back telling him that was fine because I was already ready. I looked at the time and saw I had ten minutes.
I turned around and screamed as I almost walked into Craig. He had a blank expression as he stared at me.

“Jesus Christ Craig! Make some fuckin noise next time!” I scolded him as I had my hand on my chest trying to catch my breath.

“Where are you going?” he asked.

“I don’t know. I’ll find out when I get there.” I replied.

“Why are you going?” he asked. I didn’t like the way he was talking to me.

“Because a deal was made and I lost the game.” I replied.

“Don’t go.” He said. It sounded like there was a hint of pleading behind it.

“A deal is a deal Craig. I’m not backing out.”

“Why are you doing this?” he asked. His eyes showed a tinge of hurt in them, and what Jamie said earlier crossed my mind.

Look me in the eyes and tell me you can’t see he still wants you.

“Craig, it’s just ONE date. I wouldn’t have even said yes but a bet was made and I lost. I mean I race with the man for fucks sake. And why are you getting al defensive? I’m not your girlfriend.”

“Whatever Victoria.” He said before turning on his heel and walking out.

“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?! EVERYONE BE PISSED OFF AT TORI DAY?!” I yelled as I grabbed my keys and stormed out of the house.

I texted Zacky and told him to meet me at a gas station close by because I had to get out of the house before I lost my fucking mind. I got in my car and flew out of the driveway and sped down to the gas station.

While I waited for Zacky, I decided to fill up my gas tank. I heard his Porche coming from around the block. When he pulled up and got out of his car, I was leaning against my car still pumping the gas. He walked over to me and smiled.

“Hey.” I said with a quivering smirk.

“Fancy meeting you here.” He replied with a grin.

He looked at the price gauge on the pump and whistled. “This thing can eat up a bank account in one filling. Shit, lucky you work with some badass mother fuckers.”

I laughed, “You’re telling me.”

“Well, it’s a good thing you’re filling up. I’ve discovered a meet we can go to. It’s up to you though.” He said unsure of his idea.

“Why wouldn’t I wanna go to this meet?” I asked smirking.

“Well, it’s a couples thing, they race together.” he replied.

“Haha, we can go.” I replied.

“Yeah?” he asked surprised.

“Well, is there money involved?” I asked.

“Of course!” he exclaimed.

I giggled, “Okay.”

We drove over to the meet, this was actually a legal event. They had the authorities block off a spot and everyone had the okay. Apparently whoever won got a grand total of $16,570. How the fuck could I refuse?

The races we started off doing, I let Zacky drive, me sitting shot gun. I was screaming the whole time. “DRIVE FASTER DAMN IT!”

“I am woman!” he laughed.

The fourth race we won and there was a short break following. There were going to be a total of ten races and I had high hopes. We pulled up next to my car and he got out and started inspecting his car.

“Did you feel like we were being pulled to the right a bit?” he asked.

“I didn’t feel it.” I answered in all honesty.

“Hmm.” He replied as he continued his inspection.

Ten minutes later we were back at the starting line. “You ready?” he asked.

“Wanna make another bet?” I asked him.

“What’s the bet?” he asked.

“If we win, you get a victory kiss from yours truly.” I smiled.

“Oh, I will take that bet. What if we lose?”

“Well, maybe you’ll get a pity kiss from yours truly.” I laughed.

“Oh the horror!” he laughed.

Once the flag dropped, we flew from the starting line and once again had another victory.

Three races later, we were still winning. However we ran into a bit of a problem.

“FUCK!” he yelled as he popped the hood and leaned forward looking under. “Not this shit!”

I looked under with him and saw the radiator was leaking. “It was that rock we hit.” I stated as I rubbed his back.

“Is everything alright folks?” we heard behind us. When I turned around I noticed it was the man hosting the event.

“I blew my radiator.” Zacky said bouncing from anxiety.

“Oh no. You guys are doing so well! I don’t want to disqualify you.” He said sincerely.

“You don’t have to, I still have my car.” I said pointing to my Challenger behind me.

“Oh wonderful!” he said gleaming. He was a wonderful older man.

He returned to his table and I turned to Zacky, “Did you forget I have a car?” I asked.

“No, I’m just pissed that my radiator is fucked!” he said running his hands down his face.

I kissed his cheek which made him pause for a second and smile. “Come on, you get to ride bitch this time.”

We still had a few minutes left for this intermission. I heard a turbo that sounded familiar to me and saw Matt’s car pull into the space a few cars down from us. They got out and walked up to us fingers laced and all. It was rather adorable. I let it be known.

“AWWWW who’s the worlds cutest couple?!” I cooed, pinching their cheeks.

“Fuck off Tori.” Jamie laughed.

“What smells like antifreeze?” Matt asked sniffing the air.

“I blew my radiator.” Zacky sighed.

“Did you guys finish yet?” he asked.

Zacky shook his head, “No, Tori having to get out of the house actually saved our asses since she drove here.”

I snorted a laugh, “Yeah for once, Craig’s bitch attitude benefited me.”

“Wait, what happened between you and Craig?” Jamie asked.

I just stared at her for a second and was saved when an announcement was made to get back to the starting line. I shrugged and got into my car.

I pulled up to the line and Zacky grabbed my hand, “You got this.”

“I know, I can drive.” I smirked.

The flag dropped and I slammed on the accelerator and switched to second gear. I flew passed the other two couples in a matter of seconds and flew passed the finish line with seconds to spare.

“YEAH!” I cheered, Zacky joining in.

“Just one more race! Just one more fuckin race and the money is ours!” he said.

We pulled back up to the starting line. My adrenaline was pulsing and I couldn’t possibly grip the wheel any tighter without breaking it. I looked over at the other couple, they were glaring at me, practically stabbing me with their eyes. I smirked at them and waited for the host to finish his little ‘this-is-the-last-race” speech.

Finally the flag went up. I looked over at Jamie who was bouncing with a giant grin across her face, and then there was Matt, who had the most concentrated face I have ever seen on anyone before.

“What’s with Matt?” I asked Zacky directing my attention towards the flag girl.

I saw him peer over at him in my peripheral and sit back, “He’s anxious. He wants us to win. If we do, it’ll be a major boost for our reputation.”

“Your reputation is already through the roof, how much more could he want?” I asked rhetorically.

“You’re driving. Makes him a little nervous.” He said with a low chuckle. “Ready?” he asked.

I revved my engine in response with a smirk. “Atta girl.” He said with a grin.

I waited for the girl to drop the flag. I gripped the wheel tighter and tighter, I was so anxious and ready. However, the girl repositioned herself and our opponent sped off. My jaw dropped as Zacky let out a loud ”WHAT THE FUCK?!”

A horn blew as the host grabbed a microphone and declared our opponent disqualified. I shut off my car and swung open my door before I stomped my way over to them.

I gripped the guys shirt and pulled him out of his window and heard a thud as he hit the ground.

“DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO FUCKING RACE?!” I screamed kneeling down.

I felt someone yank me up and found it was Matt and Zacky. The girl then got out of the car scared shitless and started to plea with me like I had a gun to his head or something.

“LOOK! We get disqualified, that means you get the money! See? You win.”

“Yes but not from fucking racing! I don’t like to accept victory through disqualification. That’s bullshit!” I yelled over the top of the car.

Zacky wrapped his arms around my legs and began to head back to my car, me screaming at them the whole way back.

He sat me down in my car and Matt got in my face. “Shut the FUCK up Tori!” He demanded. The look in his eyes and his expression made me feel like I was 12 and getting yelled at by my dad. I shut the fuck up.

“You do NOT embarrass our team like that. Yes, you won by disqualification. That’s pretty dumb and it doesn’t feel as satisfying as it would have been if you raced and won. But what you just did makes us look so much worse.”

I looked down at my lap and heard Jamie trying to pull him away to calm him down. It took a moment, but he finally did.

“Matt, that actually made us look pretty good, I mean they’re cheering for us.” Zacky said.

I looked up at the crowd and heard their cheers, yet as Matt said, I felt unsatisfied because we didn’t win by actually racing. Matt looked over his shoulder at me and gave me an apologetic smile.

“Good job kid.” He mumbled before Jamie took his arm and lead him away.

Zacky leaned down inside and kissed my cheek. “We won.” He smiled, “Let’s go get our money.”

He held out his hand and I took it. We walked over to the main floor to hear the whole spiel about how great we raced and how great it is we won. But then we were given a bag filled with our earning. When we got back to our cars, we split it evenly, each of us getting $8,285.

We were getting congratulated by a bunch of the vans and by other people that lost to us. Jamie and Matt came up to us with smiles.

“We’re gunna get some food with Brian, Johnny and Jimmy then head back to the garage. You going home later or are you gunna stop by?” she asked clinging to Matt’s arm.

I looked at Zacky who leaned over me, “She’s comin by the garage.”

She smiled, “Alright, see you guys later.”

“Hey Zee. I’m gunna leave you my truck so you can tow your car back to the garage, we don’t need you pushing it too far.” Matt said giving him the keys.

“Thanks man.”

I drove us over to his car so he could bring the truck to his car and set it up. Once it was done, I followed him back to their place. On the way, I called Emma. I missed hearing her voice and I wanted to see how she was. Apparently she’s been getting excellent grades in school, she’s been helping around the house and she’s picked up the habit of reading. I couldn’t be more proud.

“When can I live with you Vicki?” she asked. She was the only one I allowed to call me Vicki.

“Soon honey, very soon. Jamie and I just have to set up your room and find you a good school.” I replied.

“But, I don’t need to go to school to learn how to drive!” she retorted. I couldn’t help but laugh. She was so damn cute.

“You’re not even ten yet kid. Stick to school.” I laughed.

“Grandma’s telling me to go to bed. Can you call me when you’re not busy tomorrow?” she asked.

“Of course honey. I love you.” I said before hanging up.

I got off the phone just in time to pull up to their place. I got out of the car and helped Zacky with getting his car out of the way so he could work on it tomorrow. He put all of the equipment back in the truck and I slammed him into it.

His eyes stared at me in shock. However his expression changed when I pressed my lips to his. He didn’t hesitate and began to move his lips with mine. A moment later he licked my bottom lip and I granted him entrance so he could wrestle my tongue with his. I felt him grab the back of my legs and I jumped up so my legs wrapped around his waist and gripped his hair with my right hand and his shirt with my left.

As much as I enjoyed it, I heard Brian’s car roaring from down the block and jumped down. I wiped the corners of my mouth laughing.

“Was that my victory kiss we bet on?” he asked with a grin.

“Indeed it was.” I replied.

“I should win things more often.” He said. I couldn’t help but laugh.

When the others got out of the car, Jamie ran over to me and gave me a cup full of coffee ice cream.

“YOU DO LOVE ME!” I yelled as I hugged her.

Before pulling away though, she whispered in my ear, “Don’t think I didn’t see you all over Vengeance just now.”

I pulled back and saw a smirk across her face. I smiled and stuck my tongue out.

We made our way inside and everyone decided to call it a night. Zacky looked at me with a shrug, “You wanna spend the night?” he asked.

“Sure.” I replied as he lead me to his room.

It wasn’t anything I expected, but everything I’d expect a grease monkey to have in their room at the same time. It had posters of cars, tools, engines, the whole nine yards. He even had a tool section. It made me giggle.

“You know, I rarely bring girls in here that know what any of these are for.” He stated as I looked at all the ratchets.

“You’re interested in the wrong women.” I laughed as I picked one up.

“I don’t seem to be right now.” He said.

I turned to him and he was in gym shorts. “Here.” He said handing me a pair.

I kicked off my shoes and took of my jeans. He eyeballed me with a shocked expression. I looked down and back up at him, “What?! Like you’ve never seen a girl in her underwear before?” I laughed as I slid on the shorts. They were a little loose but they would suffice.

He laughed, “Well, I’m going to go brush my teeth real quick. I’ll be back.”

Once he shut the door, I leaped across the room and onto his bed. It was the most comfortable bed in all the land. Finally the exhaustion hit me and I dozed off. I got startled when Zacky hit the bed and looked around groggily and confused. He laughed and pulled me towards him. He wrapped one arm around my waist and rested his head in the crook of my neck.

“Good night Tori. Good driving.” He said before planting a gentle kiss on my shoulder.

“Good night Vengeance, you did pretty damn good yourself.” I replied.

He chuckled lowly and soon sleep devoured the both of us.