Chase's POV

After Landry's Hauler

    As I walked away all I could think about was how I think I have feelings for my best friend and how I'm scared she won't feel the same way. I couldn't stop thinking about how I felt after she told me she loved me. She's said it probably a million times before but it never felt like this because this time it felt like she meant it. I've meant it as actually loving her since we were around 15 and she beat me at go carts for her birthday. Then she hugged me and said she was sorry because I hit the wall trying to pass her. All I wanna do is go back and kiss her but I know I can't. That's just something I'm going to have to deal with.

Landry's POV

Morning of the Daytona 500

       I woke up to someone calling me. I rolled over and grabbed my phone answering it. "Hey you wanna go grab breakfast before we have to go to interviews and stuff?" I hear Chase's voice come through me phone.

     "Yeah I'll be ready in 10,"

     "I'll be there before that I'll just wait outside,"

      "No need for that I'll run and unlock the door but hurry and lock it back when you get here,"

      "Alright see you,"

      "Bye Chase," I say hanging up and grabbing my stuff I'd gather during the phone conversation and unlocking the door before walking back to the bathroom to shower.

•••
     I hoped out of the shower just as I heard the door close back and lock. "Hey Chase!" I yelled.

      "Hello Landry," He hollered back.

       "I'll be out momentarily," I quickly threw my hair into a ponytail that I'd fix in the truck. I stepped out of the bathroom in t-shirt and shorts. I grabbed my wallet and my bag.

      "You wanna go to chick-fil-a?"

      "Was that a necessary question?"

       "Nope but it was the gentlemanly way to be,"

"Your too sweet William Clyde,"

       "Why thank you Landry Mae."

At Chick-fil-a

       "We'll have two four count chicken mini meals and sweet tea with both," Chase told the lady at the counter and she smiled.

        "Any sauces for you today?"

"Just ketchup please," I answered. Chase grabbed our drinks and I grabbed the little thing for the table. We sat down by the window and talked about the race until the man brought out our food. We ate and then we drove back to the track. The drive consisted of us singing along to the songs that came on the radio and laughing. I always have such a good time when I'm around him. Soon we were back and we parted ways him to his hauler and me to mine.

Around 10 minutes later

We both walked out at the same exact moment helmets in hand walking towards our garages to wait on driver introductions. "Landry have I mentioned you look nice in your fire suit?" Chase asks.

      "I don't believe so no. Have I mentioned that you also look very nice in your fire suit." I answered smiling. We kept walking towards our garages and I thought to myself how lucky I was to have Chase as my best friend even thought wished he was more so I mustered you the courage and said "I've been meaning to ask you after the race would you like to go out to eat like you know go out?" we both stopped walking.

"Wait do you mean like go out or go get a hamburger from some where?" He asked clearly confused.

"Go out. Go out. Clyde like dress nice and go eat somewhere like a date. Go out." I explained and we started walking again.

"Ohhhh. Well you beat me to it. It would be my pleasure to go eat with you Landry Sutton. Now let's go kick Kyle Busch's butt." He says and we do our handshake before heading to out garages.

Lap 52:Chase is currently P1 and I'm P2 with Kyle behind me.
(I'm going skip a lot I'm lazy what can I say)

Lao 98:I got ahead of Chase and we're working together to make sure Kyle stays behind us.

Lap 126:I dropped to P4 with Chase now leading with Joey Logano in P2 and Kyle in P3.

"How much trouble would I get in for tapping Busch's bunper?" I ask my crew chief.

"Um you wanna fight him after the race Landry because if not I'd just make good moves and not touch him." Josh says laughing. He knows I was joking.

(Y'all everything ain't going be exactly like it's happened in real life just gonna point that out.)

Lap 163:I got a little lose and almost hit the wall. P5.

Lap 191:I got back up to P2 and now Chase is in P3 Logano is leading. Kyle is P5.

End of the race:I ended up coming in 2nd and Logano won. All I have to say is it wasn't Kyle. I'm pretty proud of myself. I did my interviews and the I went to find Chase and then get ready.

"Mr. Elliott how do you feel coming in third behind you friend of 19 years?" I say jumping on his back.

"Ah I'm mostly happy for my friend because she's beautiful and we get to go eat and celebrate," He laughs and we part ways to get ready .

•••

      I told Chase he could decide where we're going and plan. I threw on one of my favorite dresses. After I curled my hair and put on my dress and shoes I headed to meet Chase. I knocked on the door and it was open so I sat on his couch to wait on him I heard his shower running and music coming from the bathroom. Then I heard singing. I quickly pull out my phone and walked to the door and videoed it on my snapchat and titled it "Waiting on Clyde to get ready includes" and put it on my story. I sat and waited a while longer before he came out with a towel around his waist.

      "Being a bit forward this evening are we Mr. Elliott?" I joked he turned around and his towel almost fell off I fell in the floor laughing.

       "Ha ha Landry you wouldn't be laughing so hard if you would've saw something because I know for a fact you've never seen anything like that. So I'm going to continue to get ready and your going to stop laughing at my awkwardness," He fumbled his words nervously.

       "Oh lord William Clyde you wonder why it's so easy to pick on you," I joked.

        "Hey just remember when you were 13 and I was 14 and we were at the beach and I thought you got shark bit? Yeah stop laughing at me," He stated.

         "Dude at 14 you should know a girl bleeds regularly. Sucky but true so I kinda get to laugh at you for that," I pointed out.

"Give me a minute I'll come up with something. Why is it so hard I've known you forever when is it so hard to think of something awkward you've done?" He huffed

        "Because I skipped the awkward stage I was to cool," I giggled I could think of plenty that should stand out in his mind like when we went to race go carts after I got my permit and I almost cried because I spun him out so I hugged him so he wouldn't see me trying not to cry, or when we went to my junior prom together and an ex boyfriend of mine called me out in front of him and lied about me, we left early that night.

          "Yeah yeah whatever... Ah ha I got one once when we were like 15 we went to race go carts I do believe it was right after you got your learners permit. Anyways you got stuck in the 18 go cart and you huffed and puffed then you decided to play like you were Kyle and spun me out. If that wasn't awkward and embarrassing for both of us what would be?" He asked laughing. Well of course he remembers it like that I had been joking around which is why I cried about spinning him out because I was in a unstable place at 15.

"If your in a car with that turds number you play the part it's honestly what I always do when I drive go carts that have numbers it's like tradition um it's something mom did or at least that's what dad said," I answered smiling before realizing we've been having this conversation all the while Chase is still only in a towel. "Um you might want to go finish getting ready Clyde," I giggled and he laughed and walked in the back to change into clothes.