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.I walked towards his car then leaned down looking in at him, he still didn’t turn to face me and my smile instantly died.“Hey, you okay?” I asked softly.“Fine,” he replied sharply, “see you in a few.”I stood up and watched him quickly yank the car out of the driveway never once looking at me.I took a deep breath and held it for a count of three before letting it whoosh out.Looking over at Nikki, I was about to ask what his problem was when I noticed the look of pity in her eyes.I took another deep breath, attempted a smile at her, and went to Stella and quickly left.When I pulled into the parking lot, Thayne was standing there leaning against his car waiting for me.I let out a breath and gave thanks to the universe.I slowly removed my helmet and climbed off Stella trying to stall what I could tell wouldn’t be a good conversation as long as possible.Finally I couldn’t delay any more and walked towards him with a fake smile plastered on my face.“Hi” I said feeling tension building in my shoulders, “how was your evening?”He stared at me with those incredible eyes not giving away what was spinning around in that mind of his, only that he seemed to be taking me in.“Lonely,” he finally answered.“I missed you.”I sucked my bottom lip into my mouth running my tongue along the studs, waiting for the ‘but’ in that thought to come.I knew it was coming, it always did only this time I didn’t know if I could handle the after, not with him.He reached out grabbing my belt loop and pulled me close nuzzling into my neck.I let a breath out and quickly inhaled his scent.Slowly relaxing into his warm hard body, maybe this time I wouldn’t be disappointed or hurt.“Come on let’s head in and get you some coffee,” he murmured against my neck, the feel of his lips pressed into my skin.I had to bite my lip hard to suggest just heading over to his empty apartment instead.He reached down gripping my hand, entwining our fingers.I bumped his hip with mine when he looked over at me the haunted look was back, “You okay?” I murmured.He looked away and nodded, “Just a lot on my mind.”“Want to talk about it?”He gave me a fake smile, “No, let’s go hang out before we have to get to work.”I nodded beginning to feel unsure about things once again.I didn’t think pushing him though would be the best idea at this point.Hopefully he would tell me what was going on soon, or maybe I was too chicken shit to find out.We went inside quickly grabbing cups of coffee before heading towards the makeup area.I wanted to get it finished as quickly as possible.After pulling up the coveralls, zipping them to my hips, then tying the arms around my waist, I went in search of my team.I wanted to find out what exactly would be happening with this new twist of choosing a former competitor to join us in the last challenge.I looked down at the fresh gauze the onsite nurse had just applied and cursed my panic attacks once more.I really did not like the idea of not being in top form this close to reaching our goal, but there was nothing to be done about it at this point.I found Kale talking to one of the assistant producers.I leaned against the wall waiting for him to finish.I fiddled with the straps to the backpack I had brought with me today that held extra gauze, tape, and painkillers.Watching Kale gesture around, I snickered at how much the movements reminded me of Liam.Those two were made for one another there was no doubt about that.Liam with his high-energy personality and Kale’s slow easy going manner were ying and yang but they balanced each other out perfectly.This, of course, pulled me back into wondering what was going on with Thayne.Would we ever have the easy going relationship that my friends seemed to have? Was he my other part, my balance? Or was this just another wishful thought?I was brought out of my musing by someone bumping their shoulder against mine, I blinked and looked up at Kale.“You holding up okay?”“Yeah, I’m okay” I told him.“How’s the arm?”“Sore, but nothing I can’t handle.You know how this is supposed to work today?”He nodded “Yeah just talking about it, we’re having a mini challenge then choosing a person from one of the other teams to help.”“Okay, well this should be interesting.”“Yep,” he leaned down kissing the top of my head then left me alone with my thoughts and concerns.We once again stood on our marks waiting for them to begin.This would be the last time we would stand here waiting for them to tell us what to expect in the coming week.I wasn’t upset by this being the end of the filming but I would miss working around some of these guys every day.I focused on Eddie as he walked out to join us.He smiled kindly at us before going into his spiel.“So this is our final week of competition.After this, your final projects will be placed out for the people who are attending the bike rally to vote on, helping us choose who will be the winner of the $500,000 cash prize.Before I tell you what you will be doing to win that prize, it’s time for our last mini challenge.Today will be a team effort.We will be playing a game of relay, since the teams are not evenly numbered two people on team Misfit Cabal will go twice.You will run from here,” he told us pointing at a line marked on the concrete.“To there,” he pointed to a similar line marked on the other side of the shop.“Each person will have to quickly answer a question on motorcycle safety, after they’ve answered correctly, the next member will go.So on until all six questions are answered correctly.Split up equal numbers on each side and get ready,” he finished smirking.“So how are we doing this?” asked Kale.“Scout on one side, Liam on the other, they’re the fastest,” replied Simon.Kale nodded, “Okay, how about Scout and me here, you and Liam on the other side?”We all nodded and headed to our spots ready for the relay race begin.I looked over and found Matt staring intently towards the other side of the garage frowning.“You okay, old man?”“Yeah, just wondering if you’ll be able to keep up.”I snorted, “Uh huh.”He smirked at me just as Eddie walked out getting ready to signal us to go.I watched intently waiting for him to drop the shop rag he held giving us a green light.Once he dropped it, I took off sprinting across the shop skidding to a stop and ready for the first question.“When should you use hand signals?” asked Sterling.I rolled my eyes.“Always as long as it’s safe to remove your hands from the handlebars,” he nodded and I slapped Liam’s hand sending him off.I stepped behind Simon catching my breath watching the other team, Matt had just answered his question, and Liam was already on the other side of the shop.I smiled at the frowning Matt when he walked by me.He growled at me causing me to giggle.Kale quickly made his way over to our side answering his question before Simon took off running to the other side making it quickly.Then came Liam racing back towards me, answered his second question, and I took off making it to the other side, I looked at Paul Fineman for my question.“What is the main cause for motorcycle accidents?”“Uhm, swerving to miss being hit by another vehicle,” I guessed.He nodded and I smiled slapping Liam’s hand then watched Liam run off
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