Just Out of Reach

~Kaelen~

Fuck!

I sat in my car at the finish line for almost a full minute after the race ended.

I did not remove my helmet. I did not move. I just sat there with the fucking engine ticking as it cooled and thought about the car I had just watched disappear through the northeast exit.

Siren.

I had been two car lengths behind her for most of the race. I had pulled alongside her on the back straight