“Thundering Horses”
Chapter 1


It was a day of all days the first day of summer and only a few more weeks till school was out and everyone was in a mood that just made the day all that much better.

“Hey where have you been I have been looking everywhere for you. There is a new comer here today I seen him pull up in a ride that rocked.” Jon says as he runs up to Chris in the hall.

Jon was about 5’8” with a slender muscular build, he had brown eyes, and a haircut called a high and tight just like the guys in the military. Jon had an attitude that too many people did not know how to take if you did not know him, he was the type of person that was very cocky and very good looking and he knew it. He was the rich boy of their group giving him the nickname High Roller.

Chris now was far from your average girl, she was a pretty girl about 5’7”, with long dirty blonde hair and eyes of blue, she had a smile that was catchy and almost everyone got along with her she had a total of 4 really good girl friends and too many guy friends to count. She had a good build to her that showed she was active and she stayed in shape by working on cars and running 6 miles a day. She does not get along with people that try to push there way around and think they are better then other people. If you pushed her, you got pushed back, she was very strong willed, and no one told her she could not do something or they were proved wrong. She had a younger brother everyone called Whistle, which in turn got her the nickname Whistle’s Sister or WS. Jon was one of her best friends.

Chris looks at Jon, as he was coming up to her, “A new kid you say, and what this so called ride he was in is?” Chris asks throwing her books into her locker.

Jon laughs, “You sound so excited about it.” Jon tells her,

“Should I be I have yet to find anyone that can beat my Baby.” Chris tells Jon.

“You need someone to walk all over you and YOUR BABY is what you need.” Chris and Jon turn to see Chris’s brother walking up to them.

“Whistle, what’s up?” Jon says as he and Keith do their little handshake of handshakes.

Keith was two years younger then Chris as was Jon, but they were the best of friends nonetheless. Keith standing at a good 6’ and slender he had a normal build to him, with cotton blonde hair and blue eyes like his sisters. He was the clown of the family and really easy going, all the girls thought he was the cutest thing they ever saw, there was not a person that he did not get along with. He has a slight temper, but the only way you ever saw it was to mess with his sister, his car, or his good friends.

“Well Bub when you find them be sure to let me know. I am going to class.” Chris tells him.

”She is to damn cocky and her New Baby will be hitting the road in a few more days.” Keith says walking to class with Jon.

“She got the Camaro done?” Jon asks as they walk into class taking their seats.

“Yeah, she and Jen will be finishing it up tonight.” Keith says. “I have to say I am kind of excited about it, I cannot wait for it to hit the tracks and see what she can do.” Keith adds as they hear the teacher,

“Mr. Richardson, Mr. Tadaro you need to stop the shop talk and join the class with the rest of us.” Keith and Jon turn in their desks and face the teacher.


At lunch Chris walks out to the parking lot looking for this so called ride that rocked as she was told,

“WS what are you doing?” Chris turns to see Charger and Jen walking out to the parking lot where she was standing.

Charger AKA Glen was about 5’10” and LONG Black hair he had dark brown eyes and a sweet flirtation attitude; he had a good build to him and an out going attitude. He was another one of the so-called cuties around the school.

Jen was one of Chris’s best friends that were of the same sex as her. She helped work on the cars that everyone drove giving her the nickname Torque. Jen stood about 5’7”, with hazel eyes; she had long brown hair, she was a slender girl but from working on cars had a good build going on her. She had a very out going attitude and there was not too many people that did not like her.

“What are you doing out here, you did not bring Baby out did you?” Jen asks.

Chris laughs, “Your joking right Jen, you really think I would bring Baby to school in the middle of the week?” Chris says still laughing.

“Well then what are you doing out here?” Charger asks her again.

“High Roller told me about this sweet ride that came in this morning.” Chris says looking around the lot again.

“Oh, the Nova…” Charger says.

“It is a Nova, what year?” Chris says in a disappointing tone.

“’72 SS, the kid told me he had a 383 Stroker in her.” Charger told Chris. Chris’s eyes widen and she got a big smile on her face.

“You like the thought of that do you.” Jen says laughing.

“Sure he is no match for Baby, but the Camaro… I think he might give her a run for her money.” Chris says as she hears the roar of a motor coming down the road toward the school. She turns to see a jet Black SS Nova pulling into the parking lot.

“There they are.” Charger says.

Just then, Keith, Jon, Tim, Emil, and Mike come walking out to where they are. Chris looks at Emil and laughs pointing at the new Nova in town,

“Looks like Gray Ghost might have her work cut out for her this year.” Chris tells Emil.

“Blah, Blah, Blah is all I hear WS, you know that P.O.S will never beat The Gray Ghost.” Emil tells her as he walks out to the new kid that is getting out of the Nova.

Emil was around 5’10”, blonde hair, and baby blue eyes, he had a good build to him and stout, he was a joker like Jen but had a bad attitude toward people he did not know. He is very hard to read and get to know, but once you got the wall down around him, he was a great guy to have as a friend.

“So what you call her?” Emil asks him as he climbed out of the car.

The guy laughs, “Her name is Alice, and I am Rain.” The new kid says closing the door.

Emil looks at the kid saying, “I did not ask your name, only hers.” Emil continues checking out the Nova.

Chris walks up to them saying, “You have to excuse Emil, he is not much for manners, but he means well. So I heard you say your name is Rain and this is Alice.” Chris says as she runs her hand up the hood of the Nova. “I am Chris, AKA WS.” Chris tells him.

Rain the new kid on the block stood around 6' he had brown eyes and short spiky brown hair. He had a good stout build to him Chris knew that he too would be added to the cuties list around the school the girls have. He seemed nice enough, but Chris could sense an attitude about him. Something she liked.

“WS?” Rain says.

Chris laughs saying, “Whistles Sister, that’s Whistle over there.” She tells Rain pointing at her brother and their friends as she watches them walk over to them.


“Hey, how’s it going?” Keith says offering his hand.

“Hey… So are you ones I have been hearing about all day?” Rain asks.

Keith looks at Rain, “Don’t know what did you hear?”

“Well that if I was looking to race in the area I had to hook up with Whistle, WS, High Roll, Charger, or someone named after a horse. They say you guys got the hottest cars in the area.” Rain says.

They all were laughing at him with what he said,

“What is so funny?” Rain asks.

Keith looks at Rain and pats him on the back still laughing, “We are going to get along great dude. Oh and the dude that is named after a horse is Trigger, that’s him right there.” Keith says pointing at Tim as Tim gives a half wave.

Tim was a big guy not fat but he did have some weight on him, he had brown hair and blue eyes, he was the serious one of the group, but he did know how to have a good laugh.

“This is Emil,”

Emil looks at Rain, “Yo,” “This is, Glen or Charger.” Charger looks at Rain giving a slight wave.

“This is Jon AKA High Roller,”

Jon gives Rain the thumbs ups.

“This is Mike or Little Red Roc,” Mike nods.

Mike stood about 5’7” black hair, and dark brown eyes, he too had a good build to him and stout. He was very easy going like Keith and a killer sense of humor; he knew how to make a person laugh and was a great guy to talk to if you have a problem be it school, home, or love life. He to was a knock out like Jon.

“The ladies here if that is what you want to call them, my sister which you have met and Jen AKA Torque,” Jen smiles at Rain saying Hi,

“You all drive?” Rain asks them.

“No not all of us some of us just help work on the cars.” Jen says.

“Yeah and which ones of you do that?” Rain asks.

“Well I do, and…”

“WS are you one of them?” Rain asks cutting Jen off.

Chris laughs, “I work on them alright, but if you think you can keep me from out behind the wheel of them more power to ya.” Chris tells him still laughing.

Just then, they hear the bell ring for the end of lunch.

“Shit that’s the last place I want to be.” Emil says.

“Where you headed Emil?” Chris asks him.

“Science is my next course,” Emil says as they start walking back toward the school building. Rain is walking along with them.

“Hey Rain, where is your locker?” Chris asks him.

“Lower floor locker number 345.” Rain tells her.

“Cool I will see if I can make it down there between one of my next 4 classes.” Chris tells him running off to her locker,

“Watch it dude she will have you on the track and running in no time.” Charger tells him.

Rain laughs saying, “That’s what I want, I have racing in my blood and the sooner I can get out there the better.” They all start walking off to their next class.


“How are you going to get down to Rain’s locker between classes?” Jen whispers to Chris sitting in class.

“Do not worry about that, Drama is my 6th hour class I have to go that way to get there. I will make it by.” Chris tells her.

Jen smiles at Chris. “You like him don’t you?” Jen says smiling.

Chris rolls her eyes, “PPPlllease Jen, you know me better then that. When was the last time I was with a guy?” Chris says.

Jen looks up at the ceiling, crossing her arms over her chest, “UMM, let’s see… the end of Jr. Year, I think it was. That last a whole 2 months.” Jen tells her laughing.

“And why was that?” Chris asks her.

“Because he thought he knew more about cars then you.” Jen tells her.

“No you ninny, that is not why.” Chris says.

“He kept pushing to race Baby, so I unleashed her on him.” Chris started to laugh as everyone turned in class looking at her.

“What can I not laugh?” Chris tells them as they all turn back around.

“Miss Richardson is there something you would like to share with the class.” The teacher asks her.

“Sure, but I do not think they will find it as funny as I do.” Chris says as Jen starts laughing with her.

“Ladies I think you need to do more concentrating on your work and less time concentrating on cars.” The teacher tells them. Chris and Jen still laughing,

“They are so weird, they’re more like guys then girls.” A girl whispered to the girl in front of her.

Jen taps her on the shoulder and she turns to look at her, “You’re just jealous Kim.” Jen tells her.

“Oh, and how do you get that?” Kim says turning in her set to look at Jen. “Because when the guys see us coming they run to us, NOT AWAY from us.” Jen tells her smiling.

“Why you BI…”

“Ladies any more noise from back there and I will send you all to the office.” The teacher says. Chris slumps down in her seat trying hard not to bust out laughing as she puts her hand over her face.



Thundering Horses Chapter 2