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Suddenly all of our heads turned as we heard the rumble. The Monte passed us again, not as fast as we had blown by them but definitely with ease. “Shit” yelled Will “is that all this cars got man? “Oh you know I’ve got more for ya” I said as I pushed the pedal to the floor. All I could think about was how he was going so fast with 4:11 gears… we had to be doing now close to 130mph and his car didn’t sound nearly as wound out as it should have by now. He must have lied about his gear ratio. Oh well, no time to worry about that now. I didn’t have much more time to think as I realized that we were once again passing the beast as we flew down the highway. Luckily it was late, as there weren’t many cars on the road as we headed towards Springhill Drive. Suddenly Will yells out “DAMN MAN! WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF GAS!!!, I THOUGHT YOU FILLED IT UP BACK IN CLEARWATER!” “I couldn’t” I replied. “If I had. We wouldn’t have had enough to bet the 500 bucks!” “Well it will have to be enough,” said Frank “ we are only like 4 minutes away from Springhill Drive.” With the gas needle coming closer and closer to the dreaded “E” mark I made a snap decision. I slammed my foot to the floor and decided to ride it out. As we crested the last small hill before our destination, we all nearly shit ourselves. Sitting smack in the median were two Florida state troopers! “SHIT WE ARE DEAD!” said Frank “NA” said Will “NOT IF I CAN HELP IT!” I yelled “What are you going to do?” asked frank “I know what he’s gonna do…go for it big man” said will from the back Just then as the Monte made the typical mistake and slammed his breaks when he saw the cops I simply moved over to the right lane and kept my foot into it. Sure enough, the two state troopers lit up their lights and tore up the grass trying to get onto the highway to catch us. “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?” yelled Frank “SAVING OUR ASSES!” replied Will for me What Frank failed to realize was that Springhill drive was only about a quarter mile ahead. I sped towards it and made a quick right and pulled behind a gas station and waited. With a few simple switches I shut off the neon, the strobes and the stereo. After about 20 minutes we figured we had might as well try to go home. As we pulled back on to the highway at the speed limit, we passed right by the Monte setting there with both cops around him. “They are gonna point us out” said frank as we rolled by I was worried about the same thing, but as we went by, the driver and I caught eye contact and he just nodded to me. I knew we were safe so I just kept on driving. “What about the money?” asked Will “Oh I think they are gonna need it for court….and besides…do you want to go ask for it?” I replied “Naaa…good thinking….” Said Will as we cruised down the highway…. No worse for wear…and much happier then the passengers of the Monte.