"Bad is never good until worse happens."

Fin hated flying, so despite not wanting to be travelling at all, he was glad as ever-loving fuck to be disembarking the plane. He had begged his mom to let him get a bus rather than fly, but then his grandma had to go and suggest that it gave him more opportunity to run off on the trip over and not make it safely to his father. 'We just want you safe, dear, or you'll end up in prison for breaking your conditions,' had been her explanation. Fin had just sat there scowling at everyone because it was feeling like the whole world was against him right now.

( It had all been bad enough that he woke up in the hospital after the party not knowing what the hell had happened... )

# finlay bennett | original character

"Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time."

There was a time where I would never have considered leaving my former race team. Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing was supposed to be the place I'd spend my career. They had given me my break into the league. I was working for Sarah Fisher, who was the perfect boss for a young female driver looking to make her name. Every day I got to work side by side with my father and with Peter Fowler, who was as good as my brother. The only thing I wanted to do more than drive the No. 64 car was win.

( And that's what it came down to. )

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Shelby Manning Martin
Need for Speed OC
875 words