Chapter 7

(Her POV)

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I didn't know why but I ended up in that racing arena again.

I had promised my mom that I won't come here again but I couldn't control myself. I just needed some space and my time to forget everything.

This racing arena was that .... my pain reliever. I had started to come here when I was 16. I had accidentally found this place when I had quarrelled with my mom once and then got addicted to it. At first I just used to watch it for fun, but later I fell in love with it. And then, I also started to learn riding a motorbike and soon became a pro in this racing arena.

Later, when I was 19, my mom found out about it when I came here sneakily one day. And then... 'blah! blah! blah!' of her scoldings with a promise not to come here again.

But now she's no more and neither is any comforting place of mine apart from this.

"Ohhh! Lini! Long time no see!" I heard that same familiar male voice. Now my only comfort.

I turned around and saw brother V was coming towards me. I quickly left my helmet on my bike and ran towards him and hugged him tightly.

"I missed you, brother V," I said as I nuzzled in his arms, as my tears flowed immediately and freely.

He immediately wrapped his arms around me, as he asked worriedly, "What's up, Lini? Hey! Hey girl, what's up?! Don't cry! Don't cry!"

But as he said not to cry, I cried more. I felt him scooping me while my face was still hidden in his chest as he brought me somewhere.

And I know where it was the moment I heard those familiar voices and questions filled with unconcealed worries and concerns. I wiped my eyes in his arms as he placed me on a car's front, making others appear shorter than me.

"What happened, Lini?" He asked again as he patted my back.

I pursed my lips as I said in my nasal voice, "Nothing... I just missed you all."

As soon as I said that, I felt I was dragged down and soon embrace after embrace came to me. All of my brothers came to hug me. And being the only girl here, they had loved me a lot and treated me just like their sister.

"We missed you too, Lini!" I heard Kruen's voice.

"Yeah! It's been such a long time! Almost a year!" Said Finn.

"If you hadn't come back soon, we would have taken it that you have passed away and we need to hold a funeral." said Gruns.

"Ouch! You're so mean!" I said with a pout but I loved it.

Aww! How much had I missed them!

But soon the comfortable feeling was replaced by a suffocating feeling.

"Well, well, Guys! A break please! Your sister might really die now with suffocation!"

"Oh Oh!" With that they left me and soon we chatted a lot.

"Liniiiiii?" I heard a series of loud surprise screams, breaking our chit chats.

We all turned around in unison and found another batch of teammates who were making their grand entry. There stood Jack, Lafer, Mike and of course my favourite Charles, the one who taught me how to ride a motorbike.

I stood up from my seat and ran towards them like a little girl and soon I was embraced again.

We again went on and on with our 'Miss You,' 'Where were you?,' and all.

And then brother V took my hands as he said to me with a challenging eyes, "Been a year... Can you still go up there?"

Oh! I missed this!

As I took my hands and crossed my arms against my chest in a challenging posture, "Why not? I came for that only?"

"Then why wait? Let's go! One round is still left!"

I smirked as I followed. And when Mike announced my name to the audience, I really got emotional.

There are still my fans! They still love my rides!

With that thought, I got new energy coming my way as I got more motivated.

And soon, I, Brother V, Kruen, Gruns and Finn came on the mark. I heard loud cheers on my name, "Lini" being echoed everywhere around me.

And as soon as the whistle rang, the engines of our bikes roared and the race started!

And as I drove, I felt all the negative emotions inside of me disappearing.

As always, I'm the winner of the race!

And just when I opened the helmet, I was encircled by so many girls. They were looking at me in such dreamy eyes, that momentarily I was blinded by them.

And all of them were saying, "It was so cool!" "You were so awesome!" "How did you do it?" and some even asked about my Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

It's been really long and I had nearly forgotten how it felt like to be surrounded by my fans. Luckily, brother V and brother Charles came to my rescue and diverted all of their handsome features.

Brother Kruen and the rest safely brought me to the underground like my bodyguards.

"Ohhh! I feel like a VIP for a moment with my fans and you all as my bodyguards!"

"You are!" They said in unison, making me giggle.

We all sat on the ground to relax, when Brother Finn asked, "I'm going to have fried rice and chilli chicken. What do you all want for supper?"

Brother Kruen: Egg Roll

Brother Jake: Paneer Roll with coke

Brother Lafer: Fried Rice

Brother Mike: Egg Roll

Me: Noodles

Brother Gruns: Same with Elina

Brother V who just arrived: Same with Elina

Brother Charles who came too: Sandwich and fish fries.

When everyone had placed all their orders to brother Kruen, two more people entered.

"Well, well, well, looks like a feast was about to be held here, huh? Luckily, I came here to say hello to Lini. Lini is really my lucky star!"

"Brother Dew!" I screamed when I heard the familiar voice and went up to him. Both of us hugged each other as he rubbed his chin on my head, "I missed you, Brother Dew!"

Brother Dew laughed a little as he said cheekily, "Ahh! And here I thought you forgot about your Brother Dew. You didn't come here for so long!"

We broke the hug as I giggled, "Well, you see. I couldn't for some reason. But now I'm back for good!"

"Wow! Great! That's good news! Oh, let me introduce you to our new members. He's my partner and your Brother Charles' team's new manager. His name is-" He said while introducing the person behind him and before he could say anything else, I almost screamed out the person's name.

"STEVEN?"

"Hey baby! We are meeting again here!"