Of Cars N Planes
Chapter 3: How to Struggle with Life and Love
Lightning McQueen was in a sour mood during the drive home. It was one thing to have your winning streak broken by a rookie racer. But to have someone claim that you and that same rookie had feelings for each other? Oh, that created a whole new level of humiliation. It didn't help that that same someone was an unofficial member of his team.
Everyone stayed silent during the journey home, mostly due to the worry that Lightning would freaking lose it if someone even mentioned the rookie by name. Ripslinger flew above and behind Mack as he drove along. Mack was the only one who got something good out of this day. He'd met and hit things off with a female truck named Gale Beaufort. Normally, everyone would've been thrilled for Mack getting a girlfriend, but their excitement died off when it turned out that Gale worked for IGNTR as Jackson Storm's hauler.
Once everyone arrived back at Radiator Springs,