A Top Gear Fan Fiction
Pairing
: JM x RH, JC x FC
Genre
:
Friendship, Romance, Hurt/Comfort
Warning
: New character’s appearance
Quotes
: “I would be
damned if I ruined this friendship.”
A/N: Hello everyone, we meet again and here’s my sequel. I’m sorry
about my delay, for replacing this with a spin-off. But I’m so happy knowing
that you like that too. Thanks people :D Before you read I just want to say
that this chapter just about May and the Clarksons, since,
well, the topic is about friendship. But I hope you will like it. Happy reading
;D
Mirrors
Chapter
III – Hey Jude
Hey Jude,
don’t let me down. You have found her now go and get her.
Remember to
let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better.
The Beatles – Hey Jude
“It’s one pound, please.”
James was
about to pay when something big, warm and giggling thing wrapped around his
leg, made him almost slipped out his coffee and frowned his head. “What
the...,” but as he glanced down, his frown changed into a smiled. “Ah, morning
little fella.”
It was Lily.
“Good
morning uncle May.” She giggling, let go off James’ leg and raised her hands.
Asking for a sling.
“Dad is over there,” She pointed a
small shop across the street.
The
vision of little Lily walked alone crossing
that street made James raised his eyebrow. But before he could ask Lily had
already answered him.
“It’s okay uncle May, I’m with
Mommy, she’s in that shop buying some cloths. I’m boring, then I saw you get in
this place.”
“You shouldn’t do that. You’ll got a
problem with your mother.”
“But I want to see you.”
James sighed but smiled, he
walked Lily back to her mother before this little girl got her penalty again.
And what James was thought was right.
They saw Francie’s panic face asking
a woman in that shop, wandering from one person to another. But she suddenly
stopped when she saw James standing in front of that shop, waving at her with
his apologetic smile and her dearest daughter in arms. Holding a cup of
something.
A sighed escaped from
Francie’s soft lips as she met James, “Thanks for keeping her.”
“No problem. It was her the one who
approaching me, never thought we could meet here.”
“Well, people say ‘London is
narrow’.”
They laughed, “Spent your time
together, I guess?”
“It’s not very often Jeremy could
get his day off,” she put down her shopping bag to catched her breath, “So we
decide to take a little walked. Is that coffee?”
“Huh? Yeah. Mine if you asking,
wanna some?”
“Oh absolutly.” Francie took James’
coffee from her daughter’s hand and sip a little after saying thank you for
James.
“Looks like it’s time for me to
leaves,” he said as he hand Lily back to Francie.
But suddenly that little girl
shouting ‘no’ out loud and tightening her embrace, “I’m with uncle May! I don’t
need Mommy!”
“Lily.”
“I said no!” she said then burying
her face at James’ neck. Made this two older people just stared at each other.
“Well,” Francie tilted her head a little,
“How about you going out with us?”
“What? No. Thanks Francie, but it’s
your day with your family.”
“But uncle May is our family too.”
She mumbled, “Right Mommy?”
“You’ve heard what she said,” she
smiled at James, “Come on James, don’t be shy, Jeremy would be happy if he met
you later.”
He tried
to said no but Francie had gave him that eyes. Not a puppy, but more like a
hell-hound ones. Even a soldier like James must bend down his head to tamed
this woman and avoiding world war III.
“Alright then.”
“Great, beside we’re just gonna go
to a park.” She grinned, “Who want some ice cream?”
**
“Thanks
for joining us James.” Jeremy leant his back on a bench and watched both his
wife and daughter playing something not far from them. “Finally I have a friend
for a little chat, not just being a carried-man for my wife’s shopping bags.”
James was the second who sat and
hand him a tea. With a little laugh he said, “Well, I can’t said no to a lady like your
wife.”
“Too scary, right?”
“You said that,” he grinned. “By the
way, isn’t it a little scary if your daughter just acted like that to a
stranger?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, you know, she barely know
about me..., but,“ James nodding a little with lined lips to ended his
sentences.
“Oh believe me you’re not that
stranger for her.”
“But it’s quite a surprised Lily
could be that familiar with me.”
“Well, thanks to Hammond who always
taught her about you since her first birthday.”
“Ei? Really?” He moved his eyes to
watched people in this park, “What has he done?”
“I can’t forget when the first time
he gave my daughter a photo of you and saying ‘look, he’s uncle May, the best
person I’ve ever met.’ and after that he kept poisoning her with
his ‘James
May’s life and culture’.” Jeremy said with a sigh.
But James just raised his eyebrow
and laughed softly at that. “Well, then that could explain about her expression
when we first met.”
“Glancing at you with her big eyes.”
“You sound like a jealous father.”
“And you sound like you never felt
it before.”
“What? Being e jealous father?”
“Nope.” A single sip from his tea
and Jeremy watched his colleague with a smug, “Being a person who saw somebody
with their big round eyes.”
A paused. They watched at each other
and James lined up his lips again, “Be more specific, please?”
“You know what I mean.”
Another paused.
James blinked his eyes once and then
inhaling sharply, breaking eye contact. “You know Jeremy?” He raised his head
watched the old man with a serious expression, “I didn’t lay my eyes on somebody
this far. How could you said that?”
“Well, because your attitude has
told me and I want you to become more..., erm..., what’s the word I’m looking
for? Ah, honest.”
“Honest?” He scoffed, “Am I lie to
you?”
“At this time? Yes.”
Another scoffed, “About what? My
feeling? I’ve told you Clarkson, I didn’t –“
“Yes you did.” Jeremy’s smug went
bigger when he saw James went silent immediately then just sighing, scratch his
head and bit his lips, “Come on mate, tell me, you loved him right?”
At this point, James groaned and
lowering his head supported it with both palms, squeezing his temple a little,
“How long have you been know about this?”
“Well, I didn’t. Francie told me.”
“Francie!?” James hissed as his body
tensed and raised his head to watched Jeremy in shock, “Even she know about
this? Great! Who else know about this? Hammond himself?”
“Oh whoa, relax James. She’s not
that cruel.” He gulped out his tea then moved his position facing James, “It’s
just me, promised. Beside, she herself still had doubt about this when she told
me that day.”
“When?”
“What ‘when’?”
“Oh for God’s sake, when was she
told you about this?”
“Hold on, erm..., it had been some years ago,
when you joined Army if I’m not wrong. Well, at first, it was just a couple’s
chat. Then, I don’t know, suddenly she asked me about you and told me about tha
–” Jeremy shake his head lightly, “No, not told me, she guessing me. After
that moment, we never brought this topic anymore.” He watched James lowering
his head and heard another groaned which ended with a mumble ‘fuck’ this time.
“Didn’t it made you felt a
little..., well, disgusting? Or something like that?”
“Oh come on James, you know me. If I
really did
thought, something like that about you, I’ve been left you years ago, no
offense.”
“But you stay.”
“Because we’re family.”
“Oh stop being nice to me.”
A simple laugh escaped from his
mouth, “Then tell me, why you didn’t tell him?”
“I can’t.” James took a long sharp
breath as he raised his head and leant on that bench, “I would be damned if I
ruined this friendship.”
“What if your feeling is mutual?”
“Then it would be just one word to
describe, impossible.”
“There’s nothing impossible in this
world James.”
“Oh, that’s just a naïve sentences.
Many things impossible Clarkson. And my condition right now is one of
them.”
A sigh escape from Jeremy mouth as
he mirroring James’ position, “Remember my story about Francie?”
“The day when you met her?”
“Yeap.”
“How could I forget your silliest
moment in your life? – hold on,” he gave his mate a suspicious glare then
sighed again when he got a smug as response, “If you try to do me, what you’ve
did to yourself, I will kill you, literally.”
He gave that soldier a laugh before
saying, “Have you ever heard this phrase James? Soldier on.”
“Well, not in this condition,” was
what he said to Jeremy who laughed at him again, but after that, no one said
nothing. Gave James some time to just sat at there eyeing sky
and let his thought wandering around. But most of all was about Richard, like,
was it wrong to love him?
“You’re not wrong to love him.”
Jeremy suddenly said. The silent answer from James was enough to made Jeremy
turn at him and smiled warmly, “Come on mate, don’t give me that face, I always
know what you think when it’s about Hammond.”
James had opened his mouth to
answered him but he swallowed again all of his words when Lily approaching
them. With a smile and flower crown on hand, she stopped in front of James and
handed him that.
“Here uncle May,” she said, “Mommy
had made me this and told me that one day a real prince will coming to place
this crown to me.” She smiled glancing at her mother a second then back to
James, “But I already find him.”
Tought he knew the answer, James
kept asking her, “Oh really? Who’s that lucky prince to have a charming girl
like you?”
“It must be me.”
“No! I hate daddy,” she pouted.
“Great Jeremy, you’ve ruined
everything.”
“What? I’m not –“ his sentences
stopped when James hushed him and gave a pointing look at his daughter, who
pouted even worse at him. “Sorry, go on then, sweety.”
“Daddy is not cool, I hate daddy,”
she gave him a glare then back to James with a smile, “That lucky prince is you
uncle May.” A little palms then grabbed James hands, guiding him to put that
flower crown to her head.
After James laughing softly and done
his jobs, Lily tip-toed a little to kissed James’ cheek. Which obviously made
Jeremy puppy eyed them but got another glare from his only daughter.
Lily then stepped back a little to
made a gap between James and her, saying, “Now you’re my prince, uncle May, and
I won’t let you go near to your late princess anymore.”
“My late princess?”
“Yup. Because I am your new princess
right now.”
What Lily did next was bowed like a
Victorian Lady then ran to her mother again. Leaving this two bloke back to
their own business.
“Your princess, huh?”
“Well, sometimes kids are amazing
when it’s about imagination.”
“So, what would you do if the one
who asked you to placed a flower crown on their head was –“
“Hammond?” He scoffed when Jeremy
nodding at him, “You talk nonsense again.”
“Come on mate, it’s just a ‘what if’
moment. Give me an answer.”
“Would you stop being an arse just
for a second?”
He gave James a best puppy face he
could ever made. “Please....” Which made the younger bloke groaned in annoyed.
“Okay, alright. If,
he gave me that crown, then I will placed it on his bloody brown head immediately.
Satisfied now?”
“Ha! I knew it! So you love him
right?”
“Jeremy! Please, be quiet.”
“Sorry mate, I’m sorry,” he laughed,
“It’s just, – Ahaha!
I knew it, and it’s prove us that my instinct never went wrong.”
“Execpt for women.” Jeremy was opened his mouth to
complain him but James’ buzzing phone had saved the owner from that. He watched
the caller ID and raised his eyebrow. Not knowing that Jeremy took a peek from
beside.
“Speaking of the devil.”
“Whoa mate, stop your habit peeking
another’s phone like that,” he said then stood up to excuse himself leaving
Jeremy who laughing and palming face. “May.”
“James? It’s Richard.”
“Yeap, what?”
“Where are you now?”
“Town park, met the Clarksons and couldn’t
escape from the Iron Lady.” He heard Richard laughing on the other end. “Is
there something wrong?”
“No, I
just, erm...,” a paused, “I
have..., nothing to do right now. And, uh, you know, it’s quiet lonely in my vine.”
“Hang out?”
“Well, actually,
after our practice last week, I fancy to learn your grand piano again. If you
don’t mind.”
James eyebrow twitched a second, “Of
course, it’s okay. I’m going home then.”
“But – hold on James, are you sure
it’s okay? I mean, you’re with someone and I....”
“It’s okay Hammond, beside it’s not
someone. Well, you know, it’s just Francie with her little daughter and her
old, annoying, big belly orang-utan,”
he glance at Jeremy who rolled his eyes, “I’m sure they don’t mind about it.”
Another laugh from Richard.
“Well then mate, I’m heading to your
house then.”
“Met you in minute.” He was about to
hung up when Richard called his name. “Yes mate?”
“Thanks.”
He smiled, “Any time.”
When James back, Jeremy smug at him
saying, “So, an emergency date from your boyfriend?”
“Shut up Jeremy. And don’t give me
that face.”
He laughed, “What happend to him?”
“Get boring, like always.” James sighed then made a
quick smile, “I’m sorry Clarkson but I have to go now.”
“It’s alright, I knew it would
happen since the first time his name pop up in your phone.”
“Yeah, well, thanks about that.” He
turned his head to watched Francie, “I have to tell her.”
**
Mrs. Clarkson was sat alone when
James walked to her. Watching her dearest daughter bought an ice cream from
afar, she didn’t notice James’ appearance until she heard that soldier called
her name, “Oh my, James. I didn’t see you coming,” she stood up, “You need
something?”
“No, it’s just – “ he frowned,
“Where’s Lily?”
“There, buy an ice cream. Wanna talk
to her?”
“Nope, it’s okay, pass my bye to her
then.”
“Oh, so you leave?” James nodding at
her, “Well, okay. Come here sweet heart.” She gave James a big warm hug then
release him to stepped back, “Nice to have you here, my dear. But, may I know
why?”
“Well, Hammond called me, get
boring, etcetera, etcetera.”
Francie can’t help but laughed
softly at him, “Alright then, give my words to him.”
“I will.” He waved goodbye to
Francie and walked off passing Jeremy with another goodbye, but his step halted
when he heard his name being shouted from that doctor, “Yes?”
“Go get him mate!”
“Oh, shut up!”
Another laugh.
**
A moment later, Lily came back with
vanilla ice cream and stood beside her mother. She saw James walked farther and
farther from her father, made a frown formed on her head. “Mommy, why does
uncle May leave us?” she said pointing her small finger.
“Because, my dear, uncle Rich needs
him right now.”
“Uncle Rich?” she saw her mother
nodding, “So....” Lily moved her eyes to watched James disappeared then pouted
saying, “I’m still not compare to his late princess then?”
That made Francie raised his eyebrow
and laughed. She bend down to hugged her daughter and kissed her head saying,
“Oh my sweet, sweet-smart-heart, I love you so much.”
A/N: And
that’s all! Well, at first I’m gonna made Lily as a little boy who admiring May
and his job as an Air Forces, but then another part of my mind told me to made
her as a little girl who admiring May and drown into her own game to beating
Hammond and became May’s future wife. Haha. I hope this chapter didn’t dissapoint
you, thanks for reading everyone, and happy Valentine Day! I love you all!
*wink*
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