Chapter 3

He walked back over to me, smirking slyly. “What car did you drive?” I asked, very curious. “Oh,” He started, “Nothing special, just one I had in the garage at home.” That told me nothing. I knew he had a Porsche 911 Carrera S, a Fiat Panda, a Ferrari F430, and a whole host of bikes.

I smiled and shook my head at him, to which he chuckled. I turned around to see what was coming up the drive, but James put his hands over my eyes. “Excuse me, what are you doing?” I asked mockingly. He just laughed, “I want to see if you can tell what car I brought just by the sound of the engine.”

I huffed and said “Fine.” I crossed my arms acting angry, but he saw right through my veil and laughed again. Suddenly I heard a low rumble of the car approaching.

“Well,” I said, “That noise rules out the Fiat Panda.”

“Yes, if my Panda made that noise there would be something very wrong with it.”

I hummed in thought, the sound becoming louder that means it had to be a super car. “If you brought an Aston, I may just die,” I told him. “Well, I didn’t bring an Aston; we don’t have to worry about that. All of the sudden I had a bit of a fangirl moment. James Mays hands were on my face, and I could feel my back gently pressed against his chest. Calm down, Jamison, get ahold of yourself.

“Ok, its here,” He said as the engine revved. “Um….” I had no clue so I decided to take a shot in the dark, “Ferrari F430.” He removed his hands, and to my astonishment, it was his Ferrari F430. I actually squealed. “You’re good,” he said, amazed that I had actually guessed correctly. I ran over to it and walked around it a few times. This car was stunning. Everything about it was beautiful. “I just narrowed it down and took a guess. I knew you had a Panda, a Porsche and a Ferrari. Since I had mentioned the F430 last night, I hoped it was the one you brought. This is stunning.”  I walked around the car a few more times before James came over and opened the passenger door for me. I got in; it was even stunning on the inside. This can’t be happening James got in and said, “Well, what do you think?” I took a moment before answering, “It’s incredible. I don’t know what to say. Thank you.” He buckled his seatbelt, and buckled mine before he said, “Thank you for what?”

I was generally amazed, “For this, taking me out, well, to see England. Do you take all girls you meet in pubs out in your Ferrari?” He put the car in gear and we set off. As we made our way out of the car park he answered, “Only American girls from Ohio, who love cars and tea and are on their first trip to England, and who were sitting alone in a pub and caught my attention with stunning blue eyes.”  I couldn’t help but smile. He thought my eyes were stunning? We were stopped, waiting to turn out onto the main road, our eyes met. “You know,” I said holding his gaze, “your eyes are quiet beautiful.”  

Immediately after I had said that I blushed. “Well, thank you. No one has ever really mentioned my eyes before,” he said as he pulled out into the traffic. This made me feel less like a complete ass. I looked out the window and said, “I don’t know how you’ve avoided it. They are the most magnificent shade of blue.” I looked over to him and he smiled. As we made our way through the London traffic something occurred to me so I had to ask, “Why did you offer to do this? I mean take me to see the country?”

After a moment’s pause he said, “Well, it was nice to meet someone who had similar interests to mine and I thought that this would be a good way of getting to know one another a bit better. Plus I couldn’t just let you get lost out there. I may not have the best sense of direction, but I do have sat-nav.”  I giggled. He wanted to get to know me better? “Well, I trust you.” I replied, “I mean I just met you last night, and today I get into a car with you and let you take me wherever you please. It does seem like I’ve know you for years though. Not just because I’ve watched Top Gear,…and Man Lab…..and Toy Stories….and Things You Need To Know……and James May in space……and James May goes to the Moon, but because I feel very comfortable with you. Like an old friend.”   I looked over to him and he smiled, “I know what you mean. I feel like I’ve know you for years, though I haven’t watched just about everything you’ve done on telly,” I blushed a bit, “but you just seem very familiar to me. Does that make sense or am I just rambling?”

This made me extremely happy to hear. “No, you’re not rambling. Even if you were I wouldn’t mind. I like listing people talk. Well, when I say people I mean English men, like yourself or Stephen Fry. It’s just something about your voice that could make anything sound intelligent. Like that episode of Top Gear when you said ‘Is I bling’,” I had to stop because I started laughing remembering, “Not many people can do that.” James was laughing too, “I remember that. It took 4 takes, we kept cracking up. Like the time we tried reading a bit of ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ that took 9 or 10 because of Jeremy and me.” I had watched the outtakes from that particular incident. “It seems you all really have fun, or annoy the piss out of each other,” I said looking out the window. The scenery had changed now. I hadn’t even noticed that we had gotten on the highway. “We do have fun. I mean we drive expensive cars ridiculously fast, how is that not fun?” He asked matter-of-factly. I gave a short laugh and then asked, “So, where are we now? And where are you taking me?” He glanced over at me with a smirk. He wasn’t going to tell me where we were going until we got there. “We’re on the M4 heading west, and that’s all you need to know for now.” I let my head fall back against the seat and let out an annoyed sigh, which was rewarded with a little chuckle from James. “We have to stop off in Bristol, but that won’t take long.” I simply nodded my head then asked, “How long is it going to take to get there?” He thought a moment then said, “About 4 hours or so, I hope you didn’t have any plans for tonight and maybe tomorrow depending on what time we get back.”

I looked over at him and said, “Nope, I’m all yours. The only thing I want to do is just see this beautiful Country. I’ve only been here a week, and haven’t been out of London, but I’m already in love with it.” He just smiled. We sat in silence for a while, I just watched as we passed cars, and got looks from their drivers. You think they would be used to these guys driving their amazing cars on the highway, but guess not. I enjoyed it, the look of jealousy in their faces as the Ferrari passed them.