Distance Makes the Bear Grow Fonder

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Summary: No. More. Vacations.

AUTHOR: Catw00man
EMAIL: catw00man@cryptoffic.com
RATING: PG
SERIES: Bear on the Wall: Conversations from the Garage and Beyond
CHARACTER: DeLana Harvick, Kevin Harvick, Kevvie!Bear POV
PROMPT: Taming the Muse #153 (#128 for me) - Jet Lag
COMPLETED: June 22, 2009
WORD COUNT: 786
DISCLAIMER: I own NOTHING and am affiliated with NO ONE mentioned here. Not the drivers, not the teams, no one. This is all fiction and fun. In other words...NOT REAL, NOT REAL, NOT REAL. ;-)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you’re enjoying this series you really need to check out Zippit’s K.D. Harvey Show. I’ve been betaing it and I swear I laughed so hard I almost cried. ;)
AUTHOR'S NOTE2: This takes place during the road course race in Sonoma and all I can say is the boys need to stop mirroring each other’s bad luck!!! Also I have to send thanks to Zippit for the title and the awesome idea for the fic picture!
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Harvick “Mansion” – Kernersville, NC – June 21, 2009

Blonde Mommabear, why aren’t we with Green Eyes and Big Yellow?  We’re always with Green Eyes and Big Yellow.  Didn’t you see them on the TV?  They looked so sad standing all alone.  Green Eyes shouldn’t be alone like that.  You should be there, Mommabear, and I should be in Big Yellow to cheer him on.  I still don’t under stand why we didn’t gooooooooo and watch them go both ways.  I like going both ways.  I did that with Pissy Redhead and Green Energy and it was fuuuuuuuuuuuuun.

“Go, Kevin.  Come on.  Maybe Ford should be there every week.  Well, Little Bear, if this keeps up we may not be going to races for awhile.  That’ll save on jet lag I guess….”

Why?  Mommabear, whyyyyyyyyy?  Is it because Green Eyes is going so fast without us?  Mommabear, you aren’t a jinx.  I promise.  Green Eyes loves having you with him.  You shouldn’t have to stay away, but you can keep hugging me if that makes you feel better.  If he does make you stay away I’ll stay with you, Mommabear.  Green Eyes has Gil!Fish and Billy ghost so he won’t be alone.  I promise.  I’ll be your race bear to cuddle as long as I get to watch with you.

“Oh, Junior, oh no.  Stupid Carl.  What do you bet he’s the first one to ‘apologize.’  Stupid idiot.”

Mommabear, Mommabear, you’re squeezing kinda tight now.  Ok, that’s better.  What happened to Green Energy???  He’s been with Big Yellow all day.  Did the Blue Duck do that?  Baaaaaaaaaaaad Duck.  You should go flying again.  Where’s the Kid?  I bet he’d make you go flying.  He likes Pissy Redhead and Green Energy.  Poor Green Energy, he worked so hard.  I hope he can catch up.  Blonde Mommabear, what’s wrong?  You’re squeezing tighter again.  Mommabear, what’s happening?

“No.  No, no, no.  Kevin, no.  It’s not fair.  This can’t be happening.  It was supposed to be me!”

What was you, Mommabear?  What’s happening? Hey, why is the Big Yellow number going down?  No, no don’t go down.  You’re with the Green Energy number now!  No, Big Yellow what’s wrong?  Did the big bumps make you sick?  Green Eyes, I think the big bumps are making Big Yellow sick.  Drive softer?  I’m sorry, Blonde Mommabear.  We can cuddle ‘til Green Eyes comes home if you want.  I promise I’ll try and help Green Eyes and Big Yellow be better next week.  I promise.

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Blonde Mommabear, I think that’s your phone.  Answer, answer, it could be Green Eyes.  Will you make the phone talk loud?  I like it when you make the phone talk loud.  YAAAAAAAAAAAAY GREEN EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYES!

“God, am I ready to get out of here.”

“The race just ended and you’re calling already?”

“You think anyone wants to stand around and interview a damn loser?  Yeah, I’m more than cut loose.”

“Kevin, you are not a loser.  What happened out there anyway?”

“Same song, different verse.  Got into a stack of tires.  Fucked the right front all to shit.  Ruined Gil and Ford’s day I’m sure.  Happy fucking Father’s Day.”

“Kevin, stop it.”

Green Eyes, you aren’t a LOSER!  You stop that now!!  Tell him, Mommabear.  Tell him it’s not his fault.  See?  I told you he needed us.  And you thought we should stay away.  He needs us, Blonde Mommabear.  He needs you to cuddle him and put him in Big Yellow and me to cheer them on.  You can’t drag when you’re lonely, Mommabear.  We’re a team.  Mommabear…why am I the only race bear on a team?  Shouldn’t the other drivers have race bears too?

“That’s it, D.  No more vacations.  Next week you and the bear are with me.”

“I was hoping it was going to be me.  For a little while it looked like--”

“DeLana, you are not a jinx.  Stop thinking that way.  Shit happens and it’s not your fault.  I still can’t believe I ended up out here without you and the bear.”

“I couldn’t believe you forgot him either, but we’ve been here watching the whole thing with the furbabies.”

“I forget a lot of things when you’re not around.  Don’t you know by now I need you to keep me in line?”

“That’s an understatement.”

“Seriously, D.  No more vacations.  With all this shit…I miss you.”

“I miss you too, Kevin….”

MOMMABEAR!  Don’t get all smoochy on the PHONE!!!  Green Eyes!!  Don’t you need to look after Big Yellow or get on the plane?  We miss you.  Come home.  Then you can go be smoochy.  But not noooooooooooooooow.  I’m a race bear.  I shouldn’t hear these things!  LALALALALALALA  Get home, Green Eyes!

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