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Chapter One

Meeting the Team 

The radio blared at full blast. Clothes, papers, and books lay scattered over the floor. A fan sat in the widow, trying to find some cool breeze in LA's hot night and only the light from the computer's dull glow shown in the small room. The room may have been small, but the biggest in the almost condemned house called a home. A large, orange, alley cat curled up on the mattress in a mass of scattered blankets. Dusty, the German shepherd puppy laid at the feet of his master who sat in front of the computer. The person at the computer was Kimberly Stone. Her hair was a mess at the top of her head in a ponytail, her face was pale for living in California and she looked like she hadn't gotten a lot of sleep for a while. Her knees were tucked under her chin; everyone said she grew too tall for someone who never had a large meal in her life. She was very skinny, but no one knew the conditions she grew up in so they thought she was anorexic.

            "Moony?" Kimberly jumped at the touch of her little brother's cold hand on her shoulder. Turning from the screen, the little boy rubbed his eyes in sleepiness.

            "Zack, why are still up sweetie?" she asked while glancing at the clock; the time read 3:00am.

            "Your music," he answered sheepishly. She found her stereo remote in the clutter of her desk and turned down the volume. As she put her remote down, Zack crawled into her lap.  

            "Oh, I see…" she laughed knowing her music was not the answer. "Soon you'll be too big to fit in my lap. Then you'll have to fall asleep on your own." She brushed back his dusty, blonde hair and smiled. He hadn't heard a word of what she said; he was already asleep in a world of dreams. Gently lifting him, she carried him back to the room he shared with his brother Mickey. Little glow-in-the-dark stars covered the ceiling, giving the impression that you were looking at the night sky. The room was in the basement, so it was much cooler down there. It creeped Kim out because she always found a spider or potato bug. She placed Zack on the pull out couch, but nudged Mickey over a little so Zack could fit better.

            Back in Kim's room, the computer screen flashed off. The stereo now played just above a whisper and Kim made room for herself between the cat and dog in her bed. Sleep did not come easily to Kim, and she tossed and turned as the morning grew to day. When the clock read 6:00am uneasy sleep washed over her. 

            "What do you want?" Kim mumbled groggily as she felt eyes watching her from the doorway.

            "Moony, we're hungry," rolling over, she saw the faces of her younger sisters, Ashley and Caroline. Kim let out a groan of frustration.

            "You know how to make cereal!" Kim insisted.

            "Yeah, but we're all out!" Caroline cried.

            "Where's Sky?" Kim demanded. Neither spoke till Ashley couldn't hold it in any longer. She went to speak but stopped when Caroline was giving her a 'don't tell' look.

            "What?!" Kim was so furious because she knew the answer now.

            "Those people came to pick him up! He said he was going to a garage!" Ashley blurted out before Caroline could stop her.

            "Ashley, Please bring your brothers and Caroline to Mrs. Hall's house." The girls left. Kim pushed back her covers forcefully and Tom flew up. Dusty growled and left the room. Kim shut her door behind him and started to get dressed in a rush.

            Kim ran down the hall a minute later. She was wearing baggy, blue jeans, some tank top she found on her floor and was now attempting to brush her hair.

            "My keys… keys," Kim searched the ceramic bowl by the back door, but it was empty. A small jingle sounded behind her, and she turned to see Mickey with her keys around his small finger.

            "Thank you baby. Now all of you be good for Mrs. Hall Today," she smiled, and with her last words of goodbye, she was gone.

***

Sky was working hard at his new job. Hell, this was his first job. And his sister said his skills would never pay off. Wiping the grease off his forehead, Sky went back to working on the car in front of him. That's when he heard the unmistakable sound of his sister's junker of a car. Being he had a man's mind, he started thinking how nice the car had once been. It was a piece of shit when he bought it for her, but what do you expect for 300 dollars. A door slam later and his sister was right in his face.

            "What the hell do you think you're doing?" her voice was eerily calm, but as unnerving as their mother's had been. "I ask you to get food, and I find you playing with cars!"

            "Who's the chick? Man, I'd lose her before she has you so whipped you can't stand!" One of the guys, Leon, yelled out. The rest of the guys in the shop burst into laughter.

            "She's my LIITTLE sister," he hissed through gritted teeth while emphasizing little. His cold, steel eyes glared back at the black diamonds of his sister Kimberly. Everyone was silent; watching the two, hoping one would rip the others head off.

            "Kim! I'm supposed to be lookin' out for you, but you make it kinda' hard when you act like mom. I gotta get money for food before I can buy it."

            "How you making money if your messing around?" she demanded. Her brother went to these peoples house all the time, and it wasn't to play Monopoly. She looked around at everyone in the garage, they were all covered in grease and sweat. That's when she noticed her brother was too.

            "Girl, my man Dom gave your bro a real job. He's a damn good mechanic," the only girl stepped up. She had a tough look to her, but still pretty.

            "I'm Letty," she held out her hand, but pulled it back when she noticed it was greasy. "Um, that's Dom," she pointed out one of the guys. He had large shoulders, but he wasn't too tall. He had a shaved head, and his skin was well tanned. "Vince and Leon," Letty continued. Like Dom, they looked like body builders. Vince defiantly had the tough boy look going for him and Leon looked like a ladies man. "And Jesse is around here some where…"

            "I'm right here!" a hand shot up from behind a computer monitor. Kim stood taller to get a good look at him. A beanie covered the top of his head but blonde hairs stuck out on the sides. He looked like the runt of the bunch, but looking him over some more, Jess could see he had muscles to speech of.
            "So this is the whole crew, but Dom sister Mia is working at the grocery store." Letty ended. Kim bit down on her lower lip, trying to decide if she really wanted her brother to work here. All these people looked nice enough, but there had been stuff on the news that said other wise. For one, these were the people that hijacked a whole bunch of trucks and stole millions in electronics. Just last month all charges for their arrest were strangely dropped, and they moved back into town.

            "Kim," Sky started bluntly. " You know we need the money!"

            "Fine! You can stay," Jess gave up trying.

            "Thanks Moony!" Sky gave her a big hug to add to the thank you.

            "You need a job, um… Moony?" Dom asked.

            "Oh no, I have a job. I don't even know where the engines are on cars." Kim laughed. "And my name's Kimberly," she added, feeling odd that someone she didn't even know used her nickname.

            "Ok," Dom nodded, "what is it that you do?"

            " I work at this computer store," she said.

            "Yeah, Kim is a regular computer nut," Sky put in proudly.

            "Really?" Jesse took more notice.

            "Looks like you're not the only Einstein now," Leon spoke out.  

            "Hey, why don't you stop by the house tonight," Dom suggested. "Where throwing a party we'd love if you and your brother showed up."

            "You just want Sky there," Kim said irritated.

            "No!" Jesse blurted. "I mean, it would be cool to get to know you better." Kim smiled, but couldn't help but blush.

            "I'll think about it," Kim noted. "Nice to meet all of you," she waved goodbye while walking out. It just so happened she looked at no one but Jesse.

Author's Note: If you've read my other Fast and the Furious story, "Who's the Fastest?" your probably thinking Kim sounds sort of like Jess. Well I wrote this story, because I wanted to write about Jess' childhood, but I didn't end up writing about Jess. Instead you get a whole new story and some new characters! I hope I didn't confuse anyone too much. Thanks for checking out my first chapter and please review! Let me know what you think, but please be constructive. : )