Hey thanks to every one that has reviewed this story it means a lot to me, to know that so many people like this story. Huge thanks so sunshine17 for pointing out my spelling mistake of Brian, hopefully there will be know miss spelling of his name in this chapter, ok then ive rambled enough, on with the story.
OOOOOOOOO and italics are flash backs.
Never is a Long Time
He placed his hands onto her shoulders like he used to do so may times before and she felt the usual flutter in her stomach that she used to get when he was near.
"You ready for this?" her gaze fell and she took another shaky breath, the images of her last race coming to her mind, she looked up and locked eyes with Brian through the mirror, and he once again could see the fear in her eyes, feat that he never thought he would see when it came to racing.
"No" CJ eyed herself in the mirror as Brian did the same, and the memories of the last race came back to her, her eyes fluttered shut, her heart rate quickened, although she didn't know whether that was out of fear or the fact that Brian's hands were placed firmly on her shoulders, his body flat against her back.
"CJ come on, jeez this race is important" CJ rolled her eyes as her friend shouted up to her from down stairs, she placed her brush down on the table in front of her and walked to the top of the stairs.
"Tom ive beaten everyone ok. Im king of the streets I don't think they will mind me being a tad late, and this guy don't stand a chance" Tom nodded his head, his foot tapping with impatience as he eyes her, CJ rolled her eyes and once again, and then turned on her heel shouting over her shoulder as she went.
"Ill be five minuets" This time it was Toms turn to roll his eyes, as he muttered under his breath.
"I know your five minuets"
"I heard that" Tom laughed and then winced when her bedroom door banged shut.
CJ walked back into her bedroom and made her way over to the mirror, her eyes took in the pictures of her and Brian and she smiled sadly, she fingered a picture of her and Brian at the beech, her head laying on his chest, his arms wrapped around her waist tightly. She smiled again before picking up her brush and quickly putting her hair into a messy bun.
She eyes herself in the mirror and took in deep and calming breaths, tonight was the night that she was going to prove herself to the racing community, and when she won she was heading to LA, to face the great Dominique Toretto. She grabbed her keys to her 1995 Honda Civic Coupe (the same cars they use to high jack the trucks)
"I got this" she said to her reflection, before she exited the bedroom and bounded down the stairs, she shot Tom a look and stuck out her tongue.
"See told ya I would be five minuets" Tom shook his head and jumped into the passenger side of the Civic.
"Lets go show this guys whose boss" CJ nodded her head, before placing her car in to gear and heading over to the old abandon ware house were they raced.
CJ opened her eyes her heart rate still going ten to a dozen, and she noticed that Brian's eyes held a hint of concern; she smiled in a way she hoped would tell him she was ok, before she lowered her gaze ands shuffled out from in front of him.
"You ok" CJ turned to face him as she placed her leather jacket over her body, a jacket that he had brought her Brian noted.
"Im fine, we should get going" Brian nodded his head and led her out into the night.
"You own a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII" Brian nodded his head and hander her the keys to the car, CJ looked down at his hands and then back up to him, her heart race increased again, and she slowly took the keys into her hands.
She seated herself into the comfy leather and placed her hands onto the wheel in an almost timid way, she tightened her hands testing the feel of the wheel in her hands, and she once again closed her eyes as a memory came jumping forward.
"so who am I racing" Tom looked over at her as she swung her legs back and fourth onto of her car, her eyes watching the race taking place in front of her.
"Some new guy, Johnny Tran, apparently he used to race in LA" CJ nodded her head and jumped down from the car, as the race cane to an end.
CJ pulled the car up to the starting line and sighed, taking deep and calming breaths like she did before every race, her eyes wondered to the side to see her opposition pulling to the side of her, he gave her a rather un nerving smile before his eyes went to the front.
CJ tightened her grip on the wheel and shifted her car into first, she revved her engine causing other racers to oo and awe, she smiled, she was more then glad that she had given her car an upgrade before coming here.
She jabbed her foot down on the accelerator and smiled as the adrenaline kicked in cursing through her system, she quickly maneurved the car through the gears, and she had just placed it into fifth, and her thumb was itching over the nos, when her car was hit from behind.
"Bitch" she cursed as her eyes eyed the car behind her, she cursed once again when the car lurched forward, she shook her head, and pressed the NOS button, big mistake. The other came up her side, hitting her once again, then twice, she swerved but managed to keep her car in a straight line, but this time when he hit her car, she was rounding a corner, she cursed before she lost control, her car hitting the curb, before flipping in the air. She was unconscious after the car had rolled four times, but before she drifted of she could smell the gas, and she felt the flames on her face, all she could think was shit.
CJS eyes snapped open; sweat had formed on her forehead and was running down the side of her face. Brian's hand on her thigh brought her back to the present and her eyes snapped to his.
"you sure you want to do this" CJ tried to get her breathing under control, and she tried to slow her heart, which at the moment felt like it was going to jump out of her chest. She smiled and slowly nodded her head, but in reality she had know idea if she was going to be ok, but there was only one way to find out.
She started the car and revved the engine, smiled as she heard the car purr under her touch, a quick serge of adrenaline filled her system, and she turned to Brian and smiled.
"So were to?" she questioned, Brian smiled, and gave her the directions to the race site.
CJ pulled the car to a stop half an hour later and she released her almost vice like grip on the wheel. She got out of the car, and wiped her sweaty hands onto her jeans.
"You two made it, we were beginning to think you got lost" CJ smiled nervously at Dom, as her eyes took in the sites of what she had come to expect from the illegal street racing, but instead of filling her with excitement like these sites used to, she was being filled with dread, and she cold already feel the panic setting it, she took some calming breaths trying to ease her nerves, trying to stop the panic before it came out of hand.
"so your up to racing me tonight" CJ turned to Dom, shock taking over anything else she was feeling, she nodded her head and smiled.
"If you think you can win" some of her old cockiness was coming back and she smiled, she could do this.
Letty walked over to Mia and placed her hand around the waist and pulled her over to the starting line.
"so her and Brian" Letty looked down at the younger women and nodded her head slowly.
"Yea looks like its still there to" Mia watched as Brian got out of the car and walk over to CJ he placed his hand on to her shoulders and Mia smiled.
"Good" Letty looked down at her.
"I mean yea it hurts, but Im over him, I just hope he can move on. I mean I always knew his heart was somewhere else, I just never knew were; now I do."
Dom pulled his car to a stop at the side of Brian's and he eyed CJ, he smiled a smile which she returned, and he returned his attention back to the road in front of him. He clenched and unclenched his hands against the wheel, and waited for the al clear.
CJ felt sick, her stomach was doing somersaults and her hands were sweat and small beads of sweat had formed on her head. She had to calm her nerves or she wasn't going to be able to go through with the race and more then likely crash again, No she shook her head thinking about that at a time like this was a very bad idea.
She breathed in through her mouth and out through her nose, a technique Brian had taught gear, she placed her car into first and stared out at the road. She took in one last breath and let it out slowly,
"I can do this"
