Chapter Four
Brian O'Connor crossed the finish line with Suki right behind him. He smiled glad to see that she was able to pass the four other cars they were racing. He swerved to the side and hit the break. Suki did the same and threw a hand in the air. Since it was a six car race, second place would get their three G buy in back. Brian got out of the car the same time Julius crossed the finish line with Jack right behind him. Fabio and Korpi crossed a few seconds later. Brian walked over to Tej who stood with Jimmy and Roman Pearce.
"I got eighteen and a half Gs in my hand." Tej told the crowd that had gathered around the cars. "Second place gets their buy in back." He hand Suki her money and she threw her hand in the air again and looked at her friends who cheered. "The rest is for first place." Tej handed the rest of the money to Brian. Brian gave Tej a thousand back.
"Thanks for calling me to race bro." Brian said.
"Anytime." Tej whispered. "All right, all right, who wants to race tomorrow night?" Brian looked for Suki and saw that she watched Tej. She caught Brian looking at her and he gave her a smile.
"I'm gonna have to update my engine before I eat your exhaust, aren't I."
"Damn right, bullet," was her reply. She gave him a smile and he laughed. He looked past her and saw a familiar face. Suki followed his look and saw who he looked at. "Who's that?"
"Someone I thought I'd never see again." Brian took a step forward at the same time the man did and shoved his hands into his pants pocket. "What are you doing here, Dom?"
"I owe you for keeping V alive." was his reply. "So when I saw her I figured I give her a lift." Dom nodded his head backwards to where the team stood. Brian was surprised to see Jesse alive, but then again he took off right after he told Tanner what happened so he never had time to check on Jesse. Brian noticed a pretty blond stood right by Mia. Mia's eyes narrowed at him and she said something to the blond. The blond turned her head and Brian saw it was none other than his little sister.
"Payton?" he asked in shock. The last time he had seen her was two years ago when he had gone with his father to visit her in New York.
"What you don't recognized me?" she teased as she walked towards him. Brian threw his arms around his younger sister. "Brian your making me look bad." Brian removed his right arm but kept his left around her waist.
"How'd this happen?"
"Dad told me to get lost right after I tried to pay for food with my credit card at this man's restaurant. His sister recognized the last name and said I looked like you which I don't 'cuz you look like an ape, so they brought me here." Brian shared her smiled about the ape comment and kissed the top of head. He then turned to Dom.
"I owe you man." Brian admitted with his right hand extend.
"No, Brian we're even." They shook hands and the rest of the team stepped forward.
"Jesse it's good to see you alive." Brian told the boy who wore a beanie.
"It's good to be here. There's still too many cars that I haven't driven." Brian laughed at the younger boy's obsession.
"What's up Leon?"
"Same old same old. You ain't a cop anymore, are you?"
"No, I gave up after you guys. I actually had to run cuz they wanted to arrest me. How's the scar Vince?" Brian and Vince had a stare down. It was true neither liked each other, but it was also true that if Brian hadn't saved him, he would be dead.
"It hurts every now and then if I hit it, but all in all it's fine."
"That's cool, man." His eyes met Mia's. "Hey Mia." He didn't expect her to answer, but she did.
"Hi Brian," she greeted in a whisper. It had killed him to admit to her that he was a cop, but it had killed her even more to hear him say it. He could tell that she still felt pain. He could tell by just looking in those big gorgeous brown eyes.
"He always gets in trouble over a female." Rome said behind Brian and Payton. "I told him he to lay off the skank ass h…" Payton turned around before he could finish his sentence.
"What was that you were saying, Rome?" she asked as he stopped dead in his tracks. The two guys next to him stopped.
"Shit." he mumbled. Payton could tell by the look on his face that he thought she was one of his one night stands. Payton put a hand on her hip and stuck her tongue out at him. A smile broke across his face. "Holy shit! Payton?" Payton ran to him and jump on him.
"Who else, brah?" she asked with her legs wrapped around his waist.
"What are you doing her, home girl?" he asked as she got off him.
"Bothering Brian." she answered as she glared at her brother. "Who failed to mention you were with him and off house arrest."
"Does your brother usual rat his friends out?" Mia asked with venom in her voice.
"Mia." Dom warned.
"No it's cool," Payton told Dom on Brian's behalf. She look up at Rome. "Since Brian has obviously lost his manners why don't you introduce me to your friends." He sighed not wanting to get in the middle of what ever fight the O'Connor's were in. She batted her eyes at Rome like the little devil she was as if she knew what his thoughts were.
"This is Jimmy who is the tightest mechanic in Miami… without counting me of course."
"Of course," Payton agreed sarcastically. "Nice to meet you Jimmy."
"Yea you too," Jimmy replied with a nod. She didn't comment on the fact that he was totally checking her out.
"And this over here is Tej who runs just about everything down here."
"It's such a pleasure," Tej told her. He grabbed her hand and kissed it. "Brian never told me had a sister." A girl in pink leather pants placed herself next to Tej and glared at Payton. Tej let go of Payton and the girl folded her arms across her chest.
"You saw Suki race, right?" Rome asked Payton. Payton smiled at the girl.
"Yeah, you were amazing by the way. So what are you running under that hood? It's a DOHC inline with a four cylinder, right?" Suki and unfolded her arms and smiled slightly.
"The girl knows her way around a car."
"Just the basics like every girl should. It's a sweet ride."
"You wanna take a look."
"Hell yeah." She walked towards Suki but stop at Tej. "By the way, I don't date my brothers friends." She and Suki walked over to Suki's car.
"Where have I heard that?" Mia mumbled as she went over to stand with Suki and Payton. Brian took a breath as Rome gave him a 'What The Hell' look.
"So we're thinking about staying in Miami." Dom told Brian. "At least for the time being."
"So in that case this is Tej." Brian introduced, "Who like Rome said is the man to know in Miami. This is Jimmy who used to work as his top mechanic. Rome and I grew up together. Guys this is Dom, Vince, Leon and Jesse. They're from California." That was all the three guy needed to hear about the new comers. Greetings were passed and small talk was made about each other's ride. Brian looked at Mia and wondered how the hell this happened.
Sorry about not updating. I'm thinking about rewritting the story so Payton is still 17 but a junior in HS who meets the team on spring break isntead of summer. Yea or nay?
