Chapter 5:
Bobbie walked out of the garage the next afternoon and stopped dead in her tracks. Across the street was a black Honda and in the driver's seat was Kyle. Shit. Why couldn't he just leave? She thought. Bobbie walked back into the garage and grabbed and small wrench in her hand and slipped it into her back pocket. "Dom I'm going out to my car I'll be right back." Bobbie informed him.
Dom nodded and Bobbie left the garage and headed for her car, which was directly across from the black Honda. Bobbie reached the driver's side and opened it. Peering through the passenger window on the left she saw Kyle climb out of his rental obviously and start over towards her crossing the street. "Bobbie." She heard and he sounded civil.
Bobbie stood up and closed her car door turning her back on it quickly so he didn't see the wrench she had in her back pocket. "What? I thought Han told you to go away?"
"Look I wanted to apologize for what I did. It was out of line. It was just a car." Kyle said. There were no emotions in his eyes and Bobbie couldn't tell what he was playing at but it unnerved her.
"And if you would listen I didn't have anything to do with it going missing. Now could you leave?" Bobbie replied snappily.
Kyle reached over and his fingers lightly skimmed down the bicep of her arm. "I know I hurt you. I'm so sorry. I miss you I want you to come home." Kyle said. Bobbie flinched away from his touch.
"No." She whispered.
Before she even had time to think Kyle pushed his weight into her torso pining her to the car as his one hand slipped behind and grabbed the wrench in her back pocket. "What were you going to do hit me?" He growled in anger. Bobbie looked away from him defiantly as he stared her down. "Come home Bobbie." He said insistently.
"No." She ground out.
Kyle grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the car and across the street as she struggled to get out of his grasp. "Too bad." He growled.
"Jesse! Han! Dom! Anybody!" She screamed towards the garage. Kyle whipped his wrist slamming her into the side of the black Honda.
"Shut up! You're coming back with me! And you're going to work off the money I put into that car." He yelled at her.
"No I'm not." Bobbie glared at him. "Jesse!" She yelled. Kyle covered her mouth with his hand and started to force her towards the passenger door of his car.
Han heard yelling over the music in the garage and looked out of the shop. He saw Kyle pulling Bobbie towards what seemed to be a black car, Honda probably. "Shit! Dom!" He yelled. He took off out the garage not waiting for Dom and ran down the driveway.
"Ow you stupid bitch!" Kyle yelled.
Bobbie struggled to get out of his grasp. "Help!" She screamed.
Han ran up and yanked Kyle hard by his shirt and he hit the ground letting go of Bobbie and she fell into the hood of the Honda. "I thought I told you never to touch her!" Han yelled.
"She wants to go don't you Bobbie? Just a little rough around the edges." Kyle said snarling at them. Bobbie shook her head and scooted behind Han.
"I don't think that's a yes." Han and Bobbie looked over and saw Dom, Jesse and Leon coming over Letty catching up. Dom looked at Kyle and stared him down. "Does it make you feel like a big man to hit a woman?" He asked.
"My woman." Kyle clarified.
Bobbie shook her head. "I'm not a thing you can control. And I stopped being your woman when you decided to fuck my sister." Bobbie said as she stepped around Han and stood in front of him with Jesse coming up along side her.
"Don't tempt me Bobbie." Kyle growled.
Bobbie snorted. "Trust me if I get that far you won't get the chance to touch me." She said cockily.
Kyle jumped up and started towards her when Dom stepped in his way. "You touch her and I'll make you my problem and you wont like that. So get in your car and leave. Go back to wherever the fuck you came from and stay there." Dom groaned out in his deep strong baritone voice.
"I'm not living till that bitch tells me what the fuck she did with my car." Kyle said with a raised voice. Dom looked over his shoulder at Bobbie and she gave a small smirk.
"Oh ok fine I give." Bobbie said unexcitedly.
"Where'd you hide it?" Kyle asked immediately.
Bobbie grinned. "Let's just say it decided to take a Sunday dip in the glades." She remarked perkily just to piss him off.
"You bitch!" Kyle yelled trying to go after her. Dom stopped him grabbing the collar of his shirt and he drug him to the driver's door opened it and pushed him in that direction.
"Leave." He said sternly. Kyle glared at Bobbie one last time before everyone started clearing off back to the garage and they heard him peel out. The group got back to work and decided to leave the situation be. It was over and done with and Bobbie wasn't coughing up details which could only mean she didn't want to discuss it.
After everyone closed up Bobbie was heading to her car when she felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning her head she gave a small smile. "I'm assuming you road here with someone?" She asked.
"Dom. So could you give me a lift back to the house?" Han asked.
Bobbie nodded. "Sure. By the way thank you again." She said softly unlocking her car by the press of a button and climbing in along with Han in the passenger seat. Bobbie started her car and started down the road.
"All this is adding up, soon you're going to owe me." Han chuckled softly.
Bobbie glanced over at him and grinned. "Owe you for what?"
"Saving you twice now, the TV…"
"I think seeing a picture of me and Suki making out should be payment enough." Bobbie teased.
"But I didn't get to keep the picture so you still owe me." Han retorted lightly.
Bobbie giggled. "Ok fine what do you want?" She asked.
"I haven't decided and I'm saving up my I.O.U's for something big." Han mocked.
Bobbie rolled her eyes. "These I.O.U's aren't written anywhere so just be forewarned that if I don't like the parameters of your request it ain't happening."
"Fair enough." Han said as they pulled up to the curb outside the Toretto house. "You coming in or going home to change?" Han asked.
"My shits in the trunk, mind if I borrow your room?" Bobbie asked with an innocent smile.
Han smirked at her. "As long as you don't mind the mess."
"Have you seen my place?" She asked sarcastically.
Han chuckled. "Point taken." He replied softly and then climbed out of the car. Bobbie got out as well popped the trunk and got her bag and then they headed into the house. "Guys!"
"In here." Came droned replies.
Han walked in laughing a bit. "Letty and Mia?" He asked.
The guys all pointed towards the stairs. "Well add one to the bunch." Bobbie claimed laughing lightly. Han rolled his eyes and led her upstairs to his room. He opened the door and it was like a catastrophe. "I take back what I said about my place." Bobbie laughed.
Han nodded. "Haven't gotten around to actually doing any laundry so…this is what happens." He said.
"Do you know how to do laundry?" Bobbie asked smirking at him as she dropped her backpack on his bed and sat on the edge of it.
Han grinned at her and shook his head. "Not really. That's why I don't do it. I usually wait for Mia to get fed up with the smell in my room and just come in and take it all and clean it."
"That's awful." Bobbie said laughing a little. "She's not your maid."
Han shrugged. "So what? Are you going to teach me how to do laundry?" He asked jokingly.
Bobbie smirked and shook her head. "But I'll make you a deal…" She said enticingly.
"What kind of deal?" Han asked raising an inquisitive eyebrow.
Bobbie grinned. "You race me tonight and if you win I'll do all your laundry for a month and if I win you help me paint my place, every room."
"Those are really steep terms." Han said with a joking sigh.
Bobbie laughed faintly to herself. "Not really."
"At races or after?" Han asked.
"After. I don't want to intrude on the races until I know the place better." Bobbie said.
Han nodded. "Ok deal." He held out his hand and Bobbie accepted it as well as the deal. "Hope you enjoy doing my laundry." He mocked.
Bobbie smirked. "Hope you like Kimono Violet cause it's the color your going to help paint most of my place. Now get out so I can change."
"So we aren't on the peep show terms yet?" Han asked jokingly as he walked out of the room.
"No not yet." Bobbie said closing his door and changing quickly into baggy jeans with her black doc martens and a deep violet under wire corset top throwing her work clothes and bra into her bag. She grabbed out a brush and brushed her hair up into a ponytail on the back of her head. She looked in her small compact mirror and her eyeliner was a bit faded but still evident and her eyelashes were nice black and thick and that was all she needed. So she grabbed her bag and left Han's room.
On the way out she bumped into him. "You can have your room back now." She laughed lightly and brushed passed him and down the stairs. Han came and joined them a few minutes later and they headed off to the races about ten.
Races:
Bobbie pulled up along side Jesse's Jetta and parked. She pulled her keys from the ignition and climbed out of the car. "Come on cuz." Jesse said excitedly coming around and slinging his arm over her shoulders. "You'll love it."
"All you guys do are miles right?" Bobbie asked.
Jesse nodded. "And Dom pretty much wins any race he's in."
"Just means he doesn't granny shift like a lot of guys do, doesn't mean he's the bomb."
"Hey I take offense to that." They heard Dom say from behind them in good fun.
Bobbie and Jesse turned and Bobbie smirked. "Let's see you race a circuit with turns and shit, you do that I'll give you the credit you probably deserve." She said cockily.
Looking around there were so many cars that were souped up and painted for effect, so that if they won the driver they were racing would not soon forget the back end of the car that beat them. It never ceased to amaze Bobbie how many people actually liked to do this, or come and watch knowing it was illegal and if the cops showed up things would turn to shit in the snap of a finger.
"No problem." Dom said confidently.
Bobbie grinned. "Good. You plan it I'll race it with you."
"That a challenge?" Letty smirked coming up along side Dom.
"It's a promise if he's up for it." Bobbie said smugly. "Name the time and place and I'll be there."
Dom grinned. "We'll work something out."
"Good." Bobbie smiled. Dom and Letty walked off and looking around Bobbie could see all the girls draping themselves on the others. Mia was sitting on the hood of her car, heals kicking back against her right front tire as she talked with some guy. Vince and Leon were draped in girls, Han was talking with a group of the same slutty skanks and Jesse was eyeing them smirking like a kid in a candy store. "Go." Bobbie nodded her head towards Leon.
Jesse looked to her smiled and walked away his arm leaving her shoulders. She felt alone, but this wasn't baby sit Bobbie night. It was a night to just hang out and have some fun with the thrill of a possible bust or whatever.
"Bo?" Bobbie turned around and saw Han walking up to her. He came over and put his arm around her shoulders. "Go with it k?" He asked softly in her ear.
"Just don't kiss me." Bobbie whispered back with a smirk.
"Han who's the new girl?" Some random race skank asked walking up to them.
Bobbie looked at her and grinned. "I'm Bobbie."
The girl giggled sarcastically. "Isn't that a boy name?" She asked.
Bobbie put on a fake bright grin. "Uh huh." She giggled shaking her head. "And unless you want like my boot up your ass, you'll like not say shit about it." She said in the best valley girl accent that she could muster.
"Whatever." The girl rolled her eyes. "Han is there going to be a party tonight?" She asked pouting at him. God this girl has no shame.
Han rolled his eyes. "Always is Crystal every time you ask I say the same thing."
"And every time you ask I moan the same thing." She replied smugly with a cocky smile. Bobbie bit her lip to keep from smarting off to the girl and she looked up at Han and he crossed his eyes making a funny face and she giggled. "Are you two like together?" Crystal asked.
Bobbie and Han both looked over at her. "Yes." Bobbie said smiling fakely. "Been in town only a few days and he's saved me twice I sort of owe him for that." Bobbie smirked.
Crystal just rolled her eyes flipped her hair and walked away. "Thank you." Han groaned. "She and I haven't been a thing for a few months and she wont leave me alone."
"That's nice, but you just used up your I.O.U's." Bobbie grinned. She got up on her tip toes kissed his cheek giggling and walked away from him. Han sighed rolling his eyes as he watched her walk away.
"Great." He muttered to himself.
"Han man?" Han turned and saw Jesse standing there holding the hand of some random girl that was likely interested in him for a little fun like always. "Look I know what I said before, but um just if you do, don't hurt her. I may not be the smartest or the quickest thinker sometimes but I do care about her. And I just hate seeing her hurt."
"I know Jesse." Han said with a quick half smile and they both headed off in separate directions.
Bobbie leaned back on the hood of her car and a guy came walking over. He was bald, mustache, built slightly big, but not fat more muscle than anything probably. "What's a pretty thing like you doing just sitting here?" He asked.
"Just watching. I'm new in town don't know much about the LA racing scene." Bobbie replied.
"Names Hector. Got a last name to I just can't pronounce it." He joked. Bobbie gave him a light smirk.
"Bobbie, but my friends call me Bo." She replied kindly.
"So what you running under there?" He asked pointing to the car.
Bobbie grinned. "If I told you that I'd have to kill you."
"That good?" He grinned.
Bobbie nodded. "That good and my boy Tej helped."
"Tej? You from Miami?" Hector asked.
"Yeah." Bobbie nodded. "Tej and I go back a few years. Why you know him?" She asked.
"Met him a few times when I visited some family there. Cool dude. Told me about some chick that was like the it thing in racing there." Hector said.
Bobbie smirked. "That chick would be me." She said.
"You?" Hector asked grinning like a loon.
"Hey Bo Hector bothering you?" Han asked walking up and patting Hector's shoulder.
"Oh man she your chick?" He asked.
Bobbie laughed lightly. "I told you I was new you really think I'd hook up with a guy that fast?" She asked sarcastically.
"Don't know chica, don't know anything about you." He replied teasingly.
Han sat down on the hood of Bobbie's car. "Nah we're just friends. She's Jesse's cousin."
"Nah shit?" Hector asked. Bobbie shrugged and gave a slight nod.
"Guilty as charged." She answered.
"Jesse's got mad skills." Hector said.
Bobbie nodded. "That he does."
"Hey Hector!" Hector turned and saw Dom waving him over to where a large crowd was gathering around.
"Later." Hector said and walked over to Dom and they started going on about races that night, but Bobbie tuned that out and looked over at Han who seemed to just be staring.
"If you want to race him just do it." Bobbie said.
Han looked over at her and shook his head. "I don't want to race. What made you think that?"
"You were staring kind of expressionless." Bobbie said.
Han smirked. "Just thinking about stuff."
"Like?" Bobbie asked.
"Nothing really. I'm just wondering why I chose this." Han said gesturing with his arms around the area.
Bobbie nodded. "I know how that feels. But I figured it out."
"Oh yeah, what did you come up with?" Han asked.
"When life's puts you in places you cant control you want something you can. Cars you can control, your body you can control, and lots of other things. That's why for me anyways."
Han nodded. "Makes sense, but I don't think that's why I do it."
"Well when you come up with something let me know." Bobbie giggled.
"You'll be the first." He joked.
Bobbie and Han noticed everyone heading to their cars so they did the same and headed off to the race spot. When the three races were given the go ahead to go by Leon it was obvious from the get go that Dom would win. When he did he circled around to the winner's circle and everyone gathered around him to congratulate him.
Leaning on the hood of her car arms crossed over her chest Bobbie continued to observe the scene. It was obvious to an extent that most drivers admired the tall bald deep voiced Toretto. And the ones that didn't basically hated him for being the big man around town. "Ready for that race?" Bobbie smirked as she turned her head slight to where Han was leaned against her passenger door.
"Sure." She replied seeing people breaking off into groups, some girls dancing to music put on by the loud speakers in cars or guys trying to pick girls up.
"Follow me." Han said as he got in his Evo and pulled out. Bobbie did the same and left following close behind him.
"Where the hell are they going?" Dom asked himself.
Jesse came up alongside him. "You seen Bo?" He asked
"She just left following Han out." Dom said. "Probably just heading home early."
"Look Dom man I'm sorry I can't tell you what you want to know." Jesse said.
"No you wont tell me. But it's cool Jesse everyone is entitled to a few secrets. I just wish she'd trust us enough to come out with it." Dom said.
Jesse sighed. "Man it's got nothing to do with trust. Bo likes all of you I know it, it's just bad shit she'd rather forget."
Dom nodded. "I can understand that. Come on kid lets round up the guys, the groupies and head to the house." He said his mood looking up.
Jesse grinned and nodded and they headed off looking for the rest of the team.
Bobbie pulled up along side Han at a four lane two way stop light in downtown LA. The streets were mostly empty with the casual late night traveler out. They both put down their windows. "The third stop light down is exactly a quarter mile, first one there wins it." Han said.
"You know I do circuits, straight aways aren't much of a challenge." She said.
Han shrugged. "Take it or leave it. But if you don't want to that means you forfeit and I win automatically." Han smirked at her deviously.
"Fine." Bobbie said. She put her window up and looked at the light. The minute it turned green she was gone and Han was right alongside her. Bobbie pulled up getting a good few feet ahead of he front bumper of his car, but he caught up.
Bobbie shifted her sequence as her speedometer kept rising, when she hit high enough she stepped on the clutch and shifted into six, now basically flying by the seat of her pants. She looked over and Han had managed to keep up with her. "Later." She remarked cockily to herself hitting the nos button on her steering wheel and seconds later she flew passed the light. She gradually came off the brake to slow down and pulled into an empty parking lot and wait for Han.
Han pulled up alongside Bobbie's car in the parking lot and shut of the car. He climbed out and saw Bobbie do the same and she grinned at him. "You let me win." She claimed.
"No I didn't." Han remarked.
"You didn't even use your nos." She replied.
"So I didn't think I needed to. I was keeping up." He said.
Bobbie laughed lightly. "You let me win and you know it."
"If I had let you win you wouldn't even be having this conversation you'd be asking for a rematch." Han smirked at her.
Bobbie shrugged. "Ok whatever." She walked around his car and handed him a small square paint swatch. "Hope you own something that matches that cause I can guarantee you'll end up with it on your clothes." She said went back to her driver's side door and got in. She pulled out of the parking lot and headed off leaving Han to follow or head out whenever he felt like it.
Not feeling much up to a party, which was inevitable it seemed with how things went down at the race Bobbie headed straight home. She called Jesse leaving him a voicemail that she was doing so, so he wouldn't worry and then when she got there she locked herself in and headed for bed.
Han headed back to the Toretto household and went upstairs to his room. He didn't feel like be hounded by girls, at least not the girls that were at the house. A certain brown-eyed feisty brunette was on his mind and he would rather be alone then try and find a substitute for her.
So he fell onto his bed after locking his bedroom door and stared at his ceiling. He played with his cell phone flipping it open and closed toying with the idea of calling and seeing if Bobbie wanted any company that night, but he decided against it and set his phone on his nightstand. He turned off his lamp and closed his eyes imagining her body laying close to him and fell into a light sleep.