One week, that has been how long it has been since the race, since I have seen Brian. He has locked himself in his room and had yet to leave. The first day I tried to apologize but he would not accept it unless I knew why he was pissed. I even tried to bribe him with food. He would not even open the door to get it. I left it on the floor in front of his door and it was still there an hour after I left it.

He would open the door for Vince and let Vince in. He would eat what Vince brought him. The first time Vince brought him something and told Brian that I made it; Brian throws it out the window. I don't know how Vince does it but he gets Brian to take a shower when I am not around.

It has been one week since I was able to truly sleep. I would close my eyes and there was Brian sitting in my car looking at me like I had just betrayed him, like I just killed his puppy.

You're pathetic...pathetic…

His words play over and over like a broken record and I can't get it to stop. I wish I could turn back time to get him to realize that I truly did not mean it. I just wanted him happy and it seemed like Vince did it for him. It does it for him now with me out of his life. In truth I wanted to bust open his door, pull him in to my hold and never let him go. I wanted all his smiles and laughs. I don't want anyone else to touch him and have him.

You're pathetic

'Fuck,' I throw the tool I had at the newest car that was in our lot. The bastard that lost it to me last week gave it to me the day after. I have to say that well it might look pretty it was not taken well care of.

I can't take it anymore. I sat in the nearest chair and sat down. I felt something cold touch my check. I turn my head hoping that it was Brian with his giant smile. I was saddened when it turned out that it was Vince with this glare in his eyes. I grab the corona and he pulls up a seat.

We sit in silence for a while. I had taken a few sips of my drink when I hear Vince give a sigh. I had something to say to me and I guess it is time.

"I remember the first time I met the Buster. I hated him. I thought that he was after Mai so I had to stop it. It was after three days before I could not stop myself from attacking him." I had to snort. Vince and his temper is worse than mine. "You stopped us from beating the crap from each other. That night was when we got to see how he raced."

"You could tell that he was in it for the speed. How you could still call him buster after that surprises me." I tell him.

"I could not let my head go from the thought." Vince laughed. "After losing to you he helped you out from the pigs that happen to show up."

"That was because I was his target."

"Yeah you can blame the pick up on that but not the pigs trying to stop him. From what I remember you telling me about it, they had you cornered and he got though it like it was a game of pickle. Hell that night you meet Tran. Then you walked for miles before you got a taxi."

I remember that. The look on Brian's face when he watched his beloved get shot up and then have it explode. He looked like a kid who watched as the candy story gets taken down. The walk was an amusing one. He had me laughing and I had him doing the same.

"When you got home did you or did you not invite him in? As much as you want to blame the Buster thing, that one was on you." I snort.

"Letty was not that happy. She thought that I was 'getting frisky with the blond,' as she put it." I tell him.

"Not that you wouldn't mind," I nod, "When he brought over the dead beat car, the two of you were unstoppable. I don't think he was at Harry's much after that. The one time that he was he found out about something that started to blow his cover."

"The three Hondas that Hector had. I remember."

"Remember that we busted him at Hector's place. Do you remember who he was looking at when he was trying to lie to us?" I thought back. He was…

"He was looking at me. He was trying to tell me something."

"He made up some really horrible lie that you bought. You bought it and used it to find out stuff about Tran. You wanted to truly believe that he was not a bad guy. We went to Trans and found out some shit about him.

"Did you know that Brian tried to stop Jesse from racing against Tran? Did you know that he did everything in his power to stop us from making the last run? He even had Mia call you. By the time he got to us, shit had gone down. He did everything in his power to get me down. I do remember looking at him when he made the call to get a chopper out there. The look on his face, he was looking for reassurance for what was going on. He wanted you to tell him that he was alright. When you left he made sure that the plane would take me straight to the hospitable. He went straight after you.

"I don't know what happened but he gave you keys to the car that you two built from the ground up. He let you go, watched you leave, and waited for whatever they were going to do to him."

"What are you trying to say?" I look at him hard.

"If I have to spell it out for you then you don't need it."

You're pathetic…

"Vince…"

"I am in love with you…" Came a voice from behind.

A/N: So one more chapter down and one more to go. Please Review :)