AN : tThank you sooo muh for all the reviews! Here is another one for you guys! Let me know how you like it.
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Mia wrapped her arms around Brian's body as they swayed to the music. It was the first night of the Desert and the place was packed. The air was humid, there was no breeze but she felt comfortable. She was in the arms of the man she loved. She smiled up at him as he placed a kiss on her nose. The music was playing softly as she looked over at her brother and Letty. They were sitting there with each other smiling. Mia felt as peace in the moment. Her family was together and happy. What could possibly go wrong? She pulled away from Brian taking his hand and moving to the trailer.
"I saw Jesse calculating the miles on his car this morning." Letty replied taking a sip of her beer. "I told him I wouldn't tell, but I think he is thinking about racing this weekend."
"Well let him."
"Dom that isn't even his car."
Dom began to laugh. "He won't do it. You know he will probably chicken out."
"You have no faith in him do you?"
"He is one of the best detailers in California itself. I have a ton of faith him. He just…he's like my little brother. The annoying one…" Dom smiled. "I love that kid and I would do anything for him. If he wants to lose his dads car then that's on him not me. He knows how to drive, he will do fine."
"Maybe you could give him some pointers or something."
"Let, he isn't going to race. He is just trying to show off. He knows what's at stake. Now can we please stop talking and do a little more of this…" Dom leaned forward putting his hand under her chin and kissing her softly. She felt his lips turn into a smile as she returned the kiss. He pulled away from her and stared at her moving a piece of her hair from her face.
"I got a letter in the mail yesterday." He told her. "It's from the insurance."
"How bad is it?"
"Bad. Let's not tell Mia this okay. She's happy. I don't want her worrying about it. I kind of told her we were done with the trucks."
"Are we?"
He shook his head. The trucks were beginning to become a problem but the money was too good to give it up. Dom knew in his head that they needed to quit but being stubborn he didn't speak anymore about it.
"You are seriously going to do this Dom?" Brian was beside his teammate walking towards the car.
"Johnny Tran has it coming to him. Our race is tomorrow, we are betting a shit ton of money Brian. I need us ready. Did you tell Mia about what happened earlier this week?"
"No."
"Good, look I am sorry about that okay. Tensions have been running high between you and Vince, I got caught up in it."
"It's no problem man. I understand."
"How are things with my sister?"
Brian was silent. "Don't think I am stupid Brian, I see the way she looks at you. I already told you what would happen but I now I am warning you. That's my life right there…"
"I am in love with you sister." Brian blurted out. "You have nothing to worry about. What we do have to worry about is getting your car ready for tomorrow. Tran is running a lot of shit underneath that Honda."
"You hear that he got arrested? Cops showed up at his house." Dom chuckled. "He is an idiot."
Brian nodded his head. "I wonder what he did."
"Who knows, I'm sure daddy got him out of it though."
"Do you know anything about Yakuza?"
"Not too much, I know that when he turned eighteen he graduated high school and then was recruited by his father. That's how they make all their money. Its huge in Tokyo, Yakuza runs that place. My father knew Johnny's father, they were friends once. It didn't end well."
"Tran tried to recruit your father?"
"Yeah, my mom flipped out and that was the end of it."
"The end of it huh?"
"Sure, maybe one day I will tell you that story."
"I can see your father in Mia, she looks just like him."
"She would like to hear that. When we were kids, she loved it when people would tell her that she looked like him. That was the apple of his eye. He loved that girl."
"You miss him?"
"Every day."
"Listen about what we were talking about the other day when we took the Supra out. I know that I am new to the team and all, I want to prove to you that I am loyal. SO whatever it is that you need me to do I will do it. I just need the extra cash…"
"Sunday Brian, we will talk about it Sunday."
Brian nodded his head as they stopped at Dom's car. They began going over the car details together as Dom laughed at the jokes Jesse would make. The loyalty Brian spoke of was about to become more than he bargained for.
The sun was shining bright as the Desert became packed with people from all over the world. The biggest race in the United States was under way. Dom stood underneath the tent as Letty and Vince talked about random things going on. The races had just started and Letty moved over to her car.
"You seriously are doing this?" Vince asked putting his hand on top of her car.
"Dom's busy. It will be fun."
"You got money?"
"No faith?" She smirked.
Vince began to laugh. "Two hundred dollars says I win." She held out her hand.
"You got it." Vince shook her hand before walking away. She pulled into the line and smirked behind her. Money wasn't really a problem for her like it was for Dom. He had to have it. He had to make sure everyone was okay, living okay. She pulled the money of out her glove compartment and stuck it in her shirt. She looked over at the car that pulled up beside her.
"Hey baby! Hey baby! You should be watching from the sidelines, wouldn't want to get that pretty little face dirty."
Letty was disgusted. "How about you put your money where your mouth is?"
"How about I race you for that pretty little ass?"
"You want a piece of ass, go to Hollywood Boulevard. You want an adrenaline rush that'll be two large. Right here right now. What do you say?" She held up the money from the glove compartment. He licked his lips before showing her his money. If it wasn't so damn hot she would have rolled up her window but instead she pushed her sunglasses up to her eyes and glared ahead. This dude was a tool. The flag came down and she was gone. Easy as pie. She went across the line like she was flying. "Ohhh!" She smirked. She stopped the car just as he pulled up next to her throwing the money in the car before speeding off. She couldn't help but laugh as she drove away. Not a bad way to start off the day. She drove around pulling the car up to the tent just as Leon and Jesse pulled away.
"That's my girl! You smoked him!" Vince slapped her hand.
"He was such an asshole." Letty mumbled. "Where's Dom?"
"Tent." Vince pointed behind him.
"Where the heck were Jesse and Leon going?"
Vince shrugged his shoulders. "Are they racing?" She asked looking down the strip.
"Who cares Let…"
"That isn't Jesse's car Vince, what if he loses?"
"Then he loses, that's his ass not yours."
Letty sighed before walking away from him. She stormed over to Mia and Brian. "Hey, I will be right back." Brian got up from the table and moved down to the trailer.
"What's going on?" Mia asked.
"Just kicked some guy's ass in a race."
"What the hell Letty? Why did you tell me to come?" Mia yelled.
"You've been stuck up Brian's ass all day."
Mia glared at her. "I have not!"
Letty gave her the eye. She went to speak when Leon came running over. "Dom! Yo Jesse is in trouble!"
"Where is Jesse going?" Dom asked. Letty and Mia moved out of the tent watching Jesse's car speed away.
"He raced Tran for slips."
"Oh shit!" Dom moved out of the tent just as a crowd gathered. Letty looked over at Mia shaking her head.
"I knew some shit like this was going to happen."
Johnny Tran's Honda 2000 pulled up next to them. "Where is he going?" Johnny yelled getting out of the car.
"Car wash."
"Whatever go fetch my car." Johnny snapped.
"Go fetch your car? You better be careful who you are talking to, we aren't on your turf anymore." Dom turned to walk away. Letty moved forward next to Vince trying to get a better look at the situation. Dom looked over at her and shook his head.
"TORETTO! TORETTO!" Johnny screamed. "Swat came to my house, disrespected my whole family because someone narced me out. You know what, it was YOU!" He yelled. Dom lost it. Letty moved forward as Vince grabbed her arm but it was already too late. Dom was pounding Johnny's face into the concrete. Vince shoved Letty out of the way to go help his friend. "Letty!" Mia yelled. Letty's head shot to the side just in time to see Lance, Tran's cousin come racing through the crowd. She reared back her fist knocking him straight to the ground. "Asshole."
"Dom!" Vince screamed. "Back up! Back up!" Vince yelled knocking everyone back before grabbing a hold of Dom.
"I never narced on nobody, I never narced on nobody!" Dom screamed. Letty moved over to Mia who didn't want any part of what was going on. Letty's hands were shaking as she brought Mia away from the scene and sat her down.
"You alright?" Letty asked.
"Get your ass over here!" Vince shoved Dom into the tent. "What the hell is your problem?"
"What happened to your hand?" Dom ignored Vince and walked over to Letty. She jerked her hand from him and pointed at Mia. "Mia…" He whispered.
"I need to go find Brian." She got up from the table and stormed out of the tent.
"We need to go find Jesse." Letty replied walking past the two guys.
"He is fine, he just needs to cool down." Dom stated. He grabbed Letty's arm stopping her. "What happened to your hand?"
"The same thing that happened to yours Dom!" She yelled. She sat down putting her face in her hands. "Lance was on his way to help, so I punched him in the face."
Vince began to laugh. "That's my girl!"
"Vince!" Letty yelled. "Give us a minute please."
Vince nodded his head as Letty glared up at Dom. "I haven't seen you that mad since your dad died."
Dom didn't respond. "What the hell was that?"
"Tran was asking for it. He talks too much shit."
"He is going to kill Jesse Dom."
"Jesse just panicked. Tran will get his car."
Letty shook her head. "He's just a kid."
"We have something we have to do, so either you are in or you are out. Then we can go find Jesse."
"You know I am in. Lose the attitude Dom, it's not attractive." She snapped before walking away.
"NO!" Mia yelled as Letty climbed into the BMW with Leon. She didn't want to be around when Dom told her they were going back to the trucks. "Look I understand why you did it the first couple of times, this is wrong Dom so I am begging you not to do this."
"Mia, we have to go." Dom told her. He wrapped his arms around her as she shoved him away.
"You are selfish! This is ridiculous!"
"Mia…"
"NO Dom, I am asking you to not go. I am asking you to stay here with me please."
He shook his head as he got into the driver's seat and slammed the door. Mia went to open it but he locked it before she could. She slammed her hand on the window. "You ready?" Dom asked looking in the mirror. The car was silent as he drove away. He never once looked back in the mirror. Mia would understand. She had to. The drive was silent as they all prepared for what was coming up.
"Maybe we should have brought Brian." Letty finally spoke. Leon nodded his head in agreement.
"Yeah dawg, I know Vince hates him but it would have been better since Jesse isn't here."
"I am letting Brian in on this when we get back to Los Angeles. Right now, I needed him focused on the race."
"What about Jesse?" Leon asked. Letty looked up at Dom as he turned away from her.
"We will deal with him when the time comes."
They pull up to the location where all the Honda's were waiting covered in tarp. "Okay, listen up we are a man short. Leon you stay on the scanners, Let you got the side. Vince this is on you. Let's go."
"This doesn't feel right." Letty stated.
"Stop."
"She's right man." Leon replied.
"We shouldn't be doing this without Jesse."
"Come on this is the mother load. After this it will be a long vacation for all of us."
Leon walked over to Vince helping him load the car up as Dom rubbed his hand down Letty's face. "Last night I had a dream that we were on the beaches in Mexico."
"Really?" She frowned.
"Let's do this, and I will take you wherever you want to go."
She couldn't help but smile at him before nodding her head. He kissed her on the lips before they parted their ways and climbed into their cars. She took a deep breath as she started the car and pulled out of the spot falling into the line.
"Letty?" Dom called again. He was looking all over the place for her.
"I found her downstairs." Mia replied. "She's crying Dom."
He nodded his head as he walked down the stairs and into what use to be Jesse's room. "Letty? What are you doing in here?"
She turned around with tears streaming down her face. "He isn't here."
"No." Dom shook his head. "He isn't."
"I was worried about him. I was afraid something was going to happen to him because he was so young. What happened to him Dom? What happened? Why isn't he here with us?"
"What do you remember?"
"He lost his car to Tran at the desert."
"Jesse was shot Let. He died the next day at this house. Tran came with Lance and shot him multiple times. He died before anyone could get to him. I didn't know Let, I thought you were done remembering."
Letty nodded her head. "I don't want to do this anymore Dom. If its like this, I don't want to do it anymore."
"I don't think you have a choice Let."
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"Come with me, I am going to show you something." Dom held out his hand. "You need to see for yourself."
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