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Thanks for the reviews ladies. I'm happy cause I don't open my presents until twelve tonight so I have something to occupy my time until then. I'll try to get at least three chapters up today. I'm introducing the Miami crew to the L.A. crew in this one so please read&review!
--Kita
Chapter 52-The Return of Teams
Dom's POV
Everyone was sitting around the house when I got this feeling of adrenaline. I didn't even know why. We were all watching Harlem Nights, my favorite movie, when I decided to fulfill my adrenaline rush.
"Let's go racing." I said randomly, looking around the room. As soon as the word 'racing' left my mouth, everyone's head shot at me.
"You're kiddin' right? Did you see what happened to Letty?" Mia yelled, absolutely oblivious to the cause of Letty's accident.
"Mia she was clipped. She didn't crash on her own. We can't let that scare us away from something we love. It's been almost a month now Mi. I need to get back out there. I have to." I begged sincerely. I meant every word. I haven't felt the rush of being behind the wheel of my baby in a long time. I haven't felt the intensity of going over 140 in a long time. The part of my heart that beats for racing is slowly deteriorating. I needed to give it life again. I needed to race.
"Mia he's right. None of us have raced since Letty's accident. We need to get back out there. Build the Team up again." Jesse said, glowing at the mention of racing. I mean I loved racing, but he really LOVED racing. It was something he'd give up the world for.
"C'mon Mia." I said, smiling big. I knew she was going to give in. When Jesse begged, she couldn't resist. But when I begged, it was over.
Suddenly, she smiled big and jumped up and ran up the stairs. "LET'S GO RACE!"
Everyone cheered as they all dispersed to their rooms to get ready. I felt good about tonight. I knew we had to show everyone that we can't let something like this stop us. We were on top and we going to stay there. By any means necessary.
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"Girls let's go! We're already ten minutes late!" I yelled back into the house.
"Alright-alright we're coming." Sasha said, treading down the stairs.
"Vince let you off the leash for tonight?" I asked jokingly.
"Hardy har har." She replied, smacking me in my arm. I grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. "I'm taking Portia out tonight." She said, opening the front door.
"Wait, who's Portia?" I asked, grabbing her arm.
"The Porsche Dominic. Bonehead." She muttered, walking out to her car. I nodded and looked back into the house. Mia and Diana were jogging down the stairs, purses in hand. I just rolled my eyes and turned out the door.
"What's the riding situation?" I asked, each member leaning against their car.
"I'll ride with Brian; Di with Jesse; Vince with Sasha; and Tony with you." Mia answer, already having the situation planned. I nodded at the plan.
"Why do the muts have to go?" I asked, watching Diana sit Cupcake (which I thought was a stupid name for a dog) in the back of the Jetta.
"Stop callin' them muts. And no one's here to watch them, therefore, they're coming." Sasha answered, sliding into "Portia". I shrugged it off and got in the front seat of the Mazda.
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When we pulled up into the alleyway, cars were piled in every spot you could think of except ... Letty's. I pulled up to my usual spot and slid out, automatically being swarmed with people. I looked over for the rest of the Team, to see they had the same reactions.
"Toretto!" Everyone yelled as I stepped into Hector and Edwin's cliques.
"Miss me?" I smiled giddly. I was so happy to be back where I belong...with my family.
"Hell yeah dawg. We haven't had any worthy competition since you left man. Even Hector's been winning." Edwin replied, causing everyone to laugh, some smacking the back of Hector's bald head.
"Well no worries. The King and his Dynasty is back. So no more winning for you Hector." I said as cocky as can be. The crowd cheered loud as cars revved their engines.
"How's Letty?" Someone yelled in the crowd.
"She's doing awesome everyone. The Queen will be back soon to take over to watch out." I replied, looking throughout the crowd.
Shouts of 'HELL YEAH!" and "LETTY!" Escaped the mouths of almost everyone there. I looked around at the Team, who each person had the greatest smile on their face. This was where we all belonged.
I looked over at Sasha and noticed the sort of discomforted look on her face. "Hollup everyone. I have an announcement." I said, quieting the group. I looked over at Sasha and motioned for her to come over. She slowly walked over and I put my arm around her shoulder. "You all know Sash," I started, the crowd cheering after hearing her name,"well she's gonna take over until her sister gets better. Do her good, or you have me, Vince, Jesse, and Lil Tone to deal with." I threathned, but with a smile.
"You racin' tonight Dom?" Some Asian kid asked me.
"You know it. What we doin' tonight Hec?" I asked.
"Well since it's a special occasion, we'll let you decide." Hector said. I put my hand on my chin and thought a minute.
"Ok. 10G buy in. Two of the four racers have to put up for slips. Winner takes all. I'll even put up for slips." I said, resulting in the whole crowd gasping. I wanted to spice the races up a little. Plus, although I loved my Rx-7, I needed an upgrade. I had been driving it for over five years.
"Damn dawg. You brave. I'm not even crazy enough to buy into that. So who else is up?" Hector replied, holding his arms out.
"Damn Toretto. Glad to see you got your balls back. I'm comin' for that ass though." Edwin said, holding two large stacks in his hands. He slapped them down on the hood of Hector's ride. A guy from Hector's team, who they called Nico, bought in. He was racing in a Supra similar to Brian's orange one, except it was baby blue.
"If we don't get one more racer, one of you are gonna have to call slips." Hector said to the other two racers. Nobody stepped up.
"Wait ... wait." Someone said from a distance. He finally made it to the group. He was a tall, bald black guy. He reminded me a lot of myself. His muscles were similar to mine. Of course I was bigger. He was wearing blue sweats and a white wife beater and a blue fitted hat to the back. "Got room for one more?" He asked.
"And you are?" Jesse asked, now making his presence known in the group.
"ROME!" Brian yelled, walking to the man.
"Why you leave me cuh?" He asked as he pulled Brian into a hug.
"Don't hog him Rome." Lily, who didn't look much different from the last time I saw her, said.
"Lillian. I missed you babe." Brian said happily, pulling his sister into a hug.
"Missed you too Blu." She replied, returning the hug. Brian pulled back quick.
"What's that?" Brian asked, pointing at Lily's stomach.
"Ask Roman." She replied, smiling at Roman. Brian looked over at his friend, he approached Lily from behind.
"You're kiddin' me right?" Brian asked as Roman wrapped his arms around Lily's waist.
"Nope. And in two months you'll be an uncle to a baby boy." Rome said, rubbing Lily's belly. Brian looked confused a bit.
"Congrats man!" Brian suddenly yelled, hugging Rome.
"What the hell's goin' on Brian?" I said, interrupting the little 'family' reunion.
"Oh Dom. This is Roman Pearce. I told you about him when I came back. Roman ... this is Dominic Toretto. The guy I let go." Brian introduced. I shook Roman's hand, squeezing hard.
"So this is the chump who fucked my man Brian's life up." Roman said, getting in my face. I didn't care who this guy was, nobody gets in my face.
"You mean who spared his life?" I corrected, stepping into Roman's face.
"Guy's enough." Brian yelled, pushing us apart.
"You racin' or what?" I said, already annoyed by this guy's attitude.
"Yeah, I'm throwin' up slips too." He said with deep bass in his voice.
"What you ridin'?" Hector asked.
Roman led us over to a purple and silver Spyder Eclipse with two people on the hood of it and one in the car.
"Sup Bullet?" A Japanese girl asked, who was leaning against another black guy on the car. Brian walked up to her and hugged her. I looked back at the team. No one, not even Mia, had any clue who these people were.
"Tej, what's up cuh?" Brian asked, giving dap to 'Tej'.
"Oh nuttin'. Just checkin' out the L.A. scene. Need to win some new money bruh." Tej replied, counting a stack of money in his hand.
"I hear ya bro." Brian replied.
"More friends Brian?" Sasha asked, standing with her arms crossed. I could have sworn she was Letty. They looked so much a like it was scary.
"Yeah, guys this is Suki and Tej. Y'all, this is Dominic. Everyone else can meet at the party." Brian said.
"What about me Bullet?" A bald Japanese guy asked. He stepped out of the Spyder and walked up to Brian, hugging him.
"Yo Jesse! C'mere man." Brian called, motioned Jesse over to them. Now what, I thought. Jesse skipped over to them. That put a smile on my face. Jesse was something. "Jesse this here is the mad scientist of Miami, Jimmy. Jimmy, this is the smartest kid you'll ever meet, Jesse." Brian introduced. They shook hands. I could feel the tension between them until Jesse smiled.
"Guess we gonna be workin' together?" Jesse asked enthuised. Jimmy smiled.
"Guess so. ADHD huh?" Jimmy asked him. Jesse nodded sadly.
"Me too. Thought I was the only one out there." Jimmy said, shaking Jesse's hand longer.
"Jimmy stop smilin' like that. You look like an idiot." Suki said, smacking his head. "Excuse him, mom dropped him twice on his head when he was a baby." She smiled.
"Brother?" Mia asked.
"Unfortunately." Suki said. "Big guy you're brother?" She asked, nodding at me.
"Unfortunately." Mia replied, smiling at me.
"I can tell." Suki said.
"Can we get on with this? I'm surprised the police ain't here yet." Vince growled, exasperation evident in his voice.
"He's right. Let's go." I said, leading the group down to the starting line.
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There it is. I know this one is short which isn't my usual approach but I had to save some for the next chapter. I decided to make Suki and Jimmy sibilings. I thought it'd be more interesting. The Miami crew will make appearances in the next few chapters also. Hope you like this one. Please read&review!
-Kita
