*Chapter 7*: Pt. 1 - DQ's Arrival

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Original Writer: YoungTruthLP (Tumblr: Shinodafan94)

Co-Author: Mechawolfx

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This story full rights belong to the credited people above, I just wanted to put a few edits (points of view, change some time stamps) to this story so I myself and maybe others could enjoy it a bit differently with a better understanding of what is happening. If you want the original story, please check out YoungTruthLP's version.

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June 16th, 2019

2:34 pm

Burt's Garage

The crew all sat around joking when Brittany's RX8 pulled into the yard, Santana's Supra not far behind. Letty was the first to stand up, with Quinn and Dani following closely behind. Tina and Marley smiled at the Latina as she stepped out of her car, who was sending a subtle thumbs up to them both as Brittany followed.

"Well, well, well, you escaped?"

"I did."

"Good work Lopez."

"Thanks?"

"You make it sound like you're unsure. You made it in!"

"A police chase though? With a stolen database computer?"

The crew leader grinned. "You made it didn't you?"

"I guess…"

"Then you don't need to worry about it!"

Santana just nodded as Quinn walked up with a smile on her face. "I didn't think you'd make it back" She stated, shaking the Latina's hand and pulling her in for a hug.

"Really?" Santana asked as she pulled away.

"Of course not!" Quinn exclaimed, slapping her on the shoulder. Her grin grew even wider as she got a slight smile out of the other racer.

Mia walked over and pulled her into a hug. "Good work. I knew you'd make it."

"Thanks."

The smaller brunette squeezed her tighter before letting her go, Rachel the next one in line to congratulate her. "Well done."

"Thank you" She replied, the small brunette hugging her tightly.

"My pleasure. Maybe we can finally race together, now my sister finally took that stick out of her ass and let you in the crew."

"Hey! I don't have a stick up my ass!" Letty yelled from across the garage.

Rachel was about to reply when Mia cut in, the dark brunette grinning as she turned to her girlfriend. "Yes, you do. You may not think so, but sometimes, it can get really annoying."

Letty had no comeback as Mia continued smiling, Rachel sticking her tongue out at her from her place next to Dani and Quinn.

"So, the newbie made it out alive?" Dani grinned, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I guess I did."

"Then my handy work is done."

"Huh?"

"I was the one that stole that computer dummy."

"You did?"

"Yeah, and I nearly got my ass busted for it."

"Then I guess...thanks?"

Dani just rolled her eyes and pulled her in for a hug. "Just kidding newbie. Congrats!" Santana just shook her head as she moved onto the next person, Holly.

"Congrats dude."

"Thanks Holly"

"Congratulations Santana" Shelby said, pulling her into a hug when her blonde girlfriend had finished.

"Thank you"

She then moved onto the next one, which just so happened to be Tina. As soon as she was pulled in for, yet another, hug Marley joined in on the action, the rest of the crew following.

"Group hug!" Marley cried, everyone swarming around them.

Santana squealed as she was mobbed by the other racers, happy that she was finally being welcomed into the crew properly. When she pulled away, she walked over to Brittany who smiled sweetly at her.

"Thank you." She beamed, pulling the blonde in for a hug. "For everything" She added as a whisper, so the rest of the crew didn't hear.

Brittany's grin grew even wider, her eyes closing as she felt Santana's arms tighten around her waist. "No problem"

Santana smiled in appreciation as they pulled away, unable to deny the sparks that ran throughout her entire body as Brittany brushed her arm with her hand. She was broken out of her daze when Letty called from behind her.

"Now that's cleared up let's go celebrate back at the house!"

Before Santana could move, Burt called out to her, "Get your Supra into the garage and drive the Skyline. We can finally start working on this car for real now."

Santana nodded and turned back to Brittany. "What?" She questioned, referring to the blonde's unfaltering grin.

"You're one of them now. Be prepared"

The Latina stayed unmoving, her eyes never leaving the spot Brittany had just been occupying. When she shook her head and turned back to the garage the rest of the crew were heading to their cars. She then heard the loud roar of an engine and turned back to see Brittany following Letty out of the yard.

She took that as her cue to head back to her own car and carefully moved it back into the garage, so it was how Santana found it this morning. After parking and grabbing all of her stuff, including her Nos cooler bag, she headed over to the black loaner Skyline.

Sliding into the vehicle she strapped herself into the racing harness and started up the car. A few revs later and she was pulling out behind Quinn and heading to the place the crew called home.

She had made it halfway when she got a call from Cassandra. Making a mental note to buy herself a headset she managed to unlock her phone to answer it, throwing the device on the passenger seat as soon as she pressed 'speaker mode'.

"Hello?"

"Santana, can you hear me?"

"Yeah?"

"Good, are you alright after everything?"

"I'm fine."

"Also good. Where are you now?"

"Heading back to the crew's house."

"Excellent, that must mean you're in?"

"Yes, I am a full crew member now."

"Great! I'll keep this brief, but tomorrow I want you to come by the police station to help me give Roz an update on our progress. After, we can discuss were to go from here."

"Fine by me."

"Then I won't keep you. Have a nice evening Santana."

"Will do. Bye."

Reaching over and ending the call, she turned her music up louder and let herself enjoy the feeling of having made it onto the crew completely. No matter what Cassandra said, she genuinely liked them as people and can't deny her feelings for Brittany. Things may be complicated, but what she felt was real. For the first time since she admitted to herself that she liked girls, Santana wanted something more than a one night stand. Today just proved how much she likes the bubbly blonde, not as a racer, but as a person. She just hoped Cassandra's operation didn't get in the way of that.

She smiled when she saw the house come into view and a minute later, she was pulling up behind Quinn's Skyline, blocking the driveway that currently housed Letty's Plymouth, Mia's Silvia, Tina's 350Z and Marley's Camaro. Turning off the car and getting out she found Brittany's RX8 parked in front of Dani's Ford GT and Quinn's Skyline, but behind Holly's Racer's Edge truck, everybody now accounted for. Making sure she had her phone, she locked the car and pocketed the keys before heading inside to find Letty and Mia in the kitchen.

"What's going on?"

"Celebratory dinner for the new crew member, I'm cooking." Letty grinned, taking a tray of pre-prepared chicken from Mia.

"Cool" She watched the older Latina exit through the back door before looking over at Mia. "I don't think I've ever seen her this excited."

"Please, she's been waiting all week for this. When she's not racing, Letty's like a goddess on the grill. Trust me"

"I guess I will have to take your word on that." Santana replies laughing.

"You won't be disappointed. Here, have a beer and go chill with everybody out back. The food shouldn't take long."

"Thanks" Santana took the offered beer and exited through the back door finding everybody sitting around relaxing.

With a quick glance at Brittany, she walked over to where Quinn was calling her. Plopping herself down in the empty chair she smiled, finally able to relax after a tense day of insane driving.

Music blared from an iPod dock as Letty worked on the grill. Smoke rising in curls into the warm summer air from the food the cook was taking her time to perfect. A few moments later Letty called out.

"Mia! The chicken's dry already!"

"Alright!" The brunette chuckled as she exited the back door, laughing at something Brittany had said. "I'm coming out already!"

The older Latina waited patiently, as soon as Mia was close enough Letty wrapped her semi-free arm around her girlfriend's shoulders. Mia laughed as they hugged, despite the fact that both their hands were full, she could still feel the love from her girlfriend. With a kiss to the smaller girl's forehead, Letty accepted the bowl of specially made seasoning sauce and got to work applying it to the chicken.

As Letty finished up, everyone seated themselves at the table. A smirk adorned Mia's face as she directed Santana to sit next to Brittany. When Letty came over and placed the large plate of food on the table, she reached over and stopped Dani, who was sat opposite Mia, from grabbing the food right away.

"Hold up. Since you were the first out of everybody to reach in to get the chicken, you get to say grace."

Dani nodded and held her hands together in front of her face, Kitty smirking from beside her as she did the same. "Dear heavenly..."

"Spirit." Quinn offered when she drew a blank.

"That's good, thank you" The other blonde nodded in acknowledgement. "Um, thank you for providing us with direct port nitrous, uh, injection, four core inter-coolers, ball bearing turbos, and um, titanium off-springs." She finished, clapping her hands together.

"Amen!" Quinn smiled, clapping her own hands together.

"Not bad" Letty grinned, pointing at her before clapping her hands.

"Amen" Santana added from her place beside Kitty.

"Praying to the car gods man, nothing beats it." Holly said as she grabs the salad bowl in front of her, Mia laughing from her seat next to the shop owner.

Santana watched as Letty placed a kiss to the side of her girlfriend's head before reaching in to get a piece of chicken for herself, Holly slapping Quinn on the shoulder.

"Let's eat some grub man!"

As the sun begins to set, painting bright oranges across the skies, the crew sits inside the house to unwind. Letty press's a sweet kiss to Mia's forehead before getting up off the couch, directing Santana outside with a wave of her beer bottle.

Santana follows the older Latina out the back door and towards her car, leaning up against the hood which was facing the small one car garage at the very back of the extended driveway. Letty took a sip of her beer and Santana leaned on the car next to her.

"You wanted to talk?" Santana asks.

"Yeah, it's about today."

"Oh," Santana states while picking at the corner of the beer bottle label. "Are you kicking me out already?"

"No." The crew leader chuckled. "In fact, I just wanted to talk to you."

"Ok, about what?"

"Today's test was a bigger challenge than I ever gave the others in the crew..."

"I kind of figured that."

Letty takes a deep breath before continuing. "Santana, I need you and I just had to make sure you weren't going to mess everything up."

"Oh… How so?"

"I need a new racer to shake things up, but…" the crew leader trails off, not sure how to continue.

"I guess you don't just add members to your crew every day. That's why you had to make sure I would fit in with everyone."

"Exactly! I consider my crew like family and I don't just add people to grow numbers. I actually haven't added anyone to the crew since I first started it."

"Well I feel honored then." Santana says, putting a hand on Letty's shoulder, letting the older Latina know its her way of understanding that family comes first before anything else. They stay there, leaning up against the car in solitude for a few moments just taking in the night before Letty speaks again.

"We have a set of races coming up called Race Wars. It's where the top race crews of the city go up against each other to win a special prize car at the end. Matter of fact, that's where Dani got her Ford GT a few years ago."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Hence the reason why she has such an expensive car. We won it as a crew, but since Dani won the last crucial race, we let her keep it."

"That's cool to hear."

Letty nods, taking a sip of her drink. "This year Puck's determined to win and I know, despite how good we are, we needed someone to help give us an extra edge that will push us over the finish line first."

"And I am assuming that's where I come in?"

"Yes. To start, I want to help you get on your feet and get your car up to our crew standards. Then I want to get you racing so that I can start making some money off your ass!"

Santana laughs along with Letty. "So that's how this relationship is going to go?"

"Uh huh, I just brought you in to make money." Letty replied, laughing as she took a gulp of her drink. "Nah, I believe you are the person I was searching for. I hate changing things up, especially when it comes to family, but after today, I believe we can win this, with a bit of fine tuning that is. So welcome to the crew."

Santana clinked her bottle with the older Latina's in a sort of salute. "Thank you for having me."

/

Meanwhile, in the house Dani and Kitty were in the kitchen by themselves discussing the day before.

"So, you really put yourself through all that trouble, just to get the computer inside?"

Dani nodded, taking a sip of her beer. "Yup, but it was worth it."

"How?"

"To see the look on your face when I drove it into the yard." Dani replies, chuckling at the other girl's reaction.

"Hey!" Kitty yells, playfully slapping her on the shoulder.

"What? It was cool! You should have been in that car with me then."

"Oh really? And nearly get myself killed in the process?"

"Hey, I'm not a bad driver!"

"I would beg to differ"

"How?"

"I was in your car today, you nearly ran us off the road when we were heading back into town!"

"It was fun though!"

"I don't see how. You nearly crashed head first into a bus!"

"That was because Mia swerved out in front of me!"

"Don't blame someone else! You were going too fast and nearly killed both you and me! As well as almost crashing that expensive car of yours!"

"Oh come on, you love my car!"

"Yeah, when you're not driving like a lunatic and nearly killing me every time I ride with you."

Dani shook her head as she took another sip of beer, the two of them falling into a comfortable silence. For some reason she couldn't stop the smile that spread across her face at the sight of Kitty's own unique grin. When she looked up and caught sight of Kitty's expression, she couldn't believe that she was actually enjoying time with her. When Kitty looked over at her, a smile still clear on her face, something in the air suddenly click into place.

The two of them started drifting in closer and closer until their lips finally connected, their bodies moving closer second by second. Just as Kitty reached her hand up to the taller blonde's jaw, Dani pulled away as if she had been burned.

"I-I'm sorry" Dani stuttered.

Kitty was left standing in a daze as Dani rushed out of the room, immediately heading upstairs. All she could do was reach a hand up to her lips and wonder what exactly had just happened.

/

Santana laughed as she entered the house once more, Letty heading to the living room to find Mia, while Brittany met her in the now-empty kitchen, Kitty having retreated to where the rest of the group was located.

"Hey" The Latina greeted upon seeing the blonde.

"Hey, how was your talk?"

"Good."

"Just good? I'm guessing you didn't get kicked off the crew like you thought earlier?"

"Nope."

"Well, I guess that's-"

Meoooooooooooow

Brittany looked down to see what was interrupting her current statement to see her pet cat waddling into the kitchen.

"Lord T!" She cried out, reaching down and picking up the freakishly large brown striped cat.

"And this is?" Santana asks questionably.

"Oh, this is Lord Tubbington. He's the pet of the house although he only seems to like me and Mia."

"Oh, really now?"

"Yeah, but it's only because he doesn't like making friends. He'd rather be smoking cigarettes without my permission."

"Cigarettes?"

"Yeah, cigars too. I've tried to get him to quit but he doesn't listen to me. He's in a gang too."

"Okay..." The Latina replies, taking a sip of her beer. She realizes that she is seeing what other people think of as stupid. To her she saw it as carefree and cute, but for other people it wasn't the same story. Deciding to change the subject she takes a step closer. "You want something to drink?"

"Yeah, sure. Whatever's cold." Brittany replies, fussing over the cat.

Santana nods and leads the blonde through the house to what she only assumes is a dining room that has been turned into a makeshift bar, not that the crew ever uses it. With the hot Lima sun, they always preferred to eat outside. She can't blame them, she missed the heat and the beautiful sunsets every day while she was gone. As she made her way over to the mini-fridge located next to the liquor cabinet Brittany trailed behind with Lord Tubbington still in her arms, resting up against one of the cabinets by the door.

"You know, Letty likes you. Usually she doesn't like anybody."

"Yeah, she seems like a complicated woman…"

"Yeah, but what about you?"

Santana smirks as she turns around, walking over to the blonde as she opens a cold drink. "I'm simpler"

Brittany chuckles as she takes a sip of the cool liquid Santana offered her. "And you're a shitty liar."

"Well, I'll take that as a compliment." The other racer replies, moving in closer and placing an arm over the back of the cabinet behind Brittany and smiling goofily.

"There seems a problem currently." Brittany husked, moving in a little closer.

"What's that?"

"You need to get some sleep and you definitely, definitely need a shower. Come on, I'll walk you to your car."

Santana stares baffled at the blond as she walks away, cat still in her arms. Shaking her head, the Latina follows behind.