**Chapter Eleven**
The drive out to the stadium took about an hour, maybe just a little more. It was early evening and the sun was making its descent below the horizon.
When they arrived at the gate Dom pulled out a key to the chains wrapped around the four metre high barb wired gates. He unlocked the padlock and pushed the gates open for the cars to go in.
The boys had already set up the caravans for the night. Lamps had been set up around the caravans illuminating the area in the middle on the track.
"Could you guys take your time?" Vince said as Dom and everyone pulled up.
Letty got out and pushed her glasses up to cover her eyes. "Yeah. What's your problem?"
Those two played around for a while, the fridges were stocked with beer, the music was pumpin and everyone was having a good time.
Dom saw Corrin talking with the girls and thought this was as good a time as any to show her his talent.
"There was this one guy back home and I mean he just brought all the meaning to Limp Dick. I mean, he was tragic!" Corrin laughed as the girls swapped stories from their rocky love lives.
"Hey Dom!" Letty said as she lifted her coke can. "Corrin was just talkin' about cha." The girls pissed themselves laughing.
Dom gave them a side wards glance. "I bet she was. Hey Corrin. You ready for a spin?"
"Yeah, why the hell not. I hope you know we're taking your car." She said as she got up from her deck chair, with the help of Dom's hand, and pulled her jacket on.
"You guys have fun now." Mia said as her and Letty continued to talk.
Dom and Corrin walked over to his RX 7. He got in the passengers side and Corrin warily got in the drivers.
"I can't believe you're letting me do this." She said as she shakily grasped the steering wheel.
Dom could hardly believe he was doing this either but Corrin did have a point when she said he could make money off them if they knew the tricks of the trade. "Yeah, well don't let me down alright. First things first. When you race in a street race or a show always make sure you tune your NOS. I've already done it because I'm sitting on top of the tanks right now but do that first."
"How do I know what to tune it to?"
"I'll show you when we get back from this one. I want you to get used to the speed first before we start you in your own car. So just start her up and take it for a spin around the track."
Corrin did as she was told, revving the engine then raced around the track at 110mph, slowing slightly for the corners. "How was that?" she asked as she pulled the car to a stop.
Dom released his grip on the handle above his door and let out the breath he had been holding in. "Fine. Now what you want to do before you change gears is rev it till you're in the red. Drop the clutch and change the gear as fast as you can to ensure you're at full acceleration at all times."
"Dom, don't assume I can speak speed because I can't understand a thing you're saying. I only talk body kits. What I got out of that was, I wait till the little pointer thingie is on that red line," she said pointing to the tachometer, "and I understand the dropping the clutch thing so is that all I need to know?"
Dom laughed. "See you can understand me. You think you can give it a try?"
"Like I've said before. I'll try anything." Corrin backed the car to the very end of the track.
Jesse, Vince and Leon had set their deck chairs up on the side of the track. "You think she can do it?" Vince asked as he watched the car reverse.
"Come on dawg, with Dom teaching her she could do anything. Yo Brian. Your sis a good driver?" Leon called out.
Brian, Mia and Letty joined the boys and listened to the car rev. "She can drive alright."
"I think she's just what we need." Letty said as she sat down.
Just then the car did a two second burnout then sped off down to the far end of the track. This stadium had been purposely built for drag racing so the length of it was just over a quarter mile.
"Woah look at that holeshot!" Jesse yelped as they cheered Corrin on.
Corrin redlined it then thrashed the gear into second. "Am I going right?" she asked, trying to keep control of the speeding vehicle.
"Not bad, but keep concentrating on the track."
Into third. Corrin felt the speed beneath her and didn't need to read the speedometer to know how fast she was going.
"You getting this?" Letty asked as she walked over to Mia holding the stopwatch.
"7 seconds. She's going good. Not a ten second run but good for her first."
The car crossed the quarter mile mark in 13.3 seconds. "Not bad. Not bad at all. Didn't even have to hit the NOS" Dom said clapping for her as they returned back to the start.
"Wow, that was awesome" Corrin said after regaining her composure. "Can we do it again?"
Dom laughed. The speed bug was fast and it was catchy. "Sure go ahead."
"But Dom, as much as I like ya buddy, your fat ass is weighing me down. I can't pick up momentum with that dragging me down." She said getting him back for his comment a few nights ago.
He laughed at her cheekiness. "You're lucky I'll let you get away with that one. Sure go for it."
She pulled the car into the start and hung her head out the window. "Yo Letty!" she yelled out.
"What up?!" Letty called back.
Corrin grinned. "You wanna race?"
"Hell yes!" Letty screamed back as she got up and into her car.
"Dom sat beside the guys and shook his head. Vince came up behind him and patted him on the shoulders. "This is going to be interesting."
Mia counted down for them both. The cars sped off as both girls burned the machines to their peak. The race was short as they all were usually, and both cars came back to the start.
"Mate that was excellent!" Corrin said as she got out of the car and slapped hands with Letty.
"You're good at this girl, don't give it up."
"Man my nanna could walk faster than you drivin' Corrin." Leon said being a smartass.
"Oh you wanna play like that do ya?!" Corrin said as she began chasing Leon. He ran off into the back of the grandstand and Corrin followed.
Dom watched Corrin carefully. This girl had his interest all right. He looked back at Letty and saw her staring at him. She smiled and walked over and sat beside him. The rest of them started the barbeque for dinner.
"Hey" Letty said as she sat down. Dom smiled then carried on looking at Corrin. "She's nice, I like her."
Dom was taken aback by that comment. "You don't like anyone of the opposite sex if they ain't related to me Letty. You sick or something?" he asked placing the back of his palm on her forehead.
She slapped it away and laughed at him. "Yeah well, shit happens. I know you want her Dom, I can see it in your eyes. I know it sounds shallow and shit but if you're holding back because of anything that happened with us or because of me, don't. We had a good thing but its over, I'm over it. Besides, Mia and I were talkin and we really think you two would look good. So just go for it before someone else snaps her up."
Dom thought for a moment. "Yeah but, I don't think she feels the same way, you know. She's different to any other girl, besides you, who I've met. She isn't instantly attracted to me, she tells me where to get off, she doesn't put up with any of my bullshit and if I told her to jump she'd smash me over. I think that's what's getting my attention."
"Well then she'll be good for you. Keep you grounded. Keep that ego intact. Give her a try, and know you got our blessings." She got up and kissed his baldhead before going to grab a beer.
Dom looked up and couldn't see Corrin anywhere. He started to worry then he realised he was getting possessive over her and she wasn't even his. "Get a grip Dominic, get a grip."
"Leon?" Corrin sang out as she bushed branches from the trees behind the stadium out of the way. "Leon come out? I promise I won't hurt you." She lowered her voice and grinned evilly, "much."
The trees rustled in the wind. Corrin turned. Her eyes tried to focus in the dark. It was now evening, the sun had gone and everything was pitch black. "Leon are you here?" No answer. "Leon?"
Just then Leon pounced from behind a tree and screamed "Raaaaaahhhhh!"
Corrin screamed and fell in the leaves and foliage. Looking up she saw Leon laughing his head off at her. "FUCK!" She yelled.
"Can I give you a hand?" he asked extending his hand for her.
"Lemme just get my heart to start pumping again." She said holding her chest with one hand then using the other one to help her up. "Man this place is scary behind here."
They walked toward the light at the other end of the grandstand. "Yeah well, just be thankful there ain't no dead bodies behind here." He said tramping over tree roots.
"How do we know there ain't? Can you see what you're standing on?" Corrin joked but as she said it they both stopped and looked below. Seeing the petrified look on each other's face Corrin screamed, "run" and they sprinted off towards the caravans.
"What were you two doing behind the grandstand?" Jesse said in his girly voice as they rejoined the group.
Dom shot Leon a menacing look as he sat down and grabbed a beer. "Chill out bro, we were just playin, dawg."
"I like ya Leon but mate, I wouldn't touch ya with a ten foot pole. You ain't my type brother." She said as she gave him a friendly nudge.
"I understand girl. Yo ass is too big for my likin' anyway." They both laughed then went back to chatting with the rest. Dom still felt the jealousy build within him but that soon faded when she spoke to him.
"You're stressing again, I can see it." Corrin said walking up to and sitting beside Dom. "You gonna tell me what's up this time?"
Dom smiled. "Nothing at all."
The drive out to the stadium took about an hour, maybe just a little more. It was early evening and the sun was making its descent below the horizon.
When they arrived at the gate Dom pulled out a key to the chains wrapped around the four metre high barb wired gates. He unlocked the padlock and pushed the gates open for the cars to go in.
The boys had already set up the caravans for the night. Lamps had been set up around the caravans illuminating the area in the middle on the track.
"Could you guys take your time?" Vince said as Dom and everyone pulled up.
Letty got out and pushed her glasses up to cover her eyes. "Yeah. What's your problem?"
Those two played around for a while, the fridges were stocked with beer, the music was pumpin and everyone was having a good time.
Dom saw Corrin talking with the girls and thought this was as good a time as any to show her his talent.
"There was this one guy back home and I mean he just brought all the meaning to Limp Dick. I mean, he was tragic!" Corrin laughed as the girls swapped stories from their rocky love lives.
"Hey Dom!" Letty said as she lifted her coke can. "Corrin was just talkin' about cha." The girls pissed themselves laughing.
Dom gave them a side wards glance. "I bet she was. Hey Corrin. You ready for a spin?"
"Yeah, why the hell not. I hope you know we're taking your car." She said as she got up from her deck chair, with the help of Dom's hand, and pulled her jacket on.
"You guys have fun now." Mia said as her and Letty continued to talk.
Dom and Corrin walked over to his RX 7. He got in the passengers side and Corrin warily got in the drivers.
"I can't believe you're letting me do this." She said as she shakily grasped the steering wheel.
Dom could hardly believe he was doing this either but Corrin did have a point when she said he could make money off them if they knew the tricks of the trade. "Yeah, well don't let me down alright. First things first. When you race in a street race or a show always make sure you tune your NOS. I've already done it because I'm sitting on top of the tanks right now but do that first."
"How do I know what to tune it to?"
"I'll show you when we get back from this one. I want you to get used to the speed first before we start you in your own car. So just start her up and take it for a spin around the track."
Corrin did as she was told, revving the engine then raced around the track at 110mph, slowing slightly for the corners. "How was that?" she asked as she pulled the car to a stop.
Dom released his grip on the handle above his door and let out the breath he had been holding in. "Fine. Now what you want to do before you change gears is rev it till you're in the red. Drop the clutch and change the gear as fast as you can to ensure you're at full acceleration at all times."
"Dom, don't assume I can speak speed because I can't understand a thing you're saying. I only talk body kits. What I got out of that was, I wait till the little pointer thingie is on that red line," she said pointing to the tachometer, "and I understand the dropping the clutch thing so is that all I need to know?"
Dom laughed. "See you can understand me. You think you can give it a try?"
"Like I've said before. I'll try anything." Corrin backed the car to the very end of the track.
Jesse, Vince and Leon had set their deck chairs up on the side of the track. "You think she can do it?" Vince asked as he watched the car reverse.
"Come on dawg, with Dom teaching her she could do anything. Yo Brian. Your sis a good driver?" Leon called out.
Brian, Mia and Letty joined the boys and listened to the car rev. "She can drive alright."
"I think she's just what we need." Letty said as she sat down.
Just then the car did a two second burnout then sped off down to the far end of the track. This stadium had been purposely built for drag racing so the length of it was just over a quarter mile.
"Woah look at that holeshot!" Jesse yelped as they cheered Corrin on.
Corrin redlined it then thrashed the gear into second. "Am I going right?" she asked, trying to keep control of the speeding vehicle.
"Not bad, but keep concentrating on the track."
Into third. Corrin felt the speed beneath her and didn't need to read the speedometer to know how fast she was going.
"You getting this?" Letty asked as she walked over to Mia holding the stopwatch.
"7 seconds. She's going good. Not a ten second run but good for her first."
The car crossed the quarter mile mark in 13.3 seconds. "Not bad. Not bad at all. Didn't even have to hit the NOS" Dom said clapping for her as they returned back to the start.
"Wow, that was awesome" Corrin said after regaining her composure. "Can we do it again?"
Dom laughed. The speed bug was fast and it was catchy. "Sure go ahead."
"But Dom, as much as I like ya buddy, your fat ass is weighing me down. I can't pick up momentum with that dragging me down." She said getting him back for his comment a few nights ago.
He laughed at her cheekiness. "You're lucky I'll let you get away with that one. Sure go for it."
She pulled the car into the start and hung her head out the window. "Yo Letty!" she yelled out.
"What up?!" Letty called back.
Corrin grinned. "You wanna race?"
"Hell yes!" Letty screamed back as she got up and into her car.
"Dom sat beside the guys and shook his head. Vince came up behind him and patted him on the shoulders. "This is going to be interesting."
Mia counted down for them both. The cars sped off as both girls burned the machines to their peak. The race was short as they all were usually, and both cars came back to the start.
"Mate that was excellent!" Corrin said as she got out of the car and slapped hands with Letty.
"You're good at this girl, don't give it up."
"Man my nanna could walk faster than you drivin' Corrin." Leon said being a smartass.
"Oh you wanna play like that do ya?!" Corrin said as she began chasing Leon. He ran off into the back of the grandstand and Corrin followed.
Dom watched Corrin carefully. This girl had his interest all right. He looked back at Letty and saw her staring at him. She smiled and walked over and sat beside him. The rest of them started the barbeque for dinner.
"Hey" Letty said as she sat down. Dom smiled then carried on looking at Corrin. "She's nice, I like her."
Dom was taken aback by that comment. "You don't like anyone of the opposite sex if they ain't related to me Letty. You sick or something?" he asked placing the back of his palm on her forehead.
She slapped it away and laughed at him. "Yeah well, shit happens. I know you want her Dom, I can see it in your eyes. I know it sounds shallow and shit but if you're holding back because of anything that happened with us or because of me, don't. We had a good thing but its over, I'm over it. Besides, Mia and I were talkin and we really think you two would look good. So just go for it before someone else snaps her up."
Dom thought for a moment. "Yeah but, I don't think she feels the same way, you know. She's different to any other girl, besides you, who I've met. She isn't instantly attracted to me, she tells me where to get off, she doesn't put up with any of my bullshit and if I told her to jump she'd smash me over. I think that's what's getting my attention."
"Well then she'll be good for you. Keep you grounded. Keep that ego intact. Give her a try, and know you got our blessings." She got up and kissed his baldhead before going to grab a beer.
Dom looked up and couldn't see Corrin anywhere. He started to worry then he realised he was getting possessive over her and she wasn't even his. "Get a grip Dominic, get a grip."
"Leon?" Corrin sang out as she bushed branches from the trees behind the stadium out of the way. "Leon come out? I promise I won't hurt you." She lowered her voice and grinned evilly, "much."
The trees rustled in the wind. Corrin turned. Her eyes tried to focus in the dark. It was now evening, the sun had gone and everything was pitch black. "Leon are you here?" No answer. "Leon?"
Just then Leon pounced from behind a tree and screamed "Raaaaaahhhhh!"
Corrin screamed and fell in the leaves and foliage. Looking up she saw Leon laughing his head off at her. "FUCK!" She yelled.
"Can I give you a hand?" he asked extending his hand for her.
"Lemme just get my heart to start pumping again." She said holding her chest with one hand then using the other one to help her up. "Man this place is scary behind here."
They walked toward the light at the other end of the grandstand. "Yeah well, just be thankful there ain't no dead bodies behind here." He said tramping over tree roots.
"How do we know there ain't? Can you see what you're standing on?" Corrin joked but as she said it they both stopped and looked below. Seeing the petrified look on each other's face Corrin screamed, "run" and they sprinted off towards the caravans.
"What were you two doing behind the grandstand?" Jesse said in his girly voice as they rejoined the group.
Dom shot Leon a menacing look as he sat down and grabbed a beer. "Chill out bro, we were just playin, dawg."
"I like ya Leon but mate, I wouldn't touch ya with a ten foot pole. You ain't my type brother." She said as she gave him a friendly nudge.
"I understand girl. Yo ass is too big for my likin' anyway." They both laughed then went back to chatting with the rest. Dom still felt the jealousy build within him but that soon faded when she spoke to him.
"You're stressing again, I can see it." Corrin said walking up to and sitting beside Dom. "You gonna tell me what's up this time?"
Dom smiled. "Nothing at all."
