The next day. There are lots of people there in swimsuits, some not. There's a Latin beat song. People are dancing in a nonchalant way. Of course James and Ash are dancing together very "lovingly". The song ends and Ash kisses him deeply.
Ash:
Aye. Mui sexy popi.
James:
You know how to drive me wild don't you?
Ash looks over at Dom, who's sitting down on a deck chair, while Letty talks to some other girls in the pool.
Ash:
Dom, you need to get off your big Italian ass and have some fun.
James:
Seriously man. I think that Stey was macking on your girl.
Dom:
(gets up) Shut up Calway.
He goes over to Edwin.
Edwin:
Hey man, what's up?
Dom:
Do me a favor and help keep an eye on my cousin, would you?
Edwin:
Sure man, what's up?
Dom:
You don't know what happen do you?
Edwin:
Nah, man. You know since I've been down in Florida, all this shit's kinda foreign to me.
Dom:
You know that Tran got killed right?
Edwin:
Yeah.
Dom:
Do you know by who?
Edwin:
Nah man.
Dom:
One of my team. Jake Peterson.
Edwin:
That pussy?
Dom:
Its because Tran shot Ash in the leg. Trying to get back at her from shooting him a little more than a year ago. Ash and Jake were out walking and they just got hit with a hail of fire. They hit the ground trying to get away. Then Johnny came up to see and Jake empty an entire magazine of bullets into his chest.
Edwin:
Shit man. Heat come down on him?
Dom:
Nah, wrote it off as self defense.
Edwin:
She okay now?
Dom:
Well, they had to do surgery on her artery. She was in the hospital for over a month. But she's fine now physically. Mentally, who know. Specially since Peterson took off like he did.
David approaches them.
David:
Dom, man, hey.
Dom:
David. Glad you could make it out man. Get to meet some real racers for once. This is Edwin Bishop.
Edwin:
Hey man.
Dom:
Edwin, this is David Stey.
Edwin:
Hold on, hold on, hold on. David Stey?
David:
Yeah.
Edwin:
The David Stey?
David:
yeah
Edwin:
David Stey, the son of Terry Stey?
David:
Yeah, man. That's right.
Edwin:
Wow man. I'm.. Yeah, I'm sorry.
They laugh, but their laughter is cut short by the sounds of approaching turbo chargers. Letty looks up from her friends. Jesse, Vince, and Leon quit messing under the hood of one of their cars and Ash and James stop kissing while Ash sits on one of the tables with James in front of her . This is all because the leach himself. The Nazi Racer supreme in the district now. This is because the gang of cars contain the followers and the man himself. Zander Reynolds.
Reynolds gets out of his car and smoothly walks up into the crowd. A shot goes to Dominic, who has a look of furry on his face. The same look is painted on Ash's face.
Zander:
Now, don't stop the party on my account. After all, ( winks at Letty) I know how to jazz things up. ( to Letty) Hey, baby, how you doing?
Letty:
A lot more healthy than you'll be later on if you stick around here.
Zander:
Oh, no luck there. ( looks at Ash) How bout you baby?
James gets tense but Ash places a hand on his stomach and pushes him back. She then takes a switch blade knife out of her cut off jean short's pocket and opens it.
Ash:
You have no business being around here. You know the lines. If you're gonna be the next Johnny Tran, you gotta know how to act.
He moves closer to her and offers a smile, which she doesn't take the way he wants.
Zander:
You're the bitch with the nine second car that's not on bottle? Hmm. Interesting. So tell me, how'd you get that ugly old scar on your leg, hunny?
James:
Listen here...
Dom walks up to this.
Dom:
James, I'll handle this. ( to Zander) Listen here man. No one comes around here just to stir up shit. No one comes and hits on my girl. And no one, I mean no one, talks to my family like you just did.
Zander:
Okay, bubba. Have it your way. I'm gone, for now. But you haven't seen the last of me.
He winks at Ash and blows a kiss to Letty as he and his "groupies" leave.
Later that night at the Toretto's. Ash is sitting on the couch in an old t-shirt and a pair of basketball shorts that both belong to James. Her finger runs over the scar that had a circle with a line coming out of it from either sides. One side of it goes around the outer part of her leg and to the back. There's a single tear running down her face that she quickly whips away as David enters the room
David:
Ouch. That looked like it hurt.
Ash:
(clear her thought) You could say that, yeah.
David:
Let me guess, old go cart injury?
Ash:
No. Actually, I was shot about four months ago.
David:
Oh, man. I'm, I'm sorry. I didn't know. I shouldn't have said anything.
Ash:
Its, its fine. You didn't know. Its a surprise to me though. Everyone I though knew of how the little Toretto went and got shot for being a hard ass and ruined one life and ended another.
David:
Don't say that.
Ash:
No, its true. I mean, I don't know where Jake is. If he's even alive now. I mean, he became so empty after that happened that I've got no idea what he was or is capable of doing to himself. I'm so scared for him. I just want things to be like they were before all of this happened. And that's selfish. Because it would mean that Brian could go and see and do things he's been wanting to since a kid, that Mia couldn't be getting her education that she's been wanting. But it would also mean that Jake would be safe. (pauses and takes a deep breath to keep from being over taken with emotion) Sorry. I really doubt that you wanted to hear that.
David:
Its okay. I'm sure you've been needing to say those things for a long time now.
Ash:
Well, that's just the problem, I can't. These people all through this house are my family. I usually can tell them anything and do, but not now. I just don't want them to worry about it.
David: