"Wake the fuck up!! It's 12:30!!" Was what woke TJ up.

"Blah Blah Blah." TJ said as he got up and sat in his bed. Holy shit it was 12:30! He was late for work. He ran to the bathroom and jumped in the shower. The water felt good. He was sweating like he was in the desert last night and by the time he had gotten home he was too tired to take a shower. Five minutes later he got out and ran back to his room to put some clothes on. He grabbed a blue shirt that said "hello officer" on it and a pair of dark tan Gap shorts. He threw on his Nikes and ran down the stairs. "Thanks for the wake up call Cindy!"

"Yeah whatever" She said going back to making her famous scrambled eggs.

TJ ran up to his Civic and before he got in it he kicked like he did everyday. So by now there was a dent in the side of the car. He opened the door and dropped in. As he shut the door he turned the ignition on. His favorite station, 101.7, was on. He quickly turned it down because it was too loud for him at the moment. He had just woken up; he didn't feel like listening to Disturbed scream right now. He put the gearbox in reverse and pulled out of the driveway. He put it in first and drove away from the house.

Thirty red lights later he pulls up to Toretto's. He parks next to Mia's car. He had the biggest thing for her but Dom was what kept him from making a move. He walked up to the front where the diner was.

"Hey Mia," TJ said as he walked by.

"TJ. Wait." She said as she whipped her beautiful hair around her head. "Dom wanted to know if you had talked to Harry about getting those parts for that guy's Eclipse."

"Yeah I did. He said that we could get that discount but it would still be costly." He replied.

"Don't tell me that. Tell him." She said pointing to the door leading into the garage. TJ turned and was face to face with Dom.

"Well tell him I said I owe him one next time you see him." Said Dom.

"Ok." TJ replied. Dom and TJ walked into the garage and was greeted by Jesse, Vince, Leon, Letty, and Brian. They found out Brian was a cop but that didn't stop them from letting him hang out. He wasn't allowed to the races.

TJ walked over to a Civic sedan. "I'm surprised I hang out with you guys" Said TJ.

"Why is that?" Asked Leon.

"Cus you know my hatred for imports." Responded TJ. When no one was looking TJ kicked the Civic with a quick movement of his leg. TJ walked over to the tool bench.

"So TJ how does it feel to be a outcast around here?" Asked Vince joking around.

TJ pointed to Dom and said, "Hey he has a Chevelle and had a Charger."

Dom just smiled and said, "He's right," Everyone laughed. Mia was also laughing because she had walked in from the diner.

"Hey Dom, Some guy is out here wanting to know where the next race is." Said Mia. Dom walked out to the diner. TJ just watched Mia walk across the room to the car to see how things were going. Letty saw what just had happened. She saw Brian also stare at Mia. She knew that TJ and Brian were going to have some kind of blowout over Mia.

She thought to her self. Should she tell Dom? How would he react? He knew Brian the longest and he already had something with Mia. Jesse snapping his fingers in her ear brought her attention back.

"Hey. You ok?" He asked her. "You looked like you were off somewhere else and your holding that NOS tank. That's not a good mixture."

She just punched Jesse in the shoulder.

Six hours went by and everyone was not tired but pumped. There was a race tonight. TJ took his Civic home and hopped in the shower. But don't worry he gave it the two kicks. He came out in new clothes and went back out the car. He was about to get in when he saw Mia pull up in her Integera. He smiled and walked towards the car.

"I felt sorry for your car. I didn't want it getting kicked again tonight." She said smiling.

That smile was too much for TJ. He walked around the side of her car but made sure he kicked it in the tire. He opened the door and got in. He looked at her and smiled back. They took off towards the race location.

"So you felt sorry for my car? Wow that makes someone." He said.

"Well it is old and you know we don't pay you enough to buy a new one." She said.

"Like I already didn't know that."

"Well don't tell Dom I said this but he is giving you a raise."

A smile appeared on his face. They pulled up to the road and rode down the middle of all the cars that were lined up. TJ saw the gang already there. Their were to many cars here to kick. Well...

They got out and walked up to Dom. "I see you started without us," TJ said.

"Well this guy got edgy. He wanted to race bad." Dom said pointing to some dude leaning on a white RX-7. Letty came up after TJ and Mia.

"Hey I know you," She said pointing to the edgy dude. "Your that guy I beat at Race Wars."

"Hey baby," He said while puckering his lips. Dom smiled at this because he knew Letty would wipe his slate tonight.

"Dom I want him tonight," Said Letty.

"Ok you got em." "Line up!!" Dom shouted as everyone backed away from the road between the cars on each side. TJ walked over to Leon and leaned on his Skyline. He gave it a quick kick underneath the front end. He watched Letty climb in her car and pull up to the start line. The white RX-7 pulled up next to her. TJ then looked up on top of a truck to see Hector. The designated flagman. He looked over to Leon on the radio. Leon gave the ok call. Before TJ could turn his head back to the start line he heard the cars roar and take off squealing the tires with flaming exhaust pipes. It was on.