DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of The Fast and The Furious characters. I do
own Dom's younger sister Serena. And the neighbors Crimson, Summer, Damon,
Asher, Violet, and Ebony.
The next morning was bright and clear as Dom left his room to head downstairs. He heard Serena come out of her room and he counted back from three. Three, two, one. He felt Serena jump up on his back, arms going around his shoulders, legs around his waist. Right on time as usual, he smiled to himself putting his arms under her legs and hitching her up as he went down the staircase.
"Morning Sunshine," he greeted.
"Morning Boo," she said calling him by his nickname and rubbing his head.
Dom and Serena had been doing the same thing every morning for the past two years. Every morning they'd end up leaving their rooms at the exact same time and Serena would jump up on his back and he'd carry her down the stairs. She never grew out of it and he'd didn't think she ever would.
They entered the kitchen where Mia already had breakfast set up. Brian and Letty were already eating at the table, devouring pancakes with maple syrup.
Serena slid off his back and slid into a seat next to Letty. She looked at the food and found it was her favorites. Pancakes, hash browns, and bacon. She frowned, normally her sister did this on a special occasion for her. But she couldn't think of anything that had recently happened. Dom noticed to and gave Letty a look. He knew she told Mia. She shrugged and gave him an innocent smile.
"Okay, either someone died or I did something without knowing it," Serena said out loud, looking around for an answer.
"Why would you say that?" Mia asked, setting a plate full of pancakes in front of Serena and Dom.
"Mia, hon, you only cook my favorite breakfast if I did something good. I didn't do anything so what's up?" she asked, grabbing the syrup and spilling it over her food.
"I just thought I'd cook your favorite today and someone else's tomorrow," her sister shrugged, looking at her watch.
"Where's Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dumb?" Dom asked, taking a bite of his breakfast.
"That's what I'm wondering," Mia mumbled glancing at the basement door.
"I bet they're fightin' over the shower again," Letty predicted, wiping her mouth and setting her fork on her plate. "Leon probably got in first and Vince kicked him out before he could get in and got in before him. Then Vince will use all the hot water and leave Leon the cold shit."
Just then they heard footsteps coming up the staircase and the door opened. Leon came out in his boxers and a t-shirt. He sat next to Brian and glanced at the food as Mia set the pancakes in front of him. He looked at Serena, "What did you do?"
"I have no idea," she shrugged, waiting for Leon to take his share of bacon before grabbing the last piece as Brian reached for it. She smiled her twisted grin at him. He smiled back and flipped her off.
"You got a girlfriend, Bri," she said, finishing the bacon.
"I already told you guys I'm just making everyone's favorite for a change. I did breakfast for Serena so I'll make lunch for Brian and-"
Leon, Dom, Letty, and Serena groaned as she said it.
"What?" she asked, crossing her arms and leaning her hips to one side.
"Anything but tuna sandwiches," Dom told her, cutting his pancakes. "If you make tuna I'm buying lunch."
"My tuna is not bad,' she protested.
"Girl, you're a good cook and all, but you can't make tuna for shit," Letty told her flat out, leaning back in her chair.
"Brian likes it."
"Brian's your pretty boy and lost his taste buds like he lost his car to Dom," Serena said, smiling at him, eyes glistening evilly.
"Whatever," she rolled her eyes.
Letty stood up to put her plate in the sink when Leon took it from her. "Let me rinse it off for you."
"You can't rinse it off," she told him as he walked over to the sink. "Vince is in the shower."
"Let me rinse it off," he grinned turning on the hot water. Down the stairs they heard Vince yell as Leon washed the dish slowly. "Got to get it all off now." Vince continued to yell and swear. "Any one else have any plates," he grabbed Serena's since she was done and washed hers. The stairs pounded and the door flew open. Vince stood his clothes sticking to his skin a bit of soap still on his scarred arm.
Leon smiled at him as Vince sat down at the kitchen table next to Serena. "Have a nice shower?" he asked turning off the hot water.
Vince only glared at him.
"Well I'll just go take my shower since you're done and out now," he said leaving down the stairs.
"There's some more dishes," Mia said knowing what he'd say.
"No thanks, I'm done with 'em."
"Figures," she grumbled, clearing off the table as some of them finished their food.
Vince ate quickly and put his dish in the sink. He turned to Dom, "Can I borrow a wrench from your tool boxes?"
"Yeah sure. Do I dare ask why?" Dom questioned looking at him curiously, knowing it couldn't be good.
He took a wrench out from under the sink and smiled cruelly. "Let's just say pay backs a bitch." He told them as he headed down stairs.
"Great, he's gonna kill Leon," Mia joked. She shook her head and turned on the sink but the water didn't come on.
Serena grinned, "Nope he shut off the water."
A second later, Leon yelled, they all laughed and waited. Vince came up the stairs grinning from ear to ear. He plopped down next to Serena and waited. A minute later, Leon came upstairs soaking wet, his clothes stuck to him completely.
"Have a nice shower, sweet heart?" Vince grinned, folding his arms across his stomach.
Leon flipped him off in response.
"Why didn't you dry off?" Letty asked, smiling still.
"Vince took the towels out of the bathroom so I couldn't," he explained.
"You two should knock this off. Why don't you do paper rock scissors or something so its fair," Mia suggested, going back to the dishes.
"Now where's the fun in that?" Leon asked.
"You two enjoy doing that shit?" Brian asked frowning.
"Hell yeah, we become real creative, Snow Man," Vince replied.
Brian shook his head and got up to help Mia with the dishes. A loud bang followed by a crash came from the house next door.
"What the hell was that?" Leon questioned, jumping out of his kin.
"Our new neighbors," Letty said with disgust. "They've been pulling that shit all Goddamn morning. That's what woke me up. Stupid shits, it started at 6 this morning. I gave them a piece of my mind though."
"Seems to me like it didn't work sweet heart," Dom told her grinning.
"Shut the hell up, Dom. You slept through all there shit."
"Did you at least say Hi and introduce yourself?" he asked her.
"I said a lot of things, but that was not one of them."
He was about to say something when there was a loud scratch. Like metal hitting metal.
"Oh fuck no," Letty yelled getting up. "They did not hit the car." She walked out the front door, Dom, Leon, Serena, and Vince right behind her. She walked to the front of the house and saw that a red Nissan SL had hit the back of one of the cars. A girl with black hair and red tips stood looking at the damage. Vince mumbled under his breath. It was his car that got fender bended. Since it was a girl that had done it, he was going to keep his temper under control, if it had been a guy not even Dom would have been able to hold him back.
They all walked over to inspect the damage. Vince kneeled down looking at the bumper. There was a large scratch going across it and a bit of paint came off with it, but it wasn't any thing he couldn't fix at the garage.
"Oh my God," the lady said. She was wearing a red tank top and dark blue loose jeans. She ran her hand through her dark hair. "I am so sorry. I wasn't paying attention. Damn, I'll pay for it all."
"It's no problem," Vince said standing up and looking at her closely for the first time. He blinked. She was gorgeous. Slim, about 5'9', medium length dark black hair with flaming red tips. She had a silver loop in her right eyebrow and 3 rubies in each ear.
"Are you sure? Because I can pay for it all," she promised, biting her nail nervously.
Vince remained silent until Leon nudged him. He blinked again and looked at Leon before looking dumbstruck back at her. "Uh-yeah, yeah. I can take care of it. Uh- my friend here, uh.." He snapped his fingers trying to think of his name.
"Dom," Leon helped.
"Yeah, Dom. He has a garage we can fix this in. It's no problem at all," he smiled anxiously, acting like a schoolboy with a crush on a teacher.
"Okay, if you're sure," she looked at them all then. "This is the worst way to get introduced. I'm Crimson Calloway," she extended her hand to Vince.
"I'm-uh.Vince. Yeah, I'm Vince," he told her, giving a nervous laugh. He scratched the back of his hand. "This is Leon, that's Serena, that's Dom, and the last girl is Letty."
"You all live there?" she asked pointing at their house.
"No, there's also Brian and Mia, but they're doing the dishes inside," Leon explained, fixing his shirt. "Besides they share a room since they're a couple. I share the basement with Vince here, but there's a wall separating the rooms."
"Are you all related?" she asked, leaning against her car. There was a giant flame on the hood of it, professionally done.
"No, only Mia, Serena, and Dom are. There siblings," Leon said again.
"So you're the shits who've been making all the noise this morning,' Letty finally spoke. Dom gave her a look. "Oh, hi I'm Letty, so what the fucks up with all the noise?" she smiled at Dom and raised her eyebrows. He shook his head and smiled a bit.
"Yeah, sorry bout that. You must be the screaming banshee Asher and Damon were talking about. They're klutzes sometimes. They kept dropping boxes of tools in the garage."
Mia came out of the house then, she smiled warmly and extended her hand. "I'm Mia, this is Brian." She told her, pointing at her boyfriend. He waved and stayed silent.
"I'm Crimson Calloway," she smiled.
"Why don't you come over for some coffee or soda or something?" she suggested. "That way we can get to know each other."
"Umm-the rest of my crew is still at my house and some left to go pick up some things for the house."
"That's okay, bring over who you have," she said.
Crimson nodded, "Okay, we'll be right over." She turned and walked back to her house while they went into theirs.
"Just inviting them over like that, Mia, what's wrong with you?" Dom asked once they were inside.
"I was being polite, Jesus Dom, get off my back," she huffed, going into the kitchen and grabbing some sodas out of the fridge, bringing them into the living room on a tray.
"Polite? Mia we don't even know these people. Once I get 'em checked out you can have 'em over as much as you like," he told her, following her into the room. She set the tray on the table and turned to her brother angrily.
"You're going to check them? Dom you cannot be serious," she said, putting her hands on her hips.
"I have to. I want to keep us safe. We don't need anymore shit than we have on our hands with Tong's gang," he confirmed calmly.
She shook her head and lifted her arms; "I can't believe this." she looked at the others. "Are you all agreeing to this too?"
They were all silent until Serena spoke up. We got no choice, Mia. I have to agree with Dom."
"Same here, girl. We got to look up their background, see if they're clean. They'll most likely do the same on us," Letty put in, sitting next to Serena on the couch.
"I agree, too, Mia," Leon added, looking at the floor.
"Same goes here," Vince added, sitting backward on a chair, arms resting on top of it.
Mia looked at Brian in desperation. He nodded, "I'm sorry, Mia. Dom's right. We don't need any more trouble then we have. We have to know that communicating with them won't hurt us."
She shook her head, "I won't be part of this." Mia ran up the stairs her door slammed a second later.
Brian got up to talk to her but stopped when Serena spoke. "I wouldn't do that Brian. Let her cool down. She'll be aight."
He nodded and sat back down, looking at the staircase still.
There was a knock at the front door a minute later. Dom opened it and let them in. There were four girls and one boy who came in. They all took seats, Crimson sat next to a red head gothic girl on the couch, next to her was a dark blue haired girl ad by their feet curly blonde haired girl. The boy looked at the dark blue haired girl.
"Hell no, get up," he smiled.
She stood and he sat down patting his leg. She sat and turned to the others.
Crimson spoke. "This is my crew. Well, most anyways, my brother Damon is missing at the moment. Next to me is Ebony Granite, then that's my cousin Asher Calloway, in his lap in his girlfriend Violet Berto, and on the floor is Summer Treece."
Dom studied them all carefully, filing it into his mind. Crimson had tattoos that he didn't notice outside. She had a flame on her right wrist and the words 'Light it Up' on her other wrist. There were words on her upper arm that said 'Like Fire, Beautiful but Deadly'.
Ebony looked suicidal. She wore a short-sleeved black shirt with black pants and sandals despite the heat. She had curly red hair surrounding her face and sparkling green eyes. There were two loops in her right eyebrow and a stud in her nose. She was younger than Crimson by at least 5 years. She looked at least 21. There were three drops of blood tattooed into her left wrist with the words 'Source of Life' under it. He caught a glimpse of her ankle and saw R.I.P. on it. There was another, disturbing tattoo on the inside of her right fore arm. A line going vertical with the words 'Cut Here'. There were also numerous scars on each of her forearms. She had been, maybe still was, a cutter.
The guy looked innocent enough, but Dom learned over the years that looks could be deceiving. His hair was brown and short cut, not even long enough to spike. His eyes were a hazel color and he was well toned. There was a stud in his tongue, which was pierced, and an armband tattooed into his upper arm and a symbol on his left wrist a cross with a circle behind it.
The girl in his lap, Violet, must have been his girlfriend, which was good news for Dom. It meant he wouldn't be looking at the girls, especially looking at Letty or Serena. He'd break the guys neck if he tried anything. The girl had dark midnight blue colored hair that glowed purple in the light. Her eyes were a weird violet blue color. Like everyone else she had tattoos and piercings. Her lip, near her chin, was pieced with a small stud, a loop hung in her eyebrow and three studs in each ear. From what he could tell, she had a butterfly on her shoulder and the same symbol on her wrist as her boyfriend had.
The one on the floor, Summer, looked nice enough. She had curly blonde hair down to her back. She had it pulled back into a ponytail to keep it out of her face. Her green eyes were visible and glowing. She had three studs in each of her ears, two on bottom one on top and a tattoo around her wrist that said 'Live Well Die Free'.
Serena went on introducing everyone while her brother was studying them.
"I'm Serena Toretto," she introduced. "In the chair, sitting backward is our friend Vince. In the other chair is Leon, next to me is Letty my brother's girlfriend and my best friend, over there is Brain O'Connor my sister's boyfriend. And the big, tall guy is my brother Dom. My sister is upstairs at the moment; I don't think she'll be back down."
"Well, it's nice to meet you all," Crimson smiled. "I'm sorry, my younger brother isn't here at the moment. He's about your age," she pointed at Serena. "I think you and him will get along just fine."
Serena smiled just to be polite, even though she had no interest in meeting her brother, not to mention dating him. "I'd love to meet him."
"You will be sooner than you think," she told her.
Serena glanced at her brother. He shrugged and looked at Crimson, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Asher was the one to answer, "You'll find out soon enough." He nudged Violet to move and she stood. "We have to be going. I still have to put some things away." He smiled at them all. "It was nice meeting you all, later." He waved walking out the door holding Violets hand.
"We should be going too," Crimson said, rubbing her hands on her legs and standing up. "We have to finish unpacking. It was great meeting you all."
"Maybe you can come by tonight," Vince blurted turning red as she looked at him. She smiled softly, her reddish brown eyes glowing. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "We have a party after we win the race."
"I'll come by. I'll see if anyone else will come with me," she looked at Serena. "I'll bring Damon by for you to meet."
"Sounds great," she said, forcing a smile on her face along with a pleasant tone in her voice.
"I'll come back with you, too," Summer said, she smiled at Leon and left taking Ebony with her.
Dom glanced at Ebony as she left and turned back to Crimson. "Is that girl okay?"
"Ebony, yeah. She's just a depressed person. Her family died a while ago and we took her in. She's been that way for a long time," she said sounding worried. "She'll be fine. I'll see you later tonight." She shut the screen door behind her.
"Looks like Serena is gonna get a boyfriend," Vince teased her.
"Looks like Vince has a schoolboy crush," she mocked back in a teasing tone.
"I don not," he blushed.
"Oh come on, dawg. You wanted to take her right there on the hood of her car," Leon told him, giving him a no bullshit look and crossing his arms over his chest.
"Shut the fuck up, you act like you didn't want any of 'em. I saw you look at Summer. You were checkin her out," he said pointing at Leon.
"I was not," he protested sitting up.
"Yeah you were."
"No I wasn't, you shit."
"Will you both shut up. We gotta race to get ready for tonight," Letty shouted and they quieted down.
"He started it," Vince said, sitting back in his chair.
"Did not," Leon bickered like a child.
"Did too," he argued back.
"I'll end it if you like," Dom threatened and they fell silent again. He shook his head. "Letty's right. We gotta race to think about. We gotta get the car ready and do some other things as well," he said, glancing at Brian.
"Did you remember their names?" he asked.
Brian nodded and showed him a small notebook that he had hidden in his jacket. He scribbled down their names and had a few notes by each one. "Being an ex-cop has its advantages. I'll go look them up right now while you guys fix the car." He stood to leave the room and looked up the stairs. "Should I tell her I'm leaving?"
"I think she still needs to cool, especially since you're getting the info," Serena suggested. He nodded sadly and left out the front door.
Serena stood up and walked towards the staircase. "I'll check and see if she wants to come anyways." She yelled up the staircase. "MIA, YOU COMIN WITH US TO THE GARAGE."
"NO!" She yelled down.
Serena shrugged, "I tried."
Dom went to the bottom of the stairs mumbling under his breath. "THEN YOU STAY HERE. NO FRIENDS, NO PHONE. GOT IT! MAYBE YOU'LL GAIN SOME SENSE WHILE YOU THINK UP THERE FOR THE NEXT HOUR."
"WHATEVER, JUST GO AWAY!" her door slammed a second later.
He rubbed the stubble on his head and gestured everyone out the door, locking it behind him. "I wanna strangle that girl sometimes."
"She's a kind hearted person," Letty shrugged.
"Hopefully she'll grow out of it," Dom muttered.
Serena looked at Dom and changed the subject. "Let's go work on your car."
"We ain't working on my car," he told her as he opened the door to his car.
She paused with her hand on the handle to the passenger door, "Then whose car are we working on? Vince's?"
"No, he ain't raising tonight and neither is Leon."
Serena thought about it and couldn't think of anyone else that would race. "Who the hell's racing?"
"You are Serena," he said looking her straight in the eye. "I'm letting you race tonight."
The next morning was bright and clear as Dom left his room to head downstairs. He heard Serena come out of her room and he counted back from three. Three, two, one. He felt Serena jump up on his back, arms going around his shoulders, legs around his waist. Right on time as usual, he smiled to himself putting his arms under her legs and hitching her up as he went down the staircase.
"Morning Sunshine," he greeted.
"Morning Boo," she said calling him by his nickname and rubbing his head.
Dom and Serena had been doing the same thing every morning for the past two years. Every morning they'd end up leaving their rooms at the exact same time and Serena would jump up on his back and he'd carry her down the stairs. She never grew out of it and he'd didn't think she ever would.
They entered the kitchen where Mia already had breakfast set up. Brian and Letty were already eating at the table, devouring pancakes with maple syrup.
Serena slid off his back and slid into a seat next to Letty. She looked at the food and found it was her favorites. Pancakes, hash browns, and bacon. She frowned, normally her sister did this on a special occasion for her. But she couldn't think of anything that had recently happened. Dom noticed to and gave Letty a look. He knew she told Mia. She shrugged and gave him an innocent smile.
"Okay, either someone died or I did something without knowing it," Serena said out loud, looking around for an answer.
"Why would you say that?" Mia asked, setting a plate full of pancakes in front of Serena and Dom.
"Mia, hon, you only cook my favorite breakfast if I did something good. I didn't do anything so what's up?" she asked, grabbing the syrup and spilling it over her food.
"I just thought I'd cook your favorite today and someone else's tomorrow," her sister shrugged, looking at her watch.
"Where's Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dumb?" Dom asked, taking a bite of his breakfast.
"That's what I'm wondering," Mia mumbled glancing at the basement door.
"I bet they're fightin' over the shower again," Letty predicted, wiping her mouth and setting her fork on her plate. "Leon probably got in first and Vince kicked him out before he could get in and got in before him. Then Vince will use all the hot water and leave Leon the cold shit."
Just then they heard footsteps coming up the staircase and the door opened. Leon came out in his boxers and a t-shirt. He sat next to Brian and glanced at the food as Mia set the pancakes in front of him. He looked at Serena, "What did you do?"
"I have no idea," she shrugged, waiting for Leon to take his share of bacon before grabbing the last piece as Brian reached for it. She smiled her twisted grin at him. He smiled back and flipped her off.
"You got a girlfriend, Bri," she said, finishing the bacon.
"I already told you guys I'm just making everyone's favorite for a change. I did breakfast for Serena so I'll make lunch for Brian and-"
Leon, Dom, Letty, and Serena groaned as she said it.
"What?" she asked, crossing her arms and leaning her hips to one side.
"Anything but tuna sandwiches," Dom told her, cutting his pancakes. "If you make tuna I'm buying lunch."
"My tuna is not bad,' she protested.
"Girl, you're a good cook and all, but you can't make tuna for shit," Letty told her flat out, leaning back in her chair.
"Brian likes it."
"Brian's your pretty boy and lost his taste buds like he lost his car to Dom," Serena said, smiling at him, eyes glistening evilly.
"Whatever," she rolled her eyes.
Letty stood up to put her plate in the sink when Leon took it from her. "Let me rinse it off for you."
"You can't rinse it off," she told him as he walked over to the sink. "Vince is in the shower."
"Let me rinse it off," he grinned turning on the hot water. Down the stairs they heard Vince yell as Leon washed the dish slowly. "Got to get it all off now." Vince continued to yell and swear. "Any one else have any plates," he grabbed Serena's since she was done and washed hers. The stairs pounded and the door flew open. Vince stood his clothes sticking to his skin a bit of soap still on his scarred arm.
Leon smiled at him as Vince sat down at the kitchen table next to Serena. "Have a nice shower?" he asked turning off the hot water.
Vince only glared at him.
"Well I'll just go take my shower since you're done and out now," he said leaving down the stairs.
"There's some more dishes," Mia said knowing what he'd say.
"No thanks, I'm done with 'em."
"Figures," she grumbled, clearing off the table as some of them finished their food.
Vince ate quickly and put his dish in the sink. He turned to Dom, "Can I borrow a wrench from your tool boxes?"
"Yeah sure. Do I dare ask why?" Dom questioned looking at him curiously, knowing it couldn't be good.
He took a wrench out from under the sink and smiled cruelly. "Let's just say pay backs a bitch." He told them as he headed down stairs.
"Great, he's gonna kill Leon," Mia joked. She shook her head and turned on the sink but the water didn't come on.
Serena grinned, "Nope he shut off the water."
A second later, Leon yelled, they all laughed and waited. Vince came up the stairs grinning from ear to ear. He plopped down next to Serena and waited. A minute later, Leon came upstairs soaking wet, his clothes stuck to him completely.
"Have a nice shower, sweet heart?" Vince grinned, folding his arms across his stomach.
Leon flipped him off in response.
"Why didn't you dry off?" Letty asked, smiling still.
"Vince took the towels out of the bathroom so I couldn't," he explained.
"You two should knock this off. Why don't you do paper rock scissors or something so its fair," Mia suggested, going back to the dishes.
"Now where's the fun in that?" Leon asked.
"You two enjoy doing that shit?" Brian asked frowning.
"Hell yeah, we become real creative, Snow Man," Vince replied.
Brian shook his head and got up to help Mia with the dishes. A loud bang followed by a crash came from the house next door.
"What the hell was that?" Leon questioned, jumping out of his kin.
"Our new neighbors," Letty said with disgust. "They've been pulling that shit all Goddamn morning. That's what woke me up. Stupid shits, it started at 6 this morning. I gave them a piece of my mind though."
"Seems to me like it didn't work sweet heart," Dom told her grinning.
"Shut the hell up, Dom. You slept through all there shit."
"Did you at least say Hi and introduce yourself?" he asked her.
"I said a lot of things, but that was not one of them."
He was about to say something when there was a loud scratch. Like metal hitting metal.
"Oh fuck no," Letty yelled getting up. "They did not hit the car." She walked out the front door, Dom, Leon, Serena, and Vince right behind her. She walked to the front of the house and saw that a red Nissan SL had hit the back of one of the cars. A girl with black hair and red tips stood looking at the damage. Vince mumbled under his breath. It was his car that got fender bended. Since it was a girl that had done it, he was going to keep his temper under control, if it had been a guy not even Dom would have been able to hold him back.
They all walked over to inspect the damage. Vince kneeled down looking at the bumper. There was a large scratch going across it and a bit of paint came off with it, but it wasn't any thing he couldn't fix at the garage.
"Oh my God," the lady said. She was wearing a red tank top and dark blue loose jeans. She ran her hand through her dark hair. "I am so sorry. I wasn't paying attention. Damn, I'll pay for it all."
"It's no problem," Vince said standing up and looking at her closely for the first time. He blinked. She was gorgeous. Slim, about 5'9', medium length dark black hair with flaming red tips. She had a silver loop in her right eyebrow and 3 rubies in each ear.
"Are you sure? Because I can pay for it all," she promised, biting her nail nervously.
Vince remained silent until Leon nudged him. He blinked again and looked at Leon before looking dumbstruck back at her. "Uh-yeah, yeah. I can take care of it. Uh- my friend here, uh.." He snapped his fingers trying to think of his name.
"Dom," Leon helped.
"Yeah, Dom. He has a garage we can fix this in. It's no problem at all," he smiled anxiously, acting like a schoolboy with a crush on a teacher.
"Okay, if you're sure," she looked at them all then. "This is the worst way to get introduced. I'm Crimson Calloway," she extended her hand to Vince.
"I'm-uh.Vince. Yeah, I'm Vince," he told her, giving a nervous laugh. He scratched the back of his hand. "This is Leon, that's Serena, that's Dom, and the last girl is Letty."
"You all live there?" she asked pointing at their house.
"No, there's also Brian and Mia, but they're doing the dishes inside," Leon explained, fixing his shirt. "Besides they share a room since they're a couple. I share the basement with Vince here, but there's a wall separating the rooms."
"Are you all related?" she asked, leaning against her car. There was a giant flame on the hood of it, professionally done.
"No, only Mia, Serena, and Dom are. There siblings," Leon said again.
"So you're the shits who've been making all the noise this morning,' Letty finally spoke. Dom gave her a look. "Oh, hi I'm Letty, so what the fucks up with all the noise?" she smiled at Dom and raised her eyebrows. He shook his head and smiled a bit.
"Yeah, sorry bout that. You must be the screaming banshee Asher and Damon were talking about. They're klutzes sometimes. They kept dropping boxes of tools in the garage."
Mia came out of the house then, she smiled warmly and extended her hand. "I'm Mia, this is Brian." She told her, pointing at her boyfriend. He waved and stayed silent.
"I'm Crimson Calloway," she smiled.
"Why don't you come over for some coffee or soda or something?" she suggested. "That way we can get to know each other."
"Umm-the rest of my crew is still at my house and some left to go pick up some things for the house."
"That's okay, bring over who you have," she said.
Crimson nodded, "Okay, we'll be right over." She turned and walked back to her house while they went into theirs.
"Just inviting them over like that, Mia, what's wrong with you?" Dom asked once they were inside.
"I was being polite, Jesus Dom, get off my back," she huffed, going into the kitchen and grabbing some sodas out of the fridge, bringing them into the living room on a tray.
"Polite? Mia we don't even know these people. Once I get 'em checked out you can have 'em over as much as you like," he told her, following her into the room. She set the tray on the table and turned to her brother angrily.
"You're going to check them? Dom you cannot be serious," she said, putting her hands on her hips.
"I have to. I want to keep us safe. We don't need anymore shit than we have on our hands with Tong's gang," he confirmed calmly.
She shook her head and lifted her arms; "I can't believe this." she looked at the others. "Are you all agreeing to this too?"
They were all silent until Serena spoke up. We got no choice, Mia. I have to agree with Dom."
"Same here, girl. We got to look up their background, see if they're clean. They'll most likely do the same on us," Letty put in, sitting next to Serena on the couch.
"I agree, too, Mia," Leon added, looking at the floor.
"Same goes here," Vince added, sitting backward on a chair, arms resting on top of it.
Mia looked at Brian in desperation. He nodded, "I'm sorry, Mia. Dom's right. We don't need any more trouble then we have. We have to know that communicating with them won't hurt us."
She shook her head, "I won't be part of this." Mia ran up the stairs her door slammed a second later.
Brian got up to talk to her but stopped when Serena spoke. "I wouldn't do that Brian. Let her cool down. She'll be aight."
He nodded and sat back down, looking at the staircase still.
There was a knock at the front door a minute later. Dom opened it and let them in. There were four girls and one boy who came in. They all took seats, Crimson sat next to a red head gothic girl on the couch, next to her was a dark blue haired girl ad by their feet curly blonde haired girl. The boy looked at the dark blue haired girl.
"Hell no, get up," he smiled.
She stood and he sat down patting his leg. She sat and turned to the others.
Crimson spoke. "This is my crew. Well, most anyways, my brother Damon is missing at the moment. Next to me is Ebony Granite, then that's my cousin Asher Calloway, in his lap in his girlfriend Violet Berto, and on the floor is Summer Treece."
Dom studied them all carefully, filing it into his mind. Crimson had tattoos that he didn't notice outside. She had a flame on her right wrist and the words 'Light it Up' on her other wrist. There were words on her upper arm that said 'Like Fire, Beautiful but Deadly'.
Ebony looked suicidal. She wore a short-sleeved black shirt with black pants and sandals despite the heat. She had curly red hair surrounding her face and sparkling green eyes. There were two loops in her right eyebrow and a stud in her nose. She was younger than Crimson by at least 5 years. She looked at least 21. There were three drops of blood tattooed into her left wrist with the words 'Source of Life' under it. He caught a glimpse of her ankle and saw R.I.P. on it. There was another, disturbing tattoo on the inside of her right fore arm. A line going vertical with the words 'Cut Here'. There were also numerous scars on each of her forearms. She had been, maybe still was, a cutter.
The guy looked innocent enough, but Dom learned over the years that looks could be deceiving. His hair was brown and short cut, not even long enough to spike. His eyes were a hazel color and he was well toned. There was a stud in his tongue, which was pierced, and an armband tattooed into his upper arm and a symbol on his left wrist a cross with a circle behind it.
The girl in his lap, Violet, must have been his girlfriend, which was good news for Dom. It meant he wouldn't be looking at the girls, especially looking at Letty or Serena. He'd break the guys neck if he tried anything. The girl had dark midnight blue colored hair that glowed purple in the light. Her eyes were a weird violet blue color. Like everyone else she had tattoos and piercings. Her lip, near her chin, was pieced with a small stud, a loop hung in her eyebrow and three studs in each ear. From what he could tell, she had a butterfly on her shoulder and the same symbol on her wrist as her boyfriend had.
The one on the floor, Summer, looked nice enough. She had curly blonde hair down to her back. She had it pulled back into a ponytail to keep it out of her face. Her green eyes were visible and glowing. She had three studs in each of her ears, two on bottom one on top and a tattoo around her wrist that said 'Live Well Die Free'.
Serena went on introducing everyone while her brother was studying them.
"I'm Serena Toretto," she introduced. "In the chair, sitting backward is our friend Vince. In the other chair is Leon, next to me is Letty my brother's girlfriend and my best friend, over there is Brain O'Connor my sister's boyfriend. And the big, tall guy is my brother Dom. My sister is upstairs at the moment; I don't think she'll be back down."
"Well, it's nice to meet you all," Crimson smiled. "I'm sorry, my younger brother isn't here at the moment. He's about your age," she pointed at Serena. "I think you and him will get along just fine."
Serena smiled just to be polite, even though she had no interest in meeting her brother, not to mention dating him. "I'd love to meet him."
"You will be sooner than you think," she told her.
Serena glanced at her brother. He shrugged and looked at Crimson, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Asher was the one to answer, "You'll find out soon enough." He nudged Violet to move and she stood. "We have to be going. I still have to put some things away." He smiled at them all. "It was nice meeting you all, later." He waved walking out the door holding Violets hand.
"We should be going too," Crimson said, rubbing her hands on her legs and standing up. "We have to finish unpacking. It was great meeting you all."
"Maybe you can come by tonight," Vince blurted turning red as she looked at him. She smiled softly, her reddish brown eyes glowing. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "We have a party after we win the race."
"I'll come by. I'll see if anyone else will come with me," she looked at Serena. "I'll bring Damon by for you to meet."
"Sounds great," she said, forcing a smile on her face along with a pleasant tone in her voice.
"I'll come back with you, too," Summer said, she smiled at Leon and left taking Ebony with her.
Dom glanced at Ebony as she left and turned back to Crimson. "Is that girl okay?"
"Ebony, yeah. She's just a depressed person. Her family died a while ago and we took her in. She's been that way for a long time," she said sounding worried. "She'll be fine. I'll see you later tonight." She shut the screen door behind her.
"Looks like Serena is gonna get a boyfriend," Vince teased her.
"Looks like Vince has a schoolboy crush," she mocked back in a teasing tone.
"I don not," he blushed.
"Oh come on, dawg. You wanted to take her right there on the hood of her car," Leon told him, giving him a no bullshit look and crossing his arms over his chest.
"Shut the fuck up, you act like you didn't want any of 'em. I saw you look at Summer. You were checkin her out," he said pointing at Leon.
"I was not," he protested sitting up.
"Yeah you were."
"No I wasn't, you shit."
"Will you both shut up. We gotta race to get ready for tonight," Letty shouted and they quieted down.
"He started it," Vince said, sitting back in his chair.
"Did not," Leon bickered like a child.
"Did too," he argued back.
"I'll end it if you like," Dom threatened and they fell silent again. He shook his head. "Letty's right. We gotta race to think about. We gotta get the car ready and do some other things as well," he said, glancing at Brian.
"Did you remember their names?" he asked.
Brian nodded and showed him a small notebook that he had hidden in his jacket. He scribbled down their names and had a few notes by each one. "Being an ex-cop has its advantages. I'll go look them up right now while you guys fix the car." He stood to leave the room and looked up the stairs. "Should I tell her I'm leaving?"
"I think she still needs to cool, especially since you're getting the info," Serena suggested. He nodded sadly and left out the front door.
Serena stood up and walked towards the staircase. "I'll check and see if she wants to come anyways." She yelled up the staircase. "MIA, YOU COMIN WITH US TO THE GARAGE."
"NO!" She yelled down.
Serena shrugged, "I tried."
Dom went to the bottom of the stairs mumbling under his breath. "THEN YOU STAY HERE. NO FRIENDS, NO PHONE. GOT IT! MAYBE YOU'LL GAIN SOME SENSE WHILE YOU THINK UP THERE FOR THE NEXT HOUR."
"WHATEVER, JUST GO AWAY!" her door slammed a second later.
He rubbed the stubble on his head and gestured everyone out the door, locking it behind him. "I wanna strangle that girl sometimes."
"She's a kind hearted person," Letty shrugged.
"Hopefully she'll grow out of it," Dom muttered.
Serena looked at Dom and changed the subject. "Let's go work on your car."
"We ain't working on my car," he told her as he opened the door to his car.
She paused with her hand on the handle to the passenger door, "Then whose car are we working on? Vince's?"
"No, he ain't raising tonight and neither is Leon."
Serena thought about it and couldn't think of anyone else that would race. "Who the hell's racing?"
"You are Serena," he said looking her straight in the eye. "I'm letting you race tonight."