Chapter 13

The guys had just finished the spoiler on Brian's car, when his phone started ringing. He pulled it out of his pocket, and flipped open the screen. "Who the hells that?" Edwin asked. "Tell them were fixin a car here!" he laughed. "Don't know. Don't recognise the number!" He pressed a button and held the phone to his ear. "Hello?" There was silence on the other end of the phone, and he was about to hang up. "Brian?" this sweet voice sounded on the other end. He immediately looked at Edwin and Hector and searched their eyes. "You there?" the voice asked. "Mia. That you?" he eventually replied. He couldn't believe this was happening. She had called him. The two guys just looked intently at him.

"Yeah, can you talk?" she definitely sounded nervous. "Hang on" he covered the phone with his hand and spoke to the guys. "It's Mia." The guys looked from one to the other. Each as surprised and shocked as the next. "Why don't you two grab something to eat, and I'll get you back here in a while!" His pulse was racing, but he wanted to be alone to talk to Mia. Edwin and Hector took the hint and headed for their cars, neither saying anything. Brian turned and leaned against his car. "Yeah Mia, go ahead," he didn't want to waste the time he had with her. "I just wanted to know if your O.K!" That wasn't the real reason, and they both knew it, but they were just so pleased to be speaking to each other. "Yeah, I'm fine. You?" "Not bad, hangin in there!" "What about Dom and the team? They OK too?" he wondered if what he heard was real. "They're OK. Letty's here with me. The guys went to the market." "Dom doesn't your callin' does he?" Brian concluded. For a moment there he thought that Dom might've wanted her to call him. "No. But don't worry, he wont find out!" They continued to talk about what was happening with each of them. At first they both spoke slowly, not knowing what the other felt. But before long, they were talking as if they weren't hundreds of miles apart. Mia didn't mention Tyler, and Dom didn't mention his car, or the cops. They worked on becoming comfortable with the sound of each other's voices again. Once they had been speaking for half an hour, Mia heard the roar of Leon's Skyline pulling into the drive. "I've got to go Brian. The guys are back". She sounded scared. "Mia.wait. When can I call you again?" he asked, hoping this wasn't the one and only conversation they were going to have. "I'll call you on Thursday, there going to a friend's house. OK?" He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Sure. That's fine with me" He managed to say back, before he was cut off. He stared at the phone a minute longer, before putting it back in his pocket. The strangest feeling came over him. He had the urge to drive his car, and he did as his instincts told him. He opened the door to his car, seeing his reflection in the tinted windows, and climbed in. The keys were on the passenger seat. Picking them up, he put it into the ignition and the car roared to life. The biggest smile of his life spread across his face as he listened to the engine tick over perfectly beneath him. It had been about 9 months since he'd driven the car. Before he knew it, he had driven for almost 5 miles, then turning and driving back, he couldn't wait to race it once again.

"This sticking to the speed limit is boring" he commented.

"Letty? Mia?" Dom shouted as he walked into the kitchen. "In here!" they replied together. "What's up with you two?" he asked, noticing the smile spread across Mia's face and the way Letty walked around the room. "Eeeermm. Nothing" Mia corrected herself. "Just girl stuff. You wouldn't understand" she said, patting Dom's chest as she passed him and headed upstairs, following Letty. Dom was wondering what had come over Mia as she hadn't been this happy for months. His train of thought was interrupted by Vince telling him to come watch the movie.

"So, did you tell him?" Letty asked. She had left halfway through their conversation, giving them some privacy, and had come back just before they heard Leon's car. "I was going to when Dom came back!" she said jumping onto the bed. "Miiaaa!" Letty groaned. "What we gonna do now? Brian was our last chance". "What? I'm callin him on Thursday again. I'll tell him then OK". Mia was looking for her nail kit, whilst talking to Letty. "Mia, don't go getting caught up in him again. We need his help, that's all!" Letty strictly told her. "No Letty, YOU need his help. I need HIM" she laughed, squidging up her nose. Letty realised that Mia wasn't going to listen, so she left her to it. "I'm a go take a shower!" she said getting up off the bed. "Cool." Was all that Mia replied. She was too busy filing her nails.

When Brian got back to the garage, he noticed the two street racing cars parked where they always were. He looked at his watch. "Holy Shit." He realised that he had been gone for almost two hours. "Where the hell d'you get to man?" Hector complained, as Brian shut the door behind him. "I went for a drive. After I spoke to Mia, I just wanted to drive," walking past them into his apartment. "We thought you went down to Mexico already" Edwin remembered. "Nah, just a drive!" he said looking at back at them. They followed him into the flat and waited for him in front of the TV. Brian came in with a bottle of Vodka, Tequila, and a few shot glasses. "So how'd it go? Good?" They asked, having the same question in their minds. Brian placed the bottles and glasses on the table in front of them. "I got two words for you guys;" he paused. "FUCKIN' AYYY". They all laughed and gave each other a slap on the hand.

An hour, and 10 shots later, Edwin felt he had to ask. "Soooo...What Mia want?" he managed to slur out. They weren't drunk...YET. "Just to see what's happenin'" he told the both of them. "They OK down there" Hector put in. "I don't know. Somethin in her voice told me something was wrong. But she didn't actually say what it was!" He thought deeply. "You gonna speak to her again?"

"Yep. She's calling on Thursday." He replied happily, another smile spreading. "Cool. You tell her your coming down" Edwin asked more seriously. Brian lowered his head. "No. Not yet. But Thursday."