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Authors Note: Hi Everyone!
Sorry this one took so long. I was determined to finish day 1.
*And I did!!!!*
Yippee! Horray! Woohoo! throw the girl a party she finished the first day!!!
Anyways this is the race, I think I've said this before but just to refresh memories I know NOTHING about cars, NOTHING. I avoided any and all details.
I apologize to those race scene addicts and car experts out there for that but better that I didn't do it then that I did and it be crappy, right?
Anyway, Thanks for reading and remember..... review.......
Oh Wait! Announcement!!!
I have seen 2 Fast 2Furious!!!!!!!!!!! =)
Bad News:
I now have absolutely no excuse for portraying the character wrong. =(
I have to say the movie surprised me, it was a lot better than I expected it to be. (The plot I mean)
Suki was prettier and sweeter than I thought she'd be. ( I majorally portrayed her all wrong - sorry 'bout that - thanks for letting me get away with it, though;)
And there was a lot more Latiness in it then I expected. (Being Hispanic I especially appreciated it=)
Any way thanks for listening to my blurb.......
- GreenGlowChassis:
Glad to see you around again and especially happy to know you still like.
- HipHopStar:
Thanks
- Giggles2003:
Yeah that was my thinking too but you know the Team if its not imported and shiny and got cool designs on it its crap. ;)
- BFG:
I think I can work with this Brian and Letty thing. (in a strictly friends kind of way with that one moment we talked about thrown in some where =)
- Naughty-by-Nature:
ummmmmmm.... In 2Fast2Furious Tej didn't race cause he'd had an accident. It's not a story line I plan to pursue though, I've already got like 7 I want to do. =)
- Foxy-Latina:
I'm actually very disappointed in myself, I'm a diehard Dom/Letty fan but I haven't given them many scenes together. I comfort myself by telling me that I'm still on day 1.
(yes I know I've said that a lot but I'm shocked at myself)
Anyway, I plan to give them more time later. So have hope... :)
- Wierd^Kat:
New Reviewer!! yippee!! That's an interesting thought.... what's that McDonalds Commercial - It could happen ;}
- Elessar:
Another new reviewer!!! Double Yippee!!! All I have to say is:
Read On.........
Enjoy........
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The team was silent as they surveyed the scene before them. The area itself was immense - about 50 ft wide and seemingly endless in length. The amount of people crowded into this area had to be about 500. There was something going on every where you looked. Cars every where you looked. There were several races going on at the same time, in different direction of course. Music blared from nearly every car, there was break dancing going on in a few of the corners. A few fights going on too but nothing major. The team followed Brian, Suki, and Tej to an area on the far left that was comparatively empty. It had a about four different groups of people and six or seven high performance cars of varying colors. In this area the races had yet to begin.
A Hispanic guy accompanied by two black guys came up to them, "Thought you weren't gonna show tonight O'Connor." one of them said as the other two eyed Letty and Mia.
"And miss out on...." Brian started but was cut off
"What the fuck happened to your face..." another one exclaimed.
"I hit it on something" Brian answered smirking.
"yeah, aigh't..." they said collectively after a few seconds obviously not believing it but letting it go. "So wut up wit dis..." one said motioning towards the Team in general but his eyes focused on the girls.
Brian noticed, and inwardly smirked, if Mia and Letty had hoped to get attention they'd succeeded. Now all he had to do was make it clear that neither were available.
"That's Vince and Leon, that's Jesse, and that's Dom and his girl Letty...." he said, then snaking his arm around Mia possessively, added, "...and this is my Mia."
"Aigh't aigh't" they said smirking. Brian still glared at them to make sure they got it before speaking to the Team,
"Guys, that's Louie and Alej, and over there that's Benny." he said pointing to each one. "Dom's..." he continued "...gonna race tonight."
The guys were silent a moment. Then Alej spoke, "shit you must know this guy from like way back, huh?" he said while eyeing Dom.
Brian frowned, his eyes confused, "Why?"
Alej shrugged, "you don't fuckin let Rome drive your car, and you known'm forever. So I figure..." he let the sentence hang
"what the hell does that have to do with anything?" Brian asked his voice rising a little.
He glanced quickly at Tej and Suki and found them both incredibly interested in the scenery.
He felt a prickling of apprehension sliver up his spine. He hadn't spoken to Rome this afternoon. Which meant that Rome was most likely, still pissed.
And when Rome was pissed he did stupid shit.
By the looks of things he'd kept up his reputation and whatever stupid shit he'd done Suki and Tej knew about.
"What the fuck is goin on?" he yelled walking over to them.
"We didn't know until we got here." Suki said defensively
"If you'd fuckin told us you was gonna be late we coulda fixed it but..." Tej said trailing off, his eyes focused a few feet away, to where Rome stood next to an electric blue car, a taunting smile in his eyes, a grim expression on his face.
Brian followed his gaze, "Holy Mother Fuckin Shit." he said whispered furiously, as he strode over there. Rage in every movement.
Benny, Louie, and Alej moved away subtly, in fact the Team noticed that the area around them had gotten quieter.
The team watched Brian walk over to Rome and for a second it looked like the two were actually going to trade blows. Rome made a comment and motioned angrily towards the team. To which Brian literally got in his face and shoved him, then motioned to the car and began advancing towards him menacingly.
Tej ran over there to mediate before things got out of hand.
Suki watched tensely for a moment until Tej placed himself between the two. Then she rolled her eyes and turned towards the team.
"What's going on?" Letty asked looking on curiously as the three men yelled at each other.
You couldn't hear what was being said but body language spoke volumes. Both men were furious and wouldn't hesitate at becoming physical.
Suki grimaced, "Rome's bein an ass, was suppose to drive my car out here, so your boy there could race it, instead he brought B's."
"Brian just parked his car." Mia said softly.
"yeah his I'm-a-good-boy-livin-by-the-rules car. Over there..." she said pointing to the cause of disruption "...that's his baby or sugar as we call her. A R35 Nissan Skyline GT-R. Built her up from a shitty piece of crap nobody woulda looked at twice. Nobody drives her but him."
"Until today..." Leon said smiling a little, thinking, this is gonna be good.
Suki looked at him and nodded, also smiling a little as if she could read his thoughts, "yeah until today..." she mused softly,
Then continued, "...when Rome went to where he keeps her and drove her out here." looking at Dom "until today... when somebody's racin her."
"Hold up... she's never been raced?" Dom asked incredulously as his eyes studied the perfect lines of the car from afar.
Suki smirked, "darlin, the farthest she's gone is around the block. Most people here know it's B's car cause they go around the garage and shit but that cars never been to a race before. Hell, I think he only finished it like a week ago."
The team was silent a moment, "Is it safe?" Letty asked the only thing she could think of.
"As safe as all race cars." Suki said shrugging
The conversation was interrupted by yelling as men were walking over, "YOU HAD NO FUCKIN RIGHT!!!!!!" Brian bellowed making a lunge for Rome. Tej intercepted it and the men stopped walking.
"ITS ALL BULLSHIT BRIAN, IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT THEN...." Rome yelled but was cut off.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!!!!" Tej said as he shoved Rome away.
Turning to Brian he said, roughly, "Get the fuck over there." he motioned towards Sugar.
"And you..." his eyes narrowed as he glared at Rome and spoke in a velvet voice, "That was some stupid shit Rome..."
Suki put her hand on his arm, calming him, no need for more trouble, "you should leave now, baby," she said softly to Rome.
Without another word he turned and stalked away.
Suki sighed and shook her head ruefully, "drama, drama, drama..." she murmured.
As Brian approached his car he ran a frustrated hand through his hair and sighed. He'd worked hard on this car, had looked forward to being the first to race her. Rome knew that, had counted on that. On the fact that he wouldn't let anyone unveil Sugar but himself.
He circled his sugar. Examining her carefully. Then he popped her hood and spent a few minutes underneath there.
Activity around them was speeding up and Suki looked at her watch "its game time." she said to the Team.
"You all come with me." she said to them in general, then to Dom, "...go on over there and Brian'll tell you where to go." Smirking she added "if he's gonna go through with it, that is."
Dom walked over, slowly, he'd never seen Brian this pissed, Ever. His normally ice blue eyes were glazed over with rage, his hair on end 'cause of all the times he'd run his hand through it, his color high, and his fists clenched.
They stared at each other, when he arrived. "I'd tell you to forget it but I aint' givin Rome the fuckin satisfaction." Brian said through clenched teeth.
Dom studied the car, "she's a beauty." he said softly.
"she's perfect." he said tersely his eyes studying Sugar.
"I don't have to race her. You could do it yourself or not race at all tonight."
Dom said, almost as reluctant to race the car as Brian was to let him. When you made a car, the way Suki said Brian had made this one, it wasn't just a machine - it was a part of you. You put your soul into something like that. Your focus, your drive, your passion made that car art work.
No one but Brian had the right to debut this car. He understood that, understood that this machine of steel and Plexiglas was wholly Brian's and that as much as he wanted to feel her roar underneath him it wasn't his right.
"No..." Brian's firm voice interrupted his thoughts, "...your going to race and your going to win." he said confidently. With that he turned and tossed him the keys.
A sense of deja'vu enfolded Dom as he caught them, as he looked at Brian's grim features, "your sure?" he found himself asking.
Brian met his gaze steadily, "I'm sure."
Dom nodded and walked over.
"Over there's the starting line...." Brian said pointing to where three cars were already parked, "...You'll know the finish line when you see it. Benny's in the yellow, don't waste brain cells thinkin 'bout him - too much money and time on his hands. Louie's in the green - he's good but nervous, sets off too soon and Alej's in the orange - he puts one of his cars in my garage every two weeks, has no idea what fuck he's doing. He fuckin wants to win though - watch him 'cause he comes a little too close sometimes...."
"you sayin he runs people off?"
"There ain't like any aisle's out there or nothin. If you can stop a guy from beatin you by not lettin'm pass go ahead.... I say just stay enough ahead so thats its not an issue ." Brian advised.
Surveying the scene, he added, "you got this in the bag."
Dom nodded he was about to get in the car when a deep purple Tge Evo Lancer VI pulled up. The screeching of breaks brought the people around them to silence and he heard Brian next to him let out a string of curses.
Frustration coloring his voice he said, "...shit, you got competition...."
Dom studied the car, "who is he?"
Brian shrugged, "guys more anonymous than Jack. He shows up just like that and drives off just like that. Never gets out."
"Who collects the money?"
"Nobody. Money goes to second place guy. I'm tellin you, he drives in, he drives out.
"He doesn't buy in? What if he loses?"
"He's fuckin good, Dom. Like The Team good. He doesn't lose. "
Dom studied the car the widows were tainted and it was dark inside, "He does today." he said arrogantly as he got in the car and drove to the starting line.
Moments later the five cars were off.
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"Ah don't worry about it."
"you did good. Nobody's ever tied him."
Suki and Tej's attempts to appease him had no effects whatsoever on Dom.
He scowled fiercely at the beer in front of him. They were back at the garage. Lounging around.
From every perspective, every person watching that race had seen two car noses cross the finish at exactly the same moment - one a deep purple, the other an electric blue. The blue had screeched to a stop moments later, the purple had continued.
Jack had given the money to Suki since her driver had won. But Dom wasn't pleased.
"Its no big deal, dawg." Vince said.
Dom just glared at him, then looking to Suki, "when he gonna show up again?"
She was sitting on Tej's lap enjoying the fine art of kissing but still managed to answer him between breaths, "Don't know. Sometimes he's back next race..." *pause*, "...other times he doesn't show up for months."
"when was the last time he showed up?"
Lifting her head a moment she answered, "don't remember..." softly before going in again.
"well, think harder!" he growled, to which she turned to him and arched an eyebrow before turning back to Tej.
Letty stood and went to Dom, positioning her self on his lap, taking his face in her hands, "I think we should go...." she said looking at him intently.
When he said nothing, she leaned in and kissed him, gently, persuasively, "now..." she purred.
He nodded, standing, Team followed suit.
As they were leaving Dom looked to Brian, who happened to be groping his sister, "What the fuck!" he said yanking Mia away,
The fact that she didn't complain only smiled, made him wonder exactly how long they'd been at it, not a thought he wanted to consider.
Facing Brian he added, "That's a fuckin good ride you got there O'Connor."
Brian grinned, "I know."
Dom nodded and they left, the screech of tires were heard moments later.
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