AN: There are some lines in this chapter from 2fast 2furious and some characters from Initial D. Just thought I'd say, I don't own any of them. I just don't want to get into trouble. ^_~

Chapter 9: Jealousy

They arrived at the desert track area a little after three in the morning. It hadn't taken them long to get there with their supped up cars. They were admitted immediately. After all everybody in street racing new Dom and Serenity. After finding a place to park all of their cars, they jumped out and headed over to the centre of the gatherings. There was a huge fire and five cars were surrounding it with their boots open, all-pumping out the same techno music.

"What do yah think?" Relena asked her friends. They were overwhelmed with the number of cars and racers that were there.

"Way cool." Duo said. "But right now, I think Hilde and I have some more catching up to do." He said while walking with his girlfriend to the backseat of their car. The others followed Duo's example. Apart from Milliardo, Noin, Sally and Wufie. They had obviously had enough alone time for the time being. They sat together by Wufie's car and talked. It wasn't long before Heero left to join them, considering he didn't want to be toyed with anymore than he already had been. Relena and Dom were travelling around the place, checking out everybody else's cars. There were and array of cars, all of them elite in design and in power.

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Relena saw a familiar car and headed over to it. It was a Nissan Sil-80. She was examining it thoroughly to see if it was the persons, she knew car. It was. 'Sayuki. Didn't know she was here.' Smiling to herself, she lent against the car and waited for her. She didn't have to wait long as her friend turned up in a matter of minutes to check on her baby.

"Serenity? What the hell are you doing here?" Sayuki asked excitedly. Going over to her friend, and hugging her.

"Long time no see Sayuki. How are you girl?" Relena asked with a casual attitude.

"Not bad. You racing tomorrow?" She asked casually.

"Hell yeah. Met up with Dom again. He reminded me I owe him a car." Relena said rolling her eyes.

"So you are playing for the pink ladies huh?" Sayuki asked her

"Seems so. Look, I have to go now. I'll catch up with you before I leave okay?"

"Sure. Oh and Serenity."

"Yeah?"

"I would keep away from the Nissan 180SX if I were you. That boy means business. He gained a total of 200 thousand and four cars racing today."

"Well isn't that a nice challenge. We'll see how hot he is against me eh?" Relena said cockily.

"I wouldn't, but it's your car." Sayuki said seriously.

"True. So I'm not going to lose." Relena said winking, before walking off towards her car. She saw Heero sitting alone by one of the fires. It was early in the morning, and everybody else had gone to bed already. Or had at least retreated to a private area.

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"Hey." Relena said, sitting down next to him.

"Hey." He said quietly. He seemed lonely and sad.

"You okay?" She asked staring at him intently. "Fine." He said, still not looking at her.

"C'mon. You can sleep in my car with me." Relena said standing up, putting her hand down to offer Heero some help.

"Aren't you going to sleep with Dom?" Heero asked her, standing on his own, his voice was etched with venomous anger. 'He can have her for all I care. Let her play mind games with that stupid fuck.'

"No." She said calmly before grabbing his hand and walking with him to her car. She opened the passenger door before heading over to her side of the car. They sat in the backseat in the dark, in silence for a short while until Relena finally decided to break the tension between the two of them and move closer. 'She's doing it again.' Heero thought bitterly. It wasn't long before Relena was sitting right next to Heero. Her head was resting on his shoulder and her hand had grabbed his once more.

"Heero?" Relena asked tentatively.

"What?"

"You sure you're okay?" She asked nervously, afraid that he might explode. He took a deep breath and she felt him sigh.

"Yeah." He answered untruthfully. 'Why does she act this way? Play with me, and then pretend it didn't happen.' It wasn't long before the two drifted off into sleep. Relena curled right into Heero's side, and his arms, unconsciously around her small frame.

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They were both woken with a start, by someone knocking on the car window. The sun was glaring in their eyes. As the blinked, slowly untangling themselves from one another and stretching before seeing who had woken them. It was Dom. He opened the door nearest Heero and looked in.

"Comfy?" He asked jokingly.

"I don't know about Heero, but he makes a nice pillow." Relena said laughing, giving Heero a playful shove.

"Yeah I slept alright." He said. He had actually had a decent nights sleep again. He never slept well. But having Relena there helped him sleep peacefully.

"Well C'mon" He said grabbing Relena's hand and helping her jump out of the car. "A guy's challenged you to a race."

"Who?" She asked, truly interested, because hardly anybody challenged her.

"His name's Kenta Nakamura. Never heard of him, but he's top shit. Did you bring cash with you?" Dom asked her questioning. If you didn't have cash, then you had pink ladies, (Slips.) to your car.

"Course, but I'm after the pink lady herself today." She said cockily.

"That's crazy Serenity!" He said while moving in front of her, grabbing her shoulders. "Don't risk it! He's not worth you baby!" He was truly concerned about how she would fare against this guy.

"Don't worry! I won't lose. Besides Missy here isn't going to be shit when I'm finished with Sylvia." Relena said smirking.

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She stalked back to her car and jumped into the drivers seat. Heero had already left to find the others. They had parked their cars near the track, so they could hear what was going on between the two when they talked over the deal. All their nerves were running high, knowing that Relena wouldn't pass up an opportunity to race. Shortly afterwards Dom arrived. 'She nuts. I've seen his car, she is going to lose.' He thought. 'Stubborn, that's all she is. And stupid.'

"Dom. Will Rele..uh. I mean will Serenity win this?" Noin asked worriedly. His silence was enough for the others to understand. She was doomed.

"She'll win." Heero said confidently. "She has to."

"Why?" Sally asked curiously.

"Because if she loses." Dom started.

"She loses her car." Heero finished. They both stared at each other. The tension between the two was evident to the gang. 'Am I jealous of Dom? Just because he and Relena are closer than what I want them to be? I am.' He suddenly realised that he wanted Relena all to himself, and he'd fight anyone to get her.

"Look here she comes." Hilde said both excitedly and nervously.

Relena lined up her Honda S2000 at the start of the track, her window was down, and she had left her COM unit on, so the others could hear, just as she had promised Milliardo. Her opponent drove up next to her. He had black hair and dark eyes, and from what she could see, he wore a blue button up shirt. He drove a Nissan Sylvia S-14. 'That's one tough cookie.' Relena thought chewing her bottom lip.

"You ready for this?" He asked her.

"Always am." She replied coolly revving her engine.

"Hey uh, after I beat you, how about you come and uh..pop my clutch eh?" He said grinning.

"What did he just say to her?" Milliardo fumed. "I should rip his fucking head off!"

"What a jerk." Catherine said disgusted.

"Ssshh. Serenity is about to get him back." Hilde said excitedly, looking at Relena's face.

"I would, but you need the right set of tools for that." Relena answered with attitude.

"Whoo-hoo!" Duo shouted happily. "Way to go Jousan!" He was grinning like crazy, along with the rest of the group.

"So what we playing for?" He asked annoyed at her last comment.

"Pink slips." Relena said casually.

"What do you mean?" He asked cockily. "You're going to give me your car?"

"Put it this way. Loser walks home." She said again with her feisty attitude.

They were smiling even more at Relena's feistiness towards this loser. They were all smiling heartily until a guy walked into the middle to start the race. 'Here we go.' thought Relena, Heero and Dom nervously.

The guy raised his hands. Then lowered them, crouching as he did so. The two sped off. Kenta took an immediate lead, but it wasn't long before Relena caught up. They were neck and neck. It all came down to timing now. Relena had to execute the NOS at the right time, or she'd lose this race.

"In Three, Two, One. Now!" Dom said loudly. Everybody was watching him stand, but their attention turned back to the race when both cars boosted towards the finish line. They will still neck and neck, but then Relena shot through at the last second, beating Kent by an inch.

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There was a rush towards Relena's car and everybody was cheering her on. 'I knew she could do it.' Heero thought proudly. He smiled while walking over casually to where Relena had skidded to a stop.

"You did it!" Dom said happily picking Relena up and twirling her round, before putting her down again and embracing her lovingly. He planted a kiss on her forehead before backing away, still holding onto her shoulders and looking her in the eyes happily. He shook his head heartily and backed away. Smiling, Relena headed over to Kenta's car.

"Looks like it's a long walk for you." She said smirking. "Hand over the pink ladies and the keys." Kenta reluctantly got out of his car, and handed Relena what she asked for. Turning he left to find his mates. "KENTA!" Relena yelled chasing after him.

"What? I gave you what you wanted." He said sourly. Relena stuck out her hand.

"Good race. You almost had me." She said smiling. He took her hand and shook it in a friendly matter. Both smiling happily. "You know I won't let you walk home. Need a ride?" She asked with her usual attitude.

"Nah I'm cool. I got me another four cars." He said smiling. Relena knew where he had gotten them and smiled. "See yah around." He said before heading off again.

"Bye." Relena went back to where her friends were waiting.

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She walked up to Dom and grabbed his hand. Stuffing the keys and pink slips in his hand she grinned at him. "Now we're even." She said happily.

"So it seems." Dom said smiling joyously.

"Well it's better than that piece of trash over there." She said teasingly.

"Yeah it is." All the laughter was gone from his voice. He bent down to give Relena a hug, and found himself wanting to kiss her for real this time. 'I know I shouldn't, but I just can't resist anymore. She has to know the way I feel about her by now.' He thought seriously as kissed her on the lips ever so gently. Relena was way to shocked to even move. But she came quickly back to her senses and moved away.

"What were you." Before she could finish Dom answered her question, he knew she would ask him why he was kissing her.

"Just wanted to say thanks."

"You're welcome." She said hurriedly, while blushing. "I gotta go okay." She said quickly running off as she said it. She didn't know who to talk to about what had just happened. Then she saw Wufie. 'He doesn't talk much, but he's got to be better than nobody.' She thought seriously as she ran over to him.

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"Wufie, can I talk to you?" She asked seriously. He was sitting on his car, in what appeared to be a meditating position.

"Sure. What's it about." He said calmly, opening his eyes and relaxing into a normal sitting position.

"Dom." She said blushing slightly. Heero, who had seen Relena searching for someone had followed her to see if he could help, when he over heard her and Wufie's conversation. 'Dom? I should have known she wanted to find him.' He thought sourly, and was just about to leave when her heard Wufie talking.

"What about him?" Wufie asked, noticing the slight blush and nervousness in Relena's voice.

"He just kissed me." She said quietly. Heero's ear pricked at hearing what Relena had just said. 'Why should it bother her that he gave her another kiss. It never did before.' He listened harder, if that jerk had made a move on Relena and she didn't want him too, he was one dead fuck. . "But he kisses you all the time." Wufie said confused. "Unless you mean, he actually kissed you." Relena's silence was enough for Wufie to understand her problem. Heero's heart skipped a beat. 'He actually kissed Relena.'

"How much do you like him Relena?" Wufie asked staring at the young woman next to him.

"Oh I like him a lot. But not in that way. At least, I don't think so anyway." She was unsure really how she felt.

"Okay then, tell me this. What did you feel when he kissed you?" Wufie asked, his mind racking with all the possible explanations and help he could offer Relena. 'Yes Relena, what did you feel? Happy? Joyous?' Heero thought sourly.

"Well at first I was shocked that he would even be kissing me. Then, I was sort of content, but my mind skipped to a person who I've kissed before, and I realised, I didn't really want Dom kissing me." She replied honestly. Staring at the dusty ground.

"How did this other person come into your mind Relena?" Wufie asked, curious as to why her secret kisser would affect her so much. He could tell she liked Dom, but was holding back. Or maybe he was like a brother to her. Heero was still hiding and listening into the conversation. His mind had replayed the images of the times he and Relena had kissed, and he felt even more used than before. 'She just wanted a play mate.' He thought aggressively. 'I was nothing to her!' He crept away and left before Relena answered Wufie.

"It's Heero." She said. Wufie stared at her confused at first, then it clicked.

"Dom is like a brother to you." Wufie stated, more than asked. "So you felt a bit violated didn't you?" "Yeah. I did."

"But Heero. He's not like that right?" Wufie had heard of the little games Relena had played with Heero. Everybody knew, they just never let on that they did.

"No. I want to be with him. But I'm afraid that he doesn't, so I sort of toyed with him, and now he hates me." She said hurt.

"I can't blame the guy though." Wufie said seriously. "You shouldn't fuck with people's minds Relena."

"I know. And I don't plan to anymore. It's just.."

"He does like you. You've just pissed him off that's all. And now he feels used. Especially with the way Dom acts around you." Wufie said calmly, grabbing Relena's hand and squeezing it affectionately.

"I guess, I should make it up to him." Relena said quietly.

"It would be a plan." Wufie said still holding her hand.

"Thanks Wufie." Relena said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek before taking off to find Heero.