Author: Scorching Reality (dcsgurlmidsouth.rr.com)
Title: Chapter Two – The Race
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original characters from The Fast and The Furious. They belong to Universal Studios. I am not receiving anything from writing this story. I wrote this solely so I could have something to do. Otherwise the other characters are MINE.
Summary: Allison has raced all over her life, but when she crashes after a win, she feels like she's lost her purpose in life. This is the story of what happened after the crash.
Pairing: Allison / ?
Archive: Yes, just let me know so I can check it out.
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Chapter Two

Dominic smiled. He finally had some new competition. She may not turn out to competition, but she was at least new.

'A little piece of eye candy for the boys,' he thought to himself.

Dom definitely had checked her out. He was sure all the guys had. He glanced around for Letty and was relieved when he didn't see her. He didn't want Letty to scare off his new friend.

'She's definitely cute,' he thought.

He walked over to Hector who had been deemed the "money holder" since he was trying to go legit. Hector smiled to Dominic as he walked back over to his car. He started up the car and headed towards the start line. He'd show Allison who was boss, although he was surprised to see her here. The girl he saw at the mall was nothing like she was now. At the mall she was quiet and jumpy; here she was confident and out-spoken.

As he reached the start line he spotted her car. She was standing outside and leaning on the hood talking to some guys that surrounded her. He smiled.

'Like a moth to a flame,' he chuckled to himself.

As the time to start neared, she descended into her car. Not before receiving several sheets of paper that no doubt had the guy's names and numbers on them. This made Dom laugh a little harder. She had started her car and was looking in Dom's direction. He smiled at her and she smiled back.

'Oh yeah,' he thought, 'I'll show her.'

I glanced over at the guy as he smiled at me. I smiled back and turned my attention to the road. I had heard through the grape vine that his name was Dominic.

'Hmmm, Dominic, that's a cute name,' I thought as I reached down and took my sandals off.

I threw them onto the floor in front of the passenger's seat.

'He doesn't look like a Dominic,' I continued to myself.

I stuffed the numbers that I had gotten from the guys into my pocket. I reached over and pulled out a compartment in the passenger's seat. This exposed the NOS system my dad had installed not long before the crash. But I didn't want to think about that. I turned off my car and took a deep breath.

'This can't be healthy,' I thought to myself.

It really didn't help because my mind wandered towards that night. I saw myself approaching the crash just as the car was engulfed in flames. I could hear the screaming of my mother. It rang through my ears. My head began to ring with the sound. It was becoming hard to breath. I zoned back to reality and checked the system. I then wiped the tears from my eyes. I had to keep cool. Racing was my life and I couldn't go soft on it. I had to concentrate on it. The thoughts of that night would have to wait. Everything was in place. Once I double-checked everything I reached for my seat belt.

'It won't happen again,' I thought as the seat belt clicked.

More thoughts crept up, but I shut them out quickly.

'I really have to get over this,' I thought to myself.

The crash was interfering with everything in my life. I couldn't let it get in the way of racing. I glanced up and started my car. It purred. I revved the engine and sat back. Several seconds later two girls headed towards different side of the start line. They turned to face each other. A yellow walkie-talkie was on one of the girl's hip. She listened intently for the okay. After a while she nodded and they raised their scarves high in the air. The engines all around revved. The crowd cheered. My stomach was alive and excited. I glanced over at Dom quickly, who was two cars down from me. I quickly looked back in time. The white scarves were brought down quickly as I pressed the gas.

Dominic was in the lead, but not for long. Allison pulled ahead of him by an inch. He glanced over at her and saw the determination in her face. He smiled as he pressed the gas down harder. Third gear and going faster. He pressed the gas down harder and clenched his jaws. His hands tightened around the wheel. His knuckles turned pure white. Every muscle was tense. 'God how I love this feeling,' he thought. He glanced over at her as he sped forwards. The finish line was near. Allison sped up but Dom sped up as well. They were getting closer and closer to the finish line. Dom had had enough. He pressed the NOS button and shot forward, but soon after Allison did the same and was in front of him. The finish line was close. He pressed harder on the gas. His breathing was getting harder. Adrenaline rushed throughout his body. He pressed the gas pedal down to the floor until it wouldn't go any more. She was always right there. The nose of her car was ahead as the passed the finish line. Dom couldn't believe it. He had lost. The shock took over his body. He was confused and pissed.

"Damnit!" Dom screamed as he passed the finish line. He pounded on the steering wheel as he sped forward to the 'winner's circle'.