Chapter 13: Normal Again
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Mia watched as the Honda Accord drove away. Her car sounded like it was tuned up. Maybe not with racing stuff but it sounded like it had been worked on. The car was painted black but as she drove away the color changed from black to blue to green; it was a custom paint job. Maybe she raced, or just like the way it looked. There was no way to tell till she got to know her better.
July. What a strange name, Mia thought to herself as she picked her pencil back up.
The girl was new to LA and had moved into the house that had been empty for a long time. There was something familiar about her though, like Mia had seen her before but couldn't remember. With a name like July she would have remembered her, wouldn't she?
So they had a new neighbor. Mia would have to tell the team.
The team, she mused with a sigh.
Things had changed a lot since the trucks. Brian gave Dom the car and he had left to Mexico. Letty and Leon had disappeared too that afternoon. Vince and Jesse were both in the hospital, and Mia had stayed behind to make sure they were all right. Fortunately, they both made it but not without scars.
Somehow Brian got them all off the hook. He quit being a cop and came back a few months later. The two of them had talked everything out and now they were back together. The thought of Brian brings a smile to Mia's face.
The person that surprised her the most was Vince. When Brian came back the two had a talk that night and came back out with no bruises or cuts. Vince had to be grateful to Brian for saving his life, but he made it know he still didn't like the 'punk'; but he realized that Brian could have left him on the truck but he didn't and he'd earned his respect.
Jesse was still the same crazy kid he was, if not a little more cautious. He was more alert of his surroundings. He didn't like going out alone anymore, but that wasn't a problem since neither Dom nor Vince let him anyways. Jesse was still the 'mad scientist' as he always was and would always be.
Leon and Letty somehow meet up with Dom in Mexico. They were all together for a while. No one but them three knew exactly what happened down there, and Mia figured she'd probably never find out, but things had changed, a lot. Dom and Letty had broken up and now Letty is with Leon. They actually made a cute couple. Dom was okay with it too. Mia already knew that things between him and Letty were over a long time ago but they didn't want to admit it; they were the most stubbornness people she had ever met.
About six months ago they came back after Brian had told them the coast was clear. Mia could remember the day, as they rolled up and got out, Dom standing by himself while Leon and Letty held onto each other, and everyone knew things had changed. It took a while for all the rest of them to get use to it, since Dom and Letty had always been together since they could remember, but things were getting back to normal, finally. They were all racing again and Dom was still the guy to try and beat. So, things were normal again, well as normal as they were going to get.
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