Months passed since Angel had moved next door to the team. The team called it Leon's and Angel's house because Leon spent so much time there. Today was Angel's birthday yet her family still sent her gifts of all sorts. She got a brand new laptop from her mom and step-dad. She got a "super race car", as her brother put it, from her ten year old brother. Her dad got her a five disc cd player for her car. Leon got her a computer loaded down with car design equipment among other things. Dom, Mia, and Letty pooled together and got her a paint booth at the garage with all the equipment from Vince and part from Leon.

"Jesus," Angel breathed as she looked around the booth. "Is it big enough?" She whirled around and looked at her friends all skeptical like. They all laughed at how childlike she looked.

"She looks like Jesse every time he was near a tricked out car he wanted to get his hands on." Letty looked at Leon as she said this as if gauging his reaction. Leon glanced at her out of the corner of his eyes and shrugged. The others nodded in response to the given comment.

"They're cousins Let, I wouldn't have expected less of her. Then again if she hadn't shown any evidence of her time with Jesse, then they were never as close as he said they were. She is our savior and Jesse knew it the very instant he invited her to LA the very first time." Mia was acting like an animated cartoon as she spoke. She was using her hands and arms to do most of her talking for her.

Angel turned around just in time to see Mia finish her extremely small speech. She started laughing. "Mia, there's just one thing you need to get straight. I may be like Jess in many ways but I am not Jesse. Besides, we have a ton of differences that neither of us could hide from. For him it was ADD, for me it's my choice in guys." That got a few smiles. "Me and Jesse are great at hacking into almost any computer on the planet; I was just stealthier at it than he was." That got some laughs. 'Thank God!' Angel shook her head as she thought that one and only simple line. She dared not to say it out loud. Ever since she found out and became part of the team no one once cracked a smile or even laughed. It was just starting to grate on her nerves when she thought she heard fierce whispering from behind her. When she turned around, she'd found Mia heatedly talking while her face got red from trying not to scream. Mia's face was priceless. She was opening and closing her mouth like a fish out of water. Mia's brows furrowed and then she scowled. Angel just shook her head as she turned back around and continued to study the booth. It was awesome. 'I could definitely put some of my drawings on the walls after they've been primed.' Angel smiled as she started to think up how she was going to put her drawings into real life situations on the concrete walls of the booth. All at once her smile faded. "If only Jess was here to see this." She whispered this as everyone headed to work on whatever it was that needed done. A tear made its way down her left cheek. She quickly wiped it away before anyone saw. She sighed as she started to practice with the airbrush and air gun.

Dom realized something as he started to walk away from Angel. He turned around and walked back to her. "Angel," Dom said as he walked over to her.

"Yeah Dom?" She turned around from her work on the huge pieces of cardboard from where ever Letty got it. She had started to write Jesse's name in a black soft block outline.

Dom froze. She was good. She was really, really good. He shook his head. "I was just wondering what you're doing later after work."

She laughed. "Dom you should know. You said you were gunna take me to Harry's store for paint and parts for the fixer-upper car you had planned for me to work on. 'Member?" Dom grinned, but nodded and walked away. 'Thank god. I can finally get back to this.' She finished practicing and then she started to decorate, in great detail, the concrete walls of the booth.

Lunch had come and gone and none of the team at the garage had seen any sign of Angel since she started to paint the booth. Letty couldn't take it anymore and went to find out what was going on with Angel. As Letty walked into the booth she saw Angel bent over and doing something with a huge permanent marker. "Whatcha doin Dragon?" At the sound of Letty's voice, Angel whirls.

"Oh my god Let." Angel shook her head. "Just adding a final touch to that particular corner." Letty walked over and read what Angel had written.

"Fin?" Letty looked really confused.

"Yeah, it's my most favorite Latin saying. It means, it is finished or the end." Angel picked up a clean rag from off the counter next to her. Angel watched as Letty backed up to admire her handiwork. "You like?"

Letty glanced at Angel sideways. "Yeah it's awesome. You should let the others see this." Letty watched as Angel picked up a water bottle and took swig.

"They will, eventually." Angel smiled as she set the water bottle down on the counter. "Sides, what's for lunch? I'm starving." She hopped down off the work stool and sauntered over to Letty. They laughed as Angel pushed Letty almost over. Angel laughed and took off before Letty could catch her.

They ran for five minutes around the booth until Letty almost caught Angel and she took off through the main area of the garage. Angel ran around the guys and she stopped behind Vince, using him as a human shield. Vince started to laugh as Angel turned him every which way trying to get him between herself and Letty. Then Letty swung with her left fist and it connected with Vince's jaw. Everyone stopped dead. As Vince straightened up Letty backed up a couple steps as did Angel. Angel and Letty were the only ones who could hear Vince's teeth grinding. Angel winced as Vince slammed his fist into the brick wall of the garage. Letty had turned and ran the other direction

"Vince I…I'm sorry. I…" The hand that Vince held up silenced her then and there. He turned to her and just gave her a look that portrayed every emotion that he was feeling at once. Tears formed in Angel's eyes and she turned and ran to her car. Leon tried to stop her but to no avail. She sped off after exchanging a few words with Leon.

Leon looked as if he could kill. He walked over to Vince. "What the hell did you do to her?" Leon didn't yell so they could tell that he was pissed. Vince just glared at him. "Why are you mad at her when Let was the one who punched you?" Vince just looked away. Leon stalked off having given up on trying to get through to Vince.

Angel just drove after leaving DT. She really didn't care where she went so long as it was away from everyone else. When she finally stopped the car she realized she had ended up at the cemetery where Jesse was buried. She walked around looking at the different headstones. She crouched in front of Jesse's headstone as she ran her hand over the smooth surface. "Jesse, if you only you could be here. If only you hadn't have raced against Tran. If only I had been here to talk you out of racing your dad's Jetta period, then maybe you would still be here." A sad smile played across her face as she remembered a saying she once heard. "I know that 'if only' don't cut it but that's just how I feel about things lately. Maybe if I hadn't of grabbed V then maybe he wouldn't be mad at me." By this time Angel had sat down with her back against Jesse's headstone. She yawned and she then realized that she had been there for nearly three hours and she left for her car. As she got inside her car, a couple of really tuned cars pulled up and blocked her from making an escape. When the two people got out of the cars, Angel realized that they must have been looking for her since they got off work. She sighed then got back out of the car.

"Hey guys. Uh…what's up?" Angel smiled but it was tentative.