Ali walked down the driveway and stopped beside the skyline waiting on Leon. He came out the door last and walked down to the car.

"So you're with me then. Hop in"

She just smiled at him and got into the car.

"Lets go" he said as he reversed out of the driveway following behind Dom and Letty with Vince and Jesse behind him.

We drove for a minute in silence before anyone spoke.

"So how are you finding it in LA?"

"Yeh not bad so far. It's better than back home." She said smiling at him slightly.

"Things not good at home?"

"You could say that." He decided to change the subject quickly. He knew he didn't like talking about his past so she probably didn't as well.

"So what car did you drive back home?"

"A Celica. I'm not sure whether you's have got them over here. I haven't seen any yet."

"You have it all done up and all?"

"Yeh I co owned a garage for the past five years. Got everything done there."

"That's brilliant. You're so young though to have your own garage and all, that's really good."

"Well it wasn't just mine. Ta... My friend co owned the other half. It worked well."

"So how come you could leave it all behind? You seem quite proud of it."

"Yeh I am proud of it but I guess things change and you don't see yourself in the same way anymore."

"So what did your friends say about you coming over here then?"

"I don't know"

"Did you not tell anyone?"

"I left a note for the guys in the house – the ones that work in the garage, but that was it."

"What about your family? Won't they be worried?"

"Probably not."

She really wasn't in the mood to go into everything right now especially when she hardly knew this guy. She knew everyone would probably find our sooner or later but she would rather it was later.

He got the hint that she didn't really wana talk anymore so he give up on the conversation.

She felt so stupid. How was he supposed to know that something was wrong with her? How was he supposed to know about her past and what happened in Ireland? She was going to have to start and give these guys a break. If she wanted to stay here and fit in she was going to have to start to talk properly to people instead of trying to dodge questions all the time.

Leon's mobile phone rang breaking the silence in the car. He answered it straight away.

"Dom"

"Yeh sure whatever you want"

"What about Ail, she'll want to see the races?"

"Right I'll meet him there."

He hung up the phone.

He I'm on police watch tonight so I'm going to meet with Jesse and you can go in his car so you can see the races and stuff ok?"

"Yeh that's fine. Thank you." She smiled over at him. He looked at her then back onto the road ahead.

About 10 minutes he pulled over to the side of the road and Jesse stopped directly behind him and flashed his light onto the car.

"Ok have a good night."

"Ok thanks for the ride."

"No problem see you back at the house later."

She got out of the car and walked back towards Jesse's car and got in.

"Hey girl"

"Hey"

They had idle chit chat until they reached the warehouse for races. Jesse got into line behind Letty and they drove into the back street, which was already full of cars and noise.

Straight away Ail felt at home again. She knew there and then that this was a good idea. Jesse stopped the car and got out. She followed.

Dom was already out of his car and already had a group of women around him. Letty was getting out of her car and was walking over to wear he was. She said something to the girls, which Ail couldn't make out and they disappeared. She then said something to Dom and walked straight past him to a group of guys who she started talking to. Dom waved for her to come over to him. She walked towards him.

"Let me introduce you to someone."

"Hector." He shouted over and short, Italian looking man walked over towards them.

"Hector this is Ail. She came over form Ireland with Brian.

Quite the little girl racer I've been told."

He held out his hand to her

"Hector. Nice to meet you. Anything you need, races, contacts, just come to me."

She shook his hand.

"Thanks nice to meet you."

"Ok introductions over." Dom interrupted the conversation.

"What you got for me tonight hector?"

"Anything you want. Plenty of people are up for racing."

"Ok first race will be 4 cars, 6G in ok?"

"No problem I'll set it up." He walked away into the crowds.

"I'm going to talk to a few people. Will you be ok?" Just as he said it Letty walked up behind him, staring at Ail.

"Yeh I'll be fine thanks."

"Here's two grand. Just in case you need anything."

"No I'm ok thanks. What am I gona need that for?"

"Just take it. If you don't spend it then you can give it back. No harm done."

He put the money into her hand and turned round to speak to Letty who just walked away.

What was she going to do now? She decided to go for a walk to see what she could find.

"Come over here girl I can keep you company all night." She turned around to see who had said that.

"Come on girl you know you want it." He started to walk over to her. She didn't say anything.

"Come and meet some of my friends." He grabbed onto her hand. She immediately tried to pull away but he was holding onto her too tightly.

"No I'm ok thanks. Leave go of me please."

"O an Irish girl. I've heard lots of things about Irish girls."

He said it looking over at his friends, who all smiled back.

"Leave go of me please."

She was starting to get pissed off with this guy.

"Aw come on girl you know you want to."

"I don't think she does."

She looked around to see Vince standing there.

"OK man I get it."

The guy left go of her hand and walked back to his group of friends.

"You ok?" Vince said looking down at her.

"Yeh I'm fine thanks. Thank you for that."

"Don't worry about it."

He turned around and walked away from her. She was on her own again. Now this didn't feel like home. She needed to race. But with no car and hardly any money that was hardly possible.

"I know exactly what you are thinking. Here."

Jesse was standing in front of his keys in his hand.

"Now I don't let just anyone drive her so be careful."

"No way jess I couldn't. I only have 2G anyway."

"Well here is 2 more. Go find yourself a race."

"Jesse no I can't do that."

"Look if you are a good a racer as Arizona says then you are gona be giving it back to me anyway. Now go have fun."

He held his keys out in front of her.

"Thanks Jesse."

She said taking the keys out of her hand.

She didn't have many choices so she went over to hector.

She tapped him on the shoulder. He turned straight around.

"Ail isn't it?"

"Yeh. I was wondering if you had any 4G races going."

"Let me see what I can do."

He walked away into the crowd and came back about 5 minutes later.

"Ok 4 cars in 4G in. About 5 minutes after Dom's race ok?"

"Yeh great thank you."

"No problem"

She walked to sideline as the four cars were pulling up to the starting line. Dom was third in and ready to go. A girl walked into the middle of the road. Once she knew they were all ready she dropped her arms and all the cars sped off. Dom was in front the whole and won the race hands down. All the cars drove back to the starting line. Dom got out of the car and Hector handed him the money. Everyone swarmed around him. His dominance reminded her of Taylor so much.

Stop thinking like that you're up.

She walked over to the white Jetta and got in. This was gona be strange. She wasn't used to continental cars - everything was back to front to her. She would have to change gear with her right hand. She wasn't used to that. Too late now to back out. She drove up to the starting line.

Everyone was within for the next race. She could see Vince and Dom on the sideline.

"Jesse is having a go." Leon elbowed Dom for him to look.

"That boy never gives up does he?"

The other three cars were in line now as well. She checked the NOS and was ready to go. The women dropped her arms and they were off. She shifted into second, then third. She looked in her mirror. One person was close being her. She shifted into fourth and hit the NOS and crossed the finish line far ahead of the other three.

"Thank god for that. I needed that money."

Vince and Dom both looked around to find Jesse standing behind them.

"Jesse if you're here then who is driving your car?"

Just at that all four cars came back to the starting line and Ail got out of the car.

"No way." Dom said looking at her.

Hector walked up to her and handed her the money. Dom walked up to her.

"Well done girl. I wasn't expecting that. We are going to have to get you racing more often."

"Fine by me."

The adrenaline was running through her body now. She missed this so much. She was pulled out of her thoughts.

"COPS COPS COPS."

Everyone scattered and ran towards their cars. She got into the passenger side of the Jetta and Jesse drove off. They headed back towards the house.