A/N: Welcome back to "Pedal to the Metal"! I bet most of you can already tell, but the characters of Adam and Jamie are based off of characters in the Fast and Furious franchise. Some lines in this chapter will reinforce that. If the makers if F&F claim copyright (unlikely), I would just like to say no offense is intended. So, with that being said, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 3 - Stormy Grounds

After Jamie had joined the school (and unofficially, the Drama Club), Adam had loosened up slightly. Whenever the Drama Club tried to get him and his brother to work together, they would do so happily, but the other people in the room could feel the tension that still existed between the two. So, they actually had to make an agreement that no one would bring up the subject of the brother's past. "If they want us to know, they'll tell us." Ryou Fujibayashi had said, before the other Club members had nodded.

After the slight scare Adam gave the Club by trashing part of the Clubroom the day Jamie arrived, the group quickly returned to it's old, boring self. There was still no progress on the play that Nagisa had suggested, no matter how much she tried to remember the name. Adam had noticed, however, that while Nagisa seemed a bit depressed that she couldn't remember the play's name, she lit back up when Tomoya placed an arm on her shoulder. "Interesting." he had thought, before looking to Jamie, who he knew wouldn't have missed a detail like that. The wide grin Jamie had confirmed his suspicions. On the subject of Jamie, however, the elder Robertson sibling had immediately made friends with the Club, especially Kyou Fujibayashi. This caused Adam to groan. "You've gotta be kidding me..." he had thought to himself, before he shrugged. Adam's secret relationship with Tomoyo was still going strong, but it remained that, secret, so Tomoyo didn't suffer any backlash in her campaign to become Student Council President. Speaking of the silver haired girl, Jamie had nearly received one of her famous lightning fast kicks a couple of days after he arrived, but Adam had stepped in and diffused the argument. The smirk on Jamie's face and the scowl on Tomoyo's face had made his stomach churn with a mix of anger, embarrassment and rage. He knew that whatever was brewing between him, Jamie and Tomoyo, it would bring a storm of trouble, and that storm was fast approaching...

One day, after the two drivers had parked their cars at school, Tomoyo had stormed up, grabbed Adam by an ear, and dragged him off, while Jamie laughed. She dragged the poor boy to an empty classroom, then pushed him inside. "Start talking. Now." she demanded. "About what, exactly?" Adam asked, before he saw her fist clench. "Your brother. I didn't need you to stop the argument between him and I. So why did you?" she asked, before Adam sighed. Rubbing the bridge of his nose in exasperation, he asked, "You remember what I did when we first met?" he asked, Tomoyo nodding. "Well, my brother is much, much worse than I ever could be. He would have fought back, and he would have won. I know you're good, but you at least know how to hold back. Jamie doesn't. That's why I stopped the argument. And, my Mum would kill me if she found out I let the girl I love get beaten by my brother." he said in reply, before he saw Tomoyo's fist unclench. "You...love me?" she asked, before Adam nodded slightly. "Ever since the night this...'relationship' of ours started." he said, before Tomoyo stepped back in shock. "I don't know what to say." she said, with a hand over her heart. "You don't have to say a thing. If you want this..." he said, gesturing between the two of them, before he continued. "...to end, then I won't hold it against you." he finished, going to leave, but Tomoyo grabbed his arm, pulled him back, and kissed him passionately. Reciprocating, Adam melted into the sensation, but they jumped apart when the door slid open, and a boy who was known as a delinquent looked in, and when he saw the scarlet blush on Tomoyo's face, he grinned, before he disappeared. Tomoyo went to follow him, but Adam held out an arm. "Allow me." he said, before he disappeared.

Almost immediately, Adam found the boy speeding down the corridor, and he leapt forward, grabbed him and pushed him into the wall, before he leant in. "Forget what you just saw." Adam said, his voice quiet, but the boy chuckled. "What? The fact that I just saw you kissing Sakagami? Not a chance!" He said, before Adam smirked. "You do realise, that I could make your life really uncomfortable here, right?" the boy racer asked, before his quarry chuckled again. "And how will you do that, Robertson? Beat me up?" he asked, though he was shaking slightly. "Nope. I'll just make you wonder if I'm going to." Adam said, stepping back. "I'm not afraid of you, Robertson." the boy stated, though his voice trembled. Smirking, Adam leaned back in. "Yeah?" he asked, before his fist flew out...

And connected with the wall to the side of the boy's head.

"Well, you should be." Adam whispered, before he lifted his hand of the wall. "You get one warning. That was it. Keep quiet about what you saw, and we won't need to have this conversation again. Goodbye." he said, before he walked away, leaving the terrified boy to faint behind him.

When Adam headed up to the Drama Clubroom, he saw that Jamie was in the middle of a conversation with Tomoya and Sunohara, before he saw that Tomoyo was also sitting at the table. Walking up, he leant in and whispered "Problem solved." When she looked at him and smiled, Adam blushed, which Jamie noticed. "You keeping something from us, little brother?" the older Robertson asked, before his younger brother glared at him, before Tomoyo placed a hand on his arm. "We should tell them." she said, before Adam looked to her and nodded. "Alright, feel free." he said, gesturing to the room. "Alright." she said, before she stood up. "Adam and I are dating." she said, before the Club looked to Adam, who nodded, before Jamie stood up, and dragged Adam outside. "Let's step outside, shall we?" he asked, before the door slid shut. Looking to each other, the girls of the Club had looks of confusion on their faces before they heard the raised voices from outside.

"Adam, you know this is a bad idea, right? What if we can go home? What will you do then?"

"Jamie, back up a bit. If you can't remember, I was given the choice of moving here or go back to prison. I took the lesser of two evils. You know I'll die before I go back."

"Does she even know about it?"

"No, and don't bring it up! Now we're done here!"

With that, the brothers entered back into the clubroom. "Everything alright?" Tomoyo asked, before Adam pressed his fist into a table. "Yeah, my big brother decided to bring up the past, despite warnings from me." he growled, before his brother shrugged. "You know they heard, Adam. They deserve to know." Jamie said, before Adam growled. "He's right, we do deserve to know." Tomoyo said, before Adam looked at her. "Alright. Meet me at the car park at the end of the day." he said, before the bell rang for class.

A few hours later...

When the last bell rang, the Drama Club headed for the car park, and they waited for the brothers to show up. When they did, Adam spoke up. "Let's go for a little ride." he said, unlocking his car, before Tomoyo and some of the Club got in the Charger, others got in the Skyline, and Kyou pulled a bike she owned over. "Where do I put this?" she asked, before Jamie popped his boot. "In here." When the bike was secured, Adam walked over to his car and slid in. When he got comfortable in the driver's seat, he saw that Jamie was ready to drive off. "Think you can keep up?" Adam shouted to him, receiving a rev in response. Chuckling, Adam turned to the Club members in his car. "You might wanna buckle up." he said, before he shifted into gear and pulled out of the parking lot, Jamie close behind him. They would never admit it, but they were secretly racing, while abiding traffic laws.

When they pulled up at the brother's home, Adam lead them to a garage at the side of the house. When he unlocked the door, Jamie laid his jacket on a chair, before he went to work on an engine over to the corner of the room, before Adam stepped up to a large tarp in the middle is the room. "C'mon Adam, what is it you want to show us?" Kyou asked, before Adam pulled on the tarp, revealing a sleek black Dodge Charger, nearly identical to the one Adam usually drove, but with a gigantic blower built into the hood. "This." Adam said, dumping the tarp in a corner. "Our dad and I built it together. 8000 pounds of pure Detroit muscle. She's a beast. Jamie, know the time she ran in Palmdale?" he continued, before his brother shrugged. "Nine seconds flat. So much torque, that the chassis twisted coming off the line." he said, causing Jamie to turn and look at him in shock. "What's your best time?" Tomoya asked, before Jamie spoke up. "He's never driven her." he said, causing the Club to look at Adam in shock. "Why not?" Kyou asked, before Adam looked at the car. "Frankly, it scares the shit out of me." Pointing to a picture on the wall, Adam said, "That's our dad. He was coming up in the pro stock car circuit. Last race of the season. Some guy, Goldie, I think his name was, came up behind our father, put him into the wall at 120. We watched our dad burn to death. I remember hearing him scream, but the people who saw it said that he died before the tanks blew. They said it was me who was screaming." he said, before the Club looked at him, sorrow clearly on their faces.

"I saw Goldie about a week later. I had a wrench, and I hit him, and I didn't intend to keep hitting him, but by the time I was done, I could barely lift my arm." he said, before he leant on a pillar. "He's a janitor at a high school, has to take the bus to work every morning. And they banned me from the tracks for life." he said, before he looked back at Jamie, who nodded. Stepping back to the front of the car, he said, "We live our lives a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters. Not the mortgage, not the school, not the Club and all that other bullshit. For those 10 seconds or less, we're free." he said, before he went to leave. "Let's go." he said, before the Club followed him.

"How long were you in prison?" Kotomi asked, as Adam locked the garage. "Two years. I'll die before I go back." he said, before he turned to the Club. "I guess you want to kick me out now." he said, before Nagisa looked to Tomoya, who then stepped up to Adam. "You can remain in the Club, as we need the members, but don't ever think to talk to me as a friend again." he said, before he stormed off down the street. "I'll walk home." he said, before he disappeared, Fuko, Sunohara, and Kotomi following behind him, leaving the Robertsons, Fujibayashis, Nagisa and Tomoyo behind. "I'm sorry, but we need to think on this." Kyou said, before she pulled Ryou over to Jamie's car, retrieved her bike, and pulled her sister onto the back of it, and peeled away, leaving the only two people still to walk away: Tomoyo and Nagisa.

"I don't know what to do." Tomoyo said, before Adam laid a hand on her shoulder. "You should hate me, I'm a criminal. I'll just be a hindrance to your Student Council campaign." he said, before Tomoyo's eyes started to water. "No matter what happens, you're still my friend, Adam." she said, before she kissed him on the cheek, and running off. Finally, Nagisa was the only one left. "I'm surprised you're still here, Nagisa." Adam said, before the girl ran up and hugged him, before she stepped back. "This doesn't change anything." she said, before she turned to walk away. "You're still my friends. Both of you. And I believe in second chances." she said, before she in turn disappeared.

"We should prepare for a shitstorm, Adam." Jamie said, before he noticed something sticking out of Adam's back pocket. Reaching over, and plucking it up, he held it up, to see it was an envelope with the words "JAMIE AND ADAM" written on it. "We've got mail." he said, before he handed the letter to Adam, who tore it open, and pulled out a letter. Reading it quickly, the brothers looked to each other, before they smiled.

"Dear Adam and Jamie Robertson,

I may be examining our relationship too much, but as a pair of fellow Club members, and people I consider friends, I would be so happy if you could attend my birthday party, at the Furukawa Bakery in 2 weeks. My parents are giving the place to us. All the rest of the Club will be there. I hope you will attend!

Sincerely,

Nagisa Furukawa

"Well, we have been invited, after all." Adam said, before he pocketed the letter, and entered the house to get changed. "Alright brother..." he said, after he was ready, and pulled a black quilted jacket on, "...we're going shopping!"

2 weeks later...

"You sure about this?" Jamie asked, as the brothers stood in front of the Furukawa Bakery on the night of the party. His uneasiness was understandable, as the Club had all but alienated the two of them, except for Nagisa. Tomoyo had stayed away, claiming she needed to think things through. Kyou and Ryou seemed to want to be friends with the Robertsons again, but Kyou's 'tsundere' side seemed to always get in the way. The brothers simply seemed to take it all in stride. Now, they were preparing to enter the party.

Raising a hand, Adam rapped on the front door of the bakery, before a light turned on in the back of the shop, and Nagisa walked up, and let them in. "Thanks for coming!" she said, before Adam reached into his jacket pocket. Withdrawing a bright blue package, he passed it to Nagisa. "Happy Birthday, from both of us!" He said, before Nagisa hugged him and Jamie, and lead them to the back of the bakery. Suddenly, Adam felt himself get pulled back by Jamie. "You sure you want to do this, Adam?" he asked, before Adam nodded. "Fight or Die, remember?" Adam said, before he followed Nagisa, Jamie hesitating before he followed.

When they stepped into the room, they saw that Tomoyo, Yukine and the Club were present. When the brothers entered, the faces of the Club darkened, before Tomoya stood up and grabbed Adam. "I'd suggest you leave." he growled, before Jamie pulled him off. "We were invited." he said, before Adam looked to Nagisa. "Isn't that right?" he asked, before the girl nodded, to the shock of the room. "Alright, so we're going to keep this civil. Sound good?" Adam said, before he raised an eyebrow. "Fine, since it's for Nagisa." Tomoya said, before they heard the clanking of glasses.

Looking around, they saw Kyou pulling a large bottle of sake from a bag. "Since we're all of legal age, why not?" she asked, when Adam raised an eyebrow. "Never been the drink for me..." Adam said, before a clanking behind him caused him to turn to Jamie. "How about this?" Jamie asked, as he held up a bottle. A wide grin spread on Adam's face when he read the label. "Miller." Adam laughed, before he took 2 bottles from Jamie. "You can't beat Miller." he said, loosening his grip on the bottles slightly, before he tightened his fist before the cap, halting the bottle's fall. Looking round, he saw a trashcan in the corner of the room, near where Ryou was sitting. Smirking, he asked, "Ryou, could you budge to the side for a minute?", before Ryou moved shimmied to the side. "Brilliant." Jamie said, before he looked to the room. "Watch this." he said, nodding to Adam, who made his free hand into a chopping shape, before tilting the bottles to an angle. "You all might wanna duck, just in case this goes wrong." he said, before he brought his hand down with inhuman speed, sending the caps flying in an arc across the room, before they touched down in the trashcan. Handing a bottle to Jamie, Adam took a swig from his own.

"Alright, so what's the plan?" he asked, before Nagisa smiled. "We were just having a large gathering of friends. But it seems the mood has been dampened slightly by...recent events." she said, causing an uncomfortable silence to fall over the room. "It's my fault." Adam said, as he jumped up onto a counter. "I'm the criminal here, and yet Nagisa saw fit to invite me here." This caused Nagisa to look at him in shock. "Adam, you're a good person. You helped the Club get revived. Don't think your past determines your entire future." she said, before they saw Tomoya stand up. Stepping over to Adam, there was an undeniable tension in the air between the two boys, before Adam turned to Jamie. "What happens next, let it go." he said, before Jamie nodded. Turning back to the Club, Adam was sent to the ground by Tomoya punching him. When he picked himself up and rubbed his jaw, he noticed that Tomoya fixed him with a glare, before he burst out laughing. "Sorry, your face was priceless, Adam!" Tomoya said, before he clapped Adam on the shoulder. "We're cool, Adam. I was just in a bad mood when you revealed your past. I jumped to conclusions on your personalities, until Nagisa turned my views around. I managed to convince Sunohara as well. You two will have no problem from us." he said, before he sat back down. Looking to Jamie, Adam smiled, before he took a swig from his bottle.

Next, Kotomi stood up. "You're not bullies, are you?" she asked, before Adam shook his head. "Not any more." he said, placing a hand on her shoulder. Looking over to Jamie, Kotomi was relieved to see him nod in agreement with his brother's statement. "Good to hear." she replied, before she sat down next to Fuko, who smiled at the brothers. "Alright..." Adam said, before Kyou and Ryou spoke up. "We're sorry for how we've treated you two, as well. You didn't deserve that, even given your past, Adam." Kyou said, before she stepped over to engage in a conversation with Jamie. "She's right. I hope you can forgive me for judging you two." Ryou said, bowing. "All is forgiven." Adam said, before he pulled Ryou into a hug. When he released her, she went to sit back down. Finally, Tomoyo walked up to Adam.

"Can we step outside for a minute?" Tomoyo asked, receiving a nod from Adam. With that, the two stepped out into the street outside the Bakery. "Alright, let's hear it." Adam said, with Tomoyo nodding. "I want to apologize for the way I've acted the past two weeks, Adam. My past of dealing with delinquents made me prejudiced against you." she said, before Adam placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry about it. I deserved it. I kept my past from you." he said, before Tomoyo smiled faintly. "Thanks Adam. Now, back to business." she said, before she pulled Adam into a kiss. When the two broke apart, they regained their breath, before they burst out laughing. "I guess we're cool?" Adam asked, with the nod from Tomoyo causing him to smile. "And this time, I don't care who finds out." she said, before Adam looked at her in shock. "You sure?" he asked, before Tomoyo nodded again, laughing. "If giving up on becoming the President means I can be with the man I love openly, then fine by me." she said, before Adam grabbed her, and pulled her into a passionate kiss. After they parted, Tomoyo gasped for breath. "Fuck." she breathed out, before Adam kissed her again, this time gently. "Must do that more often." Adam said, before he jerked his head back towards the Bakery. "C'mon, let's go back in." he said, taking her hand.

When they were at the door to the party, Adam paused for a second, arousing Tomoyo's suspicion. "What's up?" she asked, before Adam put a finger to her lips. Stepping over to another door, which was slightly ajar, Adam and Tomoyo peeked in, and they were shocked by what they saw. Jamie and Kyou were engaged in a passionate kiss, with Jamie pushing her against a wall. "Well, seems my older brother got lucky." Adam said, before he snickered. "I'm so fucking dead." he whispered, before he grabbed the door handle, and flung it open, causing Jamie and Kyou to fly apart.

"What the fuck you doing?" Jamie growled, his face bright red, partly from embarrassment, and partly from rage. Kyou, on the other hand, had closed her arms around herself, and was looking at Adam with the severest killing intent. "Relax, I'm fucking the two of you about. I couldn't resist." Adam said, chuckling, before he walked up to Kyou. Pulling her into an embrace, he whispered, "Welcome to the family.", before pulling back. Looking back, he saw Jamie do the exact same thing with Tomoyo. "Alright, if you two want to, we're heading back to the party. Coming with?" he asked, receiving a nod, before the other two followed him and Tomoyo back into the party...

A/N: And the relationships just keep coming! Will Jamie be able to handle Kyou's tsundere side? Will Tomoyo's non-concern for possible backlash come back to haunt her? Find out next time. Until then, Madman out!