The summer continued along as Stella found herself more and more hanging out at the garage. The more and more she found herself wanting to go there instead of the beach. She moved the box onto the desk before wiping her brow from the sweat that was beginning to form. It was definitely summer in California. And of course…the air conditioner had gone out in the garage the beginning of the week. She ran her hands through her hair before pulling it up into a pony tail. "Hey you." Vince poked his head into the office. "You want to come out here for a second?"

"What is it?" Stella didn't bother looking up from the box as she continued to take things out. Her wrist was finally out of the cast but was still very stiff. She rubbed her hand over her face again. "Just come out here." He chuckled before leaving the doorway. She sighed as she moved from around the desk and out into the open garage. It was just the two of them in there right now. Dom and Tony had headed down to San Diego to look at some parts and wouldn't be back till probably long after she had gone to bed. Mia and Letty decided that the diner was better than working in a hot garage all day. "Okay, so do you want to help me?"

"With what?" She wiped her face again. "It so hot!" She whined.

"We have one more hour." Vince assured her. "I have to change the oil in this car, do you want to help me?" She nodded her head as she moved closer to the car. She bent down as he began lifting the car up."Alrighty, so the first thing you are going to want to do is remove the drain plug to get rid of the old oil. Make sure you have something underneath to catch it. You don't want old oil all over the place." She nodded her head as she moved down to knees and looked under the car. "So once that happens, you install a new gasket onto the plug and make sure that is it tightened. We don't want it to come off. Once you are finished with that, you are done underneath here. " He pulled himself out from under the car holding is hand out to her. She laughed as she positioned herself to be able to pull him up. She felt her body sliding forward as he pulled her. A chuckle left his mouth as he finally stood up on his feet. He patted her head before moving to the engine of the car. "Now…" The sound of engines caught both of their attention as Stella looked up at Vince who was drying his hands off on a towel. The car doors closed before two men entered. Stella wiped her face again as she moved around the car to walk back to the office. She watched as Vince talked to the two men as she moved the fan in front of her face. Vince shook the man's hand before slowly walking into the office. "What do you say about me and you getting out of here?"

"YES!" Stella shouted jumping up from chair. She immediately cut the computer off before grabbing the keys and hurrying past Vince. "Who were those guys?"

"Just some guys looking for Tony."

"For what?" She moved to the doors and began pulling them down. She stopped as she looked back at Vince who wouldn't look at her. "Are they racers?"

"Your dad would kill me." Vince mumbled jerking the door down. "He knows how upset it makes you."

"You guys are lying to me." She shook her head. "He's going to do what he wants."

"We aren't lying." Vince walked outside unlocking the door to his car before opening the passenger side door for her. "I just don't think you understand."

"Because I am twelve." She rolled her eyes rolling the window down and sticking her hand out. "Will you go fast?"

Stella laid in her bed when she heard a soft knock on her door. "Yes?" She answered as the door slowly opened and Vince and Dom walked in. She sighed as she threw the teen magazine down before pushing her legs up to cross them. "Hi." They both sat down at the bottom of the bed. "What do you want?" They were beginning to have a sneaky vibe to them. "I didn't do it." She finally blurted out as Vince began to laugh causing Dom to smile.

"We know you didn't do anything wrong." Dom replied. "Vince here told me that you guys met Kenny Linder last night."

"I didn't know his name." She looked up at Vince. "They were racers though. They race with pops?"

"Yeah." Dom nodded his head. "And I am sorry that we lied to you." She remained silent. "Pops didn't want you to get upset with him. It brings in extra money for us to be able to do things. I really wanted a car…"

"I don't need things, Dom." Dom bowed his head. "I want my dad. I want him to come home to me every night."

"I know." He whispered. "We should have never lied for him." Dom grabbed her hand in his as she took in a deep breath and sighed. It was a common thing for those two to come talk to her after she had gotten into trouble. She usually never did. It was always Mia. Sometimes she had being the youngest. She was treated so much more different than anyone else in the house. "Will you forgive us?" Stella slowly shook her head as a smile formed on her face. "What?" Vince moved closer to her. "Not even just a little bit?" Stella scooted backwards on the bed as Dom and Vince moved closer to her with their hands in the air. She let out a scream just as they attacked her. She felt on her back, kicking her legs in the air, as the laughter and screams filled the air. "What is going on?" Mia asked walking in with Letty behind her.

"Make them stop!" Stella screamed.

"Say it!" Vince shouted. "Say you forgive us!"

"FINE!" She tried to catch her breath as she shoved Vince in the arm before jumping off the bed. "One of these days I am going to kick your butt."

"Doubt it." Vince laughed. "Now get dressed, we are going somewhere."

"Where?" Mia asked.

"You'll see." Vince winked at her. Stella looked over at Dom who instantly grabbed her in his arms. "Get ready and meet us downstairs in five minutes."

"I love you." Dom whispered in her ear before throwing her backwards on the bed.

Five minutes past as Stella found herself running out of her room and down the stairs into the living room where everyone was waiting for her. She looked around the room as Vince finally nodded his head and moved towards the door. "Wait, who is driving?" Mia asked holding her hand in the air. Dom and Vince exchanged looks before walking out the door without saying a word. "They keep doing that." Stella replied before following. She hurried down the steps of the house and onto the sidewalk where a red car was sitting. "And who gets this?" Vince held his hand up. "Right. I'm not getting the car with you." Mia and Letty began laughing behind her as Vince opened the door. "I'm serious."

"Then you don't get to know what we are up to." Vince smirked. Stella rolled her eyes as she drug her feet while walking to the car. She wouldn't say she was a huge car person but she enjoyed working at the garage even though she only did paper work. She imagined sometimes what it would be like to be a racer though. Her windows down, the wind blowing through her long black hair. The music turned up as loud as can be. She can see herself looking beside her at the car waiting to get their butts kicked. She was press hard down on the gas just as the whistle blows leaving a trail of dust behind her. She would win every time. She smiled to herself as she climbed into the backseat of the car and immediately rolled her window down sticking her hand out. That's what she loved about him. They went fast. She could feel the car build up underneath her as Vince would hold the pedal down to the floor. "Can you sit in the middle?" Mia knocked her out of her trance as she glared over at her sister. "You are the smallest. We all have to fit in her somehow."

"Stop arguing!" Dom shouted. "Stel, get in the middle. Let Letty sit beside you." Stella rolled her eyes as Letty had a smile plastered on her face. Letty had been sticking around a lot lately. Tony took a liking to her and enjoyed having an extra set of hands to help around the diner and the garage. She, however, took a huge liking to Dom. You could see it in her eyes. She would watch him. That's what Letty loved about the garage. Knowing Dom was there to teach her everything there is about a car. He was of course oblivious to it all. He had one thing on his mind right now and that was cars. Stella could tell he was getting the racing itch like their father. It was just a matter of time before he started it as well. "Where exactly are we going?" Mia asked. "And who is watching the diner and garage?"

"Don't worry about all that." Dom replied.

"No, because I will be the one to get in trouble if no one shows up to work."

"Shut up!" Stella shouted. "Can we go!" The car started and everyone suddenly became silent. Vince pull forward as Stella look ahead of her to see where they were going.

"You know how we talk about pops racing all the time?" Dom finally spoke. Everyone nodded their heads. "Well I think its about time that we start up our on team and see what it's all about."

"Our own team?" Stella asked.

"Like a race team? Like we are racing?" Mia chimed in.

"You guys aren't racing. But me and Vince will be." Dom smirked.

"This is ridiculous."

"This is stupid!" Mia and Stella spoke at the same time. "What makes you think we want to be involved in this?" Mia asked. Vince pulled up to the red light and turned around in his seat.

"Letty, what would you like to do?" Vince asked with a smile on his face. Dom began to chuckle in the front seat.

"Oh no!" Stella shouted! "That is not fair and you know it."

"Let her speak!" Dom shouted back. "Letty?"

"What would we do?" Letty asked as Stella threw herself against the seat. They were using her and Stella didn't like it one bit. She glared at Vince as he turned back around just as the light turned green.

"Excellent." Vince replied. The rest of the way was silent as Stella continued to be mad. What were they going to do? There were two thirteen year olds and a twelve year old sitting in the backseat of some beat up car. Vince had just gotten his license who just so happened to find this random car that he could afford. They were dragging them along to one, take Stella's mind off of their dad racing, and two, the girls could do their dirty work for them while they had fun. The car came to a stop as Stella refused to move from the backseat. "Come on, Stel." Mia held out her hand. "You can't stay in the car. You will die." Stella began to laugh as she took her sisters hand and climbed out the car. The wind blew as she looked around the track. It was empty. It looked abandoned. Where were they? "I believe they have finally snapped and have taken us here to kill us."

"This is where we will be practicing." Dom turned around in a circle showing off his new place. "What do you think?"

"It's dirty." Stella mumbled as she crossed her arm over her chest. "Is this because I got so upset over Pops? I mean…I'm over it." Laughter filled the air as Vince came to put his arm around her. "This is something that we can all do together. Isn't that what you have always wanted?"

"No." Stella bluntly replied. "Half of the time you both can't stand us. So what is this really about? Can we be serious because you both are sixteen years old? I am twelve. You don't want to be spending all your time with us. And we don't either. My beach has already been taken away from me so let's spit it out."

"If you don't want to do it then you are more than welcome to leave." Dom replied. Vince removed his arm from her shoulder. There was silence as Stella looked over at Mia and Letty who found the ground to be more interesting. She was alone in this. There was no reason at all for these two boys to want three girls to help them with racing. "If you don't want to do this, Stel, then just leave." Her stomach caught in her stomach as she nodded her head. "We have work to do, so let's make a decision." Stella nodded her head knowing Dom was beginning to get tired of her. "Come on, Stel." Mia ushered her. "It's better than working at the diner."

"Yeah, man. Just stay and see how it is. If you don't like it then you don't have to do it anymore." Letty chimed in.

"What would I have to do?" Stella groaned. Mia wrapped her arms around her sister's with a squeal.

"I want you on detail." Dom replied. "Do you know what that is?"

"Drawing?" Stella's voice was low. "I am going to be drawing things?"

"I've seen your drawings, Stel. They are awesome." Vince chimed in. "I think you would be awesome at it."

"What about me?" Mia asked holding her hand in the air. "I'm not artistic at all and I would like to not work on anything." Dom chuckled. "I could do paperwork for you guys. Any money or anything coming in for you guys. I am really good at it at the diner."

"Then it's settled. You'll be our book keeper." Dom turned around to Letty. "And you…"

"I can race." She smirked. Dom and Vince began to laugh. "What? Are you afraid a girl will be able to beat you?"

"What do you know about racing?" Dom looked over at Vince with a laugh. "You can help us. Whenever we aren't working at the garage or the diner…we will be together working on whatever cars we need to get ready. Me and Vince will be looking out for opportunities for us."

"So this is it?" Stella asked. "We are a racing team now?"

"Yep!"

"So do we get some superhero name now?" Mia asked. This was it. They had formed a racing team. Stella didn't have a clue what that truly consisted of but part of her was happy to be spending time with her family. She looked around at everyone as they stood a little taller that day. They were forming something that not many would be able to do at twelve years old. She imagined what it would be like five, ten years down the road. Would she be that street racer that she always imagined she would be? She was ready to find out.

2 Years Later...

Stella ran around the car and climbed into the passenger side as Letty rolled the windows down. "And where are you two going?" Tony yelled out the front door. "Church starts in twenty minutes."

"Aw, come on!" Stella shouted. "Can't we just skip it? Just this one day?"

"No! Get out of the car and go get dressed. Don't make me ask you again, Stella!" Stella looked over at Letty who just shrugged her shoulders. "You will be going as well, Leticia!" Stella let out a laugh as she climbed out of the car and hurried up the steps. She kissed her dad on the cheek before walking into the living room.

"I knew you wouldn't make it far." Mia replied as she put down her book. "Can it not wait till later?"

"Mia, you have to come see what I drew for Vince's car." Stella replied. "It's pretty amazing!"

"Are you not coming to church?" Letty asked. Mia stood up from the couch letting the blanket fall to the ground revealing the dress she was wearing. Letty chuckled. "We were going to try to go down to the track later on today. You going?"

"I told Dom I would check out some numbers for him later on. He's been ordering parts from Japan and screwing just about everything up." Mia rolled her eyes. "How's the driving going?"

"Well your pops caught us down at the track last week while you were at the movies. We got yelled at for about twenty minutes on us being too young to be racing." Stella began shaking her head behind her as Mia began to laugh.

"So..."Mia ushered her to carry on with the story.

"So, we didn't listen. Vince has been teaching me a lot. If Dom will just let me have a chance, I know I can beat him."

"You are fifteen years old, what makes you think he would let you do anything behind a steering wheel?" Mia asked.

"Lets go!" Tony shouted from the door. "We are going to be late!"

"Listen, don't say anything, but I convinced him into racing me next week and seeing if I am worthy enough." They whispered as they walked to the door.

"That's insane, Letty!" Stella replied. "You are going to get yourself killed. They both have been racing for two years now."

"I know I can do this. He just has to give me a chance." They were silent as Stella opened the door. Letty had been wanting to race since the day they stepped foot onto that track two years ago. She could see if it her eyes every time they come near a track and a car. She knew that Letty was trying to prove herself to Dom. He had constantly had her attention since day one. It's amazing what a person would do to get someone to notice them.

AN: Let me know what you guys think! I will try to have the next chapter up real soon! :)