Chapter 9-Meeting the Team

Diana's POV

As the week slowly came to end, it was finally Friday. Which meant me and Sash had to ride with Jesse down to the DT garage. We were standing by Jesse's white and blue Jetta, waiting for him to come out of the school.

"Why the hell is that boy so weird? He's always shaking or jumping up and down like a crazy man." Sasha asked me, pointing to Jesse as he was running towards the car.

"Sasha be nice. He has ADD and he's anemic. He has to stay alive someway and what better way to do it then be happy?" I answered sincerely.

The truth was, I kinda had a crush on Jesse. He was the boy-next-door, so to speak. He had shaggy, dirty blonde hair with the most amazing green eyes. He always wore a beanie to match his outfits. He was a silly guy and fun to be around.

"You shorties ready to go? We have to go to DT, then we are gonna stop by the house so I can drop my things off, then finally we are gonna meet up with the rest of the team at the store." Jesse said, snapping me out of my daze. We all jumped in the car, me riding shotgun of course, and Sasha in the back.

"This is one helluva Jetta you got here." Sasha complimented his ride.

"Thanks. Yeah me and my dad built it before he went to the pen." He said, obviously trying to get away from this conversation. When we stopped at the garage, Jesse noticed that none of the cars where there. "Guess they aren't here. Well I guess we're going straight to the store. We can go to the house afterwards." He said, backing out of the garage.

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As we arrived to the store, I noticed a lady standing behind the counter. There was a blonde man sitting at one of the stools talking to her. There was also another rugged-looking man sitting next to him and he didn't look happy.

"Dom they're here!" yelled Letty as she stood from a chair behind the counter. "How ya livin' chicas?" She asked as we approached thestore.

"Couldn't be better" I answered.

"Good, cause it's about to get better, watch this." Letty said, pointing to the two men at the counter.

"Who are they?" Sasha asked curiously.

"The little blonde guy is Brian. Ancient history ... so to speak. He and Mia are in love with each other. That's Mia," she answered pointing to the Italian girl, "and that over there is the Ol' Coyote, Vince. He's been in love with her forever, literally. Even after the fact that Brian saved his life, he still won't let up." Letty finished.

As she spoke, I noticed the scars on Vince's right forearm. They looked like a rope had been wrapped around it.

"What happened to Vince's arm?" I asked out of curiousity.

"To make a long story short -- he's lucky all he got was scars. If it wasn't for Snowman, Vince wouldn't be here." was all Letty said.

"Thanks for the tuna Mi, I'll see ya later. Tell Dom I said thanks for actually letting me back in his good graces." Brian said, putting money on the counter and walking away from his stool.

"Ohh watch this girls, it's beautiful." Some guy with a toothpick in his mouth said to us. Vince stood from his stool and followed Brian.

"You got some nerve coming back here buster. After all that shit, you come back. You're dumber then I thought." Vince yelled from behind Brian.

"I wasn't dumb when I grabbed your ass off that truck was I? I coulda let your ass die on that truck." Brian growled back at Vince. There was silence. Vince just turned around and walked away. Brian turned, got into his Skyline and left.

"What, no fight?" Dominic joked, finally coming from out back.

"Whatever Dominic." Was all Vince could say.

"Now that you've given our guests a show, lemme introduce you all." Dom said, putting his arm around Vince's shoulder and walking towards the rest of the team.

"This is my little sister, Mia. She's the mother of the family. She cooks, she cleans, and we love her," He joked, hugging her tightly. "That ass right there, that's Vince. He's the Coyote of the bunch. Wild and always hungry." That sent the whole group into laughter. I mean he did kinda remind me of a coyote. Dom continued, "That's Leon. You well never see him without that damn toothpick. He's crazy about Skylines, specifically HIS Skyline, but we keep him around for decoration. Plus he's a good mechanic sometimes. You already know Jesse, the mad scientist of the team. He can fix anything. And that right there, the only lady who can wear greasy overalls and make it look sexy, my baby Letty." he said, kissing Letty on the cheek.

"And you are?" Sasha asked sarcastically.

"I'm Dom, King of the Streets, and this is my family." He said in that raspy voice of his.

"I'm Kong, here me roar!" Sasha joked, beating on her chest like the famous ape. She was actually joking around... she was having a good time..something's wrong. Her joke made everyone crack up with laughter. Dom turned beet red and smiled at her.

"Nice to meet you all." I said, nodding at all of the characters in front of me.

"I don't mean to be rude but Sir Kong, you are one cocky SOB." Sasha spoke, causing the team to laugh at the new nickname she gave him.

"Noone has ever called Dominic Toretto cocky and lived to tell about it." Leon said, holding his toothpick in his hand.

After more talking and joking, I noticed Sasha started to relax some. We got to know everyone and we were having a good time doing it.