"Dominic Toretto?" Came a female voice from behind Dom as he worked on a carburetor in his father's garage.

"Yeah." He said without looking up.

"My name is Gabriela Bedford." The woman said holding her hand out.

"I would shake it, but my hands are pretty dirty. How can I help you Miss. Bedford?" Dominic asked her wiping his hands with a small towel.

"I was told many things about you, and I came to see if they were true." Dom gave her a confused look. He had never seen the young woman before, and she definitely was not a racer chaser. She wore a sharp well-fitted black suit, and carried herself in an almost intimidating fashion. "Is there somewhere we could talk?"

"About what exactly?" He questioned, and the woman whipped out her business card and handed it to him.

"I work for FUEL Motor Sports Management. I here you have an interest in professional Stock Car racing. Coincidentally, we have an interest in new talent."

"Holy Shit." Dom said staring at the business card.

"You may be interested in some representation."

"Are you serious?"

"I assure you that I am."

"What did you have in mind?" Dom asked struggling to put his words together.

"I'm thinking maybe the Sprint Cup Series?"

"Like NASCAR? Like in a few months."

"Yes and no" She answered with a stern smile. "You wouldn't be ready for this year's competition, but perhaps the next with the proper partners and sponsors."

"How exactly would this work?"

"Well you'd need to sign a contract, and then it's my job to make sure your dreams come true. I'll be honest with you. I have only had one other client, but I'm good at my job, and we are a credible business as I'm sure you know. The company's cliental speaks for themselves."

"Can I think about this?" Dom asked still surprised.

"Certainly" She answered earnestly. "Call the office and make an appointment with my assistant when you decide to take me up on my offer. I promise you that it does not matter how talented you are. At twenty-four these opportunities are slim to none."

"I'll call you." Dom told her with a firm nod before she left the garage. He knew she was right. He had been working with a pit crew on the weekends for almost a year and they had allowed him to race against their driver during practice runs. He had done his fair share of networking, but it appeared that his big break would fall on luck.

"You got something to share Dominic?" Tony asked when he saw the woman leave.

"She's a manager for FUEL."

"She made you an offer?"

"Yeah"

"Don't sign anything until you have a lawyer look at it." Tony warned.

"What lawyer? Don't they cost a lot of money?"

"We'll find one. You don't want to sign a contract with the devil. These management companies only try to pull money from talented people. They probably sent the pretty one to distract you. You're young, but don't forget you have a family to think about."

"This is insane."

"It's just representation, not a spot on the track."

"It's something though, right?"

"Yeah, this could be the beginning of big things." Tony said patting his back. Dom was so excited he did not understand how he had stayed so calm through out their conversation. He wanted to run around the block and scream out at the top of his lungs.

"I gotta go." Dom said grabbing his things and running to his car. He shot up the stairs of his apartment and blasted through the front door.

"Alexus did you paint your stomach blue?" He heard Letty question their son walking into the very messy apartment. It seemed like a tornado of toys had passed by their living room.

"No" The small boy said shaking his head vigorously.

"Then who did?"

"I no know." He said with a shrug showing off his blue stained hands.

"What did I tell you about lying?" She scolded sternly.

"Uh?" Alexus responded apprehensively.

"You don't lie to Mami right?"

"No lie no" He said shaking his head.

"Now you can't use it because you didn't do what I said."

"No, mine! My blue!" The boy began to pout and his bottom lip began to quiver.

"You're not going to play with the markers anymore." Letty argued with her toddler as she picked up the small box from the ground.

"No mine!" He said with a cry, and stomping his small feet. He proceeded to throw himself to the ground and bang his tiny fists on the floor.

"Alexus" Letty said sighing heavily. She was too tired to deal with the boy's behavior.

"Woa" Dom said walking into Alexus' room. "What happened?"

"Your son decided to draw all over the walls and himself, and refuses to admit he did it." Letty informed him with a sigh as they watched on as their son threw a tantrum.

"Deny, deny, deny I wonder where he got that from." Dom said with a small smile.

"Really?" Letty said warningly. She had been with Alexus all day because Ana worked Thursdays, and she was in no mood for Dom's remarks. The terrible twos were no myth. The child's toddler phase was harder to deal with than expected. Long gone was the quiet baby she would nurse to sleep. She now had a little hellion that wanted to touch, climb, and question everything he saw.

"Come on Lex. Let's get you cleaned up." Dom said picking up the boy from the floor. He continued to cry until they made to the bathroom.

"Lex did you draw all over the walls?" Dom asked undressing him.

"No" The boy denied with a sniffle.

"We don't draw on walls, right?" Alexus shook his head. "We get punished when we draw on walls, right?"

"Me punished?"

"Yeah no more markers." Dom told him slowly and sternly.

"Wah!" The child screeched as Dom put him in the tub.

"Remember when we wanted him to cry?" Letty said tiredly in the doorframe.

"I don't think we meant this though." Dom said with a half smile as Alexus continued to blubber out tears and hyperventilate. "I actually have news." He told her over Alexus' wheezing sniffles.

"Yeah?"

"A manager made me an offer today."

"Manager for what?" Letty asked confused.

"Racing." He answered and her face lit up.

"Get outta here!"

"Deadass"

"Damn, who with?"

"FUEL"

"Decent" Letty said with an approving nod.

"Yeah, but the rep only had one other client and she looked really young."

"How young?"

"Not much older than me. I'd be surprised if she was thirty."

"So is it even worth it?"

"I think so. I'm gonna meet up with her tomorrow. Dad said he'd have a lawyer look at the contract."

"Yeah that sounds smart." Letty agreed.

"She said I could be doing the Sprint Cup Series next year."

"Wow baby, that'd be amazing!"

"Yeah, I can't believe it." Dom said toweling Alexus off once the child saw that his crying was not getting him what he desired.

"Papi, Papi" Alexus said tapping his chest.

"What?"

"Juice" He said with a pout.

"You want juice?" Dom asked, and the boy nodded shyly.

"Later"

"Now" The child urged.

"Alexus" Dom told him forebodingly. His father's sturdy voice made Alexus stop the beginnings of another tantrum. Letty took him to dress him in his pajamas and put him to bed. Dom stayed in the bathroom to clean off a day's work. When he got out Letty had prepared a plate for him and set it on the table.

"Smells good." He said kissing her cheek.

"With the way he's been acting today, you're lucky you're even getting food."

"I love how domestic you are now." He said nuzzling against her neck.

"Shut up." She said shrugging him off.

"You're my little wifey." He teased.

"You're cooking tomorrow."

"You mean we're ordering out tomorrow?" He said with a small laugh.

"That's your call." She said unamused.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I have a test tomorrow that I haven't studied for because Alexus wont nap, and it's for that stupid thermodynamics class I'm barely passing as is." Letty exasperated rubbing her temples. "I'm so fucked. It's not even funny."

"Don't say that. It isn't until tomorrow night anyway. You still have time to review a little." Dom said rubbing her neck.

"My mom can't watch him tomorrow either. I'm gonna ask Simone."

"We'll find someone to watch him, even if Mia has to do it at the store."

"Tony wouldn't like that."

"He'll understand." Dom reassured her with an embrace.

"Your food is getting cold." Letty said into his chest.

"Oh yeah" He let her go and sat down to eat. Dom could not help but grin at the glimmer of hope that had graced him that day. The last few months had been difficult both financially and personally. They were busy literally everyday of the week. Letty was taking courses for a mechanical engineering degree during the evenings while working full time at the garage. Dom worked longer hours, and on the weekends he worked with an up and coming pit-crew at the racetrack. Looking after Alexus was also a full time job in itself, and some days it felt like the world was crashing down on them.

"If I get to go pro I could put you on my team." Dom told her as he ate his dinner. Letty smiled at the thought she had been picking up the mess Alexus had left behind from his day at home.

"You want me to be your little assistant or something?" She challenged coming up to stand beside him.

"Or something", he said with a smirk. "Maybe pit-crew, driver, I don't know."

"Wait. What? Driver?" Letty said taken aback. "You think they'd let you do that?"

"If I dominate competition they'll give me anything I want." Dom smiled pulling her into his lap. "If you were on my team we could travel together, you know as a family."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. Wouldn't you like that?"

"I'd love that." She told him softly.

"And money wouldn't be an issue."

"Yeah, because we'd be rolling deep in it." Letty said with a small laugh. "Let's just hope this chick knows her shit."

"Something tells me she does. Call it a gut feeling."

"Let's hope so." She said pecking his lips, which resulted in a rather sensual kiss. "Hey, you want a blow job?"

"Like right now?" Dom asked with surprise. Letty answered with a shrug. "What about the kid?"

"He's asleep."

"What did I say?"

"What do you mean?"

"How do I get you to want to do this all the time?"

"I don't know Dom; maybe find a running theme." She said with a smirk before sliding down his body.

"This day just got better."

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