[chapter 8: You're a Buster...and I'm a Buster...shiiit!]
I pull up to the line, it's Dom, Letty Mia and me, I look beyond Letty to Dom, Dom doesn't look at me…though…there's really no need to the tension between us is thick enough not even a knife could cut through it.
Mia smirks at me her car just past her brother's, she slides her left hand down and pushes her spaghetti top strap off of her shoulder, my eyes are glued to the little maroon strap.
"GO!" A hot bitch shouts, tires churping as everyone else feathers their clutches.
"You are so getting spanked later young lady." I say while keeping eye contact with her until said eye contact is broken by her pulling away.
I grip the wheel my heart pounding in my chest at the weight of seeing Letty, Mia and Dom pulling away from me pulling in a deep breath calming myself down.
I take off like a jet, hitting the first Nos button the world becoming a blur.
Mechanical Mastery kicks in working with Outlaw street racer every shift is perfect, I close the gap between Letty and I before slipping by her equalling Dom who is at war with Mia who keeps within inches of her brother, I level out it's me Mia and Dom.
Fighting for lead once someone takes the lead another takes it back neck and neck none of us passing more than a few centimeters past one another.
Dom looks over at me his nostrils flaring before he smirks and looks at his little sister who is watching the road like a good girl.
Then Dom is blowing by us, "Oh no you don't Junior." I say with a smirk, and hit the second NOS dispensation button.
The world warps.
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Mia
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"Too soon boys…too soon." Mia says with a smirk and she and Letty look at each other and wink.
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Mia end
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Just as I'm about to cross the finish line maybe a centimeter ahead of Dom…two blurs pass by us.
The crowd explodes, with cheers as I powerslide to a stop, "Oh shit…Mia does have the divine Luck and talent thing too…of course she does…she met me after all." I curse softly while staring at Mia and Letty's taillights, I look over and Dom looks at me with wide eyes, and he conveys to me sorry about you car bro…"
Dom and I get out of our cars as Mia and Letty drive over to us…I'm still looking at Dom his expression turns into a stoic mask as he just stares at me…finally he nods to me just once, and his head barely moves.
'Did I earn his respect…not that I care as long as I have Mia's heart…or is it a warning? Fuck it, could be both.'
A crowd forms around a beaming Mia as Hector hands her the money.
'Damn…I'm dating a winner…' I think and I can't help the smile that's on my face, walking over to Mia I sling my arms around her hips… "So I guess I owe you a ten second car…too bad everything that's mine is already your's anyways." I tease with a smile and Mia flushes even brighter red than she already is from the exhilaration from the race.
"You're such a dumbass…" Mia mutters in a shy but happy tone as she stands on her toes and kisses me.
"COPS, COPS, COPS, EVERYONE BUG OUT!!!" Leon shouts, making the meat explode into chaos.
Come to my place!" Mia shouts over the noise of roaring exhausts and squeeling tires, before she jumps forward and kisses my lips. It's almost too quick for me to register it before it's gone and she's sprinting into her car.
Snapping out of my stupor As I get into my car and drive away from cop cars flooding the street. I get a call from Sergeant Tanner, "We're setting Toretto up for you. Reel him in Brian!"
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Outside of a parking garage in downtown L.A. 3rd
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Dom walks out of a parking garage, a smirk just starting to quirk up at the corners of his lips, that smirk instantly disappears as a squad car drives by him, he tucks his head close to his chin.
Zips up his red leather jacket and tries to convince himself he doesn't look as conspicuous as he does, the patrol cruiser continues to drive by before it's brakes lockup. Taillights glaring in the night the car's reverse lights turn on.
"Toretto, stop right there!" A voice shouts from the built-in loudspeaker.
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Outside of a parking garage in downtown L.A. 3rd end
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MC
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"Toretto!" I hear Sergeant Tanner yelling through the loudspeaker, as I keep my car parked out of sight.
'I should do as Brian did in the movie.' I think as I feather the clutch and throttle drive down the small hill, cutting the steering wheel turns into a power slide stopping close to Dom.
I lean/reach over, rip on the door handle and push open the door. "Get in!" The shout rings out inside of the car. Dom looks from me to the cops, before getting into my Eclipse.
Roasting the tires, just barely dodging the cop car that was trying to do a 180° spin to face the right direction.
Dom stays silent as I dodge another police cruiser, then a taxicab. Cutting the wheel driving down a tight alley, just making it past a garbage truck which cuts off our pursuers.
'Staged on the fly or not…that was a rush.' My thoughts are interrupted by Dom, "You're the last person in the world I expected to show up."
"Ehh, I was looking for a good place to sit and wait for the cops to get bored. Then I heard someone shout Toretto, and was worried it was Mia…so since I kept you out of handcuffs am I in your good graces?"
"You are in my good graces."
"Good enough that you might talk your sister and Letty into letting me keep my car?" I ask him, my voice verging on amusement.
Dom makes a sound in the back of his throat, "Sorry Brian…but I think you have a better chance of convincing them to let you keep your car than I would."
"Anything you wanna get off your chest?" I ask him but we're spotted by a cop car, I drop a gear and rip up on the E-brake putting the car into a slide making a hair pin turn.
Blasting the throttle up shifting, taking another tight turn nearly hitting a late night commuter. Watching with a smirk on my face as Sergeant Tanner and Agent Bilkins crash a cruiser into a civilian vehicle.
"You drive like you've done this before." Dom says to me pointedly ignoring my offer for someone to talk to.
"You a wheelman?" Dom asks me and I shrug.
"Nope, used to boost cars growing up to keep food in my stomach and a roof over my head."
"Ever done time?"
I shrug again, "Just some time in Juvenile Detention centers."
"Tucson, right?"
"Yeah, how'd you find out about that?" I ask him as it's not as simple as the movie makes it out to be. Those records are sealed even to the public, that means Dom has someone on the inside.
"I had Jesse run a profile on you, Brian Earl Spilner." Dom says and I raise an eyebrow at that.
'If Dom has someone in the police department or the county records, there's a good chance that he knows I'm undercover…and using a fake name.'
"Jesse will find anything on the Web.
Anything about anybody…" Dom says almost exactly like the movie but there's a tension in his voice.
"So, what about you?" I ask Dom following my lines.
"Two years in Lompoc, I'll die before I go back." Dom mutters darkly and unlike the movie his voice carries a hidden threat.
'He knows…fuck he knows…'
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