CHAPTER FIVE:

"dinner"

PAISLEY HELPED BRING THE FOOD for the barbecue, she looked by the grill to see brian. she sent a smile, but soon enough her smile fell. "i'm outta here." vince said handing the bag of ice to leon. "come on, dog." leon complained. "dom." paisley called out to him. "vince, get over here and give us a hand." dom called out. "looks like you got all the help you need, brother." vince replied, paisley sighed her mind telling herself he was being petty.

dom walked away giving up. paisley watched as vince drove off fast before she turned around following everyone else.

"mia! the chickens dry." dom yelled out for her. "alright. i'm coming out already." mia said stepping out of the door, jesse, brian and paisley following behind her.

dom gave mia a hug, paisley smiled at her siblings as she set some beer on the table.

they were all now sitting at the table. "hey, hold up." dom said stopping jesse, "because you were the first to reach in to get the chicken, you say grace." dom said making paisley smile at jesse.

the whole table closed their eyes collapsing their hands together, "dear heavenly.." he paused, "spirit." paisley told him a slight chuckle escaped her lips. "spirit. thank you." jesse said looking at her, she smiled at him. "thank you for providing us with a direct port nitrous injection, four core inter oilers and ball-bearing turbos," he continued.

paisley smiled at him, before she looked at brian, his blue eyes met hers a smile on his face as well. "and titanium valve springs." jesse said. paisley smile softened along with her eyes as she looked at brian. "thank you." jesse said.

"amen." leon exclaimed everyone clapped for jesse. "not bad." dom said pointing towards jesse. "amen." brian said. "he was praying to the car gods, man." letty said making the whole table laugh. "hes not the best." paisley stated. the table filled with chatter. "look who it is. 'old coyotes 'R' us'." leon said about vince who had showed up. "i thought you weren't hungry, pumpkin."

"you know, i gotta eat." vince replied, "he's always hungry." paisley said. "alright, sit down." dom motioned for him to sit across from brian.

table seating:

dom

mia jesse

letty paisley

vince brian

leon

brian looked uncomfortable as vince sat down in front of him. paisley looked between the two, she leaned in whispering in brian's ear. "he'll get used to you. just ignore him." she whispered. dom eyed the two. brian smiled at paisley as she smiled at vince.

she may hate how people act but she still tried to make them feel welcome. which was the main reason brian was falling for her. "how you doing, mia? and you too pai?" vince asked.

"here you go." leon said handing vince a beer. brian then took a drink of his eyeing vince. the awkward silence was making paisley shift in her seat slightly. "jesse hand me that chicken." letty said. "let's eat some grub, man." leon said. "want some of that chicken?" dom questioned mia.

"what, you rent a movie or something?"

PAISLEY WAS NOW STOOD IN THE kitchen washing the dishes. brian brung a couple more in, "need a hand with anything else?" he asked her. "no, i'm good. you can join the boys and watch the movie." she told him. "the cook doesn't clean where i come from." brian told her grabbing a drying towel. "i'd like to go there." she said.

brian started to dry the plates she had just rinsed. he sent her a look before looking back at the plate, paisley sent him one as well before continuing the washing "i think we should go out sometime." brian finally spoke up.

"no, i don't date my brothers friends." paisley replied, the other night was a one night thing, they were both buzzed and tired. "that sucks." he said before grabbing another plate. "i'll have to kick his ass then." he said jokingly.

"i'd love to see that one." paisley snickered. "i would pay to see that one, actually." she smiled at him. vince walked into the kitchen grabbing a pop corn bag seeing the two laughing.

"wash my car when you get done." he said making paisley scoff, "what was that?" she asked a pissed look took over her face turning to vince. "no, paisley. i'm talking to the punk." he said, "wear your favorite dress, 'cause when you're done, i'm putting you on the streets where you belong, cutie." he said making paisley roll her eyes at him.

brian was now turned fully around leaning against the counter. "is this thing broken? what's wrong with this thing?" vince yelled smacking the side of the microwave.

paisley turned around again. "hey, what was that cuban restaurant you wanted to take me to?" she questioned. "the on with the picadillo and— with red candles, wooden tables." he slurred over his words a smile over his face. "the plantain, food all over the place. what's it called?" she questioned again. "cha cha cha." he said.

she smiled at him deviously, "yeah, that's it." she said, "yeah." he replied cheekily. "well, you can take me there." she said turning to brian, walking closer, "friday night at 10:00. is that good for you?" she asked him.

brian paused for a second looking at her. "yeah, it's perfect." he replied softly. "good." she told him.

a smirk placed on his face but when he seen vince's face his smirk fell, vince hit the door with his arm. "there's no popcorn?" jesse asked vince. "make your own goddamn popcorn!" vince shouted.

                 PAISLEY WAS STOOD IN THE SHADOWS with dom as vince dragged a knocked out brian in. "he moans like a cop." vince said pointing his gun at brian. brian's breath started to fasten.

dom and paisley stepped out of the shadows. paisley didn't want to come, but dom insisted that she knew if anything was up before their date.

"brian, this is one of those times you need to be clear about what you say." dom said, brian held his hands up in surrender as the gun was on inches from his face. "nod if you understand me." dom spoke again. "nod!" vince yelled. brian was now looking at paisley terrified, he then looked at dom and nodded quickly.

"sit up." dom spoke sternly. he rose slowly, "tell me what the hell you're doing down here." dom ordered. "shit. what i'm doing?" brian exclaimed holding his head. vince pushed him with the gun. "dom." he spoke, air escaping his lungs as he was catching his breath. "i owe you a 10-second car." brian continued.

"and this is about," brian paused, "this is about race wars." he continued before vince shoved his foot into brian's side. paisley looked at dom, "i just went in there, and hector is gonna be running, three honda civics with spoon engines." brian said pointing at the building. "and on top of that, he just came into harry's, and he ordered three T66 turbos, with NOS, and a MoTeC system exhaust." brian said pointing at his fingers.

paisley looked from brian back to dom, dom looked at his sister then to vince. "so, what are you saying?" paisley questioned, "you're gonna check everybody's shit out, one garage after another?" dom asked cutting paisley off. brian looked from dom and paisley to vince before slowly standing up. "yeah." he replied seriously.

"because, dom, you know i can't lose again." brian said pointing at dom. "he's a cop." vince said making paisley look at him a serious expression on her face. "shut up and let dom decide." paisley said sternly. "he's a cop!" vince yelled. "shut up!" paisley shouted at him.

"you a cop?" dom pressed, brian smirked as he shook his head 'no', "let's go for a little ride." dom told him. "walk!" vince said before pushing the gun into brian's side. paisley walked beside brian on his right and vince on his left to make sure he wouldn't be able to run if he'd try.

jesse drove them to johnny trans. "okay. you and pai stand watch." dom said to jesse as paisley sat in the back middle, because she had to separate brian and vince. they then drove off to keep watch.

jesse parked the car out front of johnnys place. paisley looked at jesse, "how have you been?" she asked considering sense brian came around jesse and paisley haven't been hanging out as much as normal. yeah granted letty was her best friend, and she practically would spend a lot of time with her, letty was always with dom, and paisley didn't have anybody considering, leon and vince got on her last nerves, mia was always studying, dom and letty were always together.

so she had jesse. and sense brian came along she felt like she's ditched him, so she wanted to catch up. "i'm good, i guess." he said looking out for cops or johnny. "that's good." she replied awkwardly. the two sat in silence for a minute.

"hey, jess." she spoke up, he looked at her through the rear view mirror. "hm?" he hummed, "do you think brian is a cop?" she asked. "i don't know, pai. but i would still keep a watch out." he stated before looking back out the window.

jesse spotted johnny, paisley pulled her phone out dialing doms phone. "what?" he questioned. "we got a wolf pack." she whispered as her and jesse slowly rose up from hiding. "it's johnny tran, and he's coming your way really fast." she said quickly. "alright we got company. spilner." dom called out to brian.

paisley got out of the car. "what are you doing pai?" jesse asked. "i'm gonna sneak in i need to make sure they're okay." she said. "paisley, no." he called out. "shut up, jesse. i'll be back." she said.

she had been trained for this sense she was around eight. paisley climbed up a ladder and onto the roof. there was a small opening she could slip through and maybe get to dom and brian. and so she did so, very quietly everyone was too focused on johnny and the guy he was torturing. paisley spotted dom and brian along with vince.

she slowly walked behind the cars and finally made it to them. dom looked at his sister with wide eyes. "how?" he mouthed. she pointed to the small hole from the roof, then to the people that were to focused on the torturing to even notice. and then to the cars that she snuck behind.

brian looked back at her confused but then he turned back to johnny and watched closely.