CHAPTER TWO

"pretty boy"

           PAISLEY STOOD IN HER ROOM IN front of her closet as letty walked in. "hey, bae." letty said as she walked in. "hey." paisley replied. "i have nothing to wear." she groaned. "let me in there." letty said pushing paisley aside.

she pulled out a pair of low waisted loose dark denim jeans, and a navy blue tank top that was cropped to the lower mid of her stomach, a matching jean jacket to go over the tank top, and a pair of black converse. paisley then slipped a couple of rings on her fingers along with bracelets, and a dog tag that said 'torettos' and a matching cross necklace she had with dom.

she had her hair lay curly down her back. "you look hot." letty said. "thanks, you too." paisley said with a smirk that made both of the girls burst out in laughter.

           BRIAN HAD ARRIVED IN HIS GREEN 1995 mitsubishi eclipse. he slipped his hands into his pockets looking around.

brian looked around at all the 'cliques', "player, hold up, hold up. look at this snowman right here, man." hector said walking towards brian. "sweet ride." he complimented. "what you running under there, man?" he asked, brian smirked at him not responding.

"you gonna make me find out the hard way?" hector questioned making brian look down at his car with a proud smile replying with a, "hell, yeah."

"you brave. you brave." hector said pointing to brian with a amused smile. "they call me hector." he introduced himself. "i got a last name, too, but i can't pronounce it, so." hector said walking up to brian with a shrug. "brian spilner." brian reach his hand out to shake hectors. "yeah, typical white boy name. you know what i'm saying?" hector stated making brian chuckle.

"see that over there?" hector pointed to a car that was missing its hood. "that's mine. it's my baby." hector admired his car. "but i aint cutting her loose tonight." hector explained. "why not?" brian questioned. "it's 'cause i'm going legit, homie." hector answered, "trying to get on the NIRA circuit. you heard about that?" hector stated.

"hell, yeah." brian nodded. "yeah, yeah. so, what's up with you, man?" hector questioned, "im just waiting for toretto." brian replied.

"shit. better get in line. this yours?" edwin questioned. "yeah, i'm standing next to it." brian said in a smart-ass tone. "that's funny." edwin said with a slight chuckle. "you know, edwin happens to know a few things. and one of the things edwin knows is" he spoke, "it's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car." edwin stated pointing to brian. "you better learn that." he said raising his eyebrows.

engines roared as the torettos and their crew sped into the lot of cars "oh, shit. here they come. it's on." edwin stated. brian watched closely as the cars drove past. they came to halts. dom got out first. then paisley was just getting out of her red 1995 ferrari f50. as she stepped out of her car she sent dom a look.

"marvin." a guy said shaking doms hand. paisley followed after dom. "hey, girl." marvin said checking paisley out. "no." she replied "hey, dom, how you doing?" gimel asked. "hey, gimel. what've you been doing? yoga?" he questioned. letty stepped out of her car watching as gimel and other girls surrounded dom.

paisley snickered as she seen letty glaring at them. letty then meowed, "i smell," she paused while sniffing "skanks." she stated bluntly. "why don't you girls just pack it up before i leave tread marks on your face?" letty stated as the girls glared at her. "okay." one said before turning around leaving with the others.

"letty i was just talking." dom stated annoyance laced his voice. "yeah, whatever." letty said scrunching up her face. "okay. hector." dom pointed towards him. "yeah. what's up, man?" hector questioned, approaching dom before shaking his hand. "yo, what's up? edwin." dom called out. "how we doing this tonight?" edwin asked as they dabbed each other up.

"one race, two-g buy in. winner takes all." dom stated, paisley was standing behind him but she was on the right enough to see people. "pai, you're gonna hold the cash." dom said looking back at his sister. "why pais?" a guy asked, "because she's a trustworthy person." edwin commented as paisley grabbed the money from the guys hand. "thank you, ed." she said before sending the other guy a glare.

"okay, good luck, guys." dom said patting hector on the shoulder. "hey, wait, hold up." paisley heard a familiar voice.  he approached them behind hector and edwin. "i don't have any cash, but i do have the pink slip to my car." brian stated holding up the paper to his car. paisley raised her eyebrows, not until she sees the car she couldn't comment. "hey, you just can't climb in the ring with ali, 'cause you think you box." jesse spoke up.

brian pointed to vince. "he knows i can box." paisley laughed quietly to herself trying not to get a death glare from vince and dom. "so check it out, it's like this." he spoke, paisley looked from vince to brian with a smile on her face. "i lose, the winner takes my car, clean and clear. but if i win, i take the cash, and i take the respect." brian stated.

"respect." dom stated, himself and many around them laughed at that comment. paisley was impressed she looked brian up and down with a smirk on her face. "to some people, that's more important." brian spoke up as everyone shut up. "that your car?" dom asked pointing towards the green car.

as people gathered around jesse opened the hood as people exclaimed. "i see a cool air intake. it's got a NOS digger system and T4 turbo, dominic." jesse stated. paisley walked up by jesse checking it out herself, she sent brian a impressed smirk, brian returned one as well. "i see an AIC control there. it has direct port nitros injection." jesse said getting close inside under the hood.

"yeah, and a stand-alone fuel management system. not a bad way to spend $10,000." dom said pointing to brian as everyone exclaimed, paisley looked at brian he had no facial expression on his face. "you see that shit?" edwin questioned. "he's got enough NOS in there to blow himself up." paisley replied to edwin making brian's eyes switch from edwin to paisley. "yeah." dom stated.

"so, what do you say? am i worthy?" brian questioned. "we don't know yet. but you're in. let's go." dom said, brian handed paisley the pink slip. "good luck out there, pretty boy." she said. "thanks, princess." he responded with a smirk on his face before getting in his car. paisley snickered before walking away.

paisley got into her car before driving out into a huge lot along with everyone else. the cars circled around. everyone stepped out of their cars. a pizza hut car drove up, "what the hells going on around here?" he questioned. "streets closed, pizza boy. find another way home." paisley yelled out to him.

"goddamn street racers." he said before climbing back into his car.

paisley was now stood with letty, jesse, vince and leon.

brian sat in his car nervous, and paisley could tell. she walked over to brian's car, she bent down, her forearms rested on his door. brian looked over to her. "remember, when you lose you never had your car." she teased him. a smirk came across his face.

"princess. i know i may seem like some scrub that doesn't know how to kick ass, but trust me, you'll want me after i win." he said in a low tone making shivers go down paisleys back. "mhm, okay. just remember racing isn't like boxing. but good luck out there, pretty boy." paisley told him.

"do i at least get a kiss on the cheek, princess?" he said in a snarky tone. she leaned over to kiss his cheek but he turned his head stealing a kiss from her. she liked it but she knew she had to pull away because her brother was about to race brian and she didn't want him to die.

paisley pulled away, "better hope dom doesn't make you crash off a bridge." she said before turning around. brian watched her as she walked away admiring her. he was now back in game mode. "you're gonna win." he told himself. "i'm gonna win." he said as his engine revved. he turned back turning the NOS tanks.

while paisley was by her brother, "beat their asses." she told him. "you know me pai, i will get spilners car." dom stated making paisley laugh at him.

everyone revved their engines, as hector signed that the coast is clear. everyone started to cheer. brian caught one last glance of paisley a smirk spread over his face.

"go!" hector yelled out. brian stepped his foot on the gas, speeding down the street he was losing so far. paisley sighed "hell, yeah!" hector exclaimed.

dom looked back as he was taking the lead. he switched gears, speeding up faster. brian still losing. he hit his NOS. "too soon." paisley muttered to herself. brian heard beeping he looked over at his computer which was telling him his speeding was too dangerous. "shut up!" he yelled before slamming the screen close.

he hit his second NOS making paisley look away in disappointment. his car started sparking as it fell apart. paisleys eyes widened. as brian sped past dom a proud smile took over his features. dom then pressed his NOS speeding past brian. everyone was now arriving once again.

everyone gathered around dom, "heres what you want right here." hector said handing over the money and pink slip to dom. "there you go." hector exclaimed, "my sister holds the money. count it." dom said handing it over to paisley. she started counting it as dom picked letty up. "me and my trophy." he said as she looked down at him with a smirk. brian now pulled up catching everyone's attention. "hey, hey, monica. what's up baby?" edwin asked. "what's your problem? you didn't win." she said making everyone boo at him. paisley let a laugh slip out her mouth as she was almost done counting money.

"fuck you then!" edwin yelled at her.

brian got out of his car smiling. "was that fun?" jesse questioned as he pulled the hood up. brian still had this big smile upon his face. paisley had finished counting the money so she stood by doms side. "got a problem there, huh, buddy?" a man yelled out to brian. as the hood rose up so did a bunch of smoke.

paisley laughed as the smoke rose. "damn, pretty boy." she said brian turned to her with a chuckle. dom looked at brian noticing he was smiling. "what are you smiling about?" dom asked. "dude, i almost had you." brian said a huge smile over his face. everyone exclaimed, paisley couldn't help but to smile at him.

the way he stood there smiling even though he lost, and his car was on its last edge, made paisley smile appear.

"you almost had me?" dom asked pointing at brian than himself. "you never had me. you never had your car." dom said, people started exclaiming once again. brian still had this smile upon his face unfazed by doms comment.

"granny shifting, not double clutching like you should." dom continued. brian looked back at paisley a silent laugh leaving his lips, "you're lucky that 100 shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake." dom stated. brian still smiled happily. "almost had me?" dom questioned a random stranger. "now me and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried." dom stated again.

paisley smiled at the two. it was hilarious to hear her brother say something rude to embarrass someone and that person finally wasn't embarrassed.

dom and jesse put the hood down, "ask any racer, any real racer." dom stated pointing to the crowd. "it don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. winnings winning." dom stated, brian looked at the person who exclaimed a "yeah!" a smile still across his face.

everyone cheered for dom, he put his arms up. "oh, shit! we got cops, cops, cops." a guy said through a walkie talkie. paisley went to her car trying to start it up. "fuck!" she exclaimed hitting the steering wheel. she knew she should've just road with someone else and waited for her car to get finished.

brian pulled up next to paisley. "come on, get in let's go!" he shouted out to her. she hurried and took her license plates off so the police couldn't scan them. and jumped into brian car.

"license plates?" he questioned. "i will never leave my car with my license plates if cops are involved." she explained. brian then sped off, cops swarmed everywhere. "shit." paisley mutter under her breath before she covered her face and got low in the seat as she saw the cops.

"paisley?" brian questioned furrowing his eyebrows. "they can't see me, i'm the sister of a fugitive." she said.