(Brian P.O.V.)

I pull up to the race, thinking that this is where I belong. I get out of my 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse and sit on the hood. Then a Spanish looking man walks up to me, with a crowd following him, eyeballing my car.

"Hold up, hold up. Look at this snowman right here, man. Sweet ride. What you running under there man?" The man asks me. I just smirk at him. "Going to make me find out the hard way?" The man asks.
"Hell yeah," I answer.
"You brave. You brave. They call me Hector. I got a last name, too, but I can't pronounce it." Hector tells me.
"Brian Spilner," I say as we bro hug.
"Typical white-boy name. Know what I'm saying? See that over there? That's mine. My baby. I ain't cutting her loose tonight." Hector says, pointing over at his car.
"Why not?" I ask.
"I'm going legit, homey. Trying to get on the NIRA circuit. Heard about that?" Hector asks.
"Hell, yeah," I answer.
"So, what's up with you, man?" Hector asks.
"I'm just waiting on Toretto," I answer.
"Which one?" Hector asks.
"Dom." I answer, thinking "who was the other one that raced. Mia or August?"

"Shit. Better get in line. This yours?" Some black dude asks before I can ask about who the other Toretto is.
"I'm standing next to it," I answer.
"That's funny. You know, Edwin happens to know a few things. And one of the things Edwin knows is: It's not how you stand by your car ...... it's how you race your car. You better learn that. Oh, shit. Here they come. It's on." Edwin tells me, as we here the purr of five or six engines entering the road in a 1,2,2,1 formation.

All the cars pull to a stop in the middle of the road. Dom gets out of the car in the front and is immediately swarmed by two racer chasers. I see Letty, then Vince, then Leon, then Jesse, and lastly August and Mia get out of their cars. My guess is the other Toretto is August since Mia rode with her.

August looked cute in her t-shirt, short shorts, beanie, and converse. I wish she would give me a chance. Every time I tried to flirt with her, she blew me off. So, I started flirting with Mia in hope of making August jealous, but so far it hasn't worked.

I watch as Letty heads towards Dom, with a pissed off expression on her face.

(August P.O.V.)

We arrive at the race. We pulled up in our usual formation. 1,2,2,1. Dom got out of his car in the front, then Letty, then Vince, then Leon, then Jesse, and lastly Mia and I get out of my car, in our normal formation. Mia and I walk over to Letty. I look around and to my surprise I see Brian. Letty starts to walk towards Dom.

"Looks like surfer boy has found us once again," I say, nudging Mia and making her look in his direction letting her know that he was here. Mia and I then follow after Letty. Dom has two racer chasers on his arms.

"Hey, Dom. How you doing?" Camille, a racer chaser asks.
"Hey, Camille. You been doing yoga? You did? Of course, you did. Monica." Dom says.
"Rawr! I smell *sniff sniff* skanks." Letty says "Why don't you girls pack it up, before I leave tread marks on your face? Okay?" Letty says. They get up and walk away. "Rawr!" I say as they pass me.
"Letty, I was just talking," Dom says.
"Yeah. Whatever." Letty says and we both roll our eyes.

"Okay, Hector," Dom says ready to get the race going.
"Yeah? What's up, man?" Hector asks.
"Yo. What's up?" Edwin asks.
"Edwin," Dom says while bro hugging with Edwin.
"How we doing this tonight?" Edwin asks.
"One race. $2,000 buy-in. Winner takes all. Hector, you're going to hold the cash. You in Aug?" Dom says.
"No. I'm good," I say, shaking my head no. I was just going to watch.
"Why Hector?" The other racer asks. They all hand their money to Hector.
"Too slow to make away with the money." Edwin answers.
"Okay. Good luck, guys." Hector says.
"Good luck, Dom," I say.

I turn around to see Brian making his way through the crowd. He looks like he's in a hurry.

(August P.O.V.)

Brian finally reaches where we are at.
"Hey, wait. Hold up. I don't have any cash. But I do have the pink slip to my car." Brian says. I roll my eyes, knowing if he races he won't have it afterward. I mean come on, he is going to race Dom, The Street King.

"You just can't climb in the ring with Ali, 'cause you think you can box," Jesse says. Most of the crowd nods there head yes.
"He knows I can box," Brian says pointing at Vince. "Check it out. It's like this. I lose, the winner takes my car. Clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash, and I take the respect." Brian says.
"Respect," Dom says.
"To some people, that's more important," Brian says looking at me. I give him a confused look. Mia smiles at him thinking he was looking at her since she was right beside me.

"That your car?" Dom asks pointing at a Mitsubishi Eclipse. Everyone walks over to Brian's car. Dom, Jesse, and I take a closer look. Jesse pops the hood.

"I see a cool air intake. It's got a NOS fogger system and a T4 turbo, Dominic." Jesse explains.
"I see an AIC controller. It has a direct port nitrous injection." I name off, shaking my head looking at everything else. Brian has a surprised look on his face after I get through talking.
"Yeah. And a stand-alone fuel management system. Not a bad way to spend $10,000." Dom says.
"You see that shit? He's got enough NOS in there to blow himself up. Period." Edwin says taking a look.
"So, what do you say? Am I worthy?" Brian asks.
"We don't know yet. But you're in. Let's go." Dom says ready to race.
"All right," Brian says.
"Let's go!" Hector says.

Since I wasn't racing I volunteered to be the flag girl. I walked in front of the line as they pulled up to it. Brian passed the lineup and had to back up. I stood in between the two middle cars so I wouldn't be hit.

"Are you ready?" I say. They each take turns revving their engines.
"I know you're ready," I say pointing at Brian and smirking at him. I hold the green bandanna up in the air.

"Go!" I say as I drop the green bandanna. I walk over to where Vince was to watch the race. Vince was sitting on his hood, so I stood in between his legs and then leaned back against him. He then hugged me from behind. We were watching the race and Brian was in the lead and already had used his NOS. Dom finally uses his NOS as Brian burns out. Dom wins the race and we all run to congratulate him.

(Dom P.O.V.)

I won! As usual. Everyone gathers around my car as I get out.

"Well done, baby!" Letty says as she walks up to me. I see that Brian hasn't made it back. I see Hector making his way through the crowd.
"Come on. Come on. Back up. Here's what you won, right here. There you go. You were racing a bunch of skateboards. Know what I mean?" Hector says as he hands over my money and the pink slip.

"My sister holds the money. Count it. And you're my trophy." I say as I hand Mia the money and pick up Letty and spin her around. Brian finally pulls up and my new car is smoking. Brian gets out of the car smiling.
"Was that fun?" Jesse asks as he starts looking the car over.
"What are you smiling about?" I ask Brian.
"Dude. I almost had you." Brian says. I see August shake her head out of the corner of my eye.

"You almost had me? You never had me. You never had your car. Granny-shifting. Not double-clutching, like you should. You're lucky that 100-shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake. Almost had me?" I say smirking.
"You tell him, Dominic. Get out of here." The crowd yells.
"Now, I, Aug, and the mad scientist got to rip apart the block.....and replace the piston rings you fried. Ask any racer. Any real racer. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning." I explain.
"Yeah!" says the crowd.

(Leon P.O.V.)

"All available units, we have street-racing along Hawthorne...." comes through the radio.
"Oh, shit! We got cops. Cops!" I yell out my car window.
"Go! Cops! Get in the car! Go!" Is heard through the crowd as everyone starts running for their cars.
I see Mia get in Letty's car with Letty. I see Big A get in her car. Jesse gets in his car. Now that I know the girls and Jesse are safe, I am high-tailing it out of here and heading back to the fort. I hope Dom gets away....

(Vince P.O.V.)

I make sure that Mia gets in Letty's car with Letty. I then watch Big A get in her car. Now that I know the girls are safe, I am getting out of here and heading back to the fort.