RIDE OR DIE, Tej Parker ✓

THIRTY-SIX

"Big Brother's about to go live," Tej says as he sync's with the CCTV's cameras before he, Reyna and Riley look at all of the screens. "Damn, you can't flick a booger in London without somebody noticing," Tej says making Reyna nod in agreement as she kissed Tej's cheek before she made her way over to Dom. Rome then sneaks up behind him before picking up the harpoon gun that Han had brought back. "Hey! Don't touch that. That's nothing to play with, man," Tej scolded Rome like a child.

Rome looked up at Tej, "What's the problem?" Reyna looked up to watch the two interact like childish brothers. "That's high tensile titanium cable," Reyna tells Rome making him look up at her as Tej smiled at her in awe due to her knowledge. "What does that mean?" Rome asks her making her shake her head as she looked down at the papers in front of her. "That's what they use to anchor buildings and hold up bridges, Stuff you know nothing about," Tej explains before taking the harpoon gun from him.

Tej looked down at the gun with wonder, "See, now their version, it works cool but mine, a masterpiece. See, I reversed the gears, torqued the motor, and added this tank to the back." Reyna smiled as Tej explained his adjustments to the harpoon gun, she always admired his intelligence; it is one of the things she loved about Tej. "That makes it even sweeter," Rome says as he takes the gun back from Tej. "It's not dummy-proof," Tej warns Rome making him roll his eyes.

"Man, I've been known to handle big guns. Relax," Rome argues with Tej. "You've been known to handle that big ass head," Tej retorts as Han approaches Dominic and Reyna. "Hey, Rey, Dom," Han says as they turn to him and step up to him, "I did some checking, asked around, got the location of a street race tonight." Reyna and Dom shared a glance as Rome accidentally shoots the gun causing the harpoon to stick in the wall between Han and the two leaders, who turned to glare at him as he shoves the gun into Tej's hands who points childishly at Rome.

Reyna shook her head, "Now that you've shown off the gun endangering everyone. Can we put it out of toddler Rome's reach before he hurts himself." Everyone laughed as Rome was taken back by her words. "Rey, lil' sis... That wasn't nice," Rome tells her with a pout making her roll her eyes as she walked past him, lightly tapping his cheek, "Need a nap, little baby?" Rome rolled his eyes as everyone laughed again at Reyna's teasing towards Rome.

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Reyna pulls up beside Dominic at the street race that Han had told them about, "Ready for this?" Dominic nodded at her before looking around. "Dom," Reyna spoke before motioning off towards Letty who was pulling up to the starting line. Dom smiles lightly at Reyna before pulling up next to Letty who turned to see Dom causing her to smirk. "You've got some serious balls, man," Letty tells Dom making him smirk. "I've been told," Dom answers her as he looks at her. "You know, you're lucky I missed my shot," Letty tells him with a serious tone.

Dom looked at him with a genuine expression, "I think you hit your mark." Letty looked at him unsure for a moment, "Really?" Dom nodded at her before she continued, "What is it with you? Do you have a death wish or something?" Dom shrugged slightly, "If that's what it takes. I just want to race." Letty shook her head slightly as she smirked, "You might lose your car." Dom smiled, "Let's do it." Letty shrugged, "Your funeral." Dom looked at her, their eyes making full eye contact as he spoke his next words, "Ride or die, remember?"

Letty froze for a moment, those words stirring something familiar yet foreign in her head. "Listen up!" A lady says as she walks in between Dom and Letty's cars, "Out here, we're used to getting what we want. This is London, baby. But remember, don't bite the bait. Are you ready? Ready?" They both rev their engines to show they were ready. "Steady." She raises her arms. "Go!" Dom takes off in a wheelie as Letty follows behind him. Letty weaves in and out of traffic as Dom tries to get beside her before Dom gets in front of her as they go around a curve.