Loving the Buster//Brian O'Conner

nineteen

Dom, Brian, and I start to take the car apart piece by piece. Something has to be inside of it somewhere. People weren't ready to kill us over some GT40. It's a nice car but not that nice.

The door opens and I can hear Vince, "God damn. What a mess!"

"Where you been, man?" Brian asks him.

"You better check that tone," Vince tells him.

Brian steps up to him. "And you just better answer the goddamn question, Vince."

I step between them. "Stop it! Both of you."

"Where were you, Vince?" Dom asks.

"Guys all over the favelas asking about you. Couldn't get out of there without leading them straight to you. Had to wait them out," Vince tells him.

"That is such horseshit," Brian protests. He tries to go for Vince again. "That was your job, and those were your guys! Hey!"

Vince tries to go for Brian, but Dom holds him back. "Hey! Enough, O'Conner! If he said he didn't do it, he didn't do it. Go walk it off." Brian does as Dom tells him walking away.

I find Brian as he's trying to cool off. I wrap my arms around him from behind.

"Are you alright?" Brian asks.

I nod my head. "I'll be fine."

Brian turns around to face me. My arms still wrapped around him.

"You're lucky it's not broken," Brian tells me.

"You're lucky it's not broken," I argue. "You'd have to carry me everywhere. And I don't think that's very practical on being on the run and all and now we have Reyes to deal with."

"It would be hard, but I could do it," Brian assures me.

I laugh lightly as I shake my head. "I guess all those years of staying in shape for law enforcement may come in handy for something."

I find Dom by his car. "You really trust Vince?"

"I don't know," Dom confesses.

"But you have a way to find out," I state.

Dom nods.

Dom and I catch Vince trying to pull a chip from one of the car pieces.

"Almost wish I didn't see that," Dom tells him. Vince looks surprised to see us. "Almost."

Vince holds his hands up. "Wait, Dom."

"Mia was on that train." Dom shoves Vince against a wall. "My sister!"

"I didn't know. I wouldn't do anything to hurt her," Vince insists.

"You set up the deal!" Dom shouts.

"I thought the job was for the cars. I didn't know," Vince insists. "All they want is the chip."

Dom slams into the wall beside Vince's head. "Damn! You should've come clean."

Brian, Mia, and Jason walk out from the other room.

"What's going on out here?" Mia asks.

"Nothing," Dom tells her.

"Please, Dom, just let me have the chip. I can take this to them. They'll give it to Reyes and set things right," Vince tells him.

Dom shakes his head. "Get out."

"What?" Vince asks.

"Get out!" Dom shouts.

Vince starts to walk away but stops. "You never listen to me. Not when I told you he was a cop, and not now. You never trust me and look where it's gotten us. Look at our family now. I can't go home! Your sister is stuck in this life! Where's Letty, Dom? Where's Letty?" Vince walks away.