Ride or Die - Brian O'Conner

1.3

Brian headed back to Hector's and all the way was thinking about Knox Toretto. He knew that the one thing Hector was going to tell him was that he was insane for trying to get close to the Torettos, especially Knox.

He was proven right when Hector lectured him for a half hour about getting in the crosshairs of Dominic Toretto who ran the streets of LA. Brian knew that the truth of the matter was that Dom was only the king until Knox decided that he wanted to step in. The cops wanted to prevent that, especially considering the fact that Knox had never been caught for anything illegal.

That night Brian took his car and headed to the races before making a mental note of who was there when he pulled up. Dominic Toretto was standing by his car observing with Letty Ortiz. Knox Toretto was also observing from his hood however he had an indifferent look on and was harder to read.

Brian looked over and saw Johnny Tran and held his breath considering there was no love lost between Johnny and Dom or Johnny and Knox.

He had a bad feeling that this situation was extremely volatile and based on the looks from Knox he was just barely holding back from knocking his teeth out.

Brian couldn't help but have his breathing become labored at the sight of Knox in his muscle shirt and leather jacket that had no right looking as good as it did.

He was screwed. Especially, if he kept finding Knox hot and he hadn't even really talked to him yet.

Knox had watched the blonde surfer pull up in a green racing car and noticed him looking at Dom and me. I sat on my Dodge Demon and observed knowing that Brian was looking. 

Knox watched as Brian interrupted Dom which made him smirk knowing that would earn some of Dom's respect. Brian handed Dom the cash and was stunned as Knox also handed Dom some cash. Dom looked at Knox "are you sure little brother? Because I'm going to kick your ass." 

Knox chucked "you can try" before he winked at me and smirked making me smile. 

All of them pulled up to the line. As they sat there, Brian not only knew that he had to impress Knox but also Dom. He looked out the windshield to the race track and breathed out "I'm gonna win this." Brian adjusted his Nos and looked at Toretto who was at the other end before looking back at the race. 

Knox watched as Brian looked at Dom before Dom looked at his younger brother as all of the racers heard the Demon roar in anticipation. Knox kept his eyes on the man giving the signs before seeing the hands come off and the car that Knox had put his heart and his soul into took off. 

Brian gasped in shock as he watched the two Torettos easily head up the race before shifting ending up in third behind Dom and Knox. Brian watched in amazement as Knox lulled Dom into a false sense of winning before hitting the Nos and crossing the finish line with Dom behind him. 

Knox noticed the blonde surfer pull in third overall but he had managed to keep up with the two Torettos. The blonde looked at Dom and Knox "I nearly had you."

Dom sighed "it doesn't matter whether you win by an inch or a mile. I still won." 

Knox chuckled and nodded to the newcomer before offering his hand "that was good. You nearly beat Dom but probably wouldn't have beaten me."  Dom flipped Knox off who laughed at his older brother before turning back to the blonde "ignore him. He's pissed because he rarely beats me." 

Brian nodded and shook Knox's hand feeling the sparks just like at the grocery store. "You are one hell of a racer." 

Knox smiled at that before over the radio came "cops, cops, cops, Go!" Knox and all of the Torettos hopped into their cars and hit the gas. All of the racers split as the cops appeared to chase them. 

Dom had cops on his ass before pulling into a parking garage and parking the car getting out and deciding to walk meanwhile Brian got into his car and came up behind Dom in the alley. He looked at Dom "get in." 

Dom nodded before opening the door and closing it quickly as Brian took off. Dom looked at Brian stunned as he drifted causing two police cars to crash before weaving in between another two of them. Dom looked back at the carnage behind him "you're the last person in the world I expected to show up." 

Brian snorted "well, I couldn't exactly let you go to prison plus I figured if I kept you out of jail you'd let me keep my car." 

Dom was stunned at the audacity before straight up laughing "yeah, no." 

Brian smiled a bit as he kept looking behind him for cops who didn't seem to be interested in them anymore. Dom looked at the blonde "you did time?"

Brian nodded "when I was younger for boosting cars." Dom looked at him as Brian chanced a glance "what about you?" 

"Two years in Lompoc." Brian took a sharp intake of breath knowing from hearing about it that Lompoc was not a piece of cake and if Dom had survived then he was made from some extremely tough stuff. Dom looked out the window "I'll die before I go back." 

Brian nodded for the first time feeling bad about the fact that he was undercover and trying to put him back in prison. He was brought out of his thoughts by a group of four motorcycles that appeared beside them and escorted them to a Chinese restaurant. 

Brian looked at Dom confused. Dom just shook his head and nodded indicating that Brian pull off. Brian nodded not really given much of a choice before pulling to a stop surrounded by motorcycles.