Ten Seconds of Freedom

Part 5

Vince stormed off. It's finally Friday night. I got dressed for my date. I don't like wearing dresses so I put on skinny jeans and a fancy shirt with heels. There was a knock on the door and I went downstairs and opened the door while putting earrings in.

"You ready? Brian asked me.

"Yeah." So we got to Cha Cha Cha and we were seated and started eating.

"So, how is it, anyways, that the gang came to be?" Brian asked.

"What?" I asked confused.

"The gang."

"The gang? No they don't call themselves a gang."

"What do they call themselves?"

"They're a team, a family."

"Alright. How did the team come to be?"

"Well that's a whole lot of history."

"I've got time."

"Okay, Vince grew up with my brother. Actually, he didn't ever actually grow up, as you can tell." I said with a smile. "But they were friends as kids. And Letty, she lived down the street. Always into cars, like me. Ever since she was like ten years old. So, naturally, you know, my brother always had her attention. And she turned 16-"

"And then she had Dom's attention." Brian said.

"Yeah, it's funny how that works, isn't it?" I smiled with a little chuckle.

"Yeah, how did Jesse fit into the whole thing?"

"Jesse. Well, Jesse and Leon just sort of showed up one night and never, ever left. It's just the way my brother is you know, Dom's like...He's like gravity. Everything just get's pulled to him. Even you."

"No. The only thing that pulled me in was you. Being friends with your brother is just a bonus."

"That's good. It's nice to come first every once in awhile. Want to go for a drive?"

"Yeah." We got in Brian's car and we drove around. We went back to Brian's house. I woke up the next morning and got dressed. I looked around and Brian wasn't here and I seen a note on the table.

'Lexi,

I had a great time last night. I had to go into work early. So I'll see you either later on today or tomorrow at Race wars.' 

I left Brian's place and started walking home. I got my phone out and called Vince.

"V, can you come and pick me up?"

"Sure where you at?" I told him where I was and he was on his way. A car pulled up but it wasn't Vince it was Johnny Tran. My brother made a mistake sleeping with his sister. He grabbed me and shoved me into the car.

"What do you want with me Johnny? Vince is on his way to pick me up and if I'm not there, they will find you and they will kill you."

"Relax, I'll have you back. I just need you to look at some cars for me." 

"You could've asked and not shoved me in the car." We got to his garage and it looked like he sent everyone home. There was no engines in the cars. "There's no engines."

"I know." He shoved me up against the wall and started kissing me up I pushed him off. He grabbed a syringe and I tried fighting him off but he put the syringe in my neck and injected me with something. That made me pass out. When I woke up I was on the streets where he found me and my whole body was aching and I already knew what he did to me. I had something in my pocket and it said,

'Tell anybody about this and you're dead.'