Trepidation // Luke Hobbs [ON HOLD]

The Race

*AN: picture above is what she wore to the race! Thanks for reading!

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Later that night we all loaded in our cars and headed to the race. Dom drove in front, with Letty and I behind him. Mia sat shotgun in my car. And we pulled in, the crowd split, most of them waiting for us to arrive. I got out of the car as Hector and Edwin walked up. "How we doin' this tonight?" The latter asked. "One race. Two-G buy-in. Winner takes all." Dom answered. "Hector, you're gonna hold the cash." He finished. "Why Hector?" "Cause he's too slow to make away with the money man." Edwin laughed. "Okay good luck guys." Dom said. We all turned, heading for our cars when someone shouted, "Wait, hold up guys!" I turned to see Brian walking up to us. "I don't have any cash, but I do have the pink slip to my car." "Hey, you can't just climb in the ring with Ali cause you think you can box." Jesse said. "He knows I can box" Brian said pointing as Vince. I sat my hand on Vince's shoulder to keep him from doing anything stupid. "So check it out. It's like this" Brian continued. "I lose, winner takes my car. Clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash, and I take the respect."
"Respect?" Dom scoffed as everyone laughed. "To some people that's more important" he said. "Is that your car?" I asked Brian. "Yeah" he answered as we walked toward it. Jesse shoves in front of us as he lifted the hood.
"I see a cool-air intake. It's got a NOS- fogger system and a T-four turbo, Dominic. I see an A.I.C. Controller. It has direct port nitrous injection." Jesse said looking for more.
"Yeah, and a stand-alone fuel management system" I said looking up at Brian. "Not a bad way to spend $10,000." I finished. "You see that shit" Edwin said looking under the hood. "He's got enough NOS in there to blow himself up, period." "Yeah" Dom agreed.
"So what do you say? Am I worthy?" Brian asked. "We don't know yet. But you're in. Let's go!" Dom shouted. I got to my car and drove up to the start line next to Dom. I could see Mia and Letty standing in the crowd. Mia looked at me and gave me a thumbs up. Just then, Hector walked in front of us with a his hands in the air
"Go!" He shouted throwing his hands down. I shifted gears and stepped on it. I took off right behind Dom. He looked over at me with a smile. We were neck and neck. However his smile disappeared as he looked right through me. I looked to my left to see Brian come up and pass us. I instantly hit my NOS, only thinking about beating Brian. A second later Dom hit his and passed us both. I passed the finish line with a smile. When I got out, Dom came over to me and gave me a hug. "Nice driving, sis" " I would've had you if I wasn't so worried about the buster" I said using Vince's nickname for Brian. "Sure you would" he laughed as we walked towards the rest of the group. Once we got there Brian had finally made his way up to us. He got out of the car with a huge smile on his face, and I couldn't help but laugh at his giddiness. My first race was like that too. "Was that fun?" Jesse asked angrily lifting up the hood as smoke billowed out. Dom and I met Brian at the front of his car. "What are smiling about?" Dom asked him. "Dude, I almost had you two!" He laughed pointing at us as the crowd cheers! "You almost had us? Dom asked incredulously. "You never had us. You never had your car."
"Granny shifting, not double-clutchin' like you should" I said deciding to join in on the fun. "You lucky that hundred-shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake." Dom said walking around to the back. "Now me and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried." Dom said putting the hood down. "Ask any racer. Any real racer. It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning" Dom said holding his hands out as the crowd cheered. However the moment was short-lived as Leon's voice came over the radio,
"Oh shit, we got cops, cops, cops!"