The Little Toretto

The Race and Party

(Maria POV)

"Maria!" I heard Mia call me. I walked into her room and she looked at me, " Remember that you don't let anybody in and since it's very late just go to sleep in here or Dom's room just in case okay?" Mia asks looking  at me. I nod. " Okay is there going to be a party tonight?" I ask with a twinge of excitement in my voice. Mia laughs at my excitement. " Isn't there always a party after a race?" Mia says. I shrug my shoulders as I laugh. " That is true." I say as I giggle. Dom walks into the room without any of us knowing and sees Mia and I laughing and he smiles at the sight. " Mia we gotta go." Dom says as Mia stands up. " Bye Maria." Dom says as he kisses the top of my head. " Bye Maria see you soon!" Mia says as she hugs me, I hug her back. " Bye guys!" I go to grab my pj's and I go to grab my bear, it's the only thing I have left of my parents. I walk to Dom's room and I snuggle deep into the covers and fall into a deep sleep.

(Time skip to the race)

(Dom's POV)

" Hey, wait. Hold up." I see Brian walk up to us. "I don't have any cash. But I do have the pink slip to my car." Brian says as he holds up the pink slip to his car.  Leon speaks up from behind me. "You just can't just climb in the ring with Ali, 'cause you think you can box." Brian smirks as he states.  "He knows  I can box. Check it out. It's like this. I lose, the winner takes my car.

Clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash, and I take the respect." Everyone including me laughs at Brian's request. "Respect." I mutter while chuckling. "To some people, that's more important." Brian says looking serious. I roll my eyes, I notice a car that Brian was standing by. " That your car?" I ask while looking at his car.  "I see a cool air intake. It's got a NOS

fogger system and a T4 turbo, Dominic. I see an AIC controller. It has a direct port nitrous injection. Yeah. And a stand-alone fuel management system. Not a bad way to $10,000." Jesse says as he looks under the hood of Brian's car. "You see that shit? He's got enough NOS in there

to blow himself up. Period." Jesse continues. "So, what do you say? Am I worthy?" Brian asks looking at me. " We don't know yet. But you're in. Let's go." I hear cheers of excitement flow through the crowd as we walk to our cars.  "Let's race!" I hear Hector shout. 

We start the race, and as always I'm in the lead. I notice Brian catching up to me because of his NOS. I chuckle. " Too soon." I mutter as his NOS runs out. As I catch up to Brian and pass him I press the NOS and win the race again. There are cheers everywhere as I get out of my car and I am surrounded by people.  "You were racing a bunch of skateboards." Leon exclaims as he comes closer to me. "Know what I mean?" Leon continues. "My sister holds the money. Count it." I say handing Mia the money and she nods and starts counting it. "And you're my trophy." I say picking Letty up. I see Brian walking up to us and he is smiling? " What are you smiling about?" I question. "Dude. I almost had you." Brian says smiling. I start laughing. "You almost had me? You never had me. You never had your car. Granny-shifting. Not double-clutching, like you should. You're lucky that 100-shot of NOS didn't blow the on the intake. Almost had me?" I say looking at him as his smile falters slightly.  "You tell him, Dominic. Get out of here." someone yells from the crowd. "Now, me and the mad scientist got to rip apart the block......and replace the piston rings  you fried. Ask any racer. Any real racer. It don't if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning." I say looking at him. "Yeah!" People yell from the crowd. " Oh, shit! We got cops. Cops!" I hear Leon yell from the walkie talkie. "Go!" Everyone scatters and I run to my car. I drive down the road and I park my car in an alley, I grab my jacket and I start my walk down the street. A police car drives past and I hope it doesn't see me, but just my luck it does. "Toretto, stop right there!" I run trying to get away from the cop. " Toretto!" The officer yells. A car pulls up and turns out it's Brian. "Get in!" Brian yells and without hesitation I jump into the car. "You're the last person in the world I expected to show up." I say as I turned to him.