Dominic Toretto was leaning up against the hood of his black charger and was watching all the activity that surrounded him. Dom was in a parking lot in downtown Los Angeles and it was filled with street racers. Dom had been a part of the underground street racing world for about a year and a half now and loved every minute of it. He loved seeing all the cars that people would build and loved the excitement of racing, he loved winning even more. Dom surveyed the area, looking for any potential opponents that he could make a quick buck on."Toretto! Hey man what's up?" Dom looked behind him and saw his best friend Vince leaning his head out the driver's window as he pulled up next to Dom's car. Vince put his blue Nissan Maxim in park and hopped out of the car. The passenger door also opened and out came Mia. Dom could feel a scowl forming on his face; he turned his attention to Vince. "Are you an idiot? Why would you bring her here?" Dom said in his deep intense voice. Vince's eye immediately filled with confusion and looked over at Mia."Dom, Man she said that you wanted me to pick her up." Vince said raising his hands up towards his chest. Dom turned his look over to Mia and walked over towards her. "You're 15 and this place is too dangerous for you." Dom said leaning closely towards Mia's face. Mia didn't step back or look down; instead she frowned hard then said. "And you're 17, if Dad knew you were here with his car he'd kill you." Dom shook his head angrily but he knew Mia was right and she had him in a corner, which was never an easy feat for somebody to do. "Fine. You can stay but stay close. No wandering off." Dom said giving in and Mia flashed him a big smile, nodding her head eagerly she stepped away from Dom and towards Vince who had started to laugh at the exchange between the two siblings. "Dom then resumed his position of leaning on the hood of his car and began to look out into the crowd looking for a good race. That's when he saw her. She was a short brunette wearing dark jeans and a tight white tank top. Her brown curly hair was thrown up into a ponytail and she had loose hair falling out and framing her tanned face. She had just gotten out of a red Nissan and she was walking towards another girl who was draped on a tall dark skinned man wearing a white tracksuit. Dominic Toretto felt like he had just been hit by a "So who's looking good for a race tonight?" Vince asked not seeing the look on Dom's face. Dom didn't respond and just continued to stare at the girl who was now throwing her head back and laughing. "Dom?" Mia asked staring at her brother. She had never seen him with that look on his face before. Mia followed Dom's stare and saw what he had been looking at."Who's that?" Mia questioned turning her body to face Dom. Dom still didn't respond and Vince had begun to take notice. "Hey! Earth to Toretto! Earth to Dominic Toretto!" Vince called out causing Dom to finally turn and face them. He raised an eyebrow at his friend and sister who had matching questioning looks on their faces. "What?" He asked in a tone that was dripping with his typical attitude. He crossed his arms against his chest and leaned back a little further onto the hood. Mia put her hand on her hip then tilted her head to the side. She raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the mystery girl. "Who is that? Future conquest?" Mia asked again. Dom rolled his eyes "So what if it is? That's none of your business." Dom said and Mia shook her head and turned away from him. Vince looked over at Mia but then turned back towards Dom. "Whatever man. Get her later; right now we need to find ourselves a race." Vince said slapping Dom's shoulder. Dom nodded his head in an agreement but snuck another glance over at the girl."Let's take a lap." Dom said walking away from his car, Mia and Vince quickly followed. Dom's walk was brisk and he kept his head up high, often returning a nod to other racers he passed. As they rounded the large circle that was created by the many cars that lined up, Dom noticed that they were getting closer to the mystery girl. Seeing her up close she looked familiar but Dom couldn't recall how he knew her. Suddenly Mia took off running towards the girl calling out, "Letty! Letty Ortiz!" Letty whipped her head around and at first was taken aback at the sight of Mia racing towards her but suddenly she smiled and put her arms out to embrace Mia. Meanwhile Dom's head was being flooded with memories of a little 10 year old girl who would follow him and his Dad around looking at cars in the neighborhood. Dom was awestruck that he had been checking out a girl that he once pushed into a bush after she said that Dom's head could be used as a big TV for ants. "Hey girl! How you been?" Letty said releasing Mia from their dramatic embrace. Dom listened to his sister and Letty talk rapidly about Letty moving in with her Aunt after her parents' death and Mia rambled on about her father's shop and store. Dom wasn't paying attention to much because he was distracted at how Letty's voice sounded like velvet. Vince had stepped away from the trio and tried talking to a short guy that was the proud owner of a neon green Toyota, into a race. The man shook his head and walked away from a disappointed Vince. Vince rejoined the group with a scowl on his face, but it quickly went away when he heard Mia say, "Letty you have to come over to the shop now that you're back in town! It hasn't changed a bit!" Letty nodded excitedly and Vince busted out laughing. "Toretto man, did you know that you were checking out Letty Ortiz? Vince said laughing holding Dom's shoulders and shaking him. Letty looked up at Dom and couldn't help but to notice how in shape Dom had gotten. Dom turned around to glare at Vince but turned his look back to Letty. "Now that I'm up close I can see that little Ortiz hasn't changed a bit." Dom said lying through his teeth. Letty scowled and her eyes flashed with anger. "Seems to me the only thing different about you is your lack of hair." Letty said crossing her arms against her chest. Dom took a step towards her mimicking her by crossing his own arms across his chest. "Just another way to get across the finish line faster." Dom said looking down at Letty. Letty didn't back down and Dom could feel her eyes looking right through him. Dom gave her a half smile and Letty relaxed. "Can't say I'm surprised to see you out here." Letty said letting her arms drop to her sides. Dom nodded his head and pointed out towards his car across the way. "My beast over there has gotten over many finish lines." Dom said proudly admiring the car that he and his father had worked on. "In last place, I assume." Letty said giving Dom a sly smile. Dom turned his head to face Letty and once again was caught off guard by her. He raised both of his eye brows and broke out into a loud booming laugh. "Girl. I don't know what gas fumes you've been sniffing lately but I'm the best driver there is." Letty scoffed loudly and put her hands on her hips. "Boy, I don't know who you've been racing but I could beat you in any race." Letty said. Before Dom could even respond Vince called out, "That sounds like a challenge to me!" Letty cocked her eyebrow and smiled wide. Dom looked at Vince and then back at Letty. Mia had a wide eyed expression as she had been listening to their entire conversation. "Let's go." Dom said confidently. Letty walked backwards towards her car and Dom jogged across the circle to his. Vince and Mia chased after him, reaching him as he was opening his driver side door. "Dom! Be careful, Dad will kill you if you damage this car." Mia said. "Mia don't worry. I know what I'm doing." Dom responded "Hey man, maybe take it easy on her. Don't embarrass her too much." Vince said resting his hand on the hood of Dom's car. Dom looked over at Letty who was already in her car and met his look. "No way man. She's not going to go easy on me" .Dom said climbing into his car. The engine started with a roaring power. Vince and Mia stepped out of the way to allow Dom to drive over to the starting line. Dom slowly cruised to the crowd and found that Letty was already waiting for him. As he pulled up beside her, he rolled down his window. Letty looked over at him as she gripped the steering wheel. "Sure you want to do this?" Dom asked almost laughing. Letty smiled at him. "Ride or Die." She responded. Dom felt a wave of admiration wash over him and he nodded his head. A tall blonde walked in front of both cars, she was holding a green scarf and had a catty look on her face. Dom couldn't help but to undress the blonde with his eyes and Letty definitely took notice and couldn't understand why all she wanted to do was get out of her car and scratch blondie's face. The blonde waved her green scarf laughing "Ready...Set….GO!" She screamed out letting the scarf hit the ground. Letty and Dom took off, Letty shifted her car into gear and gained the lead quickly. Dom cursed out loud and began trying to go around her but Letty wasn't having it. They turned left and then right past a cop car that light up like a Christmas tree. The cop car began to trail Dom's car and Letty looked up to her rearview mirror and began to get nervous. Dom took advantage of her distraction and managed to pass her. As he did he shot her a huge smile, Letty flipped him off. Meanwhile the cop was tailgating Letty's car and Dom was getting a bigger and bigger lead. Letty and Dom came up on an insertion, Letty spun her car around causing the police car to crash into another car that was trying to come through. "This girl is crazy!" Dom said out loud. Letty began to try and go around Dom but he wouldn't let her by until Dom swerved a little to far to the left and they began to race neck and neck. Dom looked out the window at Letty and began to laugh at her but while he wasn't paying attention, he lost control of the car causing it to crash into the side of a building they were passing. Letty tried but she couldn't avoid hitting Dom's car as it flung back towards her. Dom's car flipped over two times and Letty hit the car from behind as it landed in front of her. Everything went dark for both of them. Letty woke up with the sound of distant sirens and she put her hand up to her head. There was blood on her hand and Letty knew that she must have smacked it on the steering wheel pretty good. Looking out of her smashed front window she could see Dom suspended in his car. Letty could feel fear settling in and she got out of her car and ran over to Dom as fast as she could. "Dom! Dom we gotta get out of here!" Letty screamed. She made it to his car and got down on her knees. Dom was still unconscious so Letty reached up through his broken window, she had almost gotten her hand through when she cried out in pain and jerked her arm back toward her. Dom woke up to the sound of Letty's cry, he was disoriented but was already trying to find Letty. He looked to the side of him to see Letty gripping her wrist in pain, there was blood dripping down her arm and he shook his head. Letty looked up to see that Dom was awake. "We gotta get out of here! We gotta go!"
She screamed still gripping her hand. Dom nodded his head and reached to unbuckle himself. He managed to drag himself out of the car when two cop cars pulled up.
"Run!" He yelled grabbing onto Letty's arm causing her to let go of her wound. Letty winced in pain but allowed him to pull her as they took of running. As they ran Letty could feel the blood dripping down off her fingers but she was too distracted to look at her open wound. Finally they rounded a corner into an alleyway and ducked down behind some old cardboard boxes. Dom sat down against the side of a brick building, panting. Letty was squatting next to him trying to catch her breath. Dom finally looked up at Letty to see a small cut above her right eyebrow.
"You're hurt." He said raising his hand to touch the cut but stopped himself when Letty flinched. "I'm okay." She responded looking down at her hands. He followed her gaze then finally saw the very large gash on her wrist. His eyes grew big and he grabbed her hand once again but this time to examine the wound. "We have to get you to the ER. You're going to need stitches." Letty shook her head pulling her arm towards her chest. "We can't go to the ER. The'