14th July- LA, United states
FBI base
Letty's POV
It had been four days since I had agreed to do the job for the FBI. I kept trying to myself everything would be okay, that once thing was done our records would be clean and we'd be able to come home. Deep down though I had a bad feeling about the job, something just didn't sit right but I pushed it away and agreed.
I sighed looking around the small meeting room as I waited for Brian. He said he had some news for me, important, so I had to be here now.
"What's the big news O'Connor?" I asked bored as he walked through the door. I tilted my head to the side in wonder as I took in the woman beside him. She was glaring at his back furiously and I noted she had cuffs around her wrists.
"Letty this is Charlotte, Charlotte this is Letty. Charlotte's in a bit of trouble so we made a deal. You guys are both going to be running for the same job not against each other though. You're going to have to team up." He said briefly. We eyed each other wearily but for some reason I was drawn to her. She had my immediate trust and we hadn't even spoken yet.
"Hi." I said giving her a small smile.
"Hey. You gunna unlock these now or what?" She spat at Brian who sighed but uncuffed her.
"So here's the deal. We have two cars for you, as far as we know you have to be in the racing scene to get close to Braga. I wish I had a name but I don't." I raised an eyebrow at him.
"That's it? That's all you can give us?" I asked annoyed.
"Do you have any idea how many racing scene there are in LA?" Charlotte asked him.
"I know it's not much-"
"It's not anything." Charlotte spat.
"…but it's the best I have right now." He finished lamely. Taking pity on him I sighed and stood.
"Fine, we'll find it ourselves. So where's our cars?" She demanded.
"Better not be some shit box O'Connor." I muttered as we followed him through the office and down into a basement.
"Here they are. Just have to install the trackers."
"Fuck no. You ain't putting any tracker on my car." I snapped.
"Let its policy." He argued.
"Screw policy, she's right. Putting a tracker on our cars is going to get us killed." Charlotte snapped. He looked from me to her and he sighed.
"Okay, let me see what I can do." He said before turning around and leaving the basement.
I let my eyes sweep over the car. I smiled it was a Plymouth. I had wanted one of these for a long time. A noise beside me made me look up and I caught Charlotte's eye. The girl was about average height and build, maybe even slightly more built then a normal woman. She had long dark brown hair but her eyes were a bright green that had anyone mesmorised.
"So what did they catch you for?" She asked smiling slightly. I laughed a little and started it explain.
"Damn."
"Yeah tell me about it." I muttered.
"Hope this turns out okay for you." She said honestly.
"Thanks, what about you? What did you get busted for?" she rolled her eyes and sighed.
"I worked for a drug dealer. I was a tracker, traced every one of our clients to make sure they weren't ripping off the boss. He was paranoid. I NEVER get caught. I've been doing this shit for years; I can make someone disappear so quickly you don't even have time to blink. I have connections everywhere."
"So what happened this time?" I asked intrigued.
"The guy I was tailing was an undercover cop. My contact wasn't as thorough as he should have been with his background check. You're looking at the result." She muttered.
"Well I hope this works out for you too." I said lightly.
"Thanks. Truth be told I'm glad to have a partner, gets lonely working alone." She joked and I laughed.
"By the way the names Lotty, I'll kill you if you call me Charlotte." She said holding out her hand and I smiled offering my own.
"Leticia, I go by Letty. You can guess why." I said dryly and she snickered.
"Well Letty and Lotty has a nice ring to it." She joked.
"That it does." I said looking over as Brian walked back into the room with the big boss on his heels.
"I hope you two realize one false move from either of you and our deals are over. We've agreed to leave the trackers out but I'm warning you, don't make me regret it."
"Don't get us killed." Lotty fired back and I watched as the boss laughed a little before he turned serious once more.
"You're free to go. I suggest you contact one of those contacts of yours Charlotte and find which race scene Braga's in." He said before leaving.
"Here are your keys." Brian said handing them to us. Lotty gave him a glare as she snatched them but turned to give me a wink as she got in her car and left.
"Letty be careful please." Brian said as I took mine stepping towards my car.
"I'm always careful." I spoke before I climbed into the car and sped out.
I got home to an empty house, Mia still being at work. I parked the Plymouth out the front and walked straight to the shed, intending on continuing where I left off this morning on the charger.
It was only an hour later before I received a call from Brian saying Lotty had secured us in a race for working for Braga. I was impressed; she hadn't been lying when she said she had contacts.
I agreed to meet Lotty there but once I arrived I regretted my decision. The place was packed with racers and I couldn't see her or her car in the crowd.
"You looking for someone?" I heard behind me and I turned with a smile as I recognized her voice.
"Not anymore." I spoke. She grinned and subtly nodded upwards. Taking a chance I looked around and slightly up, I watched carefully as I saw a group of people above us standing around staring down. One of the men caught my eye, sending me a smug grin before I turned away in disgust.
"I have a feeling these guys don't like female drivers." I muttered.
"He's just being a cocky bastard. That's felix, he's not in charge, the one next to him is. Compos."
"Right so how does this work?" I asked.
"We're not racing each other, figured we'd have more of a chance to win separately. You look like you could give me a run for my money." I smirked at her and nodded.
"I think I'm beginning to like you a little more." I stated and she laughed.
"You're alright chica." I grinned as we stood talking. It wasn't long before a model type looking woman approached us.
"So which one of you is racing?"
"We both are just different races." Lotty spoke clearly, making her know there was no arguing. The woman looked us up and down before nodding.
"Follow me then."
As we followed the woman I took the time to look around. The race scene seemed to be the same. I was made to wait with a couple of other men as the woman led Lotty and a few others away to race.
It had been thirty minutes and she still hadn't returned. I was beginning to think something had happened and maybe I should make a getaway while I could. Just before I could though, Lotty walked back in confidently with a huge smirk on her face.
"I'm in." She spoke quietly as she came to stand beside me. Smiling tensely as my race was called and I made my way to my car, driving slowly to the starting mark. I could feel eyes on me and looking up I noticed Felix and Compos intently watching this race. I felt anxious as I nervously patted my stomach before gripping the steering wheel hard. I had to nail this race.
20th July- LA, United states
Toretto house
Mia's POV
I had to smile secretly as I watched Letty subtly try to give in to her cravings. I wasn't stupid. For the past week I had watched her like a hawk and began to suspect she was pregnant. I could only assume that Letty being pregnant was the reason behind his leaving. I decided I wasn't going to come out and ask her, I was going to wait until she told me herself. I had been pleasantly surprised when Dom had rung again wanting to speak to Letty, if you could call it that.
"He wants to talk." I said to her softly.
"Tell him I'm not interested." She muttered.
"Come on Let he sounds desperate." I said handing the phone over and walking off.
"What?" I listened as there was a long pause.
"Yes."
"No."
"Is that all?" I winced as I heard her snappy tone.
"Here." She stated handing me the phone before walking off. I sighed as I placed the phone to my ear.
"Everything okay?" I asked tentatively.
"No. I'll call again soon Mia, just watch her."
I sighed looking towards the shed where the charger resided. She had been working on that damn car since the moment she got here. It was starting to become an obsession; one I wasn't sure was healthy. I was worried about her, she had changed over the course of a week. She kept disappearing at all times of the night and day. It had me unsettled. Surely she wouldn't be planning anything, she was meant to be lying low.
"Mia?" I snapped to my senses and turned around to face Letty.
"Sorry what?"
"You okay?"
"I'm fine, sorry I was just distracted. Deep in thought." I said smiling.
"Okay. Listen I just wanted you to know I'm gunna head up and visit mum for the weekend."
"What, now?" I asked surprised.
"Yeah last minute decision."
"Can't it wait till tomorrow?" I asked.
"No I just need to drive. Clear my head." She said softly.
"Let it'll be night soon." I argued.
"I know, Mia don't worry I'll be fine. I'll ring when I get to mum's."
"Letty I don't know." I started trying to wrack my brain for reasons for her to stay.
"Mia I'll be fine." She snapped and I sighed.
"Yeah okay."
"See you in a few days." She said as she stood heading upstairs to pack. I sighed as my eyes trailed after her. I wished she would hurry up and tell me.
Letty's POV
Heading upstairs I took out the GPS that was going crazy. I had gotten into the team with Lotty and I had spent the week anxiously waiting for the GPS to sound. Now the time was here I wasn't sure I was ready for this as I waited and watched as it loaded directions. Picking up a small bag of already pre-packed clothes I walked back downstairs, stowing the GPS in the bag out of sight.
"You sure you have to leave tonight?" Mia tried again.
"Positive. See you in a couple of days girl." She nodded and I left out the front door climbing into the seat of my new car. The thing was a beast. I was glad Mia hadn't said anything about it but I knew she was itching to know where it came from.
I waved goodbye to Mia and drove off. I took an extra five minutes to make sure she wasn't following me before I floored it and followed the directions. In the back of my mind I knew Lotty wouldn't be far behind and the thought made me relax.
FBI base
Letty's POV
It had been four days since I had agreed to do the job for the FBI. I kept trying to myself everything would be okay, that once thing was done our records would be clean and we'd be able to come home. Deep down though I had a bad feeling about the job, something just didn't sit right but I pushed it away and agreed.
I sighed looking around the small meeting room as I waited for Brian. He said he had some news for me, important, so I had to be here now.
"What's the big news O'Connor?" I asked bored as he walked through the door. I tilted my head to the side in wonder as I took in the woman beside him. She was glaring at his back furiously and I noted she had cuffs around her wrists.
"Letty this is Charlotte, Charlotte this is Letty. Charlotte's in a bit of trouble so we made a deal. You guys are both going to be running for the same job not against each other though. You're going to have to team up." He said briefly. We eyed each other wearily but for some reason I was drawn to her. She had my immediate trust and we hadn't even spoken yet.
"Hi." I said giving her a small smile.
"Hey. You gunna unlock these now or what?" She spat at Brian who sighed but uncuffed her.
"So here's the deal. We have two cars for you, as far as we know you have to be in the racing scene to get close to Braga. I wish I had a name but I don't." I raised an eyebrow at him.
"That's it? That's all you can give us?" I asked annoyed.
"Do you have any idea how many racing scene there are in LA?" Charlotte asked him.
"I know it's not much-"
"It's not anything." Charlotte spat.
"…but it's the best I have right now." He finished lamely. Taking pity on him I sighed and stood.
"Fine, we'll find it ourselves. So where's our cars?" She demanded.
"Better not be some shit box O'Connor." I muttered as we followed him through the office and down into a basement.
"Here they are. Just have to install the trackers."
"Fuck no. You ain't putting any tracker on my car." I snapped.
"Let its policy." He argued.
"Screw policy, she's right. Putting a tracker on our cars is going to get us killed." Charlotte snapped. He looked from me to her and he sighed.
"Okay, let me see what I can do." He said before turning around and leaving the basement.
I let my eyes sweep over the car. I smiled it was a Plymouth. I had wanted one of these for a long time. A noise beside me made me look up and I caught Charlotte's eye. The girl was about average height and build, maybe even slightly more built then a normal woman. She had long dark brown hair but her eyes were a bright green that had anyone mesmorised.
"So what did they catch you for?" She asked smiling slightly. I laughed a little and started it explain.
"Damn."
"Yeah tell me about it." I muttered.
"Hope this turns out okay for you." She said honestly.
"Thanks, what about you? What did you get busted for?" she rolled her eyes and sighed.
"I worked for a drug dealer. I was a tracker, traced every one of our clients to make sure they weren't ripping off the boss. He was paranoid. I NEVER get caught. I've been doing this shit for years; I can make someone disappear so quickly you don't even have time to blink. I have connections everywhere."
"So what happened this time?" I asked intrigued.
"The guy I was tailing was an undercover cop. My contact wasn't as thorough as he should have been with his background check. You're looking at the result." She muttered.
"Well I hope this works out for you too." I said lightly.
"Thanks. Truth be told I'm glad to have a partner, gets lonely working alone." She joked and I laughed.
"By the way the names Lotty, I'll kill you if you call me Charlotte." She said holding out her hand and I smiled offering my own.
"Leticia, I go by Letty. You can guess why." I said dryly and she snickered.
"Well Letty and Lotty has a nice ring to it." She joked.
"That it does." I said looking over as Brian walked back into the room with the big boss on his heels.
"I hope you two realize one false move from either of you and our deals are over. We've agreed to leave the trackers out but I'm warning you, don't make me regret it."
"Don't get us killed." Lotty fired back and I watched as the boss laughed a little before he turned serious once more.
"You're free to go. I suggest you contact one of those contacts of yours Charlotte and find which race scene Braga's in." He said before leaving.
"Here are your keys." Brian said handing them to us. Lotty gave him a glare as she snatched them but turned to give me a wink as she got in her car and left.
"Letty be careful please." Brian said as I took mine stepping towards my car.
"I'm always careful." I spoke before I climbed into the car and sped out.
I got home to an empty house, Mia still being at work. I parked the Plymouth out the front and walked straight to the shed, intending on continuing where I left off this morning on the charger.
It was only an hour later before I received a call from Brian saying Lotty had secured us in a race for working for Braga. I was impressed; she hadn't been lying when she said she had contacts.
I agreed to meet Lotty there but once I arrived I regretted my decision. The place was packed with racers and I couldn't see her or her car in the crowd.
"You looking for someone?" I heard behind me and I turned with a smile as I recognized her voice.
"Not anymore." I spoke. She grinned and subtly nodded upwards. Taking a chance I looked around and slightly up, I watched carefully as I saw a group of people above us standing around staring down. One of the men caught my eye, sending me a smug grin before I turned away in disgust.
"I have a feeling these guys don't like female drivers." I muttered.
"He's just being a cocky bastard. That's felix, he's not in charge, the one next to him is. Compos."
"Right so how does this work?" I asked.
"We're not racing each other, figured we'd have more of a chance to win separately. You look like you could give me a run for my money." I smirked at her and nodded.
"I think I'm beginning to like you a little more." I stated and she laughed.
"You're alright chica." I grinned as we stood talking. It wasn't long before a model type looking woman approached us.
"So which one of you is racing?"
"We both are just different races." Lotty spoke clearly, making her know there was no arguing. The woman looked us up and down before nodding.
"Follow me then."
As we followed the woman I took the time to look around. The race scene seemed to be the same. I was made to wait with a couple of other men as the woman led Lotty and a few others away to race.
It had been thirty minutes and she still hadn't returned. I was beginning to think something had happened and maybe I should make a getaway while I could. Just before I could though, Lotty walked back in confidently with a huge smirk on her face.
"I'm in." She spoke quietly as she came to stand beside me. Smiling tensely as my race was called and I made my way to my car, driving slowly to the starting mark. I could feel eyes on me and looking up I noticed Felix and Compos intently watching this race. I felt anxious as I nervously patted my stomach before gripping the steering wheel hard. I had to nail this race.
20th July- LA, United states
Toretto house
Mia's POV
I had to smile secretly as I watched Letty subtly try to give in to her cravings. I wasn't stupid. For the past week I had watched her like a hawk and began to suspect she was pregnant. I could only assume that Letty being pregnant was the reason behind his leaving. I decided I wasn't going to come out and ask her, I was going to wait until she told me herself. I had been pleasantly surprised when Dom had rung again wanting to speak to Letty, if you could call it that.
"He wants to talk." I said to her softly.
"Tell him I'm not interested." She muttered.
"Come on Let he sounds desperate." I said handing the phone over and walking off.
"What?" I listened as there was a long pause.
"Yes."
"No."
"Is that all?" I winced as I heard her snappy tone.
"Here." She stated handing me the phone before walking off. I sighed as I placed the phone to my ear.
"Everything okay?" I asked tentatively.
"No. I'll call again soon Mia, just watch her."
I sighed looking towards the shed where the charger resided. She had been working on that damn car since the moment she got here. It was starting to become an obsession; one I wasn't sure was healthy. I was worried about her, she had changed over the course of a week. She kept disappearing at all times of the night and day. It had me unsettled. Surely she wouldn't be planning anything, she was meant to be lying low.
"Mia?" I snapped to my senses and turned around to face Letty.
"Sorry what?"
"You okay?"
"I'm fine, sorry I was just distracted. Deep in thought." I said smiling.
"Okay. Listen I just wanted you to know I'm gunna head up and visit mum for the weekend."
"What, now?" I asked surprised.
"Yeah last minute decision."
"Can't it wait till tomorrow?" I asked.
"No I just need to drive. Clear my head." She said softly.
"Let it'll be night soon." I argued.
"I know, Mia don't worry I'll be fine. I'll ring when I get to mum's."
"Letty I don't know." I started trying to wrack my brain for reasons for her to stay.
"Mia I'll be fine." She snapped and I sighed.
"Yeah okay."
"See you in a few days." She said as she stood heading upstairs to pack. I sighed as my eyes trailed after her. I wished she would hurry up and tell me.
Letty's POV
Heading upstairs I took out the GPS that was going crazy. I had gotten into the team with Lotty and I had spent the week anxiously waiting for the GPS to sound. Now the time was here I wasn't sure I was ready for this as I waited and watched as it loaded directions. Picking up a small bag of already pre-packed clothes I walked back downstairs, stowing the GPS in the bag out of sight.
"You sure you have to leave tonight?" Mia tried again.
"Positive. See you in a couple of days girl." She nodded and I left out the front door climbing into the seat of my new car. The thing was a beast. I was glad Mia hadn't said anything about it but I knew she was itching to know where it came from.
I waved goodbye to Mia and drove off. I took an extra five minutes to make sure she wasn't following me before I floored it and followed the directions. In the back of my mind I knew Lotty wouldn't be far behind and the thought made me relax.