6

                                    

                                          
The next day we were in the garage. I was sitting in the car Dom was working on. It was a convertible and didn't have a windshield. I was playing a video game and kept dying.
                          
"Nonononono, UGH!" I say. Dom looks over."I keep dying," I explain. He chuckles,
                          
"What are you playing?" He asks.
                          
"Zelda." I show him the screen of the Gameboy Advance I'm playing on. I grab the case for the Gameboy and switch games to Mario kart. I pick Daisy as my character and start playing. I hear loud noises and squeal when Dom picks me up unexpectedly. He carries me over to the opening of the garage. I can see my red T-shirt, jean shorts, and black high tops in the reflection of the steel. I brush my hair out of my face and Mia hands me a headband. I put it on and rest my head on Dom's shoulder. I see the guy from that one day in the cafe. I guess he's Dom's friend. He stands next to a tow truck with a really dirty messed up car on it. 
                          
"Whats this?" Dom asks. He readjusts the way he's holding me.
                          
"This is your car," the guy says.
                          
"My car? You owed me a ten-second car, a ten-minute car." Dom shakes his head.
                          
"You could push this thing across the finish line, or tow it," Jesse says.
                          
"You couldn't even tow that thing across the finish line." The guy smiles.
                          
"No faith." The guy says.
                          
"No I have faith in you Spilner, but this is a garage, not a junkyard." The guy responds with
                          
"Pop the hood."
                          
"Pop the hood?" Dom questions and the guy confirms it. Jesse opens the car and looks at the engine.
                          
"No shit," he says,
                          
"Language!" Mia says while motioning to me.
                          
"Right, right. But look at this Dom, 2JZ Engine..." He continues rattling off car stuff that I don't understand. Dom walks over and sets me on the ground and looks at the car. I look at it too.
                          
"It's dirty," I say and everyone chuckles.
                          
"I retract my previous statement," Dom says while he picks me back up.
                          
"You know what? This will decimate all if you put about 15 grand in it or more and get overnight parts from Japan," Jesse says.
                          
"Well put it on my tab at Harry's," Dom says.
                          
"Yes!" Jesse says. Dom sets me down and I run over and get my game boy and its case. I walk over to Mia who is talking to the guy.
                          
"Who's this?" The guy asks. Mia looks at me.
                          
"Well Brian, this is Dom's daughter, Lorea. He adopted her about 2 years ago," He looks at me, a little shocked.
                          
"Hi!" I say.
                          
"Hi," he smiles.
                          
"Lorea!" Dom calls me over and I run to him. He picks me up and we go to the store.