She's A Toretto

6.1

The next day, everyone besides Vince is at the garage working on the new car.
"Got a TR7 here, with a ball-bearing upgrade. What it's going to do is, it's going to spool up really quick," Jesse explains as he, Leon, and Letty work on the engine.
"I got this set up for 24 psi," Letty tells Jesse.
"Got it," Jesse says with a nod.

"You got big plans tonight?" Dom asks Brian as they work on the car and glance at Mia, who is talking to Dixie as they look at paperwork.
"Yeah. We're going out to dinner," Brian answers him, though he wishes he was going with Dixie.
"You break her heart, I'll break your neck," Dom tells him with a slight glare before glancing at Dixie. "And if I don't, she might."
"That's not gonna happen," Brian lies as he glances at Mia and Dixie.

"I want to show you something," Dom says as he wipes his hands off before handing the rag to Brian. "Dot, let's go." Dixie nods before following Dom and Brian. Dom takes them back to the Toretto household and then leads them to the garage. He opens it to reveal two 1970 Dodge Chargers.
"Wow," Brian says causing Dixie to smile as she walks over to her charger before sitting on the hood.
"Me, Dot, and my dad built them. Nine hundred horses of Detroit muscle," Dom explains as he points at the Chargers, causing Dixie to slightly frown as Dom leaves someone out.
"They're beasts," Brian says causing Dixie to smile.
"You know what they ran in Palmdale?" Dom asks him with a smirk.
"No. What?" Brian answers him.
"Nine seconds flat," Dom explains as Dixie smirks as she looks at the cars.
"God," Brian says in amazement.
"My dad and his friend were driving. So much torque, the chassis twisted coming off the line. Barely kept her on the track," Dom explains with a smile at the memory.
"So, what's your best time?" Brian asks as he looks between Dom and Dixie.
"We've never driven them," Dom answers as Dixie frowns slightly.
"Why not?" Brian asks as he looks at them confused.
"They scare the shit out of us," Dixie answers him before turning and pointing at a picture on the wall. "That's our dad. He was coming up in the pro stock-car circuit..." Dixie trails off as tears come to her eyes as she remembers the day.
"Last race of the season. A guy named Kenny Linder came up from inside, in the final turn. He clipped my dad's bumper and put him into the wall at 120. We watched our dad burn to death. I remembered hearing him scream. But the people that were there said he had died before the tanks blew. They said it was me and Dixie who were screaming," Dom explains as he walks around his Charger while Dixie wipes a tear away from her face. She remembers holding onto her brother as the car exploded. "I saw Linder about a week later. I had a wrench, and I hit him. And I didn't intend to keep hitting him, but when I finished, I couldn't lift my arm." Brian sits down as he takes in all the information while Dixie shakes her head at the memory because after that she was without her brother for two years. "He's a janitor at a high school. He has to take the bus to work every day. And they banned me from the tracks for life. I live my life a quarter-mile at a time. Nothing else matters. Not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those 10 seconds or less, I'm free."
"It's a ride or die life," Dixie says as Dom nods in agreement before pulling Dixie into a hug because he knows that part of their life is very hard for Dixie since she was much too young to have seen what she saw.

That night Brian takes Mia on their date, while team hijacks another truck.

"So, how is it, anyways, that the gang came to be?" Brian asks Mia as they finish eating.
"What?" Mia asks slightly confused.
"The gang?" Brian asks shyly.
"The gang? No, they don't call themselves a gang," Mia says with a laugh as she shakes her head.
"What do they call themselves?" Brian asks genuinely curious.
"They're a team. They call themselves a team," Mia says with a giggle.
"All right. How did the team come to be?" Brian asks wanting to get any information that he can.
"Well, that's a whole lot of history," Mia answers him with a smile.
"I've got time," Brian says with a smile.
"Okay. Vince grew up with Dom. Actually, he didn't ever actually grow up, as you can tell. But they were friends as kids. Plus Dixie and Vince have had their moments but ultimately Dixie was always too much for Vince to handle. And Letty, she just lived down the street from us. Always into cars, though. Ever since she was, like, 10 years old. So, naturally, you know, Dom always had her attention. And then she turned 16..." Mia explains as Brian hides a frown at the thought of Dixie and Vince being together.
"And then she had Dom's attention," Brian finishes for her.
"Yeah. It's funny how that works, isn't it? Yeah," Mia says with a smile.
"How does Jesse fit into the whole thing?" Brian asks as they stare at each other.
"Jesse. Well, Jesse and Leon just sort of showed up one night and never, ever left. It's just the way Dom is, you know. Dom's like... He's like gravity. Everything just gets pulled to him. Even you," Mia explains causing Brian to shake his head at the last part.
"No," Brian says with a smile to hide the fact that he has to lie. "No. The only thing that pulled me in was you. Being friends with Dom is just a bonus."
"That's good," Mia says with a smile. "That's good. It's nice to come first every once in a while. Want to go for a drive?" Mia speeds down the highway before pulling a quick u-turn. Brian looks at her in surprise causing her to laugh. Mia drops Brian back at Harry's before heading home. Brian wakes up to his phone ringing.
"Yeah?" Brian answers.
"The hijackers have hit again. Bilkins has decided that we're gonna move on Johnny Tran and his guys at 17:00. Unless you say otherwise. If you agree, just say yes," Tanner explains.
"Yeah," Brian agrees.