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((Hey guys! So I’m really not super stellar at RPing without like... a specific plot or intention. My muse kinda dies haha. I’d like to get some plotting going with some characters that’s actually somewhat significant?? If you have any ideas feel free to lemme know~ c: Thanks xoxo love you guysss))
“What were you doing out in Florida all this time?” She asked. “It really has been forever. I’m doing good. Have you seen anyone else since being back?”
“Oh,” Raina shrugged at the Florida question. “Looking for work, mostly. Had to figure out how to pay the bills somehow after quitting Special Forces. But I never did like the east--west coast is the best coast as far as I’m concerned.” She grinned. “No, not really. I haven’t had time to track anyone down yet besides a couple of old friends. How’s everyone been around here?”
“Raina,” he said, with a grin as she just looked at him a bit shocked. Mentioning how they were losers, Trey agreed. “Now, I thought you’d race for the competition and not easy money,” he joked, as he just replied “Doing good. How about you?” also wondering how she’s been.
“Hey man,” Raina said and smiled, putting her hands up mock-defensively, “I do race for competition, don’t get me wrong, but something has to pay the bills.” She laughed. “I’m doing well. Just moved back to L.A. not long ago. How about you? What’s your life been like?”
“I’m sure for you they wouldn’t mind,” she said, as she listened to Raina mentioned how she got back and showing them what she’s got. “I’d like to see you race either one of them,” she added, as she just looked around once more. Asking where she worked, Angel replied “It’s a diner just a few blocks from her. Ruby’s Diner isn’t hard to miss.”
“Here’s to hoping you get a chance,” Raina said when she mentioned how she would like to see her race Dom and Brian. “Oh, Ruby’s Diner?” Raina grinned. “I’ve been there before. The food’s not half bad. I’ll have to come by sometime when you’re working.”
He chuckled and shook his head before putting his arm on her shoulder. “I’m only teasing; don’t get your panties in a twist.” He said as he took his arm away from her shoulder. “It’s in the past, I get that. And you want to forget it, I’m not going to give you shit for it.” He gave her a warming smile so she knew he was telling the truth.
Raina exhaled a long breath before smiling again at Hobbs. At least he let it go a lot sooner than a lot of people would have. “I’m just used to everyone giving me shit for it,” she admitted, “it’s kind of a defense tactic for me. God, I wish I could just erase everything that happened that long ago... ugh.”
“Yeah,my brother got me into muscle cars at a young age.”
“Same with me and my dad,” Raina said. “He always thought nothing could beat American muscle. I know Dom haw always been of that same opinion.”
She agreed with her, when it came to those two, racing was an often occurrence, along with Lexi. “When they reach their fifties, I still believe they’ll be racing,” she joked about it. “Maybe you’ll get to,” she said, with a smile. Most people did want to race those two and if not, maybe even Letty. “No, I’m not driving tonight. Just here to watch and possibly race tomorrow if I’m not to tired from work,” she stated, with a soft laugh.
“Well I hope I’ll get to someday,” she said. “Now that I’m back in L.A. I’ll have to see if I can follow them to any races and show them what I got.” She laughed. She knew if she raced either of them she would probably lose, but it wouldn’t stop her from trying. “Well hey, I’ll be around tomorrow too probably. I’ve got nothing better to do. Where do you work?”
He watched from afar as he noticed who it was. Trey remembered the days when Letty and Raina fought over Dom and it was interesting. He just walked up to her to only clear his throat “Well, I don’t need to win that money. I have my own,” he told her as he just looked over at the two guys. “Those guys aren’t that great even if you combine them together Raina,” Trey said, as he just grinned.
The sound of the stranger’s voice made her look up in shock. When she saw who it was, she couldn’t help but feel a bit stunned. “Trey?” she said, before schooling the shock out of her voice and continuing in a more normal tone. “I know, those two losers are about as bad as it gets, but hey, easy money. How the hell are you, man?” She flashed a wide smile.
Mia smiled and opened the door the rest of the way. “Of course I have time for you.” She hugged her old friend. “When did you come back into town? I haven’t seen you in forever.”
Raina returned the hug, and the embrace felt familiar. Like home. She pulled back and smiled. “I just got back in L.A. a few days ago. Been east, over in Florida mostly.” She exhaled a long breath, and smiled. “How are you, Mia? Feels like it’s been forever.”
“Listen,just becareful.” She stated. Changing the conversation she nodded her head toward her pink Dodge Charger. “That’s my baby. My brother got me her for my birthday.” Said the girl “isn’t she beautiful?”
Raina’s eyes narrowed slightly at the abrupt change in conversation, but she let it slide. Maybe she’d bring it up with the young Toretto later. Instead, she turned her attention to the girl’s car. “Ahh, a ‘15 Charger? Nice car.” She ran her hand along the bright pink paint job. “I prefer the ‘13 myself, but this one ain’t bad either.” She grinned. “Chargers are the best, after all.”
A small smirk started crawling on his lips as he shook his head in disbelief. “No…No, really? You had a crush on Toretto? Wow.” He chuckles to himself as he looks back at her. “Just when you thought you knew someone. What was it? His bad boy look?”
“Oh my god,” Raina said with a dramatic eye roll. She shoved Hobbs a little with an embarrassed scowl. “Let’s not even go there. It was a lifetime ago, and anyway, everything’s changed.” She narrowed her eyes in his direction. “Don’t give me that look, Hobbs. Ugh... I should never have told you, you’ll never let me live it down.”
“When work isn’t enough, a race does the trick,” she said before she asked what she was doing around here. “I like to come watch and I didn’t say I wasn’t a racer. I just don’t do it often like Dom and Brian,” she confessed.
Raina laughed. “I don’t think anyone races as often as Dom and Brian,” she pointed out. She leaned back against her car and crossed her arms. “Never raced either of them--I’d love to someday, though.” She confessed. “So are you driving tonight, or just watching?”
“Cool.” She smiled. “C'mon I’ll drive us.” She had more money the most nineteen year olds just because she earns her cash by winning races I mean besides racing her brother she couldn’t even remember the last time she lost a race. As she made her way to the car she bluntly stated “ There’s people around here that isn’t the type of people you wanna get involved with.”
Raina collected up her winnings from the hood of her car, folding the bills and tucking them into her back pocket. She locked the Charger with a beep as they walked away. She shot the race host a pointed look of nobody better touch my fucking car--it would be safe for a while, at least. At Alexandra’s comment, Raina raised her eyebrows. “Oh yeah?” she said. “And who might those type of people be?”
Hobbs shrugged slightly with a smirk. “Yeah but not everyone had good terms with me, if you really wanted to get back on the force, you just gotta say the word and I can pull a few strings.” He remembered those few weeks, he wasn’t there as he was on holiday leave but if he was, he would’ve done what no one else did for her, look into it. He looked at her with confusion as he placed his hands on his hips. “Why aren’t you two on good terms?”
“Uhhhh...” Embarrassment flooded through her and made her look away. It was stupid, honestly, and had been years ago. More than ten years. It shouldn’t even bother her anymore, shouldn’t matter. But it still made her feel foolish. “Kind of a lot of reasons. We were great friends in high school. And then she started dating Dom, and well...” she shrugged. “I had a stupid teen crush on him and it made me act like an idiot. It’s really not a very glorious story.” She laughed, but grimaced at the same time.
“I’ve heard my sister talk about you a couple times,” she laughed, as she just remembered the name Raina coming out of her sisters mouth. Asking if she was a racer, she just laughed “I don’t race competitively at the race wars but when I feel like racing. I have my good nights or if I need money,” smiling a bit.
Raina nodded. “Fair enough. You must not be too shabby though if you can still make money off it--some of these kids have been trying this for years and still never make anything.” She thought of the two guys she had raced tonight, for instance, and snorted to herself. Talk about rookies. “If you’re not a racer... what brings you to this gritty corner of L.A.?”
He grins and nods slightly as he places his hands on his hips. “Still chief of police, ma’am” He chuckled and looked her up and down. “You look well, what have you been doin’ with yourself?” He was glad he was back with an old friend, especially one he’d worked with on a few cases. She was the best female on his team at the time.
“Glad to hear it,” Raina laughed, “L.A. needs a cop like you, Hobbs.” At his question, she grimaced and shrugged. “I’ve been east, mostly in Florida, looking for work. Not easy, as someone who quit Special Forces with a background to prove it. It was fine, for a while, but I came back. And actually…” she shifted her weight and paused before continuing. “I’ve been looking to catch up with Dominic Toretto and his gang.”
He smiled softly. “We miss you back on the force, you were one of our best.” He looked at her slightly confused. “Uh yeah they’re doing pretty well, I haven’t seen that bunch in a while if I’m honest.” He nodded looking around towards the end of the street with a slight nod. “Toretto and his gang would still be at 1327.” He smiled with a grin.
Raina’s smile froze a little when Hobbs mentioned the force. She shrugged. “I kind of miss it,” she admitted, “but I suppose there’s no going back after the way I quit, y’know?” She had discovered how twisted some of her comrades on the force had been, and when no one believed her, she quit in a rage. But that was in the past. When he spoke of Toretto, Raina nodded. “Yeah... I’ll get around to seeing them eventually. Unfortunately Letty and I aren’t on the best of terms at the moment.”
“You’ll be surprised.” She smiled exposing dimples. “And yes my family is pretty big.” She took in her hand giving it a gentle shake. “So you must be new around here,how about I take you to a restaurant -on me.” She reached into her bra and pulled out a giant stack of money with a smirk on her face.
“New, yes, in a sense,” she said with a grin. She wasn’t about to launch into the story of how she lived in L.A., moved to Florida, then moved back, etc etc. Her eyebrows raised when Alexandra pulled out a wad of cash. Who even is this kid? she thought, amused. “Well, looks like you can afford it,” Raina said with a laugh. “I’m down.”
