A/N – I'd just like to say a special thank you to my very dear friend and fellow shotgun fanatic, the beautiful Ms Hope. The support you've given me over the course of this story has been fantastic, I couldn't have done it without you babe. I'd like to recommend her stories - "Makeshift Beds and Morphine" and "On The Way Down", two fantastic pieces of TFATF fanfiction that are well worth reading.

Thanks to everyone who's read Moving On, I hope you've all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

So, without further ado, here it is – the final chapter in this tale of Chloe and Vince, for anyone who's interested their story will be continued in my new fic "Karma."

Chapter 27

By the time Vince and Dom were ready to race pretty much every racer that was on site was crowded round to watch. This race was the showdown of the weekend and something everyone had been talking about since the word went out that Dom was back.

Vince knew he was a good racer but he couldn't help feel nervous about racing Dom. For years everyone had told him that Dom was a better racer and that Dom was unbeatable – he just hoped that for once everyone was wrong.

"What do you think Sweetie, can he beat Dom?" Chloe was worried about Vince going up against Dom. She knew how much it meant to him and she wasn't sure if he was setting himself up for a fall or not. She figured that if anyone knew if Vince could win or not Leon would.

"He can babe, but whether he will or not, I don't know. I mean he should win, he's got the better car and he's got years of being overlooked to drive him but I don't know if that's enough." Leon would have loved nothing more than to be able to tell Chloe that Vince would beat Dom but the truth was this was one race that was to close to call.

"Vince, come here a sec?"

"What's the matter baby? Is everything ok?" Vince had been in the middle of double checking his NOS tanks when Chloe called him over to the trailer.

"I just want to tell you something." Chloe knew how nervous Vince was about racing Dom and desperately wanted to be able to put his mind at rest.

"You know that I love you don't you. Your mine and I'm yours, and that'll never change." Leon had told Chloe about a girl that had been interested in Vince until he lost a race to Dom and then switched her attentions to Dom. "It doesn't matter to me if you beat Dom or not, as long as you have the best race you can and you come back to me in one piece. I love you Vince and I need you."

"But it matters to me, I've spent most of my life being second to Dom and this is my last chance to prove I'm better than him." Vince knew what he was trying to say, but he couldn't find the words.

"But you are better than him, baby. I mean look at how you've been about Brian. Dom still wants to kill him but you've forgiven him, hell I'd even go so far as to say you two are friends now."

Vince couldn't help but laugh at that comment; he and Brian had developed a strong friendship over that past few months and even though he was still bothered by the way they'd met he'd never forget what Brian had done for him.

"You're more popular at the races than Dom was, the business is more successful than DT Automotive was and you're surrounded by people who love you and trust you. Mia is only with Dom because he's her brother and Toby and Matt are just employees."

"She's right ya know dawg." Leon and Brian had come into the trailer to tell Vince that the race was due to start in 5 minutes and had overheard what Chloe was saying.

"Then let's do it." Vince was still nervous about racing his old friend but he knew deep in his heart that he had what it took to beat him.

As he and Chloe walked round the back of his car, he suddenly stopped and stared at the trunk. It was almost as if he was seeing the artwork for the 1st time.

"I'm gonna do this for Jesse." Vince had suddenly realised the huge advantage he had over Dom. He was driving a car that Jesse had designed whereas Dom had built his new car after Jesse had died. It didn't matter how good Dom was with cars, he was nowhere near as good as Jesse and that would be his downfall.

The race was every bit as tight as the crowd expected. First Vince lead, then Dom did. It looked as if it would be a dead heat when Dom used his first shot of NOS. It was then that Vince knew the victory was his, Dom had used his NOS far too early.

Vince kept his foot right down, confident in the abilities of his car and waited until he'd caught up with Dom before he used his first shot of NOS. He sped past Dom and pressed the other red button. Before Dom had even had a chance to react to Vince's first burst of speed, Vince was virtually flying. He crossed the finish line way ahead of Dom to the huge cheers of the entire crowd – Vincent Richards was the new King of the Dessert.

It had been 4 days since Vince's victory at Race Wars; Dom had driven straight back to his trailer, grabbed his stuff and left without a word to anyone. Not even Mia knew that he'd gone until she came back from the first aid tent and found his car and bags missing.

Back at the beach house the party was still going on. At one point they'd had over 200 people there and not for the 1st time Chloe was grateful that the house was so big and right on the beach. At least with the beach being there, the house wasn't full of people all the time.

Vince was still riding high on the thrill of having beaten Dom. He'd never known that a single victory could be so good and having Chloe by his side to help him celebrate had just made it all the better. He was still concerned though, the Dom he knew wouldn't just give up and leave like that and he was sure that he hadn't seen the last of Dominic Toretto.

Vince's fears were confirmed when he had a phone call from Hector.

"Hey man, listen I've had a call from Dom. He wants to race you tonight." Hector couldn't believe it when Dom had called him, he'd told him the last time that he wasn't going to play go-between with him and Vince but as usual Dom didn't listen.

"What else did he say Hector?" Vince knew that there must have been more to the conversation; there was no way that Dom wouldn't have told Hector what they were racing for.

"He wants everything – your team, cars, the garage and the house. He also said that when you lose you'll be banned from racing anywhere in California, including Race Wars."

"Confident bastard isn't he? What makes him think he'll beat me? He didn't at Race Wars? Vince was having a hard time keeping control – who the fuck did Dom think he was making demands like that?

"He's racing a Skyline man, just like yours. He said you only beat him at Race Wars because of the car. I'm sorry man." Hector was glad that he'd decided to call Vince and tell him of Dom's call and not tell him in person. He couldn't even begin to imagine how much pain he'd be in now if he'd gone round – Vince was furious and when Vince was mad people got hurt.

"And if I don't take accept?"

"Then he'll tell the police about what happened with the trucks – he'll send you, Leon and Brian to jail."

"Tell him I'll accept." As much as Vince wanted to walk away from this bet he couldn't if there was any chance of Dom going to the police. After slamming the phone down Vince headed downstairs to tell the team what he'd just agreed to.

"What's the worst thing that happens? If you lose we simply pack up and start somewhere else."

"How the fuck can you be so calm Chloe, he wants everything we're worked for?" Vince couldn't understand Chloe's reaction; anyone would think there was just $50 involved, not millions of dollars.

"Because it doesn't matter what he takes he'll never have what we've got. Sure he'd have the cars, but he wouldn't have you, Leon or Brian to drive them. He'd have the house but he'd never be able to make it a home and it's you guys that's made the business so successful – without you 3 he'll be left with a building with huge overheads and no way of making money."

"She's right dawg; if Dom wins we'll simply move on someplace else and start over. We've done it before, we can do it again." When Leon had heard what car Dom would be racing he knew it would a damn close race. He wasn't sure if Vince had it in him to win but he knew that if he was worrying about what would happen if he lost, it would only distract him.

"You've beaten him before V, you can beat him again."

"Brian's right, baby. Now how about we stop worrying and get ready. We've only got 2 hours and it takes Leon at least that long to do his hair!" It had become a standing joke within the team that Leon had been paying more attention to his appearance since he met Samantha. Gone were the days when he'd throw on whatever was clean and clothes shopping brought him out in a rash.

When the team pulled up at the warehouse Dom was already there. Vince had deliberately left it until the last possible minute before leaving so that R.O.A.M. arrived last. He knew how much it had annoyed the other racers when they did that with Team Toretto and he wanted to make Dom wait. Let him realise that he wasn't the most important racer in LA anymore.

"OK guys, let's do it." Vince tried to sound confident as the team walked towards Hector and Dom, he knew that if he didn't appear confident Dom would have the race in the bag.

"YO! Hector! This is how it's gonna go." When Dom saw that Vince and the others had arrived he fell back into the usual routine of organising the races and the bets.

"I think you'll find that it's up to Vince to organise things now Dom. You lost that right when you fucked off to Mexico and left him." Leon hadn't had the opportunity to talk to Dom at Race Wars and he was determined to tell him how he felt.

"You abandoned him dawg, you left Jesse dying on the sidewalk then lied to me for weeks. He was practically my brother man, and you lied to me. You should've died you fucker, not Jess."

Dom had never seen Leon so angry before, he was always the calm one in the team but right now he was behaving like Vince.

"He's not worth it Lee, he wasn't then and he's not now." Chloe could see the pain in Leon's eyes whenever he spoke about Jesse dying. It still cut him up that he hadn't been there for him or the funeral and that was something he'd always blame Dom for.

"Listen up Toretto, this is how it's gonna go. You win; you get the cars, business and house. We'll leave California and never come back. Vince wins; you fuck off back to Mexico and never come back." Chloe had heard the huge gasp that went through the crowd when she'd laid down the terms of the bet. Everyone knew that R.O.A.M. Precision Racing was the most successful garage in LA and the house was worth millions.

"Then we race. Mia holds the money, or in this case the deeds to the business and house." Dom was already planning on what he'd do with the business; he'd driven past it the previous day and was quietly impressed with what he'd seen.

"Fine, 'cause fuck knows it's the closest she'll ever get to owning them." Chloe had every confidence in Vince's driving – she knew that he could beat Dom and final lay to rest the ghosts associated with Team Toretto.

Vince and Dom were side by side on the start line. Dom had already set his NOS tanks and Vince was busy getting his ready.

"Beat his ass baby and remember - I love you." Chloe had her head in Vince's car, leaning through the window. Leon was standing beside her and Brian was crouched down by the open passenger door.

"As Dom once said to me, smoke him."

"Don't forget dawg, this is one of Jesse's cars – built to decimate all."

"Scanners are all clear." When the team heard Edwin call all clear on the scanners they moved away from the cars, leaving only Hector standing in the middle of the road with his arms raised.

"GO!" He'd barely got his arms down by his sides when the two Skylines passed him. The noise from the engines was almost deafening but you could just about hear the pulsing beat of Vince's sound system, 'Opticon' by Orgy was playing full volume.

The cars were side by side as they sped towards the finish line, neither driver wanting to be the first one to press the little red button. Vince would edge ahead, then Dom would, then Vince again. Dom knew that Vince had always been an impatient driver and was sure that he'd hit his NOS first. Confident that all he had to do was wait, he planted his foot to the floor and stayed just behind Vince.

Vince knew what Dom was thinking, he'd always been one to use NOS too early but driving with Brian had taught him to keep his cool and not panic.

With just 2 seconds left Vince hit first one red button, then the other. Jesse had designed the cars to be able to handle two virtually simultaneous shots of NOS, something that no other cars could do.

"FUCK." Dom couldn't believe what he was seeing; Vince had crossed the finish line ahead of him.

"I believe those are mine." When Chloe saw Vince win, she snatched the paperwork from Mia and handed it to Samantha. "I'd run if I were you Mia, 'cause if you're still there when I reach 5 I'll give you that beating I owe you. 1, 2, 3" Chloe didn't get past 3 before Mia turned tail and ran back to her car.

"Why didn't you stop her Samantha? I was looking forward to kicking her ass." Katy couldn't help but laugh at Chloe's comment. Chloe really wasn't that violent but she was like a lioness with her family.

"Are you gonna kiss me or do I have to get Leon to do it?"

"You know, that I would pay to see." Chloe couldn't help but laugh at Vince's comment. He'd leapt from his car and pushed through the usual racer skanks to get to Chloe.

"Hey, what is it with all this kissing Leon? If anyone's gonna kiss him, it'll be me." Samantha had overheard Vince's comment about kissing Leon and felt the need to stake her claim.

"Don't worry baby, I wouldn't wanna kiss Vince anyway – too damn hairy for my taste."

Chloe was still laughing at Vince's comment when he wrapped his arms around her and lifted her off her feet. Wrapping her legs round his waist she leant down to whisper in his ear.

"I'm so proud of you V, now put me down before I throw up – whoever called it 'morning sickness' was wrong, try 'all day sickness'."

"Morning sickness? We're having a baby?" Vince couldn't quite believe it, he'd known that Chloe had been feeling tired and had been sick a lot but he hadn't wanted to believe it was because she was pregnant – he couldn't be that lucky.

"Yeah, in about 6mths." Chloe had been trying to find the right moment to tell Vince but with Race Wars and everything she'd not been able to. She figured that now was the perfect time.

"I'M GONNA BE A DADDY!" Vince was so excited he wanted to tell everyone, he'd always wanted a family of his own and now it was actually happening.

"Congratulations dawg, just don't expect us to change any diapers!" Leon knew he was speaking for the rest of the team when he spoke. Chloe and Vince were made for each other and having a baby could only cement their relationship.

"I guess I'll be seeing you around then, Vince."

"No Dom you won't. You're gonna get in your car and drive away. You're banned from all Californian races as of now." Vince was so excited about being a daddy that not even Dom's reappearance at the start line could put a damper on things.

"Leon, hand me the envelope in the glove box would ya?"

"Here you go Dom, these are for you?" Vince upended the envelope and let the contents spill out on the floor.

"What is it V?" Dom was confused, scattered across the tarmac was a bunch of keys and some pieces of paper.

"The past Dom, those are our keys to our cars, the garage and the fort and the pink slips as well, they all yours Dominic, the whole lot."

"But V, we're family." Dom couldn't believe what he was hearing. Even Letty hadn't left her keys behind when she left him but Vince and Leon were giving him everything back. For the 1st time he started to think that they weren't going to rejoin Team Toretto.

"We were family Dom and for a long time it was good but you blew it. I've got a new family now, one of my very own and I wouldn't trade that for the world. Now I suggest you pick up your shit and leave, you're not welcome here anymore."

"OH SHIT, WE GOT COPS! COPS! COPS!"

"PARTY AT THE BEACH HOUSE." Vince was really looking forward to tonight's party, he and Chloe had a baby on the way, the business was a huge success and after tonight's race he truly was 'King of the Streets'.

The end