Mia nodded, listening as he spoke. So, Brian was an outdoorsie kind of guy. She could see that. Especially the part about him surfing-- He was the human imbodiment of a sunny day on the beach. She was about to reply when Leon came over and took a seat at the end of the table.
Smiling at him, she inhaled the air. "Smells good. As usual..."

Brian was so into his conversation with Mia that he didn't see Leon coming until he interrupted them. He looked up at him with a bit of dissapointment and then back at Mia.
"Good." He motioned for the beer on the table. "Help yourself. I know it's no Corona but it's still liquid."
He then turned his attention back to Mia. "So you want to be a doctor? That might come in handy with all these rough guys around you. You can patch them up." He smirked.
"Why a doctor? Isn't that the hardest course you can take?"

Mia laughed at the comment about her ruffian family. It was true-- they were always getting hurt one way or another and having medical training always came in handy when it came to them. Taking another pull from her Miller, she kept eye contact with Brian as he asked her about her dream job.
"Yeah, it's pretty tough," She nodded, setting her drink down. "I mean, it's not like I'm trying to become a rocket scientist or anything-- or a surgeon for that matter. I just want to be your regular old, run of the mill E.R. doctor. I want to help people."

Dom had been out for the day doing who knows what he does during the day. It was nice hot sunny day in California a perfect day for a cook out. He had stopped by the store to grab a few things.

Dom drove home to see that there was at least four cars infront of his house. That wasn't a surprise to him, there was always something going on in his house. He pulled in the drive, turned off the car, then got out of the car with a case of Corona and a bag of chips. He started to walk toward the door when he heard Mia's voice coming from the back yard. He walked around the back holding the case of Corona in one hand and the bag of chips in the other. "Mia, can you be any louder? Lets party. Leon and Brian what still needs to be done?" he asked them as he put the case of Corona on the steps to pull a couple out before he put them in the fridge.

Leon looked up from the interaction going on in front of him, it was more then obvious that there was something going on between Mia and Brian, oh that was gonna be fun for when Vince got there. He shook his head turning his attention to Dom the case of beer in his hand.

"Foods all done" He replied "Just waiting on your chicken"He smirked, no one touched the chicken, expect Dom.

Brian looked at Mia with admiration. "An E.R. doctor? Wow. That's pretty intense. Lot's of blood and gutts and stuff." He hadn't really seen her as such an ambitious and tough chick. For Brian this was proof enough that she was a good girl and couldn't possibly involved in anything criminal. For a moment it crossed his mind that her brother might be hijacking trucks in order to help pay her tuition but he brushed that thought off as nonsense.
Instead he looked up at Dom's low rumbled and smiled at him broadly. "Hey, Dom. I heard your chicken is the best."
he pointed to the rest of the sixpack of Millers on the table. "Beer?"
then he looked at leon who sat down across from him.
"So what do you do when you don't race? I mean for a living?"

Mia blushed softly at his comment. It was pretty gorey-- even from what she'd seen so far as an intern. Her brother's involvment in more dangerous activities didn't help settle the worries in her mind of maybe having him come in on a stretcher with blood pouring out his eyes. It could happen to anyone in her rather thrown together family. That scared her more than she could say. She took a long drink from the Miller in her hand, taking a deep breath to calm her nerves-- Nothing was ever going to happen. Dom said they'd stop soon.

Leon looked over at Brian, it was a simple enough question really, but they were all being cautious now, he smiled. He took a drink of the corona he had brought in from the house and held it in his hand, regarding Brian for only a moment.

"Dom's got a garage, when i aint working there, i work in one of the nightclubs" He shrugged placing the bottle back on the table, placing his elbows on the table leaning forward ever so slightly so he could look Brian up and now.

He seemed an alright person, but he had an interest in Mia that much was obious, so an alright man wasnt good enough, not in his opionion and he knew not in Dom's or any one else's either.

"Hear your workin' at Harry's. You must be doing something right, What Dom says always goes in that place, and for you to still be working there" He smiled, good naturaly, but it had been bugging him, after the perfomance outside of the dinner the other day, where Brian and Vince had gotten into it, Dom had called Harry, but yet Brian was still working there.

Suddenly there was a bit of tension in the air. Obviously it had gotten their attention that Harry didn't fire Brian, which must seem odd to them.
Brian looked Leon in the eyes for a moment then casually took a sip of beer and mumbled. "Guess good help is hard to find."
he shrugged. "It took me a bit of convincing for Harry to keep me after Dom called him. I had to promise to try to get on Dom's good graces so Harry wouldn't loose any customers."
He pointed at Dom. "So here I am." With a look at Mia he added. "It's not so much Dom I care about , though."

Mia listened intently to their conversation. She noted the air of tension around the both of them, but didn't comment. She knew why Leon would be twitchy... but not Brian. When he made his last comment, she let herself blush politely as she hid a small smile.
She glanced over at Dom again, before standing. "Need any help?" She asked gesturing to the cooking chicken.

Leon nodded his head grabbing his own beer once again "Yea"He replied simply, one thing was for sure, he was gonna be keeping a close eye on the new member of the DT team.

He could tell that Leon's attitude had changed slightly. He was nowhere near as hostile as Vince who had just recently almost knocked him out because he bought a tuna sandwich at Torettos.
Brian hadn't figured out yet whether the guy was plain jealous or had any suspicions. If so there was something the team was hiding.
Brian looked over at the grill master but briefly shot a glance back at Leon who seemed to be eyeing him as well.
"Is there a problem?" He asked referring to Mia.

Leon smirked shaking his head in amusment "You seem like an alright type a guy, but you treat her wrong, break her heart, and im one step behind Dom" He lent forward ever so slightly "Shes like a sister to me" He stated

Brian's eyes narrowed slightly at Leon's words. Then his looked over at Mia who had joined Dom at the grill. She was pretty and nice and all but why was everybody so worried about her.
"What's everybody's problem here? I like her and I don't intend to hurt her in any way."
That was the truth. Brian was convinced that the Toretto team wasn't the one he was after just a way into the racing scene and to the people who were doing the hijackings. So he didn't see how he would hurt Mia if she was even interested in anything more than friendship.
"Is Vince interested in her or are you?"

Leon laughed shaking his head placing the beer bottle back onto the table.

"Man thats wrong on so many levels" He allowed his face to fall "Vince on the other hand" He let the sentance trail, it was no lie Vince had a thing for Mia, had as long as he could remember.

"I want to see Mia happy, if thats with you then go for it, im just giving you fair warning, shes been hurt in the past, just trear her right man, all im asking" He to looked over at Mia and smiled, she was like his sister in so many ways, and that brought back so many memories, sometimes he didnt know who he was protecting, her, or his own sister.

Brian laughed. " What are you goin to do? Break my legs or neck or whatever? Don't worry. As I said I like her. if she likes me then let's see where it goes. I'm gonna treat her right, okay?"
He clapped him on the shoulder.
"I don't think she diggs Vince. He behaves like an ass sometimes."

leon nodded his head laughing whole heartidly "That he does but thats just Vince" He smiled turning his eyes away from Mia, remembering what he had done to his real sisters ex boyfriend, he shook his head from the memories

"Shes likes you to, so does Dom and that dont normally happen"

Brian nodded. "He seems like a grumpy fellow so I take that as a compliment. He's pretty cool, damn good driver, right?"
He looked over at Dom.
"No wonder with that car he's driving. I've seen the list of parts he ordered lately. Pretty impressive and expensive. Shit, I could never afford a car with those parts. 10 g - that's where I have to draw the line."
He pointed at Dom with his beer in his hand. "And now he owns my 10 g car, well owned I should say and I have to start from scratch."

Leon laughed nodding his head "Yea hes got some impressive shit, we all have riding with a guy like that" He shook his head

"We get you in the race scene we'll have you with some preety impressive shit to"He smiled, racing pays good"He honsetly said which was the truth, but only if you were good at it, and only if you rolled with them

Brian raised his eyebrows.
"I'll have to get a car first. Plus I don't have the cash. Seems like a problem. Maybe I can find a way to make a little extra somehow."