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(Layla POV)
Shashi told me how he survived and how he got back here. I was honestly excited to see him again.
Shashi- Sooo...
Layla- What?
Shashi- How is everything?
Layla- Other than me just getting captured?
Shashi- Yes.
Layla- Good.
Shashi- Anything happening?
Layla- Nope. Not much.
Shashi- Oh.
Layla- What? Were you expecting me to be busy all the time?
Shashi- Well I mean, you're a spy!
Layla- Yea, we go on a big mission every few months. But that's really all we do.
Shashi- Well, what do you do when you don't have a mission?
Layla- Race, watch movies a million times, just mess around. Ms. Nowhere wants us to practice fighting but that's really all we do.
Shashi- Well at least you get a break.
Layla- Yea it is nice!
Shashi- So how are things with Toretto?
Layla- What do mean?
Shashi- Come on Layla! You're still doing that!?
Layla- What?
Shashi- Pretending you don't have feelings! Acting like nothing is going on!
Layla- Nothing is going on!
Shashi- That smile on your face when he hugged you says otherwise.
I rolled my eyes, not wanting to have this conversation with him. Not that I really want to have it with anyone.
Layla- So what are you gonna do now?
Shashi- I don't really know.
Layla- I could see if I could talk to Nowhere. See if you could work for the agency. Given you can think like a criminal, you could be useful.
Shashi- Thanks. I think...
Tony walks over.
Tony- Hey.
Layla- Hey, Toretto.
Shashi has a stupid grin on his face.
Tony- What's up?
Shashi- Nothin. Layla was gonna see if I could start working for the agency.
Tony- Oh cool! Nowhere said we gotta start thinking of a way to get Cleve.
Layla- Yea. We would have to think of a distraction.
Tony- What if someone drove in to distract him?
Layla- That's more likely to just cause another chase. Not distract him.
The three of us stood in silence for a few minutes trying to think of other ideas.
Shashi- What if you said that one of you was related to him somehow? It could distract him long enough to catch him.
Tony- That could work. But who would we say is related to him?
Shashi glanced at me.
Layla- Me?
Shashi- Yea! Cleve has 5 sons that he never talks to. If you pretend one is your dad...
Layla- So I would be his granddaughter?
Shashi- Yea.
Layla- I guess that could work.
Tony- Let's go run this past Nowhere. See what she thinks.