Hello everyone! So, I watched the Fast and Furious films not too long ago, and I must say I loved them. I really did. This is the first time I've ever written a Fast and Furious story, so I hope I can manage to keep the characters in character, and I hope this will be interesting to read as well.

I've noticed that there aren't too many Brian/Mia fics around, which is sad, because I absolutely love them. We really need more of those! But, anyways, this idea popped into my head while I was watching the first movie—after Brian saved Vince, Mia looked hesitant of leaving him behind. So, I thought, what if she had chosen to stay with Brian? And this was the result. XD

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. I'm just wishing I did. xD

I hope you like this story. So, here goes, the first chapter!

Choice

"Mia, I'm a cop."

Those words were still in her mind.

"Ever since the first time I met you, I've been undercover. I'm a cop."

She wanted to forget those words. Everything was so perfect between them before. She was filled with hope and dreams. She was sure she had finally found the right man. And then, he had to go and tell her he was a cop.

A cop.

An undercover cop.

Someone who came into her family with full intentions of betraying them. Her family had accepted him—welcomed him with open arms. They had told him information they wouldn't have shared with other people. They trusted him. But, he wasn't someone they should've trusted. He was someone that was getting whatever information he could to catch them. He wanted to arrest them—to send Dom and the others back to prison. He wanted to destroy her family.

And, yet, here he was. Kneeling beside her, doing whatever he could to save Vince. Brian had jumped to a moving truck to save him—to save the man who had accused him of being a cop since the very beginning (and had actually been right, but that is beside the point), who would've taken any chance to get rid of him.

Her emotions and her thoughts were out of control. She was feeling so many emotions at once, and she didn't know what to think anymore. So, she tried to forget the whole Brian-is-a-cop thing and instead focus on Vince, who was lying in the floor, bleeding to death.

Her brother ran towards them, kneeling beside them to help with the fallen Vince. Leon and Letty were at the car, she noticed. She listened as Brian solemnly told Dom that if they didn't get Vince to an ambulance in ten minutes, he was going to die. She bit her lip. She didn't want her friend to die. She was studying to be a nurse, and yet she couldn't do anything. She knew there was no way they could save Vince without help.

Brian ordered her to hold the pressure in Vince's injured arm. She did as told, although she wasn't sure what he was going to do. She had an idea, but she wasn't sure if she was right. And as she watched him get his phone from his pocket, she wondered.

Would he blow his cover to save Vince?

"Yeah, yeah, this is Officer Brian O'Conner."

He would.

Mia gritted her teeth. Every time she heard Brian's real name, it felt like a blow to her heart. She still couldn't believe he had lied all along. She thought he was different. She thought that he was the man she had looked for—the boyfriend she had always wanted to have. Someone who didn't see her only as Dominic Toretto's little sister, but just as Mia Toretto. Someone who saw her as the person she really was.

She watched her brother lift his head the moment he heard Brian's real name, and the word 'officer' before it. He looked shocked and confused, then betrayed, and as quickly as that came, his face was one of fury as he stared at Brian who was giving directions to whoever he was talking to.

Mia hadn't seen her brother so mad in a while.

Dom looked at her, and she shook her head. She could see the fury in his eyes, and she couldn't blame him. She was angry, too. She felt betrayed… used. Brian had said that everything that happened between them was real, but she didn't know if she could believe him.

After all, how could she believe a liar?

And yet, yet there was something in her heart that told her to believe. Her heart wanted to believe his words. But, even if she believed him, nothing would ever be the same. Her brother knew about his identity now.

And it was no secret Dominic Toretto despised cops.

"—and he's got, uh, a shotgun wounds close range to his left flank. Yeah. Yeah, he's going into shock!"

Brian almost dropped the phone and Dom stopped glaring at him the moment the blond said those words. Mia shook her head. It wasn't a time to think of Brian, his betrayal, and their relationship. She had to worry about Vince now. Brian and Dom could wait until later. And she wasn't the only one who thought that, too, because her boyfriend and her brother were also focusing on Vince rather than Brian being a cop. The situation was awful, but Vince's life was more important at the moment than Brian's betrayal. They had to do everything they could to save Vince's life, and they would have to work together.

Although the hate in Dom's eyes whenever he looked at Brian was obvious.

Soon enough, the chopper showed up. Mia watched as the paramedics came and got Vince body on the stretcher. She watched as they took Vince into the chopper with Brian's help, and they talked about the arrangements to save him. She and Dominic watched, and then she locked eyes with her brother, who walked back to the car without saying a word. Brian shut the door of the chopper with a bloodied hand, and his eyes gazed to her and then to Dom. She turned around and noticed Dom was now calling for her to come.

A part of her told her to follow her brother's order and go with them, but there was another part that nagged her to stay. But, why? Why would she want to stay? Brian wasn't the person she thought he was. He was a cop, she had to remind herself. He was a cop, and he used her. He must've used her. Why would have he dated her if it wasn't for that reason? It couldn't be because he genuinely liked her.

Right?

She turned around and saw him, standing there. There was something different in Brian. He didn't look as calm as he always did. There was something about his face, something about the way he was looking at her that told her that maybe…

Maybe he really did care.

Because if he didn't, he wouldn't be standing there, watching her with those blue eyes full of… something. There was something in his eyes, but she couldn't quite tell what. It couldn't be love. Could it? Maybe he really did mean it when he said he cared—when he said that he didn't lie about his feelings. And, maybe, he was sad because if she left with her brother, it would all be over between them. It would be goodbye.

If it had been anyone else, Mia would've told them to go with family instead with the lying lover. It was the most logical thing to do. She should choose her brother. He was her family. But, choosing Dom would mean probably never seeing Brian again.

Ever since Dom went to prison and got in all of the hijacks and racing, she was starting to imagine her life without her brother. She knew he wasn't invincible. Cops were after him, and he had enemies like Tran. Racing and hijacking was always dangerous, and it wouldn't really be surprising if one day, Dom or anyone else of the team didn't make it. That was why Mia was preparing herself for that day. She hoped with everything she had that it would never happen, but she knew that everyone would have to die, eventually. So, she began imagining her life if she lost anyone she cared about. She imagined her life if Jesse, Leon, or Vince were gone. She imagined how she would cope with Letty's death the day she died, and how she would move on. But, mostly, she imagined what her life would be like if her older brother died during one of his adventures.

It hurt to even imagine it, but at least it prepared her. So, while looking at Brian's handsome face, she tried to imagine her life if she never saw him again.

She couldn't.

It couldn't be because she was watching him—looking at his face. She had stared at her brother's face while imagining her life without him a lot of times without any problems. But, for some reason, she couldn't with Brian.

She couldn't imagine her life without him.

But, why? Why couldn't she make up in her mind a world in which Brian left her life? No matter what, he always seemed to be there. It didn't matter if they were a couple or not. He was still there.

Mia didn't know what to think. She was interested in Brian for a while now, and when he got to know him more, she began to care more for him. Their date had been great, and when they made love, it was probably one of the most amazing moments in her life. Was her affection more than what she thought? Had she fallen in love? She tried to remind herself that the Brian she knew was just a lie—he wasn't real. Brian wasn't a Spilner. He was an O'Conner, and he was a cop. But, even after reminding herself of that, she realized that she couldn't hate him.

She still cared for him.

She still had feelings for him.

She turned around and saw her brother yelling at her, demanding her to go to the car with them. He was the one giving orders. He was the one making decisions; and look where his decisions took them. Vince was injured—dying—and Letty was injured as well. Leon was dragged into the heists, and Jesse was probably panicking somewhere while Tran looked for him. It was all a mess. The cops were after them. They had even sent an undercover cop to stop them. Brian was just doing his job. He was just trying to stop criminals. Even if he came to turn them in, he was just doing what he had to. Dom, however, just did what he wanted and dragged their family along for the ride.

How many times had she told him the hijackings were a bad idea? How many times had she told him to keep out of it? Every time, her brother told her not to worry. How could she not worry? She was tired of worrying! He treated her as a child who no idea about the big, bad world. He had always said it was going to be the last time, and it never was. She couldn't really blame Brian for going undercover to stop the team. She didn't want her brother to be caught or go to prison, but she was aware that Dom was the one who got them in that situation. He was the one who made the cops go after them.

If only he had listened to her. If only he had cared. Family came first, and yet he always ignored her opinion when it came to the heists. He said it was to protect her, but really, protect her from what? She wouldn't need any protection if her brother didn't go around making enemies and getting the cop's attention.

Was her brother the kind of man their father would've been proud of?

No.

He wasn't.

At least Brian actually listened to her. Brian actually treated her like an equal. Even if he was a cop, he still made her feel special. And, even if he had lied all along, she couldn't stop her heart from believing that he really did mean everything he told her. That in the lie he was telling, their relationship had actually been real. Maybe she was a fool for believing such a thing, but she did. Brian could've left the moment he blew away his cover. He could've gotten the whole team arrested a while ago. He could've not helped Vince. He could've disappeared from their lives. Yet, he did not. He just stood there—after blowing away his cover to help their friend—watching her.

She didn't know if it was the best choice, and she didn't know whether she would be glad for making it or regretting it for her whole life. But, for once, she made a choice for herself. A choice she did by herself. This time, Dom wasn't the one making the decisions.

This time, the choice was hers.

Looking at her brother one last time, a tear slipped from her eyes. Then, she began to take a few steps away from the car, watching as Dom's face turned into one of shock and betrayal. She couldn't stand to see his face anymore, and she ran towards Brian as fast as she could. He jogged to get near her, and when she reached him, she jumped into his arms and began to cry in his chest. It suddenly didn't matter that Brian was a cop. It suddenly didn't matter if he had lied to her. In that moment, it didn't matter. Being in his arms, it just felt right.

Brian was shocked when Mia ran towards him, and not even a second after he managed to react and jogged towards her, she had hugged him and began to cry. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her while staring into the distance, still surprised. Family was so important for the Toretto crew. He was sure whatever relationship he and Mia had was over the moment he told her he was a cop. He thought for sure that she would choose to go with Dom and the others. They were her family. Dom was her brother! But, he would be lying if he said that he wasn't happy that she decided to stay with him. He was so glad that she was willing to give him another chance.

Brian stopped staring at nothing and instead lifted his gaze to see Dominic. The man's face was one of absolute betrayal and fury, and honestly, Brian couldn't really blame him. Dom stared at his sister and her boyfriend for a moment, trying to hold in his anger. The pictures of Linder's broken and injured face flashed in the blond's mind. Dom looked so furious that Brian wouldn't be surprised if he tried to attack, even though Brian knew Dom wouldn't do anything with Mia being so close to him. Betrayed or not, Dom would always see Mia as his little sister, and he would never hurt her intentionally. Sure enough, older man just sneered at the two of them before getting in the car and Leon drove off.

The blue-eyed man watched as the car drove off, feeling some guilt rising over his chest. He knew Dom had trusted him, and he had betrayed that trust. But, he had to remind himself that he wasn't Brian Earl Spilner. He was Brian O'Conner and he was a cop. However, his job didn't matter to him while holding Mia in his arms. She hadn't moved her face from his chest, and while she wasn't sobbing anymore, she was still crying quietly. Brian rubbed her back to comfort her. The chopper behind them took flight, and the blond cop watched over his shoulder as it flew away while the wind played with his and Mia's hair. Hopefully, they would succeed in saving Vince's life.

But, saving Vince was not the last thing they would have to worry about. "Mia…" Brian began softly. He was unsure of how to continue, because he didn't know how she'd react. "We gotta go look for Dom."

"For Dom…?" Mia muttered. "Why?" She finally lifted her head to look into his eyes. Her brown eyes were full of sadness, and betrayal was slowly making its way into them as well. "You want to turn him in?" There was anger in her words.

"No," Brian told her honestly. "I've never wanted to turn Dom in. Not ever since I got to really know you guys." He knew it was his job, and he knew that Dominic was the most probable suspect for the heists, but Brian didn't want to believe it. Maybe it was because he had gotten involved with Mia, or maybe it was because he started to see Dom as his friend. Either way, he refused to believe the truth, and he had hoped with all his heart that Dom and the team weren't the ones hijacking trucks. He was really disappointed and troubled when he deduced that Dom, Letty, Jesse, Leon, and even Vince were the ones guilty. "I got the LAPD and the FBI to believe that Tran was behind the heists. I, myself, had believed that, too, because I didn't want you guys to go to prison."

"Did you really?" she asked. Mia wanted to believe him. She really did, but she wasn't sure if she could. He had lied about his identity. It wouldn't be surprising if he was lying again.

Brian put both of his hands in her shoulders and looked into her eyes. "I did. Mia, I know I lied to you, and you have every reason not to trust me, but I'm telling you the truth. I really care about you guys. You were a little family, and you let me in, and I—" He sighed. If he wanted her to believe him, then he would have to start by telling her some truth about himself. "Mom died when I was a teenager. She was all the family I had. Well, I had a friend that was like my brother, but he and I've been… at odds ever since I became a cop. While being a cop, there's this sergeant that has been kinda a fatherly-figure while I've been here, but it's not really a true family. But, then, you guys let me into your own family, and even though I was undercover, I… for the first time in a long time, I felt like I belonged somewhere."

Mia gasped and stared into his blue eyes. She hadn't known that. She never really knew about Brian's family—or more like lack of it—and she didn't know he actually felt that way while being with them. The most rational part of her brain told her he could be lying, but her heart believed every single word. But, even if he was telling the truth or not, there was one person he didn't mention. "What about your father?"

That question was probably one of the questions he hated the most. He usually avoided answering and changed topics, but he couldn't afford to do that with Mia. He had to be honest with her if he wanted their relationship to survive. "I don't remember shit about my father," he admitted. "He bailed on me and Mom a long time ago. I can't even remember how he looked like."

Honestly, she hadn't expected that. She had thought that maybe he had died like her father did, but she never thought Brian's father had abandoned him and his mother. "Brian, I—" For someone who was raised by a loving father, she couldn't think what it would be like to have a life without a paternal figure. Maybe that's why that sergeant Brian talked about eventually became a father figure to the blond. He didn't have a father at all, so that man must've taken that place. And for someone who disliked cops, she was glad there was someone in there that was willing to be a guide for the blue-eyed man. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay." No, it wasn't really okay. His mother had struggled to get him a good life, and for that he hadn't really been able to see her that often. She did everything for him, and Brian was graceful for that. But, he also hated the bastard that left his mother to struggle with raising him. He hated the man, and he didn't even know how he looked like. "I was used to it being only Mom and me. But, then she died, and I… I didn't really have anyone. Well, I had Roman—my friend that was like my brother—and we did crazy shit together for fun and we even ended up in juvie for it, but then—"

"Wait!" she interrupted him. She narrowed her teary eyes. "I thought your years in juvenile detention were just some lie in your undercover profile so that we could buy your supposed past."

Brian shook his head. "The two years in juvie weren't a lie. I was sent there for boosting cars." He laughed humorlessly. "Mom was so busy trying to get some cash for us to survive that she couldn't be around so much, so I did whatever I wanted—legal or not—along with Rome, and then we got caught and…"

"I see…"

A small silence fell between them, and Brian was quick to break it. "We can't keep on talking about this, Mia. Not right now. Time's against us and we still gotta go look for Dom and Jesse. Just because I don't wanna send them to prison, it doesn't mean the LAPD and FBI don't want to, either. They want your brother bad."

Mia knew he was right. Maybe she would've argued, but after hearing Brian's story, she really didn't think she could. She was really starting to believe he genuinely meant everything he said, and she began to get hopeful that their relationship would work out after all. But, there were still problems to deal with first, and they were running out of time. "Okay, let's go find Dom."

Dominic Toretto was angry. No, he wasn't just angry. He was fucking furious! The day had turned out to be one of the shittiest days of his entire life. First, there was the failed truck heist. Letty was injured, and Vince was in a hospital—either dead or dying. The heist wasn't supposed to be that way. The truckers weren't supposed to be armed. It shouldn't have been like that. Then, Brian had turned out to be cop. Dominic couldn't believe he hadn't seen it before, and it angered him. Vince had insisted he was, but Dom had believed Brian instead. He had trusted the man—he had accepted him into his team, he let him date his sister, and yet he was only a traitor. Brian was the cop that wanted to send him back to that hellhole known as prison.

And, to make the matters worse, his little sister sided with that pig. Dominic hadn't felt so betrayed in his entire life. Family came first—it had always been that way. So, why would Mia chose a liar like Brian over him? He couldn't understand. He did everything he could to give his sister a good life—he made sure that she kept studying to become a nurse, he did his best to protect her from their enemies, he did all he could to make her happy—and yet, she decided to turn her back on him and instead stay with that blond bastard who probably only used her. And that made Dom both sad and angry.

Not to mention Jesse was probably panicking somewhere while Tran was looking for him. Jesse's dad was still in prison, Letty and Leon left to Mexico as soon as Dom ordered them to leave, Vince was in the hospital, and Mia had stayed with Brian, so Dom was everything the kid had. He had to get to Jesse before Tran and his goons did. He had to make sure the kid would be safe. Then, they would go together to Mexico to join Letty and Leon. Hopefully they would be able to get Vince to come with them, too, but Dominic wasn't sure of how they'd get him to leave the hospital without the cops catching him.

Dom was walking to his car with a shotgun in his hands when Brian's Supra parked in the curb and both, Brian and Mia, came out of the car. "Dom, put the gun down now!" the blond yelled, getting out his own gun after noticing the weapon in the eldest Toretto's hands and pointing it at Dominic.

Mia held her breath. She knew the confrontation between Brian and Dominic wouldn't be pretty. Brian had told her that if things got too bad then he would probably have to threaten her brother to make him listen to reason, and while she wasn't happy about it at all, she did understand it. Dom was pretty pissed, and he really didn't think rationally whenever he's angry. Besides, her brother had a shotgun in his hands. Brian needed something to actually defend himself, and that something was his gun. She knew Brian wasn't going to shoot Dom, but she couldn't say the same about her brother. After all, he did beat Linder up all those years ago. She wouldn't be surprised if Dom just lost it because of all of his anger. She just hoped that neither her brother nor her boyfriend would get hurt.

Dom glanced to Brian and then to Mia. Then, his gaze fell once again on Brian as he opened the door of his car. He was furious with the both of them, but he forced himself to be calm. "Move your car," he commanded.

"No, bullshit! Put it down now!" Brian yelled. "No more running."

Dom growled and closed his car's door forcefully and walked towards Brian angrily. "I'm not running!"

"Where's Leon and Letty?" Brian asked, changing topics. He could tell that Dominic was getting angrier by the second and changed subjects to stop his fury from growing.

"They're long gone!" Dominic replied. There was no way he was telling that cop where they were heading to.

"Then it's over!" Brian didn't want to hurt Dom, and he definitely didn't want to turn him in. But, if he was going to be self-destructive, then he wouldn't have a choice. "Put the gun down now, Dom! I'll put down mine if you do so." Seeing that Dom wouldn't do as he told, Brian decided to change tactics. "I didn't call the police, but don't push me! Put the gun down now! I swear to God—"

Dom couldn't believe Brian would dare talk about calling the police or not when he himself was one of them! "You are the cop!" he yelled. "You're a fucking cop! How dare you come here talkin' about not callin' the police when the cop here is you! You fucking piece of shit! I trusted you! I trusted you, but you were just some traitor! A traitor!"

Mia saw how angry Dom was. She was beginning to fear for her boyfriend's life. She had agreed to let Brian handle the talking so that Dom could see reason, but it was beginning to be obvious that he wouldn't listen. So for that reason she tried herself. Maybe he would listen to her, even though she chose Brian over him. After all, they were still siblings—they were still family. "Dom, please—"

"You shut up!" Dom snapped, glaring at his sister. "You have nothing to say to me! You chose him over us, Mia. You chose that liar over your own family! You chose that fucker who just wants to turn us in—"

"He doesn't want to turn you in!" Mia argued. "He just wants to help—"

"Another of his bullshit!" Dom couldn't believe how blind his smart sister was choosing to be. "He's just telling you that so that you believe him! He was never really our friend. He wants to send us to jail! He never cared for you, Mia. He just used you!"

"Now that's bullshit!" Brian yelled. "I do care for Mia, and I never used her! Yes, I originally came to send you to jail, but that was before! I wasn't supposed to become attached to you guys, but I did. You guys were the family I didn't have before you let me into your team. I really don't want to turn you in, Dom. I did everything I could to make the LAPD and the FBI believe that Tran was the one after the heists. I believed it myself because I didn't want you to be the culprit! But, just because I don't wanna turn you in, it doesn't mean the LAPD and FBI don't want to. They'll do everything to get you back to prison, Dom. They want you, and they want you bad."

"Oh, and you surely would know that, wouldn't you, Spilner?" Dom asked, sarcasm in his voice. "Or should I say, O'Conner?"

"Dom, cut this shit!" Mia yelled, walking towards the two men so that she could stand beside her boyfriend and look at her brother in the eyes. "Brian isn't kidding. They really want to catch you!"

"Don't you think I know that?!" Dom roared. "I do know that! I've always known that!" He groaned in frustration. "Look, I gotta find Jesse before they do. I'm all the kid's got. Mia, you know he doesn't have anyone else."

"Yeah, I do know that!" Mia replied. "Jesse is a kid brother to me, too, Dom, but—"

She was interrupted by the sound of Jesse's Jetta driving towards them and halting right in front of their home. A panicking Jesse got of the car. He didn't seem to care about whatever that was happening between Dom, Brian, and Mia. He didn't seem to care that Dom had blood on his shirt and was carrying a shotgun, Brian had a gun and was pointing it at Dom, and Mia was about to cry. He was too confused and scared to care. "Dominic!" he called, closing the door of his car. "I'm so sorry! I don't know what I'm doing, Dom. I'm so scared right now. I don't know what's going on."

Dominic shot Brian and his sister an 'I told you so' glance before throwing the shotgun to the side. "Jesse! What were you thinking, man?"

"I don't know!" the young blond replied. "I'm panicking. I'm sorry!"

Just then, the sound of motorcycles was heard while Jesse screamed that he didn't know what he was doing and asked for help. Dominic saw the two vehicles first, but Brian was the one who reacted first as he got a hold of Mia's hand and ran towards Jesse. "Look out!" He pushed both Mia and Jesse to the ground, behind the Jetta. As he threw himself on top of them, Brian felt some bullets scratch his left arm and he grunted as he fell to the floor to protect himself, Jesse, and Mia from the shooting.

Dom was able to evade the bullets while trying to reach his friend and his sister. Despite his wound, Brian's trained instinct kicked in and he quickly stood up to try and shoot the two men, but between his arm being unsteady because of the pain and the stress he wasn't able to get them. He wasn't even able to stand straight when the wound got the best of him and he leaned against Jesse's car, trying to apply pressure to the wound to stop its bleeding. It stung as hell!

"Are you okay?!" Dom questioned Jesse and Mia. It didn't matter if Mia chose Brian over him, or if Jesse had been so foolish. What did matter was that they were his family and they had just been attacked. They seemed to be fine other than the fact Jesse was panicking, and Dom was glad for that. Still, he was worried. "Are you hurt?"

Jesse managed to shake his head despite the fear. "No."

"I'm fine," Mia assured her brother. "Brian—" She stopped when seeing the blood in his arm. "Brian!"

"Don't worry about me," Brian told her. "I'm fine. The bullets just made some scratches. Nothin' too bad." He looked at the direction the two shooters drove off to and his eyes narrowed. "A graze isn't gonna stop me." He ran to his Supra, got in and drove off after Tran and Lance, ignoring both, the pain in his arm and Mia's call for him.

Dom watched Brian speed off to chase Tran and Lance. He couldn't let Brian deal with those two bastards by himself. Those two had tried to harm his family and get away with it. Dominic Toretto wasn't about to allow that to happen. He stood up and walked towards his Charger.

Mia knew immediately what he was about to do. "No, Dom. Not you, too!"

Dom ignored his sister, his mind set to find those two bastards and give them hell. He got into the car and drove off as well, going as fast as possible to be able to catch up with Brian and those two.

Mia growled in frustration. Brian was injured and he still drove off to chase Tran and his cousin. And like if that wasn't worrying enough for her, Dom just had to go and join the chase. There was nothing she could do but to hope and pray that neither her boyfriend nor her brother would get hurt, or worse; killed.

"It'll be okay, Mia," Jesse told her, putting a hand on her shoulder. Yes, he was scared. But, he was also confident that Dom and Brian would be able to get Johnny and Lance. He was like a little kid who believed his older brothers could do anything. "There's no way Brian and Dom will let that guy escape. They'll be back before you know it."

Mia sighed. "I hope..."

Jesse looked around. "Where's Leon, Letty, and Vince?" he asked. They weren't there, and he didn't know what why. He didn't know what had happened since he left. "Are they okay? What happened after I left Race Wars?"

Mia knew that she would have to tell Jesse at some point. Jesse wouldn't be happy about Brian's secret, but he would probably forgive him. He would be worried about Vince's life, and he would also be worried about Letty and Leon. She didn't want to worry Jesse more than he was already, but he deserved to know. "It's a long story. You see..."

That wasn't what he had planned.

He had planned defeating Johnny Tran and Lance Nguyen after the shooting at his house. After challenging Brian to a race, he had planned to win. And he did win. What he didn't plan was to crash into a truck a few seconds later. Now, his late father's Charger was practically unusable, and the cops were coming. Dominic Toretto wasn't a fool. He knew he would be arrested the moment they arrived. He knew he couldn't escape when injured and with no car. So, he just stood there, waiting for the cops to arrive and to send him back to that hellhole. Accepting it, despite himself.

What he didn't expect, however, was that the undercover cop that was sent to bust him to give him the keys to his Supra. Dominic stared at the keys before looking up to Brian. He took them and stared at them, confused. Why would the cop give him—the criminal—a chance to escape? "Now, what you doin'?"

"I told you I didn't want to turn you in," Brian told him seriously. "I wasn't kidding. Besides, I owe you a ten second car."

Dom nodded. He had thought that everything Brian had told him were just lies, but maybe, there was truth in his words. Maybe that was why his sister chose to believe the blond. And even though he wasn't happy about it, it was Mia's choice and she had the right to make decisions for herself. But, still, that wouldn't stop the older brother in him from worrying. "Mia—"

"I'll take care of her," Brian assured him. "You might not believe me, but I swear I'll do everything to keep her safe. Promise."

"You break her heart—"

"You'll break my neck. I know. Don't worry, I won't."

Dom stared at him for a moment, and then sighed. His sister had chosen Brian, and he had to accept it. If that's what is going to make her happy, then so be it. "Take care of Jesse while you're at it, O'Conner. The kid will need someone to be there for him."

Brian was surprised that Dom trusted him to take care of Mia and Jesse, but he was actually happy about it as well. He felt relieved that he wouldn't be kicked out of the family despite his lies. He was glad that he still had a chance to be a part of their world—and he would be a part of it if things worked out with Mia, and he would make sure they did. "I will," he nodded. "Go now, Dom."

Dominic looked at him, nodded, and walked to Brian's Supra. Brian watched as Dom got into the car and drove off, and then turned to where the sirens were coming from. The LAPD and the FBI wouldn't be happy that they let the main suspect escape—not at all. He knew that the moment his superiors knew what he did, he would lose the job he fought so hard to have. He was probably risking going to prison as well. But, it was a risk he was going to take, because Mia and the crew made it worth it. So, Brian walked towards the sound of the sirens, never turning to look back.

He had made a choice the moment he gave Dom his keys, and he was going to live by it, without turning back—never turning back.

Brian O'Conner had made a choice.

And to him, it was worth it.

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