This is my FIRST The Fast and The Furious fan-fic. So far I've done
only Pitch Black fan-fics. Bear with me.
Broken Hearts.
Brian was fighting Vince when a four door black pickup truck rolled up. The tinted windows rolled down revealing an attractive 20 something woman. Her black hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and her green eyes glittered in the sun, her pale skin absorbing the sunlight. She saw the two fighting and looked down for a second.
"Brian!" she yelled and the fight stopped, Brian looked over at her and so did Vince. "Brian get your ass over here!" she yelled and he walked over to the truck just as Dominic Toretto came out of his small grocery store.
"Evelyn what are you doing here?" Brian asked and Evelyn reached over and smacked him upside the head. "What the hell was that for?" he said rubbing the back of his head.
"You're being an ass again, besides I know that guy."
"Hey he was in my face."
"Well now I'm in your face. You gonna fight me too?" She said a Brian looked at her legs then back at her shaking his head, Vince appeared at the window.
"Evee?" he asked and she looked at him. "Evee is that you?" he said then smiled.
"Hey V." she said and Vince turned to Dom.
"Yo Dom it's Evee, she's back." Vince said joyfully and Dom looked shocked.
"Evee?" he said and she looked at him, Brian stepped away from the car as Dom approached.
"Shit." She said quietly and put the car in reverse.
"Evee where you going?" he asked and put a hand out catching the window frame as she started to back up, she stopped and looked at him with pained eyes.
"I have to go Dominic, I can't do this, not now, not like this." she said and reached over to her glove compartment, opening it and pulling out a piece of paper. She handed it to him and he looked at it.
"What's this?" he asked holding it up.
"My apartment address, I'm back in town obviously. You and whoever you want to bring can come over tomorrow around noon, but no sooner, I'll be busy." She said looking away from Dom's confused eyes. He nodded and stuck the paper in his shirt pocket.
"We'll be there." He said and watched as she rolled up her window, her face was lost behind the tinted glass and he was left looking at his own reflection, surprised to see raw pain on his features. She drove away and they all watched as she drove down the street.
Evee looked in her rear view mirror as Dom confronted Brian, tears running down her cheeks.
The next day around 12:30 Dom and his team parked on the street of Evee's apartment building. Jesse and Leon were waiting at the fort, they just wouldn't understand, Evee left before they came along. Dom, Vince, Mia and Letty got out of their cars and entered the building; they took the elevator up to the fourth floor and walked down the hall until they got to 4B, the number on the paper. Dom knocked on the door.
"Coming!" they heard from inside and a minute later the door opened revealing a smiling Evee, in a wheelchair.
"Holy shit Evee." Letty said voicing their thoughts. Evee looked down, the smile fading, and she rolled back.
"Well come in if you're gonna." She said and they entered the apartment. "Sit down if you want to." She motioned to a red couch and they sat down. She wheeled herself up a small ramp that led into the kitchen. "Any of you want something to drink?"
"No, we're fine." Dom said and they watched as she wheeled herself into the living room to stop in front of them. There was a long uncomfortable pause. "What the hell happened to you Evee?" he said suddenly and she winced.
"Damnit Dom!" Mia said. "Could you be less sympathetic?" she yelled and Evee smiled.
"I don't need his sympathy Mia. Truly." She said and Mia smiled weakly at her.
"It's nice to see again Evee." She said.
"It's great to see you again Mia, all of you." She said and they all smiled, except Dom.
"You just left." He said quietly and she looked at him. "No note, no goodbye, your place was just cleaned out and your truck gone. Your cell phone had been disconnected and you never sent any letters. You just left." He said and looked her in her eyes.
"Where did you go?" Vince asked.
"Everywhere. Went to Utah to visit my uncle, New York to visit my aunt, spent a few weeks there. Went to San Diego to visit my mom and dad. I told them not to call you, I knew they would as soon as I left." She said, "I went back to New York and became a cop." She said and they all looked at her. "Don't worry I'm retired. After this happened..." she gestured to the wheelchair. "They wanted to stick me behind a desk, that's like being off the force for me. So they said, either take a desk or retire, I turned in my badge and gun that very moment."
"How did you, I mean what happened?" Letty asked and Evee was silent for a long time, so long that they thought she wouldn't answer. She looked down her gaze becoming distant.
"I had just made the biggest jump of my life on my skateboard. Then one of my friends dared me to go down this mountain, more of a big hill really. The trail was winding and treacherous and lined with trees. But I didn't care; I saw it as another thrill. So I hopped on my mountain board and I started to go down it, the cheers of my friends loud in my ears. I was almost to the bottom, when my board started to wobble. I looked down and saw that one of the wheels had come loose. It flew off and I started to careen out of control, no matter how hard I tried to stay on course. I saw a log across the trail coming up and without a forth wheel I wouldn't have been able to jump it. I crashed into it and I went flying, I was wearing padding I thought I would be okay, maybe a broken bone or two. Going over 80 mph down a hill, and suddenly stopping, you'll fly far and fast. I twisted my body around in mid air and I felt my back hit a branch. The branch snapped and I went down with it. I remember looking up at the sky and thinking 'I can't feel my legs.' then I guess I passed out." Evee said.
"Evee..." Vince said but she held up a hand.
"Shh V. Let me finish before I change my mind. I woke in the hospital a month later. I still couldn't move my legs; in fact I couldn't feel my legs. Or anything below my waist for that matter, a doctor came in and I asked him what had happened. He said that I had broken my back in three places, and that I'll never walk again for the rest of my life." she said finishing and there was a pause.
"Dear god." Mia said quietly.
"No kidding." Dom said. "If you're paralyzed, then how did you drive yesterday?"
"I sued the manufacturers' of my board and won. I used that money to buy this place and got my truck enhanced with hand controls."
"I heard about that. A woman who was paralyzed from an accident involving a faulty mountain board sues the company. But never in a million years would I have ever thought that it was you." Vince said and she smiled weakly.
"Thanks Vince." She said and then looked at Dom. "There's one more thing. As I was lying there looking up at the sky the next thought that I had was that I was going to die, and that Dom never knew why I left so suddenly or how much I cared about him." Dom looked at her and after a second she looked away, not wanting him to see the emotion in her eyes.
"I guess we can't play those games anymore huh?" he asked and she laughed.
"Yeah I guess not, even though I may be paralyzed from the waist down but I can still kick your ass. Well maybe not 'kick'. You know what I mean." She said, Dom laughed and without thinking reached over and punched her leg. Mia, Letty, and Vince froze and looked from Dom to Evee who was staring at Dom.
"Shit Evee I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." Dom said looking down but she laid her hand on his arm, he looked up at her.
"It's okay really, I didn't feel a thing."
"Really?"
"Really. From my waist to the tips of my toes is technically dead, I can't feel a thing and I definitely can't move it."
"Wow, that sucks." Letty said and Evee laughed.
"You have no idea." She said and they stood.
"Well we gotta get back to the garage, it was great seeing you again Evee." Dom said and she nodded smiling.
"Hey you never know, I may just come visit you guys."
"We'd like that." Mia said and Evee saw them out. When they were gone Evee wheeled herself into her bedroom, lifted herself up into the seat harness and swung herself around. She dropped into her bed and closed her eyes.
The next day Evee was at her doctor's office.
"Evelyn, there's this new operation to repair damaged nerve cells. It's extremely risky, but if it goes a success then you may get movement back in your legs. It's a good chance you will the nerves are still just damaged, they haven't died yet. But we need to do it soon." Her doctor said and she thought for a moment.
"What's the catch?"
"If it's not a success then you may stay the way you are right now, or you may become quadriplegic." He said and she thought for a long moment. She thought back how her and Dom would race on the beach, how she would do tricks on her skate board, and how Dom used to give her piggy-back rides while running down the beach. She wanted that back; she wanted to be able to do the things she loved again. Hell if it is a success then maybe she'll take up street racing again.
"Let's do it." She said and the doctor nodded.
"How's tomorrow for you?" he asked and she looked at him shocked.
"That soon?"
"The sooner the better." He said and she nodded.
"Tomorrow is great for me." She said and they talked about the procedure some more. She left the office and went back to her car, grabbing onto the suicide handles and pulling herself up. She stored her wheelchair in the back seat and closed the door, starting the truck and driving off. She pulled up to Toretto's Garage and beeped. Dom and Vince came out from the back and they both smiled when they saw her.
"What are you doing here pumpkin?" Vince asked and she smiled, turning off the car.
"I said I might visit. Come on you two gotta help me get out." She said and they went around to the driver's side. "My chair is in the back V." she said and he got it out. Dom opened the door and picked Evee up in his arms setting her down in the chair. "You know what I didn't really need your help. But every girl likes to helped now and then by two big strong men." She said as she rolled up the driveway with them walking along side of her.
"Still the same Evee." Vince said.
"Got that right." Dom said and they all entered the garage. Letty and Mia stopped what they were doing for the time being and came over to Evee, bending down to give her a hug. Leon and Jesse looked at them and then caught Dom's eye looking away and continuing what they were doing. Letty and Mia went back to work while Dom and Evee went over to the car that Brian had delivered yesterday. She looked at the hunk-a-junk and then at Dom.
"This is your new car?" she asked and he explained what happened. "Wow, Tran certainly hasn't changed at all since I've been away."
"No kidding. So what are you doing tomorrow?"
"I got something I gotta do for the entire day. Then I'll be busy probably for the entire week." She said as she scratched her elbow.
"You always scratch your elbow when you're holding something back, so what's up?"
"It's too soon to tell. And even then...something has come up that's all. You still got my bike?" she asked changing the subject and he nodded.
"Keep it at the house."
"You been taking care of it?"
"Of course." Dom said and Brian walked in.
"Evelyn." He said surprised and Evee nodded at him.
"Brian." She said and looked away. She and Dom left the garage and went out in the sunshine.
"What was that all about?" Dom asked.
"I knew him from New York." She said.
"He's from Tucson though."
"And? I arrested him for street racing. Looks like he's back to his old tricks."
"He's not very good at it either." He said and told her about the street race that had happened earlier that week. When he was done she laughed.
"Wow, that's really funny, pathetic, but funny."
"I thought it was at the time, why did you leave?"
"I knew this was coming, but I can't tell you yet. I'm just not ready to tell you why. Or even why I'm regretting coming back in the first place." She said and Dom dropped to one knee in front of her. She looked at him and there was a look in her eyes that he couldn't decipher. She looked away and he put his hand to her cheek making her look at him again, there were tears slowly rolling down her cheeks and he brushed them away with his thumb. He hugged her suddenly and she froze before putting her arms around him.
"God I missed you so much Evee." He said and she rubbed his shoulder.
"I missed you too Dominic, more than you could ever know. I...really missed you." Evee said and Dom stood suddenly picking her up from her chair.
"But you know what?"
"What?"
"I'm so happy you're back!" he said and swung her around in a circle laughing before setting her down in her chair. He looked at her, laughter sparkling in her pure emerald green eyes. Most people with green eyes have a touch of blue or gray in them but not hers, a cat would be jealous of her eyes. As they looked in each other's eyes something new and slightly embarrassing opened up to Dom, his mind flashed back to when she was crying and how a little voice said something in the back of this head that he couldn't quite understand. He did now, when she was crying he just wanted to kiss away all her tears. This realization coming to mind killed the joyful mood for him and he stood brushing his hands on his jeans she looked at him again with that look that he didn't understand and after a little bit she shook her head.
"I have to go Dom, I'll give you guys a call later maybe." She said and he walked on the side of her in silence as she wheeled herself to her truck, he watching in surprise as she hoisted her self up into the driver's seat. He folded up her chair and set it in the back. He stepped back as she started the truck and without looking at him or saying goodbye she drove away, the truck disappearing over the hill.
"So stupid." He said to himself as he walked back into the garage.
That night he was asleep in his bed with Letty sleeping soundly next to him. He was dreaming of before Evee left, they were racing on the beach with her wearing her infamous black bikini in which she's been known to break a few hearts. Usually when he has these dreams the rest of the crew is around them but in this one they were alone. Then something that never happened in real life or the dreams, he tackled her onto the sand with him lying to the side of her. Her face was flushed and she was smiling, her chest going up and down in a heavy motion, the sun shining off her eyes. He kissed her suddenly and she gasped in surprise, he quickly pulled back and looked down.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that." He said and her hand rested on his cheek. He looked at her and her hand traveled back to grasp the back of his neck, she pulled his head down and their lips pressed together. He moved so he was on top of her and they kissed deeply.
Dom woke up sitting upright in his bed; he could still feel her in his arms the feel of her lips on his. With mixed emotions he lay back down and looked at Letty still sleeping soundly. He closed his eyes and fell back to sleep, this time the dreams of Evee he welcomed.
Evee was in the hospital the next morning. The doctors were getting her prepped for surgery, going over what the procedure would be, how long it would take approximately etc. Finally she lay on her stomach and straitened out her legs as they wheeled her on a hospital bed to the operating room.
Several hours later she was waking up, her back hurt the doctors said that was normal. She pulled the sheet away from one foot and focused on it, willing it to move. Her brows screwed up as she concentrated with all her might to make her foot move twitch a toe do something. Her foot jerked and she smiled.
A few weeks later after many strenuous physical therapy sessions she now had full use of her legs, the doctors and trainers said it was a miracle that it happened so fast. The wretched wheel chair was put into storage and she traded in her beloved truck for a newer model one with regular controls. Oh boy did she know how to surprise the crew.
Dom was surprised to see Evee talking to Mia the next morning in the garage. She was still in that wheel chair of course mustn't ask for miracles. Only she was holding herself differently, more calmly less self- consciously. She laughed at something Mia said and noticed he was there.
"Hey Dom!" she said smiling and an image of the dream he had of them kissing for the past few weeks flashed through his mind. Her long raven hair was twisted up to the back of her head and kept up with a hair clip. He continued to look at her and her smile faltered a little. "What?"
"Nothing, um hi." He said and she looked at him with an eyebrow raised before looking back at Mia. Vince and Letty walked in the double doors and joined them; Evee wheeled her self back a little so she could see them all.
"Um guys I have a surprise for you. Close your eyes." she said and they looked at her funny. "Just do it!" she said and they closed their eyes. Evee stepped off the foot rests and stood pushing the chair back so it banged against the opposite wall. They opened their eyes at this and four pairs of eyes went wide as they saw her standing in front of them. "Well, surprise!"
"You're not in your wheel chair." Dom said. "You can stand."
"Yup and run and jump and skip." She said smiling. Mia was the first to come out of her surprised and confused stupor. She jumped up and threw her arms around Evee, hugging her tightly. Letty joined them and when they had detached Vince hugged her and kissed her head.
"Congratulations sweetie." He said and pulled away. Dom was the only one still sitting.
"How...?" he began and she laughed.
"Remember that thing that I said I had to do a few weeks ago? It was a surgical procedure, never before performed. It basically repairs damaged nerve cells, and the fact that I was very busy was because I was in physical therapy. The docs said it was a miracle that I gained full use of my legs again."
"Why didn't you tell us about it?" he asked standing.
"I wanted it to be a surprise. And besides my doctor said that there was a chance that it wouldn't work. I didn't want to get your hopes up too soon. Now I have to go somewhere to be. I'll be back in about an hour, 2 tops. See ya." She said and ran out of the garage before any one them (most likely Dom) could protest. Evee hopped in her truck and drove to a fancy house with a covered garage; she parked her car and got out. She was immediately confronted by a police officer.
"Can I see some ID ma'am?" one of the asked and she took out her badge.
"Agent Evelyn Nashville, Federal Agent." She said and he looked at it closely before nodding.
"This way." He said and she followed him over a bridge that went over a pool to the main house. "Tanner! I got a Federal Agent Evelyn Nashville here." He yelled and a balding man with glasses and a mustache came over.
"A Federal Agent?" he asked.
"She's here for me Tanner." They turned to see a bald African American Fed looking at them. "What do you got for me Evee?" he asked and she went over to him, walking past mugshots of Vince and Dom.
"Not a whole lot sir, other than they're surprised as hell to see me back and now out of my chair. Dom hasn't opened up to me yet about whether or not he knows anything about the hi-jackings. What do the bosses say?"
"They said that the truck divers will be arming themselves soon, taking matters into their own hands. I tell them that we're close. We've already got Brian O'Connor working this case, and now you. The only reason I let you work on this case and not let O'Connor work on this alone is because you have a long history with them, they trust you."
"And now I'm betraying them." She said quietly looking down and he put his hand on her shoulder.
"You're doing your job. If it is Toretto and him and his team make another jacking, what if the driver is armed? One of them could get shot or killed. You're saving them." He said and she looked at him with sad eyes.
"I hate this though, Dom trusts me more than he trusts Vince, or Letty, or even Mia. It just feels like I'm setting him up to go down hard."
"We all know you have feelings for the guy, that's no secret. Hell you may even love him." he said and looked around to see if anyone was watching no one was. "Now don't tell anyone that I said this, but either get him to stop, or turn himself in. If the high-jackings stop then we'll stop going after them, if he turns himself in I'll try for a lighter sentence, maybe only probation instead of jail-time. I'm really a nice guy once you get to know me." He said and she laughed.
"Even though I heard that you are real hard on O'Connor?" she said and he smiled.
"I'm only hard on him because he's not one of mine, he's not even detective. You are a Federal Agent, hell in a few years if your career keeps going the way it's going I may have to report to you."
"Now that's a scary thought." Evee said and he laughed.
"No kidding. Now go get going. Report to me tomorrow." He said clapping her on the shoulder and she smiled walking off, just as Tanner, a cop and Brian came in. Evee got back to her car and got in driving away, when she got back to the garage the team quieted when she entered, she knew what they were talking about.
"What's up?" she asked and some of them looked down.
Oh shit, one of them must have followed me. Get ready to have your cover blown sky-high Nashville. She thought as Dom stepped forward.
"Evee we have to talk, just you an I." he said ominously.
Shit, SHIT! She thought as she and Dom walked back outside, sunlight gleaming off of the sweat that coated his arms and whatever chest exposed by the tank top he was wearing.
"What's up Dom?" she asked sounding calm.
"I talked to your doctor." He said.
Whew. Thank god I was just being paranoid. She thought while she nodded.
"And?"
"He said it was a miracle that you could walk again, he started going on and on about how this could help Christopher Reeves. I finally had to hang up on him." Dom said and she smiled.
"So, what was with the tense silence in the garage?" she asked he looked at the ground.
"That was nothing you should worry about." He said and she perked an eyebrow at him.
"I'm going to worry about it. What's going on Dom?" Evee asked and he looked in her eyes.
Should I tell her? Dom wondered as he looked at her. Does she already have suspicions?
"Really nothing Evee." He said as he touched her arm. A flash of one his dreams with her raced through his mind and he let his hand drop, suddenly feeling her in his arms. He needed to feel it for real. "Congrats on walking again." He said and drew her into his arms; he mentally sighed with relief as they held each other. He took out her hair clip and her hair fell down in obsidian waves. He pictured himself grabbing fistfuls of her hair and bringing her mouth to his. Dom pulled away and looked in her bright emerald eyes, his eyes flicked down to her kissable mouth just as her tongue darted out and wet her lips.
"Yo Dom!" Letty, his girlfriend, woman of his heart, he looked at her tearing his eyes away for Evee's moistened and glittering lips.
Damn, I need to think about something else. He thought as he pulled away.
"What is it Letty?" he asked.
"I need some help on this engine." She said waving her arm to him to come on and Dom dropped his arms looking at Evee.
"You gonna go again or you gonna stay?" He asked.
Please say you're going to leave, I won't get anything done with you around to make me think of kissing you. He thought as she shrugged.
"I'd better go." Evee said and he nodded.
Thank you. He thought as she nodded back.
"See ya." She said and turned walking back to her truck. He watched as she got in and drove away before going inside. As she drove she pulled out her cell phone and opened it dialing in some numbers then holding it to her ear, illegal I know but what cop is going to give a ticket to a Fed? "Hello sir, there's been a development. Dom almost told me something a few minutes ago, something that he said that I didn't need to worry about. Could've been about the high-jackings could've been about something else, I don't know. He may be getting ready to tell me. I'll keep you posted." She said and hung up putting the phone back in her cup holder. She drove to her apartment building, when she got to her apartment she crashed in her bedroom.
When Evee woke up it was after dark and her phone was ringing. She fumbled for it and held it to her ear.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Evelyn, get down here now, the bosses are here. Dress for the job." Her boss's voice said and the line went dead.
"Why hello to you too." She said into the buzzing phone and hung it up. She got up and put on a dress suit, complete with her badge and shoulder holsters on over the white dress shirt and under the black suit coat. Black high-heeled dress boots under black suit pants. She left her apartment and instantly became fully awake in the cool night air, she slid into the divers seat of her car and pulled down the mirror, getting a brush and pulling it through her hair. She pulled a black clip out of her glove compartment (do you know anyone who actually keeps gloves in there?) and put her hair up allowing a few tendrils to frame her face. She did her makeup after getting the day's smudged make-up off with baby wipes she keeps in her car. Within ten minutes she was pulling away from the curb and driving down the street.
When she pulled up to the house, several cars were already there and she just parked hers next to a black sedan that just screamed "FEDS!!". She got out and walked up to the house seeing several severe looking men in suits. She opened the door and they turned to look at her.
"So good of you to join us Agent Nashville." One of them said sarcastically and she growled quietly, she hated top brass. Evee stayed silent, or risks losing her job, and walked further into the house. She noticed that all the police were gone and the only one's there were the feds.
"So what's the situation with the high-jackings?" one of the brass asked Evee's boss.
"Why don't you ask Agent Nashville, she's apart of this assignment too." He said and they turned to look at her.
"Well?"
"As of this afternoon Dominic Toretto may be breaking down. He almost told me something today."
"Almost?"
"He hesitated, like he wanted to tell me but he didn't. But I firmly believe that he will tell me in the next couple of days."
"Why you? What's so special about you?" the sarcastic brass asked and she looked at him.
"Dom and I grew up together. I'm a best friend to him, his sister Mia, his girlfriend Letty and his friend Vince. But since I left there's been two additions to the team. Two men, one named Leon, and the other Jesse. I haven't had the opportunity to talk to them as of yet."
"What is your relationship with Dominic Toretto?" he asked and she caught her breath.
"Please specify the question."
"Have you two ever been in a romantic relationship?" he asked.
"No." her boss answered quickly and she flinched.
"Yes." She said and he looked at her.
"What? You never told me this."
"I didn't think it was important. We had a brief relationship when we were in high school."
"Describe brief." The sarcastic brass said.
"A few months."
"Did you have sexual intercourse?" he asked and she looked at him, shocked.
"What? What kind of question is that?"
"Answer the question Agent Nashville. Did you have sexual intercourse with Dominic Toretto in your few month relationship with him when you two were in high school?"
"No. After a few months we realized that we would be better off as friends, and by that time Letty had caught his eye so we broke up. Simple as that. What's with all these questions anyway? Am I being interrogated?" Evee asked looking at them.
"Of course not Evee. They just wanted to see if you could be protecting him by withholding information that's all." Her boss said and she turned walking out saying:
"I shouldn't have to deal with this shit." She walked out onto the bridge as her boss came out.
"Evee wait!" he said and she turned around.
"For what Mark?" she said foregoing the title of 'sir' for now. "For me to be sat down at a table with a light shining in my face and a polygraph strapped to my arm. No thank you!" she said and turned again but didn't start walking. He joined her on the bridge and they both looked at the distortions of light coming from the lighted pool.
"You're right, you shouldn't have to deal with this shit. You and I both know you kick ass at your job, and you and I both know that top brass can be real assholes at times. You surprised me in there when you said that you and Toretto used to have a relationship." He said and she snorted.
"I shouldn't have been even asked the question. I know it's Dom doing this, but I want to hear him say it. I need to hear him say it. I need to hear the words 'Evee I've been doing truck-jackings' come out of his mouth. I've got it bad for him Mark, I really and truly do." she said and he chuckled.
"We all knew that already, especially when this assignment came across your desk. We all watched, discretely of course, as the look in you eyes just went soft when you read the report, saw the name and the surveillance photos. But I think you needed this assignment, not only for your career, but also for your peace of mind. You missed him, we all knew that you missed someone real bad, we just didn't know who until we watched you. Maybe when this is all said and done you could retire and just spend the rest of your days as a grease monkey for Dom Toretto and his band of street racing miscreants." He said and she laughed. She turned and started to walk away. "Where you going now?"
"I don't know, but something tells me that my car is going to steer its way over to Dom's." she said still walking and left hearing his laughter.
As she drove she found herself on Dom's block, then in front of Dom's house garage. Looked like a party was in full swing up at the house and she almost wanted to go join them, but she would raise a lot of questions if she showed up in a dress suit, a gun and a Federal Agent badge. Her eyes scanned the property and fell on a small light from inside the garage.
Somehow I don't think it's one of the team checking stuff out. She thought as she cut the engine and got out of her car, she quietly stalked to the garage, quite a mean feat considering she's wearing high heels on pavement, it tends to make a clacking sound. She drew her gun and crept into the garage, there was a small sound and she went in the direction of it. She saw a shadowy figure looking through boxes and at the Charger. She pointed her gun at the figure, aimed so that if she fired she would get their shoulder.
"Stop what you're doing and put your hands on your head." she said loudly and the figure stopped. Whoever it was put their hands on their head and she reached up pulling a chain clicking on the light. "Johnny Tran, can't say it's great to see you again." She said and the tall Asian smiled smugly at her.
"Evelyn Nashville can't say I welcome you back. So you a cop now?" he asked as she went over to him, gun still out, and pushed him against the wall.
"Put your hands on the wall and spread your feet." She commanded, in Agent mode now, and he did. "I said spread'em." She said and kicked his feet apart; she holstered her gun and patted him down finding a revolver strapped to the small of his back. She slipped it in her back waistband and stood. "What are you doing here Tran?"
"Just looking around, so answer my question. You a cop?"
"I'm letting you go with a warning, and you don't get your gun back. If I see you snooping around anywhere near Dom's things I'll bring you in." Evee said and he looked at her, still smiling smugly.
"So you are a cop." He looked at her closely. "No not a cop, a fed." He said and she pushed him towards the door.
"Get lost Tran." She said sternly.
"What? Afraid I'll tell Toretto?" he asked.
"Tell Toretto what?" they looked over to see Dom leaning in the doorway, still in his racing clothes.
"Dominic, so good of you to join us." Tran said and Dom looked at Evee.
"What are you two doing in here, alone?" he asked and she saw his jaw clench.
It's not what you think Dom. She thought and grabbed Tran's arm dragging him over to the door, she pushed him past Dom.
"Go Tran, and remember what I said." she said and he started to walk away. When he was gone she looked at Dom. "I guess you're wondering what that was all about huh?"
"I would like you know." he said and gave her a once over, she silently thanked god that the coat was long enough to hide her badge that was clipped to her belt loop. "What's with the suit?" he asked smiling slightly.
"I had a meeting with my old bosses, they wanted me back on the force but I turned them down." Evee said. "And the thing with Tran, I was driving back to my apartment, and of course my car having a mind of its own wanted to come here. I caught him snooping around in the garage, looking through boxes and at your dad's Charger. Looks like I get here before he caused any damage." She said and he nodded at her. He put his hands on her waist suddenly and pushed her into the garage wall. Dom pressed against her and his hands slid slowly up her legs.
Oh god please not let me be dreaming. She thought as his fingers worked on her coat buttons. He grasped her waist and pulled her into him, his hands moved up her waist and under her coat. She realized it too late. He's frisking me! She thought as he felt the gun and pulled it out of the holster. He looked at it letting the moonlight catch it.
"This is a nice piece." He said and looked at her. He put her gun in his back waistband and flung open her coat seeing the badge as it caught the light. "It goes with the badge." He said sounding mad, and worse, betrayed. "You're a cop."
"No Dom I'm not." She said and he looked at her.
"Don't lie to me Evee." Dom said and she snorted humorlessly looking at her feet.
"I'm not lying, I'm really not a cop."
"Then what are you? A Fed?" he asked and she looked up quickly catching his eyes. "No." he said getting the message and backed away. "No!" he yelled.
"Dom please just listen." Evee said helplessly but he put his hand up.
"I don't want to hear it. You're a fucking Federal Agent!" he yelled and they both noticed that the music was gone. "A Fed, oh this is just great. Were you investigating me?"
"Dom..."
"Answer the fucking question! Were you investigating me?"
"I can't tell what I am or am not investigating. For all you know I might be investigating Tran. He has raised some interesting questions up at HQ." She said and they both heard the back door open and a few people come out. "Shit." She said as Vince, Letty, Mia, Leon and Jesse came walking towards them.
"What's up Dom?" Vince asked looking between the two tense people standing in front of them.
"Ask Evee." He said turning around so his back was to her. Pain lanced through her at this dismissal.
"Evee, what's going on? What's up with Dom?" Vince asked her and she sighed.
"This is not how I pictured you guys finding out. Guys, I'm a Federal Agent." She said and Vince laughed.
"No really, what's up, that's funny though." But Evee wasn't laughing; she unclipped her badge and showed it to them. "Holy shit." He said and turned away facing the house. Mia came over and took the badge from her, looking at it closely.
"A Fed?" she asked weakly. "Damn that's a lot better than being a doctor." She said and gave the badge back to her, hugging her. "You're still the girl I grew up with, no matter what anyone says." She whispered and pulled away looking at her. "Federal Agent suits you." She said and Evee laughed.
"Oh gee thanks." She said and Mia chuckled. Letty stayed over by Dom, Leon and Jesse stayed at a distance. "Now everyone's treating me like I have the plague or something." She said and Mia looked at them.
"What's wrong with you guys, Letty, Vince, Dom. Evee is still the girl we grew up with, the girl next door." Mia said and Dom snorted.
"Dom, give me my gun back." Evee said and he looked at her.
"What?"
"You took the fire arm of Federal Agent, you need to give it back." She said and he got her gun handing it to her, she holstered it again and clipped her badge back on her belt loop, buttoning her coat closed. She took her cell phone out and opened it dialing in a few numbers. "I need to speak with the boss." She said into it. "Agent Nashville, yeah I'll hold." They stood there in uncomfortable silence. "Hello sir, there's been another development. My cover was just blown, you can thank Johnny Tran." She looked at Dom. "No I staying with this. Okay, okay, I'll keep you posted." She said and closed it, putting it back in her coat pocket. She started to walk down the driveway; she had to pass Dom though on her way out. Evee stepped past him and he grabbed her arm, she turned to look at him, seeing pain, betrayal, and rage in his eyes.
"Don't come around here no more Evelyn." He growled and she blinked rapidly to keep tears from forming in her eyes. Dom felt himself grow soft seeing this.
Shit, she's gonna cry and I'm gonna be the one that causes it. Screw her, she's a Fed, remember? He thought as she nodded and he released her arm, she turned and walked down the driveway to her car.
Evee climbed into her car, tears running down her cheeks. The dome light went on as she started it up. She drove away and back to her apartment, when she got to her bedroom at last she collapsed onto her bed and sobbed into her pillow.
The next morning when she woke up she staggered into the bathroom and took a long hot shower, for a long while after she sat on the edge of her bed in a towel, her hair in wet cords hanging down dripping water on the floor. She looked at her badge real closely.
Is it all worth it? She wondered as she put it back in her nightstand drawer that also held her gun and extra clips, Tran's gun was a new addition.
Three days later Evee finished getting dressed and just as she was about to walk out the door when her phone rang, she sighed heavily before closing the door and picking up the phone.
"Hello?" she asked and was met by silence. "Hello?"
"I...I..." a familiar voice said then there was a sigh and a click when they hung up.
"Dom! Dom!" she said but there was only a buzzing sound. "Shit!" she hung up the phone, slammed it down on the receiver is a more accurate description. By pure habit she grabbed her gun and badge and jetted out the door to her car, she jumped into the drivers' seat and started it up screeching away from the curb. She was on the road to Dom's house when she heard a siren and red and blue light flashing into her rear-view mirror. "Son of a bitch!" she yelled and pulled over to the side of the road getting her badge out. A patrol cop in uniform got out of the cruiser and approached her truck; she rolled down her window.
"Ma'am can I see your license and..." he started but she held up her badge.
"Listen rent-a-cop I'm on assignment and I need to get to the place I'm going or the guy I'm after who I've been chasing over 5 state lines by the way is going to escape again." She said and he held up his hands.
"I'm sorry Agent, I'll let you go." He said and she put away her badge.
"Watch your toes." She said and stepped on the gas. When she pulled up to the house she sat in her car for a little while.
What am I doing? She thought and her mind flashed back on Dom's voice, full of emotion, on the phone. She got out and walked up the steps to the front door. She raised her fist and hesitated before knocking on the door. It was immediately opened by Mia.
"Evee what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Dom called, at lease I think it was him." she said.
"Dom called you? What did he say?"
"He only stammered 'I' I'm sorry I'm overreacting. I should go." She said and turned to leave.
"Evee." She turned back to see Mia turned to the side letting her have a full view of Dom.
"Dom..." she started as he walked to the doorway. Mia politely walked away and he leaned on the doorway looking at her. "Um...hi." She said looking down.
"Evee...I...I...I just wanted to say that I was sorry, about the way I acted when I found out what you were." he said and she spread her arms.
"What am I Dom? Am I any different than I was before I left? Do I still have a quirky sense of humor? Do I still tend to surprise people?" she asked and he looked down for a second.
"You're a Fed Evee, a Federal Agent." He said and she sighed, her arms dropping to her sides.
"I'm not dealing with this right now." she said and turned to leave.
"You still run away from conflict." He said and she turned back around.
"If I did that I would suck at my job, but I don't I kick ass." Evee said.
"Let me rephrase that, you still run away from any conflict with me. Why is that? Why is it that every time an argument with me threatens to turn up you dismiss it or run?"
"Because I don't want to argue with you."
"Why not? Afraid I'll win?"
"Oh you so would not win." She said and a mischievous smile came over his face.
"Prove it."
"Let me get this straight, you want to have an argument on whether or not you would win an argument, you are so unhinged." She said and turned to walk away again but he grabbed her arm.
"Evee, don't listen to me, I'm not making much sense, I haven't been getting much sleep lately."
"Why?"
"I've been dreaming of you."
"Good or bad?"
"Indifferent. Some of them are good, like when we would race on the beach, some of them bad, like when you left, and some I don't know."
"Like?"
"Like when you came back, I mean I was happy, but I was also a little confused and sad. The one I had last night was when I found out you were a Fed."
"Ah, I guess that goes under 'bad'."
"Kinda." Dom said and they stood there in silence.
"Letty left me." He said and Evee looked at him.
"What? Why?" she asked and he snorted.
"Well she didn't say to me as much as 'I want to break up' more like she left with Leon and left a note on my pillow saying that she was sorry."
"She left with Leon. If I ever see her again I'll bitch slap her." Evee said and he snorted again.
"If I ever see him again I'll beat the shit out of him." he said and she walked over putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you okay though?" she asked and he shrugged looking down.
"I loved her and she betrayed me. But I figured out when I just lay on what used me hers and my bed and just thought about my situation. I realized that I wasn't in love with her anymore, that I wasn't even before she ditched me."
"What do you mean?" Evee asked dropping her hand, he caught it before it went to her side.
"I had fallen in love with someone else, and I fell hard."
"Who?"
"You." He said looking at her squeezing her hand and her eyes went wide.
"Oh." she said squeezed back, a slow smile came over her face. "Well I beat you in that race, I've loved you for years." She said and Dom smiled.
"Really?"
"Really." She said and he pulled her into his arms.
"It's about time!" they looked over to see Mia smiling.
"What are you talking about Mia?" Dom asked.
"It's about time you guys told each other, I knew before you guys did." She said.
"Then why didn't you fill us in?" Evee asked listening to Dom's heartbeat through his white T-shirt.
"You guys wouldn't have believed me, no one believes 'the sister'. This is like a bad soap opera." She said and they laughed.
"Oh I can think of the perfect name for it!" Evee said and Dom looked at her.
"Really, what?"
"The Fast and The Furious." She said and Dom laughed.
"That is so corny!" he said and they laughed again. Vince appeared and looked at the two still holding each other.
"This is new, ya finally told each other that ya loved each other?" he asked.
"Did everyone know but us?" Evee asked.
"Looks like." Dom said and kissed her and her hands came up to the back of his neck as the kiss became deeper. Her cell phone rang and they broke apart.
"Damn." She said and pulled it out looking at the caller ID. "I gotta take this." she said and flipped it open. "Agent Nashville." She said. "Really? Uh huh, okay, I'm on my way." She hung up, putting the phone back in her pocket. "Duty calls." She said and she and Dom kissed quickly.
"Okay, be careful." Dom said.
"You okay with having a Fed for a girlfriend?" she asked.
"Yeah I guess, it's kinda sexy." He said and they kissed quickly again, before she walked to her car and got in driving away.
When she entered the house, Mark looked at her.
"What?" she asked and he laid down a few pictures of her and Dom, the last one being of them kissing.
"The marvel of instant Polaroid's." he said and she looked him in the eyes, refusing to be embarrassed.
"Who took these?" she asked.
"That isn't important. I pulled O'Connor from this case because he was getting too emotionally involved with Toretto's sister, I'm considering pulling you too." He said.
"What? I'm getting close."
"You sure are."
"O'Connor was a fool, he was working the friend angle, I'm doing the more direct approach. He'll tell me things that he wouldn't tell Brian." Evee said and he looked at the table.
"Do you love him?"
"Dom?"
"Yes Dom, do you love him?" Mark asked and she sighed.
"Yes I do. I've loved him for years."
"What happened to the girlfriend?"
"Letty ran off with Leon." She said and he nodded.
"Does he love you?"
"Yes, he told me before I told him."
"I got a bad feeling about this, but I'll keep you on the case. I want results by the end of this week. In four days I want this case cracked or I'm pulling you and bringing him in for questioning."
"What happened?"
"There was another hit last night." He said and Evee looked down.
"Shit. I'll get this case done, if I don't I'll resign." She said and walked away. She called the house from her cell phone Dom picked up.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Hey Dom it's me, I need to talk to you, it's important really important." She said.
"Where do you want to meet?"
"Uh...the garage." She said.
"Okay, see you there. I love you." Dom said and her heart skipped a beat.
"I love you too." She said and hung up. She swung the wheel around in a U-turn and headed for the garage. When she got there Dom's car was already in the driveway. She parked on the street and turned off the car getting out. She walked into the garage and was grabbed from behind as Dom put his arms around her waist.
"Hi." He growled into her hair.
"Hi." She said back smiling. "Dom, I need to tell you something." Evee said suddenly getting serious.
"Yes?"
"Remember when you asked if I was investigating you or not?"
"Yes."
"Well I am, Dom I know you've been hi-jacking trucks." She said and he froze. His arms came from around her waist.
"What are you talking about? What trucks?" he said and she faced him.
"Don't lie to me Dom. I know, I've known all along. There is no way in hell you can pay for all the shit that under the hood of those cars by selling groceries and doing tune-ups. The Feds are involved and you have to stop." Evee said.
"Just one more after Race Wars and I will."
"No it ends now, the truck drivers, they're starting to arm themselves. Now I don't want anything to happen to you, or Jesse, or Vince, or whoever is involved. I'm guessing that Leon and Letty were in on it too."
"Yes, Leon watched the police scanners and Letty blocked off a side retreat, Leon on the other side and Jesse in back. Vince and I were in front doing the work. And what do you mean by they're starting to arm themselves?"
"I mean that after Race Wars and you attempt to do a job, the guy will most likely have a rifle in the front seat. You need to stop, I couldn't stand the thought of losing you or Vince." She said and he was silent for a long time.
"Fine I'll stop. I won't do it anymore." He said and she put her hands on the sides of his face, smiling.
"Thank you." She said and they kissed. "Thank you so much. My boss said that if you stopped he would stop the investigation. But I think it's time that you had a long vacation, like in Mexico or something." She said and he smiled at her.
"Mexico, will a certain Federal Agent be with me?"
"Oh I don't know, but probably, hell with my frequent flier miles I could fly us, and the whole team to Europe." Evee said and Dom kissed her forehead.
"How about just you and I?" he asked.
"Sounds like fun, but there's something I gotta do." she said and took out her cell phone. She flipped it open and pressed a few buttons. "Hey boss, I'm with Toretto, I talked to him he said that he would stop I have his honest word on that. Okay, no Mark I won't be at the airport, I'm staying here in LA. No I'm not resigning; I just can't go back to DC. Okay, thank you for understanding I'll keep an eye out for them. Bye." She hung up.
"Keep an eye out for what?"
"Assignments that will be coming in the mail. What do you got planned for tonight?"
"I don't know, there's a race tonight. Unfortunately Tran spread the word that you're a Fed he probably guessed the night that you confronted him in my garage. So I won't have my good luck charm around."
"Hell to that, I'll go off duty." She took out her cell phone again and hit re-dial. "Hey boss, I'm off duty tonight." She hung up. "There, that's settled."
"I'm not going to win this am I?" Dom asked and she smiled.
"Nope." Evee said and they kissed again. "Come on lets go back to the house." They started to walk to the doors. "Oh and Dom?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks again." She said and they left the garage.
That night Dom and Evee got out of Dom's car and were instantly surrounded by other racers. Dom started to make deals and Evee discretely backed away. She noticed that other racers were giving her sideways glances. Then again it could be because of what she was wearing, white spaghetti strap tank top under a black fishnet shirt, a black leather mini- skirt and knee high leather boots that zipped up the back, a small black leather bag on her back. It also could be because they really didn't want a Fed at an illegal street race but didn't want to say anything. As she stood with Mia while Dom talked things over, Hector walked up.
"Hi Evee, long time no see." He said.
"Hi Hector, what up with you lately?"
"Same shit. A few of my racers are uncomfortable with having a Fed around."
"I'm off duty tonight Hector." She said and he sighed.
"Really?"
"Really."
"You're not just saying that?"
"I'm really off duty tonight."
"Okay, thanks for clearing that up." he said and walked away. Dom walked over.
"What was that all about?" he asked putting his arms around her waist.
"Hector just wanted to tell me that the racers don't like having me around. I told him I was off duty."
"Okay, well the race is about to start. So come on let's go." He said and they got into his car. They, the remaining members of the team and the other racers drove to the spot and Evee got out when he stopped at the line, she looked across the 6 cars to see Johnny and Lance Tran looking at her. She waved at them and blew them a kiss and Mia laughed.
"Hey Evee have you see Brian lately?" Mia asked and before she could answer the race had mercifully started. She and Mia cheered as Dom roared ahead and they started to run to get to the finish line. When they got there Dom had started to collect money and he handed it to Mia to count.
"Now for my new trophy." He said as he picked Evee up around her waist. When he had set her down on her feet she put her mouth next to ear.
"There's something I gotta do." she said and broke away from him going over to Lance and Johnny Tran. She took out her cell phone and hit re- dial. "Boss I'm on duty again." They stopped talking to their losing racer and looked at her as she approached.
"Hello Fed." Lance said and she perked an eyebrow at him.
"Lance." She said and Johnny stepped forward.
"Evelyn, what are you doing here?"
"What, I'm not allowed to have a good time?" she asked. "Mirroring your actions Johnny I went snooping around in your garage. Found 2 machine guns."
"Did you have a warrant?" he asked.
"I'm the lead Federal Agent in an ongoing investigation, I didn't need one, all I needed was my badge." She reached into her bag and pulled it out. "And I never leave home without it. I sent some of the bullets back to HQ on overnight shipping they matched the bullets found at the scene of 3 drive by shootings, while I was snooping around, I fired one. The markings were a complete match too." She took a pair of handcuffs out of her bag. "Johnny and Lance Tran you're under arrest by the United States FBI for murder. You..." she pointed to their racer. "Go get Dom, now." he raced off and a few seconds later came back with Dom.
"What's up Evee?" he asked.
"Dominic Toretto you are hereby a temporary deputy of the FBI. I need your assistance in arresting these two for murder." she handed him a pair of handcuffs. "You get the cousin I got Johnny."
"You're arresting them?"
"Yup."
"I knew I loved you for a reason." He said and they moved to the two. She put the cuffs on Johnny.
"You have the right to remain silent, anything you say or do can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you and I will personally make sure that it is the worst in the world." She said and turned at a small scream. Dom was on the ground with a slash mark across his chest and Lance had a knife in his hand. He raised it at her and she pulled her gun. "Stop!" she yelled but his arm came down, she pulled off two shots and they took him in the chest. He fell to the ground, blood blossoming out of his chest. He exhaled a shaky breath and lay still. Dom got to his feet and checked Lance's pulse. "It's no use Dom, those were kill shots. He's dead."
"You killed him, you shot him and you didn't even flinch." Dom said and she looked away.
"If I flinched I would be dead." She said and turned back to Johnny who was staring at the body of his cousin. She took out her cell phone and hit re-dial. "I need a pick up, one in custody and one body bag." She said and hung up.
"You're not going tell them where we are?" Dom asked.
"My cell phone has a tracker in it, as long as I keep it on they can always find me." She said and went over to him looking at the wound on his chest. "I've got to say this, he wasn't very good. You won't even need stitches, and I doubt there'll be a scar."
"Evee put away your gun." He said and she looked down, it was still in her hand and her finger was still on the trigger.
"Damn, I didn't even know I still had it in my hand." She said and clicked the safety on putting it back in her bag. A black sedan and a black van pulled up and a few men in suits got out of both. They started to talk to Evee and a couple of them put Johnny in the back of the car while another two put Lance in a body bag, putting the knife in an evidence bag. The body was put in the back of the van and as suddenly as they got there they left. Evee noticed that a silent crowd had gathered and she looked at Dom pleadingly. "Can we please leave?" she asked and he nodded. They got in Dom's car and left driving back to house.
Dom and Evee were lying on his bed, Dom's chest was bare and the cut was cleaned up. Evee had her head on his chest wearing only the tank top and her underwear.
"What'll happen now?" he asked.
"I'll have to go to DC for a ES hearing."
"ES?"
"Emotional Stability, they want to see if I can stand the fact that I killed someone. I've been through them before though."
"How many people have you killed on the job?"
"4 or 5, the first one was the night in lost my partner. You would've liked him Dom, you two were a lot alike."
"What was his name?"
"Edmund Duma."
"How did he die?"
"Was shot by a perp, on assignment. His killer was the first person I killed. Eddy died in my arms Dom, you have no idea how that feels." She said and he stroked her hair. "I still have his flag at my apartment, one was given to his family and one was given to me. He left behind a wife and kids."
"You'll never lose me Evee." Dom said and she looked up at him.
"God I hope not Dom, I really do." she said and put her head back on his chest. They just laid there, Evee with her head on his chest and her arm across his stomach and Dom stroking her hair. *~*~*~*~*~*
Dom and Evee were at the airport her flight was soon.
"Flight 975 from Los Angeles to Washington DC is now boarding." An announcement said she shifted her bag handle in her hand.
"Where's Mia and Vince?" she asked.
"I told them that I needed to see you off alone. You'll call me from DC right?"
"Yes, it'll be a three hour time difference but I will." she said and he nodded. She dropped her bags as they embraced. "I love you Dominic."
"I love you too Evelyn." He said and they kissed.
"Final boarding call for Flight 975 from Los Angeles to Washington DC." The announcement and the pushed away from each other, she picked up her bags.
Dom watched as she walked to the gate and disappeared down the long hallway.
Broken Hearts.
Brian was fighting Vince when a four door black pickup truck rolled up. The tinted windows rolled down revealing an attractive 20 something woman. Her black hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and her green eyes glittered in the sun, her pale skin absorbing the sunlight. She saw the two fighting and looked down for a second.
"Brian!" she yelled and the fight stopped, Brian looked over at her and so did Vince. "Brian get your ass over here!" she yelled and he walked over to the truck just as Dominic Toretto came out of his small grocery store.
"Evelyn what are you doing here?" Brian asked and Evelyn reached over and smacked him upside the head. "What the hell was that for?" he said rubbing the back of his head.
"You're being an ass again, besides I know that guy."
"Hey he was in my face."
"Well now I'm in your face. You gonna fight me too?" She said a Brian looked at her legs then back at her shaking his head, Vince appeared at the window.
"Evee?" he asked and she looked at him. "Evee is that you?" he said then smiled.
"Hey V." she said and Vince turned to Dom.
"Yo Dom it's Evee, she's back." Vince said joyfully and Dom looked shocked.
"Evee?" he said and she looked at him, Brian stepped away from the car as Dom approached.
"Shit." She said quietly and put the car in reverse.
"Evee where you going?" he asked and put a hand out catching the window frame as she started to back up, she stopped and looked at him with pained eyes.
"I have to go Dominic, I can't do this, not now, not like this." she said and reached over to her glove compartment, opening it and pulling out a piece of paper. She handed it to him and he looked at it.
"What's this?" he asked holding it up.
"My apartment address, I'm back in town obviously. You and whoever you want to bring can come over tomorrow around noon, but no sooner, I'll be busy." She said looking away from Dom's confused eyes. He nodded and stuck the paper in his shirt pocket.
"We'll be there." He said and watched as she rolled up her window, her face was lost behind the tinted glass and he was left looking at his own reflection, surprised to see raw pain on his features. She drove away and they all watched as she drove down the street.
Evee looked in her rear view mirror as Dom confronted Brian, tears running down her cheeks.
The next day around 12:30 Dom and his team parked on the street of Evee's apartment building. Jesse and Leon were waiting at the fort, they just wouldn't understand, Evee left before they came along. Dom, Vince, Mia and Letty got out of their cars and entered the building; they took the elevator up to the fourth floor and walked down the hall until they got to 4B, the number on the paper. Dom knocked on the door.
"Coming!" they heard from inside and a minute later the door opened revealing a smiling Evee, in a wheelchair.
"Holy shit Evee." Letty said voicing their thoughts. Evee looked down, the smile fading, and she rolled back.
"Well come in if you're gonna." She said and they entered the apartment. "Sit down if you want to." She motioned to a red couch and they sat down. She wheeled herself up a small ramp that led into the kitchen. "Any of you want something to drink?"
"No, we're fine." Dom said and they watched as she wheeled herself into the living room to stop in front of them. There was a long uncomfortable pause. "What the hell happened to you Evee?" he said suddenly and she winced.
"Damnit Dom!" Mia said. "Could you be less sympathetic?" she yelled and Evee smiled.
"I don't need his sympathy Mia. Truly." She said and Mia smiled weakly at her.
"It's nice to see again Evee." She said.
"It's great to see you again Mia, all of you." She said and they all smiled, except Dom.
"You just left." He said quietly and she looked at him. "No note, no goodbye, your place was just cleaned out and your truck gone. Your cell phone had been disconnected and you never sent any letters. You just left." He said and looked her in her eyes.
"Where did you go?" Vince asked.
"Everywhere. Went to Utah to visit my uncle, New York to visit my aunt, spent a few weeks there. Went to San Diego to visit my mom and dad. I told them not to call you, I knew they would as soon as I left." She said, "I went back to New York and became a cop." She said and they all looked at her. "Don't worry I'm retired. After this happened..." she gestured to the wheelchair. "They wanted to stick me behind a desk, that's like being off the force for me. So they said, either take a desk or retire, I turned in my badge and gun that very moment."
"How did you, I mean what happened?" Letty asked and Evee was silent for a long time, so long that they thought she wouldn't answer. She looked down her gaze becoming distant.
"I had just made the biggest jump of my life on my skateboard. Then one of my friends dared me to go down this mountain, more of a big hill really. The trail was winding and treacherous and lined with trees. But I didn't care; I saw it as another thrill. So I hopped on my mountain board and I started to go down it, the cheers of my friends loud in my ears. I was almost to the bottom, when my board started to wobble. I looked down and saw that one of the wheels had come loose. It flew off and I started to careen out of control, no matter how hard I tried to stay on course. I saw a log across the trail coming up and without a forth wheel I wouldn't have been able to jump it. I crashed into it and I went flying, I was wearing padding I thought I would be okay, maybe a broken bone or two. Going over 80 mph down a hill, and suddenly stopping, you'll fly far and fast. I twisted my body around in mid air and I felt my back hit a branch. The branch snapped and I went down with it. I remember looking up at the sky and thinking 'I can't feel my legs.' then I guess I passed out." Evee said.
"Evee..." Vince said but she held up a hand.
"Shh V. Let me finish before I change my mind. I woke in the hospital a month later. I still couldn't move my legs; in fact I couldn't feel my legs. Or anything below my waist for that matter, a doctor came in and I asked him what had happened. He said that I had broken my back in three places, and that I'll never walk again for the rest of my life." she said finishing and there was a pause.
"Dear god." Mia said quietly.
"No kidding." Dom said. "If you're paralyzed, then how did you drive yesterday?"
"I sued the manufacturers' of my board and won. I used that money to buy this place and got my truck enhanced with hand controls."
"I heard about that. A woman who was paralyzed from an accident involving a faulty mountain board sues the company. But never in a million years would I have ever thought that it was you." Vince said and she smiled weakly.
"Thanks Vince." She said and then looked at Dom. "There's one more thing. As I was lying there looking up at the sky the next thought that I had was that I was going to die, and that Dom never knew why I left so suddenly or how much I cared about him." Dom looked at her and after a second she looked away, not wanting him to see the emotion in her eyes.
"I guess we can't play those games anymore huh?" he asked and she laughed.
"Yeah I guess not, even though I may be paralyzed from the waist down but I can still kick your ass. Well maybe not 'kick'. You know what I mean." She said, Dom laughed and without thinking reached over and punched her leg. Mia, Letty, and Vince froze and looked from Dom to Evee who was staring at Dom.
"Shit Evee I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." Dom said looking down but she laid her hand on his arm, he looked up at her.
"It's okay really, I didn't feel a thing."
"Really?"
"Really. From my waist to the tips of my toes is technically dead, I can't feel a thing and I definitely can't move it."
"Wow, that sucks." Letty said and Evee laughed.
"You have no idea." She said and they stood.
"Well we gotta get back to the garage, it was great seeing you again Evee." Dom said and she nodded smiling.
"Hey you never know, I may just come visit you guys."
"We'd like that." Mia said and Evee saw them out. When they were gone Evee wheeled herself into her bedroom, lifted herself up into the seat harness and swung herself around. She dropped into her bed and closed her eyes.
The next day Evee was at her doctor's office.
"Evelyn, there's this new operation to repair damaged nerve cells. It's extremely risky, but if it goes a success then you may get movement back in your legs. It's a good chance you will the nerves are still just damaged, they haven't died yet. But we need to do it soon." Her doctor said and she thought for a moment.
"What's the catch?"
"If it's not a success then you may stay the way you are right now, or you may become quadriplegic." He said and she thought for a long moment. She thought back how her and Dom would race on the beach, how she would do tricks on her skate board, and how Dom used to give her piggy-back rides while running down the beach. She wanted that back; she wanted to be able to do the things she loved again. Hell if it is a success then maybe she'll take up street racing again.
"Let's do it." She said and the doctor nodded.
"How's tomorrow for you?" he asked and she looked at him shocked.
"That soon?"
"The sooner the better." He said and she nodded.
"Tomorrow is great for me." She said and they talked about the procedure some more. She left the office and went back to her car, grabbing onto the suicide handles and pulling herself up. She stored her wheelchair in the back seat and closed the door, starting the truck and driving off. She pulled up to Toretto's Garage and beeped. Dom and Vince came out from the back and they both smiled when they saw her.
"What are you doing here pumpkin?" Vince asked and she smiled, turning off the car.
"I said I might visit. Come on you two gotta help me get out." She said and they went around to the driver's side. "My chair is in the back V." she said and he got it out. Dom opened the door and picked Evee up in his arms setting her down in the chair. "You know what I didn't really need your help. But every girl likes to helped now and then by two big strong men." She said as she rolled up the driveway with them walking along side of her.
"Still the same Evee." Vince said.
"Got that right." Dom said and they all entered the garage. Letty and Mia stopped what they were doing for the time being and came over to Evee, bending down to give her a hug. Leon and Jesse looked at them and then caught Dom's eye looking away and continuing what they were doing. Letty and Mia went back to work while Dom and Evee went over to the car that Brian had delivered yesterday. She looked at the hunk-a-junk and then at Dom.
"This is your new car?" she asked and he explained what happened. "Wow, Tran certainly hasn't changed at all since I've been away."
"No kidding. So what are you doing tomorrow?"
"I got something I gotta do for the entire day. Then I'll be busy probably for the entire week." She said as she scratched her elbow.
"You always scratch your elbow when you're holding something back, so what's up?"
"It's too soon to tell. And even then...something has come up that's all. You still got my bike?" she asked changing the subject and he nodded.
"Keep it at the house."
"You been taking care of it?"
"Of course." Dom said and Brian walked in.
"Evelyn." He said surprised and Evee nodded at him.
"Brian." She said and looked away. She and Dom left the garage and went out in the sunshine.
"What was that all about?" Dom asked.
"I knew him from New York." She said.
"He's from Tucson though."
"And? I arrested him for street racing. Looks like he's back to his old tricks."
"He's not very good at it either." He said and told her about the street race that had happened earlier that week. When he was done she laughed.
"Wow, that's really funny, pathetic, but funny."
"I thought it was at the time, why did you leave?"
"I knew this was coming, but I can't tell you yet. I'm just not ready to tell you why. Or even why I'm regretting coming back in the first place." She said and Dom dropped to one knee in front of her. She looked at him and there was a look in her eyes that he couldn't decipher. She looked away and he put his hand to her cheek making her look at him again, there were tears slowly rolling down her cheeks and he brushed them away with his thumb. He hugged her suddenly and she froze before putting her arms around him.
"God I missed you so much Evee." He said and she rubbed his shoulder.
"I missed you too Dominic, more than you could ever know. I...really missed you." Evee said and Dom stood suddenly picking her up from her chair.
"But you know what?"
"What?"
"I'm so happy you're back!" he said and swung her around in a circle laughing before setting her down in her chair. He looked at her, laughter sparkling in her pure emerald green eyes. Most people with green eyes have a touch of blue or gray in them but not hers, a cat would be jealous of her eyes. As they looked in each other's eyes something new and slightly embarrassing opened up to Dom, his mind flashed back to when she was crying and how a little voice said something in the back of this head that he couldn't quite understand. He did now, when she was crying he just wanted to kiss away all her tears. This realization coming to mind killed the joyful mood for him and he stood brushing his hands on his jeans she looked at him again with that look that he didn't understand and after a little bit she shook her head.
"I have to go Dom, I'll give you guys a call later maybe." She said and he walked on the side of her in silence as she wheeled herself to her truck, he watching in surprise as she hoisted her self up into the driver's seat. He folded up her chair and set it in the back. He stepped back as she started the truck and without looking at him or saying goodbye she drove away, the truck disappearing over the hill.
"So stupid." He said to himself as he walked back into the garage.
That night he was asleep in his bed with Letty sleeping soundly next to him. He was dreaming of before Evee left, they were racing on the beach with her wearing her infamous black bikini in which she's been known to break a few hearts. Usually when he has these dreams the rest of the crew is around them but in this one they were alone. Then something that never happened in real life or the dreams, he tackled her onto the sand with him lying to the side of her. Her face was flushed and she was smiling, her chest going up and down in a heavy motion, the sun shining off her eyes. He kissed her suddenly and she gasped in surprise, he quickly pulled back and looked down.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that." He said and her hand rested on his cheek. He looked at her and her hand traveled back to grasp the back of his neck, she pulled his head down and their lips pressed together. He moved so he was on top of her and they kissed deeply.
Dom woke up sitting upright in his bed; he could still feel her in his arms the feel of her lips on his. With mixed emotions he lay back down and looked at Letty still sleeping soundly. He closed his eyes and fell back to sleep, this time the dreams of Evee he welcomed.
Evee was in the hospital the next morning. The doctors were getting her prepped for surgery, going over what the procedure would be, how long it would take approximately etc. Finally she lay on her stomach and straitened out her legs as they wheeled her on a hospital bed to the operating room.
Several hours later she was waking up, her back hurt the doctors said that was normal. She pulled the sheet away from one foot and focused on it, willing it to move. Her brows screwed up as she concentrated with all her might to make her foot move twitch a toe do something. Her foot jerked and she smiled.
A few weeks later after many strenuous physical therapy sessions she now had full use of her legs, the doctors and trainers said it was a miracle that it happened so fast. The wretched wheel chair was put into storage and she traded in her beloved truck for a newer model one with regular controls. Oh boy did she know how to surprise the crew.
Dom was surprised to see Evee talking to Mia the next morning in the garage. She was still in that wheel chair of course mustn't ask for miracles. Only she was holding herself differently, more calmly less self- consciously. She laughed at something Mia said and noticed he was there.
"Hey Dom!" she said smiling and an image of the dream he had of them kissing for the past few weeks flashed through his mind. Her long raven hair was twisted up to the back of her head and kept up with a hair clip. He continued to look at her and her smile faltered a little. "What?"
"Nothing, um hi." He said and she looked at him with an eyebrow raised before looking back at Mia. Vince and Letty walked in the double doors and joined them; Evee wheeled her self back a little so she could see them all.
"Um guys I have a surprise for you. Close your eyes." she said and they looked at her funny. "Just do it!" she said and they closed their eyes. Evee stepped off the foot rests and stood pushing the chair back so it banged against the opposite wall. They opened their eyes at this and four pairs of eyes went wide as they saw her standing in front of them. "Well, surprise!"
"You're not in your wheel chair." Dom said. "You can stand."
"Yup and run and jump and skip." She said smiling. Mia was the first to come out of her surprised and confused stupor. She jumped up and threw her arms around Evee, hugging her tightly. Letty joined them and when they had detached Vince hugged her and kissed her head.
"Congratulations sweetie." He said and pulled away. Dom was the only one still sitting.
"How...?" he began and she laughed.
"Remember that thing that I said I had to do a few weeks ago? It was a surgical procedure, never before performed. It basically repairs damaged nerve cells, and the fact that I was very busy was because I was in physical therapy. The docs said it was a miracle that I gained full use of my legs again."
"Why didn't you tell us about it?" he asked standing.
"I wanted it to be a surprise. And besides my doctor said that there was a chance that it wouldn't work. I didn't want to get your hopes up too soon. Now I have to go somewhere to be. I'll be back in about an hour, 2 tops. See ya." She said and ran out of the garage before any one them (most likely Dom) could protest. Evee hopped in her truck and drove to a fancy house with a covered garage; she parked her car and got out. She was immediately confronted by a police officer.
"Can I see some ID ma'am?" one of the asked and she took out her badge.
"Agent Evelyn Nashville, Federal Agent." She said and he looked at it closely before nodding.
"This way." He said and she followed him over a bridge that went over a pool to the main house. "Tanner! I got a Federal Agent Evelyn Nashville here." He yelled and a balding man with glasses and a mustache came over.
"A Federal Agent?" he asked.
"She's here for me Tanner." They turned to see a bald African American Fed looking at them. "What do you got for me Evee?" he asked and she went over to him, walking past mugshots of Vince and Dom.
"Not a whole lot sir, other than they're surprised as hell to see me back and now out of my chair. Dom hasn't opened up to me yet about whether or not he knows anything about the hi-jackings. What do the bosses say?"
"They said that the truck divers will be arming themselves soon, taking matters into their own hands. I tell them that we're close. We've already got Brian O'Connor working this case, and now you. The only reason I let you work on this case and not let O'Connor work on this alone is because you have a long history with them, they trust you."
"And now I'm betraying them." She said quietly looking down and he put his hand on her shoulder.
"You're doing your job. If it is Toretto and him and his team make another jacking, what if the driver is armed? One of them could get shot or killed. You're saving them." He said and she looked at him with sad eyes.
"I hate this though, Dom trusts me more than he trusts Vince, or Letty, or even Mia. It just feels like I'm setting him up to go down hard."
"We all know you have feelings for the guy, that's no secret. Hell you may even love him." he said and looked around to see if anyone was watching no one was. "Now don't tell anyone that I said this, but either get him to stop, or turn himself in. If the high-jackings stop then we'll stop going after them, if he turns himself in I'll try for a lighter sentence, maybe only probation instead of jail-time. I'm really a nice guy once you get to know me." He said and she laughed.
"Even though I heard that you are real hard on O'Connor?" she said and he smiled.
"I'm only hard on him because he's not one of mine, he's not even detective. You are a Federal Agent, hell in a few years if your career keeps going the way it's going I may have to report to you."
"Now that's a scary thought." Evee said and he laughed.
"No kidding. Now go get going. Report to me tomorrow." He said clapping her on the shoulder and she smiled walking off, just as Tanner, a cop and Brian came in. Evee got back to her car and got in driving away, when she got back to the garage the team quieted when she entered, she knew what they were talking about.
"What's up?" she asked and some of them looked down.
Oh shit, one of them must have followed me. Get ready to have your cover blown sky-high Nashville. She thought as Dom stepped forward.
"Evee we have to talk, just you an I." he said ominously.
Shit, SHIT! She thought as she and Dom walked back outside, sunlight gleaming off of the sweat that coated his arms and whatever chest exposed by the tank top he was wearing.
"What's up Dom?" she asked sounding calm.
"I talked to your doctor." He said.
Whew. Thank god I was just being paranoid. She thought while she nodded.
"And?"
"He said it was a miracle that you could walk again, he started going on and on about how this could help Christopher Reeves. I finally had to hang up on him." Dom said and she smiled.
"So, what was with the tense silence in the garage?" she asked he looked at the ground.
"That was nothing you should worry about." He said and she perked an eyebrow at him.
"I'm going to worry about it. What's going on Dom?" Evee asked and he looked in her eyes.
Should I tell her? Dom wondered as he looked at her. Does she already have suspicions?
"Really nothing Evee." He said as he touched her arm. A flash of one his dreams with her raced through his mind and he let his hand drop, suddenly feeling her in his arms. He needed to feel it for real. "Congrats on walking again." He said and drew her into his arms; he mentally sighed with relief as they held each other. He took out her hair clip and her hair fell down in obsidian waves. He pictured himself grabbing fistfuls of her hair and bringing her mouth to his. Dom pulled away and looked in her bright emerald eyes, his eyes flicked down to her kissable mouth just as her tongue darted out and wet her lips.
"Yo Dom!" Letty, his girlfriend, woman of his heart, he looked at her tearing his eyes away for Evee's moistened and glittering lips.
Damn, I need to think about something else. He thought as he pulled away.
"What is it Letty?" he asked.
"I need some help on this engine." She said waving her arm to him to come on and Dom dropped his arms looking at Evee.
"You gonna go again or you gonna stay?" He asked.
Please say you're going to leave, I won't get anything done with you around to make me think of kissing you. He thought as she shrugged.
"I'd better go." Evee said and he nodded.
Thank you. He thought as she nodded back.
"See ya." She said and turned walking back to her truck. He watched as she got in and drove away before going inside. As she drove she pulled out her cell phone and opened it dialing in some numbers then holding it to her ear, illegal I know but what cop is going to give a ticket to a Fed? "Hello sir, there's been a development. Dom almost told me something a few minutes ago, something that he said that I didn't need to worry about. Could've been about the high-jackings could've been about something else, I don't know. He may be getting ready to tell me. I'll keep you posted." She said and hung up putting the phone back in her cup holder. She drove to her apartment building, when she got to her apartment she crashed in her bedroom.
When Evee woke up it was after dark and her phone was ringing. She fumbled for it and held it to her ear.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Evelyn, get down here now, the bosses are here. Dress for the job." Her boss's voice said and the line went dead.
"Why hello to you too." She said into the buzzing phone and hung it up. She got up and put on a dress suit, complete with her badge and shoulder holsters on over the white dress shirt and under the black suit coat. Black high-heeled dress boots under black suit pants. She left her apartment and instantly became fully awake in the cool night air, she slid into the divers seat of her car and pulled down the mirror, getting a brush and pulling it through her hair. She pulled a black clip out of her glove compartment (do you know anyone who actually keeps gloves in there?) and put her hair up allowing a few tendrils to frame her face. She did her makeup after getting the day's smudged make-up off with baby wipes she keeps in her car. Within ten minutes she was pulling away from the curb and driving down the street.
When she pulled up to the house, several cars were already there and she just parked hers next to a black sedan that just screamed "FEDS!!". She got out and walked up to the house seeing several severe looking men in suits. She opened the door and they turned to look at her.
"So good of you to join us Agent Nashville." One of them said sarcastically and she growled quietly, she hated top brass. Evee stayed silent, or risks losing her job, and walked further into the house. She noticed that all the police were gone and the only one's there were the feds.
"So what's the situation with the high-jackings?" one of the brass asked Evee's boss.
"Why don't you ask Agent Nashville, she's apart of this assignment too." He said and they turned to look at her.
"Well?"
"As of this afternoon Dominic Toretto may be breaking down. He almost told me something today."
"Almost?"
"He hesitated, like he wanted to tell me but he didn't. But I firmly believe that he will tell me in the next couple of days."
"Why you? What's so special about you?" the sarcastic brass asked and she looked at him.
"Dom and I grew up together. I'm a best friend to him, his sister Mia, his girlfriend Letty and his friend Vince. But since I left there's been two additions to the team. Two men, one named Leon, and the other Jesse. I haven't had the opportunity to talk to them as of yet."
"What is your relationship with Dominic Toretto?" he asked and she caught her breath.
"Please specify the question."
"Have you two ever been in a romantic relationship?" he asked.
"No." her boss answered quickly and she flinched.
"Yes." She said and he looked at her.
"What? You never told me this."
"I didn't think it was important. We had a brief relationship when we were in high school."
"Describe brief." The sarcastic brass said.
"A few months."
"Did you have sexual intercourse?" he asked and she looked at him, shocked.
"What? What kind of question is that?"
"Answer the question Agent Nashville. Did you have sexual intercourse with Dominic Toretto in your few month relationship with him when you two were in high school?"
"No. After a few months we realized that we would be better off as friends, and by that time Letty had caught his eye so we broke up. Simple as that. What's with all these questions anyway? Am I being interrogated?" Evee asked looking at them.
"Of course not Evee. They just wanted to see if you could be protecting him by withholding information that's all." Her boss said and she turned walking out saying:
"I shouldn't have to deal with this shit." She walked out onto the bridge as her boss came out.
"Evee wait!" he said and she turned around.
"For what Mark?" she said foregoing the title of 'sir' for now. "For me to be sat down at a table with a light shining in my face and a polygraph strapped to my arm. No thank you!" she said and turned again but didn't start walking. He joined her on the bridge and they both looked at the distortions of light coming from the lighted pool.
"You're right, you shouldn't have to deal with this shit. You and I both know you kick ass at your job, and you and I both know that top brass can be real assholes at times. You surprised me in there when you said that you and Toretto used to have a relationship." He said and she snorted.
"I shouldn't have been even asked the question. I know it's Dom doing this, but I want to hear him say it. I need to hear him say it. I need to hear the words 'Evee I've been doing truck-jackings' come out of his mouth. I've got it bad for him Mark, I really and truly do." she said and he chuckled.
"We all knew that already, especially when this assignment came across your desk. We all watched, discretely of course, as the look in you eyes just went soft when you read the report, saw the name and the surveillance photos. But I think you needed this assignment, not only for your career, but also for your peace of mind. You missed him, we all knew that you missed someone real bad, we just didn't know who until we watched you. Maybe when this is all said and done you could retire and just spend the rest of your days as a grease monkey for Dom Toretto and his band of street racing miscreants." He said and she laughed. She turned and started to walk away. "Where you going now?"
"I don't know, but something tells me that my car is going to steer its way over to Dom's." she said still walking and left hearing his laughter.
As she drove she found herself on Dom's block, then in front of Dom's house garage. Looked like a party was in full swing up at the house and she almost wanted to go join them, but she would raise a lot of questions if she showed up in a dress suit, a gun and a Federal Agent badge. Her eyes scanned the property and fell on a small light from inside the garage.
Somehow I don't think it's one of the team checking stuff out. She thought as she cut the engine and got out of her car, she quietly stalked to the garage, quite a mean feat considering she's wearing high heels on pavement, it tends to make a clacking sound. She drew her gun and crept into the garage, there was a small sound and she went in the direction of it. She saw a shadowy figure looking through boxes and at the Charger. She pointed her gun at the figure, aimed so that if she fired she would get their shoulder.
"Stop what you're doing and put your hands on your head." she said loudly and the figure stopped. Whoever it was put their hands on their head and she reached up pulling a chain clicking on the light. "Johnny Tran, can't say it's great to see you again." She said and the tall Asian smiled smugly at her.
"Evelyn Nashville can't say I welcome you back. So you a cop now?" he asked as she went over to him, gun still out, and pushed him against the wall.
"Put your hands on the wall and spread your feet." She commanded, in Agent mode now, and he did. "I said spread'em." She said and kicked his feet apart; she holstered her gun and patted him down finding a revolver strapped to the small of his back. She slipped it in her back waistband and stood. "What are you doing here Tran?"
"Just looking around, so answer my question. You a cop?"
"I'm letting you go with a warning, and you don't get your gun back. If I see you snooping around anywhere near Dom's things I'll bring you in." Evee said and he looked at her, still smiling smugly.
"So you are a cop." He looked at her closely. "No not a cop, a fed." He said and she pushed him towards the door.
"Get lost Tran." She said sternly.
"What? Afraid I'll tell Toretto?" he asked.
"Tell Toretto what?" they looked over to see Dom leaning in the doorway, still in his racing clothes.
"Dominic, so good of you to join us." Tran said and Dom looked at Evee.
"What are you two doing in here, alone?" he asked and she saw his jaw clench.
It's not what you think Dom. She thought and grabbed Tran's arm dragging him over to the door, she pushed him past Dom.
"Go Tran, and remember what I said." she said and he started to walk away. When he was gone she looked at Dom. "I guess you're wondering what that was all about huh?"
"I would like you know." he said and gave her a once over, she silently thanked god that the coat was long enough to hide her badge that was clipped to her belt loop. "What's with the suit?" he asked smiling slightly.
"I had a meeting with my old bosses, they wanted me back on the force but I turned them down." Evee said. "And the thing with Tran, I was driving back to my apartment, and of course my car having a mind of its own wanted to come here. I caught him snooping around in the garage, looking through boxes and at your dad's Charger. Looks like I get here before he caused any damage." She said and he nodded at her. He put his hands on her waist suddenly and pushed her into the garage wall. Dom pressed against her and his hands slid slowly up her legs.
Oh god please not let me be dreaming. She thought as his fingers worked on her coat buttons. He grasped her waist and pulled her into him, his hands moved up her waist and under her coat. She realized it too late. He's frisking me! She thought as he felt the gun and pulled it out of the holster. He looked at it letting the moonlight catch it.
"This is a nice piece." He said and looked at her. He put her gun in his back waistband and flung open her coat seeing the badge as it caught the light. "It goes with the badge." He said sounding mad, and worse, betrayed. "You're a cop."
"No Dom I'm not." She said and he looked at her.
"Don't lie to me Evee." Dom said and she snorted humorlessly looking at her feet.
"I'm not lying, I'm really not a cop."
"Then what are you? A Fed?" he asked and she looked up quickly catching his eyes. "No." he said getting the message and backed away. "No!" he yelled.
"Dom please just listen." Evee said helplessly but he put his hand up.
"I don't want to hear it. You're a fucking Federal Agent!" he yelled and they both noticed that the music was gone. "A Fed, oh this is just great. Were you investigating me?"
"Dom..."
"Answer the fucking question! Were you investigating me?"
"I can't tell what I am or am not investigating. For all you know I might be investigating Tran. He has raised some interesting questions up at HQ." She said and they both heard the back door open and a few people come out. "Shit." She said as Vince, Letty, Mia, Leon and Jesse came walking towards them.
"What's up Dom?" Vince asked looking between the two tense people standing in front of them.
"Ask Evee." He said turning around so his back was to her. Pain lanced through her at this dismissal.
"Evee, what's going on? What's up with Dom?" Vince asked her and she sighed.
"This is not how I pictured you guys finding out. Guys, I'm a Federal Agent." She said and Vince laughed.
"No really, what's up, that's funny though." But Evee wasn't laughing; she unclipped her badge and showed it to them. "Holy shit." He said and turned away facing the house. Mia came over and took the badge from her, looking at it closely.
"A Fed?" she asked weakly. "Damn that's a lot better than being a doctor." She said and gave the badge back to her, hugging her. "You're still the girl I grew up with, no matter what anyone says." She whispered and pulled away looking at her. "Federal Agent suits you." She said and Evee laughed.
"Oh gee thanks." She said and Mia chuckled. Letty stayed over by Dom, Leon and Jesse stayed at a distance. "Now everyone's treating me like I have the plague or something." She said and Mia looked at them.
"What's wrong with you guys, Letty, Vince, Dom. Evee is still the girl we grew up with, the girl next door." Mia said and Dom snorted.
"Dom, give me my gun back." Evee said and he looked at her.
"What?"
"You took the fire arm of Federal Agent, you need to give it back." She said and he got her gun handing it to her, she holstered it again and clipped her badge back on her belt loop, buttoning her coat closed. She took her cell phone out and opened it dialing in a few numbers. "I need to speak with the boss." She said into it. "Agent Nashville, yeah I'll hold." They stood there in uncomfortable silence. "Hello sir, there's been another development. My cover was just blown, you can thank Johnny Tran." She looked at Dom. "No I staying with this. Okay, okay, I'll keep you posted." She said and closed it, putting it back in her coat pocket. She started to walk down the driveway; she had to pass Dom though on her way out. Evee stepped past him and he grabbed her arm, she turned to look at him, seeing pain, betrayal, and rage in his eyes.
"Don't come around here no more Evelyn." He growled and she blinked rapidly to keep tears from forming in her eyes. Dom felt himself grow soft seeing this.
Shit, she's gonna cry and I'm gonna be the one that causes it. Screw her, she's a Fed, remember? He thought as she nodded and he released her arm, she turned and walked down the driveway to her car.
Evee climbed into her car, tears running down her cheeks. The dome light went on as she started it up. She drove away and back to her apartment, when she got to her bedroom at last she collapsed onto her bed and sobbed into her pillow.
The next morning when she woke up she staggered into the bathroom and took a long hot shower, for a long while after she sat on the edge of her bed in a towel, her hair in wet cords hanging down dripping water on the floor. She looked at her badge real closely.
Is it all worth it? She wondered as she put it back in her nightstand drawer that also held her gun and extra clips, Tran's gun was a new addition.
Three days later Evee finished getting dressed and just as she was about to walk out the door when her phone rang, she sighed heavily before closing the door and picking up the phone.
"Hello?" she asked and was met by silence. "Hello?"
"I...I..." a familiar voice said then there was a sigh and a click when they hung up.
"Dom! Dom!" she said but there was only a buzzing sound. "Shit!" she hung up the phone, slammed it down on the receiver is a more accurate description. By pure habit she grabbed her gun and badge and jetted out the door to her car, she jumped into the drivers' seat and started it up screeching away from the curb. She was on the road to Dom's house when she heard a siren and red and blue light flashing into her rear-view mirror. "Son of a bitch!" she yelled and pulled over to the side of the road getting her badge out. A patrol cop in uniform got out of the cruiser and approached her truck; she rolled down her window.
"Ma'am can I see your license and..." he started but she held up her badge.
"Listen rent-a-cop I'm on assignment and I need to get to the place I'm going or the guy I'm after who I've been chasing over 5 state lines by the way is going to escape again." She said and he held up his hands.
"I'm sorry Agent, I'll let you go." He said and she put away her badge.
"Watch your toes." She said and stepped on the gas. When she pulled up to the house she sat in her car for a little while.
What am I doing? She thought and her mind flashed back on Dom's voice, full of emotion, on the phone. She got out and walked up the steps to the front door. She raised her fist and hesitated before knocking on the door. It was immediately opened by Mia.
"Evee what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Dom called, at lease I think it was him." she said.
"Dom called you? What did he say?"
"He only stammered 'I' I'm sorry I'm overreacting. I should go." She said and turned to leave.
"Evee." She turned back to see Mia turned to the side letting her have a full view of Dom.
"Dom..." she started as he walked to the doorway. Mia politely walked away and he leaned on the doorway looking at her. "Um...hi." She said looking down.
"Evee...I...I...I just wanted to say that I was sorry, about the way I acted when I found out what you were." he said and she spread her arms.
"What am I Dom? Am I any different than I was before I left? Do I still have a quirky sense of humor? Do I still tend to surprise people?" she asked and he looked down for a second.
"You're a Fed Evee, a Federal Agent." He said and she sighed, her arms dropping to her sides.
"I'm not dealing with this right now." she said and turned to leave.
"You still run away from conflict." He said and she turned back around.
"If I did that I would suck at my job, but I don't I kick ass." Evee said.
"Let me rephrase that, you still run away from any conflict with me. Why is that? Why is it that every time an argument with me threatens to turn up you dismiss it or run?"
"Because I don't want to argue with you."
"Why not? Afraid I'll win?"
"Oh you so would not win." She said and a mischievous smile came over his face.
"Prove it."
"Let me get this straight, you want to have an argument on whether or not you would win an argument, you are so unhinged." She said and turned to walk away again but he grabbed her arm.
"Evee, don't listen to me, I'm not making much sense, I haven't been getting much sleep lately."
"Why?"
"I've been dreaming of you."
"Good or bad?"
"Indifferent. Some of them are good, like when we would race on the beach, some of them bad, like when you left, and some I don't know."
"Like?"
"Like when you came back, I mean I was happy, but I was also a little confused and sad. The one I had last night was when I found out you were a Fed."
"Ah, I guess that goes under 'bad'."
"Kinda." Dom said and they stood there in silence.
"Letty left me." He said and Evee looked at him.
"What? Why?" she asked and he snorted.
"Well she didn't say to me as much as 'I want to break up' more like she left with Leon and left a note on my pillow saying that she was sorry."
"She left with Leon. If I ever see her again I'll bitch slap her." Evee said and he snorted again.
"If I ever see him again I'll beat the shit out of him." he said and she walked over putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you okay though?" she asked and he shrugged looking down.
"I loved her and she betrayed me. But I figured out when I just lay on what used me hers and my bed and just thought about my situation. I realized that I wasn't in love with her anymore, that I wasn't even before she ditched me."
"What do you mean?" Evee asked dropping her hand, he caught it before it went to her side.
"I had fallen in love with someone else, and I fell hard."
"Who?"
"You." He said looking at her squeezing her hand and her eyes went wide.
"Oh." she said squeezed back, a slow smile came over her face. "Well I beat you in that race, I've loved you for years." She said and Dom smiled.
"Really?"
"Really." She said and he pulled her into his arms.
"It's about time!" they looked over to see Mia smiling.
"What are you talking about Mia?" Dom asked.
"It's about time you guys told each other, I knew before you guys did." She said.
"Then why didn't you fill us in?" Evee asked listening to Dom's heartbeat through his white T-shirt.
"You guys wouldn't have believed me, no one believes 'the sister'. This is like a bad soap opera." She said and they laughed.
"Oh I can think of the perfect name for it!" Evee said and Dom looked at her.
"Really, what?"
"The Fast and The Furious." She said and Dom laughed.
"That is so corny!" he said and they laughed again. Vince appeared and looked at the two still holding each other.
"This is new, ya finally told each other that ya loved each other?" he asked.
"Did everyone know but us?" Evee asked.
"Looks like." Dom said and kissed her and her hands came up to the back of his neck as the kiss became deeper. Her cell phone rang and they broke apart.
"Damn." She said and pulled it out looking at the caller ID. "I gotta take this." she said and flipped it open. "Agent Nashville." She said. "Really? Uh huh, okay, I'm on my way." She hung up, putting the phone back in her pocket. "Duty calls." She said and she and Dom kissed quickly.
"Okay, be careful." Dom said.
"You okay with having a Fed for a girlfriend?" she asked.
"Yeah I guess, it's kinda sexy." He said and they kissed quickly again, before she walked to her car and got in driving away.
When she entered the house, Mark looked at her.
"What?" she asked and he laid down a few pictures of her and Dom, the last one being of them kissing.
"The marvel of instant Polaroid's." he said and she looked him in the eyes, refusing to be embarrassed.
"Who took these?" she asked.
"That isn't important. I pulled O'Connor from this case because he was getting too emotionally involved with Toretto's sister, I'm considering pulling you too." He said.
"What? I'm getting close."
"You sure are."
"O'Connor was a fool, he was working the friend angle, I'm doing the more direct approach. He'll tell me things that he wouldn't tell Brian." Evee said and he looked at the table.
"Do you love him?"
"Dom?"
"Yes Dom, do you love him?" Mark asked and she sighed.
"Yes I do. I've loved him for years."
"What happened to the girlfriend?"
"Letty ran off with Leon." She said and he nodded.
"Does he love you?"
"Yes, he told me before I told him."
"I got a bad feeling about this, but I'll keep you on the case. I want results by the end of this week. In four days I want this case cracked or I'm pulling you and bringing him in for questioning."
"What happened?"
"There was another hit last night." He said and Evee looked down.
"Shit. I'll get this case done, if I don't I'll resign." She said and walked away. She called the house from her cell phone Dom picked up.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Hey Dom it's me, I need to talk to you, it's important really important." She said.
"Where do you want to meet?"
"Uh...the garage." She said.
"Okay, see you there. I love you." Dom said and her heart skipped a beat.
"I love you too." She said and hung up. She swung the wheel around in a U-turn and headed for the garage. When she got there Dom's car was already in the driveway. She parked on the street and turned off the car getting out. She walked into the garage and was grabbed from behind as Dom put his arms around her waist.
"Hi." He growled into her hair.
"Hi." She said back smiling. "Dom, I need to tell you something." Evee said suddenly getting serious.
"Yes?"
"Remember when you asked if I was investigating you or not?"
"Yes."
"Well I am, Dom I know you've been hi-jacking trucks." She said and he froze. His arms came from around her waist.
"What are you talking about? What trucks?" he said and she faced him.
"Don't lie to me Dom. I know, I've known all along. There is no way in hell you can pay for all the shit that under the hood of those cars by selling groceries and doing tune-ups. The Feds are involved and you have to stop." Evee said.
"Just one more after Race Wars and I will."
"No it ends now, the truck drivers, they're starting to arm themselves. Now I don't want anything to happen to you, or Jesse, or Vince, or whoever is involved. I'm guessing that Leon and Letty were in on it too."
"Yes, Leon watched the police scanners and Letty blocked off a side retreat, Leon on the other side and Jesse in back. Vince and I were in front doing the work. And what do you mean by they're starting to arm themselves?"
"I mean that after Race Wars and you attempt to do a job, the guy will most likely have a rifle in the front seat. You need to stop, I couldn't stand the thought of losing you or Vince." She said and he was silent for a long time.
"Fine I'll stop. I won't do it anymore." He said and she put her hands on the sides of his face, smiling.
"Thank you." She said and they kissed. "Thank you so much. My boss said that if you stopped he would stop the investigation. But I think it's time that you had a long vacation, like in Mexico or something." She said and he smiled at her.
"Mexico, will a certain Federal Agent be with me?"
"Oh I don't know, but probably, hell with my frequent flier miles I could fly us, and the whole team to Europe." Evee said and Dom kissed her forehead.
"How about just you and I?" he asked.
"Sounds like fun, but there's something I gotta do." she said and took out her cell phone. She flipped it open and pressed a few buttons. "Hey boss, I'm with Toretto, I talked to him he said that he would stop I have his honest word on that. Okay, no Mark I won't be at the airport, I'm staying here in LA. No I'm not resigning; I just can't go back to DC. Okay, thank you for understanding I'll keep an eye out for them. Bye." She hung up.
"Keep an eye out for what?"
"Assignments that will be coming in the mail. What do you got planned for tonight?"
"I don't know, there's a race tonight. Unfortunately Tran spread the word that you're a Fed he probably guessed the night that you confronted him in my garage. So I won't have my good luck charm around."
"Hell to that, I'll go off duty." She took out her cell phone again and hit re-dial. "Hey boss, I'm off duty tonight." She hung up. "There, that's settled."
"I'm not going to win this am I?" Dom asked and she smiled.
"Nope." Evee said and they kissed again. "Come on lets go back to the house." They started to walk to the doors. "Oh and Dom?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks again." She said and they left the garage.
That night Dom and Evee got out of Dom's car and were instantly surrounded by other racers. Dom started to make deals and Evee discretely backed away. She noticed that other racers were giving her sideways glances. Then again it could be because of what she was wearing, white spaghetti strap tank top under a black fishnet shirt, a black leather mini- skirt and knee high leather boots that zipped up the back, a small black leather bag on her back. It also could be because they really didn't want a Fed at an illegal street race but didn't want to say anything. As she stood with Mia while Dom talked things over, Hector walked up.
"Hi Evee, long time no see." He said.
"Hi Hector, what up with you lately?"
"Same shit. A few of my racers are uncomfortable with having a Fed around."
"I'm off duty tonight Hector." She said and he sighed.
"Really?"
"Really."
"You're not just saying that?"
"I'm really off duty tonight."
"Okay, thanks for clearing that up." he said and walked away. Dom walked over.
"What was that all about?" he asked putting his arms around her waist.
"Hector just wanted to tell me that the racers don't like having me around. I told him I was off duty."
"Okay, well the race is about to start. So come on let's go." He said and they got into his car. They, the remaining members of the team and the other racers drove to the spot and Evee got out when he stopped at the line, she looked across the 6 cars to see Johnny and Lance Tran looking at her. She waved at them and blew them a kiss and Mia laughed.
"Hey Evee have you see Brian lately?" Mia asked and before she could answer the race had mercifully started. She and Mia cheered as Dom roared ahead and they started to run to get to the finish line. When they got there Dom had started to collect money and he handed it to Mia to count.
"Now for my new trophy." He said as he picked Evee up around her waist. When he had set her down on her feet she put her mouth next to ear.
"There's something I gotta do." she said and broke away from him going over to Lance and Johnny Tran. She took out her cell phone and hit re- dial. "Boss I'm on duty again." They stopped talking to their losing racer and looked at her as she approached.
"Hello Fed." Lance said and she perked an eyebrow at him.
"Lance." She said and Johnny stepped forward.
"Evelyn, what are you doing here?"
"What, I'm not allowed to have a good time?" she asked. "Mirroring your actions Johnny I went snooping around in your garage. Found 2 machine guns."
"Did you have a warrant?" he asked.
"I'm the lead Federal Agent in an ongoing investigation, I didn't need one, all I needed was my badge." She reached into her bag and pulled it out. "And I never leave home without it. I sent some of the bullets back to HQ on overnight shipping they matched the bullets found at the scene of 3 drive by shootings, while I was snooping around, I fired one. The markings were a complete match too." She took a pair of handcuffs out of her bag. "Johnny and Lance Tran you're under arrest by the United States FBI for murder. You..." she pointed to their racer. "Go get Dom, now." he raced off and a few seconds later came back with Dom.
"What's up Evee?" he asked.
"Dominic Toretto you are hereby a temporary deputy of the FBI. I need your assistance in arresting these two for murder." she handed him a pair of handcuffs. "You get the cousin I got Johnny."
"You're arresting them?"
"Yup."
"I knew I loved you for a reason." He said and they moved to the two. She put the cuffs on Johnny.
"You have the right to remain silent, anything you say or do can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you and I will personally make sure that it is the worst in the world." She said and turned at a small scream. Dom was on the ground with a slash mark across his chest and Lance had a knife in his hand. He raised it at her and she pulled her gun. "Stop!" she yelled but his arm came down, she pulled off two shots and they took him in the chest. He fell to the ground, blood blossoming out of his chest. He exhaled a shaky breath and lay still. Dom got to his feet and checked Lance's pulse. "It's no use Dom, those were kill shots. He's dead."
"You killed him, you shot him and you didn't even flinch." Dom said and she looked away.
"If I flinched I would be dead." She said and turned back to Johnny who was staring at the body of his cousin. She took out her cell phone and hit re-dial. "I need a pick up, one in custody and one body bag." She said and hung up.
"You're not going tell them where we are?" Dom asked.
"My cell phone has a tracker in it, as long as I keep it on they can always find me." She said and went over to him looking at the wound on his chest. "I've got to say this, he wasn't very good. You won't even need stitches, and I doubt there'll be a scar."
"Evee put away your gun." He said and she looked down, it was still in her hand and her finger was still on the trigger.
"Damn, I didn't even know I still had it in my hand." She said and clicked the safety on putting it back in her bag. A black sedan and a black van pulled up and a few men in suits got out of both. They started to talk to Evee and a couple of them put Johnny in the back of the car while another two put Lance in a body bag, putting the knife in an evidence bag. The body was put in the back of the van and as suddenly as they got there they left. Evee noticed that a silent crowd had gathered and she looked at Dom pleadingly. "Can we please leave?" she asked and he nodded. They got in Dom's car and left driving back to house.
Dom and Evee were lying on his bed, Dom's chest was bare and the cut was cleaned up. Evee had her head on his chest wearing only the tank top and her underwear.
"What'll happen now?" he asked.
"I'll have to go to DC for a ES hearing."
"ES?"
"Emotional Stability, they want to see if I can stand the fact that I killed someone. I've been through them before though."
"How many people have you killed on the job?"
"4 or 5, the first one was the night in lost my partner. You would've liked him Dom, you two were a lot alike."
"What was his name?"
"Edmund Duma."
"How did he die?"
"Was shot by a perp, on assignment. His killer was the first person I killed. Eddy died in my arms Dom, you have no idea how that feels." She said and he stroked her hair. "I still have his flag at my apartment, one was given to his family and one was given to me. He left behind a wife and kids."
"You'll never lose me Evee." Dom said and she looked up at him.
"God I hope not Dom, I really do." she said and put her head back on his chest. They just laid there, Evee with her head on his chest and her arm across his stomach and Dom stroking her hair. *~*~*~*~*~*
Dom and Evee were at the airport her flight was soon.
"Flight 975 from Los Angeles to Washington DC is now boarding." An announcement said she shifted her bag handle in her hand.
"Where's Mia and Vince?" she asked.
"I told them that I needed to see you off alone. You'll call me from DC right?"
"Yes, it'll be a three hour time difference but I will." she said and he nodded. She dropped her bags as they embraced. "I love you Dominic."
"I love you too Evelyn." He said and they kissed.
"Final boarding call for Flight 975 from Los Angeles to Washington DC." The announcement and the pushed away from each other, she picked up her bags.
Dom watched as she walked to the gate and disappeared down the long hallway.