Six months later

Zan took a deep breath and grabbed his skate board. "Dude, don't do this." Evan said grabbing his shirt.

"It's cool man." Zan smiled wryly.

"C'mon Ortiz. Don't bitch out." Roger Stone and his friends laughed. "Gonna run home to your Momma."

Zan flicked him off and climbed the top of the steps trailing his fingers along the rail. Roger Stone and his friends were being jerks. Zan wanted to shut up the older boys. They dared him to skateboard down the rail of the public library steps.

He took a deep breathe it was put up or shut up. Letty had always taught him to stand by his convictions and never back down. This was one of those moments for him. At the top of the steps Zan tightened his helmet straps. Mia had made him wear it. She wanted him to wear the knee and elbow pads too, but Letty told her that she didn't' want him to look like a pussy with all those pads. Mia wouldn't budge on the helmet.

He dropped the board and got on. He pushed forward giving him enough momentum to jump on the rail. He made the jump and slide down the rail. As he traveled he felt the adrenaline rush the feeling that you're impervious to everything, for those brief seconds he was free. He didn't stick the landing and flew forward hitting the ground somewhat hard.

"Damn." Roger yelled. He went over to Zan. "You alright Ortiz? That was pretty bad ass." He helped him up. "Didn't think you had it in you."

Zan looked at his elbows they were pretty bloody so were his knees. "My Aunt Mia is gonna to kill me." He winced as he looked at his elbows.

"Dude you should really get that looked at." Evan added grossed out.

Zan nodded and bump fist with the guys. "See you guys later."

"Yeah, later Ortiz." Roger said shaking his head. "That kid is crazy." He said walking over to his group of friends.

Zan hopped on his skateboard and headed home. He got off the board when he was a house away. There was a large man smoking a cigarette standing in front of his house. He looked back at Zan when he heard him approached. "What happened to you?" The man asked.

"I fell off my board, doing a trick." Zan noticed that the blood was running down his arms. He wiped his arm off with his shirt tail. He studied the man's face. There was something familiar about him.

"You know if Mia Toretto still lives here?" He asked pointing at the house.

Zan nodded. "Yeah, me and my Mom live here too."

He stepped closer to Zan leaning down to talk to him eye level. "Your Mom?" The man laughed. "Whose your mother kid?"

Zan made a face. "Whose your mom?"

The man laughed again and put out his cigarette. He stared at the house again. "How's she doing?" He nervously ran his hand through his hair.

"Why don't you ask her yourself. She's home." Zan pushed by him and climbed the few steps to the house. He opened the door and looked back. "You coming?"

The man nodded and followed Zan. "Aunt Mia!" Zan yelled throwing his skateboard in the hall closet. "There's a tattoo guy outside looking for you."

Mia came out the kitchen wiping her hands on a dish towel. "Do you have to yell?" Mia noticed his bloody elbows. "What happened?"

"Fell off my board." He smiled wryly.

Mia shook her head. "I swear you are more like your parents everyday...Don't bleed on my floor. I'm getting the first aid kit." She shortly returned with the kit.

She started tending to his elbows. "What were you saying about some guy looking for me." She asked as she wiped away the blood.

"He's standing on the front lawn."

"Did he tell you his name?"
"No."

Mia scrunched her face up. "What did he look like?" She placed a giant band aid one elbow.

"I dunno" He shrugged. "Big and hairy and he had this wicked scar wrapping around his arm."

Mia looked at the boy frozen. "What?"

"A scar it wrapped around his arm."

Mia slowly stood up and went to the door. "Vince?" She croaked out.

He ran his hand through his hair. "Hey, Mia."

Tears were falling from Mia's face. "Oh my god." She jumped in his arms.

"Good to see you too." He laughed. They hugged in the middle of the lawn for a while. "You gonna let go."

Mia shook her head. "No. Never again."

The sound of a car door slamming broke them of their trance. "Shut up Leon before I kick your ass." Letty shouted.

Leon laughed. "I would love to see your fat ass try to catch me." He pulled the groceries from the back.

They both froze at the sight of Vince on the lawn. "Look who it is. Old Coyotes 'R' Us." Leon shouted. The two men hugged.

"Course he would show up round dinner time." Letty replied beaming.

Vince pulled away from Leon and got a good look at Letty. "Damn girl you swallow a Mini Cooper?"

Letty smiled. "Shut up for I have to kick your ass too." Vince picked her up as he hugged her.

He put her down after a while. "Who did this to you?" He said looking at her up and down.

"Dom."

Vince arched his eyebrow. "He around?" His voice cracking.

Letty shook her head. "He's back in Lompac."

Vince looked shocked. "He, he..."

Letty laughed. "Don't stress about it, man. I'll tell you everything later. But, right now I'm craving a peanut butter, pickle and banana sandwich." Letty wrapped her arm around his. "Mia, Zan home?"

"Yeah and he banged up his elbows pretty bad. I told you to get him elbow pads."

Letty rolled her eyes. "She still Momma Mia." She said to Vince patting him on the back.

"Alexander!" Letty shouted when she got in the house.

Mia rolled her eyes. "Now I see where he gets it."

Zan came down the steps. "Come here. There someone I want to introduce you to."

"Vincent this is my boy Alexander Vincent."

"Did I miss something?" He said playfully.

"You wish." She elbowed him in the side.

"How you doing, big man."

"Good." Zan said leaning against the stair railings. "So you're Vince?"

Vince laughed. He noticed that Zan was a doppelganger for Dom except he had his mother's eyes. "Yeah I'm Vince."

Zan smiled and bumped fist with Vince. "Nice to finally meet you, man."

Vince smiled. "I like this kid. Got a good name too. Alexander Vincent." He looked at Mia and winked. "So, whens dinner?"

Letty locked arms with him. "Still same old V always hungry. C'mon I'll fix you a pre dinner snack."

Mia had thrown out the idea of making dinner and decided to order in Chinese. She wanted to be in the conversations that everyone was having not stuck in the kitchen. She hung up the phone and looked at her family. Vince and Leon both had Corona's in their hands laughing. Lindsay was snapping pictures of everyone. Zan and Austin playing video games joking with each other. It was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen.

"All we're missing is Dom and Jess, eh?" Letty said standing next to her.

Mia nodded and wiped her eyes. "I never knew how much I missed this. Everyone together." Mia looked at Letty in the eyes. "We're a family again."

"Yeah girl."

The doorbell rang and Zan hopped up. "That was quick." Letty told Mia. As Zan opened the door Letty remembered that Brian was coming over for dinner. "Oh shit." She mumbled.

Brian gave a quick hug to Zan and walked in further in the house.

Leon froze and looked at Letty and Mia and back to the blond. Vince looked in the direction of Leon, Mia, and Letty's eyes. He stood up and puffed out his chest.

"What the fuck is he doing here." He stalked over and stood in front of Zan.

"Austin why don't you and Zan go pick up some ice cream." Letty handed Austin some money not breaking her eyes from Vince and Brian.

"Ok." Austin replied nervously.

"Mom?" Zan turned to Letty. He knew they were going to have at 'talk' and it was going to be a serious one because she was sending him away.

"It's cool, Kiddo." She went and kissed him on the forehead. "Just go with Austin, ok?"

Zan nodded. "See ya, Brian."

Brian rubbed his head. "Bye Zan." His eyes were still locked on Vince.

"Vince you still gonna be here when we get back?" Zan asked.

"Yeah kid. I ain't gonna anywhere."

Both Brian and Vince didn't make a move or sound until they heard Austin pulling off. Vince's fist were balled at his sides. He was going to make Brian bleed. It wasn't until he felt Mia's hand intertwine with his did he calm down a bit. He looked down at his hand and hers.

"A lot of things have change V." Letty told him. "Give him a chance."

Vince huffed. "And if I don't like what the busta has to say..." He said getting in Letty's face.

She smirked. She had missed Vince and his gruffness. "Just listen Baby Bear."

He nodded in response and allowed Mia to led him to the couch. "Talk Spillner."

"First off it's O'Conner. Spillner was my undercover name." Brian told him. He went on to tell Vince about everything since the heist and after the heist. How he gave Dom his car, his time in Miami, helping Letty clear Dom's name, and how Mia forgave him for breaking her heart. Vince seemed to listen soaking in the last nine years of Brian's life. He still was pissed, but he couldn't be so mad after all he did save his life and protected his family. Vince stood up and smiled then punched him in the gut.

"I've been waiting to do that for a while."

Letty arched her eyebrow. "Better?"

Vince smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "Yes." The doorbell rang and his smile got bigger. "Food here."

Austin and Zan came up not long after the delivery man with the ice cream. Zan knew that something had happened the way everyone was quiet. He looked at his Mom, she looked happy, but Zan wasn't sure if it was because of the food. She was pregnant with his twin sisters. He was pretty excited about being a big brother. But things were tough for his mother without his father around. She would cry at night when she thought no one was listening. She would get sad sometimes but whenever he would ask her about it, she just smile and kiss him on the forehead and tell him hormones. His Mom was tough, but sometimes Zan wished she would stop being so tough and just be. She carried too much on her shoulders, even when they were moving a lot she was always the one to handle everything. She told his father when to stop, which hotels to stay in. She told him that they should slow down, put him in school allow him to have a life. He knew everything that she did was for him.

"Hey, Kiddo." Letty grabbed a control. "What we playing." Letty sat on the couch next to her son. She folded her legs under her.

"Resident Evil."

"That the one with the Zombies?"

"Yeah."

"You ok, Mom?"

"I'm ok Zan."

"Really? Don't just say that cause you don't think I can't handle the truth. I'm not a little baby anymore."

Letty laid the controller down and looked at her son. He was growing up too fast for her liking, but he was growing into this amazing person. He was sweet, funny, smart, loving, and had the need for adrenaline. He got his fix in more constructive ways than her and Dom did. He was into sports, surfing, skateboarding, and baseball. She was proud of the young man he was becoming. "I know you're not a baby." She nudged him. "But I just want you to be a kid. I don't want you to worry about anything."

"But I worry about you."

"You don't have to."

Zan shrugged. "I can't help it, you're my Mom. Es mi corazón."

"Y usted es el mío."

"Hey, Let I'ma head out." Brian said as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"You alright?"

He nodded. "They seem happy." He pointed to Vince and Mia. They were at the table with the others. Mia had her arms wrapped around Vince's laughing.

Letty smiled. "You don't have to go you know."
"So we still on for surfing then hit the cages later?" He said ignoring Letty's statement turning his attention to Zan.

"Yeah man."

Brian kissed Letty's cheek. "See ya." He playfully punched Zan. "Be ready at 5."

"Me? I'm the one that always have to call to drag you outta bed." Zan laughed.

"Whatever man." Brian replied leaving the house.

Brian was the first to go then Leon and Lindsay said good night and left. Austin was next heading downstairs to his room. Mia tried to stay up but sleep overtook her. Vince carried her up to her room. Zan went to bed after Mia since he had to get up early for his day with Brian. Letty was the last person up. She cleared off the table of playing cards, popcorn and empty beer bottles. She packed away the left over Chinese food.

"No need for that." Vince said snatching the containers away from Letty.

"Want me to heat it up for ya?"

"Wah?" He asked with a mouth full of food.

Letty shook her head. "You haven't changed." She watched him wolf down the rest of General Tso chicken.

"You have." He pointed with the chop sticks at her belly. "You did a good with the kid. He's a lot like Dom you know."

Letty laid her hands on her belly. "The good parts. The Dom before he lost Frankie."

Vince finished off his food and went to the refrigerator for more. "I still can't get over that you're someone's Mom, Let. " He pulled out a couple of Tupperware containers. "That's some funny shit."

Letty kicked him in the ass. "Whatever, man." She handed Vince a fork.

"Seriously, I'm proud of you. You did good. Real good." He got serious. "And, Mia. Wow. I always knew she wasn't meant for our life. Felt like shit dragging her in on all our mess."

"She not this delicate flower that needs protecting, you know. She's her own woman, strong, and independent who loves her family. Took all this for me to see that."

"I always knew." He shoveled leftover potato salad in his mouth. "So you and the cop what's that all about?"

Letty rolled her eyes. "We're just friends, V."

"Yeah, just friends my ass. I saw the way he was looking at you. The way he's with the kid. He got a lot more on his mind than friendship."

Letty gave him a napkin. "Just give him a chance."

Vince wiped his face but he missed a spot and Letty wiped the remaining food from his face. "Damn, Letty you really are someone's Momma."

She pushed him. "And what about you and Mia? Took you a long time to tuck her in." Letty crossed her arms and leaned against the counter. Vince gave her a wicked smile. "Zan said you were standing in front of the house like a lost puppy looking for her."

"I just wasn't sure if she still be here." He ran his fingers through his hair. "And I dunno it feels different now. Maybe this is my time. You know."

Letty pushed off the counter. "Just don't take so long to make your move this time." She pushed by him. "Night V."

"Night Let."

She popped her head back in the kitchen. "And clean your shit after you're done. This ain't a hotel."

AN

The Snowpocalypse canceled class so you get my new story. Thanks for reading hope you enjoy this installment.

Stay warm & safe if you're on the East Coast!

Tonya