The next morning as Dom dragged all his personal belongings outside, he noticed Sean waiting for him in the parking lot.
"Looks like you're not the only one headed back stateside," Sean said with a grin.
"Where are you headed," Dom asked.
" My old man's getting shipped out soon, so I gotta go back to my momma's. She's livin' around L.A. now. At least he was nice enough to get the Mustang shipped over for me. As long as I promise not to get into to much trouble that is."
"No shit. That's my hometown," Dom said in disbelief.
"Small world, huh?"
"Maybe we better part ways if you plan on keeping your car. Trouble surrounds me back home."
"Guess I'll just have to take my chances."
On the plane ride over Dom told Sean more and more about his past and the situation back home.
"So lemme get this straight," Sean interrupted. " You went to prison once for almost beating a guy to death with a wrench? You're brother in law used to be an undercover cop who was sent in to arrest you for rippin' off trucks, but he let you go? And most recently, you left your chick, who sounds smokin' hot, at home with a bunch of dudes to take care of her?"
"When you put it like that it sounds like a soap opera or somethin', but yeah pretty much. I didn't leave her alone with just anybody. It's Leon, I trust the guy with my life." Dom said, not sure who he was trying to convince, Sean or himself.
"Whatever you say man," Sean laughed. "Still sounds pretty muffed up to me."
Dom felt more anxious the closer they got. They were off the plane and on the street heading toward the house when Dom came to the realization that it was mid afternoon and nobody would be home. He decided to head over to the market to see Mia first even though he really wanted to see Letty. No he didn't want to see her, he needed to see her and make sure that she was ok.
Sean said nothing as they stopped. He was just along for the ride. When they went inside, Dom was more than a little surprised to find a pretty young girl behind the counter instead of his sister. Sean looked at her and thought she was just about the hottest chick he'd ever seen.
She looked up as they came in, studying them with her pale blue eyes.
"What can I do for you boys," she asked, pushing a few strands of her long, dark hair away from her face as she spoke.
Dom stated, "Yeah I'm looking for my sister, Mia."
"Oh," she said. "You must be Dom. I'm Colby. Mia hired me to take her place in the afternoons while she goes to class."
Letty walked into the shop wearing a pair of huge sunglasses, the kind you always saw chicks like Nicole Richie wearing. Leon grinned, knowing it was because she had a hangover, however he was still a little nervous about talking to her after what had happen the night before.
She didn't act nervous at all, walking right over to him and asking if they could talk outside.
"I'm really sorry about the way I was acting last night. I didn't really know what I was doing," she confessed.
"It's all right," he smiled. "Please don't put me in a situation like that ever again. I don't know if you realized it, but you're not a bad lookin' chick...drunk or not"
She laughed. Something he hadn't seen her do much lately. "Thanks. I'm glad you handled things the way you did. Anyone else would have let it go way further. I really did mean that part about loving you though...just not like Dom."
"I love you, too girl. Have to...," he paused. "We're family. You guys are all I've got."
"Same here," she said as she embraced him.
"Well thank God that's over. I'd been dreading the thought of this conversation all day. You ready to get some work done?"
She nodded in response and they turned back toward the garage. There stood Dom who had been watching them as they spoke. Both Letty and Leon stared at him in shock, hoping he hadn't heard too much of what they had said to one another.
"Why am I not surprised to see the two of you together," Dom said cooly, making it hard to tell what the status of his mood was. "Looks like you've been taking care of her like I asked. I guess some things never change."
Letty blew past Dom and into the shop without a word. Leon just stood there unsure of what to say.
"Thanks man," Dom added.
Leon felt a rush of relief. "I'm glad you're back. She really needs you." That was all he could think to say.
By this time, Jesse and Vince had heard the news of Dom's return and had joined him outside while Letty got to work. She still felt to bitter about the past to talk to him, but she was a little relieved that he had come back. She couldn't believe that he had pick this day to show up. Typical.
"Hey there," she heard someone say in a thick southern drawl. "You look even better in person."
She turned around and saw a young guy standing opposite her. He grinned and extended a hand. "I'm Sean."
"Letty," she shook is hand wondering where he'd come from. "And...um...thanks?"
"Dom told me a lot about you."
"Oh really, you're a friend of his?"
"Yeah. I kicked baldy's ass in a race one night in Tokyo and we've been hangin' out ever since."
She immediately liked this kid, just as she'd immediately like Colby. Which was funny because it usually took her a while to warm up to anybody.
" You beat him?"
"Yep, raced for pinks. Got his car."
"He knows you call him baldy," she giggled. Still unable to believe that this kid had beaten Dominic Toretto, the king of the streets.
"Yeah, but that was before I heard about him kickin' some dude's ass with a wrench."
She couldn't help but laugh. This guy was hilarious with out even trying and she loved the way he sounded when he talked. "I still can't believe you got him to race for something other than cash. Do you always race for pinks?"
"Well there was this one time..." he began. "I raced for a date to prom with this asshole's girlfriend. There's still a tape of that floating around out there somewhere."
Letty was strangely interested. "Of what the race or you and the dude's girlfriend?"
Sean laughed, "I dunno...maybe both. Naw, the race. We wrecked out, so I never made it to prom. Didn't really wanna go anyway. I got sent to Japan instead."
"Woah. That sure beats the hell outta prom."
"It was either there or jail."
"So I guess you know how to drive a car, but can you work on one?"
"I didn't take three years of shop for nothin'."
Letty looked out one of the big bay doors and saw that the boys were still out there with Dom. "Why don't you give me a hand then?"
