I'm so glad that you guys enjoyed the first chapter, and also the preview of this chapter. Thanks for reviewing, it means a lot, and I love reading your thoughts. Like, they honestly make my day. Now the other thing I need to say is that there's a lot going on in my life right now, and it may be a while before I'm able to update again. It might not be, I could get some time, but I'm letting you guys know in advance.

And once again, a big thank you to my girl Ashley for beta-ing.

Dom left directly after the gig. Meeting his sisters boyfriend in a crowded club after he had just finished playing to just over a hundred people wasn't quite ideal. For six months he was going to be in the city, according to Mia, and so there was going to be plenty of times for him to meet Brian under better circumstances. He head out of the club and down the street, winding his way between the hordes of people who were out on to the town this late night Saturday. His baby, a cherry red 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, was parked around the corner, away from the crowds. He was unlocking the doors when he heard laughing just down the road from him and he locked up to see a door opening, the back door for club Code, where he had just been.

"We did good!" Someone shouted, turning around to face his friends.

"Fuck yeah we did!" The person behind him added. The door opened again and two girls came out, their arms linked between them, and Dom squinted to see through the darkness. He realized that one was the singer from Fixing With Ecstasy and he braced an arm against the roof of his car as he watched them loading their instruments into the back of a black van. "You girls getting a ride with us?" They looked at each other and the taller girl with legs that went on for days spoke up.

"We're gonna go catch a movie," she said, her voice speaking with a slight lilting accent.

"It's one in the morning!"

"There's movies on at the twenty-four hour cinema," the singer spoke up. Dom couldn't help but grin slightly at the irony that was taking place a hundred meters or so just down the road. This band had just given a kick ass performance in a club and the two girls were then going to spend the rest of their Saturday night watching a movie. Another woman came out of the club, followed closely by Brian, and that made the smile drop off his face. She looked a little older than him, although still extremely attractive and was dressed professionally, rather than in the gear the rest of the band were wearing; a dark pencil skirt and a light colored blouse with a matching, tailored jacket. She spoke quietly with the girls before following Brian around to the front of the van, looking pretty comfortable with him. When the van pulled away, it revealed a green and black 2011 Dodge Challenger R/T and his eyebrows flew upwards.

"Shit," he whistled in appreciation. The singer got in the front seat and her friend slid in the passenger side and a moment later the engine roared to life. It sounded just as good as it looked, and a moment later, it was soaring down the street.

He couldn't help himself when he got back home that night. He had already looked up the band the night before, but that was before he had heard them, or more specifically, heard her. Dom settled in front of his computer with a Corona in his hand, typing in the name of the band and searching through the list of names.

Lead guitar and backing vocals: Brian O'Conner
Bass guitar and backing vocals: Leon Peters
Drummer: Han Seoul-Oh

And then there she was...

Lead vocals: Leticia Ortiz

He went back to Google and typed her name in specifically, rather than searching Fixing With Ecstasy, and it got quite a few hits. There were a couple of photos that came up on the side with the suggestion to look under Images, some of her preforming, one of her in sweatpants and an oversized hoodie, trying to cover her face, and then one of her at an interview. He clicked on one of the top articles which had been posted a couple of days ago. It spoke briefly of a break up that she had gone through a while ago with someone that he didn't recognize the name of and then went on to say that it inspired a new song. There was a clip below, stating that it was an acoustic version and speculation about whether or not it was going to be on the bands next album, given how different it was from their other music. He clicked on it and turned the volume up.

Here comes the darkness
It's eating on my soul
Now that the spark has
Run out of control

It was a live clip, so there wasn't any fancy music video to go with it, but that didn't matter. She was sitting in a studio with large headphones on, her hair tucked behind her ears with a couple of strands falling over her forehead and her eyes partially closed as she sang. The microphone was on a stand that was lowered to her seated height and behind her was the second guitar player, also on a seat, strumming away and singing softly along with her.

You want me to burn
Want me to burn
Want me to hurt
And maybe I will finally learn

She had a gorgeous voice; deep and husky, and she clearly felt the words that she was singing.

With the song playing in the background, he went back to the other tab with the Google search, going back to some of the older news stories. Apparently she had had quite a drinking problem several years ago. A lot of the articles said that she had been to rehab and was clean now, but there were some suspicious photos of her out partying with the rest of her band mates and there were paparazzi commenting that maybe she was off the wagon, and maybe it had something to do with an old boyfriend and an ex band mate. There was a throwback photo of Leticia with her boyfriend at a basketball game and Dom raised an eyebrow. He was well built, but while she was grinning and watching the game with a foam finger on her hand, the boyfriend was leaning in back in his seat with a sullen expression on his face.

His original reason for looking into the band came back to him, and he typed in Brian O'Conner's name into Google. There were a few stories, not as many as Leticia, but definitely more than the average person, but none of them them quoted a girlfriend or had any photos of the woman he had seen her with. He rolled his eyes and leaned back in his seat, pulling his phone out of his pocket and lifting it to his ear.

"Tej," he grunted into the microphone as it was lifted.

"Bro!" Tej Parker shouted into the phone, over the music and laughing that was going on in the background. "Where are you?!" Dom frowned and then clicked, looking down at the time in the corner of his laptop. It was almost two in the morning, on a Sunday. He had told his friends he would meet up with them at Hector Elvarez's party after he had 'handled something'.

"Shit, I got caught up," Dom replied.

"Okay. So what were you after?" Tej was still shouting.

"I need you to run a background on someone," Dom said. "But don't worry, I'll speak to you later." There was no way that Tej would remember anything he asked him, he was probably already half past drunk.

"Okay, dude!" Tej slurred. "Catch you later!"

"So Tej said you ordered a background check on Brian O'Conner?" Mia Toretto folded her arms over her chest and stared directly at her brother. Dom's eyebrows raised and he looked over her shoulder to where Tej was sitting at the picnic table his eyes wide and his hands came up, palms upward.

"Sorry, bro," he mouthed and Dom sighed, looking back to his sister.

"Dom," she said warningly.

"Yeah, I did," he confirmed. "And what?"

"And what?" Mia snapped. "I don't tell you about him for so long because I didn't want this to happen! I literally told you his name three days ago, and you're already running background checks on him! And I know you were at his gig last night!" Dom's eyebrows narrowed.

"How'd you know that?" He growled.

"Because he knows what you look like and he saw you in the crowd," Mia replied. There were snickers behind her and Dom looked back over her shoulder to where Tej and Roman Pearce were watching him get a dress down from his sister. "If you wanted to meet him, all you had to do was ask me."

"Hell, Mia," Dom made a face at her. "You're taking time away from your job to go on some tour with the guy. Of course I want to meet him."

"Great," Mia gave him a sugary sweet smile. "Because he invited us all to a dinner next weekend."

"All of us?" Roman perked up. "He's bringing all the food?" Mia laughed as she looked over at their friend.

"Yeah, he's bringing all the food," she assured.

"And hot girls?" Roman's infectious smile widened and then quickly dropped off his face as Mia's friend, who Roman had been chasing for the past couple of months, came out of the house. "Not that it matters," he quickly added as Megan Ramsey raised an eyebrow at him. A smile finally broke out on Dom's face as he shook his head and dropped his eyes to the ground. Megan wasn't even paying attention to Roman's bumbling attempt to cover up his previous statement, but she raised an eyebrow at him when he tried to move over quickly to make room for her at the picnic table. "Well, if the man is bringing the food, you know I'm gonna be there."

"Of course you are," Tej gave him a long-suffering look, shaking his head as Roman widened his eyes in protest. "Man, if anyone says that something is free, you come running faster than a babysitters boyfriend when the car pulls up." Dom snorted and Roman narrowed his eyes, crossing his arms over his chest.

"So next weekend aye?" Dom turned his attention back to his sister.

"Next weekend," Mia confirmed.

"And it's for all of us?"

"He knows that family is important to me," Mia said. "And it's been a long time since we started seeing each other. It's time that everyone met."

"Everyone?" He questioned.

"He's meeting my family, and we're meeting his." Dom opened his mouth to continue the conversation but Nico and Rebecca Martin came running out of the house, closely followed by their parents. The twins were always enough to distract them, and Mia willingly took the out to stop the conversation. The two stopped abruptly in front of Dom and Mia took a step back, to allow the two bouncing children to get past.

"Uncle Dom! Do you think you could take me out in your Charger this afternoon?" Nico asked, running up to Dom and pulling at his jeans.

"No—can you take me?!" Rebecca appeared on his other side, giving him a charming smile before shooting a dark look over at her brother.

"Or I could take both of you," Dom suggested with a grin, letting his hands rest on the shoulders of the two curly-haired children. They sighed and grumbled under their breath and Dom leaned forward slightly so that he could speak to them without their parents over hearing. "If you promise not to argue, we can even stop for ice cream on the way home." The mumblings under their breath stopped and the wide smiles appeared.

"Thanks, Uncle Dom," they chimed before running off to join their parents. Vince caught Rebecca, lifting her up and bracing her on his hip, his other arm around Rosa. Nico tugged on his mothers hand to try and pull her toward the table where the food was. When they finally reached the table and got themselves seated, Nico between Rosa and Tej, the little boy leaned forward to snatch a piece of bread from the plate in the middle, attempting to nibble at it without being seen. Unfortunately for him, Roman made his deeds clear, pointed at the boy and widening his eyes.

"Our little man's got grace!" He announced, earning grins from the older ones around the table.

We went to go and see Mad Max in the weekend and it was actually pretty good. I didn't really know what to expect but I actually quite enjoyed it. Tom Hardy is always a complete babe, and I love Charlize Theron. The other thing that has made me happy—or more just thankful—is the fact that me and my husband are healthy. I mean, a lot of what's going on right now is that there are two people who are really important to me who are unwell in one way or another, and I'm just glad that me and my hubby are good!

Ooh and if you give me a pretty review, I'll send you a preview of the next chapter :)