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Mari whistled looking at all of the shiney, fast cars. She felt her inner racer rear its ugly head. She never really raced, she was more of the fix up to race much like her older brother.
Mari did a slow three-sixty to appreciate all of the cars she was surrounded by. She had changed her out from earlier since her jacket had been torn. Hobbs took a moment to appreciate her turning in a circle, so that he could get a look at her.
She was in a simple pair of ripped, maroon skinny jeans that fit perfect on her hips since they were low rise. The v-neck she wore was dark in color as well as an open vest she was wearing much like her older brother. The heeled boots on her feet stopped just above her knee. Hobbs ripped his eyes away from Mari's bouncing form to look at the car catalogue in his hands.
"Man, you really gotta loosen up. You can't just throw a bunch factory cars-"
"I think he's pretty loose." Mari mumbled under breath playfully. Both men glanced at her well… Hobbs glanced with a small smirk and Tej glared at her slightly passive, pervy comment. They both decided to ignore her little commentary.
"Those cars were hell of a car. Twin turbo V8 and spitting out five hundred sixty ponies, son."
"He reads the brochures; I'm proud. However, with cars it's all about customizing. It's like a bond or commitment." Mari nodded in agreement, having built numerous cars from the ground up all by herself.
"Sounds like a marriage." Hobbs told Tej with a smirk making Mari give him an odd sideways glance at his response that neither of the men missed. "Yeah, but with cars they don't take half your shit." Mari turned her odd stare from Hobbs to Tej, but was giving him more on the lines of an indignant stare while Hobbs chuckled.
"Excuse me, all women aren't like that."
"Never said they were, sis." Tej smirked at her having been around her long enough to know that 'independent woman' speech was about to happen if weren't for Hobbs cutting in.
"Jesus... with prices like this these cars better be made out of gold." Hobbs scoffed and Tej shook his head sipping the champagne offered to him while looking around blatantly. Mari did the same except more subtly.
"You ain't thinking about stealing these cars, are you Parker?" Tej gave a noncommittal shrug while pursing his lips as if to say 'maybe'.
"Kitchen help entrance is towards the back." Hobbs raised his eyebrows at the small, rude man in front of them. Tej frowned while Mari full blown scowled.
"Come again?" Mari's scowl changed immediately as she tried not to fight a laugh at Luke's face.
"I don't mean to offend you three, but you couldn't possibly afford the cars in this auction. Substantial lack of gaudy jewelry, no entourage, and no honeys. Clearly you're not a baller." The man said in Tej's direction, and Mari bristled losing all of her mirth. Tej gave her a 'hell no' face while Mari gave him a 'no this muthafucka didn't' face.
"And you... shirt, shoes, trousers….functional. Your posture is too rigid, so my guess is military. That means your take home is fifty thousand a year...that's US. Which is not enough to be playing here..." Mari made a move to step forward, but was stopped by an arm from Tej. Hobbs was almost content with letting her loose.
"I'm not even sure where you would even fit into this, dear. No dress for this occasion, those could barely be considered heels even if they're named brand, no ring so you're not married, and I'm not even sure if you have a job considering the cheap looking vest you're wearing. However, if you're not kitchen help then you must be in the wrong place. However, please do finish your champagne." Both men were now angry in her favor as the small man breezed away with a fake smile.
"I have two doctorates, bitch." Mari mumbled while Tej looked at her with a knowing smile. Hobbs removed one of his hands from behind his back to gently rub Mari's back, and was pleased when she leaned into the action.
"He needs to be taught a lesson…"
"Like I said, you ain't stealing these cars." Hobbs told Tej right away with a serious face, but all Tej did was smile.
"We got this." Tej said looking at Mari's scowling face change into a bright smile.
They didn't need to steal to get back at the rude fucker. They did something far more satisfying to everyone involved. Mari had to almost fight her brother so that she could help financially with the scheme.
"So this is how you get back at him; by buying all of his cars." Hobbs said looking around with Tej and Mari on either side of him.
"What good is it having millions of dollars in the bank if you don't spend any of it." Mari nodded with a small smirk. "I wholeheartedly believe that the millions spent was well worth it, brother dear. Aren't you happy I chipped in." Mari's smirk turned into a teasing grin, Tej rolled his eyes at her prodding.
"Wait, you helped pay for all this." This was the first time Hobbs was really speaking to her directly since their little one on one time. "Well, yeah. Even before the Rio heist I was still a millionaire. I was the Co-CEO of Galaxy Enterprises, and the government paid handsomely for inventions outside of my work at Galaxy." Mari explained offhandedly making Hobbs whistle.
"Damn, woman, no wonder you were so offended." He teased lightly and Mari shrugged while clicking her tongue. "It also helps that I've never had to pay bills."
"Never?"
"Never." Mari winked at him making him smirk with a shake of his head. "Can we focus?" Tej said becoming extremely uncomfortable with how familiar they were with each other. He was already living with the fact that he was now on good terms with the man his sister slept with, had babies with, and said man didn't know a thing.
"Grow up." Mari hissed from around Hobbs, and Tej feigned shaking in his boots. "Hold up, watch this." Tej told Mari and Hobbs as they stopped when the rude man approached them with a wide smile.
"Mr. and Miss. Parker we would like to thank you for your business. If there is anything else we can do for you please don't hesitate." Mari and Tej glanced at each other with hidden smiles. "Annyything." Tej drawled out making the man pivot to look at him again.
"Now that you mention it, my swaggerless friend here, he really likes that shirt you have on." Mari choked loudly, bringing her hands up quickly to disguise her strangled laugh as a cough.
"This shirt?"
"That shirt." Mari really had to hand it to her older brother, he really did know how to get revenge. "I'm not entirely sure if this shirt will fit your friend." The rude man chuckled nervously while looking at Hobbs.
"It'll fit." Hobbs replied shortly with a raise of his eyebrows. Mari felt like she was going to dissolve into a puddle of giggles at this point. "See he needs a shirt that's a little less…"
"Functional." Hobbs supplied casually. "That's it: functional." Tej nodded as well as Mari, whom was pleasantly surprised that Luke was going along with Tej's scheme. However, her surprise quickly turned into remembering his more...teasing side.
The man gave a brief pause glancing at all three of them, but Mari knew that the look Hobbs was giving him made him remove his jacket to forfeit his shirt.
"I'll hold that for you." Hobbs said and the rude man mumbled a thank you. Tej rushed the man and Mari whistled lightly and looked around at all of the new cars.
"Damn, you gone need some hedge clippers for that shit." Mari couldn't do it anymore….she bent over at the waist and laughed. A few tears escaped because of how hard she was laughing. She straightened up and excused herself as she wiped her tears. Hobbs and Tej were thoroughly amused by her while the rude man looked indignant.
"Well...if that will be all." The man quickly, yet daintily, handed over the shirt to Hobbs and took back his suit jacket. "And the pants too." Hobbs said making Mari bite her lip. She looked away from Tej as soon as she saw that he was fighting laughter as well.
"While you at it let me get that watch...I like that watch." The rude man quickly shimmied out of his pants, and handed them over to Hobbs as well. "Damn, Tej, you might as well have said run that watch, bitch." Mari mumbled to the two men beside her and they grinned at her.
After he handed over the watch as well Mari decided that she would have retribution as well. "If I could have just one more moment of your time. I feel that my undergarments are just as inadequate as my clothes. Would you be a dear and include your stylish boxer briefs as well? I will be wearing them under the new dress I plan to buy." Mari gave a pretty, yet sarcastic smile and the rude man cringed. He turned back around to look at the evil woman next to the tall men.
He cleared his throat, tied his suit jacket around his waist and slid his boxers down his legs. Mari grinned while taking the boxers from him, twirling them around her index finger a good distance away from her face. Both men leaning away from her slightly.
"Well, if that will be all. Good day." The rude man turned around to leave, his bare ass on full display. Hobbs and Luke turned away with looks of disgust while Mari waited until the elevator doors closed to cackle loudly.
"You always gotta take it an extra mile don't you." Tej semi scolded Mari who was too busy leaning on Luke because she was laughing too hard.
She was pressed heavily against Hobbs' side, and he was holding her around the waist. Neither of them seemed to notice, but Tej certainly did. He was going to speak on it until the elevator opened up. Now, by this point Mari was crying but started wheezing at the sight of Han and Roman.
"What the hell happened to you guys?" Mari stood straight and didn't bother moving awayfrom Luke. She didn't know whether to laugh or be pissed….it seemed like pissed was winning since she sobered up right away.
"Nothing, we just got ambushed. There was so many-"
"There was only one guy." Gisele cut Rome off as she breezed past Han and Rome with Riley in tow much to Mari's disdain.
"It was Jah wasn't it." Everyone looked at Mari like she grew an extra head. "The Han of their group?" Mari clarified so that she was understood better.
"Yeah...how'd you-"
"I studied their files just like I'm sure they studied ours. He's the best fighter outside of Shaw himself on the team." Mari cut in on Han's question. "Y'all know what this means right…" She was directing her statement towards Roman and Han who just shook their heads.
"You alright?" Mari heard Luke ask Riley right next to her, and she applauded herself for hiding the full body flinch because of him being concerned about her. Mari stepped away from him making his arm fall back to his side. He placed it back behind his back, and hid his confused expression.
"We're going to see them again, and I don't want anyone hurting you two again so I think it's time for a little light sparring until Brian and Dom return." Mari grinned at their horrified faces.
"This should be good." Tej whispered to Gisele and she wholeheartedly agreed with him….
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"You hit like a girl, Han, no offense." Mari teased throwing a clean, hard jab into his chest. She didn't want to aim for his face until he was ready to dodge her blows effectively. Hobbs, Riley, and Gisele stood off to the side watching Han and Rome take turns against Mari.
She was dressed in an under armor black, long sleeve shirt and black volleyball shorts. She was also barefoot since she has always practiced that way.
"None taken." Han almost stuttered rubbing his chest. "Okay, come on Rome. Please be better than last time."
"As much as I love seeing you in those shorts, baby girl. Can we get a break? My pride has had enough, man. Don't you think we're beat up enough?" Rome whined holding an ice pack to his jaw.
"Nope." Tej said with a grin before Mari could respond. Mari clicked her tongue motioning with one finger for him to come to her.
"If this was a different scenario then I would for sure follow that finger-"
"You want a real ass whoopin, Pierce." Hobbs practically stepped forward having never really heard Roman make a real pass at Mari.
"Relax, Luke." Mari waved him off as she walked over to retrieve Rome. 'Luke?' Han mouthed to Gisele who shrugged with a knowing smile. Tej looked at Han with a blank look, but of course Rome wasn't going to let that go without a comment.
"What do you mean, Luke?" Rome said Hobbs' first name in a high pitch volume to mimic Mari. She threw a clean, roundhouse kick to his head making him duck with a 'manly' squeal.
"If you're talking that much that means your jaw is feeling better." Mari bounced on the balls of her feet, and Rome swallowed noisily. "Look, Mari, I was just joking. Come on, baby girl-"
All Rome was able to do was evade...barely. Mari wasn't even going full speed or being as brutal as she could be. She switched from closed fist to open hands so she could slap the shit out of him. She slowly began adding footwork; throwing hard but slow kicks to his body. He was steadily getting frustrated making Mari and everyone else laugh or chuckle. Mari's phone rang from beside Gisele who glanced at it before calling out to her.
"You want me to get that for you?" Mari kept her eyes trained on Rome since he was sloppily starting to throw punches back….keyword being sloppily. "Yeah, can you put it on speaker for me?"
"Sure…" Gisele sounded unsure and Mari almost paused to find out why she sounded that way. "It's on." She said to let Mari know that she hit answer and put it on speaker.
"Hello?" Mari held her hand up in a 'T' to tell Rome timeout.
"Baby doll…" A man's voice could be heard loud and clear in the quiet space. None of them had ever seen Mari move as fast as she did to get to her phone.
She took it off of speakerphone and began to walk away briskly before answering with a tiny, secretive grin. "Sup, Hunny," was the only thing that was heard as she left out of ear shot. Mari calling her ex by the nickname that she gave him upon meeting him even though it annoyed the hell out of him.
"Funny...I get home and you and the boys aren't there. Care to explain why." Mari bit her lip listening to Kai's calm voice with a heavy undertone of annoyance.
"I'm out on a job. The boys are safe with Maya, so if you want to see them-"
"Don't start with that bullshit." Mari's mouth snapped close at his tone.
"Hyun…" Mari sighed and she could hear him inhale and exhale loudly at her saying his first name instead of the name he prefered. "You don't have to say you care, but you better damn well not act like you don't."
"I didn't call for this. I just want to know where you are, and when you're coming home. I've got another job I've got to get to soon. I only stopped in to check on you three." Mari almost melted at how sweet he was trying to be if it wasn't for her being aware of her child's father being in the other room.
"You know I appreciate you, boo." Mari started laughing quietly at hearing him exhale again in annoyance. He really did hate all of the names she called him, but he tolerated it since they both knew that deep down he loved her more than anyone. "I probably won't be back for another week or so. It all depends on how fast I get done."
"I didn't hear you say where you are."
"That's because I didn't." Mari said sassily back and she heard him 'tsk, tsk'. "Do I have to come find you, baby doll." She didn't even fight the shiver at his suggestive tone.
"No!" Mari said a little too loudly, cursing herself since she sounded like she was doing something she wasn't supposed to...which she kind of was.
"I don't really like that tone you used. I just might come find you. Bye, baby."
"Kai, wait! Kai!? Don't you dare- you piece of shit!" The dial tone was heard before she could even tell him not to come. One of her biggest pet peeves was people hanging up on her. "Ugh!"
"Mari!" Mari jumped a foot in the air turning around to face Dom. He was looking at her in concern instead of the pleasure he usually felt when him or Brian startled her. "You alright?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" Mari asked trying to ignore the fright he just gave her. She was really hoping he hadn't heard the end of her one sided conversation. She walked closer to him, and he gave her choice of attire a once over...lingering on her thighs before meeting her pretty eyes.
"You know me better than that, Mar." Mari sighed at the look he was giving her. "That was him, wasn't it?" He was telling her more than asking her at this point, and all Mari could do was nod.
"Did he do something?" Mari shook her head but couldn't meet his eye. "He was just checking on me and the boys since he showed up at my house and I wasn't there."
"Then why do you look so guilty?" Dom moved a little closer to her, taking her hand to lead her to the cot that she was using.
"I….he said he might come find me since I didn't tell him where I was…. I just feel guilty because I will always love him. He was the first man that I ever wanted a family with, but he told me three years into our on and off relationship that he didn't want a family; that in his line of work having a family was dangerous. I was so hurt I broke it off and didn't speak to him for a whole year until he showed up on my doorstep telling me that his views hadn't changed but he missed me. We started up another weird relationship that felt incomplete…" Mari took a breath still unable to meet Dom's gaze.
"What changed, Mari?" Dom was being gentle and asking all of the tough questions that he needed her to answer.
"He did. He changed the moment I told him I was pregnant. He came around more when I thought he was just going to leave. He says he doesn't want a family and that he doesn't care for children, but his actions say different. I hate and love him for not leaving me, but now Luke is back and I'm scared... I have always wanted a family but not like this, Dom. I want Luke more than anyone, but I'm not willing to hurt Kai." She was on the verge of tears now, and that's the last thing Dom wanted but this heart to heart needed to happen sooner rather than later especially if the notorious korean mercanerary showed up. "I don't want Luke or Kai anywhere near each other…"
"You have to figure it out, Kamaria. That man out there is a hard ass," Mari snorted in disbelief at the words he chose. "But he's a good man and deserves to know his kids. You don't have to pick him, but at least give him the option of picking you. You need to sort this out if you really think Kai will come here."
"I've only experienced rejection once Dom, and I haven't been the same since. I don't think I can take being rejected by my child's father because he has a wife and kids back home." Dom blew out air through his nose finally seeing Mari's fear. She was scared of being a homewrecker and rejection which baffled the hell out of him. Sure, she might not want to hurt Kai, but the real problem was her fear of ruining a family.
"We can find out if he's got anyone back home subtly, ya' know." Mari blinked blankly before turning to look at Dom. "I guess we could try that." Dom nodded giving her a reassuring smile.
"Come on, we've got a few things to figure out." Mari nodded, sobering up from their heart to heart. She took his offered hand, and he led her back into the little meeting area. Mari noticed right away that Hobbs and Riley were gone.
"Where'd the squalies go?" Mari asked looking around none to subtly.
"They went to check out the CCTV situation. Apparently there was maintenance being done on all of the cameras where Shaw was involved." Han informed from beside Gisele. "Didn't know there was a CCTV situation." Mari mumbled to Dom.
"You'd know if you weren't talking to your boyfriend. What's up, cheating on me now, baby girl? And what kind of name is baby doll?" Rome teased and Mari geared up to defend herself but Gisele jumped into the fray.
"How is baby doll any different from baby girl, Roman? The way I see it you and whoever was on the end of that phone call are one in the same: men."
"Hold up, hold up! I am clearly more handsome than whoever she was talking to." Rome scoffed making Mari and Gisele look at each other and share a silent conversation before laughing.
"Wasn't my boyfriend because I don't have one." Mari looked pointedly at Rome. "Catch me up to speed. I've got work to do on those cars if we don't want to be thrown around like ragdolls again."
After everything was explained to Mari about where Hobbs and Riley had went off to. Even though it irked her that he went off on an adventure with her. She went to the back room again to call Maya and check on her babies. She missed them terribly, and it had already been two days. Once, she was done with that tear jerking call; Mari changed her clothes back to what she wore to the auction and met up with the gang at the makeshift meeting table. She made it just in time to hear the most important part of the conversation.
"Coming back? How're you even going to get in the country?" Mari tilted her head at her brother's tense question. "Ugh! What's going on now? Another field trip?" Mari questioned as she made her way to stand next to Han and Tej.
"I wish that was the case! Brian, here, has to go to the Los Angeles State Federal prison to get some intel on Shaw from a guy name Braga. He used to run the biggest cartel in Mexico and he was Han's girl's old boss." Mari whistled loudly and didn't miss the look Gisele shot Roman after he called her Han's girl instead of using her name.
"Just let me worry about getting into the country." Brian said with a pained look before he turned to Dom. "This is on me...let me make it right." Mari felt a pang go through her chest since there was some information she was missing, but she heard the desperation in his voice.
"Be careful…" Dom gave him the go ahead and Brian went off without a hitch. Mari pursed her lips as she watched Brian get on the elevator and leave. She knew she was able to help him, and she was going to have to make another call. Unfortunately a call she didn't want to make, but she would take the 'L' for Brian's sake.
"He can get in on his own buuuuut…" Mari sang with a mischievous grin. "Oh, no… what're you up to now?" Han asked with a smirk thanking God she broke the tense atmosphere.
"I've got connections to get him out so I'm going to call ahead." Mari said whipping out her phone and Tej squinted at her. "Do I even want to know?" She shrugged at him, choosing to just stay in front of everyone and have the conversation she didn't want to have.
"Morrison." Mari's grin dropped as she bit her lip, hearing the sultry voice of her past lover. "Hey, Shamar, it's me." There was a brief pause before a deep chuckle came through from the other side.
"Little Mari-Mar? Do my ears deceive me?" Mari made a dramatic face as she tried to ignore how silent everyone was being….and the staring. "Yes, yes it's me. Listen, I know it's been a minute but I have a favor."
"What's in it for me, baby girl? You do know you're an international criminal, don't you?" Mari knew that was coming.
"Yes and what do you want? Or do I have to name my favor first?" She tapped her foot listening to him hum. A sound that wasn't foreign to her ears four years ago. "Tell me your favor and I'll see if my reward matches up in weight."
"I need you to get out a friend of mine in less than eighteen hours of his arrival. He'll be there in a few days and he used to be a cop. Name's Brian O'Connor but he'll be going in under a different name. However, his picture will be the same blonde hair, bright blue eyes. You can send me a picture if you're not sure."
"Easy work, baby girl. How about dinner if you ever make it back to L.A." Mari rolled her eyes in exasperation.
"Fine, fine. I promise and thanks Shamar."
"Anytime, baby girl." She heard the dial tone and sighed heavily. "Well, that was the warden of Los Angeles State Prison and he's going to get Brian out."
"You trust whoever you were on the phone with?" Dom asked a little skeptical. "With my life. He's a useful ex to have if only he wasn't so arrogant." Mari answered back quickly to reassure Dom.
"Damn, they're everywhere. What's a guy gotta do to be your ex around here." Everyone missed the look Mari and Dom shared before Tej responded. "Be big as hell." Mari rolled her eyes and flicked Tej.
"I'm just a woman that has positive energy, so I'm pretty much friends with all of my exes except a distinct few and even then I don't hate them...besides one."
"What did he do?" Gisele asked seriously, she knew Mari's personality pretty well. She was easy going, light hearted, and slow to anger.
"He's the city commissioner of Miami now...he's just not a good person." All of them could practically feel how uncomfortable she was. "Don't worry about it Mari. It's all behind you. Come on, let's go work on my new car." Dom held his hand out to her which she went over and took without a second thought. Everyone watched her for a moment having never seen her clam up before. They would let her tell them on her own.
"Do your thing, Mar. I'm just going to look over the engine." Dom told her and she nodded mutely. She brought all of the equipment she would need to make a device that would counter any chip that Shaw could throw at them. She sat and worked by Dom's feet, and they continued to work in a comfortable silence until Hobbs and Riley returned.
"We've got something for you, Tej." Mari glanced up briefly upon hearing Hobbs voice. She released a breath of relief through her nose, happy that he wasn't hurt or worse. "Since Kamaria is working on the chip counters I need you to tap into the feed of the city. We now have access to every corner." Mari chose to ignore the fact that he called her by her full government name. She wasn't a fool...he must be miffed at her for something..
"On it." Mari still chose not to look up as Riley joined her brother in syncing to the live feed of the city. She already finished three parts that would link into the car's engine. She even planned to make two for motorcycles because she knew Gisele loved her cycles.
Mari didn't hear Hobbs anymore, but she certainly heard Tej scolding Roman about his new and improved toy. "You've been known to handle that big ass forehead." She snorted but continued to focus on her work.
Dom brushed past her back making a smile come to her face since he deliberately brushed his leg against her back as he moved to talked to Han. "Hey, Dom. I did some checking and asked around. I got the location of a street race tonight-" A whipping noise and the crumbling of cement made Mari jump, almost breaking her neck to look up to find the source of the noise.
She saw Gisele looking at Rome and Tej in disbelief. Rome shoving the gun into her brother's arms at the sight of Dom and Han's face. Mari stood to her feet with a deep scowl. "What the hell were you two thinking!? What if you hit Dom or Han?" She took two steps towards them only to be stopped by Hobbs arm across her abdomen. She didn't even bother to acknowledge him, choosing to stare holes into Rome and Tej.
"He did it." Rome said pointing at Tej. Tej gawked in disbelief at his accusation. "Mar, I swear-"
"I will break my foot off in your asses if you don't put that away and never look at it again." Both men swallowed, scrambling to but the cover back on the harpoon.
"What's the point of getting angry when Mari will do it for you." Han said chuckling with Dom, Mari looked over her shoulder to look them over. "It's not funny. You two could have been killed. Tej revamped that thing to take down a damn tank. He tweaked the motor and added a boost on the back-"
"Talk nerdy to me, baby." Dom winked and chuckled some more before going off with Han to talk about the street race he found out about.
"Don't interrupt me when I'm talking-! Get back here!" Mari raised her voice at them making them laugh harder. She rolled her eyes with a huff finally taking notice of Hobbs staring at her. She shrunk back slightly at his intense gaze.
"Come here." He said simply not liking that she stepped away from him. Mari swallowed and weighed her options. Did she really want to have another one on one with him again. She found herself being too close to him whenever other people weren't present, but like a fool...she nodded at him and followed him to a table that wasn't too far from everyone. He wanted to talk privately but still wanted to be seen...hmmm….
"What's up?" Mari asked while placing her hands in her vest pockets. She didn't want to beat around the bush. "Is this about the phone call earlier?" Hobbs paused at her blunt attitude. She didn't even falter, making eye contact with him the entire time. Fearless…
"It was a man, obviously. However, it was a man that I am not in a relationship with. I am a single woman." Mari felt like she was trying to plead her case and she didn't like it. Her calm expression changing to irritation at that thought.
"Good to know." Hobbs chuckled making Mari click her tongue loudly with a roll of her pretty eyes.
"Don't do that." Hobbs frowned looking down at her. "Do what, mama?"
"Don't do that either. Say that…" Mari grounded at the flash of memories that assaulted her at his personalized nickname for her. Almost every man she came across called her something other than her name, but Luke's name for her made her feel...different. "Don't smile that smile and call me that."
"Well, you don't do that." Mari furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "Do what?" She uttered his earlier question making him grin at her.
"Be beautiful." Mari snorted with laughter. "You're so corny!" She raised her to cover her smile. Luke raised his hand to grab her wrist to lower her hand so that he could see her radiant smile.
"You make it so damn hard, woman." He shook his head, her grin turning into a small smile. "You don't make it any easier, ya' know." Mari's smile was slightly shy, and it was twisting his stomach in the best of ways.
He released her wrist to bring his hand to her face. She unconsciously nuzzled his large, warm hand. The very hand that gave her the most pleasure she had ever experienced. The same hand that bestowed an endless amount of love and attention to her deprived body. She sighed and closed her eyes in contentment. She could feel him getting closer to her face...she prayed that he was finally going to do the very thing she should have done upon their last personal encounter.
A ding from the elevator made them freeze, breaking apart like someone had doused them in water. Hobbs looked over head with his military face on...a face that Mari had named herself.
"That can't be Brian." Dom said ominously. Mari made a move to go to him, but was stopped by Hobbs moving her behind him instead. He drew his gun, giving a nod to Riley to do the same. Everyone circled around the elevator but behind something for some form of cover with weapons drawn except Mari; much to her dismay. She peaked around Hobbs in the stifling tension.
The doors opened to reveal a well dressed asian man. A tailored black suit adorned his toned body minus a tie. He was carrying a M60 with ease, alarming everyone but Mari. It was resting by his side instead of poised to kill them all. Everyone preparing to fire at the unknown man, seeing him as a threat with the outrageously large weapon in his hands. He wore dark, designer sunglasses as he scanned everyone before he stopped on Mari.
"Kai!"
MaidenZorriah: Hey, Zorriah! I aim to please! There was just an overwhelming (amazing) amount of feedback, so I didn't want to disappoint! I'm actually happy you brought that up because for some of my stories they're a black OC except my Teen Wolf story she's mixed. I have noticed the lack of black female OCs, and because of another author (ALL of her OCs are black females) I wanted to give the fiction world one more powerful, black female. Thank you so much for the super kind review! I hope everything is great for you in RL too! I'm definitely inspired to crank out chapters a lot faster. Thanks again, can't wait to hear more feedback from you!
Fallondyson: Hey, hey Fallon! Ask and you shall receive! I love hearing from y'all, and I'm a writer of the readers so here you go. One update coming right up lol. Thanks so much for the review!
CJ/OddBall: Heey, Cj! Good looking out for the Luke/OC stories! I just read it and it's amazing! I couldn't put it down! I hope you have some more recommendations for me in the future! Thanks so much for recommendation and the review!
Pupyluv247: Sup, Pup! Lmfao your review had me cracking up! I promise to bring my ass with another chapter! You're fuckin' great, I'm really here for your honest review lol. I'll be sure to put out chapters a lot sooner than a few months now that I know for a fact that MarixHobbs (I don't have a ship name for them yet) is a favorite! Thanks for the review, can't wait to hear from you again!
Guest: Hello, lovely guest! I totally agree that there aren't enough Hobbs/OC stories out there. However, don't worry I plan on fixing that for our fine ass DSS agent. (; I have this story planned all the way to the aftermath of Furious 7, so I hope you're along for the ride (funny pun lol)! Thanks so much for the review, see you soon!
: Hellooo, ! I aim to make all my reader's happy! Every woman knows when there's an interloper around their man. (; !SPOILER ALERT! Mari will most definitely be telling him about the babies, but not in the way everyone will be expecting… I hope you're ready for what's to come! Thanks so much for the review, can't wait to hear from you soon!
Farrahjohnson21: Helloooo, Farrah! Ask and you shall receive! I am a writer of the people ya' know. ;) Thank you so much for the review!
Guest: Hello, beautiful guest! Here is the next installment for you! Hopefully it won't be too long again! I'm so happy my smut was up to par! Honestly, I was thinking it was too much. It really is nice to hear my work is appreciated. Thanks so much for the review!
Guest: Hello, gorgeous guest! Because of all of your recommendations I spent some of my writing time reading lmao. Those were some great recommendations especially Guilty by Association! (I hope that story wasn't abandoned.) Thanks so much for the review and the recommendations! P.s. I don't like the Hobbs/OC fics on Wattpad either.
Pinklips90: Hello, hello Pink! I'm glad that I'm getting everyone's emotions across clearly! I did want to take out more time for Hobbs' feelings since we didn't really see much of them in the prequel, but I see that everyone can still understand where he wants to be relationship wise. Ask and you shall receive! Initially I wasn't going to have Kai come around until Furious 7 (I have everything planned until the end of that movie), but I might make him come a little sooner (as you can see). !SPOILERS ALERT! Kai and Deckard will be neutral acquaintances; which means that they're not friends (for now), but they have a large amount of respect for each other. We'll be seeing a lot of interactions between them in Furious 7. Deckard Shaw will be playing a large role in our story, so don't worry! I'm also a huge fan of Deckard (kind of attracted to him lol). All of our faves will eventually end up in a room together, so THAT'S going to be interesting lmao. I might also be incorporating Hobbs and Shaw into this story (I will decide when I see the movie). Thank you so, so much for your enlightening review! You really put a few fears to rest for me, and gave me a few ideas. Some really big story changing ideas! Can't wait to hear your ideas and thoughts again soon!
See y'all soon! ;)
