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Vince Chapter Seven

By Rosa241

I swear to god that drive over to the meeting point was just about the tensest moment of my life. Once the initial panic over the police showing up had faded away and I'd driven far enough to not worry about them finding me I forced myself to pull over. As much as I wanted to drive straight to Dom and find out exactly what was going on getting myself killed in the process wasn't part of the plan. Breathing deeply I clench my shaking fists as his words come back into my mind.

"Vince you have to listen to me. I never spoke to Mia. I never spoke to her…I didn't."

That sentence shattered everything in my mind. For the last two years I've believed that everything between us was all part of his plan that he was only with me because of being undercover. When Mia came back and told me that he didn't want to come I knew that my world would never be the same.

Thinking about it the whole thing seems ridiculous. We were only together for a few weeks. A few short weeks and somehow I managed to fall in love with an undercover cop who was using me. That relationship turned my world upside down. He blew away everything that I knew and switched my heart on. After growing up in the way that I had, with my family and my life, I stopped myself from getting close to people. Don't get me wrong Dom and the others are my family now but letting them in had been so hard. Trusting them and giving them the chance to hurt me was something that took so much. It took time, patience, effort…

Brian was different.

Something about Brian was different. Somehow he ended up being an exception. As much as I wanted to push him away he'd managed to crawl into my heart without me actually realising it. I fell in love with him in just a few short weeks before everything changed.

Finding out that I was right, finding out that he was in fact a cop didn't break me.

Being on the run and having to constantly watch over my shoulder didn't break me.

Watching my family going through so much, alright it made me angry as hell I'll admit, but it didn't break me.

When Mia arrived and told me he wasn't coming?

That shattered me.

But now…

"Vince you have to listen to me. I never spoke to Mia. I never spoke to her…I didn't."

Why would Brian lie?

Why would Mia lie?

What the hell is going on?

Shaking my head I finally unclench my fists and start the engine again. The shock I felt at Brian's words finally passes through me and anger takes its place.

-FF-

Pulling up to the empty building I can see the others are already here. Relief fills me as I finally get the proof that they're safe only for the anger to makes itself known again. Shoving the car door open I make my way into the run down building.

"Man we were worried for a minute there." Leon says as he pulls me into a brief hug. Pushing him away, probably more roughly than I'd intended, I ignore the flash of confusion that flits across his face and focus my attention on Dom.

"What the hell's going on?" A range of emotions pass through his eyes as I speak before finally settling on sheer rage.

"Good question. MIA!" His roar is without a doubt loud enough to wake the dead. At first no one moves but after a few seconds the sound of footsteps makes its way to the room. The three of us turn round just in time to see a furious Letty and a clearly nervous Mia enter the room.

"What the hell's going on?" I repeat my question to her and an air of tension settles across the room.

"What do you mean?" Confusion. Genuine confusion. Placing what I'm sure is supposed to be a comforting hand on my shoulder Dom steps forward.

"We bumped into an old friend at the race tonight. You want to guess who that was?" Her anxious eyes flicker between her brother and me before settling on the older man.

"Dom what are you talking about?" She jumps at the sounds that erupt around her as she speaks. Whether it's Leon's scoff, Letty's dark laugh or my own growl that shakes her I don't know.

"Brian was at the race. We had a conversation." Her eyes widen as she registers Dom's words and her nerves only increase.

"What did you do?" Leon questions as her eyes descend to the ground. Guilt. That's what that is. Guilt. "WHAT DID YOU DO?"

The shout surprises all of us but it's me who seems the most shocked. All heads spin to where the furious man is standing. Dom gives him a look at which Leon schools his expression and shakes his head.

"Why don't I tell you what she did or better yet what she didn't do." My brother takes a deep breath before speaking again. "You see when you first turned up here you told us that Brian didn't want anything to do with us. That everything between him and Vince was part of his cover that we needed to forget him and move on. But that wasn't true was it?"

Not true…

"Vince you have to listen to me. I never spoke to Mia. I never spoke to her…I didn't."

It wasn't true…

"You lied Mia. You never went to speak to Brian at all. All that stuff you came out with was total crap!" My heart starts pounding wildly in my chest as the implication of Dom and Brian's words finally hits me. I don't believe this. How could she do this?

The silence in the room is deafening and as she finally lifts her head the guilt is written all over her face. She doesn't need to confirm Dom's words, the fact that its true is there for everyone to see.

"Why?" The word is released with such venom that it shocks even me. For a moment she says nothing and the silence continues to echo around the room. She shifts her gaze to each of us before looking directly at me.

"I thought I was doing the right thing." Her whispered words do nothing to placate the fury within me. Dark laughter bubbles up from me before I can stop it. "He's a cop. Everything happened because of him. All the bad things that have happened were because of him! If I'd invited him here he would have brought the cops, they'd have arrested you all. I couldn't do that."

"He let Dom go, he saved me and he avenged Jesse. He didn't do that because he was a cop Mia, he did it because he wanted to. He did it for us." She rolls her eyes but the guilt doesn't leave them. Another growls is released as I continue. "We made a decision. We made a decision about Brian and you…you had no right to change that!"

"I was doing the right thing! How can you not see that? God! That man would have had all of us behind bars if he'd have had his way. No good would have come from having him here." What the hell is wrong with her?

"No good came from him not being here Mia! For crying out loud take a look at Vince and tell me that this is better. Tell me that him being miserable, that breaking his heart was worth it!" Her eyes descend to the floor again as guilt flares across her face at Letty's words. As an argument breaks out between them my mind is reeling from what I've heard.

He didn't say no.

It was real.

What if she'd spoken to him?

What would he have said if she'd given him the chance?

Would the last two years have been different somehow?

"Two years." All eyes snap to me as the words leave me mouth. I looking directly at her as I speak. "Two years I've spent believing that it wasn't real, that everything was a lie. For two years I've believed that he didn't lo-" I break off, not able to finish that sentence. I never spoke the words to him I'm certainly not speaking them to her. Before anyone can speak again the sound of a car pulling up draws everyone's attention.

With my heart leaping into my throat and my stomach dropping I find myself moving outside. For a moment nothing happens as I watch the headlights fade. It almost feels like I've been frozen in place as he watches me from inside the car. Time seems to stop around me as he finally steps out of the car.

"Vince I…" He trails off but his words snap me out of my frozen state. Moving forward I can see how he tenses and my heart stutters at the sight. What does he think I'm going to do? Before my fear overtakes me I make my decision.

Reaching out I pull him towards me and press my lips against his. He hesitates for only a second before wrapping his arms around my neck and responding to the kiss. As I pull him towards me I can't help deepening our kiss. The world seems to right itself as I loose myself within him and for the first time in two and a half years everything seems to fall into place.

Finally.


Tada! So everyone knows now what Mia did, Brian and Vince are back together and all is right with the world.

What's going to happen to Mia now?

How will Brian respond when he confronts her?

Something tells me that she's got a good butt kicking coming her way.

Until next time,

Bye x