A Fresh Start
Chapter 8

Brian

The time he had to wait until Mia and his daughter would come to Rosas place seemed to drag on forever and gave Brian too many opportunities to think about things that could go wrong with either the babies health or Mia running into cops and getting arrested.

First he busied himself with searching for food because he was starving but didn't find much, so he settled for some stale bread with tomatoes because that's all that was in the fridge.
Then he watched TV but didn't understand a word and finally wrecked his brain to figure out how on earth he had crashed the car but had no recollection of anything until that strange Portuguese lady showed up and helped him out of the wreck.

He tried to inspect some of the spots on his body that were aching and found a huge lump on the side of his head, which had to be the reason for his loss of memory. Silently he stared down at the the cast on his arm and tried to move his fingers, which proved to be a bad idea so I sat down on the old worn out sofa and tired to figure out what the people on TV were saying when he heard a key in the door.

Instinctively he tensed up but relaxed when he spotted Rosa. Then she walked through the door: Mia, his love holding their tiny little daughter.

Instantly Brian was on his feet and embraced both in a much needed hug. Holding both of them well and free was a incredible. First he shared a kiss with Mia but then looked down at Sienna and smiled. His daughter was right there in front of him, only inches away from his face. So small, yet perfect. Gently he ran his free hand over her head with the soft dark hair.

Then he bent down and for the first time in her young life kissed her on the forehead, inhaled her scent, felt her softness. The moment was unbeatable. They were united.
"I love you two so much!"

After a few minutes he gave Mia some room and asked. "Is she okay?" The baby was so small and had been in an incubator before. The ex cop could barely believe that she was here now.
"Did anybody ask you any more questions or follow you?" His cop instincts took over and
he stepped to the window to check outside. Only a few boys were outside kicking an old ball.

Mia

She walked to the couch and sat down with her daughter in her arms. Her delicate fingers touched the baby's forehead making Sienna stirred in her sleep, her little arms and hands covered her little face as if not wanting to be disturbed not even by her mom at this time. "Aww," a smile lit up Mia's face. "She's fine, doctor told me to keep her warm."

Rosa approached the couple to take better look at the baby. "She's beautiful, Mia and don't worry I spoke to my cousin while I was on my way to pick you up to the hospital, he'll be here in a few minutes to take a look at Brian and this little one,"

"Thank you so much, Rosa." Mia's gaze spotted Nico standing on the door that divided the kitchen and the living room. "Don't be afraid you can come here and take a closer look at your cousin," she spoke to the boy in Portuguese.

Nico's face lit up and approached Mia smiling as he look at little Sienna sleeping. Rosa touched Nico's head. "Come on, let's make dinner. I need the help of this chef," Nico ran to the kitchen laughing giving Mia and Brian some privacy.

"Don't worry honey, nobody followed me or stop me to question me," for the first time in her life she relaxed, life couldn't be more perfect.

Brian

When he turned around Mia was on the couch with Sienna. Her face was beaming and she looked more beautiful than ever before. It simply took Brian's breath away. "You look drop dead gorgeous, Mia. I thought you'd be a mess after giving birth but you're such a beautiful mum."

The words felt weird coming out of his mouth although he had 9 months time to get used to the idea.
Walking over he carefully sat down next to her his eyes always on their child.
"Sounds strange, doesn't it, mum?"

At the sound of his voice the baby briefly opened her eyes and looked around in no particular direction. "Can she see me?" Brian whispered and ran his thumb over her little hand. Her eyes were blue just like his, which made him proud. "She's got my eyes but the rest is all you….good. She'll be a looker."

Suddenly the baby's face turned into a frown, the bottom lip dropped and she started crying, which send Brian into slight panic. "What? Shhhh, what does she need?" He tensed up.

Rosa came from the kitchen with an apron around her waist. "Milk, I think."

Her son's eyes became almost as wide as Brian's because of the baby's small screams.
"You sounded just like that, Nico."

"No." The boy objected and ran back into the kitchen from where the sizzling of onions in a pan could be heard.

Mia

"Well, it's a good thing I'm not a mess," she chuckle as he walked over her and sat next to her. When the words left his mouth 'Sounds stranger, doesn't it mom?' her eyes went straight to Brian's face. "Mom…" she whispered to herself, it felt weird but the word suited her.

Sienna open her eyes, those beautiful eyes were as blue as Brian's. She laughed at his comment about the baby being a 'looker'. "Wait until she's 15, poor girl you'll barely let her go out with friends and if we add Dom to the equation," she shook her head those two were going to be overprotecting her daughter and running background checks on any guy that asked her out.

The baby started to cry and Brian started to panic a little. "She's just hungry. Shhh…" she rocked the baby in her arms. Nico poke his head and ran back to the kitchen making Rosa laugh. "All right little one, time to feed you" the baby's cry subsided a little almost like understanding what mom was saying to her.

Brian

With a worried expression Brian watched Mia's calm collected moves. It was as if she instinctively knew what to do. "Is she strong enough to…." He cut himself off. All he knew was that babies either were breast fed or by formula in a bottle but he had overheard Mia say that their daughter still needed to be fed by a tube…whatever that meant.

The baby's cries subsided with her mother's soothing words so Brian relaxed a little too. His urge to hold her was gone for a moment.

His own face was pretty pale and tired when he leaned his shoulder against the couch and winced at the ever growing pain."Dinner's going to be ready in 10 minutes." Rosa announced while her son started setting the table and was eyeing both Brian and Mia curiously.
"Are you dad's friends or moms?

The question was legit but before Brian could get nervous about a suitable answer his mother interjected. "Their family, Nico." Two glasses of water were placed in front of Mia and Brian, which he thankfully set against his dry lips and gulped down.

A knock at the door had Brian jump up and even Rosa grew nervous for a moment and motioned for him to go into the room next door until she opened the door and spotted a familiar face. Her cousin, who happened to be a general physician. The dark skinned tall man greeted her with a kiss and then Nico, who was visibly delighted.

"Come in, she's over there." The Portuguese woman told him with a nod at Mia.

Next door Brian relaxed. Once again the network of the Toretto family was working in their favour. It was something he had never known the power of until he met Dom and Mia.

Mia

Brian wasn't the only one nervous, her heart skipped a beat but when Rosa open and revealed her cousin she relaxed too. The tall man approached her with a warm smile on his lips. "I'm Mia, nice to meet you" she shook his hand as she spoke in Portuguese to him.

Nico ran with his arms wide open and Rosa's cousin received his nephew with open arms lifting the boy in the air, Nico's laugh made Mia chuckle too. She couldn't wait for her daughter to be Nico's age, she couldn't wait to find out the baby's personality, what she liked or what she wasn't going to like, what was going to be her favorite color? Oh, well she had to wait but for now she had to enjoy her daughter being a baby.

"I'm getting ready to feed her. Would you like to take a look at her before I feed her?" she asked the doctor, her arms lifting her sleepy daughter a little bit.

"We're clear, come on out," she turned to the room where Brian was encouraging him to get out and join her at the living room, her daughter wasn't the only that needed help.

Brian

The man followed Mia's gaze to the bedroom from where Brian was emerging looking like he had just been run over by a train. The man's expression revealed his confusion.

He lifted his hands and said in a firm voice in Portuguese. "I promise I will help you because you're Rosa's friends but I demand to know what is going on here. Why is the baby not in the hospital or you?" He pointed at Brian who didn't understand a word.

"What is he saying?" Brian didn't like the tone of his voice.

Rosa came over to their help. "Calm down, Sal. They are family and can't be detected by the police. That's why they aren't at the hospital."

The doctor took in her words and frowned. "So this probably means I could lose my license for helping you." He now switched over to English. "I want two things. You word that nobody will mention my name and you pay me cash…if you can pay me at all."

He then turned to the baby and took out his stethoscope. First he took her temperature, then listened to her heart. "She's not warm enough. Wrap her up in blankets and turn on the heat in here. I'll try to get my hands on the incubator by tonight. Is she drinking your milk?" His dark eyes were now on Mia.

The whole situation made Brian more than uncomfortable and he wished he had his gun…just in case, or two good firsts or at least a shirt on. He felt exposed but the fact that his daughter needed help made him stay quiet and simply watch with weary eyes.

Silently he found a spot next to Mia to sit down to watch what the doctor was doing with Sienna. Quietly he reached for Mia's hand to hold it.

Mia

"Don't worry, we'll pay and will not mention your name," Mia started to say. She panicked a little when Sal let her know she wasn't warm enough. Her arms held her daughter a little tighter.

"I was getting ready to feed her, since she's been fed by a tube what I'll do is extract my milk and will give it to her slowly," she felt Brian's hand and she leaned on him a little. Nico stood a few feet from them watching the scene unfolding in front of his
beautiful eyes.

"My husband needs help too," she turned to Brian to massage the back of his head. She felt tired but there was no way in hell she was going to sleep not when the two people she loved the most needed medical attention.

Brian

Mia was the sweetest person. Even in bad situations she cared about him. Most likely he had brought his injuries upon himself but she didn't care. For a short moment he wondered how the accident actually happened because he had always thought he's one of the best drivers out there and would never crash.

Brian pushed that thought aside when she talked about extracting milk. The thought was so strange that he had to grin even though it had to be the most normal thing in the world. Heck, he had been sucking on his mothers breast when he was a tiny baby.

He couldn't wipe the stupid grin of his face until the doctor said."Your husband can wait. Let's take care of the baby first. What's her name?"

Only then did Brian notice that Mia was referring to him as her husband. Despite the fact that as far as he knew they weren't married or even engaged the silly smirk returned to his lips.

Quickly the doctor washed his hands and then offered the baby his finger to suck on it. The tiny mouth closed around it and sucked a little."I'd say try to breast feed her but she'll need extra through a tube. Did the hospital give you the equipment?" His English was broken but understandable.

The thought that some tube would be pushed into his baby girl made Brian nervous. It added to his own shaky health, made his heart beat a little too fast, increased his headache. Sweat built on his forehead. If things kept going like this he might just pass out again. So he leaned forward and held up his hand. "Wait. Mia, please try to feed her." His voice was almost trembling. Never in his life had a little being been able to win his heart so quickly. He felt responsibility for the first time in his life.

Mia

"Her name's Sienna," she answered calmly to the doctor. When the doctor mention Sienna might need to be fed through a tube made her a little uncomfortable and wished in that moment to switch places with her girl.

"Yes, the hospital gave me the equipment," pointing to the medium size tote bag that Rosa held a few moments ago. Every single piece of equipment was stored in their own package with black bold letters in one of the corners of each package with the word 'sterile' in them.

When Brian spoke she turned to him, he looked paler. She frown placing her left cool hand behind her neck afraid he was going to faint. She then took a thin and almost medium size blanket to cover herself as she unclasped a special bra she was wearing making it easier for her to just guide the baby's mouth to her breast.

Sienna's skin felt warmer to Mia as she coaxed the little girl to take her meal, just a few seconds later and the baby suckled, she looked down removing the blanket a little just to reveal a very hungry baby with her little hand on her mother's breast afraid Mia was going to forbade her to keep eating.

Brian

All the sterile equipment gave Brian the creeps. It looked just like at the instruments, needles and tubes they had just used on him at the hospital and induced a certain kind of fear. Naturally it gave him a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach to think that it might be used on the fragile little baby.

When Mia sat down and put her daughter to her breast a warm feeling washed over Brian. Everything seemed so normal and natural. It was instinct that guided Sienna and seeing Mia like this made her grow even more in Brian's eyes. She was most definitely the best woman in the world.

Brian felt his knees get weak so he sat down in an arm chair and leaned his aching head against the back but never took his eyes off the girls. Only for a second he looked over at the doctor who carefully watched what the woman was doing. The man seemed pleased and didn't interrupt the feeding.

The baby paused for a moment before it searched for the milk again and continued sucking.
With a smile on his pale lips he asked Mia. "Did I ask you to marry me yet?" It was a strange way of proposing so he added. "Because if not, I'm and idiot and should do it right now!"

Mia

"What?" she was brought back to the present when Brian asked her about marriage. A little shock to hear him say the words, and even if she tried to speak she couldn't… words couldn't come out of her lips.

The baby stopped suckling and her eyes were on her daughter, she stirred a little in her arms and went back to suckle for more milk. She turned to the doctor. "Do you think she'll need to be fed using the tube?" she was afraid to ask but had to, hopefully the doctor would say 'no'.

Mia could feel her eyes closing; she blinked a couple of times not wanting to sleep not when Sienna was still eating, her body demanded some rest but she had to wait a little bit more. Sienna kept eating for five more minutes and stopped; she looked down at her daughter and couldn't hide the smile when she noticed Sienna fell asleep her little hand never losing contact with her mother.

Brian
Brian never got an answer to his question, which made him a little upset when in fact he already knew the answer anyway. Maybe he had just chosen a bad moment in time to pop the question, if Mia even perceived it as that.

He watched her feed the baby and uneasily shifted in his seat because he could feel the various bruises and breaks more and more. Obviously the pain killers were coming to and end and all that could help him now was the happiness about their newborn child.

Unfortunately the fact that Sienna was so early and tiny made him worry and unable to enjoy the situation to its maximum. The doctor unwrapped the tube wearing rubber gloves and nodded because the baby had fallen asleep after only a few minutes of drinking.

"It's very important that she gets enough hydration and nutrition, so I'd like to ask you to extract some milk and then I'll show you how to give it to her."

The next few minutes were cruel. Not only did Brian have to listen to his little daughter cry in protest when the tube was put through her nose into her stomach but also was he worried about Mia, who had paled considerably, while holding her baby.
"It's going to be okay. Don't worry Mia. She's going to be fine." He tried to calm both her and himself. For a moment he could feel his hands shake and his throat tighten but tried to remain strong for the girls.

Mia

She wished the doctor would've said no, but boy did she regret opening her mouth. Her arms felt numb holding the baby and at the last minute had to turn her gaze to the floor as the cries of Sienna tore at her insides.

She bit her tongue trying to block her daughter's cries calling out to her. She knew Brian was right and send a quick prayer for all of this to end afraid she was going to shout to the doctor to stop, but it was something she agreed to do before walking out of the hospital with the baby.

She felt the room spin for a moment, her heart rate increased making her close her eyes for a moment. "Hurry up," she muttered under her breath. Sienna's cries just intensified, why was the doctor not done? Mia looked down at the baby and how the doctor was explaining for her to feed her.

It broke Mia's heart not being able to stop something that was going to help Sienna to survive, but what broke her even more was seeing the tears coming out of her daughter blue eyes and her little arms reaching out to Mia, but mommy couldn't do a thing which made the baby more upset and kept crying, more like screaming at the top of her lungs.

Brian

From where he sat he couldn't see his daughter behind the doctor but he could hear her and those cries were heart wrenching and made him sick to his stomach. For his taste they lasted way too long, too and made him wonder whether the man knew what he was doing. All sorts of things went through his head from getting up and stopping him too soothing Mia and Sienna, to simply running out of the room because he couldn't bare it any longer.

Mia was begging for him to hurry and boy did she ever look bad. Her lips had lost all color and her expression was frantic. So Brian struggled up from his seat and came to sit next to her. "Let me hold her, take a moment to breathe before you pass out."

The doctor stopped for a moment looking up at Mia's pale features and nodded. "Almost done…we need your milk now."

Brian carefully held out his good arm to receive the squirming baby, who was crying on top of her lungs. Under any other circumstances this would have been the moment to run and hide but now it was the moment to actually become a father.

While the doctor taped the tube to Sienna's nose he averted his gaze and watched Mia stand up hoping she wouldn't fall over. Finally the baby's cries were subsiding and the doctor sat back to give them both a moment.

Rosa had stayed in the back ground the whole time but was now following Mia next door. "Can I help you, sweetheart?" She offered with a kind smile.

Mia

It was hard to stand up where all she wanted to do was to scream at the doctor to stop "torturing" her baby. She took the tote bag that had also the equipment for her to extract her milk. She entered the next room and sat down on the bed and turned to Rosa. "Can you hand me a towel, please?" she started to take out the small equipment and it wasn't hard to put it all together and started to extract her milk.

She kept extracting her milk, she looked at the ceiling, her lips quiver and a tear fell, she quickly brush it with the back of her hand, Sienna's cries finally breaking down her walls. She managed to stop the tears and concentration on extracting more milk.
She took the towel from Rosa's hands. "Thanks," and wiped her breast carefully preparing herself to go back to the room where Brian held Sienna.

She stood up and walked to the restroom splashing some water on her face taking a moment to look at herself in the mirror. "You can do this," she whispered to her reflection and walked back to the living room.

She sat down next to Brian and offered him a quick smile and whispered a 'Thank you' to him. She then look at the doctor and gave him the bottle with a good amount of milk in it. "Ok," she waited for him to tell her what to do.

When Brian looked up from his daughter to Mia it was obvious she had been crying by the red streaks on her cheeks. If there was one thing that the ex-cop hated it was seeing Mia cry. She was one of the strongest women he knew and hardly ever cried but when she did she surely had her reasons. At least Sienna had stopped the loud cries and now only did the odd small complaint here and there.

The doctor filled some of Mia's milk in a small syringe and attached it to the tube. Then he handed it to Mia. "Now you simply push it in…that's it. Burp her and keep her as warm as you can…preferably on you chest under your clothes…either one of you." He looked at everybody in the room.
"Try!" He encouraged Mia.

Brian was still holding Sienna but was visibly uncomfortable and not dealing very well with the whole situation himself. He pretended to be okay with it but everything in him scream 'fear', which wasn't an idea he wasn't used to because he had always treated his own life with a pretty reckless attitude.

When the milk was fed and the baby calming down he scooted deeper into the seat, squeezed his eyes shut and groaned audibly. "Holy shit!" This wasn't how he had pictured their first day together. Even though he wanted to be strong for Mia, who had just been through hell and back, he couldn't hold it together any longer. Brian was in too much pain to stay calm and collected. Pain and fear were a really bad combination.

Mia

She went into nurse mode when the doctor encouraged her to feed Sienna, Brian held the baby as Mia fed her, after finishing she took the baby from his arms and made her burp, it felt so good to have her back.

Sienna' s little head nuzzle in her chest, her little hand making contact with Mia's skin, realizing that mom was holding her, her little eyes closed and no more cries filled the room.

She leaned back on the sofa and sighed out loud. "It's your turn," she spoke to Brian seeing the pain in his features. "I'll take it from here," she told the doctor standing up from the sofa and walking a little around the house with her baby well secured on her arms keeping her as warms as she could.

If this was the first day… she was going to have to work really hard on her emotions every time she had to feed Sienna and it wasn't a onetime feeding but every 2 to 3 hours.

Brian

Mia managed to get her emotions under control very quickly and fell into nurse or even mother mode easily. She seemed very collected when she was finally done feeding and had her baby back in her arms.

It was almost as if a rock dropped off Brian's chest to see both of them content and he had time to focus on himself again, which was a good and a bad thing at the same time. There was no recollection of the crash itself but his aching head, knee and mostly the arm, that was now held together by screws and a cast, hurt terribly. As long as the baby was crying he had someone else to focus on but now he felt it hit him like a ton of bricks.

"What happened to you?" The doctor asked wondering what he could do for the beat up man.
"I don't know." Brian answered truthfully. "I guess I've been in an accident."

The older Portuguese took out a light to shine it in Brian's eyes. The bright light made the ex-cops head hurt even worse than before so he flinched away and growled. "The hospital has already taken care of me. I just want to sleep."

In his strong accent the man replied. "Do that. Concussion."

"Hmm." Brian pushed himself up from the armchair and struggled to his feet, careful not to put too much weight on the one that had been squashed in the car crashed before he turned his back on the man, who had just hurt his baby girl and limped towards the bedroom.

"I'm okay. Just leave me alone." His tone was cranky and obviously annoyed.
He pushed the door closed before he lowered himself onto the bed and hoped he would be able to fall asleep rather sooner than later.

Of course the attitude didn't please the doctor but Rosa managed to calm him down by apologizing. "Not very appreciative, I'm sorry about him. He's just had a long, hard day."

With raised brows the man grabbed his black leather bag and slipped of the rubber gloves. "I'll be back tomorrow, Rosa. Are you and Nico okay?"

The dark skinned woman confirmed with a nod and smiled. "Obrigada."

On his way out he passed Mia, who was sitting in front of the door with the sleeping baby. Offering her hand he said. "Your husband doesn't want any help. Keep an eye on him. If he's acting strange take him back to the hospital. That concussion could be dangerous." He held out a few pills to her. "For him."With a friendly squeeze of her shoulder he said his goodbyes."You're a strong woman. I'll be back tomorrow morning."

Mia

"I'll keep an eye on him," she thanked the doctor and stood up from the chair and opened the door slowly that moment ago Brian had close.

Sienna was asleep in her arms; carefully she sat on the bed next to him kissing his forehead. "He was trying to help…" she stop afraid he was going to blow up. It was a very hard and intense day on both of them with the whole ritual to feed Sienna, it was hard.

"Take one pill, this should help," giving him the bottle. She lay down on the bed placing the baby in the middle giving her a chance to run her cool fingers through his hair.

She didn't know what else to say other than she understood the feeling of desperation both of them had the moment their girl started screaming, it was hard because he was in pain and she felt helpless for once in her life, as if a snap of her fingers was going to cure him.

"I'll get something to eat. Would you like some?" waiting for his answer, he was tired but Mia crossed her fingers behind her back hoping he'd eat something before taking a pill and go back to sleep.

Brian

There was no way in hell that Brian could get comfortable on the small, hard bed with multiple bruises and his arm in a cast at an awkward angle. "Gahhh, I hate this!" He complained loudly as if he was the only one in a bad situation.

When Mia offered him a pill he shook his head like a stubborn little child."I need more than that." What would one little pill do?"

"Give me some whiskey. That'll help me."Against all odds Mia wasn't getting annoyed with him but remained nice and suggested to eat a bite but Brian only shook his head and frowned at the ceiling. "Not hungry." He didn't care that Rosa had gone to the trouble of making a meal.

Of course he wasn't well but he was also being absolutely selfish. Mia was the one who had just given birth and made the most difficult decision. It didn't take long until Brian got a very bad conscience but only closed his eyes instead of apologizing. He simply wanted to sleep and tomorrow everything would be better.

Next to him Sienna was chasing rabbits in the crack of the bed in between the mattresses and tore him out of his daze. He rolled his head to the side and looked at his little daughter, took in her delicate features, the rosy skin, the small button nose and how she was pursing her small lips.
Unwillingly a smile played on his lips and he leaned over a little to kiss her cheek.

Mia

"Don't you think I hate this too?" her voice rose a little but she stopped herself from starting a fight with him.

"I know you don't feel well and I understand how hard it was to watch Rosa's cousin feed Sienna and as cruel as it was it had to be done, Brian"

She lifted the baby from the mattress. "If you're not going to eat at least take the pill," she insisted one more time. She took a small pill and held it in her hand for him to take it. "Don't make me shove the pill in your mouth," she warned him.

Giving up she placed the pill on the mattress where he could see it. "This isn't like you: so stubborn and childish. Good night," she got out of the room leaving Brian to cool off a little and hopefully he would re think and see how he was behaving.

She walked to the kitchen and spotted Nico having dinner. "Do you want to eat Aunt Mia?" Mia smiled at the 'aunt' part.

"I'd love to Nico, thanks." she told her nephew in Portuguese taking a seat next to him with Sienna, the little girl open her eyes and look around.

"Hey you," Mia chuckle kissing her little forehead, Sienna yawn and moved her little arms making Nico stop eating and take a look at his little cousin.

Brian

The all too familiar temper of the Torettos broke through and mad Brian flinch. Mostly Mia was very calm and mild manners but he knew all too well to duck when she got mad because eventually she'd explode. In the past they had had a few heated arguments and each time Brian regretted starting them.

This time was no different. Hearing the tone of her voice made alarm bells go off. The one thing he didn't need was an argument with Mia on top of everything else so after sulking for a few minutes he finally found the pill on the mattress and swallowed it dry. It couldn't hurt to take it.

The thing got stuck half way down his throat making him cough and almost gag so he got up with some effort and padded to the bathroom still in Vince's pants but without a shirt or socks. Everything he owned had been soiled and removed by the hospital.

In the bathroom he quickly hung his head under the tab to drink some water and then splashed some in his face before he admired his beaten up tired reflection in the beautiful, large mirror. It had handmade carvings on the side. The man he saw in the mirror looked far from his usual self.

Tired, gloomy, bad. Not like a new father. So Brian decided to pick himself up and get in a better mood, no matter what. Both Mia and Sienna deserved that.

Putting a more neutral look on his face he went to the kitchen, where everybody had gathered at the table. There was one empty chair and a plate, which were practically waiting for him across the table from Mia.

So he silently sat down and looked over at Mia, who was already eating. Hopefully Mia would notice that he was trying to make an effort to avoid a fight. So he took the fork next to his plate and started eating.

"Hmm, good. Thanks, Rosa." Again his eyes found Mia as he mouthed. 'sorry'

Mia

'Good job, big baby' she didn't say the words out loud but stop herself from laughing but smile and nodded.

"Dinner was delicious, Rosa. Thank you so much," She started to lift her plate but Rosa stopped her.

"I'll do that for you, it's getting late now. Why don't you go to bed? You really need to take a nap," Rosa said looking at Mia's tired face.

"Thanks," she walked around the table and stop where Brian was eating kissing the top of his head whispering a "Thanks, honey." one more time and walked back to the room with her baby girl.

She lay down on the bed pulling the baby closer to her chest not forgetting about Sienna needing to be warm at all times.

Her gaze shift to a small table next to the bed she was at and notice the bottle of pills chuckling knowing Brian didn't hesitate and took the pill, it was really rare when she got mad and when she did Brian knew not to play around, she was the peace maker but when Brian took that kind of attitude she didn't hesitate to let her temper out a little.

Her short moment of joy disappeared wondering about when and where she was going to see her brother.

Brian

The meal was actually not only very delicious but also much needed since Brian hadn't eaten the whole day. His stomach stopped rumbling and he relaxed a little. Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea.

He leaned back and looked over at Rosa who was helping her son to finish his food. They looked very comfortable with each other, not like some families he knew were kids were unruly and constantly being told off by their parents.

"I hope Sienna is going to turn out like Nico. I like the way you two interact." Nico looked at his mother questioningly who translated Brian's words and then smiled at him.

"Treat her with respect. She'll do the same."Rosa's words were unusual and surprised him but he picked up his plate and nodded. "I'll keep that in mind."

With a raised brow the woman got up and took the plate from him. "You go lay down with your 'family'." The word was stressed and sounded strange but awesome to Brian.

Brian followed her Mia into the bedroom again where he found her snuggled up in bed with the baby so he slid under the cover with them so their daughter was in between them.

"Sorry about earlier." He turned his head to place a soft kiss on her cheek. He didn't notice how glum she was suddenly looking.

"You never answered my question; at least I don't recall your answer." His pale blue eyes fell on the tiny baby next to him. "I think it would be nice if we all had the same last name."

Mia

She smiled closing her eyes loving the sensation of his warm lips on her cheek. "I guess, I should use more that technique for you to behave," she laughed accepting his apology.

She took a moment to answer his last question. "Well… what do you say about that, Sienna?" she looked down at the baby caressing her little forehead with her thumb.

The little girl might be having a dream since Sienna moved her little arms in the air. Mia placed her hands under her tiny ones and slowly placed them down.

"I'd say that's a 'yes'." She carefully moved the baby closer to Brian giving her some room to lean closer to him placing a kiss on his lips. "…and I'd say I'll be more than happy to go from Ms. Toretto to Mrs. O'Conner."

Brian

The moment she asked Sienna Brian knew she was playing with him and just teasing him by making him wait a little longer for the answer."Say yes, Sienna." He whispered to the girl before Mia actually gave him the answer he'd been longing to hear for hours...days, actually years. Even when they weren't together Brian could never get the raven haired beauty out of his head. She had him wrapped around her little finger ever since he laid eyes on her at the crappy diner.

Now she even accepted his last name, which put a large grin on Brian's face. "I would have taken your last name but I simply don't look like a Toretto." That name and Dom's bald skull were connected like day and night. For Mia Brian would take any name as long as it was the same as hers though.

Excited he added. "So she's going to be little Miss Sienna O'Conner. I love the sound of that." He carefully played with her tiny fingers.

Suddenly he remembered something that had happened just before the accident. "The ring..." With worry he reached into the pants he was wearing, which were of course empty.

"It was in my pants..." His smile dropped from his face just as fast as it had gotten there.

Mia

It broke Mia's heart to see that spark of happiness disappear in a blink of an eye. "Hey…" she lifted his chin with her hand. "I hate seeing you like this," and she did…

She played with the corners of his mouth. "That's better…" she mimicked with her hands a smile. "I can't wait for your daughter to have 4 or 5 years old, I guarantee you, she'll be doing the same thing as I am," trying to change his sadness.

"The ring can wait," she stopped until he was looking at her. "Because all I need is you and this little one,"

Brian

The fact that he had lost her ring bothered Brian but he looked up into her dark eyes and saw the love that would be there, no matter if she got a ring or not.

The ways she was playing around with the corners of his mouth made his lips twitch until he couldn't suppressed a smile. "I can't wait until she does all those little things."

His eyes scanned the little features for a moment picturing what she'd look like in 4 years and what she might be doing to him. It was something that filled his heart with great joy and made the lost engagement ring seem meaningless.

"You sure? I'll get you another one soon." He promised as he leaned his head against the pillow and pulled Sienna a little close to his side to keep her warm.

While he was laying there with his two girls tiredness overcame him and his eyes drifted close. The night would be uncomfortable so embraced the sleep that was about to ease his pain.
"Night, Mia. Night, Sienna." The blonde smiled with his eyes closed.

Mia

"Yes, I'm sure," She could stay up all night looking at Brian sleeping. "Good night, hon. I love you," she tease him kissing his forehead, then moved down to his cheek and finally on his lips, the smile never erasing from his lips.

"Good night, Sienna" She gave her a big kiss and got closer to the persons she loved the most.

Tiredness won this time too and fell asleep, preparing herself for the next day. The doctor would come tomorrow to take a look at Sienna and Brian too.

Brian

Falling asleep with both of his loved ones in his arms gave the ex-cop a great sense of comfort. It felt like a safe haven where he simply belonged. Nothing else would be right. With that thought Brian drifted off to sleep. It was a deep, dreamless sleep and lasted until 4 in the morning when he accidentally rolled onto his right side and woke up to blinding pain.

Groaning loudly he rolled back onto his back and waited for the stinging and throbbing to subside.
Next to him Sienna was crying softly in her sleep because he had probably disturbed her.
Brian waited until she was quiet again and then rolled out of bed looking for the bottle of pills, which wasn't easy with the only light being the moon coming in through the closed curtains.

Eventually he found it, grabbed it and made his way to the bathroom where he turned on the light.
'better take two this time' he thought to himself. While he swallowed them with some water he wondered where Nico and Rosa were sleeping if he and Mia were in their bed.

Since he was wide awake now he first did his business and then looked in the mirror to admire the bruise that was building on the side of his head.

He still couldn't remember what happened even though eh was wrecking his brain. For a while he sat down on a basket, that served as a laundry hamper and thought about it when he suddenly remember one minor detail. The truck.

How is was heading straight towards him, which was a memory he would rather forget so he got up and started walking around the apartment, looking for something to pass the time when he heard Sienna from the bedroom.

Mia

Mia eyes open as quick as Sienna was starting to fuss, she looked to her right and Brian's side was empty. Where was he? "Come here," she whispered to Sienna, the baby probably was hungry.

She brought the baby closer to her breast and immediately Sienna was suckling for milk.

The night wasn't hot or too cold, and the moon coming from the close curtains gave a sense of peace. "Where's daddy?" she whispered to the baby as Sienna's little hand rested on her breast.

She looked at the curtains being move by the wind, having the window open made the room to have just the right temperature, making Mia silky and long hair move too. Sienna stop eating for a little bit and started crying in her arms. "I'm right here," she spoke softly to her child. She hoped Rosa or Nico didn't wake up by her soft cries that sooner would become loud.

Brian

When he heard Mia's soft voice speaking to Sienna and soothing her he got torn out of his thoughts about the accident. Quickly he turned off the bathroom light and padded back to the bedroom where he stopped in the doorframe for a second to take in Mia's appearance.

The flowing silky gown, the hair, their baby. "Wow." He simply shook his head and leaned his good should against the wooden doorframe and supported his injured arm with the other one.
For a moment he stood trying to engrave this picture deep in his memory.
Sienna started sobbing again so he walked over.

"Do you want me to take her? I can't sleep anyway." Mia had many sleepless nights ahead of her. She might as well make use of the few when Brian, who usually slept like a log, was offering to take over.

Mia

"There you are," covering her mouth as she yawn. She changed the position of the baby and padded her little back until she burped, placing her again on the mattress. "Yes, I'd love that, please" she answered his question, she still felt a little tired.

"Thanks," she placed her head on the pillow after Brian was next to Sienna but didn't go to sleep immediately knowing Rosa's cousin was going to show up in a few hours. She frowned not taking her eyes of Sienna. Was she prepared to see her daughter go through the same thing? Will she be able to bear the sound of her daughter's cries again?

Brian

With a nod Brian sat down on the bed next to her and laid down turning to his side so Sienna was cradled in the gap between his chest and his arm and got enough body heat. For a while he studied her small face.

Her tiny nose, the closed eyes, the bit of down like hair. Even if the police came storming in right now and pulled him away from his family he'd never forget her face. It was deeply engraved into his brain.

He heard Mia's breath next to him. They were to uneven for her to be asleep so he assumed she was awake."I'm sorry, Mia. That you couldn't give birth and enjoy the first while like any other mother."
That was one thing that would always bother him.

Brian had always devoted his life to chasing the bad guys and living according to the law. Being an outlaw on the run himself was never part of his plan and he'd never get used to the idea. His conscience had driven him to thoughts like walking into a police station and accepting whatever sentence he'd get. Now with Mia and Sienna things were different though. He couldn't act on impulse or what he wanted any more.

"I wish we didn't have to be on the run. Mia, you know you don't have to be. I know you'll tell me I'm crazy but if you wanted to settle down with Sienna and live a normal live I could turn myself in. I know you always hated that Dom was a criminal."

Mia

"You are crazy, no matter what I'll always be by your side. That first time I knew you were a cop—I pushed you away and it was a very stupid thing to do," reviewing like a critic to a movie that scene of her lashing out at Brian in the small café.

"…and in that moment when you ran after me to the kitchen and made love that's when I knew I wanted to be with you forever. All that matters are you and Sienna, I don't care if we keep running as long as I'm with you two I'm at home," forgetting for a moment that day at the hospital after jumping from the window asking him for how long were they going to be doing the same thing: run from the cops.

"Don't ever say that, ok? Don't ever say anything about me settling down with Sienna and you turning yourself in. Besides, what would be the point if you're not there for us," She got closer to him being careful not to hurt Sienna. "I love you,"

Brian

He remembered vividly what it felt like when Mia told him how much he had hurt her and that she wanted nothing to do with him anymore. Until then he simply didn't feel good about it but at that moment he got crushed. Never before had he doubted his profession and decisions more than then.

It didn't take long after that for him to realize what mattered more, the job or Mia. "I remember that day like today. It's the worst I've felt for ages and it made me doubt my career. I just wanted to make you feel better, see you happy again." Gladly he received her kiss.

"Back then I figured out that seeing you happy was more than making others follow the law."

He joined in the kiss closing his eyes. For a moment he felt her soft, warm lips on his before he gently sucked on her bottom lip and trailed his tongue along it.

When they parted he added. "I just needed to let you know that you always have that option if you ever feel it would be a better choice for our daughter because I'm telling you, baby, I'd do anything for her." To stress his point he leaned down to kiss Sienna in her sleep.

Mia

"I'm sure I'll never make that choice," she smiled as he leaned down to kiss the baby, feeling his daddy kiss Sienna stir in her sleep.

"I know you'd do anything for her," kissing him one more time. "I'd do the same too,"

"How's your arm? Did the pills help a little?" passing her fingers through his hair. She forgot about going back to sleep and decided to stay talking with him.

Brian

At least he did one thing right if Mia knew he'd do anything for them.
For a minute he closed his eyes to kiss her and enjoy the feeling.

The question about the arm just made him frown because it was anything but pleasant and judging by the amount of pain radiating into every direction it would take a long time to heal if it ever really did.
With Mia he didn't have to put on a brave face although she was used to her brother taking bullets without flinching.

"Not really. I took two but it still hurts like a bitch…so does my head." He indicated the side that smashed against the window. Then he shrugged. "It'll all look different in a few days."
With the same pained worried expression he looked at the bright white cast. "Do you suppose they could have done something wrong?"

Suddenly Brian realized how pathetic he had to sound compared to Dom so he shrugged it off and laughed a little embarrassed. "Never mind. Remember when Dom got shot through the shoulder? I swear your brother didn't even flinch. I saw the blood but he was so focused on catching Braga he didn't even notice."

Brian had to smile at the memory. "Your brother is one hell of a guy. I hope he's doing fine. Have you told him about Sienna yet?"Mia's fiancé wasn't quite sure what they had said. His memory was all over the place when it came to the past 24 hours.

Mia

When Brian pointed to his head she carefully placed a kiss on the smashed side. "Sal will be here in a few hours… I'm sorry you're in so much pain, wish I could take that away,"

"Big baby, but I still love you" she couldn't help but laugh placing her arms around his neck bringing him closer to her to kiss him some more.

She smiled at the memory too, how she had lots of fun stitching Dom's shoulder and the Chinese food they had and how she scolded him for not saying grace. "I haven't been able to contact him. I'm sure he's doing fine," After all he did well without his sister for 5 years.

"I can't wait for Dom to meet her," leaning down placing soft kisses on Sienna's forehead.

Brian

Brian. "Big, baby, huh? Thanks." He guessed that compared to Dom anybody would look like a big baby so he let it pass.

The few kisses here and there from Mia made him feel much better than the pills. "You're a wonderful nurse, you know that. A few more of those kisses and it'll all be good." Brian pretended to think and then added. "Well, I could think of something that would be even more effective than your kisses." He gently reached around her waist and moved his hip closer to hers. Of course it was a joke.

"Well call Dom's contact in the morning and then he'll be here soon."

After another 30 minutes Brian actually managed to go back to sleep despite the pain. He heard none of Sienna's cries or Mia's soothing until the early morning hours when a loud knock on the door woke him with a start.

Brian almost fell out of bed and shook Mia awake. "Wake up, Mia. I think it's the cops." That loud banging sounded again and he could hear Rosa get up."You have to stop her."

Brian roamed around in search of his gun only to remember that he didn't even have his clothes so next thing he was checking the window to see how high up they were."Open the damn door, Rosa!" A low, very familiar voice rumbled outside.

Mia

When he reach around her waist and moved his hip closer to hers she couldn't help but start giggling, she gently punched his shoulder. "Stop," she said in between giggles. "You're going to smash your daughter," she took a moment to control herself.

"Yes, I'll contact Dom," pressing her hands on her flat stomach easing the pain that caused it minutes ago by non-stop laughter.

They spend a few more minutes talking until both of them fell asleep. Next thing she knew Brian was waking her up. "What?" the words not making an impact on her as she rubbed her eyes. "The cops?"

"Ok, wait. You stay here with Sienna and stop jumping out windows. I'll go with Rosa," she was taking a big risk of going to the living room with Rosa to open the door, but then that voice sounded so damn familiar.

She got out of the room following Rosa. "What the hell…" she stared to get angry know, if there was one thing she hated was to be woke up by someone's loud knocks on the door.

She exchange a few words in Portuguese with Rosa and went to see who was making all that noise that soon was going to wake up Sienna.