DISCLAIMER: I own nothing except: Angel aka Diablo, Aunt Suki, Uncle Jah, Kei, Jose, Catherin, Jasmine, Lu Sung, Alex and the plot line.

Dom leaned against his car and looked at the house across the street seeing the little girl running around her yard getting chased by her mother. There was a time where that had been him and Angel, but Angel had been replaced by her half sister.

It had been 12 long years to the day since he had last seen Angel leave for Japan. There in her place was her half sister, Alexis "Alex" Suko. He had watched her grow up from a baby, the same as he had done with his Angel. But it was a bittersweet memory as the six year old finally started asking questions about her sister. Alex liked to wander over into the garage whenever he left the door open and was working on the Charger, after all he was her babysitter on occasion still.

Licking his lips he pushed himself off the car and rubbed his left arm nervously, he was getting into things he had never dreamed of and he didn't know if he could actually go through with them. That's when a small hand slipped into his, and he looked down to see the young blonde girl looking up at him.

"Mr. Dom can I stay with you?"

"Why what happened kiddo?" Dom asked crouching down to look the little girl in the eye confused.

"My mommy and daddy are going on a honeymoon, and my mommy said she didn't know if my big sissy was actually going to come and watch me. She said my big sissy is really angry with daddy, she said when she was pregnant with me she asked sissy to come home and sissy exploded at him… So can I stay with you if she doesn't come?"

Dom blinked at the little girl who was looking at him hopefully, "I don't know sweet heart, you sure your mommy and daddy are okay with that?"

"Well I'm not planning on telling my husband if you say yes. I asked my husband earlier and he said you were the reason Angel hates us. But I know you, you are so kind to our little girl, I don't know what he is talking about," Catherin said smiling down at Dom as he jumped slightly, "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

Dom laughed softly and nodded, "It's okay Catherin. If Angel doesn't show up I'll look after her I promise. So do we know what Angel looks like these days?"

"No idea, I didn't talk to her much before she handed the phone over. So instead I talked to her cousin who said he'd try and get her to go and leave the garage and her boy with him while we are away."

"Her boy?" Dom swallowed at the thought of his innocent Angel having a kid with someone.

"Yes apparently she adopted one, her father is a bit beside himself in anger…" she whispered, "I don't know the full story but I am sure you can get it out of her if she comes around."

"So you'll look after me if sissy doesn't come home?"

"Yep Alex, I'll look after you. I'm sure your sister will be here though, I can't imagine her not wanting to meet you," Dom smiled picking the little girl up as she giggled, "So when do you guys leave?"

"In a week… sorry about the short notice, Angel is a very hard woman to get a hold of these days. I swear she is screening her calls from us," Catherin sighed, "Though I know we didn't exactly make a good impression on her the first time we met. Thank you for watching Alex," she smiled taking the six year old back from him before going across the street.

Dom watched them go and sighed rubbing his shaved head with a groan. Angel coming home could be a real issue in the future plans, and an even bigger one if she didn't show up. He moved into the house where Mia was sitting working on her nursing homework while Leon and Jesse played cards.

"Mia…"

"What is it now Dom?" her tone exasperated.

"Angel may be here in a week," Dom said folding his arms over his chest as her face shot up to stare at him in shock.

"What? Are you serious Dominic?"

"Yeah… Catherin was just over here with Alex asking if I could watch her if Angel didn't show up. They are apparently finally taking their honeymoon trip," He nodded as the other two looked at him confused, "Angel is Alex's older half sister."

"So the mystery chick in the picture on your wall?" Jessie asked glancing at the living room, "Isn't that going to throw a monkey wrench between you and Letz?"

"Well for all I know we are going to be on one of our off phases. Don't give me that look Mia I will cross that bridge when I get there," He growled as Leon glanced towards the living room as well.

"And the trucks?" Leon asked rubbing his hands together.

"Are going to have to wait until we figure out if we are taking Alex or not," Dom rubbed his head again, "I'm not doing jobs while Alex is here. It's bad enough I have to take her to the garage when I baby sit on long weekends."

"Alright so what are we going to do then man?" Leon pressed, "We have people expecting their shit you know."

"Well the safety of that little girl might be left in my hands and I'm not doing anything that puts that in jeopardy," Dom snapped pointing in the general direction of the Suko house.

"Everything okay Dom?" Vince asked coming into the room at the sounds of his friend's snapping.

"Yeah don't worry about it. The jobs are off until we know if Alex is staying here while her parents are out of town."

Vince looked surprised but shrugged, "Sure thing Dom… Just let me know if we get back on call then."

"I'll let you know Vince…"Dom nodded as Jessie raised his hand, "Yeah Jess?"

"So knowing that you haven't seen your friend for like 12 years, you want me to run a background check on her and make sure she ain't a narc or some shit?"

"No. She doesn't need one, she's like us a gear head," he said half assuring himself as Vince gave him a look he didn't like.

"It's Angel ain't it. God damn it Dominic… Are you going to tell Letty?" Vince accused gesturing behind him.

"Tell her what exactly? I don't even know if she's coming back to look after Alex, why do you think I said the jobs were off until I knew?"

"If you ain't gonna tell her I am," Vince snapped going to turn when Mia spoke up.

"Vince don't, just leave it be until we know what's going on. There isn't any reason to make her upset if Angel isn't going to show up."

"Seriously Mia? You want me to not let her know so she can at least prepare herself for whatever happens in case she comes here? I'm going to tell her."

"No you're going to keep your mouth shut," Dom snapped, finally moving towards Vince who lifted his hands in a surrendering fashion, "Now we leave it alone. I'll head over to the Suko house next week to double check if she's coming in or not. Until then we don't worry about it."

A week later…

Dom took a deep breath and walked across the street and knocked on the door not seeing Angel's father there. He smiled at Alex as she opened the door and wrapped her arms around his hips.

"Hey Alex your mom around?"

"Right here Dominic," Catherin's voice coming from down the hallway, "Come on in."

Dom lifted Alex up and walked into the house closing the door behind him, "So any word on whether she is showing up or not?"

"Actually it's funny you should mention that, I just got a call from her cousin saying that he made sure she got on the plane. She should be here around lunch time if you'd like to stay," The blonde woman said smiling warmly at Dom.

"Does she need a ride from the airport?"

"No… he said something about arranging a car transport. I'm not quite sure, there was a lot of noise in the background," she frowned as he sat Alex down.

"Okay then I better get out of here before your husband comes home and throws a fit. Just let her know if she needs anything there is always someone home," Dom smiled trying to ignore the knots growing in his stomach.

"All right, thank you again Dominic. I'm sorry I couldn't have told you sooner," she apologized seeing him out.

"It's okay, it's not like I had far to go," he teased giving her a wave before heading back to his house to wait it out.

Angel was finally coming home.