A/N: Bold Writing was done by Rangerwebb, thanks girly!


CHAPTER 29 – Shit Happens.

Mia sat at her kitchen table with a pen in her mouth dialing a number on her cordless phone. She was what you could call 'on edge'. She had papers spread across the table magazines open, books; price lists everything in order to plan a wedding except the one crucial thing, a fiancé!

Brian had come home quite late from races; he didn't get in till 9 am. Mia was awake waiting for him lying in bed pretending to be asleep. He didn't lean over and kiss her like he had done so many nights before, he just stripped himself of his clothes in the dark and got in to bed and began to snore ten minutes later. A silent tear ran down her cheek and she got out of bed a few minutes later as she heard Brianna beginning to cry. She had been sat at the kitchen table for the past four hours and Brian was still asleep, with no explanation as to his whereabouts the evening and morning before she was getting paranoid and more pissed off by the second.

She knew CJ had gone to races last night too so she had thoughts of them two sneaking off to a dark corner to kiss and cuddle or more…she sighed and threw down the phone as the engaged tone sounded.

Brian entered the kitchen noticing Mia's obviously stressed out mood and debated with himself whether he should approach her and kiss her or keep his distance and ask what was wrong.

"Morning" he said kissing her forehead and then walked to the fridge to get out the orange juice.

"Morning yourself" she replied harshly. Ah shit here we go! Brian thought to himself. She had been nothing but a ticking time bomb from the moment she decided she wanted to set a date for the wedding. He had been walking on egg shells for the past three months with her and it was beginning to get on his last nerve he wasn't sure how much more he could take of her attitude.

"What have I done now?" he sighed.

"DON'T TAKE THAT TONE WITH ME BRIAN O'CONNOR! WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?" Mia yelled standing up.

"Back off Mia" Brian said staring her down as she walked towards him "I'm really not in the mood for your attitude today" Brian told her.

"MY ATTITUDE! WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF? TELLING ME TO BACK OFF!" Mia yelled some more at him, Brian stood and took it pretending he cared what she had to say, he waited for her to mention CJ and sure enough in her next sentence she accused him of spending the night with her. Then she flipped the script on him and said something completely new telling him she didn't like him talking to Roman because he was so close to CJ. "I forbid you to see him!" Mia said still angry but not shouting "I don't want you to see Roman anymore!" she made it clear what she was saying.

Brian laughed at her "you're unbelievable" Brian told her before leaving the kitchen with Mia following him screaming at him. He kissed Brianna on the head as she watched cartoons picked up his keys from the table beside the door and left. Leaving Mia gob smacked that he hadn't retaliated.


Brian drove to the hospital a little faster than he probably should have. Speed was his release. He was furious with Mia, she had some nerve! He had made one mistake with CJ like 3 months ago, it was in the past, he had given up CJ for her, not only was CJ his once girlfriend she was one of his close friends and he had given it all up for Mia and she acted like he was still sleeping with CJ. He didn't need her attitude right now, or ever for that matter. He had given her everything! A house, a car, a daughter, and all the money she needed for her 'dream' wedding and still she was being a selfish bitch and he couldn't take it anymore he needed to race, he needed something to cheer him up.

He pulled up to a parking space at the hospital and got out of his car ignoring his ringing phone, he knew it was Mia it was the tenth time she had called since he had left the house. he wasn't ready to talk to her or listen to her excuses as to why she shouted at him he already knew it 'it's the stress of planning the wedding baby, I'm sorry' she had used that line so many times over the past two months, she needed a tape recorder so she could just press play to save her voice!

Brian stormed in to the hospital his mood clear to CJ who was sat outside Roman's room with a cup of coffee in her hand smelling the aroma to try and wake herself up. His mood lightened seeing her beautiful face, even though she still had yesterday's clothes on and her hair was a little messy, she was still amazingly beautiful to him. "Hey" he said to her

"Hi" she replied smiling at him.

"anybody in there?" he asked pointing towards Roman's room.

"Jade, Jesse and Ty" CJ replied going back to smelling her coffee. "So what's with the sour face?" she asked Brian as he took a seat beside her to wait for one of the three to leave Roman's room so he could go in.

"Long story" Brian replied

"Your long story just walked in" CJ said looking down the corridor seeing Mia walking down holding Brianna.

"she just doesn't know when to quit" Brian sighed standing up as she approached. "Mia if you've come for another fight your not gonna get one, I give up I really do" Brian said holding his hands up as if surrendering "everything I do is wrong, everything you do is right, what you says goes and I'll just be your lap dog" Brian said giving in.

"Brian I don't want that I'm just stressed because of the wedding I'm sorry" she said her classic line. "I didn't know about Roman I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions and I'm sorry for what I said"

"Until next time and then you'll just accuse me of being with her again" Brian said. Mia looked at him as if to say 'shut up'. CJ was sat by them and could hear everything.

"we were together all night, just so you know" CJ said from her chair sarcastically she was sick of the accusing looks every time her and Brian were in the same room together, Mia needed to realize it was over between CJ and Brian but she just couldn't seem to get it through to her brain! Jesse and Jade exited Roman's room interrupting the bitching match that was about to begin.

"He's asking for Mrs. Pearce" Jesse told CJ. CJ laughed and stood up walked through the middle of Brian and Mia and entered Roman's room. Brian followed leaving Jade to tell Mia that only three people were allowed in the room at once.

Mia sighed and sat down in the still warm chair where CJ was sat moments ago she put Brianna down in front of her and played with her hair. "So what exactly happened?"


CJ and Brian entered the room to see Ty sat half on his dad's bed half off it using his foot on the floor to help him balance. He was laughing at something his Dad must have said, Roman laughed then winced in pain. CJ stood beside his bed and took his hand in hers.

"Hey there's my wifey, they keep talking about," Roman said smiling at her

"hey" she replied smiling leaning down to kiss his cheek. "We got married in this same hospital a couple months ago remember?" CJ asked him.

"Yeah, of course I remember" he replied "and if I remember right, it was hella romantic" Roman replied.

"Am I missing something?" Brian asked out of Roman's view. He was standing at the top of the bed.

"Hey bullet" Roman said hearing his voice. Brian walked in to Roman's view and greeted him with that million dollar smile.

"How you feelin bro?" Brian asked.

"Like pure shit. I feel like I have been hit by a bus, and then ran over and reversed back over by an 18 wheeler, and then kicked in the nuts a few to many times." Roman told him. Brian laughed at him as did CJ and Ty; Roman chuckled and then held his ribs "so what's the damage?" Roman asked looking at CJ "Doctor's haven't been in to see me yet"

"Your real lucky" CJ began, he gave her his usual 'just tell me' grin "you broke your leg, a few ribs, concussion and your gonna be bruised and aching for a while" CJ said

"And my car?" he asked

"even if it hadn't have blown up it would have been a total lose, sorry dude" Brian said

"it blew up?" Roman asked shocked, and in a way hoping he was joking.

"Right after me and Dom pulled you out of there" Brian explained.

"No way of salvaging any of it, are you sure?" Roman asked almost in a pissed off child not getting its own way tone.

"sorry dude" Brian replied "the bright side of it is that you won the race, and when we've tracked down he fuckers that did this, you'll have yourself a nice new shinny Skyline" Brian tried making him feel better.

"I want my fucking Spyder fuck a damn fucking Skyline" Roman said folding his arms and pouting. CJ, Brian and Ty all burst out laughing at his more than child like behavior.

"You need to give the racing shit up anyway" CJ said as everyone stopped laughing at him. Roman looked at her in total amazement that she would say such a stupid thing. He stared at her for a second to see if she actually meant it or was joking. He searched her face for a second and realized she was serious.

"You're joking right?" Roman asked just to make sure she wasn't trying to play him.

"Ty let's go get something for your dad to eat" Brian said escorting Ty out of the room to leave them alone for the fight that was about to ensue.

"You're serious aren't you?" Roman asked searching her expression again that hadn't changed since she made her comment "you think I should give up racing?" he asked

"Well duh!" CJ said getting angry pacing up and down his room "doesn't the pain in your side or the banging head ache you have tell you the same?"

"CJ I crashed once, doesn't mean I'm gonna do it again! Shit happens!"

"and when shit happens again and you die, what am I supposed to tell Ty? Oh Ty sorry you're Dad's dead but shit happens!" CJ yelled at him.

"Calm down" he said seeing the tears form in her eyes.

"NO I WON'T CALM DOWN ROME! LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO I WAS CLIMBING THROUGH A WINDOW TO TRY AND GET YOU OUT OF A CAR THAT WAS ABOUT TO BLOW UP AND YOUR TELLING ME YOUR GONNA RUN OUT AND DO IT AGAIN!" CJ bellowed

"I won't crash again" he assured her.

"Cause you can so guarantee that right!" CJ said sarcastically. He sighed not knowing what her deal was, he had crashed before, ok so it wasn't as serious as this one but still he had crashed before "remember when my mom died?" CJ asked he nodded and his heart broke all over again seeing the pain and hurt in her eyes. "Remember how upset I was? How much I cried?" he nodded again "do you want Ty to go through that?"

"No of course I don't" he said

"well you need to make a choice then, Ty or racing? You got responsibilities now" she told him

"You still raced when you had a responsibility to Jade" he reminded her

"Yeah because I didn't have the money you do, Ty needs you Rome; you're no good to him dead"

"I'm confused is this because Ty don't want me racing or you don't?" Roman asked her scrunching up his face to show he didn't understand.


"What's goin on in there?" Dom asked approaching Jade, Jesse, Mia, Ty, Brianna and Brian with Leon and Vince following him. He had heard CJ shouting and knew they were having an argument.

"She told him he should stop racing" Brian said

"Oh" Dom said nodding, knowing exactly what was going on in there, CJ had told him the same thing when they were dating. He had reacted much the same as Roman had. "We found out where Dorian and Trey live," Dom said holding up a piece of paper. He had been to see Tej before he arrived at the hospital to get the address of the people who they raced the previous night. They were going to go round there to collect their cars and maybe kick some ass for putting Roman in his current situation. The shouting started again.

"IF I COULD GET UP AND WALK OUTTA HERE I WOULD!" Roman bellowed

"LET ME HELP YOU OUT!" she screamed back and then she appeared in front of the team.

"Marriage problems?" Brian asked looking at her.

"Aha" she said smiling at him sarcastically "your so god damn funny" she told him

"Can I go back in there?" Ty asked her

"as long as you smother him with a big fucking pillow" CJ replied as Ty walked in to the room. CJ sighed and sat down running her hands through her hair. "Will someone give me a ride home so I can go take a shower?" CJ said interlocking her hands behind her neck and closing her eyes.

"I'll take you" Dom said "then I'll come back to get you guys" Dom told Vince and Leon. They were going to collect Dom's and Roman's new cars from Dorian and Trey with the info Tej had supplied to them.

"Cool" Leon replied taking a seat beside CJ.

"Let's hit the road then" Dom told CJ. She stood up hesitated as to whether she should go in to Roman's room again to say goodbye again then changed her mind and left with Dom.


"So you found out where they live?" CJ asked Dom whilst he drove her home from the hospital. He knew what she was getting at and was in the mood for a little action himself.

"you wanna?" he asked a smile playing on his lips. She didn't need to reply, she nodded and Dom did a sharp ass u-turn in the middle of the street not caring about the traffic, drove back the way he had come.

CJ and Dom pulled up on the street outside the house Tej had sent them too, CJ exited the car and could hear the music and people talking round the back of the house, she walked around the back of the house to see Dorian, Trey and four other guys CJ didn't recognize. No one noticed her approach but she got their full attention when she turned off the radio that was blaring out Numb/Encore by Linkin Park and Jay-Z.

"Hey CJ" Dorian said seeing Dom behind her thinking they had come for the cars.

"Dorian" CJ replied as calmly as she could without sounding bitter. Dorian and her had raced once when she had just turned 22, the deal was if she won she got 5 grand and as she didn't have any money, if he won he got her for a night. She lost and had to spend the night with him, Dorian use to be an alright guy, treated her nice, didn't make her do anything she didn't want to do but he went back to all his friends and had told them she had confessed to being a lesbian because she refused to sleep with him. And let's just say Roman and Tej had to throw his ass a good beating.

"You guys here for the cars?" Trey asked smiling at her.

"Something like that." Dom replied with a scowl.

"So Dorian you want to answer a question for me?" CJ asked in almost a whisper while she was up in his face.

"Not really." Dorian responded. He wasn't going to let her get to him, not even with a guy like Dom around.

"Too damn bad," With that CJ landed a hard swift punch to his stomach making him double over in pain. Trey and the other guys were watching this trying to determine if they should get involved or not. They weren't really scared of the out come, there were 6 of them against, Dom and CJ, but they didn't know if they wanted to get involved.

A tall guy with a Lakers shirt on walked towards CJ who was stood punching Dorian anyplace her fist would connect with. The guy clenched his fists getting closer. Dom noticed and walked up to him before he reached CJ.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Dom said standing up to his full height and flexing a little.

"Damn woman, what in the hell could he have possibly done to piss you off this much? I know that he is an ass and uses women, but damn." The guy asked backing off from attempting to help.

"Ohh, he wasn't bragging about wrecking some one last night?" CJ said looking at them.

"Yeah but you're here so weren't you," The same guy replied again.

"He dead yet?" Dorian laughed standing up. CJ hit him again as hard as she could all her anger and frustration thrown in to one punch that sent Dorian to the ground again, she kicked him and punched him as much as she could until Dom picked her up off of him and stood her up on her feet.

"He got the message" Dom told her staring deep in to her eyes "let's just go" Dom said softly. She looked down at Dorian and kicked him once more

"Expect more when Rome's healed!" she warned before walking away with Dom. He knew CJ had some rage in her and could do a lot of damage but looking down at Dorian he kinda started to fear her wrath. He was a ugly, bloody mess she had done him some damage, not as much as he deserved for what he had done to Roman, but as CJ said Roman would be back to finish him off in due time.

"I'll be back for the cars" Dom told the guys pointing at them.


CJ sat on the bench staring at the grave stone breathing deeply. Dom had taken her home for her shower and now she was sat here trying to figure out where to start. She was hoping Dom had taken Vince and Leon to collect his own and Roman's car and that Leon and Vince had had a stab at throwing Dorian a beating too. CJ looked at her bruised and cut knuckles and stretched out her hand frowning at the slight pain that ran through her hand.

She sighed and then began "hey mom…I know it's been a while since I came here, it was with Dom a few months ago right? didn't stay long though didn't wanna tell you what was happening while he was around so I'm gonna try and tell you everything now…ok so me and Dom broke up my fault this time though so don't go doing the 'I told you so' look" CJ chuckled remembering the look her mom would give her to say 'I told you so' without actually saying the words.

"Anyway I had been having an affair with Brian, who I knew you would have liked, I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like him, except Vince but that's a whole other story! The reason I'm here is cause I need some help… Jade and Jesse finally got together; remember how we use to tease her about liking him?" CJ laughed to herself again remembering Jade throwing a hissy fit every time CJ or their mom would talk about Jade fancying Jesse

"she's pregnant and I know your gonna be disappointed in me for letting it happen but you've seen her, she is so happy, I was kinda skeptical at first and wanted to react how Leon did but Mom, she is over the moon, she's worked real hard and is graduating school next month and with great grades better than she would have gotten if she hadn't have been with Jesse…anyway they need a place to live and I hope Paul isn't up there cause he doesn't deserve to be but he died and left us some money. So Jade wants the house and I wanna give it to her but I'm stuck, Rome wants me to move in with him and I'm not sure if it's such a good idea…oh Olivia called, his son is in Miami, he's a great kid, living with Rome…Roman's his usual laid back approach guy so I've gotta be the hard one, making sure he does his homework and stuff…Roman was in a accident, racing, it's so hard, he has a son to live for now and he wont stop racing. How can I get him to see that he needs to give it up for him, so he will be around when his son needs him the most? And I know your saying something like I want him around for me and yeah I do…Rome's my rock, my world, I'd seriously be lost with out him, and I just don't know what to do…" CJ sighed and ran her hands over her face waiting for her mom to answer; she never did and never would. But it felt better for her to talk about all the stuff that was going on in her life.

Getting this all out to her mom and the 'dead' world around her made her come to a realization. She needed Roman and in a way he needed her. "Thanks, for listening to me, I'm gonna live with Rome for a while and see how it works out. I love you mom." CJ said with a smile on her face, it still amazed her that just talking with her mom allowed her to figure things out. Her mom never did really have to say anything. Now all she had to do was make peace with Roman and ask if the offer was still on the table.


A/N: I'm getting review withdrawals so hook me up people! And where has RiNgLeS gone? I haven't had a review from you since chapter 25 or something!

Anyway please review, yes I am begging (Cheer you've rubbed off on me! LOL)