" Lex is this all the clothes you have". Mia said as she went through her daughter's closet a week later
" What's wrong with muscle shirts, tank tops, a couple shirts, and shorts"? Lexia asked and Dom gave her a high five
" Yeah Mia what's wrong with that"? Brian asked
" You need more clothes Lex and Brian she's seventeen". Mia said
" So"?
Mia rolled her eyes at Brian and looked at Lexia who was wearing a muscle shirt with some shorts.
" Lex have you even been shopping before". Letty asked
" Not really why"?
" It's time you see a mall kid. We leave in five".
" Don't get to short of shorts". Brian said and Lexia rolled her eyes " Don't roll your eyes at me Lex. I'm serious".
" I'll get the shortest shorts I can fine".
" Lex"!
" I'm kidding dad. Bye".
Letty and Mia got in the car and Lexia asked her mother if she could drive.
" No". Mia said
" Why not". Lexia whined
" I see the way you drive Lex. It's like Dom and I don't wanna have a heart attack on the way to the mall".
" Point taken".
Six hours later
" I told you no short shorts and those shorts are way to short. So if your shirt! It's to low". Brian said as Lexia tried on her first outfit
" Brian. It's fine". Mia said
" No it's not! You want her going around with shorts that short"!
" If I thought they were to short of shorts and to low of a shirt I would've said no".
" Fine. What else you got".
Lexia showed Brian a pair of jeans along with a tank top and he realized how small his daughter really was.
Sure she had gone from eighty pounds to ninety three pounds but that was still underweight. A kid Lexia's age should weigh at least over a hundred.
" Dad? Hello? You in there". Lexia said
" What? Yeah. I like it". Brian said
" Yeah because there jeans and a tank top". Lexia said and changed again
" Hell no. You are not wearing that in front of your boyfriend".
" Dad it's a bikini"!
" As long as you don't wear it around Derek were fine".
" Dad"!
" I mean it".
" I know you do".
Lexia kept trying on clothes and even Dom joined in after a few minutes.
" Last one". Lexia said and Brian saw it was a pair of ripped jeans and a black tank top with a white skull in the middle.
" I like it". Dom said
" Figured since it's not shorts or a crop top".
" She has a point". Letty said with a smirk
" I'm your father it's my job".
" Speaking of being my father don't scare Derek away".
" That's my job along with Dom's. We have to protect you".
" You can't protect me from this dad. Nobody can".
Lexia closed the door and Brian sighed since his daughter was right. He could protect her from many things but a broken heart wasn't one of them.
" You ever had a girlfriend when you were her age". Dom asked
" Don't get me started". Brian said with a smirk
" Uncle Rome said you dated a new girl every week". Lexia said with a small smirk as she opened the door and was in her regular tank top and shorts " He also went to prom with a girl named No Knees Denise"?
" You hang out with Rome way to much".
" He said your first girlfriend was named Greta and that you sle...".
" Alright that's enough about my love life in high school".
" Kid how'd you do your freshmen year? The half a year you went anyway". Dom asked
" I got all F's right away. Plus I ditched all the time".
" Why'd you ditch"?
" I popped cars so people would call me and I'd sell them the car. I had to sell at least three a week to keep my family alive".
" I popped cars but Rome and I did it for kicks. Plus we were always broke to so".
" And now we're billionaires".
Everyone burst out laughing and after a few minutes, scattered around.
Mia and Brian went with Jack, Letty and Dom left to just go for a drive and Lexia went in the garage.
Lexia smiled as she saw the keychain she got her father a couple years ago. He still had it.
The teen worked on her car for an hour an a half before she drove it into the driveway, laid down on the hood and looked at the stars and moon.
" I used to do the same thing when I was a teenager". Brian said and laid next to his daughter
" I did it all the time. I watched the fireworks with the neighbors from the back of their truck or we'd watch the stars from the yard".
" They were good for you".
" Yeah they were. They made part of me".
" Who made the other part"?
" My parents did. I had to be strong at a young age but in the end it wasn't a bad thing. It made me strong".
" I'm sorry I wasn't there for you".
" Dad it's okay. You tried and that's all I need".
" Remember when you first stayed with me? You didn't know what to do with someone caring"?
" Yeah. I looked at you funny when you asked if I was okay. If I was hot, cold, hungry, comfy. Nobody had asked me that before. It was like a whole new language".
" Speaking of languages, Dom said you speak Spanish, Japanese and French no problem".
" I gotta know if I'm gonna travel around the world. Plus it was fun learning new languages".
" Now you can teach Jack".
" Yeah I could. Show him how to race to".
" I don't know about that part Lex".
" You are gonna show him the race life right"?
" No Lex I wasn't. Look at what we did and still do. I don't want Jack always on the run".
" He's not always gonna be on the run dad. Plus your not always gonna be around. He might want the race life, like I did".
" When did you get so good with the speeches"?
" I don't know. Some guys keeps lecturing every single day".
Lexia and Brian both burst out laughing and spent a couple more hours gazing at the stars.