A/N- Thanks for the reviews and glad to see some people are still with me on this story and I am sorry that I updated so late. With school starting back up, I have been kinda busy and won't be updating as normally as I would but it's not like I'm gonna go the whole month without updating. Remember that time has skipped since I'm not doing Nicole's 16th year, but I think I made a good call since I really wanna start the 7th movie. I really can't wait until the 8th movie and hopefully I can fit Nicole into it as well. Not only that but I saw my story on Wattpad at one point of time and just to make it clear if it pops back up that is not me! I don't own one and the real story was made here on Fanfiction so I hope whoever made it doesn't put the story back up again. But here is the next chapter!

Chapter 37

The bell rung, Nicole sighed out of relief as she started gathering her things. Gia quickly got up from her seat and went over to her.

"Nicky!" She hoped in front of her. Gia had got more older as she had cut her hair to where it came to her shoulders now.

"Why are you so excited?" Nicole raised a brow as she put her stuff in her black book bag. Her body had grew more as her hair stayed straightened out and curled at the ends.

"Um why am I not excited?" Gia asked, she sat on her desk. "Your letter should be back any day now then me, you and Rave will officially be in the same college."

Nicole shook her head with a smile. "Calm your horses there G, I still have to wait for them to say I am accepted first."

"Okay but they would be crazy not to take you. If you would have sent in your video early like me and Raven then your letter would already be here." Gia scolded, she got an eye from her friend in return. "You know I'm right."

"Right about what?" A girl walked over to them with her bookbag already on. She was a bit taller and had brown skin with a filled out body. Her brown hair came to the center of her back but she always kept it up in a neat pony tail.

"Nothing as usual." Nicole said as she hooked her bag on her shoulders, she got up and pushed her chair in. She wore a black jeans with a short sleeved blue v-neck shirt.

"Rude." Gia stuck her tongue out at her. "Raven tell her I'm right that she should have sent her stuff in with us for the Academy of Arts University in New York."

"Oh yeah, no doubt." Raven nodded.

"You're no help." Nicole said to her.

They said goodbye to their teacher before leaving out and headed to the front to go home. Nicole had met Raven last year when she had transferred to their school, she had amazing drawing skills. Raven like to design new looks for cars and other things and she had a thing for races so she pretty much fit right in with them. It did take her a while to open up but the only people she really talked to was Gia and Nicole, she was a quiet girl and you would never know she was there.

"Come on Nicky even Gia has a point on this one." Raven said as they walked down the hall. "Why didn't you send your stuff in on time?"

Nicole shrugged. "Kinda got busy."

Gia eyes turned to slits. "You didn't want your dad to find out." She pointed.

"What?" Nicole scoffed a couple times, both of her friends gave her looks. "Okay, so I did it in secrecy."

"So nobody knows?" Raven asked.

Nicole waved her hand in a iffy gesture. "Mia and my mom know just the guys in the family don't."

"What are you gonna tell him when you do get accepted?" Gia questioned. "Gonna keep it from him until it's time to leave."

"That is not a bad idea." Nicole pointed with a nod, Gia gave her a flick on the arm. "I was joking."

They walked out the school and started making their way home.

"Look, you have to tell him sooner or later." Gia reminded. "The earth will not break apart because you do."

"We don't know that yet." Nicole says.

"Stop it Nicole." Raven shook her head. "What else does your dad not know?"

"He doesn't know about that street race she was in, and does he know about you performing at Race Wars next month?" Gia asked, she got a glare from Nicole. "What? He doesn't."

"No he doesn't and he does not need to know." Nicole rolled her eyes. "You know I am almost grown."

Gia scoffed. "You think she would be telling her dad this."

"Right." Raven agreed.

"Okay! Both of you are no help." Nicole pointed to both sides of her. "It's just hard to look a person that you lost in the eye and tell them you're leaving again. It isn't as easy as it sounds and what if he needs me."

"He still has your mom." Raven put in, she saw Nicole's look and raised a brow. "Or not? Are they okay?"

Nicole shrugged. "My mom has been acting kind of weird and distant from him for a couple months. I try to stay out of their little thing. That's for them, to figure out not me."

"That's true, they are grown." Raven nodded.

"What Nicole needs to say to her dad in a couple of months." Gia mumbled.

"I'm right next to you." Nicole reminded as she let her hand fall by her side. "It's not that easy guys. He loses me and my mom for almost two years and finally does get us back, and I'm supposed to tell him that I'm leaving? I'm just not ready to break that news to him yet."

"But your dad is an understandable guy, he will get why you want to leave and pursue your own dream." Raven put in. "Yeah it will be hard thing to swallow but no parent wants to keep their kid from what they love to do."

Nicole put up a hand. "Uh I love racing and he keeps me away from that."

"Two different things Nicole." Raven pointed.

A loud sound of a car engine could be heard as a dark blue Challenger pulled down the street by them.

Gia caught this and rolled her eyes. "These guys I swear.."

The window rolled down to show two guys around their age in the front seat. "Now why are our beautiful girls walking home?" The guy that was driving asked.

"Because we actually don't mind." Nicole said.

"If you girls needed one then you could have just asked. Me and Adam have no problem giving rides." The one in the passenger seat smiled. "Especially you Nicole." He winked at her.

Nicole brows furrowed in disgust. "Miles remind me next time that I race against you to leave skid marks...on your face." She said making Gia and Raven snort out laughs.

"Oh please, I had you beat last time Toretto and you know it." Miles scoffed.

"Didn't sound convincing when your dad said it to mine and still doesn't coming from his son." Nicole smirked over at him as she flashed him a toothy grin. "Now get you and that slow thing you and Adam call a racing car away from block, kk?"

Adam scoffed. "We will see who's saying that after Race Wars, will your dad be letting you take part?" He asked as him and Miles started laughing.

Nicole glared. "He will actually."

"We will see about that and since he will then you can come race Miles tonight. We been saving a nice car just for you and another guy wants to race you to." Adam says with a smirk.

Nicole raised a brow. "What guy?"

"One of Tran youngest cousin's named Khan. He's been beating people left and right for a while but wants to see Toretto's daughter and that's you." Miles pointed.

"Sorry guys but she is kinda busy." Gia budded in.

"Or kinda scared." Adam said getting a high five from Miles as they laughed, Nicole glared. "Thought you never back down from a challenge Nicole or is it because your daddy might find out."

"Okay you guys seriously, drop it." Raven said sternly. "Nicole doesn't have to race if she doesn't want to."

"Raven's right, which is why I'll see all of you tonight." Nicole said, both girls snapped their heads to her wide eyed. "And after I embarrass you and Tran cousin then we will see who's got the jokes."

"Nicole are you crazy!" Gia exclaimed in a hush whisper.

"Shh." Nicole shushed her.

Adam nodded. "Guess we will see you at the old racing spot tonight then, see you girls there." Miles waved as the window rolled up, the car took off down the street.

"I can not stand those two." Raven shook her head. "But Nicole have you lost all the sense God ever gave you?"

"Yeah, she has." Gia said.

"Relax would you, both of you." Nicole said with a sigh.

"Relax? You just agreed to a race, and those two are harmless but Trans cousin Khan? You know his family and yours have bad history." Gia reminded. "Considering you know the guy is dead because of your dad and now uncle."

"He had it coming." Nicole pointed. "He was the one that shot my uncle Jesse so trust me when I tell you that I don't feel sorry that he's gone."

"Not the point Nicole." Raven sighed. "How are you gonna get out on a school night?"

"I'll figure something out and text Tyler so he will know to have the cars ready but I really need you guys to come with me." Nicole looked at them with pleading eyes. "Please?"

Gia and Raven looked at each other, they both groaned with an eye roll. "You should already know we were coming with you."

"This is still crazy though and if your dad catches you, you are so dead." Raven reminds.

"I'm aware but I'm not ready to let them punk out my last name like that when it comes to street racing." Nicole says. "We will have to leave at ten tonight, that's when everybody is in for the night."

"Great, now I have to find a cute outfit to wear." Gia shook her head. "Be lucky I love you."

Nicole giggled. "I feel very lucky. But out of all guys Khan could get to tell me he wants to race, he gets those two?"

"I don't know who makes me sicker, Adam or Miles." Gia rolled her eyes. "Now we know about this race, but how are you gonna convince your dad to let you race at Race Wars?"

"I have no freaking idea what so ever." Nicole sighed.

"Your birthday is coming up." Raven pointed out. "See if he will take you for that."

Nicole thought about it. "He did ask me what I wanted for my birthday and thank god I never told him anything yet."

"Hey, I been meaning to ask you something." Gia says getting her attention. "How come I don't see either one of your dad and mom wearing their cross chain that they had? You always have yours on."

"I...I really don't know actually." Nicole said, now that she thought about it she really hasn't seen the chain that her parent's wore. It was a bit weird since of them would have it on but it was like it disappeared out of nowhere and she thought her dad had it last.

"Maybe they just put it up somewhere." Raven shrugged.

Nicole shook her head. "No that chain holds a lot of history with them. I'm talking before I was born history so I know they wouldn't just stop wearing it no matter how bad things are." They walked up the driveway of Nicole's house.

All three girls came to a stop. "So I'll text Tyler when I get home so he will know to stay at the garage a little later but are you sure about this Nicole?" Gia asked one more time.

"Positive." Nicole nodded.

"I still think you should tell your mom or dad. Maybe they might actually let you go." Raven smiled, Nicole and Gia stared at her for a second. "Or not." She cleared her throat.

"Kinda agree that it would be better if you told your mom or dad." Gia shrugged.

"If she tells us what?" Dom asked coming out of the garage with Letty, all three girls let out shrieks as they whipped around to see them.

"Jesus dad!" Nicole put a hand over her chest. "You scared us."

"That was pretty obvious." Letty said with a chuckle as she past them, she flipped through the mail and leaned on her car. "So what is it exactly that you should tell us Nicky?"

"This conversation seems personal so we are gonna get out of here." Gia said as she slowly started backing up, Dom and Letty both raised a brow and looked at each other.

"What? Don't leave me now!" Nicole whispers out.

"Sorry but we have to if we want to get our homework done in time for my 'TV show' coming on tonight." Gia said.

"We do?" Raven brows furrowed.

"Yes we do, let's go." Gia pulled her away by her arm. "Text us later Nicole!" They jogged off down the driveway and down the street.

"I need a new best friend." Nicole shook her head, she slowly turned back around to see both her parents giving her confused looks. "Hey guys..." She waved with a smile. "How was your day today?"

Letty eyed her. "She wants something."

"Mhm." Dom agreed, he picked up his rag and wiped his hands. "How much is it gonna cost me and what is it?"

"Maybe a little bit of trust." Nicole said showing a space between her fingers. "Can you take me to Race Wars on my eighteenth birthday please?"

"Nicole we had this talk." Dom said sternly. "You don't need to be back near that place for a long time, that or any race scene for that matter."

"You always give me that but I never get a reason on why." Nicole scoffed. "Just say you don't trust me already."

Dom shook his head. "That's not it Nicole."

"Then what is it?" Nicole threw her hands in the air.

"I said no so drop it." Dom dismissed it.

"You know I only asked because I wanna respect your rules but you do realize if I want to I can go with or without your permission." Nicole reminded. "I'm not that little kid anymore so lighten up the leash would you."

"Not if it means you going back to a place where I lost you." Dom said.

"You lost me because of the same thing that you are doing now, stop treating me like a kid!" Nicole shouted.

"You live under my roof and I said no." Dom walked back towards the garage. "That's the end of this conversation, go in the house."

"I swear sometimes I really wish I was dead." Nicole stormed off as those words made Dom stop and Letty eyes widen. "At least I would get more freedom." She ran in the house and slammed the back door behind her.

"Nicole!" Letty called after her, she sighed and looked back to Dom who was still paused in place from her words. "You could have at least just thought about it Dom."

"There's nothing to think about." He turned around and walked past her.

"Sooner or later you need to let her go, I don't wanna do it either but I'm trying. How is she gonna learn out there if you don't let her?" Letty followed after him. "I'm talking to you so stop walking would you."

Dom opened his car door, he looked back at her. "What happens when I let her go out there and she makes a mistake that takes her away or hurt her Letty? Then I'm supposed to sit back and feel like it's my fault."

"That's something for her to feel Dom not you, Nicole has to make her own mistakes to learn from them. She can't learn from anything if you don't loosen the hell up and let her do her thing once in awhile." Letty says.

"I can't do that." Dom shook his head.

"And why not?" Letty let her hand fall down on her thigh.

"Because I know where loosening up gets us, our parents did that to us and now look what happened?" Dom said, Letty looked down. "I'm going to the shop for a while, I'll be back later."

"Fine." Letty walked off with a headshake, she went up the steps and inside the house. She closed the door when she heard the sound of Dom's Charger pulling out the driveway and sighed.

"You alright?" Mia questioned.

Letty was startled a bit as she whipped around to see her by the counter. "Yeah, yeah I'm good. Did Nicole go upstairs?"

"More like stormed upstairs but yeah." Mia nods. "What happened?"

"Nicole wants to go to Race Wars for her birthday and Dom still doesn't want her around anything like that yet." Letty explained.

"So he doesn't want her to grow up yet in so many words?" Mia raised a brow, Letty nodded. "He's stubborn but I'll see if Brian can maybe talk to him to get him to see the better part in all of this. Dom is kind complicated to figure out, his face when Nicole went to Prom was like she already walked across the Graduation stage."

Letty smiled. "Yeah."

"Maybe he's just scared. This family doesn't exactly have a nice track record." Mia chuckled a bit before her look saddened. "When they thought you were gone, Nicole and Dom's relationship was horrible."

"It was?" Letty brows furrowed together, nobody ever really told her about that or ever wanted to bring it up.

"She blamed him for your death and went to street races without anyone's knowing, when Dom found out he was pissed. But he didn't wanna give up on her so he went after her each time, one night he brought her home when he found her at one. Come to find out Braga was watching Nicole longer then the street races, that's how she ended up in his hands and then in Owen's." Mia explained, Letty looked down. "In Brazil...I never seen him seen so heartbroken in my life, it was like my dad all over again. All he could do is blame himself and was almost ready to kill himself when he went up against Reyes men but I'm glad he didn't."

"So am I." Letty nodded, her fist clenched by her sides when she felt some memories start to come back. She saw a glimpse of her and Dom sitting on a rock by a night beach somewhere talking, Letty gasped a bit as she shook it off.

"Letty?" Mia moved a bit. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I just need to go for a drive." Letty grabbed her jacket, she headed to the door but stopped. "Mia, who was Nicole closer to?"

Mia was a bit taken back by the question. "As a baby up until she was seven she was closer to Dom, then after that it became all you two all the way until we found you guys. Why do you ask?"

Letty shook her head. "Just was curious, tell Nicole I'll be back later." She walked out and closed the door behind her.

Later on that night

Dom had on his navy vest with the sleeves cut off and a pair of jeans, he was bent over working on a car in the shop.

He needed to blow off some steam and be in a quieter place to think, he still heard Nicole's words from earlier in his head. It wasn't like he was trying to keep her from the world but he just didn't want her to follow down his road, especially since he saw what good things she had waiting for her. Nicole was gonna graduate this year and he never did so he was more proud that he got his kid through High School but it was bittersweet to him. The same little seven year old girl that use to run around and be attached to him was slowly fading away from him. His father was right about one thing, when you have your own kids having to watch them grow up hurts you more then them.

Dom stopped working on the car when he heard footsteps, he stopped and looked back to see Letty. "Thought I told you I'll be back later." He focused back on the car.

Letty leaned up from out the doorway and walked over to him. "You also say you will be at a place in five minutes but it's usually three or two."

He smirked. "What are you doing here Letty?"

"I figured you would still be here at 9:30." She looked at the time on her phone and showed it to him. "Guess who was right?"

Dom leaned up as he let out a slight chuckle. "You didn't need to come after me."

"No I think I did." Letty nodded. "You are always the one coming after us, guess it's my turn." She walked through the garage before having a seat on the couch that was in there. "You gonna come join me or what?"

Dom put his tool back in the box before walking over and joining Letty on the couch, he sat back with a sigh. "If this is about earlier-"

"No it's not." Letty stopped him. "It's about something before that, Nicole was more closer to you as a baby wasn't she?"

He nodded. "Yeah, she was a little."

"More like a lot." Letty corrected. "I noticed a lot of things, how happy you were to see her go off to prom and more." Dom looked down, she put a hand over his. "It's hard to watch her grow up for me to you know but I loosen my hold on her for a reason."

"Oh yeah?" Dom looked over at her. "What reason is that?"

"So she won't make the decisions that we did." Letty said. "Nicole isn't a dumb kid Dom and we both know she can protect herself when it comes down to it. Sometimes it pays to trust your kid and your parenting, you did a good job as her dad you know that. I kinda think you live up to that meaning of a dad will do anything to get his daughter back when you came to London."

"Wasn't just her I got back." Dom said, Letty eyes flickered over to his. "I got you back to."

A sad smile made it's way onto her face. "Not all of me."

Dom sighed. "Letty your memory being gone doesn't change anything about how I feel about you. Not after everything we been through."

"It's not fair that only one of us can say that." Letty took her hand back. "I can't say it because I don't remember everything we been through and I hate it. You just got half of me Dom."

"That's better then not having you at all." Dom took the hand that she had taken off of his and pulled her over to him. Letty moved so she was on his lap with her legs straddling by his, she hugged him and rested her head on his chest. He rubbed his hand down her back while the other one played in her hair, he kissed the top of her head. "I'm not ready to lose either of you again."

Letty closed her eyes. "I know, I don't wanna lose any of you either..."

Back at the house

Nicole had her hair straightened out and curled at the ends. She wore a spaghetti strap, heart shaped top and black leather jacket with a pair of black jeans and tennis. A black leather fingerless glove and her cross chain.

She reached under her bed and pulled out her car keys from a certain spot under the box spring. It was a pair of keys for a Supra, she put them in her pocket and grabbed her phone before leaving out her room. Nicole quietly walked down the steps and made her way outside, she closed the door nice and quiet to make sure not to wake anyone.

Nicole walked down the steps and headed down the street so she could meet up with Raven and Gia. Her phone vibrated a couple times, she took it out her pocket and looked at the message.

Gia- Me and Raven are at the shop with Tyler, did you make it out alive and not seen?

Nicole rolled her eyes at the message before replying.

Nicole- No Gia, I'm texting you from the dead

Gia- Well technically that one time you did call me and was supposed to be dead, remember?

Nicole- Haha you're hilarious, I'll be there in ten

Gia- Kk!

After getting the last message, she put her phone in her pocket. Nicole let out a sigh as she continued walking. "Sometimes you gotta do what you have to, whether your dad agrees or not..."

Sorry for not updating in awhile you guys but between school and work, I get pretty busy and tired but that doesn't mean I forgot about my story. Anyway, Nicole is disobeying Dom to go race a cousin of Trans cousins. You know the guy that Dom and Brian killed in the first movie, what could possibly go wrong right am I right?

Chapter 38- Love Thy Father