Chapter 8

While a new relationship was starting downstairs an old was rebuilding upstairs. Mia and Brian was sitting on the bed and Mia was trying to talk Brian into getting some sleep. "Here let me help you with your shirt and then I will let you get some sleep."

Letting her take off his shirt he told her "I don't want to sleep and just want to lay here and look at you, I have missed seeing your face."

Seeing the bruises on his chest and how much weight he had lost she started crying
"I've missed you too, I tried not to think about you but it didn't work. I'm so sorry that you went to prison, I'm sorry that you had to go through it all alone, please believe me that if I had know I would have came to see you. I'm so sorry"

Pulling her as close as he could he whispered "Shh it's ok, I understand. It's really better that you didn't know, I wouldn't have wanted you to see me in there, you didn't need to see me in there."

Looking up into his eye's she saw that he forgave her and for that she felt the weight that had been resting on her shoulders leave. "I love you Brian."

"I love you too Mia, I never stopped." He said as sleep consumed him. Mia look at his sleeping figure and was filled with joy that he was here and that he loved her. Kissing him gently on the lips she curled up next to him a fell into a deep sleep of her own.

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The next morning Joilee stood at the door smiling at the scene before her. Brian and Mia both asleep in each other's arms. She was so relieved to have Brian finally home. All those months without him around was awful. Feeling a strong pair of arms circling her, she leaned back into Dom. "Just look at them, look how right they look together."

"Yeah they do look good together, I feel bad for they way I treated Mia when it came Brian. She wanted to try and find him but I wouldn't let her."

"She understood Dom, and the minute you said that Brian was welcome, she forgave you."

Turning her around to face him Dom leaned in and kissed her gently "you are so beautiful."

Coughing to get their attention, Brian laughed when they jumped apart. "Hey Toretto remember what you told me, so goes for you."
Raising an eyebrow in question, Brian answered "you break her heart, I'll break your neck."

Laughing Dom answered the same why Brian had "not going to happen."

Rolling her eye's at the two grinning idiots "if you think you can wake your sleeping princesses up how about coming down for some breakfast."

Mumbling under the covers Mia answered "who could sleep with all the yapping going on."

"I better warn you Brian; she's not the happiest camper when she first wakes up."

"Oh I think I can handle it."

"Do you mind not talking about me like I'm not here" she barked.

Laughing as they walked downstairs Joilee and Dom talked about what the day was going to bring.
"Well I have some work to do at the garage this morning but then I'm pretty free for the rest of they, thought I might come back and spend with you. What do you have planned?"

"Well I though that if you didn't mind that I would stay around here and spend some time with my bro, if I can get him out of Mia's arms for awhile."

"I'm sure that Mia will let him go for alittle while, she knows that you need to spend some time with him."

Mia and Brian stood at the kitchen door listening to every word, finally looking at each other they busted up laughing,

"You two mind sharing what's so funny"

Trying to get her laughter under control Mia answered "we are laughing at you two, you guys talking about how your going to spend your day, you sound like an old married couple."

Realizing that Mia was right Joilee joined in with the laughter, leaving Dom to ask "and what's wrong with that?"