Chapter 17: The Last Lap

Veracruz, Mexico, three years later...

"Alright boys, lets close up shop, the girls are gonna have our asses if we don't get home", Brian called out as he wiped his hands on a grease cloth and tossed it onto the hood of the car he had been working on. Vince rolled out from under the car and followed suit. Jesse and Dom walked out of the office, while Leon closed down the store front. They walked out the backdoor and piled into their respective cars and roared down the street to a little suburb of stucko houses with red, ceramic tile roofs. Brian, Vince, and Dom pulled into the first driveway, while Leon and Jesse pulled into the driveway next to it. Jesse and Leon walked across the grass, and swung open the metal gate, and strolled into the backyard. Two massive picnic tables pushed together, were already covered in food. Kel and Aaliyah were working the grill, as Mia sat at a table bouncing a baby on her knee. Letty pushed open the backdoor of the house with her hip as she carried out a large tray of corn on the cob, she was followed by two little girls each carrying a bowl filled with salad and buns.

"Gabrielle", Letty called,"come give your daddy a kiss." Gabrielle put her bowl on the table before smoothing out her sundress, and running over to the group of boys, pig tails bobbing up and down.

"Maria! Go say hi to your daddy and your uncles", Mia urged. Maria giggled and ran over to the boys right behind Gabrielle her long dark curls bouncing behind her.

"Daddy!!" Gabrielle squealed as Vince picked her up and swung her around, before kissing her on her nose and setting her down. "Ewww, daddy!", she squealed before wrinkling her nose and running behind Dom, "Protect me Uncle Dom", she pleaded, to which Dom just chuckled deeply, and pretended to protect her.

"Hey you, time to eat." Mia called as she strolled over to the group with the baby balancing on her hip, cooing happily.

"Here Mia, I'll take Carlos for you," Brian offered, as took his son from Mia. The group went and took their seats at the tables. Everyone bowed their heads in unison as Dom began his prayer.

"Dear Heavenly...umm...spirit.. I would just like to thank you for all our friends and family, and for being able to start over here in Mexico, and of course for NOS. Amen" Everyone echoed their amens and then dug into the mountain of food in front of them.

"You know, we really are lucky no one was hurt in that freak accident." Kel piped up.

"Yah. I mean who would have thought, that a student pilot would crash land his plane into the garage. I mean that was some trippy shit." Aaliyah agreed.

"Well it just gave us that final shove we needed to go and start over. We have families we have to take care of now." Vince said as he hugged Letty with one arm around the waist and kissed his daughters head.

"Yah, well I never thought I would live to see the day V-dawg would get married." Leon laughed.

"Who's one to talk?" Letty questioned, with a pointed glance to the gold band Leon sported on his right ring finger.

"Speaking of which, when are you guys heading out for your honey?" Dom questioned.

"Our plane leaves for Sandals tomorow afternoon," Kel offered.

"I can not wait, to just lie out on the beach and do nothing but shop." Aaliyah giggled, already excited

"What do you mean nothing to do but shop?" Jesse smirked, eyebrow raised, "I thought this was supposed to be our honeymoon" Jesse poutted.

"It is sweetie," Aaliyah replied before kissing the pouting Jesse.

"You people make me sick" Vince joked.

"Oh and like you arent trying to jump Letty every chance you get." Leon shot back.

"Why would Daddy want to jump on Mommy?" Gabrielle questioned innocently. Everyone fell quiet instantly, while trying to surpress giggles.

"Cuz he's silly thats why." Aaliyah explained before taking a swig from her Corona. Everyone continued to joke around, and eat all afternoon. They took a break from eating to go play on the beach which was just behind their houses, courtesy of living on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. They played volleyball on the beach, and made sand castles with Maria and Gabrielle. Mia waded in a bit with Carlos, as Dom tried to teach his niece how to swim. When the sun was setting everyone headed in to their houses to cool down, put the kids to bed, and just relax.

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The next day was full of tearful goodbyes, as the girls hugged eachother. Even Letty shed a tear when Kel and Aaliyah came to say goodbye before leaving for their joint honeymoon in Sandals. They walked into the living room to say goodbye to Gabrielle and Maria who were busy playing Grand Tourismo on the play station. They barely noticed as their aunts kissed their heads, and made their way out the door.

"Ha ha I beat you again!" Gabrielle cried, when she beat Maria in a race.

"Oh well if this was real, I would so beat you.." Maria challenged back. Letty, Vince, Brian and Mia looked on for a few minutes before looking up at eachother, seeing the same look in everyone's eyes.

"They are never getting their license." Vince stated firmly, to which everyone just nodded their heads

"Outside Dom waited at the restored Charger for the newlyweds to finally get their asses in the car. Everyone piled into the back of the Charger, the girls sitting on the boys' laps. At the airport, the girls cried once again, as they group hugged Dom. Dom forced himself not to shed a tear, even though his eyes were glistening with tears ready to fall. Jesse and Leon finally pulled the girls into the terminal that would lead them to their plane, and stopped right before the tunnel, to do a final wave.

"Did we forget anything?" Kel questioned as they walked down the terminal.

"I don't think so.." Aaliyah replied and continued walking, racking her brain to figure out what they forgot.

Meanwhile Dom climbed into his Charger and roared the engine to life, he screeched out of the parking lot, and down the main road heading back to Veracruz and his garage that he jointly owned with his family. He adjusted his rearview mirror and a breath caught in his throat at what he saw.

"Rrrrraaaaaaarrrgh..." it snarled and hissed at Dom, back rising and hair standing on end, as it bared its claws.

"Oh shit."

"I remember now.."Aaliyah said, "Oh shit, we forgot about Dameon." she said as she slapped her forhead.

"Dont worry about it, Im sure eveything will be fine." Kel stated and happily boarded the plane.

"Nice kitty" Dom tried to soothe hissing Dameon in the back of his car. He was ignored and then Dameon pounced.

The End

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Author's Note: I knew this took forever but I have been busy. I just would like to thank everyone who liked the story and I hope you liked the ending. Feel free to comment. And the plane crash is just for you Rakel, Enjoy, see yah around. =0)