I woke when Vince picked me up to carrying me t the house wrapped in a sweater he'd found in one of my boxes. "Vincent wha?" "We feel asleep, I'm just taking you to our room." V "Oh," She said her eyelids drifting back down. I knew she must have been exhausted. So much had gone on in her life these past few days, hell this past year actually. As close as I am to Dom, I knew she'd been closer to her twin, and I just could not imagine what losing him had been like. I knew she had a huge weight on her shoulders, but now I was here to help her. Brandon looked up when I walked in, but didn't speak once he realized Brandy was already asleep. After laying her in the bed I slipped down to have a few with the boys. "You know she usually has problems sleeping," he said between sips of a Corona. I knew it was the alcohol talking, but I wanted to know everything about the women asleep in my room, so I listened. "After Bryce, she had bad dreams, woke up screaming bloody murder, but since you, she aint had a single one, and that's why I aint said shit to you but I will say this, if you hurt her.. I will bury you." Nodding to say I understood, I headed over to where the team was lounging. "Have a Corona man," Letty said patting me on the back as she handed me a beer. "You like her?" I asked taking a long swig as she fought off a smile. "Yea, she's just so corruptible," She said with an infectious grin she'd had since I first met her at 5.

A few beers later I decided to call it a night. It was pretty lonely down here by myself. "Old coyotes been tamed, " Leon, said leaning up against the stairs as passed. "Naaw brother, just bored," I said smiling wolfishly as I continued the walk.

I woke up that morning to Brandy slipping out of bed. "Where you going?" I asked pulling her back into the bed. "Ohh V!" She said laughing as she fit her body to mine. "I'm going to get my stuff," She said walking over to my closet, and throwing on one of my old t-shirts, and a pair of jeans she'd already packed in our drawer. "Our, I was really liking the sound of that." ""You can't move all of that stuff by yourself," I said propping myself up on my arm to watch her place her head on the top of her head, and place it in a clip. "Get up you lazy bum," She said laughing as she slapped me in my stomach. "Owe woman! Everyone else gets to sleep." "Not for long," She said a mysterious smile on her face as she walked off.

B Leon was my first victim cause he was laying on the couch. Hoping on the couch with him I slapped him gently on the back. "Leon," I said shacking him. "Wha?" he murmured looking up at me with one eye cracked. "Its time to move my stuff," "Not now Brandy, He murmured rolling over. "LEEEOON," I whined sitting on the base of his back. "Ugh, get up Brandy you're heavy," He mumbled his face pressed into the couch. "Ugh!" I said lightly slapping him. "Its all that tity you got," "Cause you aint bigger than a stick," He said. "LEEEON!" "oh Oh , geex, " He said rolling over , and knocking me on the floor in the process. "I'm up, lets get this shiz moved." Smiling I practically skipped up to the room to wake the rest of the team. 3 hours later. "That's the last box Brandy," Dom said drooping it onto V's bed, the only place there was any room. "Than you," I said standing on tiptoes to kiss his check in a sisterly manner. "Yea, yea," He said smiling as we he walked away. "Thank you to Leon," I said giving him a hug and a kiss along with an inquiring look. "Don't look at me like that girl, you know I aint mad at you for this morning." He said giving me a squeeze. "All right that's enough hugging my woman," V said breaking us apart. I smiled as Letty, and Mia laughed. "Thanks Bri, and Jesse, I'd hug you, but V might kill ya." "No prob B," They said smiling. "You know you're one of us now? " Mia said as she walked away. "Mi hermana por vida, " Letty said walking out. ( my sister forever) (Brandy) Living with the team was definitely one of the more interesting things I had done in my life. Between receiving "V" Loving, and Letty's idea of girl bonding it was hard to keep my grades up. I was sitting at the desk in my room when V stuck his head in.

"Hey babe its time to go," " Why Aren't you dressed?" He asked taking in my gray jogging pants, pink baby tee, and glasses. I rarely went out in anything other than contacts.

"I'm not going tonight V," I said pushing my glasses up over my nose.

"Not going?" He said sounding confused. "You have to go B I'm racing tonight. "

"Actually V I don't, I'm sorry, but I need to study, this is my last semester ,and I want to graduate with at least a 3.5"

"And I want my girlfriend there when I race!" He yelled storming out of the room, and slamming the door. The picture we'd taken the day I moved in fell to the floor shattering, and I put my hand over my face.

"Damn," I murmured shakily. This was our first fight, and I had no clue what to do. Sighing I turned back to my books, it was finals, and I couldn't afford to not do well.



V's pov

I knew I was wrong the minute I let the words come out of my mouth, but I couldn't take them back. I wanted her there to see me win, so she could see I really was good for something. I felt like I had nothing to offer her sometimes, she was the college student who's be making 30 thou easy while I was struggling to break 20,oo a year.



"You are so wrong man," Letty said shaking her head as we left the house.

"Talk to me bro," Dom said taking me to the side of the house as everyone piled into cars "Cause you need to be focused if you're gonna win that race."

"She aint coming Dom, she's fucking not coming," I said hitting the wall with the my balled fist.

"Its cause she's studying right?"

"Yea," I said snorting.

" V man , you need to chill, the way we are about cars, is kind of how she is about school, she's worked to long and hard to let it all go to shit now"

"I f'd up didn't I?" I asked running my hand through my hair as we walked away.

"Big time, " he said chuckling as we headed to our cars.

I won the race that night, but there wasn't much joy in the victory. I dreaded going home, not sure just what to say to B. After a few beers I climbed the stairs slowly opening the door surprised to find our bed empty, and the lights off. I was confused for a minute, until I realized where she would be. Heading out the door I spotted her on the back on the porch, wrapped in her favorite fuzzy pink blanket. The one that was usually laying on our bed. It was easy to see how she had taken over a part of my life.

"Hey," I said making her look up from her studies.

"Hey," She whispered softly. " You still mad?"

"No, I'm over it," I said shrugging, glad she wasn't making a big issue out of things.

B

I smiled as I watched him walk over like a coyote with his tail between his legs. I couldn't stay mad at Vince; he was like a big kid sometimes.

"Its ok Coyotes r us," I said making him laugh as I kissed him softly. " Just don't do it again."