Chapter 3

Now back to present day...

Dom couldn't believe that Gina was back. He'd missed her so much but never got passed his own pride to tell her. After he, Mia and Gina were inside his office they all took a seat. He smiled over at Mia then asked, "You back for good?"

"I graduated so yeah, I'm back for good. If's that's ok with you?"

Dom nodded his head then said, "Of course. Why didn't you call and say you were coming?"

"I wanted to surprise the both of you" Gina told them.

"You did" her sister added in.

The three of them spent the next hour catching up. When they finally made it home, Gina was in a state of shock at how much the exterior of the house had changed. Once inside she found the interior had also been updated. She also watched as Vince disappeared down the hall right next to the kitchen. He must be living here now she thought to herself.

"Come on and put your stuff in my room" Mia told Gina.

When she and Mia were upstairs, Gina took the time to grill her sister.

"Mia what happened to this place and why does V live here?"

Mia smiled at her then said, "Dom wanted to fix the house like mamma always wanted to. As for Vince, his mom and dad are finally re-doing their house, they felt bad about moving away so this was their present to V so he's been here with us."

Gina knew something was bothering Mia. She was hiding something for Gina. The house needed some much work when she'd left for college but now it looked brand new. She told herself to worry about that later. Tonight she wanted to enjoy her homecoming.

Meanwhile...

Vince jumped into the shower, letting the warm water run down his body. He kept replaying seeing Gina walking past him over and over in his mind. Man he thought, it was like a ton of bricks hitting him at once. She still effected him. The Gina he saw today was not the same little 17 year old girl who left four years ago. She changed, the way she walked and talked was different. Too bad all the changes were good, hell if she wasn't sexier than he remembered.



Gina watched as Mia began cooking dinner. She noticed that her sister wasn't the scrawny little girl but a beautiful young women. She looked just their mother when she was her age. Her mind then went to Vince. WOW he looked great. All dirty and greasy, it's a sin for a man to look that good after working all day. Stop it!! You aren't here to drool over him, that stopped a long time ago.

"Mia, how's school?" she asked trying to get her mind out of the gutter.

"Good, I have a year and a half left"

"So" Gina said with a grin, "any young men in your life?"

As Mia turned around to face Gina she said, "There is this one guy who comes to the diner everyday for lunch. He's cute."

"How cute?"

"Dirty blonde hair, blue eyes and a nice body" Mia told Gina as she smiled.

"Sounds better than cute, has he asked you out?"

"Yeah, but don't tell Dom"

Gina gave her sister a wink then they both began giggling.



When dinner was almost ready three cars pulled up to the Toretto home. Mia turned back to Gina and smiled.

"They're back"

Gina stood up and walked into the living room, just as Dom was coming down the stairs.

"It's about to get really loud in here" he said as he passed her, stopping long enough to give her a kiss on her forehead.

She gave him a quick smile then focused back on the front door.

The door opened and Letty stepped in all the while yelling at Leon, "You are so disgusting Leon. I can't believe that shit, no wonder you can't keep a girl longer than a week."

Leon and Jesse followed laughing.

Letty was about to turn and say something to them when she say Gina standing there.

"Gina" she yelled before running up to her and giving Gina a hug.

"Fuck me" Leon said before he and Jesse looked at one another then back to Gina.

"Letty, damn you look good" Gina said pulling back from Letty.

"You know" Letty said playfully.

"Okay, okay, It's my turn" Leon said as he moved Letty out they way.

"Damn you good G"

"Thanks Leon , you don't look bad yourself" she told him as they hugged.

Jesse stood waiting patiently for his chance to say hello to Gina.

"Does Dom know your here?" Leon asked.

Letty rolled her eyes then said, "What a..yea dumb ass his car is outside."

Leon threw Letty a look as he stepped back from Gina to give Jesse his turn.

"Ah..Hey Gina" Jesse said sweetly.

"Jesse" Gina said as before taking hold of him and hugging him.

"How are u?"

"Ah..well ok..never better" he told her as he grinned the entire time.

Dom came into the living room and yelled it was time for dinner.

"Gina we have to go and clean up" Jesse told her before he and Leon left the room.

"Good to see you girl" Letty said before running upstairs.

Gina's happy expression vanished as she looked around the living room. Shaking her head, she sat down on the couch and replayed the phone call that prompted her return.

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"Hello"

"Gina Toretto"

"Yes"

"I know this is a little irregular but my name is Brian O'Connor and I'm a police officer from Los Angeles"

"What's this about?" Gina asked but knew it had something to do with Dominic.

"Your brother"

"Officer O'Connor maybe we should do this face to face"

"Oh. All right, where and when?"

"How about an half and hour at my place, I know you've been watching my apartment"

There was silence then finally, "Okay, I'll see you then."

After hanging up the phone, Gina called Mia and asked if everything was all right. She could tell Mia was holding something back when she said everything was ok.

When Brian O'Connor arrived she greeted him and after she closed her door she said bluntly, "So what's going on?"

After Brian settled down on the couch he said, "I'm working with the FBI, there's been some major truck jacking's and your brother and his team are a suspects."

"And"

"I need your help to go undercover"

Gina laughed, "Dominic doesn't trust that easily, you think flashing that sweet smile will make him take you in no questions asked."

Brian let out a sigh the said, "That's why I'm here Gina, to get your help."

"Why should I help you?"

"He's your brother and you're a cop" Brian told her.

Gina nodded at him then said, "True on both counts. But you want me to set my brother up so he can get arrested and go to jail, plus you don't even know if he or anyone surrounding him has anything to do with these highjackings."

"I want your brother to give up Johnny Tran"

"What?"

"I want Johnny Tran, he's an enemy of Dominic's"

"So, you're going to use Dom to get to Tran. Who by the way hates Dom, I know all this O'Connor. There's something else else you're not telling me. Are you trying to make a deal with me?"

"Yes, I am. The local cops want the street racing stopped. The trucking companies want the highjackings stopped and the FEDS want Tran."

"And whatever the FEDS want they get, what happens to Dom?" she asked as she stood up and began pacing her living room.

"If he helps us, nothing."

"You don't even know for sure if Dom's involved with the trucks, what happens with that?"

"I'll take care of it either way"

"Look O'Connor" Gina said as she came to stand in front of him, "I'll need sometime to think about it."

"I leave tomorrow at five, give me a call" Brian said while handing her a card. "You know this would all be easier if you would help me."

"I have to think it this" she told him before he walked to her door then left the apartment.

~~~~~~~

"Gina, Gina"

She looked up and Dom.

"Dinner" he told her with a smile.



Vince checked himself in the mirror before exiting his room. He was still in total shock from seeing Gina. She brought back memories he'd almost forgotten. As he walked into the dinning room he noticed her laughing at something Leon said. He turned when she saw Mia coming in from the kitchen with a huge plate of food.

"Oh, I got that" he told her as he took the plate off her hands.

"Thanks V" she said before returning to the kitchen.

He set the plate down on the table and looked up to see Gina watching him. Vince quickly looked away then went into the kitchen.

"What's with Vince?" Gina asked Leon.

"He's pinning over Mia" he said after taking a sip of beer.

"Mia" she said trying not to sound like she had a problem with that.

"Yeah, you know he's been love sick for a while"

Gina may have been smiling on the outside but she wasn't on the inside. So Vince took to liking Mia. Wouldn't give me the time of day because I was Dom's little sister. Drop it girl, your wasting your time she told herself. When he sat down across the table from her, she saw how he avoided eye contact. She looked over at Mia and hated to admit it but she felt jealous. Before Gina could think about it any longer, Dom cleared his throat and stood up.

He raised his glass and said, "I'd like to make a toast to Gina, She's back with her family where she belongs."

Gina gave him a smile then raised her glass along with everyone else.

After diner was over, the lot of them joked and talked about old times.

"So G, you graduated?" Letty asked.

"Yes, at the top of my class"

"What in?" Jesse added in.

"Criminal Justice"

The room went silent and Gina noticed all of them tensed up. She was on the verge of saying something when Dom spoke.

"We're proud of you Gina"



TBC



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