Chapter 2 Back to Home
China's POV
Hotel Room
It was nine in the morning and I didn't get to sleep 'til late last night, and guess who decided to wake me up, Emerald. All of our rooms were interconnected. I woke up to her bouncing on the bed.
"Emerald...go...get...every - one...else...up...first." I said in time to her bouncing.
"I already did. And we're all ready to get going Mama but you aren't up yet." Emerald said when she stopped bouncing.
"Okay, okay. I'm up." I said sitting up and getting out of bed. "Now, go and get your things together and tell everyone that I'll be ready to go in 15 minutes. Okay Baby girl?" I said as I started to get dressed. She nodded as she ran out of the room closing the door behind her.
2 Hours Later
Toretto's Garage/Grocery Store/Café
"Alright guys. Here we are." I said into the walkie-talkies that our team used.
"Are you sure they're here?" Denver asked as we all got out of our cars.
"Oh yea. It's Wednesday, of course they're here. C'mon. Come here kiddo." I said to Emerald as I picked her up. "Let's go and see if Mia's in the store." I said walking into the store/café.
"I don't think anyone's in here C." Trick said looking around the store.
"sigh Maybe they're in the garage." I said heading for the garage.
"Dom, c'mon. So what she hasn't called in about two weeks." I heard my friend Niki say.
"Yeah Dom. Maybe it's cause I decided to come back after two and a half years in Dallas." I said walking into the garage. "Go to daddy Emerald." I whispered into her ear. She nodded as I put her down.
"China." Was all that Dom said when he saw me.
"Dom." I said taking my jacket off. I was wearing a sky blue wife beater, baggy pants, and sneaks. I gave my jacket back to Angel who said she was cold.
Dom's POV
I couldn't believe it. China, my baby sister, was standing right in front of me. Just seeing her for the first time in two and a half years brings back some of the feelings I felt when she first ran. I was pissed, sad, guilty, depressed, almost all of the feelings that us humans feel every day.
"China, we need to talk." I said turning around and walking out of the garage. When I got outside, I turned around and waited for her to come out. Finally, she came out. Guess Mia got to her before she had the chance to get outside.
"Dom, look, I'm sorry I ran. I got-" China said but I interrupted her.
"Why'd you leave?" I asked sadness lacing my voice at the memory of the day we found the note.
"Because of you, well not you personally, but your overprotective self." She said with tears in her eyes. "I missed you Dom. Even when I called to check in with you, I missed you." She said giving me a hug.
"I missed you too baby sister. I missed you too." I said hugging her back. "Now, c'mon. Let's take a look at your car shall we?" I said putting my arm around her shoulders.
"Whatever bro, whatever." She said rolling her eyes. "But first I got to introduce you to my team, well my new friends anyway." She said as we walked back into the garage.
Letty's POV
It's good to see Dom and Mia happy again. It's really great to see Rain again. I missed her. All of her friends have missed her. Everyone that knows her, has missed her. It's good to have her home again.
"Hey C!" I said giving her a welcome home hug. "How you been chica?"
"Hey Let!" She said returning my hug. "I've been good. How you been chick?"
"I've been good. Can't say the same for either Mia or Dom. They've been depressed and the house hasn't been the same since you left." I said following her and Dom with everyone else trailing behind.
Trick's POV
"You know Den, it's good to see China happy again. Mean, she said we don't have to stay but we're going to stay anyway, right?" I said to Denver while keeping an eye on Mera (Emerald).
"Yea man. She's part of the team, so yea, mean, I'm going to stay and since you're going to stay, Emerald's got to stay." Denver said picking up Emerald so that she wouldn't go anywhere.
"What about you Angel?" I asked her. She nodded her agreement.
Mia's POV
God! It's great to see Baby sister again. I missed her so much. Mean we kept in contact and stuff. She wrote to us and her friends. She called us and her friends. But, there's something different about her. She seems stronger, calmer, and she's not shy anymore. She's not the old China.
"Hmmm...baby sister is all grown up." I whispered watching Dom and everyone as we walked out front.
Emerald's POV
Daddy loves Mama, but I don't think he loves her enough to make her my Mommy. Mean, don't get me wrong. I'm only five years old. But I do have a mind of my own. And Mama says that I'm smart for my age and to keep on reading the books that I like to read.
Mama looks so happy that she is back with her family. I mean, her brother and sister. They look really nice, and they are really nice. I like them.
Hey! I may be a five-year-old but I am smarter than I look. You could say I'm like that kid in Smart Guy. You know that t.v show where a kid who is supposed to be in like elementary school is in high school cause he's really smart. So Ha! Got you there didn't I?
No One's POV
Dom was still under the hood of China's car four hours later and they should've closed up shop an hour before.
"Dom! C'mon! I'm hungry and Emerald's getting tired. Can we go please?! I'll cook." China said practically begging Dom.
"Not yet sis. Got to find out what's under here." Dom said from under the hood.
"Letty?" China asked turning to Letty. "Wait! You know what's under there! You practically put it all in yourself!"
"Say no more." Letty whispered in China's ear. "Dom! Let's go babe." Letty yelled. Dom hesitated.
"You can check it out when we get to the house Dom." Jesse said.
"Alright. Who's going to ride with me?" China asked getting into her car.
"I'm riding with Mama!" Emerald yelled jumping in the back of China's car.
"That it?" China asked looking around. There were a number of 'yeas'. "Okay, I get it. I'm not safe in a car. Well screw all of you then!" China said pretending to be hurt. Everyone laughed as they got into they're respective cars and headed for the Toretto home.
China's POV
Hotel Room
It was nine in the morning and I didn't get to sleep 'til late last night, and guess who decided to wake me up, Emerald. All of our rooms were interconnected. I woke up to her bouncing on the bed.
"Emerald...go...get...every - one...else...up...first." I said in time to her bouncing.
"I already did. And we're all ready to get going Mama but you aren't up yet." Emerald said when she stopped bouncing.
"Okay, okay. I'm up." I said sitting up and getting out of bed. "Now, go and get your things together and tell everyone that I'll be ready to go in 15 minutes. Okay Baby girl?" I said as I started to get dressed. She nodded as she ran out of the room closing the door behind her.
2 Hours Later
Toretto's Garage/Grocery Store/Café
"Alright guys. Here we are." I said into the walkie-talkies that our team used.
"Are you sure they're here?" Denver asked as we all got out of our cars.
"Oh yea. It's Wednesday, of course they're here. C'mon. Come here kiddo." I said to Emerald as I picked her up. "Let's go and see if Mia's in the store." I said walking into the store/café.
"I don't think anyone's in here C." Trick said looking around the store.
"sigh Maybe they're in the garage." I said heading for the garage.
"Dom, c'mon. So what she hasn't called in about two weeks." I heard my friend Niki say.
"Yeah Dom. Maybe it's cause I decided to come back after two and a half years in Dallas." I said walking into the garage. "Go to daddy Emerald." I whispered into her ear. She nodded as I put her down.
"China." Was all that Dom said when he saw me.
"Dom." I said taking my jacket off. I was wearing a sky blue wife beater, baggy pants, and sneaks. I gave my jacket back to Angel who said she was cold.
Dom's POV
I couldn't believe it. China, my baby sister, was standing right in front of me. Just seeing her for the first time in two and a half years brings back some of the feelings I felt when she first ran. I was pissed, sad, guilty, depressed, almost all of the feelings that us humans feel every day.
"China, we need to talk." I said turning around and walking out of the garage. When I got outside, I turned around and waited for her to come out. Finally, she came out. Guess Mia got to her before she had the chance to get outside.
"Dom, look, I'm sorry I ran. I got-" China said but I interrupted her.
"Why'd you leave?" I asked sadness lacing my voice at the memory of the day we found the note.
"Because of you, well not you personally, but your overprotective self." She said with tears in her eyes. "I missed you Dom. Even when I called to check in with you, I missed you." She said giving me a hug.
"I missed you too baby sister. I missed you too." I said hugging her back. "Now, c'mon. Let's take a look at your car shall we?" I said putting my arm around her shoulders.
"Whatever bro, whatever." She said rolling her eyes. "But first I got to introduce you to my team, well my new friends anyway." She said as we walked back into the garage.
Letty's POV
It's good to see Dom and Mia happy again. It's really great to see Rain again. I missed her. All of her friends have missed her. Everyone that knows her, has missed her. It's good to have her home again.
"Hey C!" I said giving her a welcome home hug. "How you been chica?"
"Hey Let!" She said returning my hug. "I've been good. How you been chick?"
"I've been good. Can't say the same for either Mia or Dom. They've been depressed and the house hasn't been the same since you left." I said following her and Dom with everyone else trailing behind.
Trick's POV
"You know Den, it's good to see China happy again. Mean, she said we don't have to stay but we're going to stay anyway, right?" I said to Denver while keeping an eye on Mera (Emerald).
"Yea man. She's part of the team, so yea, mean, I'm going to stay and since you're going to stay, Emerald's got to stay." Denver said picking up Emerald so that she wouldn't go anywhere.
"What about you Angel?" I asked her. She nodded her agreement.
Mia's POV
God! It's great to see Baby sister again. I missed her so much. Mean we kept in contact and stuff. She wrote to us and her friends. She called us and her friends. But, there's something different about her. She seems stronger, calmer, and she's not shy anymore. She's not the old China.
"Hmmm...baby sister is all grown up." I whispered watching Dom and everyone as we walked out front.
Emerald's POV
Daddy loves Mama, but I don't think he loves her enough to make her my Mommy. Mean, don't get me wrong. I'm only five years old. But I do have a mind of my own. And Mama says that I'm smart for my age and to keep on reading the books that I like to read.
Mama looks so happy that she is back with her family. I mean, her brother and sister. They look really nice, and they are really nice. I like them.
Hey! I may be a five-year-old but I am smarter than I look. You could say I'm like that kid in Smart Guy. You know that t.v show where a kid who is supposed to be in like elementary school is in high school cause he's really smart. So Ha! Got you there didn't I?
No One's POV
Dom was still under the hood of China's car four hours later and they should've closed up shop an hour before.
"Dom! C'mon! I'm hungry and Emerald's getting tired. Can we go please?! I'll cook." China said practically begging Dom.
"Not yet sis. Got to find out what's under here." Dom said from under the hood.
"Letty?" China asked turning to Letty. "Wait! You know what's under there! You practically put it all in yourself!"
"Say no more." Letty whispered in China's ear. "Dom! Let's go babe." Letty yelled. Dom hesitated.
"You can check it out when we get to the house Dom." Jesse said.
"Alright. Who's going to ride with me?" China asked getting into her car.
"I'm riding with Mama!" Emerald yelled jumping in the back of China's car.
"That it?" China asked looking around. There were a number of 'yeas'. "Okay, I get it. I'm not safe in a car. Well screw all of you then!" China said pretending to be hurt. Everyone laughed as they got into they're respective cars and headed for the Toretto home.