A/N: You're probably all wondering what the big secret is…it'll all be revealed in time. Just keep reading.














The kitchen was its usual hassle as any other weekday was in the Toretto household. Vince and Leon continued their normal fight over the shower while everyone tried to maneuver around the kitchen looking for food and coffee. Serena grabbed a granola bar out of the cabinet and a Snapple from the fridge. She ate it quickly as she searched her backpack for her homework. She found it in her folder and put it away after making sure it was complete. Vince came up the stairs and grabbed his car keys off the table.

"Dom, I'm gonna go ahead and head down to the garage and open up," Vince explained, grabbing a Coke out of the fridge for the way there.

"Aren't you at least going to eat?" Mia asked, finishing her coffee.

He shrugged leaving out the front door, "I'll grab a burger along the way."

Mia rolled her eyes and looked at Dom, "By the way, I asked Ebony to help me at the store today. I thought she'd like to get out of the house and have a little job to do."

"How is she anyways?" he asked, remembering what Letty had told him last night about her. He was a bit stunned at first, but at least he knew they were from around here six years ago. It helped quite a bit to know that and he shared it with Brian hoping it gave him some help to find out more about them. He was down at his buddy, Jim's office, looking it up right as they spoke.

"She's doing a lot better. I guess it helped her to let them go," Mia said, rinsing her cup out.

Summer came upstairs from the basement. Everyone froze when they saw her. She blushed a deep red and brushed a strand of blonde hair from her face, "Morning."

"Morning," they all chimed and went back to what they had been doing.

Leon came up a second later and kissed her good-bye. She waved and he promised to call her later. After she was gone they all stared at him. "What?" he shrugged.

"It looks like Leon," Letty said circling him. "It talks like Leon," she sniffed him and made a disgusted look. "Smells like Leon, but it can't be Leon. Because a girl just came out of room."

"Ha ha, very funny Letty," Leon laughed sarcastically. "Yes, Letty. I have a real girlfriend now. And yes, Serena, I had sex last night…with a girl."

"Wow," she clapped. "That sure is a step up."

Dom laughed and looked at the clock. "Asher should be here soon along with Ebony."

"Asher's working with us today?" Leon questioned, drinking a cup of coffee Mia had given him.

"Yeah, Crimson was upset about him starting a fight here so she sent him to work for me for awhile."

"Sounds fair enough," he shrugged.

"Hello," a voice called out. They heard the screen open and shut.

"In here Carissa," Serena called out.

A minute later that rainbow head girl came in wearing her usual weird clothes. Red pants this time with a multi colored top and safety pins running down the length of her pants. "Hey, where's Sergeant Sterile?" she asked.

"He left for work already," Dom told her. "Where's Chaz?"

"In the car," she told him and looked at Serena. "He tried calling yesterday but you weren't home."

"I was out yesterday."

"If I were you girl I'd bring him inside. Asher will be here soon and we don't need them starting shit today."

"Good point," she said and disappeared back outside. She came back a moment later with him.

"Hey Dom," he greeted with a smile.

Dom nodded at him. "How's it going Chaz?"

"Fine," he shrugged, rubbing the bruise by his eye and licking the cut on his lip. "Listen, I'm sorry bout what happened. I hope you respect that I can't tell you anything though. That's Asher's shit and if he wants to be stubborn about it then let him."

"I respect that Chaz and you're forgiven. Asher's working for me for awhile, I could use some extra help though if you and Asher think you can keep your testosterone down and stop butting heads."

"Yeah, I'll help," he nodded and looked at Serena "We need to talk later, Serena."

"Okay, I'll be here later," she nodded at him.

Dom looked at the clock. "I don't want you two starting off wrong so why don't you head off with Leon."

" My car?" he questioned.

"I'll drive it, babe," Carissa volunteered. He handed her the keys and gave her a quick kiss before leaving with Leon.

There was a knock a minute later and Ebony appeared. Their eyes widened at the sight of her. She wore a baby blue top and a pair of blue jeans. She had her hair up and wore a bit of light make-up.

"What?" she asked looking at their stunned faces. "Is there something wrong?"

"No," Dom shook his head, looking her over.

"It's just-," Mia couldn't seem to find the words.

"You're-," Letty started but shook her head.

"So colorful," Serena finished, drinking from her Snapple.

"Not as colorful as me but still…colorful," Carissa said flabbergasted.

She laughed softly and smiled, "I decided it was time to end the black." She looked at her arm at the scars and tattoo. "I'm hoping to get rid of this nasty tattoo here." She gestured at the one that said 'Cut Here.' "The scars are there forever but the tattoo has to go."

"Oh, I got something for that," Mia ran upstairs and came back later wit ha light blue armband. "Here," she put it around Ebony's forearm, it hid the tattoo perfectly. "There, now no one will notice. You can keep it."

"Thanks," she grinned.

"Where's Asher?" Dom asked.

"Right here," he said, coming through the door. "Was that Chaz I saw a second ago leaving with Leon?"

"Yes," Dom looked at him sternly. "He's working for me too. I don't want either of you starting anything."

"I won't," he said honestly. "I'm done with that."

Carissa spoke next, "He's not saying anything Asher. He says it's your business and he refuses to get mixed in with it. He's done with getting in trouble with the wrong people. He says you need to deal with your own problems and make your own decisions and then live with the consequences because he already warned you."

Asher nodded at her words. He seemed to be the only one to understand them. Dom, Letty, Serena, and Mia had no clue what they meant. Ebony seemed to understand a little, but kept quiet.

"I think it's time I got you to school Serena," Dom said, breaking the silence that hung in the air.

She nodded and grabbed her backpack off the table. "Later Mia, later Letty," she called out.

"Bye, have a good day," Mia shouted after her.

"Asher, you're riding with me," Dom told him. He nodded and went out the door, Carissa followed him out and walked to Chaz's car.

Serena opened the door and lifted the front seat for Asher. He crawled in the back and she was about to shut it when she heard her name being called.

"Serena!"

She turned to see Damon running towards her. "Hey, I woke up late," he said taking a deep breath. "I was wondering, if your school has volunteers. That way I can spend the day with you."

She grinned, "Yeah, it does. Get in."

He smiled and crawled in back with Asher. Dom rolled his eyes and got in the car with his sister. He dropped her and Damon off and then went to the garage. Mia and Ebony were already and the store next door and Letty was working on one of the cars. Chaz was helping Vince out with his car while Leon was working on a customer car, fixing the brakes. Dom put Asher to work on washing his car. Asher nodded and went to go get the supplies he needed. While leaving Dom noticed the boys tattoo on his hand. A circle with a cross. It wasn't the cross, but the circle that stayed in his mind. He couldn't remember where he'd seen that before, but it stuck in his mind until he got the phone call from the principal at Serena's school around noon.








Thanks for reading…I'm still thinking about the secrets so it'll all be disclosed as soon as my mind is made up.