Chapter 2

Never Again

A few days later Mia and Brian were able o get Vince out of the hospital before the cops got to him. They helped him into Mia's car. Mia turned to Brian. "Come with us."

"I don't know."

"Please! I don't want to lose you."

"Well, I am probably gonna get fired, and possibly arrested."

Vince rolled down his window. "Come on Brian. You're part of the team now, and we don't leave anyone behind."

Brian could see how hard it was for him to say that. He smiled and got into his car. "Why not? Let's go!"

Mia got into her car and followed him to Baja.


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In Baja, Dom and Letty got a nice house on the beach, and Leon and Jesse got one right next to them with enough room for them, Vince, Mia, and Brian. They still have plenty of money from the hijackings so  they don't need to get jobs. Leon got Letty to the hospital as soon as they got to Baja, but when Dom got there he was so worried that the crash may have hurt the baby that he made her get a check up. The doctor called Dom into the examination room. When he went in he noticed that Letty was in tears. He sat down next to her and held her hand tightly. At first he thought something was wrong, but then he saw that she was smiling. "Looks like you had 4 waitin' for ya."

She turned to the ultrasound machine where they could see that she was pregnant with twins. Dom was almost in tears himself. In 7 months he was going to be the daddy of two beautiful little children.


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Later that night they heard about street racing going on near their homes. They decided to go as a way to celebrate. When they got there Letty and Dom start arguing.

"Oh come on Dom."

"No."

"Dom…"

"No."

"Its not gonna…"

"No."

Jesse turned to Leon. "What are they fighting about?"

"Dom won't let Letty race while she's pregnant."

"Oh."

Jesse and Leon started checking out the competition. "Oh, he looks pretty good."

"Check that out."

Dom and Letty were still at it. "Dom, that's not…"

"No."

"But I…"

"No."

Jesse and Leon just ignored them. "That one's not bad."

"He could give us some trouble."

After another half an hour of arguing Letty finally gave up and agreed not to race while she was pregnant.

Dom, Jesse, and Leon decided not to race tonight. They figured they should see what they're up against first. After about three races they started to hear sirens.

"Cops! Run!"

Dom, Jesse, and Leon each got into their cars. Letty jumped into Jesse's car because it was the closest. They left first, then Leon. Dom started to drive away, but a girl ran into his car while trying to get out of there. When he saw her face he couldn't believe it. He leaned his head out the window. "Lily?"

"Dom?"

"Where's your car?"

"I came with a friend, but I can't find her."

"Get in!"

She quickly got into his car and they raced off to Dom's house. When they got there Letty, Leon, and Jesse were waiting anxiously on the porch. At first they didn't see Lily. Dom got out of the car and Letty ran to him. "Are you okay? What took you so long?"

"I'm fine. I just ran into an old friend." He turned towards Lily who slowly got out of the car.

Everyone was shocked. Lily was very nervous. She hadn't seen them in almost 2 years. Were they mad at her for leaving? Did they hate her? Both of these questions were answered when Letty ran up to her and hugged her as tight as she could. "I missed you Lil!"

"I missed you too Lett."

"How you been livin'?"

"Pretty good. You?"

"Some shit happened recently, but it's gettin' better."

"You and Dom are still together, right?"

"Hell yeah! And guess what? I'm pregnant with twins!"

"That's great Letty! Congrats!"

"Thanks."

"Wow, Dom's gonna be a daddy. That's kinda scary."

"Hey!"

"I'm just kiddin'." She walked over to Leon and hugged him tightly.

He returned the hug even tighter. "God, it's good to see you girl!"

"You too! How've ya been?"

"Not bad."

"That's good." She slowly walked up to Jesse and just stood in front of him. This was very awkward for them, which saddened them both because they used to be together before Lily left. Now all they shared was regret over losing the amazing love they once had. "Hey."

"Hey."

Dom could see how hard it was for them to see each other again, so he decided to step in. "Well, I hate to interrupt this very awkward moment, but we should all get to bed. Lily, it's really late. You should just stay here with Letty and me tonight."

"I don't know. My friend is waiting for me."

"So call them and tell them you'll see them tomorrow."

"Alright."

Jesse and Leon went to their house and Lily followed Dom and Letty into theirs.

"We don't have any extra beds cause we just moved in, but we do have a nice couch."

"That's fine."

"I'll get you a pillow and blanket."

"Thanks Lett."

Letty went upstairs to get a pillow and blanket. Dom turned to Lily. "There's a phone in there if you want to call your friend."

"Thanks." She started to go into the kitchen to use the phone when Dom grabbed her arm.

"It's really good to see you again."

"It's really good to see you guys too."

When Letty came back downstairs she heard Lily talking on the phone.

"I'm sorry. I didn't realize how late it was. Can he stay with you tonight? I'm just gonna stay with some friends. Please? Thank you so much. I'll come get him in the morning. Yeah. Thanks. Bye."

Letty was very confused by what she heard, but she decided not to say anything. "Here ya go. Sweet dreams."

"Thanks Letty. Goodnight."


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Letty woke up in the middle of the night, but Dom was not beside her. She got up to see where he was and found him sitting on the stairs watching Lily sleep. She sat down next to him. "What are ya doin'?"

"Nothin'. I'm just…"

"Makin' sure she's still there?"

"Yeah. I guess I'm just afraid that if I take my eyes off her she's gonna disappear again. Do you remember how things were when she left?"

"Yeah. For the first week Jesse never came out of his room, I barely said two words, and Mia cried herself to sleep each night. You, Leon and Vince had to try to hold us together while dealin' with it yourselves. None of us even smiled for another month."

"I just don't want to see that happen again."

"It won't. She's not gonna bail on us Dom. She's not goin' anywhere this time."

"Maybe you're right."

"Of course I am." They both laughed. "Come on, let's go back to bed."

He took her hand and followed her back to their room.

Neither of them knew that Lily was awake and had been listening to their entire conversation. She couldn't believe she had caused them so much pain. "Never. I'll never leave you guys again. I just hope you'll understand."