Chapter 4

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Brian stayed at Lily's apartment for a few hours to get to know Alex, to try to ease her mind about telling the team about Alex, and to hear more about the 7 years of her life he missed. "Well, I should get back."

"Okay. I'll see ya at dinner."

"See ya." He kissed her forehead and left. As he drove back he thought about how the team would react to Lily's little surprise. He just hoped that Jesse wouldn't be too angry with her, though he did have a right to be.

When he got home Dom, Leon, and Vince were working on their cars in the garage, Letty was sleeping, Jesse was in the back yard, and Mia was cleaning the kitchen. When Mia saw him come in she could tell that something was wrong. "Brian, are you alright?"

"Yeah."

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Did something happen with Lily?"

"Yeah."

"Think you could give me more than a one word answer?"

"Promise you won't tell the others?"

"I promise."

"Lily has a son."

"A son?"

"Yeah."

"Jesse's gonna be so upset."

"Yeah, especially because he's the father."

"What?!"

They both turned around to see a very pissed off Jesse standing in front of Dom, Letty, Leon, and Vince, who were all shocked.

Brian couldn't believe he let this happen. "Oh shit. Lily's gonna kill me."


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Later that night Lily went to have dinner with the team. When she got out and got Alex out of his car seat she just stood in front of the house and stared at it, then she started talking to herself. "You can do this. I'll be fine. They'll understand." She finally got the courage to go inside, but what she saw was not what she expected. They were all sitting in the living room. Brian looked guilty, Jesse looked pissed, and the others looked shocked. It didn't take long for Lily to realize why they looked that way. "Thanks Brian."

"I didn't mean to."

"It's okay. Would you take Alex into another room while I talk to them?"

"Sure." He took Alex from her and took him upstairs.

Everyone was silent No one knew what to say. Lily was the first to speak. "So, on a scale of 1to10, how mad at me are you?"

Letty answered. "It ain't that we're mad. We're just surprised."

Jesse stood up. "Speak for yourself. How could you do this? How could you keep this from me?!"

"I'm sor..."

"Don't even apologize to me! I don't want to hear it! All I want to know is why! Why didn't you tell me?!"

"I didn't even know until after I left!"

"Why didn't you come back?! We would've taken care of you! I would've taken care of you!"

"I was afraid to come back!"

"Why?"

"I was afraid you hated me!"

"I wanted to! I wanted to hate you so much, but I couldn't. I couldn't hate you. You left me without giving me a single reason why and I couldn't hate you. Even now, after all this, I still can't hate you, and it's killing me. I don't…" He didn't know what to say. He just walked out of the room and went to the backyard.

Lily just fell apart right there.

Dom motioned for Leon and Vince to follow him and they went after Jesse.

Letty picked Lily up off the floor, took her to the couch, and held her to comfort her. Mia rubbed her back to try to calm her.

Brian came downstairs. When he saw how upset Lily was he ran to her and sat in front of her. "What happened?"

Letty answered. "A lot."


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When Dom, Leon, and Vince got to the back yard Jesse was sitting on the picnic table crying. They'd never seen Jesse cry before. They slowly walked up to him. Dom just put his hand on Jesse's shoulder to let him know that he was there. Jesse looked up at them, but said nothing. Dom gave him a sympathetic look, then hugged him, not knowing what else to do. "Hey, I've got an idea. I heard about this club in town. We should go, tonight, just us guys. What'd ya say?"

"I don't know Dom."

"Come on Jesse. It'll be fun."

He could see there was no point in arguing. "Alright. I'll go."

"Great. I'll go tell the girls.

Leon, Jesse, and Vince went to their cars while Dom went inside. He peaked his head into the living room, making sure only Letty saw him. He gave her a thumbs up, then left with the guys.


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After seeing Dom, Letty smiled. She let go of Lily just enough to look at her. "Hey, why don't we go out tonight? We can have a girl's night out. Just you, me, and Mia. It'll be fun."

"What about Alex?"

Brian stood up. "I'll watch him. Go out. Have fun. It'll be good for you."

Looking at Letty's face she could see that she had no choice. "Alright. I give."

"Great. Let's go."

Brian stayed with Alex while the girls went to a club in town.


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Dom, Jesse, Leon, and Vince went into the club.

"I don't think this is such a good idea."

"Oh come on Jesse. This'll be good for you. Trust me."

They walked around a bit, met some people, had some drinks. Dom, Leon, and Vince did't drink too much, but after a few hours Jesse was more drunk than he's ever been.


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When Letty, Mia, and Lily got to the club Lily wanted to leave, but Mia and Letty wouldn't let her. Letty couldn't drink, Mia had a little, but after a few hours Lily was drunk as hell. On her way to the bar for another drink, she ran into a guy. "Jesse?"

"Lily?"

"What are you doin' here?"

"What are you doin' here?"

They both turned to look at Letty and Dom, but before they could say anything Dom and Letty made a quick exit. "Well, we're just… gonna go over there. See ya later." They grabbed Mia, Leon, and Vince and went across the room.

Jesse and Lily just watched as they walked away. Jesse shook his head. "I can't believe they set us up."

"I can." She sat down at an open table. "So, found any nice girls yet?"

He sat down next to her. "None like you."

"You don't mean that."

"Yes I do."

"You're drunk."

"So are you."

"True."

"You are so beautiful. You always were. I can't believe I didn't do it."

"Do what?"

"Stop you."

"You couldn't stop me."

"Liar. If I had asked you to stay what would you have done?"

"I don't know."

"I could've stopped you, but I didn't, and now I can't for the life of me remember why."

"It doesn't matter."

"It was me wasn't it? I drove you away."

"No! It wasn't you Jesse. It had nothing to do with you."

"Then why? Why did you leave me?"

"Not now Jesse. Not while we're both drunk."

"Are you ever gonna tell me?"

"I don't know. You can't ask me questions like that when I'm drunk."

"Fine."

He got up and put his hand out for Lily to take. She was very confused. "What are you doing?"

"Well, if we're not gonna talk we might as well dance."

She hesitated.

"Come on Lily. For old times' sake?"

"Alright." She took his hand and followed him to the dance floor.

They danced together for hours. After a while they ended up making out. Then they decided to go. They had to walk because Dom and Letty took their car keys. The others stayed at the club to give them some time alone. When they got home they went into the garage. Brian's car was the only one in it.

"I miss working on cars with you guys. I still have mine, but I don't get to work on it much, plus I have to watch Alex every second so it's hard to pay attention. It's just not the same without you guys."

"Well, now that you're back you can work with us again. Be part of the team again."

"Why do I get the feeling you're gonna change your mind about that when you sober up?"

"Just because I'm mad at you don't mean you're not still part of the team. That'll never change no matter what you do."

"But everything else has changed. I've ruined so much. I may look tough on the outside, but on the inside I'm terrified. I don't know what I'm doing anymore Jesse."

He went up to her and kissed her. She was very surprised. "And apparently neither do you."

"I love you Lily."

"You're even more drunk than I thought."

"Just because I'm drunk doesn't mean it's not true. I never stopped loving you, and I never will."

He started kissing her neck. "Jesse… I don't… we shouldn't."

But she couldn't stop herself, or him.