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Joey explained everything to the gang and they all listened. They knew what it meant to Joey for them to say yes. Dom pulled Joey out into the hallway, he needed to talk to her before anyone agreed to anything.

" You always said you get your revenge." Dom said as he crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. " I need to know if we do this and it gets thick, family or the badge?" He asked.

Joey didn't have to even think of answer. " Family, always." She said with out a doubt. She loved her family more then anything that's why it broke her heart when she lost Dom and the rest of the gang, they were a big part of her family.

" Does anyone know about your past with Verone?" Dom asked.

" No and I wasn't planning on telling anyone." Joey firmly said as she leaned against the wall as well.

" Not even your partner?"

" Brian can't know, the less he knows the better. I pressured him to take this part of the case, now that I think about it, he shouldn't have listened to me." Joey thought out loud. She was selfish, she wanted Brian close, she never thought of the fact it might get too dangerous and Brian could get hurt.

" You care about him, don't you?" Dom asked. He already knew the answer, it amazed him that she had started to care for someone after Jason, they stayed friends somewhat but he broke her heart. Dom didn't hold anything against Brian because it the long run Brian saved his ass. If Joey and Brian hooked up Dom would've been ok with it but there was still Mia to think about.

" I plead the fifth on that." Joey said with a slight smile. " So are you taking the job or what?"

" If everyone else is game, you got your self some new partners." Dom said.

" So we ok now?" Joey hesitantly asked.

" We will be." Dom said before he turned around and entered the hotel room.

It was agreed, Dom, Letty, Leon and Vince would go with Joey and Brian to the island. Joey had asked Jesse to take care of her shop while she was gone, he told her she had nothing to worry about and if anything, Mia was there to help. She wasn't happy about staying behind while everyone was out risking their lives. She hadn't told Joey or even admitted it to her self that it bothered her that Brian and Joey were going to a beautiful island and they would be together every step of the way.

Joey thanked everyone for saying yes to working with cops but they all knew about her past and what it all meant to her, no one hesitated to say yes.

Joey drove to Brian's to fill him in on that fact everyone said yes and because she wanted to see him. She loved the time they spent together but in the back of her mind she remembered how Mia had gotten hurt by Brian and still nursed a broken heart and if she found out Brian and Joey were together, Joey might lose Mia just when she was getting her family back, what was left of her family. The thought of Mia hating her and casting her out of her life made Joey sick but she couldn't push Brian away, she tried that, it didn't work then and it would've never work.

" Hey, how'd things go?" Brian asked as he let her in and shut the door.

" I went and they said yes." Joey simply said as she put her hands in her jean pockets. She looked at him, she could've spent hours just looking at Brian, his deep blue eyes that seemed to really stand out in the hot beaming sun, his perfectly curved lips. She loved his long tanned arms and big firm hands that she loved when they touched her body. She knew what she felt toward Brian might've been wrong in many eyes but wrong never felt so right.

" You sounded so sure they would say yes, I guess you were right." Brian pointed out.

" Yeah, I told you I'm always right." Joey said as she walked up to Brian then pushed him against the wall. " But…" She placed a kiss on his neck. "…I don't wanna talk about that now." She softly said before she pulled him into a hungry raw kiss on the lips.

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Isabelle

Preview to next chapter: Time to go to the island and Joey sees someone from the past.