Chapter three – the fast and the furious – cheat
"So what are the plans for today? Are we going back to the house?" Letty asked sitting down across from Brian at the kitchen table. The kitchen was bright and Letty quickly realised that it was almost three in the afternoon. Seeing Letty look at the clock Brian realised that she hadn't realised that she'd slept so long.
"Basically whatever you want but Mia wants us to go to the barbeque this afternoon? She said that she would understand if you don't want to go but she would like you there and also her sister arrived earlier this morning, what sister is she talking about?" Brian told her as he sipped his now lukewarm coffee. Brian watched Letty's reaction as he talked and noted that she seemed somewhat happier when he mentioned Mia's sister.
"Well if Mia and Tammy are there then yeah I'll go" Letty answered taking a bread roll from the basket in the middle of the table and buttering it. At Brian's questioning look Letty realised that she hadn't explained about Tammy.
"Tammy or should I say Tamika is Dominic and Mia's sister, she's the middle sister. When Anthony died and Dom went to prison Tammy went to live their grandparents, she wanted to get away from everything and start over. But whenever Dom or Mia need her she will come and help out but she never stays longer then a week, she tells us something about a business or she'll say that Las Angelas isn't safe for her and then leave its almost weird" Letty explained.
"Wonder why she wasn't in the file then? Doesn't make sense," Brian muttered to himself. His thoughts on the matter were interrupted by Letty saying that they should get going, she wanted to talk with Tamika.
"Alright well then let's go" Brian said standing up and taking his and her coffee cup to the kitchen sink.
Brian waited by the door while Letty got her shoes.
"Why don't they talk about Tamika? And why don't they have any photo's of her up in the house?" Brian asked as he started the car. Letty looked out the window before she answered, "the only photo's of Tammy had their parents in them, it always upset Mia to see them so we put them away and never brought them back out, Tammy knows that and doesn't mind"
The rest of the ride was filled with stories of the pranks that Brian and Alex got up to when they were kids. Letty found it funny that Brian was not the innocent ex-cop that she thought he was.
Brian pulled into the driveway of the house and stopped, the car that was now parked in front of him made him stopped in his tracks. The car was a midnight blue skyline, he couldn't see from his position in the car but he'd better any money that on the hood of that skyline was a gold crown with a C scrawled through the middle of it.
Letty got out of the car and began to walk towards the house when she realised that Brian hadn't gotten out of the car yet. When she looked back and noticed the look on his face, Letty wasn't sure whether it was shock or sadness or both.
"Brian!" Letty called as she began towards his side of the car. He must have heard her, she thought because he got out of the car and headed straight for the house. He didn't even stop when Letty asked him what was wrong. Letty's only choice was to follow him into the house.
Brian opened the door leaving it open for Letty, he had actually heard her questions but the only thing that was on his mind was finding the driver of that car.
He found her the second he looked into the lounge room. She sat on the lounge with her back to him; Vince and Leon were on the lounge opposite her.
"So Tammy what's with the crown and the C?" Leon asked before he spotted Brian and Letty come in the door.
"The crown was because she was queen and the C was because she was my fiancé, good to see you haven't changed your decals Mika" Brian answered for her. Tamika spun around and almost fell off of the lounge doing so.
"B! What are you doing here?" Tamika asked standing up and walking around to meet Brian. Brian smiled down at his once fiancé as he walked toward her, when he reached her he instantly reached down to envelope her in his arms. He held her tightly and snuggled his face in her neck.
"I was checking in on Letty before going home and good thing I did too. I don't have to ask why you're here, why didn't you ever tell me that you had a brother and sister" Brian asked lifting his face from her neck.
"I dealt with my grief by trying to be someone else, it was the only way that made sense to me" Tamika said softly looking up into his eyes. Brian nodded slowly and lent down to place a soft kiss on her cheek. She moved her face at the last second so that his lips fell onto her own. Brian's arms tightened around her as he deepened the kiss.
By this time Dominic and Mia, who had been in the kitchen came into the lounge to see Brian and Tamika enter into the kiss. Needless to say they along with the rest of the team were beyond shock at the display in front of them. Various forms of the one thought, what the hell was going on, were racing through their minds. Dominic looked passed the couple to Letty, laughing at Vince and Leon's shocked expressions.
After a few moments Letty realised that Tamika and Brian weren't going to stop soon unless they were made to. So Letty coughed loudly to get their attention. The couple broke apart; Tamika went to step backwards but found herself locked in Brian's embrace.
"Either of you wanna explain what's going on?" Mia asked, her expression giving the impression that she was the mother that had caught her children doing something that they shouldn't have.
"Mia, calm down honey, Brian is uh um well" Tamika began, her voice drifting away when she didn't know what to call him technically they had separated but from that kiss she wasn't sure what they were now.
"Fiancé, I am her fiancé if she'll take me back" Brian said looking down at Tamika; as he spoke her face broke into a large smile.
"Of course I will and this time we will get to that alter" Tamika exclaimed as Brian picked her up and swung her around.
"How the hell do you to know each other?" Dominic asked loudly enough.
"They met when Tammy went to live with your grandparents, they lived in Barstow because that's where Brian grew up" Letty answered slowly piecing everything that Brian had ever told her about his childhood.
"Brian is Letty?" Tamika asked suddenly looking between them. Before she had left Barstow Alex had told her that Brian was bringing his sister home.
"Yeah Letty is Alex's little sister and no he doesn't know that Dominic cheated. She's going to tell him that" Brian answered, knowing that her next question was going to be whether Alex knew of Dominic's cheating.
"Chicken" Tamika said smirking.
"Brian we need to talk" Mia spoke up softly; she was completely shocked, the man that she had thought loved her was actually her sisters lover. She didn't know what to think or how to act towards her sister.
"About what Mia, I thought we settled that" Brian said firmly, he didn't want to bring up his brief relationship with Mia. Brian didn't think that Tamika would care since they had been officially separated at the time but he wasn't going to take any chances, Tamika was his life she had been the sole reason that he lived. Brian didn't want to lose her again.
"Settled what Brian?" Tamika asked, she didn't like the look on her sister's face nor did she like Brian's expression. She'd known Brian for a long time and knew by his expression that he didn't want her to know something.
"Mia and I dated briefly while I was undercover, it was two dates if that. When I came back to LA Mia thought that we would get back together but I told her it wasn't going to work out between us because as soon as I had finished up some family business I was going home. I was going home to you Mika" Brian answered her looking her in the eyes. He watched the emotions flash through her eyes making him somewhat nervous.
Tamika turned towards her sister. "Is that true Mia?" she asked softly, she knew that Brian wouldn't lie but she wanted to make sure that everything that he'd said was true.
"Yes, we dated. He even told me that he loved me, right before he left LA" Mia told her. Her expression told them that she was trying to hold back tears.
"Mika I didn't mean it, I don't love her, I thought I did but I don't. You are the only woman that I have and will ever love, if you don't believe me than tell me how to prove it to you?" Brian said grasping her hands in his.
"Come on Mika it wasn't like I knew that she was your sister cause I didn't, I didn't even know that you had a sister" Brian said pleading with her now.
"I know Brian I can see it in your eyes, but why didn't you come home after the last truck heist? Why did you go to Miami instead?" Tamika asked looking up into his eyes, she knew he hadn't expected that question.
"Because when I let your brother go the cops started chasing me, they wanted to get me for a number of things not just for letting Dominic and the others go. I promised myself that when I got out of juvenile detention that you'd never see me get arrested and sent to prison again and if I had gone home to you that's exactly what would have happened because Tanner was my boss, I couldn't call you because that would put in their radar I wasn't going to do that" Brian explained.
"You were right I don't ever wanna see you handcuffs again and Tanner did pay me a visit but not about you he thought that Dominic and the others had come to stay with me" Tamika told him.
"Bloody hell how did he know you're a Torreto?" Brian asked getting more then a little angry that his uncle had known before him and hadn't told him.
"My grandparents I think because I didn't tell him, Brian Tanner told me that he expected you to come back to LA he wouldn't tell me why though, did he think that you were coming back for Mia?" Tamika said looking at Brian remembering how Tanner had completely stopped when she had asked him to explain.
"No it had nothing to do with Mia, I'll explain what he meant later alright" Brian reassured her.
"Why can't you tell her now?" Dominic asked angrily he didn't like the sounds of this. And he certainly didn't like the fact that both his sisters had fallen for the same guy; he could tell by Mia's face that this was going to create arguments between the two sisters.
"Because it is a family thing, once I've told Mika what's happening then maybe I tell the rest of you" Brian answered looking at Dominic defiantly almost daring the other man to say something about it.
"Dom relax this is how we do things back home, Brian shares the information with me and then we share it with everyone else" Tamika explained, the last thing that she wanted was for her fiancé and brother to get into a fight.
Brian looked at his fiancé and couldn't believe how lucky he was that he had her. He was thankful that things were finally getting back to the way they used to be. His only hurdle now was waiting for the DNA test to prove wether he had found his younger brother, the younger brother that was the result of his father's affair 23 years ago. With Tamika by his side Brian knew that finding his brother would be a lot easier.
A/N: sorry this took so long but I've been so snowed under with university work its not funny. Hopefully the next chapter will be up within the next two weeks. Please let me know what you think.
"So what are the plans for today? Are we going back to the house?" Letty asked sitting down across from Brian at the kitchen table. The kitchen was bright and Letty quickly realised that it was almost three in the afternoon. Seeing Letty look at the clock Brian realised that she hadn't realised that she'd slept so long.
"Basically whatever you want but Mia wants us to go to the barbeque this afternoon? She said that she would understand if you don't want to go but she would like you there and also her sister arrived earlier this morning, what sister is she talking about?" Brian told her as he sipped his now lukewarm coffee. Brian watched Letty's reaction as he talked and noted that she seemed somewhat happier when he mentioned Mia's sister.
"Well if Mia and Tammy are there then yeah I'll go" Letty answered taking a bread roll from the basket in the middle of the table and buttering it. At Brian's questioning look Letty realised that she hadn't explained about Tammy.
"Tammy or should I say Tamika is Dominic and Mia's sister, she's the middle sister. When Anthony died and Dom went to prison Tammy went to live their grandparents, she wanted to get away from everything and start over. But whenever Dom or Mia need her she will come and help out but she never stays longer then a week, she tells us something about a business or she'll say that Las Angelas isn't safe for her and then leave its almost weird" Letty explained.
"Wonder why she wasn't in the file then? Doesn't make sense," Brian muttered to himself. His thoughts on the matter were interrupted by Letty saying that they should get going, she wanted to talk with Tamika.
"Alright well then let's go" Brian said standing up and taking his and her coffee cup to the kitchen sink.
Brian waited by the door while Letty got her shoes.
"Why don't they talk about Tamika? And why don't they have any photo's of her up in the house?" Brian asked as he started the car. Letty looked out the window before she answered, "the only photo's of Tammy had their parents in them, it always upset Mia to see them so we put them away and never brought them back out, Tammy knows that and doesn't mind"
The rest of the ride was filled with stories of the pranks that Brian and Alex got up to when they were kids. Letty found it funny that Brian was not the innocent ex-cop that she thought he was.
Brian pulled into the driveway of the house and stopped, the car that was now parked in front of him made him stopped in his tracks. The car was a midnight blue skyline, he couldn't see from his position in the car but he'd better any money that on the hood of that skyline was a gold crown with a C scrawled through the middle of it.
Letty got out of the car and began to walk towards the house when she realised that Brian hadn't gotten out of the car yet. When she looked back and noticed the look on his face, Letty wasn't sure whether it was shock or sadness or both.
"Brian!" Letty called as she began towards his side of the car. He must have heard her, she thought because he got out of the car and headed straight for the house. He didn't even stop when Letty asked him what was wrong. Letty's only choice was to follow him into the house.
Brian opened the door leaving it open for Letty, he had actually heard her questions but the only thing that was on his mind was finding the driver of that car.
He found her the second he looked into the lounge room. She sat on the lounge with her back to him; Vince and Leon were on the lounge opposite her.
"So Tammy what's with the crown and the C?" Leon asked before he spotted Brian and Letty come in the door.
"The crown was because she was queen and the C was because she was my fiancé, good to see you haven't changed your decals Mika" Brian answered for her. Tamika spun around and almost fell off of the lounge doing so.
"B! What are you doing here?" Tamika asked standing up and walking around to meet Brian. Brian smiled down at his once fiancé as he walked toward her, when he reached her he instantly reached down to envelope her in his arms. He held her tightly and snuggled his face in her neck.
"I was checking in on Letty before going home and good thing I did too. I don't have to ask why you're here, why didn't you ever tell me that you had a brother and sister" Brian asked lifting his face from her neck.
"I dealt with my grief by trying to be someone else, it was the only way that made sense to me" Tamika said softly looking up into his eyes. Brian nodded slowly and lent down to place a soft kiss on her cheek. She moved her face at the last second so that his lips fell onto her own. Brian's arms tightened around her as he deepened the kiss.
By this time Dominic and Mia, who had been in the kitchen came into the lounge to see Brian and Tamika enter into the kiss. Needless to say they along with the rest of the team were beyond shock at the display in front of them. Various forms of the one thought, what the hell was going on, were racing through their minds. Dominic looked passed the couple to Letty, laughing at Vince and Leon's shocked expressions.
After a few moments Letty realised that Tamika and Brian weren't going to stop soon unless they were made to. So Letty coughed loudly to get their attention. The couple broke apart; Tamika went to step backwards but found herself locked in Brian's embrace.
"Either of you wanna explain what's going on?" Mia asked, her expression giving the impression that she was the mother that had caught her children doing something that they shouldn't have.
"Mia, calm down honey, Brian is uh um well" Tamika began, her voice drifting away when she didn't know what to call him technically they had separated but from that kiss she wasn't sure what they were now.
"Fiancé, I am her fiancé if she'll take me back" Brian said looking down at Tamika; as he spoke her face broke into a large smile.
"Of course I will and this time we will get to that alter" Tamika exclaimed as Brian picked her up and swung her around.
"How the hell do you to know each other?" Dominic asked loudly enough.
"They met when Tammy went to live with your grandparents, they lived in Barstow because that's where Brian grew up" Letty answered slowly piecing everything that Brian had ever told her about his childhood.
"Brian is Letty?" Tamika asked suddenly looking between them. Before she had left Barstow Alex had told her that Brian was bringing his sister home.
"Yeah Letty is Alex's little sister and no he doesn't know that Dominic cheated. She's going to tell him that" Brian answered, knowing that her next question was going to be whether Alex knew of Dominic's cheating.
"Chicken" Tamika said smirking.
"Brian we need to talk" Mia spoke up softly; she was completely shocked, the man that she had thought loved her was actually her sisters lover. She didn't know what to think or how to act towards her sister.
"About what Mia, I thought we settled that" Brian said firmly, he didn't want to bring up his brief relationship with Mia. Brian didn't think that Tamika would care since they had been officially separated at the time but he wasn't going to take any chances, Tamika was his life she had been the sole reason that he lived. Brian didn't want to lose her again.
"Settled what Brian?" Tamika asked, she didn't like the look on her sister's face nor did she like Brian's expression. She'd known Brian for a long time and knew by his expression that he didn't want her to know something.
"Mia and I dated briefly while I was undercover, it was two dates if that. When I came back to LA Mia thought that we would get back together but I told her it wasn't going to work out between us because as soon as I had finished up some family business I was going home. I was going home to you Mika" Brian answered her looking her in the eyes. He watched the emotions flash through her eyes making him somewhat nervous.
Tamika turned towards her sister. "Is that true Mia?" she asked softly, she knew that Brian wouldn't lie but she wanted to make sure that everything that he'd said was true.
"Yes, we dated. He even told me that he loved me, right before he left LA" Mia told her. Her expression told them that she was trying to hold back tears.
"Mika I didn't mean it, I don't love her, I thought I did but I don't. You are the only woman that I have and will ever love, if you don't believe me than tell me how to prove it to you?" Brian said grasping her hands in his.
"Come on Mika it wasn't like I knew that she was your sister cause I didn't, I didn't even know that you had a sister" Brian said pleading with her now.
"I know Brian I can see it in your eyes, but why didn't you come home after the last truck heist? Why did you go to Miami instead?" Tamika asked looking up into his eyes, she knew he hadn't expected that question.
"Because when I let your brother go the cops started chasing me, they wanted to get me for a number of things not just for letting Dominic and the others go. I promised myself that when I got out of juvenile detention that you'd never see me get arrested and sent to prison again and if I had gone home to you that's exactly what would have happened because Tanner was my boss, I couldn't call you because that would put in their radar I wasn't going to do that" Brian explained.
"You were right I don't ever wanna see you handcuffs again and Tanner did pay me a visit but not about you he thought that Dominic and the others had come to stay with me" Tamika told him.
"Bloody hell how did he know you're a Torreto?" Brian asked getting more then a little angry that his uncle had known before him and hadn't told him.
"My grandparents I think because I didn't tell him, Brian Tanner told me that he expected you to come back to LA he wouldn't tell me why though, did he think that you were coming back for Mia?" Tamika said looking at Brian remembering how Tanner had completely stopped when she had asked him to explain.
"No it had nothing to do with Mia, I'll explain what he meant later alright" Brian reassured her.
"Why can't you tell her now?" Dominic asked angrily he didn't like the sounds of this. And he certainly didn't like the fact that both his sisters had fallen for the same guy; he could tell by Mia's face that this was going to create arguments between the two sisters.
"Because it is a family thing, once I've told Mika what's happening then maybe I tell the rest of you" Brian answered looking at Dominic defiantly almost daring the other man to say something about it.
"Dom relax this is how we do things back home, Brian shares the information with me and then we share it with everyone else" Tamika explained, the last thing that she wanted was for her fiancé and brother to get into a fight.
Brian looked at his fiancé and couldn't believe how lucky he was that he had her. He was thankful that things were finally getting back to the way they used to be. His only hurdle now was waiting for the DNA test to prove wether he had found his younger brother, the younger brother that was the result of his father's affair 23 years ago. With Tamika by his side Brian knew that finding his brother would be a lot easier.
A/N: sorry this took so long but I've been so snowed under with university work its not funny. Hopefully the next chapter will be up within the next two weeks. Please let me know what you think.