A/N" Thanx 4 the reviewPaulsgirlygirl and yes I will try to put more Tiff and Jermaine moments in there. This chapter actually starts with one.

Chapter 11

Tiff and Jermaine were sitting in theirroom at the hotel (the house still wasn't finished) watching a movie. Apparently, J was asking Tiff a question but she was in her own world, thinking about her Mom and Dad. What if they tried to take her from Rome? What if they didn't even want to know her? But then again, she reminded herself, she didn't care about what they thought. THEY walked out on her. SHE is the one who should be hating them. Jermaine snapped a finger in front her face.

"Whatcha thinking about, lil mama?" he asked sounding like Tej.

"Nothing, big papa." she replied.

"Don't give me that BS, you were thinking about something important. What was it?" he said seriously.

"Well, I was just thinking... whats going happen tomorrow when me and Rome go see them?" she said.

"Don't worry about it. Whatever happens happens.Just remember I'll always be here for you no matter what. I love you girl." he said looking into her eyes. She blushed.

"What, you're not gonna say it back?" he asked playfully.

"I'm not ready to have this conversation with you, Mr.Harris." she said using his last name.

"Well, let me know when you're ready, Mrs.Pearce." he said. It didn't hurt his feelings because he knew how hard it was for Tiff to tell anybody that she loved them after what her parents did.They continued watching the movie from their position on the floor and Tiff felt J put his arm around her. All her bad thoughts were chased away...

Later that day on the way to Orlando...

Only Rome and Tiff went to Orlando. They were going to be in front of the house soon and Tiffany and Rome were both nervous. The rode in a comfortable silence for another 30 minutes until they pulled up to the big house.

"Ready?" asked Rome.

"Ready as I'll ever be."was Tiff's reply. They got out of Romes car and headed to the front door. They could hear shrill shrieka of a little girl inside and Tiffany felt a pang of hatre. They had probably forgotten her with this new kid to take care of. Rome looked over at her, nodded in a reasuring way and rang the door bell.

The door was opened by a maid.

"How may I help you?" the maid asked in a heavy spanish accent.

"Yes... uh... we're here to see Roger and Tamayra Pearce, please." said Rome.

"Hold on one second." the maid said and looked around a corner, checking to see if they were in the living room.

"Right this way, please." and escorted Tiff and Rome into a room.

"Senor Pearce, you have company." the maid said and exited the room as Tiffany and Roems dad looked up from playing with the little girl and Tiff and Romes Mom.

"Tiffany!Rome!" he cried out. Tamyra's head popped up.

"Hi, pops." said Rome.

"Hey man!" said Roger giving Rome a big manly hug. Tamyra did the same and gave him a big wet kiss on his forehead leaving a wet glossy spot in the shape of a set of lips. Then they turned to Tiffany.

"Babygirl..." Roger said. Tiffany was going to push him away and yell at him but she found herself giving him and a Tamyra a hug.

"Daddy? Who's dis?" asked a little girl with curly hair and big brown eyes, a little lighter than Tiffanys.

"This is Maya." said Roger looking at Tiffany.

"Maya, this is Tiffany and Rome." said Tamyra.

"Tiffany and Rome, my brother and sister?" she asked angelically.

"Yea. How ya doing, lil mama?" asked Rome. The little girl didn't reply but just threw her little arms around his neck, smothering his face with kisses.

"And Tiffany!" she said jumping down from Romes neck and running over to Tiffany and giving her a hug around the waist. Tiffany couldn't resist picking the little girl up... She was too adorable and a split image of Tiffany at her age.

"You told her about us?" asked Rome.

"Yea. We couldn't let her grow up without knowing her brother and sister." said Tamyra with a huge smile in her face.

"But you let me grow up without my parents." T said anger flsahing in her big brown eyes. The smile slide off Tamyras face like an egg of a wall.

"Oh brother." said Roger with his hands in his face.

"Yea thank god for them or else I'd be in some horrible foster home with some drunk, no doubt." she said fast, the words slipping of her tongue before she could stop them. Everyone was silent. The maid came in and took little Maya away for a snack.

"Why dont we go sit in the parlor?" said Roger. They all exited the room and Rome whispered in Tiff's ear.

"Calm Down." They all sat down. Roger and Tamyra facing Rome and Tiffany. Tamyra spoke first.

"I'm so sorry, Tiffany.I knew you'd hate us." she said.

"Darn right I do. How could you do that to me? Just leave me there like that?" she asked.

"Well, Tiffany, we were still trying to live the life, True we had two kids but Rome was old enough to take care of himself. The truth is... well you were a mistake, Tiffany." Roger said. His last words striked through heart like a cold sword. Rome rose.

"What the fuck did you just say? She was a mistake? No you were a mistake. You should be ashamed of yourself. " he said spitting each word with malice.

"Rome, we're clean now. " said Tamyra.

"I don't give a damn! If you were so clean , why didn't you look for us? To busy having another kid?" he asked. Tiffany was still. She pulled on Romes shirt sleeve and he sat down.

"We're sorry Tiffany. I think it's best if you go now...Please don't come back." said Roger.

"Fine. Just remember that, ROGER. And do me a favor. Don't EVER put Maya what you put me through. All the time, wondering if you left me for a reason. Did you know I actually thought that it was me? I thought I had been a bad girl. But now I see. It was all a show that you put on." she said and Rome and her ealked out of the parlor leaving Tamyra to cry on Rogers shoulder.

On the way out, Maya ran up and handed Tiffany a photo of her and a dog and a pictures she drew herself of Tiffany, Roger, Tamyra, Her, and Rome.

"Why are you leaving so soon, sister?" she asked in her cute voice that almost broke Tiffany's heart. Tiffany and knelt down while Rome did too.

"You're mommy and daddy don't think its good for me to be here. So I have to go. But remember kid, I love you. Don't let anybody hurt you and most importantly never ever let anybody see you cry. Be tough. For me." said Tiffany.

"Yea kid, be tough. You're gonna need it. Hey, when you get older, look us up okay? We'll always be there for you." said Rome gently.

"O-tay." said Maya in a small voice. Tiffany got up and walked out to the car with Rome leaving Maya standing in the doorway with a sad look on her small face.They drove to Miami in silence.

When they got home...

Everyone was sitting around laughing and joking in Dom and Lettys room when Tiffany and Rome came in.

"Hey how did it go?" asked Brian. Rome stormed past him, grabbed the keys to the garge and stormed back out.

"Whats his deal?" asked Suki.

"Nothing... Tej, let me have the keys to our room." she said. Tej gave her the keys and she left. Once she was inside, she ran inside the bathroom and closed the door. Tow minutes later, Mia and Letty came in.

"What happened, T?" asked Letty. Thats when Tiff broke down. She sobbed into Mias lap while Letty stroked her hair. She stopped after awhile and she spoke.

"Thy-they told me I was a mistake. They said they didnt want anything to do with me."

"Well, its their lost. Did you see the kid?" asked Letty.Tiffany pulled out the picture of Maya and the dog and showed it to them.

"She looks just like you." Mia whispered tears coming to her eyes. They all sat in silence.

A couple weeks later...

It was now Jermaines turn to race. He won all three and the team went out to celebate. They were all happy now. Race wars was in a couple days and both were going to the circuits. Everyone knew that if they both raced good that they'd soon have to race each other but no one wanted to face the reality.Race wars was also gonna be where Brian raced Kevin. They were all nervous but, they were content for now and they all secretly vowed that they would deal with whatever came thier way when they faced it.