A/N: kicks the damn computer So here it is. The next chapter for y'all. Enjoy!

BTW, i got a review from a person calling themself 'lost' last chapter. If you're reading this 'lost', could you elaborate on what you meant? It confused the hell outta me.

Song for the chapter is "Falling Down" by Staind.

Vince adjusted the sleeve of his sweater, checking to make sure it was hanging down over his knuckles. It was far from normal race attire, but his scars were a personal thing, just like Le's were to him. If he wanted no one to see them then that was his prerogative.

Upon arrival, the crowd had swelled to almost ridiculous proportions. After all, it had been almost two years since Vince had made an appearance in the racing community. Leon and Letty went every now and then, just to catch up.

The pride he's seen on Tala's face when he had calmly navigated his way back to where Hector was had floored him. He knew she was proud of him for picking himself up off the floor so many times over the years, but to see her show it so publicly had blown him away. It was all he could do not to sweep her up into his arms right there and kiss her until she had no more air left in her lungs. What she didn't realise was the fact that it was her hand intertwined with his that had kept him sane. Vince just knew that if he had tried to face those people alone he wouldn't have made it so far.

Once he was sure none of his scars were showing, he reached back down to take Tala's hand again.

"So - What do you think?"

She was looking around in wide eyed wonder. "This is insane, Vince." Her fingers laced between his as she stood on her tip toes to see. "Look at all these people!"

He looked around and nodded warily. "Yeah – yeah I see 'em, firefly." He glanced down at their joined hands, feeling her fingers tighten. Her eyes caught his.

"If you want to leave – you tell me straight away."

He gave her a solitary nod, tugging her closer so he could enfold her against his chest. Peering around over her head, he searched for Leon.

"Little bastard always does this," he muttered, "we go somewhere and he disappears."

Tala's hands traced circles over the small of his back just above the waist of his jeans. "He's with Letty."

"How do you know that?"

She pinched him, hard enough to make him flinch. "She's wearing that hot little dress, V. Of course he's with her or very close to her."

Vince grinned knowingly. "You're probably right." He looked thoughtful, "Maybe we should go look for them?" he suggested innocently. Tala started to laugh.

"That's the last time you get sex right before we go somewhere – you're incorrigible."

He bent to kiss her playfully, "That's one of the reason's you love me." He quipped.

"One of the many, yes." She snuggled into his waist, her chest securely pinned against his by his upper arm. "Vince? Why are those women glaring at me?" She asked quietly, avoiding eye contact with the scantily clad women.

Vince's head turned to look at them and Tala heard them all start to giggle and make lewd suggestions to him. He stroked her back when he felt her stiffen and lifted her chin to look at him.

"Ignore them, firefly." He assured her just as quiet, "They're the skanks Letty was telling you about on the way over."

Tala nuzzled the spot over his heart then lay her ear against his chest. She closed her eyes and listened to his heart beat. It was strong and steady, tickling her cheek. "Mm... I know why Rory likes laying on you like this now." She heard his heartbeat speed up at the mention of their daughter and grinned. He really adored her.

"Well she's-" he paused, "Oh fuck me." He snarled. His hold on her tightened momentarily then he took a step back. "Dom's here."

Tala's head spun around quickly, searching for the big bald man. Fortunately she saw Leon and Letty coming toward her first.

"Leon!"

He nodded, sighing. "Yeah – I saw." He looked at Letty, the woman oddly quiet. "I saw him."

Letty's hand was tightly gripping Leon's, unwilling to release him. She gave Tala a warm smile when she took her other one, stepping a little closer to her best friend. Letty mouthed 'thank you' to her just as she heard Dom's deep baritone and the familiar whine of Mia's voice.

"Hey guys."

There was a unanimous silence from all four, then Vince gave Tala a nudge in Hector's direction. He didn't want her in the middle of things. Reluctantly she let go of Letty's hand and slipped past Vince, walking straight into Hector's outstretched arms.

Mia smiled up at Vince, looking him over. "You're looking well, Vince." She made a vague motion to his arm. "How's the arm?"

He gave her a look of stunned disbelief. "Excuse me?" He looked at Leon. "Did she just-"

Leon nodded. "Yeah, V – she did."

Dom looked from one to the other and shrugged. The two had always communicated in fragmented sentences like that. His eyes settled on Letty and he gave her his best 'come here so I can ravage you' smile. It slowly faded when she ignored it.

"Let? What's wrong?"

She glared at Dom, almost trembling. Standing in front of her was the man she was with for all those years – beside her was the man she should have been with all those years. Leon had treated her so much better in the short amount of time they had been together than Dom had ever treated her. She knew where her heart lay – with Leon. Letty took a step back.

Dom reached out to grab Letty's elbow, doing his damnedest to ignore the crowd watching them. "Come on, Letty. I love you."

Letty snorted, glaring at him as she pulled even further away from him. "You may love me Dom, but you were never in love with me! You treated me like you owned me. You're a pathetic, pathetic excuse for a man."

A dark glare replaced the pleading look he was giving her. "So who are you fucking now then? You think you've found yourself a real man?" he laughed arrogantly, "Come on, Let. Don't be stupid. You're making a fool of yourself in front of all these people." He made to grab her elbow again. When his hand fell short of her, he barked her name, irritated.

"You're really starting to piss me off, Letty!"

There was a hushed murmur that floated over the crowd and Letty smirked. "Don't be stupid, Dom. You're making a fool of yourself in front of all these people."

He growled angrily and started toward her but stopped short when both Vince and Leon stepped in front of her. He glowered at them but neither man moved. Vince's face was a mask of blithe indifference and Leon's… Dom had never seen that look on Leon's face before. He looked about ready to tear him apart with his bare hands.

Dom growled. "Get out of my way."

Leon shook his head. "You go near my girl and I'm going to string you up in front of everyone here."

Rage coloured Dom's vision red. "YOU?" he looked past the two imposing men to Letty, then pointed at Leon. "You're fucking him?" He glared at Leon, jabbing his finger into his chest. "I thought I told you to keep your ass away from my woman!"

"She's not your woman and she never was! You turned her into a fucking trophy!" Vince snarled in Leon's defence. He ignored the stunned look on Dom's face. "I should have encouraged him to go after her years ago!"

Leon looked up to Vince, shocked. "You knew?"

Vince snorted, rolling his eyes. "Of course I fucking knew. I'm your big brother Leon, not an idiot."

Dom shook his head at them, "Wait, wait – You two are brothers!" He looked from one to the other, "No. No that's impossible."

Vince glanced at Leon. "You hear that? Our parents didn't have sex after all!"

Leon pulled a face. "Well that's a relief – mentally scarring thoughts right there."

From behind them Letty's laughter reached all three of the large men and they all turned to look at her in unison. She was sprawled backward across the hood of the Skyline laughing like a lunatic.

Leon's brow quirked. "Baby? You drunk or something?"

Letty sat up slightly, still giggling. "Can't drink. Pregnant."

Dom's roar of anger silenced the chattering crowd. "You're what?"

Leon spun around on his heel, eyes wide. "You're what?" he asked, part in shock, part ready to scream with happiness. Letty beamed at him, sitting up properly now. Her hand touched her flat stomach and when she spoke her voice was whisper soft – elated even.

"We're going to have a baby, Le."

Ever one to break the mood, Dom spluttered indignantly. "You never wanted kids, Letty! What did you do – forget to take your pill?" he mocked, still glaring at Leon.

Letty's happy glow dimmed. "Actually I threw them out when we decided we wanted a baby!" There were hoots and congratulatory calls from the crowd, making Leon flush slightly. Letty smiled at the reactions then went on. "Anyway, Dom – I always wanted children! Always! You were just too wrapped up in your own wants and needs to see what I really wanted!"

He huffed, trying to push past Leon. The air whooshed out of his lungs when Leon rammed him in the sternum with his shoulder, knocking him back a few steps. He glared at him, then looked over Leon's shoulder at Letty.

"If you wanted the fucking things so much why didn't you say anything then?"

She glared, pointing at him. "That's why! Because I knew that if you couldn't be a real man you wouldn't be a good father! I wanted kids Dom," she smirked, "-just not with you."

"But you'll have them with him!" He looked Leon up and down. "He's not a real man, Letty. Leon's just a child." He spat arrogantly.

Leon went to open his mouth when Letty started to chuckle. It was that low, sexy laugh that drove him wild.

"He may be a child to you, Dom – but he's twice the man you ever were. At least I don't have to fake it with him."

The crowd erupted into a roar of laughter and jeers and Dom's face started to turn purple with anger and humiliation. With a bellow Dom threw himself at Leon and it was on. Fists were flying and for the first time in over seven years, Leon was allowed to actually to fight back.

All the anger he felt towards Dom – the trucks, Jesse, the way he had treated Letty over the years – it all festered and boiled up to the surface. Dom had done his best to ruin him professionally. Sure he took him on, but he would avoid giving him work as much as possible. If a customer could be talked out of hand painted graphics on their car and pushed toward decals, it was done. Not only was it more financially lucrative for Dom that way, but he also escaped paying Leon the commission for the work that was done. It was always under duress that he would give him a job like that. The reason, you may wonder?

Dom had known that Leon was interested to some extent in Letty and had immediately set about discouraging him from pursuing her. He had known that if Leon managed to work his way into Letty's heart that she would leave him in an instant, so he had taken the coward's way out and threatened him. He had threatened an eighteen year old boy.

Not one to be left out, Mia pointed at Letty. "You crazy slut! What – are you sleeping with Vince too?" She yelled, her face turning red with anger.

"Actually," came a sweet voice off to her left, "-that would be my job!"

Mia staggered, crying out as she felt a fist slam into her cheek. Her fingers immediately went to the spot that was hurting the most and came away with blood on them. She'd been busted open. She turned, slack jawed, to look at whoever had hit her. A woman, around five feet tall maybe stood there with a smug grin on her face. She had been standing by Vince and Letty just a while ago.

"Hey, Let!" She called, "You were right! Hitting the bitch did feel good!"

Mia glared at her, stunned. "And who the hell are you?"

Vince cleared his throat, smothering his laughter with his hand. "Tala, this is Mia. Mia," his arm draped around the woman and he pecked her on the temple, "- this is my wife, Tala."

Mia looked at both of their hands in outrage, seeing the matching bands their fingers as well as the ring. The ring that Vince inherited off his grandmother that was supposed to go on her finger.

"Your WIFE!"

The scuffling from Dom and Leon's fight quieted and Dom's voice rung out across the eerily quiet crowd. "Your wife.. What the hell?" He grunted angrily. "What the hell is going on around here! We come back and everyone's gone fucking mad!"

Leon spat out a mouthful of blood, glaring at him. He was pleased to see that he had gotten in a few good hits, enough to split Dom's lip and just above his eyebrow. The bigger man was blinking rapidly from blood in his eye.

"Did you honestly think we would wait around for two years just for you? Are you that fucking deluded?" He snarled, eyes blazing. "You lied to us Dominic! You told Letty and I that Jesse was ok!" The last was shouted. "Well he's not ok, Dom! Jesse's dead and nobody knows where his body is!"

Letty's hand touched Leon's arm. "Le, it's alright. Forget him."

He looked down at her and gently urged her back toward the car. "No it's not. He lied to us, Let." He looked back at Dominic who was now shrinking slightly under the eyes of the crowd. "You told us that Jesse was fine, that he was kickin back with Vince. You kept us from our family!"

Feeling the pressure, Dom tried to save face and reason with him. "Now Leon, why don't we just figure this shit out, and we can all go back to normal." He raised his hands in a non threatening manner, "You can all move back in, we can get Letty an abortion-"

A feral growl bubbled up from Leon's chest and he launched himself on Dom, drowning out Letty's cry of outrage. There was a collective scream from a group of nearby women as Dom and Leon went crashing into them. The sick thuds of fists hitting skin were loud and clear.

Vince and Hector both took off running along with three other guys to try to break up the fight. Only able to use one arm without hurting himself, Vince wrapped his left arm around Leon's neck and pulled, dragging him backward. The younger man gagged and choked, but fought to get back at Dominic. Vince's arm slipped slightly and his watch caught the skin beneath Leon's jaw. Instantly he fell quiet and limp, allowing Vince to drag him backward.

"Not my neck.. Don't touch my neck." He mumbled, clawing at Vince's arm.

Vince immediately relocated his grip to Leon's waist. "I'm sorry," he muttered, "I forgot." He dragged him a little further back and both stopped to look at the scene in front of them.

Dom was on the ground, bleeding but still trying to get up. He would make it a step or so before tumbling back to the tar. Nobody bothered holding him back any more. Dom was done.

"You come near us again," Vince started, "- and there'll be hell to pay."