A '69 Mustang pulled up infront of the Toretto house. Out of the driver's side stepped a tall, balding, middle-aged man. His name was Elliot Shaw, and it was his job, as the lawyer of the Toretto family, to bring a certain guest to meet his clients.

Dominic Toretto appeared in the doorway of his large white Californian house and stood on the porch steps. His brown-eyed gaze swept over Elliot and rested on the passenger door.

Elliot saw Dom's gaze land on his car door and winced inwardly.

Pulling open the door, a tall, dark, beautiful woman leapt out. She was clutching a small purse and tried to pull a tiny suitcase from the back seat, whilst keeping Elliot away from her.

Leticia Dominguez wandered out onto the porch and Dom wrapped his arms around her waist protectively.

"That her?" Letty asked, looking into the somber eyes of her boyfriend.

"Yeah." Dom replied, his eyes fixed on the woman who had been thrown over the shoulder of Elliot and was being hauled up to the house, kicking and screaming.

"Put me down! I don't want to meet my famed brother! I want to go home! You have no right to do this to me! Let me down!" She punctuated this sentence by kicking Elliot in the groin.

He dropped her and lay on the lawn, clutching himself and moaning. The woman, however, leapt to her feet and raced to the car. She grabbed her suitcase and pulled a cell phone out of her back pocket.

Just as she was least expecting it, Elliot pounced on her and pinned her arms to her sides. She bucked and writhed wildly, struggling to free herself.

Elliot hefted her over his shoulders, keeping out of the way of her feet. He carried her over to Dom and set her down; making sure her brother had a firm grip before letting go.

"She's your problem now Mr. Toretto." He gasped. He almost ran to his car and fled down the street, exceeding the speed limit outrageously.

"And he said I'm dangerous." The woman scoffed softly. "What did he mean? Am I a problem?" She spun on her heel and glared at Dom, her violet eyes darkening.

"She's your sister for sure." Letty laughed. "I'm Letty, Dom's girl. That is Dom, obviously."

"I'm Alyssa. Pleased to meet you. That Shaw guy is an asshole. He got all pissy cause I persuaded him to let me drive his car and I raced a couple of guys on the freeway. They honestly thought a hundred bucks was a good bet!" She sniggered.

"You're gonna fit in just fine. Follow me and I'll introduce you to the team." Letty motioned to her and she followed, leaving Dom to pick up her suitcase.

Leon and Jesse were lying on their stomachs, playing on the PS2 in the living room, whilst Vince was in the kitchen, talking to Mia quietly.

"Hey guys! Get in here!" Dom hollered.

The whole team either sat up or filed in.

"Guys, this is Alyssa, our baby sister. Alyssa, this is Leon, Vince, Jesse and Mia, your sister." Dom introduced everyone.

"Hi." Alyssa smiled.

"Where's she gonna sleep?" Vince asked suddenly.

"Um…" Dom began.

"Dominic Giovanni Toretto! Do you mean to tell me that you hadn't thought of where our baby sister was going to sleep?" Mia rounded on him, glowering in rage.

"I'll take the couch, if there's no room." Alyssa piped up softly.

"You can share with me." Jesse interrupted suddenly. Dom swung around and eyed him for a second, before nodding. His protectiveness was setting in already.

"Lead the way." Alyssa grinned as she picked up her suitcase and small purse.

Jesse led her up the stairs and into the second room on the right. It was tidy, which surprised Alyssa somewhat. What she really like about it was that the large window overlooked the horizon, but if opened, it allowed you access to the roof.

"Nice. I'll sleep on the floor, if you don't mind." Alyssa turned to Jesse, but he shook his head.

"You take the bed, and I'll sleep on the floor." He replied, leaving no room for argument.

"Thanks." Alyssa smiled and kissed his cheek lightly.

He barely blushed, but fought it down quickly.

"I'm sorry if this is a sore topic, but do you have A.D.D?" Alyssa asked softly from her perch on the edge of the bed.

"Am I that obvious?" Jesse countered, covering his surprise well.

"Only to someone like me. One of my best friends had it. She killed herself after the doctors upped her treatment. She used to flush her meds down the toilet and grind them up and stuff. Her name was Leila. She had been my friend since we were both four years old." She lowered her head, but Jesse placed two fingers under her chin and brought it back up, to find tears shimmering in her violet eyes.

Without thinking, he brought his lips down to hers and kissed her sweetly.

Dozens of feelings burst in the pit of her stomach, making her dizzy and happy, all at the same time. Where his lips had caressed was left feeling tingly and soft. Her head yelled at her to stop him, to not get involved, but her heart told her to pull him closer and deepen the kiss.

She followed her heart.

"Alyssa Graciela Toretto!" Dom growled from the doorway. He folded his muscled arms over his chest and blocked the doorway, preventing escape.

"Can't you see I'm busy?" Alyssa ground out as her and Jesse came up for air.

"I don't care!" Dom exploded. "And you Jesse, you should have known better! I trusted you both!" his yelling escalated, bringing the whole team to the door.

"Dom! I'm 23! I'm not a child! I haven't had time to be a child! I never was a child! I went straight from being a carefree four-year-old to having to be as strong as a teenager for a friend who found out she had A.D.D! I had to cope with said friend committing suicide! I had to cope with Momma running off on me and leaving me with some guy she knew! You know what he used to do, Dom? Do you? Of course you don't, you've never had to endure hour upon hour of beatings and rapes, hoping against hope your mother would come back and hold you, telling you that everything would be okay! I was twelve! Twelve years old! I still have the scars! And now you come in here, playing the big brother! Where were you when I cried as I was locked in a dusty, spider-infested attic room? Where were you when I yelled myself hoarse, calling for a mother who never came? Where were you when I needed comfort, just to be held tightly and told that I meant something to someone? Where were you then? You probably didn't even know I existed! Cut the bull Dom, cause I don't need it!" Alyssa screamed.

She threw herself past Dom and ran down the stairs, out of the back door and onto a bench next to the picnic table.

Her whole body shook with heart-rending sobs, till someone slipped behind her and pulled her to them.

"Hey sweetie. You mean something to Mia and me. We love you and we'll never let anything hurt you. The whole team is with you and you mean something to every one of them. You hear me? You're a great person, who needs to stop crying before you make Mia start bawling." Dom whispered into her hair.

"I'm sorry for yelling." Alyssa's voice was muffled by Dom's shirt. "You won't kill Jesse, will you? I really like him."

"I won't kill Jesse. Just don't let me catch you doing anything else with him near a bed, okay? Let me think I rule the household and play along." Dom grinned down at her.

"Okay. Can we go get my car some time soon? Unless Jeff's sold it. Jeff's the guy who did… those things… to me." She trailed off.

Dom tightened his jaw and nodded.

"How old is Jesse?" Alyssa's head popped up and she met his gaze keenly.

"He'll be 24 in three days. Why?" Dom answered carefully.

"Just wondered. Can't go cradle-snatching, now can I?" Alyssa joked feebly, but Dom laughed even so.

"Let's get you back inside and I promise to be alittle less protective of you all the time."

Alyssa nodded and followed Dom back inside.

Jesse was sat at the kitchen table with Mia and Leon, talking quietly. As soon as the back door opened, his head shot up. Dom came through first, then Alyssa. Jesse leapt to his feet and held her tightly to him. He stroked her hair as her arms wound themselves around his neck and she buried her face in his shirt.

Mia's brown eyes were filled with tears for Alyssa, but she hastily wiped them away. Leon hugged her, as he would hug a little sister and held her close, till Dom took over.

"Hey, guys, we racing tonight?" Vince asked as he entered the kitchen and went straight to the refrigerator.

Dom looked up. "Yeah. 'Lys, you wanna come too?" He turned to Alyssa slowly, to find her smiling widely at him.

"Yes please." She grinned enthusiastically. "When is it?"

"Starts at 9:30, we get there at 10pm. You better be ready this time girls." Dom added menacingly as he surveyed Mia and Letty.

"We will." The girls chorused.

"What time is it now?" Leon asked, grabbing a Coke out of the fridge.

"Um… 2pm." Alyssa replied, looking at her watch and catching Jesse's eye. "I'm gonna take a shower, ok?" She asked the team.

Jesse smirked, whilst the rest nodded.

Alyssa disappeared down the stairs to the basement rooms and the downstairs bathroom.

"Guys? I'm gonna check the computer for some designs and shit. See ya later." Jesse walked quickly from the room, feeling Dom's eyes burning into his back.

Letty noticed and placed a light hand on his arm. "Dom let them go. You can't baby her forever. Hell, she won't let you!" She smiled slightly.

Dom grinned back at his girlfriend and pulled her to her feet. "We'll see ya later." He said, making no effort to hide what they were going to do.

"See ya!" The team grinned slyly in unison and continued what they were doing.