A:N/ The extra ! after the end puntuation mark means new place and i'm sorry but they're not letting me put ne other kind of divided. :(

To be Anywhere but Here

Chapter Two:

Just Like a Man

-One Week Later-

"Mom, I'm home from school," Lily shouted as she entered the house, "good to be back." Was mumbled with all joy gone. Her mother did have days, good days, where she would come home from school and there would be everything short of a fresh baked batch of cookies on the table. As she threw her backpack on the living room couch, just from the atmosphere of her home, she could tell that it wasn't one of those days.!

After months of constantly moving around from place to place Brain finally realized that what he was looking for was back in L.A. In the short time he had lived there he had felt more at home then back when he was living in his own home, with his dad. The rush that racing gave him was incredible, but the way that they were set up back there, that was beautiful. And yet it couldn't compare to the real reason he wanted back into their world. That was much simpler. The girl with an all knowing smile and wonderful long black hair.!

After months of what seemed like endless trials the man had finally come to a life-altering conclusion. For months he had watched the team come apart and even with Dom coming back things still weren't the same, between any of them. A maximum of two weeks had passed since the accident when a Tran had approached him. His first instinct was to kill the bastard but he felt for him considering his cousin was a fatal casualty of their pure and simple stupidity.

The man, not much older than himself had begun his negotiations lightly, planting bitter thoughts few and far between, but their conversations quickly grew to the subject of teams betrayals and it's dim fate. Johnny knew that the easiest way to take down Toretto was toslowly dismantle his team, one by one.

He wouldn't just kill them all quickly with a gun or a bomb, he wanted it to cause as much pain for them all as possible, and the quickest way to that kind of pain. Well, lets just say that the heart was the only thing capable of handling what he has in store for them, and even though the heart is that strong, it's the easiest thing to break.!

"Girl do not tell me you fell asleep in this store. This," she gestured to the few isles of junk food, "is all you've been doing."

"That can't be healthy." Leon said as he grabbed a bag of Corn Chips off the shelf and went to open them.

"Na a." Mia ran over to him and grabbed it from his hands. "This," she gestured to the bag," is why I'm here all the time. You guys have to start paying for the stuff you eat around here. I mean lunch is fine but if eat everything we have then there is nothing for the paying customers." Not meaning for it to happen, a snappy tone had entered her voice. "Sorry guys, I've just been getting really frustrated lately cause I haven't been able to get ahold of most of my professors and…forget it."

"Nah, go on."

"Most of them say the only way that I can graduate with my class is to actually go to college. That means no more mailing in the work." That's the way she had wanted things from the beginning but after their dad died Dominic had decided she needed to stay home and tend to the store and other womanly things.

"So why don't you?" Letty took the bag from her hands and placed it back on the shelf.

"Well he's about 5'7, 240 pounds, shaved head. He just happens to be the man who sleeps in your bed."

"Mia if it's what you want" Letty began before Jesse interrupted.

"Forget the risk and take the fall, if it's what you want, it's worth it all." They all just starred at him in a silent amazement for a few seconds not really sure if those words had come out of his mouth. "What," he watched them watch him, "I read a couple Hallmark Cards, that's all."!

After searching for her mother throughout the whole house, which wasn't that much. Lily was starting to get a sick queasy feeling in her stomach. Even when her mother went out to bars or parties she'd leave at night, not in the middle of the afternoon bearing two day hangover, if that was even possible.

Dropping on the couch she felt coldly defeated and closed her tired eyes, welcoming an uninterrupted slumber yet minuets later there was an urgent knock at the door.

The man on the other side of the door was bulky, and in his mid forties. Hours before police had received a call from a concerned neighbor who hadn't seen Hannah James in weeks. Detective Hanson had taken his time getting to the house earlier that afternoon expecting to find a normal suburban woman, chipper and welcoming. Or possibly to find that she had already departed for work.

After numerous rings of the doorbell and knocks at the door Hannah finally made the effort to rise from her blanketed chamber to send the unwanted visitor away. It could only be one of three people, her daughter, supplier, or friends in blue.

Lily never left home without her key knowing full well that her mother wouldn't wake up most of the time anyway if she were even home, so Lily came off the list. Before she could run though the bits of thoughts she could comprehend for the other two Hannah was at the door and quickly tried to perk herself up.

Hanson could hear what sounded like drunken footsteps making their way to the door. The person seemed to stumble with every move they took and knock down many things in the process. He wasn't a very tall man but if he stood on his tiptoes he could see into the window on the top of the door just barely. And so he got his first glimpse of the woman that would severely disrupt his life.!

Dominic walked into the store and watched as all eyes met his. He could tell they had been talking about him because of the awkward silence in the room.

"What going on in here?" He asked, still standing in the doorway.

"Nothing," Letty lied and went over to him, "Jesse just actually said something smart for once." After speaking she put her hand up too draw his face down for a kiss but he moved away. "Christ Dom, what's your problem now?"

"Letty it's raining in the middle of June and it's like a million fucking degrees outside so forgive me for not wanting you all over me." Letty looked hurt but Dom didn't pay attention and instead just walked into the back room and sat down at the table. Her tongue had moved so that the tip was on her top lip and she was attempting to keep herself from tears. She didn't want to act like Dom's needy bitch but there were things that she needed, and above everything other physical thing that was love, and lately, there hadn't been much.!

The plane ride had been bearable but it had also given him plenty of time to wonder about Mia and the whole team. He didn't expect them to welcome him back with open arms but he wasn't sure if he could handle her at least, completely writing him off. But if she would, she already had.

Brian had packed like a man, only two bags. One that he had carried on the plane and another had braved the ever so dangerous baggage claim, and after thirty minuets of talking to arguing with a Spanish speaking worker, even thought he didn't speak Spanish, it didn't look like he would be getting the other bag back any time soon. Defeated his mind just started rolling over where he was gunna sleep that night. Just like a man.!

I am looking for a few beta readers. I need people who won't be afraid to tell me when I've written bs, even if it's like a whole chapter of it. Out of character dialogue or actions, things that have been tiredly played out. And most importantly if I tread into dangerous Mary Sue territory. So if you're interested email me. Plus of being a beta reader…you get to read chapters before other people. So I guess moving onto my much loved reviewers:

Jet-Indigo- Thanks to you for reviewing and since you're my first reviewer ever, I am completely grateful to you. Even with just writing the first chapter I had to catch myself so many times when I found myself making Lily seem perfect. Almost every fic I've read has this perfect girl, with wonderfully shiny hair that everyone envies, clear silky skin, and well you get my point, perfect everything.

As far as one of the team falling for her well she's 15 years old and I have nothing planned like that in the future though maybe when she's older, at least 17 or something but I haven't thought that far ahead. Anyway, thanks for the review and the advice. -Inna-

Takerlover21- "Interesting" in a good way I hope. Kudos to you for taking the time to review. (I hate the word kudos and yet I just used and it sounded really stupid, but it rhymed. That's something right?) -Inna-

...- Sorry about the difficulty reading the chapter and I know what a pain in the…butt it can be cause it gets confusing and plus I have some big paragraphs and they require eye squinting or text changing. Now that I have a few reviews and some people seem to want to read a little more, hopefully it'll be easier for me writing the second chapter. So thanks and I hope you keep reading. -Inna-

-Well I can't think of anything else in the least bit witty or ditzy which is odd because I'm like the queen of them sometimes so just thanks and I updated. :) -Inna-