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Recap:

"I made sure that bastard couldn't hurt anyone else." Brian said, in a combination of hate and guilt.

"Brian, did you kill him?" Dom asked, and Brian just nodded. He curled in on himself, and just laid there, Dom made no further attempts at conversation, just let him lye there, and he left the room. Brian had killed someone.

Chapter 3:

The thought of Brian killing, for a chance to keep his dignity and life was something that Dom never wanted to think about, but it never stopped running through his head. It had been two days since Brian had told him what happened, and it had been two days since Brian had left his room. He hadn't eaten, and Dom was pretty sure that he hadn't slept.

He had come up with a plan the day before to make Brian feel better, and the team had gotten to work on fulfilling it. Dom still had the model of the car that JJ had drawn, and he still had Brian's Supra, that he had fixed up when he moved to Mexico. So far it had been painted black, and Dom had called one of Brian's old friends by the name of Roman Pierce to come down and see him, and to bring another friend, named Suki to help with the detailing.

Now as Dom worked on his Mazda RX-8 that he had gotten after a few races down here, he heard the familiar rumble of an engine pulling up. He got out from under the hood, and looked up. There was a purple Spider pulling up, two black men and a chinese woman occupying it. They came to a stop about four feet from Dom, and got out. One of the black men, bald, tall and muscular walked up to Dom, and put out his hand, saying; "Roman Pierce, Rome to my friends."

Dom took his hand, and said; "Domonic Toretto, better known as Dom." He then looked to the other man, who had braids in his hair, and was smaller; and the chinese woman, who had her blond hair in a loose bun, and said; "You must be Suki, but I don't know who you are." Dom said to the woman, and the man.

"Tej," said the man, and they shook.

"You're right, I'm Suki." Said the woman, and walked over to Dom, giving him a light hug. "So where's Bullet?" She asked when she had pulled away.

"Brian? He's in his room, hasn't come out for about two days. Hasn't ate or slept since we got him out of the hospital, and to tell you the truth, Arizona is worrin' me." Dom said, as Vince walked up. "Vince this is; Tej, Rome, and Suki; friends of Brian's. And everyone this is Vince. Leon's inside."

"Nice to meet yah'all, but I need tah know, none of yah are cops right?" Vince asked, and everyone laughed.

"Nah, we all got problems with authority." Rome answered. Vince nodded.

"It's good you are here though, blonde ain't looking too good." Vince added.

They had talked for a while, and Suki decided that Rome, should go in to see Brian. He agreed, and Dom showed him to Brian's room. He walked in, and saw Brian on the bed, shaking. He had never seen Brian this broken in his life, he was always cocky and confident, not like the huddled mass on the bed.

He walked over to Brian, and sat down beside him. Brian looked up, tensed, and then when he realised who it was; relaxed a little. "Bri, man; you gotta stop doing this to yourself. You're gonna kill yourself, bro." Rome said, and Brian moved on the bed, sitting up against the headboard.

"You don't know what you are talking about Rome." Brian said, and an uncomfortable silence fell in between them. "How are you?" Brian asked, trying to change the subject.

"I'm fine, but you're not, and if I have to drag you out of here, and shove food down your throat, I will." Rome answered, and Brian grimaced; so much for changing the subject.

"I'm glad to see you, but mind your own; Rome." Brian growled, and then winced as the action jarred his ribs. Rome noticed this, and concern filled his features.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Wrong end of a foot." Brian answered.

"You should get them rewrapped. At least get out of here, get clean, and eat somethin' bro; it's either you come with me by choice, or I will get Tej, and Suki to come in here and help me. If that doesn't work, there is always the option of throwing you outside under the hose, or back in Lompoc." Rome said, and even he grimaced at the sound of the place.

"I'll go, but I am not talking about anything. Make sure that Suki knows that, and Tej, and the rest of them too." Rome nodded, and got up, offering his hand to Brian, who accepted thankfully. Rome put Brian's arm around his shoulder, and for the first time he noticed how much weight Brian had lost.

"If you don't eat what we put on your plate, I will force feed you. You need to gain some weight man, this ain't healthy.

Brian nodded, and they walked out of the room, towards the bathroom. "I need clothes man." Brian mumbled.

"No prob, you can borrow some of mine, your my size anyway. That'll have to do until we can get you some of your own." Brian nodded, and they walked into the bathroom, where Brian was determined to clean off all of the grime that had clung to him from about the last nineteen months.

Brian walked down the stairs half an hour later with the help of Rome. He was wearing a pair of jeans, and a West Coast Choppers shirt. His hair was alot shorter than it was when he had gone to the prison, being only about a half inch long, something that Dom hadn't noticed till he walked into the kitchen his arm around Rome's shoulder.

They sat down at the table, along side everyone else. They all looked at him, and he smiled. "What am I famous now?" He asked, and everyone sighed before laughing. Brian was trying to find his way back, and some of his features were already back.

"Nah man, just never seen a white boy walking like that. Like he owned everythin'." Suki said, and everyone laughed. "How you doin' Bullet?" She asked.

"I'm good, it's great to see you all." Brian said guestering to Rome, Tej and Suki.

Leon, Dom, and Vince all tried their hardest to put on put out faces, and Vince said, "What we mean nothin'?"

"Nah man, I know you too well, if you meant somethin' you would call me a fruit?" Brian said, and easy laughter filled the room. "But I meant that it's great to have them here, and we're all here now, so-" Brian said, and then a stumped expression came over his face, "So I don't know what I should say."

"Very poetic bro!" Rome and Tej said with straight faces, and then both cracked up, and laughed. Brian picked up a spoon, and chucked it at there hunched forms. It bounced off Rome's head, and the hit Tej's.

"Oh! Double pointer! Killed two birds with one stone." Everyone laughed, and then they settled down, and ate. Rome, and Brian were the last one's at the table taking their fourth helping of everything.

"Damn, you boys keep eatin' like that, I may have to put you to work, before I run out of food." They both laughed with mouth's full of burgers, and fries.

"Nah, only if Rome decides to stay. Doctor says he has a high Mo-tab-ol-lism," Brian said stretching out the word, and Rome hit him brotherly on the shoulder. "What? You were the one who said that, and I was only repeating what you had told me." Brian said.

Everyone was sitting in the living room watching 'Face Off.' Suki had her head in Brian's lap, and was sleeping while Brian had fallen asleep with his head on the end of the couch. Rome was splayed out over a chair, Tej the same way in a chair across the room. Dom was still awake watching the movie, but Vince was snoring from his place on the floor, and Leon was sleeping on the couch stretched out with his arms and legs thrown in various places.

Brian murmered something that sounded like 'safe' and Dom smiled. All it took was family to make you forget about your problems. Dom fell asleep a little while later.

Suki was the first to wake, but didn't want to move from her place on Brian's lap, so she reached for the remote, and turned on a music video, then snuggled back into her place. Rome woke up next, and sauntered to the bathroom. When Suki looked up into Brian's face, she smiled seeing that some of his color had returned. She fell back asleep before Rome came back into the room.

Rome walked in and sat in his chair. He wondered who had turned music videos on, and looked around the room. Suki's hand was lax around the remote, and he smiled. He grabbed it from her hand, and turned off the TV, and then walked into the kitchen. He found a telephone book, and looked at the clock. It was eleven, so he looked for a place that he could order lunch. He found a little place called, Dannyell's Diner, and dialed.

After he ordered, they said it would be delivered by noon. He walked into the room, and yelled out; "Wakey! WAKEY!" Everyone jumped, and Brian grimaced at the pain in his ribs. "Everyone get changed, lunch will be here in a while." They got up, and Rome helped Brian upstairs, and got him some cloths. He brought in jeans, and a blue tee shirt, and then walked out to get changed himself.

Everyone was down by noon, and the food was there just as promised. They ate, and then Brian went and laid down on the couch while everyone else went outside to work

TBC

A/N: I hope that you liked it. Please review, and tell me what you think. I could use ideas as far as where to go from here. Thanx for reading.

Marie Crosby