Disclaimer: Now as everyone knows or they should know I am in love with Leon. It would be my life's dream to own Leon…however I don't. Sometimes it gets me mad but I understand what they mean. Still I love him. As do many people. So unfortunately I don't own Leon or Vince or Jesse. I don't own the Fast and the Furious. So basically I don't own anything. Which is a shame because I would take good care of them.

Again I don't own anything. Please with all do respect don't sue. It's nearing Christmas and I've spent all my money on gifts.

Summary: Who says you can't go back home? Obviously the slamming door, inches away from his nose says you can't.

Pairings: Multiple pairings. Mostly Leon and a new character.

Avondale, Arizona.

Chapter 2: For That Second Chance.

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There's always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

Angel- Sarah McLachlan

He stood in front of the door for what seemed like a long time.

Owen. The girl that slammed the door in his face was Owen. Jesse's little sister. He felt rage at her. Honestly, what right did she have to answer and then slam the door in his face? Absolutely no right. No right at all.

He was about to step away from the door when it swung open again. This time, to Leon's relief it was a woman the same height as Owen with shoulder length brown hair streaked with gray. She had wrinkles around her face. Green eyes met green. The women shrieked and threw her arms around Leon. Leon hugged back.

It was nice to know that someone liked the idea that he came back.

The woman in his arms started to sob and he nearly groaned. He hated it when she cried. He hugged her a little bit tighter. "It's aight Ma. I'm here. I'm back."

He was met with greetings when he went inside the house. His dad was there sitting at the head of the kitchen table.

Just like old times. Leon reminisced.

His dad stood up. Even to this day Wentworth Strong could still intimidate his second eldest child.

Leon was ready for the screaming match to begin. He was ready for the speech at how he dishonored the Strong name and he was ready to get kicked out on his ass again.

He wasn't ready for his dad to open his arms out wide. Leon didn't question it. He went right into his dad's awaiting arms and hugged him. "Hey Pa."

"Leon," His dad started. "We need to have a talk when this is all done."

Leon was ready for that too.

Next he went to his younger brothers. Rocky was the brother that came after Leon. He was twenty-two. Rocky gave him a hug and slapped him on the back. "Good to have you home brother."

Leon nodded. He went to his youngest sibling. It was an intense staring contest between Leon and Casey Strong. It ended when Casey broke out into a big smile and asked, "What the hell did you do to yourself Leon?"

Leon pulled him into a hug. "I'll tell you all about it later."

The nineteen year old nodded his head.

Leon looked around. "Where's Madge?"

"At work." His mom answered while she was sniffling. "She'll come home soon. Rocky paged her, when Owen told us who it was at the door."

Leon nodded and looked around again. His eyes settled at the figure sitting beside Casey.

He had to admit she grew up. Her auburn hair hung loosely in waves cascading down her shoulders. Her porcelain skin was adorned with freckles across her cheeks and nose. Her features were strong and even while she was sitting Leon knew that she held herself with grace. Her blue eyes met with his. She stood up. He knew he was right about holding herself with grace. "Where's Jesse?" He sucked in a deep breath. He looked down.

She gave a scoff and walked past him, pushing him on her way out. He turned his head and looked at her back. He saw out of the corner of his eye Casey get up but Rocky told him to sit back down. He looked at his family. His mother joined his brothers and father sitting down on the table.

"What happened to Jesse, Leon?" His mother asked gently.

He didn't want to tell them and he really didn't want to tell Jesse's parents either. He was about to open his mouth and explain when the door slammed open.

"Where is he?" The franticness of his sister's voice almost made him laugh. He turned around. Madge let out a scream and jumped on him. "You're home! You're home!" She let go of him. She slapped him upside the head.

"Madge! The fucking hurt!" Leon exclaimed.

She pointed her finger at him. "Don't you swear at me Leon Strong! Next time you decide to leave for seven years give your older sister a call won't you? Jesus Christ, I thought you were dead!"

He figured that it was something like that.

He was in his dad's office. It was late at night and his brother's and sister were sleeping. It was him and his parents sitting in his father's office.

He remembered the last time that he was in his father's office.

It wasn't a good memory either.

"How dare you!" His father boomed. "How dare you even think about dishonoring the Strong name! Do you even understand what people are going to be saying now? Do you have any idea what you've done?"

"If you for one second could stop thinking about what people say about us and open your eyes…" Leon started.

"Don't talk to me about opening my eyes Leon! Do you have any idea what it's like to have officers come to your door handing you your kid saying, 'Keep a leash on him'? I'm the best Lawyer this city could ever see!"

"It's always about you isn't it dad?" Leon yelled back. "You always make everything about yourself!"

"Well, obviously you're not thinking about this family at all! You want to go down Leon? Go down. But don't you dare drag Greg and Carmen's son along with you."

"Jesse knows what he's doing! He's a genius at these things!" Leon paused for a moment. "You're just mad that I'm actually good at something."

"Something illegal!" His father yelled at him.

Leon put his hands on his father's desk and leaned forward. "Weren't you eighteen when you put a knife in your father's heart? You're a lawyer dad. The best lawyer that this city has ever seen. You know that murder is illegal."

Wentworth Strong looked at his son with venom. "I did what I had to do to protect my mother's life and mine." He pointed his finger towards the door. "Get out." Leon looked at him in disbelief. "Get. Out."

Leon huffed and spat at him. "Fuck. You."

"Not such a pleasant memory this place has." His father's voice pulled him out of his trance.

Leon nodded. "Not a good one at all." He sat down on the couch. He faced his mother who sat on the chair next to his father's desk. They were silent for a few minutes. "I'm sorry for the things I said that night."

His father nodded. "We all said things we regret." They were silent for a few more minutes.

"When me and Jesse…" Leon started.

"Jesse and I." His mother corrected softly.

Leon chuckled. "When Jesse and I left Avondale we hit the road and decided on a destination. We decided on L.A. Jesse said that it would make sense seeing as they have the same weather as Arizona so we wouldn't freeze our asses off. Anyways when we got there we didn't have much money left. We slept in my car for the first night. The next day we went exploring. We heard this guy talk about the races that were going on that night, so we decided to check it out." He heard his father's disapproving sigh. "There was this guy Dominic Toretto. He was the man on the block. No one could beat him. After every race there was a party at his house. It was always his house because he never lost."

"Dominic Toretto? Why is that name so familiar?" His father murmured.

"You'll remember in a minute." Leon said. "Anyways that night we were there and while Jesse and I," He looked at his mother and smiled, "While we were walking up the drive way Dominic was there with his friend Vince and they were trying to fix Dominic's car. Jesse took a look and found out what was wrong. He fixed it in no time. Dom, as everyone called him took us in after that night. We slept in his house, we ate his food and we worked at their garage. Mr. Toretto was a nice man. Two years after Jesse and I moved in Mr. Toretto died in a track race. This guy his last name was Linder slammed his car into Mr. Toretto's and it went up in flames. Dom saw the guy a couple weeks later and gave him a beating. He got sent to Lompoc for two years."

"Yes, I remember that now. Rocky stayed glued to the television while that happened." His father said.

"When Dom got out we were in a tight spot. We did all we could we raced and everything. That was getting us by but Dom was trying to put his little sister Mia through Med School so a year ago we went into jacking trucks." Leon heard his mother gasp. He kept on talking. "This guy came in Brian Spilner. Or Brian O'Connor. He was a cop. To make everything shorter, during Race Wars Jesse bet his pink slip against Tran an enemy to us and he lost. Jesse booked it and drove to somewhere. We did a heist that went wrong in every way possible. The next day Jesse came by the house frantic when the Tran's drove by on their motorcycles." He took a deep shaky breath. "Jesse was dead by the time the third bullet hit his body."

He heard his mom gasp. He looked at his father. "I never meant for it to be that way. I told him not to bet his slips. I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Leon put his head in his hands.

For the first time since the incident. Leon cried while his mother and father held him.

Okay so as you guys know something's changed from the movie. It didn't fit in my story that Jesse's dad was in jail so I took that out. Please don't hate me for it! Leon is twenty five in this story and Jesse was twenty four. If you guys wanted to know.

To my reviwers;

Sweetest Addiction: You're making me nervous! I hope you like this! I don't know if it will be that good because I changed a couple of things from the movie, but hey? This is fanfiction right? It's the way we want things to go! Hehehe. Crimson is my favorite character in all of my stories! And of course! Leon is just spiffing! It would be a sin to waste him! Hope you liked it!

Sarahofearth: Seriously? That's awesome! I really hope that you like this and yes, I agree Poor Leon. But he's so hot! I hope you liked the update. What's the down low in Avondale anyways? What's it like? I'm curious! I hope I do Avondale Arizona justice!

JerZeeSkyline: Leon's my favorite too! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and hope you like this one.

OTHLover04: Thank you!

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