Chapter 30

They had been in the new house for two weeks now. Sariah had managed to enrol the twins into a school which they started in the fall. She had found a child minder that they could go to for one day a week until then. She had no luck finding a job, but there was plenty of time.

Sariah decided tomorrow she was going to visit Dom and the crew. She gathered a few pictures of the twins seeing as they were bound to ask. She planned in her head how she was going to tell them about the twins just like she'd planned what to say to Dom the last time she'd moved back to LA after living with Conner.

She got Madison and Mitchell up the next morning and tried to explain to them where she was going.

'You remember why we moved here?' she asked them over breakfast.

They both shook their heads.

'Well today I'm going to see my brothers and sister.' She waited for one of them to speak but they didn't

'I'm a bit nervous' she said more to herself than them.

Suddenly they were either side of her and they had their arms wrapped round her waist.

'Don't worry mommy. When I get nnnnneeee, scared I just think about angels.' Madison mumbled

'Yeah and I think about being a really famous wrestler!' Mitchell giggled.

Sariah laughed.

'I might just try that!'

She dropped them off at Lucy the childminders and drove over to the other side of town. She decided to take a look at a few her old haunts before heading over to the house and garage.

First of all she pulled up in the racers edge car park and just sat there for a few minutes. She didn't see anyone she knew so she drove off. Then she went to the street where most of the street races used to start, she could smell burnt rubber in the air and guessed that they still started there.

She drove down to the beach and sat there for an hour just watching people go by. She thought she recognised a few of them from the races but none of them recognised her.

Sariah hadn't changed much, her purple streaks were gone in her hair and she had aged a little bit, there were no wrinkles or anything like that she just looked like a trendy young mum, she had put on a bit of weight but not so you'd notice. Her body was still toned; she only had very faint thin stretch marks across her tummy, so she could still wear short tops. She was a trendy mum; she dressed cool in jeans and combats none of the mumsey flowery stuff. On this particular occasion she was wear dark blue hipster jeans and a white shirt. Her hair was in a messy bun with her sunglasses perched on top of her head.

She held out her hands and they were shaking.

'What's wrong with me? I'm a grown woman. I've got two kids for god's sake. I'm a mom.' She whispered to herself.

'Why should I be scared?'

Sariah pulled out of the beach car park and drove slowly in the direction of their old house. At a set of lights she pulled up along side a street racer he had a Mazda rx8 just like the one Dom used to have. A she was in her rather large 4x4 they didn't challenge her to a race. She just smiled to her self thinking of the times when she used to do that.

She drove past the end of the street the garage was on, looking up and squinting she thought she could see some of the crew but maybe not.

She parked a couple of blocks from the house and walked the rest of they way. As she got nearer and nearer she could feel her self stiffening up, she slowed down and got her cell phone out, then dialled the number again.

'Hello?'

This time it was Conners voice.

'Hello? Dom it's another one of those silent phone calls' Conner said down the phone

Sariah hung up, they were both there. She took a deep breath and strode towards the house; she turned the corner and saw it. There were 2 supra's and a Honda parked outside along with a 4x4 similar to her own. She didn't recognise any of them.

The front door suddenly swung open and a tall dark figure walked down the steps. She couldn't tell whether it was Conner or Dom. She waited for him to go back inside and then walked up to the house. It hadn't changed a bit. There were fresh rubber marks in the drive way the house had been painted, so it looked a bit tidier but other than that nothing, everything was exactly the same.

Sariah walked up to the door, rubbing her hands together nervously, she took a deep breath and rang the door bell.

Vince answered the door and just stood there absolutely dumb struck

'Hey v?' she smiled

'Uuummmmmm. Dom, you should come here now.' He shouted behind him

She heard some stumbling and Dom appeared in the door way behind Vince.

'I'll leave you two to it.' Vince walked away

'Hey dom.' Sariah smiled awkwardly

'Ummm I don't know what to say.' Dom rubbed his head nervously

'Aren't you gonna ask me in then?' Sariah asked cautiously and held her head up high.

'Sure' he stepped to one side and let her walk inside

There was different furniture in the lounge and it was arranged in a slightly different way. There were some kid's toys lying around on the floor. As she walked inside she heard Conners voice in the kitchen.

'Who was it Dom? Vince just looked freaked out and went out back.' Conner wandered into the lounge and froze when he saw Sariah.

'You look well.' Dom said as he sat down in one of the arm chairs.

'Thanks, you two don't look so bad yourselves.' She sat across from him

'That day you left…' Conner muttered

Sariah looked up at him, trying not to let tears well up in her eyes.

'How's Maria?' she asked

'Eight months pregnant actually.' Conner sat down next to her and reached out for her hand.

Sariah extended her hand towards him.

'I'm really pleased for you.' She smiled sincerely

'Sorry to interrupt.' Dom butted in

'Sariah why are you here? Its not that I'm not glad to see you. You just left without a word, no forwarding address nothing!' Dom was getting fidgety.

'I know, I know. I just couldn't stay here, not with what was happening to me. I needed to be on my own.' Sariah felt warm tears rolling down her cheek

'What do you mean?' Dom was staring at her intently

She pulled her hand away from Conner and put her head in her hands.

'When I left, I was… I was…'

'What, you were what? In trouble, we could have helped you?' she felt Conners arm around her shoulder.

'I was pregnant.' She didn't look up. There was silence in the room

They sat there in silence for the next couple of minutes.

'Aren't either of you going to say anything?' Sariah looked up

Dom looked at her.

'What did you do? What happened?' Dom asked

'Well you know how the birds and the bees work right.' Sariah smiled

'Yeah yeah, you know what I mean.' Dom gave a half smile

'Well after I was four months gone, I went for a scan and found out I was expecting twins.'

Conner looked up wide eyed at her.

'What happened then?' Dom started to take interest

'I knew it was gonna be a struggle but as soon as I felt them kicking inside of me, I knew we'd be ok!'

Conner smiled at her.

'I can't believe you're a mom?'

'So what did you have?' Dom asked with a content look on his face

'One of each, a boy called Mitchell Torretto and a girl called Madison Torretto. Wanna see a picture?' she handed one to each of them

'Where are they now?' Conner asking smiling at the photo

'With a child minder on the other side of town. We just moved back a few weeks ago, they start school in the fall I can't believe they are four already!'

Dom stood up

'Come and give your brother a hug.' He held out his arms

Sariah embraced him and took a deep breath she felt Conners arms around her as well.

'So tell me about you guys?' Sariah pulled away.

'Anyone, got married, had kids, expecting kids? My son is expecting a buddy to play with when he comes to visit.' She giggled

Conner laughed at her

'What?' she looked at him

'It's just you saying 'son'. I can't believe it!' he hugged her again

'You might be saying it soon! When is Maria due? Actually where is she first of all?'

'She's at the garage; I'll take you over there in a bit.'

'I can say son as well.' Dom looked at her

'Well actually sons.' Dom pulled out a picture from his wallet of two little boys

'That's Jake, he's three and the baby is Curtis and he's 18 months.' Dom had a huge grin on his face.

'Oh Dom their gorgeous. Are you and Letty married yet?'

'We were, she died giving birth to Curtis.' Dom had a sad look in his eyes

Sariah sat down.

'Oh my god, Dom I'm so sorry, I don't know what to say.' She put her arms round his waist.

'It's ok. It still hurts so bad, but having the boys helps.' He gave her a quirky smile

'I'm so sorry.' She looked at him with tears in her eyes

She sat down; stunned at the news she had heard.

'Come on Sariah, I try not to dwell on it. The boys distract me enough. Now tell me about your two.' Dom put his arm round her shoulder.

Sariah giggled and wiped her tears away.

'Well they are both as good as gold. Mitchell loves wrestling and hates girls. He's looking forward to having more guys around and when I showed him a picture of you guys he said Conner looks funny!' Conner chuckled to himself whilst listening intently

'And Madison, she loves dollies and fairies, oh and her mommy.' Sariah said with a grin

'How about Mia? Have she and Brian reproduced yet?' Sariah asked

'Well they got married six months ago, so they are thinking about it soon. Mia has been busy her nursing course over the past couple of years.' Conner stood up.

'The rest of the crew are pretty much the same. Me and Maria live across the street; Mia and Brian still live here but are saving for their own place. Vince and Leon have their little bachelor pad next door to the garage.'

'Come on you have to come to the garage and see everyone!' Dom grabbed her hands and pulled her up.'

'Ok, ok!' she giggled, she couldn't have wished for a better reception from her brothers. Obviously the thought of one face missing filled her with great sadness.