Sorry for the really late update, but between school and two jobs it has been crazy.

Any way's here is the next chapter.

Giving me a nod he climbed out of bed. "come on then, let take a shower and head out." Not having to be told twice I ran past him and into the bathroom. Laughing he followed me her grabbing some towels on the way in.

We grabbed breakfast and spend the morning just strolling thru the city. I would drag him into every store that caught my eye, although I knew he hated it. Johnny never complained, not once. It was around twelve when I got a call from Mia telling me she was at the restaurant. Johnny was a bit nervous, but mostly he was agitated. Before entering the restaurant, I pulled his head down giving him a quick, but passionate kiss. That seemed to do the trick as I noticed him become less tense. Grabbing his hand, I pulled him in, spotting Mia quickly I dragged Johnny behind me. Reaching the table, I frowned at seeing Brian there as well, Johnny tensed beside me.

"Mia?" I looked at Brian then to her and back.

"He wanted to come." Mia shrugged.

Rolling my eyes, I slid into the booth, followed by my man. "Whatever." I turned to towards Johnny. "You want to order."

"Sure." Raising his hand, he waved the waitress over. "Can I have two sprites and two burgers. No mustard, pickles or onions on one of them. Thank you." Mia gave her order next, followed by Brian.

"So now that we are here I have one question." Mia began. "Is this some sort of payback for what Dom did to your sister?"

Johnny clenched his jaw. "No. Listen I know you and your entire family hate me and I don't blame you, but I would never do anything that will cause your sister any harm. I love her too much for that." He leaned forward. "Know this, nothing and no one will ever remove me from Elizabeth's side. The only way that would happen is if I were dead. We will tell Dom when the time comes, but we would appreciate if you could keep quiet for a bit longer." I sat beside him, biting my lip to keep for giggling. Brian was tensed as if this bugged him somehow.

Mia took a deep breath. "Like I told Eli, this…" she gestured between us. "Is a mistake. One that will lead to a much bigger war between you and dom. Two it will end badly, you know it and I know it, but she is my sister and I will do what I can to keep her happy at the moment." She narrowed her eyes. "But you hurt her, cause her cry or even sniffle I will end you."

Johnny held back a chuckle as he gave her a stiff nod. "Very well."

I sighed, grabbing his hand and entwining our finger I leaned up towards his ear. "That went well."

Giving me a smile Johnny kissed me. "Told you so,

Mia groaned. "Please not in front of me."

Placing my hand on the back of Johnny's neck I pulled him in for a deep kiss, smirking at the gag Mia gave. Pulling back, I nibbled on his lower lip, before turning to Mia. "Sorry did you say something?"

"You are so lucky we are in public at the moment." Mia grumbled.

Chuckling I turned my gaze to Brian. "So…Brian how did you end up in Dom's crew?"

"It just sorts of happened, I was racing Dom and lost. He gave me a speech as to why I lost and why I wasn't able to beat him. Cops showed up, I found him running thru the streets from the cops. We had a small encounter with some friends of his, which cost him his car. I brought him home and was just taken in." Brian kept his eyes on Johnny as is they knew each other.

I snorted. "Yeah, that's Dom for you. always taking in strays." Mia kicked me under the table, giving me a 'be nice' look. "Ow!" I then thought back to his words. "What friends?"

Brian frowned. "What?"

"You said Dom and you had an encounter with some of his friends, which cost you your car. Which friends?" I didn't miss the way Johnny tensed beside me. "Johnny?"

Tran sighed, putting his cup of juice on the table. "It was the night after I saw you. After Lance's argument with that idot." I nodded remembering. "I was mad, so when I spotted him and Dom driving thru my turf I had them follow me. Dom still owes me a car, so when I asked whose car it was they began pinning it on each other saying it was the others. Anyways that just made my mood worse, so I jumped onto my bike and took off."

"But?" I knew there was more, there always was.

"I returned, Lance and I shot the car up and took off." His voice was barely audible, a little amusement and shame in his tone.

I nodded softly, taking a deep breath. "You shot his car up?" He nodded smiling when I began laughing.

"Eli, that is not funny!" Mia scowled.

I raised a hand trying to compose myself. "I'm sorry, but it kind of is! I mean this is the Johnny Tran I know and hearing him do something like that just amuses me." I quickly sobered up at the glare she was giving me. "Alright, jeez no need to get all moody." I turned to Johnny. "Bad Johnny!" Mia rolled her eyes, while Tran smiled.

Johnny glanced at Brian. "What do you do?"

"What do you mean?"

"For a living?" Johnny grumbled. I couldn't help, but smile and be little shocked. The tone he was using was the same one he used on his sister's boyfriends. Was he looking out for Mia? Or was he just trying to a get a read on the man?

Brian shrugged. "I work at an auto shop." He then leaned forward. "If you need anything, just let me know."

Johnny pinned him with a fierce look. "Stop right there. I have my own supplier and when Eli is with me I don't speak of my doings."

"Afraid she won't like what she'll see?" Brain teased. Looking at Mia I warned her to reel her man back.

Johnny clenched his jaw, letting a chuckle out. "She knows what I do, as well as she knows what Dom and his crew do. What I don't want is her involved with any of it. For my part the only ones who know of my relationship are my crew and family, no one from outside knows." He turns to Mia. "Can that be said about you all?"

Before Mia could respond I jumped in. "Let's talk about something else. Please." Johnny looked to me, giving me a small nod.

"Mia did Dom say anything about letting me get a job?" For the past year I have been wanting to get a job, but Dom had been relucted to let me. For some reason he preferred to have me locked in the house or helping Mia at the shitty place he calls food shack. I mean no one even went to the damn place!

"No he hasn't. Dom just wants you safe, he has many people that would love to hurt him thru his family. He just wants you safe." Mia said. I just scoffed, smiling as Johnny wrapped his arm around me. Mia stared at us for a moment.

Grabbing Tran's juice I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"Have you had sex with him?" Mia blurted.

I spat my juice out. "Mia! What the hell?" Johnny handed me a napkin as he cleaned the table. "You seriously have bad timing!"

"So is that a yes?" Clearly not caring she almost made me choke on the juice.

I sighed with an eye roll. "Yes Mia, we have slept together already. In fact the night you so rudely interrupted we were-"

"Stop!" she yelped, raising her hand in a stop gesture. "I don't want to know details. Thank you very much."

I just shrugged. "You asked." Grabbing Johnny's hand, I looked at his watch. Holy shit we've been here for three hours. "As much fun as this has been we must really be going, Johnny and I were going to have dinner with his family. Which means we still have to get ready for it." Grabbing my jacket and bag I stood, followed by my man. Leaning over I gave Mia a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you tonight and thank you Mia, I know how much you hate this. So thank you really."

"You're my sister Eli and I will do everything I can to make sure you are happy. Even if that means having to deal with him." Mia glared at Johnny making me smirk. "Be careful." Giving her a small nod I turned to leave.

Jonny followed for a bit then stopped, turning around back to Mia. "Thank you." Walking back to me he didn't see the surprised look on my sisters face. That gave me hope, hope that this might actually work out for everyone.