Val directed Luke through town until they stopped in front of a house that had a fence all the way around the property. There was a sidewalk just on the outside of the fence. There was a walkway down the center of the yard that came to a gate. The house itself wasn't immaculate, but it wasn't a dump either. Luke frowned looking at Val. Val grinned at him knowing his curiosity was starting to get the best of him. Val was going to end it soon as she was going to show him who Morrigan really was. She was so excited that she was barely able to hold it in. She hopped out of his truck and trotted around the other side practically dragging Luke along.

"Hey, there's my future ex-wife!" Luke heard someone call out inside the house. The front door opened and out walked Hector with a friendly smile on his face. His arms were open wide ready to wrap Val up in a hug. "I was wondering when you were going to show up." After he hugged her, he turned towards Luke and held his hand out to shake it. "So, what, man, you like her boyfriend or something like that?"

By this time, there was a woman that came out on the front porch wearing short shorts and a tank top. She was barefoot. She had her hair up in curlers and a cigarette in her mouth. She looked really upset until her eyes landed on Val and her entire body lit up. She started exclaiming in Spanish as she ran down the steps and Val pushed her way around Hector to go embrace her.

"Something like that," Luke said watching as Val she hugged the woman. He could hear Val speaking to the woman in Spanish. He was very impressed with her. He supposed it made sense though considering where she had lived, but he had no idea. He hadn't even thought to ask. She kept her arms around the woman as they walked down the walkway back towards the men. Just as they reached them, Val slipped away from them woman as she clearly started cussing Hector up one side and down the other. Val stood next to Luke and let him wrap an arm around her shoulders.

She watched as the two people in front of them argued back and forth in Spanish shaking her head slowly. Luke was starting to grow very uncomfortable with the whole situation as something like this seemed like it was something that should be handled in private. The woman stuck her finger in his face and at that moment, Luke decided if they were going to argue, they weren't going to be around to watch.

"Should we…?" he coaxed, but Val held a finger up to shush him. Then she waited for a moment, her finger still suspended then spread her fingers out. She lowered her thumb, then her pinky, then continued in this fashion until only one finger was left then pointed at them. They suddenly stopped fighting then stepped into each other to give each other a light kiss. Val looked up at Luke with an amused grin on her lips.

"Some things just never change," she said as she put her arm around his waist then her other hand on his chest. The woman turned to walk back into the house and Hector gave her a light tap on the rear as she walked away. He watched her for a moment then turned his attention to Luke and Val. I pointed at them waving his finger back and forth between them.

"Something like that," Hector repeated. Val gave him a weird look then looked up at Luke who just nodded to Hector. Hector turned his attention to Val as he clapped his hands once together. "Alright, Val, you ready to see your baby?" Luke narrowed his eyes as Val pulled away from him.

Baby?

"Yes, I am. Where is she?"

She?

Hector waved for them to follow him so they did. They walked around the side of the house where there was another gate that they went through. They walked around back to where there were multiple garage doors. Then it all came clear and Luke wanted to slap himself.

Morrigan was a car. That's what Letty meant by her being a Toretto. He should have known better. Then he grew curious. What kind of car would Valentina Toretto drive? He knew it had to be some type of American Muscle. It was in their blood. Hector stopped in front of one of the closed doors and pulled keys out of his pocket. He unlocked the lock and slid the door open. Inside was a car that was under a cover.

Hector and Val walked around back as Luke stood outside out of the way so they could remove it. They lifted up the cover then ran it over the top to let it fall in front of it. Luke couldn't believe his eyes. It was so beautiful. It was midnight blue with a black top. 1970 Hemi 'Cuda in mint condition. Luke swore that he was on the verge of drooling. It was such a beautiful car.

"Say hello, to Morrigan," Val said running her fingers sensually down the hood. Luke stepped in walking down the side of it giving it a look over. It had black interior and if Luke didn't know any better he would say it was all original.

"This is a really nice car," Luke said running his hand over the roof. Val walked around to the driver's side and opened the door. She sat in the front seat with her feet still outside on the ground. She took a deep breath and smiled.

"She even smells the same! Hector you're the man!" Hector leaned against the car with a grin on his face.

"Papi knows, would you like the keys?" he asked holding them out to where the door was. Val nearly squealed as she snatched them out of his hand and stuck them in the ignition. She leaned out of the car looking up at him acting like she was getting ready to ask Hector a question. "I've kept her up the entire time. If she doesn't start right up, you can kick my ass." Val grinned then leaned back into her car. She grabbed the keys and twisted them. The car roared to life.

Val reached down and popped the hood. Luke walked around the front then opened it for her. Val was too busy looking around on the inside of the car making sure everything was still in order. Luke was too busy trying to figure out which was sexier; what was under the hood, or the woman that owned what was under the hood. His mind was made up when Val appeared next to him and leaned over the car looking in every nook and cranny making sure there was nothing out of place.

He watched as she reached her hand in to manually hit the throttle forcing the RPMs up. She closed her eyes as if she closed off one sense to enhance another. She smiled again then stood up straight. She looked to Hector and made the motion to cut the engine. He did so then pulled the keys out of the ignition the closed the door. He made his way to the front of the car to stand next to Val.

"She sounds good, she looks good, I knew I left her in good hands." She lifted up the back of her shirt and pulled out a white envelope that she had stashed in her pant line and handed it to Hector. Hector opened it and peered inside before closing it and shoving it in his pocket. Val reached in her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to him. Hector gave her a curious look.

"It's a list of everything I need you to order for me and have it delivered to my new place. Address is on there. Also, a little extra cover everything then a little bit more for doing this for me." Hector nodded then handed her the keys to her car.

"You coming to Race Wars next week?" he asked looking at both of them. Val shrugged then looked up to Luke.

"Well, I'm going to watch, but I'm not going to be racing this time around, what about you, Luke? Would you like to come?"

"If I don't get called out, yeah." Val grinned stepped into Luke letting his arm wrap around her. She turned her attention back to Hector.

"We're going to go ahead and head out. Take your time on that stuff, it doesn't have to be here tomorrow." Hector nodded and handed Val the keys.

Luke had followed Val back to her house and hopped out of his truck to open her garage for her as she backed her car in slowly. He stepped inside and closed the door as she turned off the car. She hopped out with the biggest smile he had seen on her yet running her hand down the car.

She turned her attention to Luke and walked to him wrapping her arms around his waist. She stood on her toes so she could reach his lips. She kissed him gently then rested her head against his chest with a sigh. One of Luke's arms wrapped around her waist while the other rested on the back of her head.

"Thank you for this, Luke." Luke chuckled as he left a lingering kiss on the top of her head.

"No reason to thank kind of told me I had to do this," he said. Val laughed then looked up at him. Luke didn't give her a chance to answer him as he pressed his lips to hers again. His hand tangled in her hair. Val ran her hands up his chest then wrapped her arms around his neck. Val felt his arm tighten around her waist as her nails tickled the skin on the back of his neck. Val felt them spin around and Luke began pushing her back. She wasn't sure where he was pushing her to, but all came clear when she felt her lower back hit one of the work benches. Luke lifted her up and sat her on it. She spread her legs out so he could step between them.

Luke's hands rested on her waist as his fingers massaged her skin. His lips broke from hers and he started kissing down her jaw then down to her neck. Val's breath shuddered as she leaned her head back.

Luke pulled away from her then put his forehead against hers. Val felt she was out of breath, though she hadn't done anything to run out of breath. She moved her hands to his cheeks then kissed his lips gently. Luke's hands rested on either side of her as he pulled away from her.

"Can I ask a potentially inappropriate question?" she whispered. Luke narrowed his eyes at her. "When can I meet Samantha?" Luke stepped away from her and crossed his arms over his chest. She wasn't sure what to make of the look on his face. She figured she had upset him. She lowered her eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. I knew it was too soon." Luke moved to where he was leaning up against the workbench next to her his arms still crossed over his chest.

"It's not that at all. I was just wondering why you would think something like that would be inappropriate." Val looked up at him with a small smile.

"Because I don't even know what we are. I mean, we've been on a few dates and we've kissed, but that's it." She looked away from him focusing on something across the garage. "I just… I don't even know what I'm saying. Just forget it." She heard Luke chuckle next to her, but she didn't look back at him.

"I've actually told her about you," he admitted. She glanced over at him, but not for long. "She can't wait to meet you." Val let out a light sigh as it felt as if a weight lifted from her shoulder. "But, I still don't think it's quite time for that yet though." Val lowered her eyes. It was an odd feeling that shot through her. She wanted to melt away. She had completely embarrassed herself. She knew that she would have to eventually meet Samantha and she was trying to rush it along. "Look, Val, it's nothing against you. Believe me when I say that. It's just," he stopped and sighed.

Luke hated this. He wasn't the type of person to talk about his feelings. Hell, he wasn't supposed to have feelings. He had spent years pushing them down and out of the way in order for him to be the man he was. He had avoided relationships because of his job. Relationships were distractions. Relationships were dangerous. He could be putting Val in danger just by spending time with her. When he had told Samantha about her, she seemed happy that he was interested in a woman even if when she found out that the woman was a Toretto she freaked out a little on him.

She had bombarded him with question after question about the woman her father was seeing. Was she beautiful? Very. Was she funny? Yes. Did he like her? Luke looked to Val who was waiting patiently next to him for what he had to say. How could he not like her? He had felt more alive in the past three days with her than he had in years. She was intelligent, brave, caring. He was actually having fun with her. And she deserved to know how he felt.

"It's just been a long time since I've been in any kind of relationship. In my line of work, it's hard to be romantically involved. There is a potential danger in being with me. I make a lot of enemies. I'm gone for weeks, sometimes even longer and that could put a strain on any kind of relationship." Val was watching him now. "And then I meet you." He paused unsure of what to say next.

She grinned as if she understood what he was trying to get at. She leaned against his shoulder.

"Instead of going out for dinner tonight, let me cook for you," Luke stated. Val looked up at him with a strange look on her face.

"You cook?" she asked in surprise.

"Of course I cook. I don't live on fast food." She hopped off the workbench and faced him.

"And what would you like to cook me?" Luke thought about it for a moment, then shrugged.

"We'll figure that out when we get to my place."

Luke lived in a nice home in a nice, quiet neighborhood. It hard hardwood throughout the entire layout except in the bathrooms and kitchen. There were a few pictures on the walls, but that was it. He had a sectional couch and a huge television. The kitchen was more than what she had expected. She had to admit, she wasn't sure what she was expecting in coming to Luke's home, but she surely wasn't expecting that. She was impressed.

She sat at the island in his kitchen as he went to his refrigerator to grab them a drink. He sat a beer in front of her before he turned back towards the refrigerator to rummage through it. He pulled out a pan that was covered with aluminum foil and Val was onto him. He laid it on the island and lifted it up so Val could take a peak. He had marinated some steaks in some kind of sauce. She grinned and looked up at him.

"You had all of this planned, didn't you?" Luke grinned and winked at her as he picked the steaks up and headed to the back door. Val followed along to see what he was doing. Out was a fenced in area of his back yard. There was an above ground pool with a deck circling around it. There was a grill sitting a ways from it under the roof of the porch.

"Can I help with anything?" Val asked as he ignited the grill so it could start heating up for the meat. Like refused to let her do anything since it was him that would be cooking for her. She fussed at him because he seemed to be running around, but he managed to get everything cooked without burning it. Val about had a heart attack when she tasted the steaks that he had made. She had never tasted anything that was so amazing in her life. Luke laughed as she practically inhaled the entire steak.

She did up the dishes since Luke cooked and there was nothing he could say about it. He kept trying to help her, but she would just chase him away. After the dishes were done and put away they found something on television to watch so they could just relax. She leaned into Luke while his arm wrapped round her tightly. She wrapped her arm around his waist and leaned her head against his chest. Luke propped his feet up on his coffee table and scooted on the cushion a little so Val could be more comfortable.

They had found an action movie to watch though Val wasn't paying much attention to it since Luke's fingers were caressing an area of exposed skin from where her shirt was pushed up. His touch was so soft that Val could barely just tell that it was there. She tried to keep her heart rate under control even though she was sure she was failing.

Before she even knew it, she was asleep laid up against Luke. Luke had felt her body relax and he knew she was asleep. He wiggled his way down to where he was in a more lying position. Val stretched her legs out on the couch and snuggled into him more. He grinned down at her as he started running his fingers through her hair. She looked so peaceful pressed up against him, so beautiful.

His mind began to wander with thoughts of their relationship. He thought of the dangers he would be putting her in just because of his line of work. If anyone whatsoever that he was hunting down found out where he lived or who he was with then there would be nothing stopping them from taking her. There had been times to where DSS had to put his ex wife and Samantha into a form of witness protection whenever one of the people he was bringing down had threatened his family.

He was more than lucky since no one had ever actually harmed them. But if something were to happen and Val got hurt, he would never be able to forgive himself. He lived in fear every single day when he was out in the field wondering if there was someone somewhere watching his daughter. Being with Val would just add to the fear.

He knew Val was more than capable of taking care of herself, and if there was something that happened to her, she had her friends and family who would stop at nothing until she was safe again. And if she was in any kind of danger and he knew about it, he knew all he would have to do is call Dom and Val would be safe.

But that wouldn't stop the guilt he would feel if she was put into harm's way just because of who he was. He supposed that she had been put in harm's way multiple times before and some of that harm was because of him, but that was then and this was now. They weren't sure exactly where they were in the relationship currently, but he was certain that there was no denying that they were growing into something so much more so quick that it was enough to make his head spin.

Looking back, Luke was okay with being alone. He had grown to accept it. It was just the way things were. He was content with the only girl in his life being Samantha. But that was up until he saw the way Val's eyes had lit up when she had discovered that she could be a doctor again. For the three weeks after that he had spent in Italy, those eyes had haunted him. Always somewhere in the back of his mind. He couldn't wait until he could return to the states so he could call her and take her out.

He loved the way she smelled whenever she was close enough for him to smell her. She smelled of flowers after a summer rain with a touch of engine grease under all of it.

He had somehow managed to lay out on his couch behind her without waking her up and wrapped his arm around her waist. She snuggled into his chest and he buried his nose into her hair. He grabbed the folded blanket that he had on the back of the couch and spread it over the both of them.

He would have woke her up and took her home, but he liked that she was pressed up against him. He didn't want to wake her. She just looked so beautiful. He felt his eyes start to slowly drift closed. He was just about asleep when Val gasped and shot up. She nearly fell off the couch, but Luke gripped her waist to keep her from falling.

Val looked around the room before turning her attention back to Luke.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to fall asleep on you like that. I wasn't even tired." Luke grinned.

"You looked comfortable. I didn't want to wake you up." Val rubbed her eyes slowly.

"You should have."

"Well, I didn't. So lay back down and let's go back to sleep." She sighed looking back at him.

She really hadn't meant to fall asleep on him the way she did. She had just been so warm and comfortable pressed up against him that she couldn't help herself. She remembered coming too slightly when she felt him moving about, but she just snuggled up to his warmth and went back to sleep. She could feel her hair being messed with, but she really didn't mind it because it relaxed her. That was when she started slowly working her way through the fog of her sleep.

She knew she was laying with Luke. And that was something she couldn't be doing. It wasn't that they were doing anything wrong, but if she were to stay overnight with him, she would never hear the end of it from Mia and the others. It wouldn't matter how many times she would tell them that nothing happened, they would still annoy her to no end.

She couldn't lie, though, it felt so good to be wrapped up in his arms the way she was. She felt so warm and secure. And the way he smelled was enough to send chills down Val's spine. Not to mention how handsome he looked as he watched her through tired eyes as he waited patiently for her to take her place beside him on the couch. She didn't want to leave, so she wasn't going to. She laid back down next to him letting him hold her against him once she got comfortable.

She would deal with the others the next day, but for right then, what they were going to say to her for staying with him, didn't matter.

Author's Note: I know it's only been a day or so since I updated, but I just couldn't help myself! I love all the feedback that I am getting for this story! I fucking love all my reviewers and my followers and the people who favorited this story! So, just for my readers, I decided to put up some fluffy goodness for everyone. It was a little difficult to put into words what Luke would have thought about being in a relationship with Val would be like. I hope I nailed it for you guys because I felt like I did. I decided on the '70 Hemi 'cuda because it's the car that my uncle has and it was like a sign from God whenever he pulled in my driveway with it. And Oooooo is she pretty... He let me drive her around and I swear my underwear teleported into a different dimension.

Anywho! Hope everyone liked this chapter. Don't forget to drop a review and let me know what you think. Things are heating up, but they're still trying to figure out what they are to each other. Who knows? Maybe they'll stop beating around the bush and just be together... Heheh.

Much love readers!

Aven