Okay, I'm back again LOL. It's been awhile since I last updated because I thought I was going to give up on the story but it seems that people like it ) . So I'm going to continue it for awhile and also start my other story up "Long Time, No See". Chapters for that one should be up sometime next week. I'd advise you to go back and read the last few chapters before this one so you can catch up. I had to do it myself LOL.

x33 Kita

Well here it is finally, number 27

Chapter 27-Time to Tell Them

-Sasha's POV-

It was 9:05 when I was woken up by a loud thump from downstairs. I was too tired to move though. I tried to get back to sleep when I heard the guest room door open. I didn't move, hoping that if they saw me asleep they'd leave. I heard the door close again, thinking that the intruder left. Suddenly, I felt the edge of the bed sink in and I felt a body on top of mine. I then felt warm lips press against mine. Instinctively, I smacked the person on the side of the head, knocking them onto the floor. When I opened my eyes, I gasped loudly as I helped Vince off the floor.

"What are you doing in here Vinnie? What if someone saw you?" I asked, helping him on the bed.

"I was coming to wake you up. Tried to be all romantic and such. Sorry." He apologised, rubbing the side of his head.

"Ohh you big dummy. C'mere." I said, kissing the side of his head. "Say, what was that loud noise earlier?" I asked him curious to the noise that woke me up.

"I fell." He simply replied.

I smiled at his clumsiness. He's such a goof. "So where's everyone else?" I asked, rubbing sleep from my eyes.

"Mia went to the store. Everyone else went to the garage. Diana left for school. She said she'd make up some excuse for why you aren't in school already. Get ready and we'll go to breakfast." Vince proposed, kissing me on the cheek and exiting my room.

Gosh, he kills me, I thought to myself.

I walked over to my duffel bags and picked out clothes to wear for today. I decided on a white beater; a fitted jacket that read 'Mexico' on the back; and mildly baggy jeans that rode low on my hips. I grabbed underwear and a bra and walked into the bathroom to have a shower to wake me up.

Twenty minutes later, I exited the guest bathroom in just a towel and walked over to the bed. I threw the towel on the floor and sat down on the bed. After slipping on my undergarments, I lotioned my body up with some vanilla-aroma lotion.

I grabbed a pair of white footies from my bag and pulled them on. I continued to dress until I heard Vince calling for me.

"Sash let's go. It's almost ten." He bellowed from downstairs.

I slipped on my jacket and grabbed my duffle bags and my bookbag from the floor.

"Moving out?" He asked, noticing all the bags I carried down with me.

"No, but my mom said that I can't move in until I'm eigteen. I have been here every night since she said that. I have to go home sometime." I explained, tossing him one of my bags. I noticed the sudden sad glitch he had in his eyes. Like he didn't want me to go.

"Oh Vinnie I'll be here everyday. C'mon, let's go eat pumpkin." I assured him, cupping his fairly hairy cheek in my palm.

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Brian's POV

I wonder if Dom knows about Lily yet. I mean, last night was a close call. He has to know. What other reason would he have to ask me If I'm keeping secrets from him. I don't know how to tell him about Lillian. I can't just come out and say "Dom this is my sister Lillian O'Conner. She's an ex-con and people are after her and if they find her, they'll hurt the whole family." That won't cut it for Dominic.

My thoughts were interrupted by a large hard waving in front of my face.

"Buster. Buster wake up." Vince said trying to pull me from my trance.

I looked around the garage to find everyone staring at me. I guess I been daydreaming for a while.

"What do you want?" I asked Vince, who was still standing next to me.

"Nothing just wanted to see if you were alive. I want to be the one who kills you." He said, mumbling his last sentence as he walked back over to the Supra. Him and Letty had been working on since the day Dominic brought it back from Baja.

Just as I thought the day couldn't get any worse, Lily showed up.

"Hey guys. Letty." She nodded to Letty. "Um Brian do you think I could talk to you for a minute?" She looked over at me. I noticed the glances I got from everyone else as me and Lily walked out of the garage.

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"What are you doing here Lily? I told you to stay away from here. It's bad enough you came to the barbecue Sunday. What do you want?" I whispered, making sure the other guys weren't eavesdropping.

"Nice to see you too Brian. Have you watched the news lately?" She asked me, sliding her shades up on her head.

"Not lately. Please don't tell me you're in trouble again Lily. I don't want to-" I started, losing my temper right away at the thought of her being in trouble.

"No Brian. Those guys who were looking for me. It seems that Lance Tran was killed two nights ago." She interrupted. That mention of Tran's name made my throat go dry in three seconds flat. "You okay Bri?"

"You were in it with Trans?" I asked her.

"Yeah. But no worry, I paid them off before Lance was killed. Eveything is okay now. So can we tell them 'bout us now?" She replied, smiling sweetly at me. Was she telling the truth? Is she really out of hot water with them?

"I'm not lieing Bri. I swear I paid them." She looked me my eyes. I could tell she was sincere.

"Yeah okay. We can tell them later. Go to the store and hang out there for awhile. Please stay out of trouble Lil." I begged as I walked back into the garage.

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"Everything okay O'Conner?" Dom asked, looking at me from inside the hood of the Charger. He had been working on the Charger every-so-often for the past year. When I let him go after the last heist, I made a call to Hector for him and some people to pick it up and drop it off at the Racer's Edge.

"Yeah. Do you guys think we could all talk tonight? I mean with Mia and Sash and Di too?" I asked. I figured why wait so long to tell them. Tonight will be fine. Hopefully. Everyone nodded and went back to working on their respective projects.

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Vince's POV

I took Sasha to Neptune's Net for breakfast. It was closer to her school. When we entered the diner, it was crowded with people all over. We decided on sitting in the very back, where there weren't as many people around.

"So what exactly is this Vince?" She asked me, looking up from her eggs and pancake-breakfast.

"Eggs and pancakes." I said, oblivious to what she was getting at.

"No genius. Us .. what are we? Are we a couple or is this just a lust thing?" I swallowed my breakfast and the lump that formed in my throat. I hadn't really thought about it. I mean there was a huge age difference and I knew it would be awkward to other people. But she would be eighteen soon and I just turned 24. But over the past few months, I've grown to care about Sasha deeply. She was perfect for me. She was a challenge. She had this animalistic style to like that attracted me to her. We were a lot alike --- but also very different.

"Umm I dunno Sash. Do you want to be a couple?" I didn't know how to deal with something like this. I was so used to the racer chasers that I never had an actualy meaningful relationship.

"It's not if I want to be a couple. It's how we feel about each other. I know people won't really like our age difference. Especially Dom. But that's something they will have to deal with. I really like you Vince. You're incredible and sweet and rough and kinda hairy. Believe it or not -- those are the characteristics of a perfect man in my eyes." I couldn't help but smile at her. She was so amazing. She was the person I've been looking for all this time. She will want me back as much as I want her.

"Let's get you to school." was all I said before I paid the tab and we exited the restaurant.

Kinda boring but I'm trying to get back in the feel of things. Well please read & review. I'll start getting more chapters up soon.

-Kita-