"Thanks for coming." Dom greeted his sister as she came through the door. "I really appreciate it."

"How is she?"

"Pretty much the same. I've had everyone come by, but nothing helps. I think it has to come from her at this point."

"I thought you told me she started counseling?" Mia asked.

"She did, but then never went back." Dom told her sadly. "She's at least out of the room for now, but she's either disappeared or on the couch. I hate to say it, but I don't trust her here on her own while I'm away. I'd take Mazda and Axel with me, but I hate disrupting their school schedule."

"I understand." Mia told him. "Brian's cool with holding down the fort while I'm here. Everything will be just fine."

"It'll only be for two days." Dom insisted. He knew it was a lot to ask of his baby sister.

"Dom don't worry about it. You deserve to go. It's a great honor."

"Yeah" He responded pensively.

"Mazda and I are gonna have a girl's night. I'm gonna spoil Axel so rotten you'll have plenty to do when you come back." Dom smiled at Mia and gave her a light hug. He headed upstairs to gather his belonging and place them in his car. He went in search of Letty and found her in the living room blankly staring at the television screen.

"Hey Let, I'm heading out." He said standing in front of her. She seemed to snap out of whatever trance she was in long enough to listen.

"Where to?" She asked confused and anxious. "Why do you have those bags?

"The CNN Hero Awards are tonight, remember?"

"What?"

"The Fast and Furious Fund is being recognized for the outreach work we've done this year. I tried to get you to go babe, but you didn't want to." He said kneeling down so that they could be at eye level.

"Right" Letty said distractedly staring at her hands.

"Do you want to go? I'd think it'd be great if you were there. We founded it together after all. Hell you did most of the work for it."

"No, go. I just forgot."

"Okay" Dom responded disappointedly. "I'm taking the boys with me. Mia's going to be around to help out. Let her know if you need anything." He continued while caressing her thighs in attempts to comfort her.

"Right"

"I'll be back Sunday morning. I got a press conference for the new circuit after so it's going to be a two day trip."

"Just two days?" He smirked at her question and caressed his wife's face.

"Yeah"

"Okay" She looked a little uneasy at the thought of him leaving.

"What's wrong? I can stay if you want me to." It elated him to think she'd want him by her side even though it seemed to be quite opposite most days.

"No. Everything is fine."

"Are you sure?"

"It's important. You should go." Letty insisted.

"If you say so."

"It won't be a long time?"

"Just two days."

"Just two days." She repeated pensively. "And the boys are going?"

"Yeah, they'll make sure I'm on best behavior."

"Don't drive. Okay? You'll be far away and you never know what can happen."

"Baby driving is our job. I promise not to drink and drive."

"Please" she said gripping the hand that lay on her face.

"I love you." He told her before giving her a chaste closed mouth kiss that she did not return. "I'll see you soon. Okay?"

"Mhm" was all Letty responded as she watched her husband walk away. She heard him rev up his engine and take off. Dom picked up his boys at Alexus' apartment just fifteen minutes away. They quickly made it to the airport where they would board their private jet. The young men made themselves comfortable as soon as they walked on.

"Be careful with the leather. If anything happens to the seats, you're paying for it." Dom warned the youngest of his two sons.

"Don't worry my big bro's got me with those bigass checks he's been banking. Right Lex?"

"Shut up Jensen." Alexus argued.

"He's playing. He'll pay for it."

"You should be worrying about making your own money." They're father advised.

"I will once I graduate."

"Let it be known that I'm not paying for shit."

"I got some advise for the both of you. Don't annoy me." Dom warned. "Every time you get together you want to act like your Axel's age."

"Those were some very good times in our lives."

"Golden years for sure" Alexus commented.

"Close your mouths." Dom said causing the young men to snicker. They settled into their seat as the plane took off into the air.

"Pa, I got an honest question to ask…" Jensen began.

"Shoot", Dom answered pouring himself a beer on the aircraft.

"Are you and Mami getting a divorce?" Dom hesitated and stared at both his sons awkwardly. "Um, what would give you that idea?"

"Jensen says you've been sleeping in separate rooms. I don't think that's happened since…well…ever." Alexus added with concern.

"Did I ever tell you boys how much of a pain in the ass you both are?"

"I know she's been sad and everything, but you can't let that split you up." Jensen contested.

"Yeah, what about us?" Dom's eldest asked him indignantly.

"What about you? Neither of you are babies. You don't live at home anymore." Dom told Alexus. "And you technically do, but who see's you anymore?" He said waving off his younger son.

"Wait so you are getting a divorce?" Jensen panicked.

"No, but it's not your business if we do or don't. Why are you are you on my case? This is a long flight. I don't want to have to put up with the two of you for six hours."

"Then why did you invite us?

"You've spent our whole childhood traumatizing us with your affection for each other. It's just weird that now you can't even be in the same room."

"What do you mean traumatizing you?"

"Papi the walls are thick, but they're not that thick." Alexus insinuated.

"No one told you to listen in on that."

"Trust me no one was trying to listen. You have no idea how many times I've prayed for deafness."

"I just thank God for my naivety." Jensen added with a shudder causing Dom to laugh wholeheartedly.

"It's not funny! It was so gross!" Alexus argued.

"You're old enough to know some things are just normal."

"Would you want to think about your parents doing it?"

"Absolutely not, but wait until you have kids. The thought of them doing it is even more disgusting."

"This conversation just took the worse turn possible." Jensen pointed out.

"Yeah let us back track." Alexus suggested.

"I'm going to piggyback off what my bro said and just say that of course it's our business. You're our parents. You guys can't split up and date other people. That's just not right."

"I won't accept anyone else." Alexus asserted.

"What as in another mother?" Dom smirked egging his kids on. "And Jensen I hope that's not how you're talking in your college seminars."

"No one can replace Mami!"

"Obviously." Dom snickered.

"You need to get back in the ring." Jensen advised.

"Yeah you look tapped out, like you gave up."

"I'm tired. That's all it is." Dom told his sons as he sipped on his beer. He was slightly amused with the conversation that was unfolding. "What makes you two think that you're equipped to give me love advice?"

"Pa come on. Look at us."

"Yeah I made you, and I know you've never had a girlfriend for longer than six months." He told his middle son.

"Seven, thank you very much", Jensen corrected.

"And you, you've been married since you were thirteen."

"I'm not married. Why does everyone keep pressuring us to get engaged? We've broken up like five times"

"Yeah in like a span of ten years."

"He's just scared of Uncle Meech." Dom jabbed. "He's getting old. He can't hurt you that bad anymore."

"I'm just not ready!" Alexus snapped.

"Woah" Jensen responded looking at his brother up and down.

"That girl deserves a ring. She's put up with you for many years. You need to man up. I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little disappointed."

"When did this conversation turn into being about me? We're talking about you and Mami."

"You're mother and I will be just fine. You should worry about yourself. That's the bigger fish to fry."

"Well you got to get Mami back, like sleep in the same room again. It's as if you're broken up."

"Sometimes people just need a little space is all."

"Before they break-up", Jensen repeated attempting to prove his point.

"That's not going to happen. You have nothing to worry about."

"How do you know that? You don't know what she's thinking. No one does. She's been crazy. Why don't you go on like a fifth honeymoon?"

"That you're right about, but we love each other. It's not about me right now. She's having a hard time dealing with what happened to your grandmother."

"It's not normal for it to be this bad."

"I know, but she and Ana were never normal. You wouldn't understand all the way because there was so much of it you didn't get to see. Shit, I don't even understand it all the way. Nonetheless, you're mother is the love of my life. When I married her-"

"Which time?" Jensen interrupted.

"Both times, are you gonna let me talk or not?"

"Sorry"

"When I married her, I made a promise in the form of vow that I never intend to break. You see marriage is a serious thing. Just because the love of your life is struggling you don't stop loving them. Just because they're changing, you don't stop trying to understand them. The love of my life is going through some serious pain, and it hurts me to watch her suffer. I feel helpless, but I have faith we'll get back to where we were. I would never give up on your mother, and it's insulting that you think that I would."

"This is going to sound real cheesy, but I think I would stop believing in love if you guys ever broke up." Alexus admitted.

"Well son I gotta tell you that our love is one of a kind. I've never seen anything like it, and I'm glad to have lived it."

"I find that I'm comparing myself to you guys all the time."

"Tell us again why you haven't popped the question?" Jensen pried.

"Umm, Y'all see that Laker's game last night?" Alexus asked switching the subject and causing his father to laugh.

"You know what they say Lex. If you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen."

"Oh shut up"

"Here we go." Dom commented as his eldest children began to bicker.

Back at the Toretto residence Letty laid inside the canopy that hung between two large palm trees on her estate. She allowed the sun to cascade all over her skin, and closed her eyes and attempted to dream. She wanted to be far away. She wanted to go to a place where she felt no pain, but could not quite get herself there.

"Letty! Letty!" she finally heard Mia call.

"Hmm?"

"Are you okay? I've been calling you for like five minutes."

"Yeah what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I was worried because I hadn't seen you for hours."

"I like to come back here to think."

"Oh yeah? What about?"

"Just life", Letty answered looking into the distance. Mia had never felt this disconnected from her friend before. It scared her to think of just how withdrawn Letty had become.

"Let?"

"Yeah?"

"Why did you stop going to counseling?"

"Because it was bullshit, over priced, unhelpful…bullshit"

"I see." Mia said unsure of herself in that moment. However, she felt the need to continue to try. "Do you want to come to an art class with me. You can show off your 'mad' skills. I think it'd be really fun. We could bring the kids. They miss you. I know a teenage girl who's been dying to girl talk with her mom."

"I'm right here."

"We both know that's not true." Letty looked up at her sister-in-law pensively. "Everyone keeps trying to fix me, but I don't think I can be fixed."

"I've never understood why you doubt yourself so much. You're one of the strongest women I know." Mia told her giving her a hug. "I miss you."

"I miss me too."

"So why don't we go to this art class and try to find pieces of the real you? Come on. It'll be fun!"

"Okay" Letty said with a soft nod. She knew she had to try. Her family would not survive much more of her sad and lonely disposition. Mia took them to studio by the name of Zen Art. Axel was so very excited to be able to get down and messy with clay and paint that he just kept jumping up in down while they entered the class. "Look Mami! Look at all the cool stuff." He said dragging her down the hall showing her all the artwork.

"I see baby."

"I don't think this is going to work Tía." Mazda told her aunt quietly.

"Trust me. We just need to get through the door, one toe at a time. Look she's already smiling." Mia responded.

"Wow I forgot what she looked like when she smiled." Mazda looked on nostalgically.

"I want this! Oooh and I want that!" Axel said pointing at the art sculptures while gripping his mother's hand.

"Baby we have to make them." Letty said doting on her youngest.

"I don't know how."

"That's why we're here, to learn."

"Cool!" The four of them were ushered into the studio area where they were seated in a room full with other people.

"Welcome, welcome!" A youthful man with British accent projected at the front of the room. "I am Claude and I will be your instructor this evening. Creation, art, music are all ways we can express ourselves. Expression is one of the most valuable tools in communication. Expression helps us achieve piece of mind, and the discovery of self. You've all come here in search of something and hopefully within the next few weeks we'll get closer to finding it. Today we're going to work on portraits, self-portraits. It's important to know how you see your selves. It may not be how others see you. This may take some of you days maybe even weeks. Some may even stay up all night as often do, but I believe everyone of you is an artist with an amazing story to tell. Welcome to Art Therapy! Pick your poison and let's begin."

"Is he serious?" Letty asked Mia scoffing slightly.

"Just try it. He may seem a little much at first, but he is very good at what he does. He comes highly recommended."

"He's really handsome." Mazda noted as her eyes fluttered. Letty let out a big sigh and looked on as Axel couldn't wait to start.

"Okay baby you get the crayons first and then maybe we'll do some water colors."

"Okay Mami"

"What are you thinking of working on Maz?" Letty asked her daughter.

"Um", the young girl felt a bit off guard. Mazda had not had a direct conversation with her mother for weeks. "I guess I'll use pencil. That's good right?"

"Sure whatever you want. I might do that to. It's a great way to outline." Letty said shooting her only daughter a smile that the girl then returned. They all got to working on their portraits, and Letty soon learned that small talk was a lot easier when she working on something. She was actually enjoying herself, and diving into her art piece.

"I'm glad you came." Mazda told her.

"I'm glad I did too."

"Wow! This is some impeccable work!" Claude praised behind Letty's partially finished portrait. "It's exquisite."

"Why thank you, it not even close to complete. I need to wait for the paint to dry and layer it."Letty responded bashfully. She had always been private about her artwork, even when they went on cars.

"What is your name?"

"I go by Letty."

"Well Letty, the detail on this piece is amazing. I would love to present it at the final showcase once it's finished."

"Uh" Letty hesitated.

"It's screaming. It's torn. The anguish! I love it."

"I guess that'd be okay. I mean if I can finish it on time."

"Tell me about this piece. What are you feeling? I sense a lot of anger, a lot of pain."

"I don't know." She answered uncomfortably.

"You know what? Finish, and then you'll able to answer my question. You can come in whenever you'd like to work on it."

"I can take it home. I have materials there." Letty dismissed.

"As you wish, but please," Claude began taking her hand "don't void us of this masterpiece." He placed a kiss on her hand. Letty looked at him in shock, and Mazda cleared her throat.

"O-o-okay."

"Wonderful!" Claude said before walking away to another client.

"Well isn't he a little over zealous." Letty commented.

"He's an artist. They're passionate people." Mia defended.

"I don't like him." Mazda voiced.

"Weren't you the one who thought he was cute?" Mia pointed out.

"Well not anymore", the young girl insisted. "When does Papi get back?"

"Tomorrow morning"

"I think he should come when you present it. He'd like that."

"If I decide to do it, then I'll ask him." The young girl stared at her mother questioning so many things in her head she couldn't keep track.

A/N: I'm on vacation so you may get two more chapter relatively soon. Review!