I don't know when the next chapter will be up because I just found out I have phnemonia. I'll tyoe it up when I got the time and energy. I hope you enjoy this chapter though. :)

"Yo V! What you doing, man?" Leon asked finding Vince sitting on the back stairs.

"Just writing some shit." He said not looking up from his notebook.

"Well yo girl is looking over here all suspiciously." He pointed out as Donna watched the two talk.

"The girl is paranoid." He replied looking at Leon

"Got that right." Leon replied as they heard a car pull up. "Who the hell is that?"

"Go check." Vince said with a big smile. Leon ran to the driveway and saw Lanie walking towards him.

"Fuck naw." Leon yelled. Lanie smiled and ran the rest of the way and jumped into her brothers arms. "Le Le."

"Hey big bro." She said with a huge smile as he set her on the ground.

"How the…V you knew, didn't you?" Leon asked looking at his best friend who was smiling

"I met her last night." He said as Donna latched onto his arm and glared at Lanie.

"Hey Vince." Lanie said with a smile.

"Hey, I'm Charlize. I'm V's sis and Leon's girlfriend." A short girl with red hair and blue eyes said offering her hand to Lanie.

"Nice to meet ya." She said shaking her hand.

"That's V's trick Donna, and that's Dom, Letty, Mia, Brian, Jesse, and Rome." Leon introduced. She shook everyone's hand but Donna's. "Guys this is my sister Lanie."

"Didn't know you had a sister." Dom said

"Yea. After our parents divorced we haven't seen each other." He said putting an arm around Lanie's shoulders.

"It's been too long, bro." She said

"Hell yea. What you doing now?"

"I'm a psychologist. I work at a garage part time doing body work."

"Shit you always was the smart one. Probably got kids and a husband." He said

"No. Thanks God. I haven't even been close to engaged." She replied with relief.

"I don't believe that."

"I'm dead serious. I actually just broke up with my last boyfriend like a week ago."

"How long have you been in California, anyways."

"6 years." She said with a chuckle. "Didn't even think to look over here for you."

"Where are you living?" Charlize asked sitting on Leon's lap.

"Other side of LA."

"This is some crazy shit. You going to be around right?"

"Of course. I found my bro again, man. I do got some crazy hours at times though."

"I don't think Donna likes you." Leon said as Donna watched them from her spot next to Vince, who was once again sitting on the back steps writing.

"She's paranoid." She dismissively.

"Same thing Vince said." Leon said with a sigh.

"I really don't like her. She's always trying to start stuff between us girls." Charlize said.

" She's insecure. She's wants to seem like the good one and you girls seem like bitches." She said.

"Doctor in the house." Rome said making them all laugh.

"That's just experience from high school."

"Where did you and ma move to?"

"Boston. Was a nice place before I got with some people."

"Went to jail?" Rome asked.

"For Assault. 2 years."

"Who you beat up?" Leon asked.

"This trick who tried screwing with me. Kept trying to start stuff. Well I ended it."

"If I was there none of this would have happened." Leon said quietly.

"Leon, seriously, neither of us had a say in what happened. Don't beat yourself up over it. Everything happens for a reason."

"I guess your right. Still wish I was there, though." He said. "You've grown up to be a fine lil lady."

"Who you callin lil? We only 9 months apart, bitch." She said like Leon was crazy. Everyone who heard her laughed.

"I bet I can still whoop your ass." Leon challenged feeling like he was a little kid again.

"And I bet you wish you could still whoop my ass." She said standing up and getting into fighting position like him.

"Oh is that what you think?" He asked as the team watched.

"Honey, that's what I know." She said before throwing the first punch which hit Leon in the neck. Leon tried to throw a punch but she moved to quickly.

"Come on, bro. Show me what you got." She taunted Leon faked a punch but then knocked her down with a swipe to her feet.

"Now who's bad?" He taunted right back. She jumped right back up and put Leon in a headlock.

"And you were saying?" She asked as the team cheered. She let him out of the headlock and they wrestled around some more before Lanie finally got him pinned down. Jesse rushed over and gave the three count. Lanie got up and helped Leon up before they hugged.

"I want a rematch." He said as he put an arm around Charlize.

"I figured." She said with a laugh.

"You're staying right?" Leon asked when Mia said the food was ready.

"Actually I can't. Maybe some other time." She said sadly.

"Shit, man, ight. Don't be a stranger." He said as they hugged.

"I won't." She said pulling away. "Nice to meet you guys."

"Your sis is pretty cool." Letty said as they ate.

"It's been so long." He said with a long sigh.

"I personally don't like her." Donna said.

"Of course you wouldn't. You only like people with dicks." Charlize said everyone else laughed but Vince wasn't even paying attention.

"Vince, are you going to let her talk to me like that?" She asked.

"Huh? Yea. Sure." He said absently. Everyone around the table chuckled as Vince kept eating and Donna stalked off.

"Hey V. What's up with you?" Mia asked as they ate.

"Nothin." He said with a shrug and continued eating.

"Why are you taking my food?" Mia asked Brian.

"You're too slow." He said with his boyish smile.

"And to think you're going to be a dad." Rome said as he ate his food.

"What we doin tonite?" Charlize asked

"Maybe we should go to a club." Letty suggested.

"I got some stuff to do so count me out." Vince said before drinking his Corona.

"You aren't going to make up with Donna, are you?" Charlize asked.

"Hell no. Although, I do need to break up with her." Vince said with a nonchalant shrug. "She wasn't that good anyways."

"Dude." Charlize yelled in disgust.

"It's the truth." He said with a goofy smile.

"I don't want to know about your sex life." She said shaking her head.

"And I don't want to hear yours." He said making her and Leon blush.

"Daymn." Rome said as the whole table laughed.

"Shit. I need to get going." Vince said standing up.

"See ya later." They all said as he walked into the house.

"You ever wonder where he guys all the time?" Brian asked after they finished eating.

"That's just the cop in you talking." Rome said eating a roll.

"But seriously, for the past 2 years he's barely here and whenever he's not at the garage nobody can get a hold of him." Mia said defending what her husband was talking about.

"You got a point." Dom said. "I'll talk to him tomorrow."

"Maybe you guys should just leave him alone. He went through a lot and he deserves to not have to tell you guys everything." Charlize said defending her brother.

"Him and Jesse got the worst of what happened. Just leave him alone. If he wanted us to know he would've told us." Leon said.

"Alright. I won't bother him." Dom said as they heard V's Maxima pull away from the house.

"You better not." Charlize warned.

The Bar

"What songs are we playing?" Dita asked Vince as the band warmed up.

"I think we should do the newest ones. Maybe Negative Light and Star Eyed." He said

"Star Eyed?" Paco asked twirling his drum sticks.

"I wrote it today. Just a simple one. It's the one I was playing in sound check." He replied.

"Oh that song sounds good. I think we can follow you." Tyrone said with his bass on.

"The rest of the songs can be made up as we go along." Dita said putting her guitar on as they got on stage.

"Hey everyone. We are Nemesis. We've got two new songs for you. The first one was written about 4 hours ago. It is called Star Eyed." Vince started out on the opening riff. Pretty soon the whole band was playing perfectly.

When I look into your eyes

All I can see is the stars in the big sky staring back at me

All I can think of is how you make me feel.

You made me see the errors in my life when no one else could

"I told you they're good." Sean said to Lanie as they watched Vince sing.

"Smart ass." She said making the rest of their band laugh as she watched Vince. After Nemesis' set, they got their beers and sat with Ecstasy.

"You all kicked ass." Sierra, the drummer for Ecstasy, said.

"We know." Paco said confidently.

"The team doesn't know about this do they?" Lanie asked Vince as everyone talked in their own groups.

"Nope. This is my other life. I don't feel like bringing them in just yet." He said looking over at her.

"Understandable. Everyone needs there own Sanctuary."

"So what do you think of the team?"

"They seem cool. Your sister is real nice. Seems great for Leon."

"They went through a lot together. I'm happy she's with Leon then some random schmuck."

"Yea, because you know where he sleeps, so you can kill him if he hurts her." She said with a laugh.

"Something like that." He said laughing with her.

"Hey! Let's go somewhere." Dita said to the whole group.

"Where?" David, Ecstasy's bassist, asked.

"Liquid."

"I guess." Sean said as they all stood to leave.

"What's that worried look for?" Lanie asked as they walked to his car since she drove in with Sierra.

"I'm pretty sure that's where the team will be." He said while unlocking the doors.

"And the surprises just keep coming." She said as he started the car and followed the others.