"Dom!" Vince called out as he entered the garage.

"What?" Dom asked coming out of his office.

"We need to talk." Vince said walking towards the office.

"Yea. We need to talk about Lanie." Dom said taking his seat behind his desk in the office.

"We need to talk about me first. I need to go to rehab and I need to get out of this lifestyle we live in. I can't do it anymore." He said laying it all out upfront.

"If YOU think its what you need I'm all for you getting better. If this has to do with someone else, that's what I would have a problem with." Dom said staring at his oldest friend.

"It's what I know I need. What is your problem with Lanie?"

"I don't like how she seems to be coming in from her fancy neighborhood and taking my friend from me."

"Her fancy neighborhood that she worked her ass off to get into? She didn't just come up in that shit. She grew up in neighborhood just like ours. She went to prison just like you did. Don't act like she is some snob slumming it." Vince said

"Vince! Do you honestly think she'll stick around? Seriously? She IS slumming it till she gets tired of us!"

"She came back for me! NO ONE HAS DONE THAT! She wants to help me. You didn't even want to help me and just wanted to blow it all off. I'm lucky I stayed sober as long as I did but I want to be completely clean. For me and to keep her around. She's the best thing that has ever happened to me. If you can't handle that then I guess we won't see much of each other." Vince said standing up and walking out. When he got back he found Lanie and Leon on the front steps. By the time he pulled in and shut the car off Lanie was waiting outside his door.

"You okay?" She asked as he got out. He just looked at her and pulled her into a hug.

"You know I love you, right?" He asked into her neck.

"Of course. Baby, what's wrong?" She asked pulling her head back to look him in the eyes.

"Dom doesn't believe you'll stay around. He said you would be around till you get bored." He said

"You don't believe him do you?"

"Of course not! He just really got under my skin with the stuff he was saying about you. He's the last person who could say shit." He said filled with anger.

"I need to talk to him."

"No! If he can't deal with the choices I'm making then I don't need him in my life." Vince said not letting her go.

"Vince, I'm not going to be the reason you and Dom end your friendship. I need to talk to him. We need to clear the air." She said holding his face in her hands.

"I don't like it." He said pouting.

"I don't either but it needs to be done. Do you trust me?"

"I trust you but I'm not trusting him at the moment. Take Leon with you. He can sit in the car but I don't want you there alone." Vince said bordering on pleading.

"If it makes you feel better, I will."

"Let's go then." Leon said opening his car.

"It'll be fine. Love you." She said giving Vince a quick kiss before jumping in Leon's Skyline and they took off. When they got to the shop Leon started feeling a little more nervous then he did when they left the fort.

"Are you sure about this? Maybe this should just be left alone and let it ride out. Why potentially make it worse?" He asked parking in the small lot.

"It needs to be done. Dom and I need to talk. We just automatically went to hating each other. He's one of V's oldest friends. I'm not getting between that." She said before getting out of the car.

"What do you want now, V?" Dom asked coming out of his office to see Lanie standing in the garage.

"We need to have a long conversation, Dominic. Starting with how much shit you're giving Vince for being with me. What is your deal? Why do you dislike me so much?" She asked with her hands on her hips.

"You come from your fancy ass neighborhood and are trying to take my friend and change him. I've known Vince since the 3rd grade. How the hell can you come in here and try and change shit?" He asked his voice rising.

"You think I'm forcing this on him. He wants the help. I simply offered. And my fancy ass neighborhood? You obviously don't know much about me. Even though you know my brother and he lived in a fancy ass neighborhood longer then me. I worked my ass off for my cars and house. I grew up in South Boston doing worse shit then you guys have done here. So spare me the slumming it sob story because I really don't want to hear your version of MY life."

"Why didn't he come to me for help? I'm supposed to be his best friend and yet he runs to you for help." Dom said throwing his hands in the air before leaning against one of the cars that is being worked on.

"Why didn't you go to him when you knew he needed help? That's what he wanted. To know that you guys would help him even if he didn't ask. Yet you all went on like everything was fine." She said pacing in front of him.

"I don't know how to help an addict. What the hell do you offer a guy who is addicted to drugs and has a bad attitude?"

"You let him know you are there for him. All he needs to know is that you are there for him whenever he needs it. I don't know how to deal with the situation but you better damn well know I will find a way." She said stopping in front of him. "I'm not trying to take your friend away. I would never do that. I just want to make sure he is fine and will be okay to be in mine as well. If it wasn't for Vince I would never have seen my brother again. I love that crazy sometimes angry guy and I want him in my life for years to come. I want all you crazy people in my life. I don't know for sure why but I do." She said getting a little laugh out of Dom.

"Maybe I did judge you wrongly. It's just hard seeing someone do something for my friend. who's like a brother to me, and knowing it's not me doing it or even thinking about doing it." He said hunching is shoulders over and putting his head in his hands.

"Well he needs you now and needs to know you care and will stand by his side. It's not going to be pretty or free of angry outbursts but he needs and wants you there." She said laying a hand on his shoulder.

"You're right." He said standing up. "I need to go talk to him."

"He's at the fort." She said as he started closing up.

"How'd you get here?" He asked as they walked up to the waiting area.

"Leon." She said pointing at the Skyline.

"Ahh. See you back at the fort?" He asked unlocking the Rx-7.

"Try and keep up." She said jumping in the Skyline with a laugh.