"Alright, Nala is looking after the twins, my car is ready, now where the hell are we going? Because I was planning on visiting family in L.A." I say as I enter the area and I look pointedly at Brian.
"We are off to Barstow, where Brain tells us that an old friend of yours is on house arrest," Bilkins says and I get excited.
"Rome?" I ask Brian who nods.
"YES!" I cheer and my brothers laughs at my antics.
"Well let's get going, You're riding with me, we have some things to discuss, big brother," I say and I glare at him, causing Bilkins to grab his car keys.
"I'll follow you," Bilkins says and I nod, not taking my eyes off of my brother, we walk out to my car and we climb in, I turn over the engine and we pull out of the parking lot.
"So, you were in L. A, a few days ago, did you meet anyone?" I ask him as I keep my eyes on the road.
"Yeah, I did, how did you know I was in L.A.?" He looks over at me in curiosity.
"Who do you think? The only one in MY family that was able to stay at the house called me last night, explaining what has happened over the past few weeks," I say and he pales, I take a hand off of the wheel and start to slap and punch him in the chest and arm.
"YOU DUMBASS!" I yell as I continue to hit him while driving.
"AH! MARLEY! Focus on the road instead of hitting me!" Brian says but I ignore him as I light up the leg that is not on the gas and I hold the wheel with my knee, freeing up both hands to continue to abuse my brother.
"You hurt her! You ripped her family apart! I know that you saved Vince but you are the reason EVERYONE is on the run, including the father of my twins!" I yell at him as I put down my leg and grab the wheel with my hands once more.
"Whose the father of your twins? Leon?" He asks me and I glare at him.
"Not Leon? Vince? I don't see you ending up with Dominic," Brian says and I hit him once more, feeling insulted.
"So you're saying... I'm not good enough to be with Dom?" I ask him and he shakes his head.
"No, it's just the fact that when I was with the team, Letty was being flirty with him every time that I saw them, even if Letty is not a flirty type of person," Brian says and I scoff, turning back to face the road and grabbing the wheel with both hands as I put my leg down the closer we get to Barstow.
"Letty has always wanted Dom's attention, she has wanted it for years, she finally got it when she turned 16 but then I came along and... the attention turned to me, we got together a few months after meeting, then literally the day before his dad died, we spent the night together and I got pregnant, didn't find out until 4 months later and the day I went to see Dom in Lompoc, I told him but I didn't know that it was twins until they were born, they were pretty tiny when born, which is why I didn't know, my belly wasn't even that big," I explain to him and he nods.
"After the twins were born, I called Dom from the hospital here in Miami, he and the team came right away, he was the first one out of all of them to meet Mia and Luka," I tell him as we pull into the town of Barstow.
"Which twin did he name?" He asks me and I smile.
"He named Luka, Luka Daniel Toretto and Rosa Amelia Toretto was my choice, thought she deserved to be named after her Aunt since she was a fighter when she was born, but she had lung problems, that is when I met Tej, Suki, and Jimmy, they got me into the racing scene down here and it helped me with the hospital bills that stacked up after giving birth and the hospital taking care of Mia," I tell him as we pull into the Barstow Derby parking lot, a trailer home just across from us.
"So why is it, that you call your daughter Mia instead of Rosa?" He asks me as I turn off my engine and we climb out of the car.
"She met her Aunt," I say and he smiles and nods, thinking of his Mia.
"When they are together, my Mia has asked to be called Mia, she loves sharing a name with her Auntie," I say as Bilkins pulls up next to us.
"What are you guys talking about?" Bilkins asks us as he climbs out of his car.
"My kids," Bilkins nods before looking around at our surroundings.
"Shall we?" He asks us and we nod, we then walk into the derby after purchasing a ticket and we sit down in the stands and watch as the derby starts.
"YEAH! COME ON ROMAN!" I call out as I watch his Monte Carlo crash and destroy his opponents.
"That's your boy in the Monte Carlo?" Bilkins looks at Brian as I am stuffing my face with popcorn.
"Yeah that's him, he's got some skills," Brian says and I laugh.
"Yeah, he's got skills, but don't forget the fact that Roman is as crazy as hell when he wants to be," I say as I turn away from them and back to the carnage.
"Yeah, but in a good though, he's the man for the job," Brian inputs and I nod along with him.
"He has quite the record, including 3 years upstate, says that he's on house arrest and can't go more than 100 yards from his home," Bilkins reads Rome's file and that gets me thinking about the trailer I saw in the parking lot as we pulled in.
"AND THE WINNER! ROMAN PEARCE!" The announcer calls over the P. A which causes me to jump up and down like a nut job, cheering for my friend as he climbs out of his car.
He starts walking back to the parking lot, as he is waving to the people, his smile disappears from his face and I realise that he has made eye contact with Brian, he glares at Brian until he makes eye contact with me and the biggest smile I have ever seen on Roman's face appears as we make eye contact and I start waving like a lunatic.
"He always said that he'd be famous," Brian says and I nod, agreeing with him.
"Come one, let's go and meet up with him," I say and I run out of the stands, leaving Bilkins and my brother behind me.
"Pearce! Roman Pearce!" Brian calls out but Roman ignores him and keeps walking.
"Yo, Bilkins, whatever happens next, just let it go," Brian tells him.
"I ain't in it," Bilkins holds up his hands, Brian then whistles and I sigh.
"ROME!" Brian yells out and Roman stops in his tracks.
"Only my homeboys call me Rome, pig," Roman says and he turns to face Brian as I stay standing next to Bilkins.
"I'm not a cop anymore bro," Brian tells him and I nod, remembering what Mia told me.
"Is that true Blondie here not a cop anymore?" Roman starts walking towards us.
"That's true, no badge," Bilkins says and I shake my head.
"Here we go," I say and I watch as Roman punches my brother and starts a fight between them, I sigh, spotting a folding chair, I grab it and sit down as Bilkins does the same next to me as we chew on the popcorn that I still have in my hand.
"You still fight like shit, you still fight like shit," Brian instigates, insulting Roman and causing him to fight back harder.
"You better chill," Brian says but Roman ignores him.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Roman asks him in anger.
"I'm gonna choke you," Brian threatens Roman who ends up in a choke hold anyway.
"You should have told me, I did 3 years Brian," Roman says as he tries to hit him.
"I told you it wasn't my fault," Brain says out of breath, I see Roman tap which causes Brian to let him go, they separate and stay sitting on the ground to catch their breath.
"What are you doing here O'Conner's?" He asks and I realise he was asking me as well.
"We got a deal for you," Brian says and Roman scoffs.
"When I needed your ass, you were nowhere to be found, now you're trying to hand out deals with the younger sister that you drove away?" Roman says as he grabs ahold of his ankle monitor and stands up at the same time as Brian who gets into his face, I decide to keep my mouth shut and let them deal with it.
"I need you to come to Miami and drive with us, if you do they'll take the anklet off and clear your entire record," Brian explains to him.
"I did three years in jail, three years in jail over you Brian, I know you better than you think," Roman says.
"Maybe you don't, maybe you don't," Brain says and Roman pushes him out of his face.
"You boy's finished? Cause I'm sick and tired of having to deal with you two fighting like kids, I already have twins that do that," Roman turns towards me with a smile on his face.
"Marley!" He says and I stand up, running into his arms and hugging him tightly.
"Hey Roman! I have missed you!" I say and he lets me go.
"Now what's this I hear about you having twins?" He asks me and I nod, smiling as I pull out my wallet and pull out the picture of my twins and I hand it to him.
"These two are your Niece and Nephew, Mia and Luka Toretto," I tell him and he looks at me in shock.
"This deal legit?" Roman asks Bilkins who nods from where he is sitting.
"That's right if you do this job for us," Bilkins tells him and Roman nods.
"I told you," Brian jeers and I jab him in the ribs.
"Shut up, punk!" Roman tells him then turns back to Bilkins.
"So you're going to clean my record, and get this thing off of my ankle?" Roman asks Bilkins who nods.
"That's right, I thought you couldn't wander more than 100 yards from your home?" Bilkins asks him.
"Why do you think he parked so damn close to the derby?" I ask him sarcastically and he laughs.
"Man, quit playing like you're going pass this opportunity up," Brian smiles as Roman glares at him and yanks open his trailer door.
~~~~~ Miami police department ~~~~~
"Let's get in there and get this done," I say as Roman and I climb out of my car, I go to walk inside but I see that Roman isn't following us.
"Roman?" I call out which stops Brian in his tracks.
"Bro, what's going on?" Brain asks him.
"I don't know if I should be trusting you, man," Roman says to Brian which causes me to sigh.
"Just think of it this way Rome, it's an opportunity for a fresh start, now let's just go do this, alright?" Brian tells him but Roman is still hesitant to trust Brian.
"Okay, Rome? If you can't trust Brian then trust me," I speak up which causes Roman to look over at me and sighs.
"I wouldn't need a fresh start if it wasn't for your brother, man," Roman says and I just sigh and back away.
"Man, you have been using that same bullshit since the day you got busted, now just chill out and let's go do this," Brian says.
"I don't need to chill out," Roman says and I sigh and close my eyes, hanging my head.
"Yes, you do. And you need to stop blaming me for your every mistake, and Roman Pearce needs to start taking responsibility for his actions," Brian rants.
"And you need to go to hell," Roman pokes Brian on the chest as they get closer to each other.
"And you need to go back to Barstow," Brian says and then storms off towards Bilkins and me, slamming the door open.
"I'm not going back to Barstow," Roman says and I smile as he picks up his bag and follows us into the building.
~~~~~ The Garage ~~~~~
We are standing in the garage in front of 2 covered cars as Dunn backs in a van, the breaks squeal and I say as I watch his shorts-clad ass jump out of the driver's seat.
"Still can't drive huh Dunn?" I tease him and he just ignores me as the back of the van opens up for us to see a beautiful Latina woman and I sigh as I see the look on my brother's face.
"Bloody hell," I shake my head while crossing my arms, knowing exactly what is going through my brother's mind.
"Roman Pearce, Brian and Marley O'Conner, meet Monica Fuentes," Markham says as she jumps down from the back.
"Do they have background on Verone?" Monica asks Markham who nods.
"They've been briefed, except for Marley," Markham explains and Monica looks at me with a blank look.
"Then she's not needed," Monica looks at Markham, I go to walk towards her but my brother and Roman stop me.
"Not now, you'll prove yourself," Brian whispers in my ear and I nod causing both of them to let me go.
"Okay, here's the deal, Verone's looking for drivers, and I've arranged for the three of you to join up, but since she doesn't know anything about Verone, then it will just be the both of you, and I've hired some thugs to make it legit," Monica says and I scoff and shake my head.
"Excuse me?" I catch Monica's attention and I smirk at her.
"I am going to do this job, my car is ready to go," I state and she just smirks at me.
"Really? This is your chance to prove it," Monica says and I glare at her.
"I stare to god, give me a few minutes and I'll show her what Letty taught me," I mutter to myself, but Brian hears me and stifles this laugh.
"Don't," Brian whispers to me and I nod, slowly calming down.
"When do we start?" Roman asks Monica, getting back on task.
"Right now," Monica says and Roman turns to face the cars behind us.
"What are we driving?" Brian asks, which gets my attention, the cars are uncovered and I laugh, knowing exactly what car they are going to choose.
"Woohoo! Don't even think about taking the convertible, it might loosen your moves," Roman says and I smile.
"That's cool, that's too much chrome for me anyway," Brian says as he walks over to the yellow Evo while Roman checks out the Spider convertible.
"Damn! Where do y'all confiscate these rims from, man?" Roman says and I walk over to him, checking them out for myself.
"Damn, even I don't have rims these good," I say and Roman laughs.
"I ride with you cowboy," we hear Monica say so we look over at where she is and we see that she is climbing into my brother's car.
"Why she gotta ride with you?" Roman asks Brian.
"You get the convertible, let's go," Monica says and climbs into the Evo.
"Shit!" I say and I run out to my car, just in time to see Roman and Brian speed past me, I quickly climb into my car and I speed after them.
"Turn right here," I hear Monica say through the phone as I drive behind Roman, I sigh in frustration as we turn to corner.
"So you used to be a cop?" Monica interrogates Brian and I shake, thinking of the man that I love and who I haven't seen since the last race wars I went to.
"Yeah, how long have you been under?" Brian's voice floats through the phone.
"I lost track," Monica says and I hear the dreaminess in her voice.
"You all right?" Brian asks her and I sigh, picking up my radio to talk to Rome.
"Hey Rome, Brian's gonna do the stare and drive thing on Monica, just thought I should warn you." I watch as my brother quickly stops, Roman and I pull up on either side of him.
"He did the stare and drive on you didn't he?" I ask Monica who nods while laughing.
"He got that from me," Roman says and we speed off, finally pulling onto the highway.
"Show this bitch how it's done," Roman says through the radio and I smirk, speeding up to the point where I am in front of my big brother.
"What the?" Monica says through the phone and I laugh.
"¡Tráelo a las perras!" I yell out as I get ahead of the three of them.
"That's Marley for you," Brian says and we pull off of the highway and into a long driveway.
"As soon as we get in here, you're on your own," Monica says as we pull up, I sigh and turn off my engine and I climb out of my car slowly, showing off my clothing and my car.
"Where'd you get them cars? At the bottom of a cereal box?" One guy calls out from where he is leaning against his blue 1969 Yenko Camaro SYC.
"Hahaha, real funny fonzy! Ass," Roman mocks and I stifle my laugh.
"Wow baby, why don't you come hang with us!" I hear and I stop and turn to face the others.
"Sorry, but I'm taken," I say and continue walking but a hand on my arm stops me.
"Yeah, by me baby girl," a man says and I scoff.
"No, by Dominic Toretto, ever heard of him?" I ask and he pales slightly but doesn't remove his arm right away.
"Your Dominic's girl?" He asks me and I nod.
"Yup, he's also my baby daddy, so I recommend that you take your hand off my arm and back the fuck off," I glare and watch as he does exactly that, I then hear a whistle so I look over at Verone's house and see his bodyguards calling us over.
"Let's go," Brian says and we walk over to the house.
"Keep your mouths shut, and follow my lead, alright?" Brian tells us and I scoff.
"We got this," Roman says as we continue to walk.
"No, I'm serious now," Brian says.
"Handle your business, I'll handle mine," Roman says and Brian looks at me.
"If I can handle Vince and Leon acting like little kids, then I can handle this," Brian nods, an understanding look on his face as we finally reach the house.
"Get in line," one of them tells me after they do a quick pat down, I go and stand in front of my brother and Roman.
"Thank you for coming on such short notice, my red Ferrari was confiscated yesterday and it sits in an impound lot in Little Haiti, it is about 20 miles from here," Verone starts speaking and I remember someone mentioning something about Verone.
"The car isn't important, what is important... is the package I left in the glove box," Verone says and I nod, crossing my arms over my chest.
"The first team back here with the package will have an opportunity to work for me," Verone finishes speaking.
"What are you saying?" We gotta audition?" The other muscle car driver says and I smirk.
"Nobody's got a gun to your head, that's it," Verone says and walks away.
"Driver's licences, pass them up," Monica says as she walks forward from her spot that was behind Verone.
"Driver's licence," she tells me as she holds out her hand but I don't move.
"What licence?" I ask her and she just shakes her head.
"Before Christmas guys," she calls out and the bodyguards walk forward.
"GO!" They call out and we all sprint to our cars.
"How the hell is she running in heels?" I hear Roman ask Brian and I laugh, I eventually reach my car and I quickly turn over the engine and speed out of the driveway with Roman and Brian right on my tail.
"Alright, let's see what those cars can do boys," I speak into my radio.
"Let go, sis, bring it," Brian responds and I laugh.
"Last time we went up against each other, you lost brother," I laugh as we race down the road, swerving in and out of traffic, I then hear my police scanner come to life.
"Agent Markham, I have them heading south on the I-95," I hear a woman's voice come through and I narrow my eyes in suspicion but I just shake it off as them chasing something else.
"Come on, boys, you can keep up with me," I tease through the radio, I see the boys speed up and I shake my head before I look back at the road and see two trucks up ahead of me, my eyes widen and I quickly make my way in between the two trucks with Roman and Brain right behind me, as I look into my review, I see that the guy in the red convertible gets stuck and run over.
"Oooh," I cringe but I keep driving, I see that Roman has overtaken my brother and I laugh.
"Oh yeah, you think you're the bomb Rome?" I hear my brother yell out faintly and I shake my head, watching as they finally catch up to either side of me, leaving me in the middle.
"Let's see if you still got it, Brian!" Roman calls out and I shake my head.
"Don't antagonise him Rome! He's going to do something stupid!" I say which causes Roman to laugh, all of a sudden, my brother speeds in front of us and quickly turns around to the point he is driving backwards.
"YEAH ROME HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES!" Brian yells out and I laugh at my idiot brother.
"Show off!" Roman and I call back to him.
"THAT'S THE BRIAN O'CONNER SCHOOL OF DRIVING RIGHT THERE BABY!" He yells.
"TURN BACK AROUND YOU DUMMY! BEFORE YOU CAUSE A CAR CRASH!" I yell out and he listens, quickly turning his car around before he hits the barrels of water at the turn-off, he gets off of the highway and Brian crashes through the gate.
"Boats? Where the hell are the cars?" I mutter to myself as I quickly make it in front of the boys, my eyes widen as we turn a corner and see the Ferrari right in the middle of the road so I quickly pull my brakes and drift to stop along with Brian and Roman.
"Let's get this package and get the hell out of here," We leave our cars and we walk over to the Ferrari and Roman smashes the window with his blouse wrapped around his fist.
"It could be unlocked," I say and my brother opens the door which causes me to laugh.
"Do you want to get the package?" Brian asks and I nod, knowing that it could impress Verone if a woman turned up with his package, I climb into the car and start searching the glove box.
"It's not there," I say and they look confused.
"What?" Brian asks me and I nod.
"It's not there!" I exclaim and I start to look around the entire car.
"Look in the centre, look in the centre," Roman says and I look at him.
"What?" I say and I look in the centre consul to see a manila envelope.
"Hallelujah!" I say as I hold it up.
"Cha-Ching! Now put your blouse back on," Brain says and I laugh.
"Hater," Roman says and I shake my head as I get out of the Ferrari and start walking to my car, but Fonzie and Fabio show up.
"Sit on it, Fonzie!" Roman calls out but all of a sudden we hear police sirens, we quickly turn around and I see that Markham is in the car.
"What the hell are they doing here?" Roman asks and he leans into his car, pulling out a gun.
"Rome, NO!" Brian yells and I quickly duck into my car as Roman starts shooting at Markham.
"PUT THE FUCKING GUN AWAY AND LET'S GO!" I yell and they quickly listen to me, climbing into their cars and we speed off.
~~~~~ Verone's Mansion ~~~~~
We pull into Verone's driveway and I lean against the bonnet of my car as we wait for Verone to come out, he finally walks out with Monica behind him and I smirk as I pull out the package from my pocket and hold it up, Verone walks over to me and I hand the package over.
"Hey, man. You have something to eat up in there? We hungry," Roman calls out from where he is leaning against his car.
"Sit them by the pool," We hear him tell Monica who nods, Verone then walks off and I turn my smirk to Monica who looks shocked.
"Nice, come on," Monica says and I nod, we then start following her towards the pool, and that's when I hear the boys behind me arguing, causing me to groan in frustration.
"What are you checking her out for?" Roman asks Brian in a whisper.
"I'm not checking her out," Brian denies and I shake my head.
"Yes, you were," Roman says.
"No, I wasn't," Brian denies once more and we make it to a table that is beside the pool.
"I seen you checking her out, man," Roman says once more and Brian finally gives up.
"Okay, I was, now shut up," Brian says and that sets Roman off.
"You shut up, don't tell me to shut up," Roman says and I sigh.
"Both you girlies shut up, unbelievable," Monica says as we all sit down.
"Look at you, you sure are cozy in this big old mansion, sleeping with the enemy," Roman says and I smirk from my seat, all of a sudden Verone walks over to us and my brother and Roman go to stand but they get stopped.
"No, no, no, no, sit down," Verone says and that's what they do but I don't move from my seat.
"Nice Ferrari in the driveway," Brian says and I keep quiet, just taking in Carter Verone.
"I'm glad you like it, darling, will you hold that?" He says to Brain and then turns to Monica, holding out the package that he just pulled a cigar out of.
"We did all that for a damn Cigar?" Roman asks him and Verone smirks.
"No, you did all of that, for a job, did you think I would let ANYONE impound my car?" Verone says and I narrow my eyes a little bit as I lean on my hand.
"The boatyard is mine, by the way, you owe me a new gate," he says to my brother who smiles.
"I'll just take it off your cut," Verone explains and I shake my head.
"Off our cut?" Roman scoffs.
"Yeah," Verone says.
"I like that," Roman smiles, not backing down.
"Good," Verone says and that's when I speak up.
"So, what's this job that you need us to do?" I ask him, catching his attention.
"Follow me," Verone says and we get up from the table and walk away from the house.
"The house has ears in it, I have something I want you to carry from North Beach to the keys," Verone explains and I nod.
"What is it?" My nosey brother asks him.
"Just put in the car what I tell you to and drive, Don't let anybody stop you, understand?" Verone says and we nod.
"Yeah, any chance of cops interrupting?" I ask him and he shakes his head.
"No, I'm buying you a window of time, but it's not going to be open very long, you make it... and I'll personally hand you $100,000 at the finish line," Verone says.
"Make it $100,000 a piece, Papi, man, obviously your pockets ain't nervous," Roman says and pats Verone down, causing him to jump away from us.
"Don't you ever touch, EVER touch me again!" Verone exclaims and Roman backs off with a shit-eating grin on his face.
"Our pockets are empty, like I said... we hungry," Roman jokes and I sigh, glaring at him.
"I got an idea, why don't you two boys and lovely lady join us at the club a little later tonight?" Verone asks and I hear my phone go off so I quickly grab it out of my pocket and I see a message from Nala about Mia and Luka.
"Yeah. The Pearl at midnight?" Monica speaks up and I sigh and tighten the grip on my phone.
"Get to know each other a little bit better," Verone says and I shake my head.
"Alright, that sounds good," Brian says.
"I can't, my twins are sick, it's bad," I say and Brian and Roman start to look worried.
"That's fine," Monica says and I nod.
"See you boys tonight," Verone says and my brother shakes his hand.
"See ya," Brian says, we start to walk back to our cars but Roman is stopped.
"Hey, you! Your pockets aren't empty," Verone speaks up.
"Damn," Roman curses.
"I'll take my cutter back," Verone says and I sigh, glaring at Roman as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out the cigar cutter.
"Stupid ass," Brian and I whisper as Roman walks back to Verone.
"Hey, man, I figured you had like 12 or 13 of these," Roman tries to defend himself but Verone shuts him down.
"You're not too bright, are you? Just get out of here. Get out of here!" Verone demands and we leave.
"Same old Rome, doing the same old shit!" Brian says as he jumps onto Roman.
"Get off me, man," Roman says and pushes Brian off.
"Look! Running your mouth? Insulting people? Stealing Verone's shit?" Brian freaks out.
"You think I'm going to let someone stare me down? I let nobody stare me down in jail, homeboy, you think I'm gonna let it fly on the beach? And you, I'll take my cutter back, his rich ass," Roman mocks Verone and I just shake my head as the worry for the twins takes over.
"And you're packing," Brian accuses.
"Like you ain't," they stop and glare at each other until Brian walks over to his car.
"Exactly," Roman says and walks over to his.
"From here on out, I do the talking," Brian says and I laugh, causing him to look over at me.
"I don't have time for this, you two can continue to argue like an old married couple, but I am going to go to my daughter who is in the hospital and is not doing so well!" I explode and my brother and Roman look at me in shock.
"What do you mean in the hospital?" Roman asks and I sigh, closing my eyes.
"Mia and Luka were born 2 months premature, Luka was weak but he fought, and Mia kept fighting but was never getting better, turns out she has a heart problem so they had to go in a fix it, but before they could fix it... they found out that she has a weak immune system, a very weak immune system so they haven't been able to repair her heart," I explain and then I look at the time.
"Look, I gotta go, I'll see you tomorrow," I say and I jump into my car and drive off.
Spanish translations:
Tráelo a las perras! - Bring it on bitches!
