"Mama, why is that car sitting there?" Rosa asks me as she points out the black car sitting across the road and I sigh.

"I'm not sure baby, we will ask Auntie Mia when we get inside, okay?" Both Luka and Rosa nod and I smile as I pull into the driveway of the Toretto house for the first time in around 9 years.

"What the hell happened?!" I ask Mia as we sit at the dining room table with Luka and Rosa sitting next to us.

"I don't know, Letty was up to something, she was leaving at all hours of day and night. She wouldn't tell me what was going on and the moment all of this started... Brian came back," Mia tells me and I sigh in frustration.

"My bloody idiot of a brother, who I haven't seen in four years," I mutter.

"Miami?" She looks at me and I nod.

"Oooh, I haven't told you, have I?" She shakes her head with a glare on her face.

"Remember when I told you about the job that I had to do? Well, it involved Brian and an old friend from Barstow, we took down Carter Verone, the biggest drag lord in Miami, Brian and Roman stopped by a few days afterwards but then Brian disappeared while Roman and I stayed in Miami with Rosa and Luka, I can't believe that Brin has become a cop again," I mutter, shaking my head as I place them in my hands.

"Neither can I, I never wanted to see him again Marley, he pulled our family apart and then ran," Mia sighs so I grab ahold of her hands as Rosa and Luka walk over and wrap their arms around Mia.

"Uncle Brian is mean Aunt Mia," Rosa mutters as her arms wrap around Mia's neck while Luka holds her waist.

"Yes he is baby, he hurt her, but he does love you," I tell my children who nod as Mia ties away her tears.

"Okay, so what is it that we need to do around the house?" I wonder as I look around.

"Well, I need to take a few things out to the garage that is in Letty's room, and then dinner needs to be cooked," she looks at me and I nod.

"Well, you get started on Letty's room while I get started on dinner, okay?" She nods and then walks up the stairs, I sigh and turn to my children.

"Okay, Aunt Mia is hurting a lot right now okay? Her friend Letty has died and Uncle Brian is in L.A, he hurt Aunt Mia a few years ago and she still hates him for it, so what we are going to do is make sure that the house is neat and that you 2 are on your best behaviour, okay?" I tell them and they nod.

"Okay, go," they run off and up the stairs, as I walk into the kitchen to get started on dinner.

~~~ 20 minutes later ~~~

"That was delicious Marley, where did you learn how to make that?" Mia asks as we wash and dry the dishes quietly to let Rosa and Luka sleep on the couch.

"From Nala, a good friend from Miami who used to watch the kids for me, she learnt it from her mother and then taught it to me," We finish with the dishes and as I turn around I spot the boxes full of Letty's things.

"Come on, let's let them sleep while we take Letty's things to the garage," Mia nods and we both take a box each, letting the door close behind us. We walk into the garage and put the boxes down, but as we do we hear footsteps from behind and Mia is the first one to turn around, once she sees who it is, she walks over and jumps into their arms.

"I told you not to come, they're staking the place, if they find you..." she tells him and I realise that it is Dom.

"They won't," he stops for a second.

"Come on, look at you, Marley?" He questions but I keep my back turned, too afraid to turn around.

"Look at me, baby," his deep voice enters my ears from close behind me, and I sigh as I finally feel his body pushed against mine. I close my eyes and slowly turn around, and as I do, I run my hands up his arms, across his chest and up to his cheeks, pulling him to my lips in a kiss that I have been waiting to have for years.

"Your back," I mutter as I pull away and open my eyes to look into his dark chocolate brown eyes and smile at the love shining through.

"I'm back, where are they?" He wonders and I smile.

"Inside asleep, we will wait until morning," I tell him and he nods, then we both look around the garage and I spot the half-finished car sitting next to us, I gently grab Dom's attention and point to it.

"Letty and Marley wouldn't let them junk it... even though it is a goddamn curse," Mia tells us and we watch as Dom looks around the car, finally noticing his cross necklace hanging in the mirror, right where I left it, Dom looks over at me and I smile.

"When they both came back, Letty was always in here, working on it day and night, and Marley would help whenever she could come over after they moved to San Diego, it was weird... like they knew you were coming back. So did Luka and Rosa," Mia explains to him as he looks at the necklace.

"I wanna see the crash site," Dom tells Mia who nods, they both begin to leave but stop to look at me.

"No, someone has to stay with the kids, especially if the house is getting staked out, we will be here when you get back," I give Dom a kiss and Mia a hug before leaving the garage and walking inside, as I close the back door, I hear Mia's car leave and I sigh, looking around the kitchen until my eyes land on the photos that Mia has up in the fridge.

I get a bit closer to them and I realise that it was photos from over the years of every family member. There are a few from before I met the family... after I met the family, a photo of the twins and me in hospital after giving birth, a group photo of Dom, Letty, Mia, Vince and 2 others that I never met, there is also a couple of Luka and Rosa growing up over the years, especially both of them standing in front of one of my old cars looking like grease monkeys in need of a bath.

"Mama?" I hear Luka mumble from the kitchen door, so I turn to look at him and I see him rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as Rosa stays asleep on the couch.

"Yes, baby?" I crouch down in front of him.

"Where did Aunt Mia go?" He wonders and I smile.

"She just went for a drive to pick up yours and Rosa's very special surprise because of how good you 2 have been," I tell him and he gets the biggest smile on his face.

"Can we have it now? I can wake Rosa up!" He suggests but I shake my head.

"No baby, you and your sister need to sleep, but you will have the surprise in the morning, how about we go upstairs and jump into bed," I tell him and he nods, I then quickly but quietly pick up Rosa and lead Luka up the stairs to the room that we are staying in which used to be my bedroom.

"Okay, goodnight little man, I will see you in the morning, okay?" He nods as I tuck both him and his sister into the bed beside mine.

"I love you, mama," he yawns and quickly falls asleep and I smile.

"I love you too baby," I whisper and quietly walk out of the room, closing the door behind me.

I walk down the stairs and sit down on the couch, letting out a breath of relief that I can sit down, all of a sudden the back door opens and I hear Mia and Dom's footsteps walking through the kitchen.

"Shhh, Luka and Rosa are asleep," they look at me and nod.

"I'm going to bed, I will see you guys in the morning," Mia walks up the stairs as quietly as she can to go to bed while Dom sits down next to me and pulls my body into his. I didn't realise how tense my body was until I melted like butter in his arms.

"I missed you, so much. So have the twins," I tell him and I lay my head on his shoulder.

"I've missed you guys too, what has it been? 2, or 3 years since we last saw each other?" He remembers and I nod.

"It was after the Miami job that I did with my brother and after he left," I remember and I feel him nod.

"How long are you staying this time?" I wonder and I feel him sigh.

"I'm not sure," I can tell he is hiding something from me as he doesn't make eye contact with me.

"You are going after the people that killed Letty, aren't you?" I look up at his face and he nods.

"Yeah," he admits and I sigh.

"I'm coming with you," I tell him.

"Who will watch the kids?" He wonders.

"Mia, I know she won't want to be a part of whatever we are going to do," he looks down at me and I smile as he pulls me in for a kiss.

"I love you, Marley O'Connor," he looks into my eyes as one of his hands rests on my face.

"I love you too, Dominic Toretto," I lean my head back onto his shoulder and slowly but surely fall asleep in his arms.