* 2 ½ years ago*
Antoinette James was walking through the prison with the
guard escorting her. She had come to see one of her
closest friends, Roman Pierce, who had been in for about
two years. Smoothing out the light green tank top and
stone washed jeans she had worn; she followed the guard
into the conference room where she knew Rome would be
waiting for her. Sitting down and tossing her long,
wavy, blonde hair over her shoulder and picked up the
receiver.
"Hey Rome what's up with you?" she asked smiling at him.
"Hey Anni, you do realize that's kind of a dumb question
don't you?" He asked her looking at her smugly.
"Shut up, Roman. I only asked because I care about you,
dumbass."
"Oh that hurts. I think you're gonna break my heart." He
said trying not to laugh. Antoinette responded to this
by sticking her tongue out at him. "So what brings you
here? You usually only visit every other week, and here
you are two weeks in a row."
"Well Brian had a double shift to work an-" She began
but was quickly cut off.
"You still haven't dropped his ass yet? When are you
gonna see that he ain't good for you?" He asked trying
hard to believe what she was saying.
"Rome you need to chill out, alright?" She said, the
irritation of having this conversation repeatedly
showing in her voice.
"I'm not gonna chill out Anni. He's the god damn reason
I'm even in here." He said getting angry because of the
way she was defending him.
"Brian's not the reason you in here Rome. It was you
own fucking fault and you need to start owning up to
your damn responsibilities!"
"Listen Antoinette," he said using her whole first name
to stress his point, "One of these days he's gonna hurt
you, and you'll see what I'm talking about. I just
don't want that for you girlie."
"Rome, he won't hurt me, he loves me okay? And when he
finds out we're going to have a baby he's just gonna
love me all the more."
"Wait, hold up a minute! Did you just say that you're
going to have a baby?"
"Did I stutter?"
"So you're telling me there's gonna be a mini-you
running around soon?"
"Or a mini-Brian. You know it could look like him."
"I don't think so. The baby'll take after you."
How do you know that, huh?"
"Cause number one, you couldn't have an ugly kid, and
number two, you're a hella lot better looking than Brian
and anything less than a carbon copy of you wouldn't do
you justice as it's mother."
"Aww that's sweet. And just for the record, I would
hope you find me more attractive than Brian, or has the
prison life gotten to ya?"
"Ha ha you're real funny." Rome said dryly.
"I thought it was." She said grinning at him through the
glass. At that moment the guard called to the two of
them,
"Miss James, Pierce, You've got a minute left." Waving
at the guard to let him know they heard, Antoinette
turned back to Rome.
"Well I guess we should wrap this up."
"Yeah you're right. Take care of yourself and that baby
alright?"
"Okay Rome I will, I promise." She said crossing her
heart.
"I'm serious, and Anni, if he hurts you I'll kick his
ass." He told her.
"Okay Rome. Well I've gotta go so I'll talk to you
later."
"Bye girlie."
With that Antoinette set the receiver down, waved
goodbye to Rome, and followed the guard through the
doors and back to freedom. She hated going to the
prison. She felt like she was constantly being stared
at by the inmates, and it freaked her out a little. She
did it anyways though because she knew that Rome needed
her. His mom didn't live in the state any more and
wasn't able to visit so she was all that he had. As she
made it over to her hot pink RX-7, she couldn't help but
think about how Brian was going to react when she told
him they were having a baby. 'He'll be perfectly fine
with it,' she told herself, 'Maybe a little shocked but
that's gotta be expected. Hell I was shocked when I
found out.' Closing her car door, she put the keys in
the ignition, and listened to the engine purr. If there
had been one thing she had inherited from her family
back in L.A. it had been their love for cars and the
need for speed. She remembered being afraid of cars for
the longest time after her dad had died. It had been so
bad that she had refused to be in a car traveling over
fifty miles per hour. That was until she'd met Rome and
Brian, they had reintroduced her to the world that she
loved and had missed so much. They'd also help her get
over the loss of losing her father even if they didn't
know it.
After driving the hour and a half it took her to get
home, she pulled into her parking spot, turned the
engine off, grabbed her purse and walked to her
apartment expecting to find Brian there since his shift
had ended and hour ago. Unlocking and opening the door,
she set her keys and purse on the small table next to
the door.
"Bri, I'm home baby." Antoinette called through the
apartment. "Brian are you here?"
Not hearing the shower running she decided to look in
their bedroom. When she couldn't find him in there she
looked in the kitchen, which was the only other room
that you couldn't see into when you walked in the door.
Seeing that he wasn't in the kitchen she decided to get
something to drink. Taking the orange juice out of the
refrigerator, she grabbed a glass from the cupboard, and
just as she was about to take a drink she noticed the
piece of paper lying on the counter, Brian's messy
scrawl on it. Sitting her glass back down she picked up
the note and read it. After Antoinette had finished
reading the note she reread it again. The phrases that
stuck out the most in her mind were 'I'm leaving',
'Don't know if I'm coming back', and 'Don't try to call,
or even contact me'. With all these thoughts running
through her mind, Antoinette sunk to the ground with two
thoughts, and they were 'Rome was right', and 'What's
Dom gonna say when he finds out?'.
A/N: Hey!! Like I said in the Summary this is slightly
Alternate Universe because Brian never hooks it up with
Mia like in the first movie because that would just be
nasty. Hope you enjoy reading this and if ya want to
drop me a line. Gotta go now. Bye
Antoinette James was walking through the prison with the
guard escorting her. She had come to see one of her
closest friends, Roman Pierce, who had been in for about
two years. Smoothing out the light green tank top and
stone washed jeans she had worn; she followed the guard
into the conference room where she knew Rome would be
waiting for her. Sitting down and tossing her long,
wavy, blonde hair over her shoulder and picked up the
receiver.
"Hey Rome what's up with you?" she asked smiling at him.
"Hey Anni, you do realize that's kind of a dumb question
don't you?" He asked her looking at her smugly.
"Shut up, Roman. I only asked because I care about you,
dumbass."
"Oh that hurts. I think you're gonna break my heart." He
said trying not to laugh. Antoinette responded to this
by sticking her tongue out at him. "So what brings you
here? You usually only visit every other week, and here
you are two weeks in a row."
"Well Brian had a double shift to work an-" She began
but was quickly cut off.
"You still haven't dropped his ass yet? When are you
gonna see that he ain't good for you?" He asked trying
hard to believe what she was saying.
"Rome you need to chill out, alright?" She said, the
irritation of having this conversation repeatedly
showing in her voice.
"I'm not gonna chill out Anni. He's the god damn reason
I'm even in here." He said getting angry because of the
way she was defending him.
"Brian's not the reason you in here Rome. It was you
own fucking fault and you need to start owning up to
your damn responsibilities!"
"Listen Antoinette," he said using her whole first name
to stress his point, "One of these days he's gonna hurt
you, and you'll see what I'm talking about. I just
don't want that for you girlie."
"Rome, he won't hurt me, he loves me okay? And when he
finds out we're going to have a baby he's just gonna
love me all the more."
"Wait, hold up a minute! Did you just say that you're
going to have a baby?"
"Did I stutter?"
"So you're telling me there's gonna be a mini-you
running around soon?"
"Or a mini-Brian. You know it could look like him."
"I don't think so. The baby'll take after you."
How do you know that, huh?"
"Cause number one, you couldn't have an ugly kid, and
number two, you're a hella lot better looking than Brian
and anything less than a carbon copy of you wouldn't do
you justice as it's mother."
"Aww that's sweet. And just for the record, I would
hope you find me more attractive than Brian, or has the
prison life gotten to ya?"
"Ha ha you're real funny." Rome said dryly.
"I thought it was." She said grinning at him through the
glass. At that moment the guard called to the two of
them,
"Miss James, Pierce, You've got a minute left." Waving
at the guard to let him know they heard, Antoinette
turned back to Rome.
"Well I guess we should wrap this up."
"Yeah you're right. Take care of yourself and that baby
alright?"
"Okay Rome I will, I promise." She said crossing her
heart.
"I'm serious, and Anni, if he hurts you I'll kick his
ass." He told her.
"Okay Rome. Well I've gotta go so I'll talk to you
later."
"Bye girlie."
With that Antoinette set the receiver down, waved
goodbye to Rome, and followed the guard through the
doors and back to freedom. She hated going to the
prison. She felt like she was constantly being stared
at by the inmates, and it freaked her out a little. She
did it anyways though because she knew that Rome needed
her. His mom didn't live in the state any more and
wasn't able to visit so she was all that he had. As she
made it over to her hot pink RX-7, she couldn't help but
think about how Brian was going to react when she told
him they were having a baby. 'He'll be perfectly fine
with it,' she told herself, 'Maybe a little shocked but
that's gotta be expected. Hell I was shocked when I
found out.' Closing her car door, she put the keys in
the ignition, and listened to the engine purr. If there
had been one thing she had inherited from her family
back in L.A. it had been their love for cars and the
need for speed. She remembered being afraid of cars for
the longest time after her dad had died. It had been so
bad that she had refused to be in a car traveling over
fifty miles per hour. That was until she'd met Rome and
Brian, they had reintroduced her to the world that she
loved and had missed so much. They'd also help her get
over the loss of losing her father even if they didn't
know it.
After driving the hour and a half it took her to get
home, she pulled into her parking spot, turned the
engine off, grabbed her purse and walked to her
apartment expecting to find Brian there since his shift
had ended and hour ago. Unlocking and opening the door,
she set her keys and purse on the small table next to
the door.
"Bri, I'm home baby." Antoinette called through the
apartment. "Brian are you here?"
Not hearing the shower running she decided to look in
their bedroom. When she couldn't find him in there she
looked in the kitchen, which was the only other room
that you couldn't see into when you walked in the door.
Seeing that he wasn't in the kitchen she decided to get
something to drink. Taking the orange juice out of the
refrigerator, she grabbed a glass from the cupboard, and
just as she was about to take a drink she noticed the
piece of paper lying on the counter, Brian's messy
scrawl on it. Sitting her glass back down she picked up
the note and read it. After Antoinette had finished
reading the note she reread it again. The phrases that
stuck out the most in her mind were 'I'm leaving',
'Don't know if I'm coming back', and 'Don't try to call,
or even contact me'. With all these thoughts running
through her mind, Antoinette sunk to the ground with two
thoughts, and they were 'Rome was right', and 'What's
Dom gonna say when he finds out?'.
A/N: Hey!! Like I said in the Summary this is slightly
Alternate Universe because Brian never hooks it up with
Mia like in the first movie because that would just be
nasty. Hope you enjoy reading this and if ya want to
drop me a line. Gotta go now. Bye