-Los Angeles, California-

Mirabella Mariposa Ortiz stood at the funeral grounds with her family. Well they were the people that she grew up around, not her blood family. The funeral was for her mother Leticia "Letty" Ortiz, who had been murdered a few days ago. Mirabella, called Bella by her family, stood next to her 'aunt' Mia; holding onto her hand as they listened to the priest read the last rites over her mother's coffin.

Soon the group left the burial site as they lowered Letty into the ground behind the retreating groups.

"Aunt Mia, am I going back to live with you guys?" Mirabella asked as the sixteen year old looked up at her sort of step-aunt.

"No sweetie, since Letty and Dom were never married you have to go to your Uncle in Charming. I think Letty said his name is Jean Carlos." Mia told the younger girl. Mirabella looked down at the ground as they headed for Mia's car to leave the funeral grounds.

"Aunt Mia I'm going to ride with Jesse. I want to say good bye to him before I'm made to leave you guys for someone that I don't know." Mia nodded and let go of her hand. Mirabella slowly trailed over to her boyfriend of three years. Jesse stood next to his father's white Jetta and watched Mirabella walk over to him.

"Aunt Mia says I have to go live with my Uncle Jean Carlos in Charming because Mom and Dom weren't married so he legally can't keep me here." Mirabella told him as they got into the Jetta.

"I'm going with you. I'm not going to have you go somewhere new without someone you know along with you." Jesse told her. They stopped at Mia's house for Mirabella to go inside. The couple got out of the car and walked into the house in Echo Park.

Mirabella was surprised to find Dominic Toretto standing in the kitchen of the house. "Dad!" Mirabella yelled as she ran to him and jumped into his arms.

"Hey Bella. I got a call saying that you have to leave here to stay with Letty's brother." Dom said and Mirabella nodded into his chest. "Jesse and I will help you pack up and take you to Charming in the morning. Is that okay Bella?" Dom asked her as he pulled her away to look into her eyes.

"I don't want to leave you and Aunt Mia. I want to stay here with you, I don't even know this person that is Mom's brother. Why do I have to be with someone that probably doesn't even know about me just because you and Mom never legally married each other?" Mirabella asked him. She considered Dom the closest thing she had ever had to a father because he had always been there for her and her mother since Letty had run away at sixteen, scared and pregnant with Mirabella.

"It's the law princess. I hate it too and I'm sure that Mia, Vince, Leon and especially Jesse hate it just as much." Dom said quietly to her. "Go on up to your room, you need to relax. I'll come up in a little bit, Jesse go with her." Jesse nodded to Dom and taking Mirabella's hand in his, led her upstairs to the room that she had once shared with her mother then became her own after Dom and Letty had gotten together.

Jesse sat in the chair at Mirabella's desk while she took a seat in the middle of her full size bed. "Are you going to just come down with me then leave me there?" Mirabella asked him.

"Of course not! I'll get my own place and stay down there in Charming until you are eighteen and able to come back to live with Dom and Mia." Jesse told her. "I love you Bella, I won't leave you after four years together, I'm not like that babe." Mirabella gave him a small smile and watched as he moved onto her bed with her.

"So what do you want to take with you?" Jesse asked her. Mirabella looked around the room and the empty boxes around her and Jesse.

"My clothes of course, my pictures, CDs, maybe you could take my DVDs for your place. I'll start packing up my clothes if you could get the CDs?" She asked him and he nodded as she headed for her dresser and he headed for the desk at the other side of the room.

"Remember to leave something out for tomorrow." Mia said as she passed the room and stopped to look at Mirabella. "You really look just like your mom sweetie, except the eyes." Mia told her and smiled sadly at her.

"I love you Aunt Mia. This uncle of mine will never replace you or Dad in my hearts at all. I promise that." Mirabella said as she stopped placing her clothes into the box and walked over to Mia to give her a huge hug.

"I know that princess. I love you too princess. Now finish packing so that you have everything ready for tomorrow." Mia told her as she let go of Mirabella and walked downstairs to the kitchen.

Mirabella resumed packing, taking out an outfit for the next day and putting it on her bed. She also left her black boots out and rooted around in her closet for her motorcycle helmet, she wasn't going to leave her bike here without anyone to ride it to keep it in good condition.

After a little while Dom came up and helped Mirabella and Jesse pack and then he and Jesse took the boxes out to the Jetta and Dom's Dodge Charger. The next morning rose sunny and warm and Mirabella dreaded getting out of the bed and leaving the only family she had ever known.

She got out of her bed, walked over to the clothes she left out yesterday and walked into the bathroom. After a shower and brushing her teeth she got changed into a pair of worn-in blue jeans, a purple tee shirt and her black boots. She tucked all of her hair into a pony tail, grabbed her helmet, sunglasses and keys and headed downstairs.

"Ready baby girl?" Dom asked as he looked up at her. She nodded and sat down next to him, reaching for a glass and the orange juice. After the three were done with their breakfast they headed out of the house, said goodbye to Leon, Vince and Mia and headed for the Jetta, Charger and Harley Davidson black and purple motorcycle.

Dom got into his Charger, Jesse in his Jetta and Mirabella hopped onto her bike, putting her helmet and sunglasses on then putting the key in and starting the bike up. Dom lead the way down to Charming with Mirabella behind him and Jesse behind her.

-Charming, California-

Juice was in the Teller-Morrow Garage working on his bike when he and the rest of the guys heard the sound of high performance engines at the garage entrance.

Juice stood and looked out as Clay and Jax walked over to a large bald man, a smaller man with a black beanie on his head and a girl that had just stepped off of a black and purple Harley Davidson.

"That's Letty's bike." Juice whispered to himself. He saw the girl remove her helmet and he saw that she looked just like his sister. He watched as the three strangers talked with Clay and Jax before Clay called him over.

"This is Jean Carlos Ortiz?" The girl asked. 'Even her voice is the same' Juice thought as he tried to get a better look at the girl that stood there.

"I go by Juice but yes, I'm Jean Carlos Ortiz. Who are you three?"

"I'm Dominic Toretto, this is Jesse Metcalf and my step-daughter Mirabella Mariposa Ortiz, she's also your niece." The bald man introduced.

"My niece? I thought she was my sister! Where's my sister?" Juice asked as he looked over at the girl. He noticed that she had not removed her sunglasses the entire time that she had been here.

"Mom was murdered a couple of days ago." Mirabella said quietly. She removed her sunglasses and Juice saw that she looked like Letty, all except her eyes, those were a bright piercing blue.

"Juice since Mirabella here is sixteen, she has to stay with you until she turns eighteen. Can you handle that?" Clay asked as he looked at the younger man that he still felt was irresponsible.

"Yeah I can. Why don't you stay with your step-father?" Juice asked Mirabella.

"Dom and Mom were never married, just lived together for the past sixteen years. Dom is not considered my step-father by the law because he wasn't married to Mom when she was murdered. So I have to stay with you, someone that I've only ever heard of a few days ago. Jesse is staying with me since he is my boyfriend but Dom will be going back to L. A. in a few days aft he makes sure I'm settled. Is that okay with you Uncle Jean?" Mirabella asked.

"That's fine with me Mirabella. How old is Jesse?"

"Call me Bella." Mirabella told him and he nodded.

"I'm nineteen, Bella and I have been together for four years now, her parents had no problem with it. Do you?" Jesse questioned, as he looked Juice in the eyes.

"No I don't but just watch her around the other guys and if you hurt her you will be hurt." Juice told him.

"I don't think you have the right to threaten my boyfriend just yet, you only just found out that I'm your niece. Give it a few days and then after we get to know each other better you can threaten him." Mirabella told him. Clay and Jax laughed at the sixteen year old as she told Juice when he could threaten her boyfriend.

"I think you'll get along with my mom great Bella." Jax told her. "Want to go meet her?" Mirabella nodded her head and she and Jesse followed Jax to the office while Dom stayed with Clay and Juice, filling them in on the whole story in more details.

"Mom? You here?" Jax called into the office.

"Hey Jax, who's this?" Gemma Teller-Morrow asked as she saw Mirabella and Jesse behind Jax.

"I'm Juice's niece that he just met a half hour ago. My name is Mirabella Mariposa Ortiz but you can call me Bella. This is my boyfriend Jesse Metcalf. I'm here to live with Juice because my mother was murdered and since I'm sixteen and my mom never married who I consider my father they sent me here to live with someone I've never met. Gotta love the legal systems right?" Mirabella said sarcastically.

"I couldn't agree more Bella. It's nice to meet you sweetie. You want to help me in here?" Gemma asked.

"Sure! I'd love something to do until Dom is done talking to your husband and my uncle. Jesse you and Jax can go back to where they are if you want." Mirabella said, the guys didn't need to be told twice and left the office, leaving Gemma and Mirabella alone.