Rise Above The Storm

Brian smiled as he took and looked at her, "I am lucky." Brian grinned smiling as he turned onto the street of Dom's place.

***

Lauren took and stood in front of the mirror on the dresser, as she looked at her reflection. Frowning at the bruise on her arm, and lower side from Tran's attack earlier. She sighed. Hearing Dom she quickly pulled her shirt down and saw him admiring her stomach. "I feel like I have popped over night." Lauren admitted.

"You look beautiful," Dom stated honestly, wrapping his arms around her from behind and resting his hands on her bump, "The others will be here soon."

Lauren smiled at him as she looked at him, "Dom,Tran attacked me earlier."

"He did what?" Dom stated angrily, "What happened?"

Lauren turned around and stared at him, "I was at the store. He cornered me with his men. He issued threats, grabbed my arm pushed me into a shelf. I have a few bruises, but I am ok for the most part, I guess. Just--" She stopped, frowning. "Scared." She admitted to her fiancé.

Pulling into the driveway, Brian killed the engine to the SUV. Getting out he got Seb out and smiled holding him close as he walked with Addison into the house.

"What does he want?" Dom added, "You should have told me as soon as this happened baby."

***

"Damn, I forgot his pacifier, I'll be right in," Addison said, retrieving the keys to the truck from Brian's pocket and heading back outside.

She was just walking back up the path to the house, when the sound of bike engines caught her attention and bullets started flying.

"You had wanted this BBQ tonight, I didn't think it was a big deal." Lauren sighed. "He never came out and said. Just said you'd take and no soon enough." Lauren told him hearing gun shots. "Oh my god." Lauren looked at Dom.

***

Brian heard the gunshots, as soon as he entered the house and stopped. Handing Seb to Vince, he ran outside seeing Tran speeding off with his gang, and looked for Addison. "Addy!" Brian screamed out.

Addison dove behind Vince's car, keeping her head down and flinching as the bullets ricocheted off the metal. Everything soon fell silent and Addison lifted her head, peering out from behind the car. The sound of bike engines moving away from the house and Brian's desperate scream of her name, told her that it was safe.

"Brian," she said, stepping out and running to him.

***

"Stay here," Dom told Lauren as he raced downstairs, hearing Brian shout Addison's name and rushing outside in time to see Addison run into Brian's arms, "Are you okay?"

"Tran," Addison replied.

Brian kept a grip on Addison and held her close. Brian kissed her head sighing in relief, "I am going to kill that son of a bitch, Dom." Brian told Dom.

***

Lauren took and sighed as she walked out onto the porch seeing Addison and Brian. Frowning she slowly walked down the steps and rested her hand on her bump. "A lot of this has to do with the race wars." Addison looked up at Dom.

"There's always been competition between us, but he's never gone this far..." Dom said, running a hand over his face, "There's a better way to deal with Tran without stooping to his level."

"We beat him at race wars," Addison finished quietly.

"Exactly," Dom stated with a nod, "With our driving abilities, we could easily win and then Tran has no choice but to back off."

Brian looked at Dom holding Addison close, "Let's do it then." Brian said looking at Dom nodding his head.

"I'm in," Addison told them, taking Seb as Vince joined them and kissing his head.

"Are you sure that you're okay to race?" Dom asked with a frown.

"I'm fine, my medication is on track and I feel good," Addison reassured everyone.

Brian looked at Dom nodding his head, "I can vouch that." Brian said. "I am in as well. Tran needs to be stopped, Dom." Brian admitted to Dom.

"I'm in too," Vince added from behind Addison, placing his hands on Addison's shoulders, "Tran needs to know his place for the safety of everyone, especially the younger generations."

Brian nodded his head with a smile.

Race wars were a huge deal within the race scene, if you won there then nobody touched you and that would include Tran. If only her mother was as easy to deal with.

Brian took and sat with everyone later on, and smiled. Holding Addison close to him and watching Lauren cuddle with Seb he smiled to himself. "Familia." Brian grinned at Dom.

"Familia," Addison agreed with a grin, resting her head on Brian's shoulder and entwining their fingers.

"Hell yeah we are," Vince agreed as everyone else nodded in agreement.

Brian smiled at everyone and kept close to Addison smiling at her.

"Seb needs a feed," Addison announced as she headed inside, heating up the bottle and handing it over to Lauren with a fond smile.