Family No Matter What

55.7

"Hello Kitty is awake," Jayden says as Ramsey lets out a groan.
"She don't look like a hacker to me," Rome says as he looks at Tej and Jayden.
"Oh yeah? And what do hackers look like?" Tej asks Rome slightly offended.
"They don't suppose to look like that," Rome answers him as he goes back to looking at Ramsey. "I'm just saying, like, you know how they normally wear them little, weird glasses that's all crooked, and pimples all over their face from drinking soda?"
"Do you mean you freshman year?" Jayden asks with a chuckle causing Rome to glare at her.
"I mean, trust me, with a body like that, you ain't gonna park it behind a computer," Rome states as he looks back at Ramsey. Though Tej is offended by the hacker description, he can't help but nod his head in agreement about Ramsey's body. Brian walks over to Ramsey before squatting down to her height.
"How are you feeling? Did you hit your head?" Brian questions her before she nods. "Feeling nauseous? Ears ringing?" Ramsey shakes her head no. "No?"
"Where's my shoe?" Ramsey asks him, seeing that she is missing a shoe.
"Oh, it flew off when you crashed," Jayden answers her with a slight smile. "You start experiencing any of those things, let us know, okay?"
"I don't know whether to thank you for rescuing me or kick your ass for throwing me off a cliff," Ramsey says as Brian walks away from her.
"Thank us or kick our ass, huh?" Dom asks her as he turns to face her. "How about you tell us where that device is?"
"I mailed it to a friend," Ramsey simply answers him. "In Abu Dhabi."
"That was pretty easy," Jayden says as she watches her to see if she is lying. "That other team would have tortured you for that information."
"I didn't trust them," Ramsey explains to him. "I trust you."
"Now, why would you trust us? You barely know us," Letty asks her with a smirk.
"I know enough," Ramsey answers her before profiling the team, starting with Brian then to Jayden. "Ex-cop. Military, something like that. The way you took out them guys shows training. Sister and there's something else I can't put my finger on." Ramsey then looks over to Tej, while Jayden looks down at the ground knowing what she is hiding. "Tech guy, offended by the hacker remark, naturally." Ramsey moves on to Dom. "Alpha." Then to Letty. "Mrs. Alpha." Then lastly to Rome. "Joker."
"Wrong," Rome tells her as he stands up. "Double alpha. Man candy. You know what I'm saying."
"Man, sit your candy ass down," Tej orders him with a chuckle causing Jayden to laugh.
"The disrespect is real around here," Rome says as he sits back down.
"Life is binary. Zeroes and ones. Only two things keep a group like this together," Ramsey explains as she looks around at the team. "Fear or loyalty. And I don't see a drop of fear among you guys."
"Very impressive," Tej tells her with a smile. "Just one thing." Tej points to Dom and Letty. "They're not married." Letty looks down as she thinks about the flash of a memory she had.
"She's so off, it's crazy. You just gonna roll with it?" Rome asks as he looks at Tej. "You're telling me there can't be a double alpha in one group?"
"You work for US government?" Ramsey asks causing Letty to laugh as she looks to Dom.
"We got similar interests," Dom answers her as he glances at Brian. "Tej, call it in. We're going to the Middle East!"

ON THE PLANE

"Hey," Brian says as he walks over to Dom, who puts his jacket over a sleeping Letty. "Hey, Dom. It was pretty wild on that mountain, huh?"
"No, it was too close," Dom answers him honestly as Jayden wakes up and listens to their conversation. "But we got the job done."
"You know what the crazy thing is, is..." Brian trails off as he shakes his head.
"You miss the bullets," Dom finishes for him, remembering his conversation with Mia.
"Yeah, that's messed up, huh?" Brian asks with a chuckle causing Dom to smile. Jayden lets out a sigh knowing that this isn't the life that either of them expected for themselves.
"Brian, I've seen you jump from trains, dive from planes. Hell, I saw your courage the day I met you," Dom tells him.
"Right," Brian says with a smile.
"Want to know the bravest thing I ever saw you do?" Dom asks him, causing Brian to give a nod. "Be a good man to Mia. Being a great father to my nephew, Jack. An awesome brother to Jay. Everyone's looking for the thrill, but what's real is family. Your family. Hold on to that, Brian." Jayden rests a hand on her stomach with a smile on her face before it slips away as she thinks about Hobbs and how he doesn't know about his family.