Owen woke me when we started to make our landing and I jerked awake, immediately looking for Dominic's son however Owen reassured me that he was fine. "Easy, easy, he's right there." Lifting my head I blinked away the sleep to see the baby sat happily in his carrier, perched on the table facing the window so that he could see what was going on. Relaxing I exhaled, dropping my head for a moment before sitting up and pushing back whatever it was that covered me. Blinking I suddenly looked, realising that someone had put a blanket over me whilst I slept.

"Thought you'd get cold." Deckard supplied without looking across to me so I sent him a look, contemplating for a moment before I sat up.

"Thank you." Pausing a moment I thought back to our escapade on the plane and how he'd watched my back. "For everything. Guess we can call the score even now."

"I hope so, I worked hard enough for it." Unable to help it I smiled, Deckard finally turning his face away from the window to return my smile. Holding his gaze a little while longer I then looked to Owen, smiling at him too until gradually, all three of us began to chuckle and laugh. It all felt totally ridiculous, twenty four hours ago I would have happily put both of them in the ground but now, I felt like we were old friends. Guess a common enemy and a gunfight can do wonders for clearing the air. Remaining in my seat until we touched down, I was glad to be able to get up, stretch my legs and actually get changed. Apparently we'd stopped off in England to refuel which I seemed to have slept through and I laughed when I saw Deckard had bought the little Toretto a little boxing mitten with the English flag as a gift from the airport shop.

Before heading over to where Dom and the others we stopped to first, take care of the baby because he needed a change of clothes and his diaper changing. It was an interesting conversation deciding who received the honour of getting to change the baby, however when all the guys chickened out of it I took charge and went to a women's bathroom in order to figure out how to change and clean him. Thankfully there were a few other women in the bathroom and they seemed to take pity on me, instructing me on how to properly clean the baby and when I finally had him in a fresh diaper, clean clothes I was rather proud of myself.

I too was given the chance to shower and change, though unfortunately I had no choice in the wardrobe change as the clothes were brought for me. That meant I was left with a beautiful white flowing sundress, a pair of tiny shorts and a pair of heels. When I returned to everyone else, I was not exactly what you'd call happy. "Alright, whoever chose my wardrobe obviously never read my file, because this is not how I dress and I feel like I'm about to fall over in these shoes, so we're going to have to stop to pick up my bag with all my stuff." I announced haughtily, folding my arms as the Shaw brothers both looked me up and down.

"I'm not seeing the problem here." Owen informed me so I gave him a glare strong enough to put him in an early grave.

"Have to say I agree. Nothing wrong with what you're wearing." Scowling unhappily Mr Nobody tried to tell me that I should embrace my feminine side.

"Being feminine isn't exactly ideal when I'm working on engines all the time and getting covered in oil and grease." I responded a little sharply before forcing myself to calm down. The other guy who was with Mr Nobody, his pupil or something, hadn't closed his mouth since I had appeared from the changing rooms. "You either close that mouth right now or I put my fist into the gap." Quickly his jaw was picked up from the floor and he gulped, looking away rather hurriedly before clumsily offering to open the door for me however Deckard got there first.

"Allow me." He brushed aside the Nobody Jr. then opened the door whilst extending his hand towards me. "After you madam." Giving him a look I snorted in amusement and walked forwards, balancing carefully in my shoes.

"Seriously. I put on heels and a dress and suddenly the testosterone around here is unbelievable." Out the corner of my eye I saw Deckard grin, closing the door behind me as I shifted to check on the baby Toretto who was already strapped into his seat in the car. As the escort of cars drove us through the city I found myself growing more and more agitated and twitchy, realising that I was not only going to see Dominic and have to explain to him how his son took a lesson in flying but also, I was going to see Han after a year. Next to me Deckard looked down to my shaking hand, frowning slightly before looking at my face.

Without a word he reached out and actually placed his hand on mine, giving my fingers a secure squeeze and it shocked me out of my nervousness, staring at him as he gave me an understanding look. "I'm probably not the first person you'd want to hear this from, but if you need me to deck anybody, you just let me know." Still taken aback, I didn't even think to retrieve my hand from under his as Deckard continued to carefully read my expression. "You're nervous about seeing your boyfriend again."

"Ex." I murmured without thinking before shaking my head. "I mean, yes, but that's not all." Tilting his head curiously I lifted my hand free and gripped my hair tightly. "How the hell am I going to tell Dominic about the whole skydiving thing?!" Now Deckard was taken aback, looking at me quickly before spluttering with laughter so I whacked him in the chest. "This is nothing to laugh about! Seriously, he's going to kill us. He gave us one job and we almost botched it completely! If he gets mad, I'm blaming everything on you, you hear?"

"Alright, alright, if that makes you feel better, I'll take the heat." Slumping in my seat I leaned back my head and closed my eyes, allowing my arms to fall to my sides. "But you shouldn't worry. You're the reason that little guy is still alive. You'll be his hero for the rest of his life, so don't think too much about it." A small smile curled on my lips. Han always said I worried too much. I wonder if he looks different. How was he even going to react to me being there? What do I even say to him? "And about that boyfriend of yours, well I think he was an idiot for ever letting you go." Opening my eyes to look at Deckard, I regarded him carefully.

"In his defence, he had good reason to push me away. He was being threatened by his psycho killer brother."

"Still, I wouldn't have let you get away from me for so long." Placing his hand on my shoulder Deckard gave it a friendly pat. "Like I said, you need someone put in the ground, you just let me know sweetheart." For a moment I was silent, unable to speak for a few moments until I had gathered my thoughts.

"You have a strange way of making friends, Deck." I informed him bluntly, folding my arms. "First you try to kill them then you offer to kill people for them. What kind of childhood did you have?"

"Somewhat ordinary, to be honest." Now that I did not believe and the both of us smirked, knowing that that was a conversation for another time. When we got out the car Deckard picked up the carrier with our little friend inside, telling him that he was going to meet his daddy. I was silent all the way up, Mr Nobody and his disciple having already gone up since they were in the car in front of us. "You ready?"

"I jumped out of a plane with only a parachute and no prior experience. How hard can this be?" I questioned a little nervously so Deckard reached out and pulled me towards him. Once again he took me by surprise, giving me a supportive one armed hug which actually felt rather comforting and I accepted it, needing that stoic strength which I had been missing for a very long time. We took the elevator to the top floor before taking the stairs to the roof, Deckard kindly helping me by letting me grip onto his free hand since my shoes were completely impractically and I was still learning to walk properly in them.

He went first and I started to follow but then I stopped, freezing in place. The door swung shut in front of me and I found myself completely rooted to the ground. On the other side of the door I could hear the quiet hum of conversation but only now was the reality hitting me. My chest seized up and for a moment I couldn't breathe, feeling an entire year of repressed emotions crash into me all at once. Hot tears began to slide down my face so I pressed my eyes shut and gave a shuddering breath, turning around to grip onto the railings for support. For a few minutes I was able to stand alone, letting a few of those tears slide free before I dried my face and just as I did so, the door opened and Deckard looked through. "You alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine. Sorry, I just…needed a moment." Grunting in answer he pushed the door further open to let me through, revealing warm sunlight and the delicious smells of the famous Toretto barbeque. Moving forwards as slowly as I could I glanced to Deckard, pausing to consider simply running away however his hand went to my back and gently urged me forwards.

"Go on, they're waiting for you." That's when I looked ahead and immediately a swarm of familiar and new faces greeted me. Everyone cheered in greeting, Roman's voice being one of the most distinguished as he spread his arms.

"There's our little skydiver! Surprised you didn't drop in on us from above, huh?" He joked however I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed as I looked at everyone's faces, though when I saw Han, everything else faded away. Once again I found myself frozen, staring at him and as he looked back at me, I saw a distinct pain in his expression which only I could feel the measure of. It was like a splinter driving its way deeper into my chest and it was unable to dislodge itself. Han made a move as if to approach me but stopped himself as suddenly Dominic took up my entire view, his large frame cutting me off from Han.

He was holding his son in his arms and for a moment I appreciated the beauty of the scene, a trembling smile rising to my lips as I looked at the boy then to Dominic who's expression was heavy and heartfelt. "Thank you." His voice rumbled deeply like his Charger, bringing me comfort and somehow, strength. "Thank you, for being part of this family." He told me and his words touched me emotionally as he pulled me into him, hugging me tightly with his son still in his arms. "I know what you did for my son and it was more than I ever expected of anyone." Drawing back I was once again met with Dom's gaze, shocked to see that he was nearly crying. "I owe you everything Cora. Everything."

"I promised I'd have your back, Dominic Toretto." I found myself answering, lifting my hand to touch his arm affectionately. "And I never go back on my word. I'm glad you finally get to hold him, he's really something special." Chuckling in agreement Dominic hugged me again and pressed a kiss to my head, turning around though he kept his arm wrapped around my shoulders for a moment, leaning in to lower his voice.

"Did you get that file I left for you?"

"I got it." I responded, also lowering my voice and keeping my head turned towards him. "You knew all along, didn't you?"

"He swore me to secrecy, I tried to tell him he was being stupid but you know Han. He plays things close to the chest." Dom said to me and I couldn't agree more. With his arm still draped around my shoulder I looked back to Han who was turned towards Tej and Roman who were both arguing over who had dibs over Ramsey. He was snacking on something, guess that old habit came back after all. As I looked at him I couldn't help but think just how much I had missed him all these months, all that reality coming and smacking me in the face like a ten tonne truck and I realised in that moment that all I wanted was for Han and I to go back to the way things were.

"Welcome back, it's good to see you again." Letty smiled as Dom let me go, her arms coming around to hug me so I returned the embrace, giving a smile as everyone began to move forwards. Ramsey slipped away from the boys to also greet me, hugging me also and congratulating me on my heroics though quite honestly I wanted to think about that as little as possible considering it was the most terrifying moment of my life.

"So you're the little girl I've heard so much about." I didn't think it was possible, but there was actually a guy bigger and more muscular than Dom and it came in the shape of Luke Hobbs who now stood before me. Of course, I never back down from any kind of challenge and this was no different.

"I think you'll find the only thing 'little' about me is my size." I informed him rather boldly, placing my hands on my hips and unable to stop myself from smiling. "So you're the guy who got kicked around by Dom like a football." This made Hobbs laugh, displaying a row of rather pearly white teeth, the two of us facing one another before finally he nodded his head in approval.

"We'll get along just fine. This is my daughter, I think you two will have a lot to talk about, I know she's been asking about you for the last two hours."

"Dad!" Chuckling softly I introduced myself properly to Hobbs's daughter, shaking her hand before turning around to find myself being hugged and greeted by Tej and Roman, both of them asking for the details of what went down on the plane whilst Roman simultaneously tried to tell me all about his heroics in the submarine and on the ice field however everything sort of blurred out of focus as I looked past them to see Han again. He was standing back from everyone else who'd gathered around me so I pushed my way through, sliding between the boys to move towards him.

I saw him react with surprise, blinking at me as I crossed the distance in four very long and surprisingly confident steps, slowly moving towards him and not once did I look away. He stood upright as I reached him, his gaze dropping a little to look me over and for once, I was intensely grateful that someone had given me cute clothes to wear as now that I had his full attention, I didn't want him to look anywhere else. He was still so familiar to me, nothing about him having changed. Even his scent was the same and as I leaned in towards him, I left him no time and no room to escape or push back as I splayed my hand against his chest to feel his pulsing heart underneath my fingertips, feeling it speed up and seemingly tremble as I closed my eyes and closed the distance between us.

Everything that I wanted to say to him fell away from my mind as I kissed him, not caring who was watching or the fact there were children present though I did my best to keep it as tame as possible. It took every ounce of my restraint to simply touch my lip against his and not seek out more but I was satisfied with this for the time being. At the very least, I wanted him to know that I understood why he did what he did and that I forgave him and thankfully, when I pulled back and looked at him, I could see from the way he was barely holding back his emotions that he understood. Smiling fondly at him I gazed into his features, my fingers naturally brushing through his hair as my other hand remained anchored to his heart though he was now gripping onto my wrist tightly, like he was afraid to let go. "Baka." A weak laugh escaped him and Han closed his eyes to get control of his emotions so I reached up and kissed him again, sweetly conveying my affection before all at once his arms snatched me to him and he embraced me with everything he had.

"Cora…Cora…"

"I'm here." Behind us several whistles and cheers sounded, a round of applause sounding and when Han and I broke apart we were both smiling, looking back to our family who celebrated our reunion and shared in our feelings. Dom called everyone to the table and Han pulled me into the seat next to him, sealing another kiss to my lips before holding my hand in his. I had missed this, the sense of completion that only Han seemed to bring. As Dom introduced his son, Brian, to everyone, the smile never once left my face though when I glanced across the table to Deckard, he winked at me knowingly.

I was happy in that moment, happier than I had felt in a long time and quite possibly, had ever felt. Everybody came together for food and there was harmony at the table, emotions rising high as Dom finally met his son, I finally got Han back and everyone revelled in the sensation of freedom. There were no more enemies, no more danger and nothing to keep us from living our lives and no matter how many future trials we were to face, none of us felt fear as no matter what, we would always have family and fast cars.