Author's note: I don't own anything having to do with The Fast and the Furious only MacKenna belongs to me.

Still a work in progress and don't have everything planned out yet so if there is anything you want to see let me know. It's a little on the short side but I wanted to see what kind of feedback I got before getting too into it. Any criticism is welcome, I'm not used to writing in general point of view but I wanted the challenge, hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

"Mac, this is the third time I've called and you haven't answered. If you don't call me soon I'm going to drive to New York," Leon's voice blared through MacKenna's speaker of her cell phone.

It wasn't that she was purposely ignoring the calls from her big brother but he would often call in the middle of the night forgetting about the time difference but is she answered when he called he would know she wasn't sleeping. Knowing he would make good on his word and drive to New York to check on her she took a deep breath before hitting the number two on her speed dial. It only rang twice before he answered.

"Yeo."

"What's up?" she questioned trying to sound like she had just woken up. When truth was she hadn't been asleep yet.

"I haven't heard from you in a few days, is everything ok?" He asked letting the worry seep through in his voice.

"Everything's fine, just been busy but look Le, it's like four in the morning here, I'll call you later, I promise."

"Alright, just remember anytime you want to come visit the door is always open…" he reminded her for the millionth time and you could hear some rustling in the background, "…and Mia says you need to come visit soon, so you guys can go shopping again."

"Yeah," she laughed thinking about the car full of clothes they came home with the last time she had visited California, "Tell Jesse I miss him and to stay out of trouble, bye."

After MacKenna hung up the phone she walked over to the mirror and applied more concealer to her bruised cheek. Leon knew their mom was a drunk, which was part of the reason he left in the first place, but what he didn't know was that her new boyfriend got a little angry when he drank. With their dad long since gone MacKenna was always the one to take care of her mother when she passed out on the couch, or bailed her out of jail for another DUI. When she was in high school she spent every summer with Leon in California but now that she was older she had a job and it was harder to get away.

Part of her felt guilty, that it was her responsibility to take care of her mom and that if she would just stay out of the way of Max, the new boyfriend, then she wouldn't have anything to worry about. But another part, a larger part, wanted to run as far as she could.

She waited patiently until she could hear Max snoring loudly before slipping out of her room to clean up the broken glass that blanketed the living room floor.

"Watch your hands," her mother slurred from her spot on the couch loosely holding on to a glass of wine.

"I've got it," MacKenna assured her as she went back to thinking about how her life ended up this way. She was so deep in thought she didn't hear the snores stop from the other room, she didn't hear the bedroom door open or notice Max in the living room until her mother spoke up again.

"Stop it," she heard as her mother tried to push Max off of her. MacKenna pivoted on the pads of her feet to see Max with his hand running up her mother's nightgown.

"She said stop!" MacKenna yelled her anger building as she tried to pull Max away but she was no match for his strength and he sent her flying backwards.

When she put her hand to the back of her head where it had collided with the book case and saw blood she had enough. Quickly packing a bag, ignoring the cries from her mother and grabbing her car keys she ran out the house without a second glance back.

It was going to take her two days to get to California but she didn't know where else to go. She could only hope that he really meant she was always welcome. She stopped at some run down motel to get a few hours of sleep before driving the rest of the way. It was nearly five when she pulled up to DT Garage but figured it would be her best bet on where he would be.

"Hey, anyone know of a good mechanic around here?" she called out walking into the garage and smiling when everyone's head turned in her direction.

"Mac?" Leon questioned in surprise rolling out from under a Nissan.

"Hmm," she said looking down at herself, "sure looks like me."

"Sparky!" Jesse exclaimed running over and almost tackling her to the ground. He hated the fact they left her behind in New York but at the time she had insisted that they went and she would be alright. He had always been like another brother to her growing up but she did pick up a few bad habits from him like skipping school and smoking.

"What happened, is everything alright?" Leon asked as Jesse released his hold on her and she sighed in relief, feeling safe for the first time in months, as her brother pulled her into a hug, "I just talked to you, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

"Relax, Le," she laughed, "I wanted to surprise you, is that such a bad thing?" she asked with an eye brow raised.

"Of course not," he shook his head, letting all his concerns slip out of his mind to enjoy the fact that his little sister had showed up.

"What, no one else knows how to say hi?" she teased putting her hands on her hips.

"It's good to see you little one," Dom smiled walking over and picking her off the ground when he gave her a hug.

"I'm not that young," she argued.

"No, you just drew the short end of the stick," Letty joked patting her on the head before giving her a quick hug.

"Seriously, dimples, they didn't give you midget status yet?" Vince added wiping the oil on his hands off.

"I see they didn't teach you to use a razor yet," she chided right back slightly tugging on his beard causing him to scowl at her as everyone laughed.

Everyone finished what they were working on while Jesse and MacKenna caught up on people back home and what new programs he had created for his computer. When they got back to the house Mia squealed in delight that her shopping partner had returned and instantly made plans to go out shopping the next day.

Everything from back in New York was forgotten by MacKenna while they sat at the picnic table eating dinner, that was at least until the house phone rang and Mia said it was for Leon. The look on his face said it all as he walked back outside slamming the back door behind him making MacKenna involuntarily flinch.

What she didn't see was Vince watching her intently on why she had, he had seen many occasions where she went tit for tat with Leon without a second thought, and now she almost seemed afraid?

"Who was on the phone?" Jesse asked breaking the silence that had fallen over the group.

"That was mom," Leon answered looking directly at MacKenna, "she wanted to know if I heard from you."

She had told hold in a bitter laugh that it took their mother a little over two days to even realize she was gone.

"I told her I was coming, she probably forgot," MacKenna lied and prayed he would just leave it be but even she knew it was a weak answer.

The rest of dinner was pretty silent except for the sounds of people picking at their food. One by one they went inside leaving Leon and MacKenna outside by themselves.

"What's going on back home?" Leon asked quietly hoping that if it was just the two of them maybe she would open up.

"Nothing," she lied again trying to shrug it off.

"Look, Mac, if there is someone after you we can help, we just need to know what's going on."

"No one's after me, Le," she sighed, "I told you I just wanted to come for a visit, you know how mom can get," she said before walking into the house her plastered smile never leaving her face.

"Yeah and I also know you run when there's trouble," Leon muttered to himself.