Beautiful Lies | Fast & Furious [1] | ON HOLD

01; lies and heaven

chapter 1

➖

It was late at midnight when Grace awoke from her sleep horrified of the nightmare she had. She had shook it off and took deep breaths, calming herself. She had slipped out of bed and walked to the kitchen for water.

She switched on the kitchen lights and poured herself cold water from the dispenser. She pushed herself up on the counter and gulped down the water all at once.

A key was inserted into the front door as the person twists with it to open the door. Finally, the door unlocks and Brian O'Conner steps into the house, sighing as he locks the door behind him.

Grace watches silently as he moves around the living room, searching for something or looking like he was thinking. "What's wrong?" Grace voiced her thoughts, making Brian jump since he didn't realize that his little sister was there.

"Nothing." Brian answered, obviously lying as he cleared his throat. He ran his fingers through his blond locks as he steps inside the kitchen and stands beside where Grace was sitting.

"Why are you late?" Grace asks curiously, "It's one in the morning and I'm pretty sure that as a cop you're supposed to leave earlier than that. Cops don't stay this log at their job unless they have endless work or they're watching over prisoners. And if you had paper work, you would've told me. So tell me Brian, what lie are you going to make up now?"

"I never lied, G." Brian replied, "My car broke down on the middle of the road and I had to walk home from here." He lied, his thoughts wandering to how his car actually exploded instead.

Grace nods, chuckling. "Alright, Bri, I'll let this one lie slip just 'cuz I'm sleepy." She points an accused finger at him before she walks off to her room.

"Hey," Brian calls after her, "No goodnight kiss for me? How am I supposed to sleep?"

Grace laughs, rolling her eyes as she walks back to Brian. She purses her lips before she presses a kiss to his cheek. She pats his chest and smiles, "Night, Bri."

"Night, G."

♡ ♡ ♡

"So, where exactly are you taking me?" Grace asks, clicking her tongue as she leans her head against the window. She had just finished her job as a waitress at the cafe a couple minutes ago. Brian had drove by the cafe and picked her up since her manger closed the shop early. Now, Brian was taking Grace somewhere to have lunch.

"The Toretto Diner." Brian answers, his blue eyes meeting her brown ones before he focuses back on the road. "They have good tuna sandwiches." He adds, shrugging.

"You know I hate tuna." Grace mutters, chuckling.

"I know, but they also have other stuff on the menu." He replies as the car comes to a halt in front of the diner.

"Okay." Grace replies, not sure of her answer herself. She steps out of the red pickup truck, slamming the door shut behind her. "Just so you know, I'm blaming you if I get food poisoning." She adds, giving him a look.

"You're doing that thing again where you get ahead of yourself, G." Brian says, laughing when his sister smacks his shoulder playfully.