"See You Again" written by Ronster
FURIOUS 7 ALTERNATE/EXTENDED ENDING SCENE
DAYTIME. BEACH NEXT TO BRIAN & MIA'S SPANISH VILLA. ZOOM IN ON OUR CHARACTERS RELAXING ON THE SAND (SITTING IN CHAIRS AND ON ROCKS) AS FITO BLANKO'S "MENEO" BEGINS TO PLAY.
WE ZOOM OUT ON FOUR CARS PARKED NEARBY, FEATURING DOM'S 1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER (DARK GREEN, FROM HAN), BRIAN'S '95 SUPRA (WHITE), SEAN'S '67 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK (DARK) & LETTY'S (NEW) 1970 PLYMOUTH HEMI CUDA (BLACK, 4-DOOR).
DOM & SEAN (SITTING ON HOODS OF THEIR VEHICLES) SOON MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE BEACH TO JOIN THE OTHERS AFTER THEY FINISH REMINISCING MORE ABOUT HAN.
SEAN: (SIDE-BY-SIDE W/ DOM) "PARACHUTIN' CARS, OUT OF AN **AIRPLANE**?! YOU **GOTTA** BE KIDDIN' ME?!"
DOM LAUGHS IT OFF AS THEY ARRIVE TO MEET THE OTHERS.
ROMAN & TEJ SET THEIR BEERS DOWN AND RISE TO THEIR FEET TO GREET SEAN..
DOM: "ROMAN, TEJ, GUYS - I WANT YOU ALL TO MEET SEAN BOSWELL. HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF HAN'S IN TOKYO."
ROME: (SHAKES HANDS AND COMES IN FOR PAT-ON-BACK) "I HEARD YOU SMOKED THEM GANGSTAS OUT THE CITY, THA'S DOPE, MY MAN!"
SEAN: (LAUGHS) "SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT!"
TEJ: (FISTBUMPS THEN COMES IN FOR A HUG) "ANY FRIEND OF HAN'S IS A FRIEND OF MINE. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, BOSWELL."
SEAN: "I APPRECIATE THAT, TEJ."
THE GUYS CHAT WHILE SEAN GREETS LETTY & RAMSAY, WHO ARE SITTING BY BRIAN & FAMILY. BRIAN & MIA SIT AND WATCH AS JACK PLAYS WITH HIS TOY CARS IN THE SAND.
SEAN: (EXTENDS HAND TO BRIAN) "YOU MUST BE O'CONNER, NAME'S SEAN."
BRIAN SMILES AND STANDS UP TO SHAKE HIS HAND, THEN MIA (STILL SITTING) GREETS HIM AS WELL WITH A HANDSHAKE.
MIA: "WELCOME, MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME!"
BRIAN: (COMES IN FOR A HUG) "IT'S GOOD TO FINALLY MEET YOU, BRO. DOM SAYS YOU'RE QUITE THE RACER!"
SEAN: "I THOUGHT SO TOO, UNTIL (NODS TO DOM'S CAR) THAT BEAST SHOWED UP!"
MIA PICKS UP JACK AND BRIAN PUTS HIS ARM AROUND HER.
MIA: "JACK, CAN YOU SAY HI TO SEAN?" JACK SMILES & CHUCKLES A BIT, SEAN SHAKES HIS HAND.
SEAN: "THOSE ARE SOME NICE CARS (REFERRING TO TOY CARS BELOW THEM) YOU GOT THERE, JACK. YOU GONNA RACE YER OLD MAN ONE DAY, RIGHT?!"
THEY ALL SHARE A LAUGH AS WE CUT BACK TO THE OTHERS..
ROMAN: (QUIETLY TO DOM, WHO TAKES A SIP OF HIS BEER) "HOW THIS DUDE OVER HERE EVER GONNA GET BACK IN THE U.S., AFTER ALL THAT?!"
DOM & TEJ NOD AT EACHOTHER AS THEY BOTH SAY: "HOBBS."
LETTY: "SO WHAT'S THE PLAN AFTER THIS, DOM?"
RAMSAY: "I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT I COULD GO FOR A VACATION."
DOM GLANCES AT BRIAN & FAMILY IN THE DISTANCE FOR A MOMENT AS SEAN RETURNS AND TAKES A SEAT ON A ROCK NEXT TO LETTY & RAMSAY.
BRIAN JOINS JACK IN THE SAND AS THEY MOVE THEIR CARS ALONG. EACH VEER OFF IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, SENDING AN UNINTENTIONAL MESSAGE TO DOMINIC, WHO GROWS SAD AS HE LOOKS DOWN FOR A MOMENT..
DOM: (RAISES VOICE) "HEY, MIA.." SHE LOOKS UP AND ACKNOWLEDGES..
DOM: (CONT.'D) "LET'S FIRE UP THE GRILL."
A SHORT WHILE LATER, OUR CHARACTERS ARE GATHERED 'ROUND THE TABLE, BESIDE BRIAN & MIA'S HOME. THE TREES PROVIDE SHADE AND A COOL BREEZE AS TEJ PREPARES SOME EATS ON THE GRILL. ROME (EATING SOME CHIPS OUT OF A BAG) IS STANDING BY HIM.
ROME: "SEE, WITH THE SUN OUT- I DON'T WANT NO **MEDIUM-RARE** I WANT IT WELL-DONE (REFERRING TO STEAKS GRILLING)."
TEJ'S ELBOW PUSHES HIM BACK!
ROME: "WHATCHU NUDGIN' ME FO'?!"
TEJ: "YOU BETTAH BACK OFF, THIS AIN'T NO RESTAURANT! YOU'LL EAT WHAT I SERVE YOU!" ROME SMERKS AND WALKS AWAY!
DOM & THE OTHERS ARE GATHERED 'ROUND THE TABLE, ROMAN SITS AND JOINS THEM.
BRIAN: "AH, (POINTS TO ROME) HE'S GOT GRACE!"
ROMAN: (GLANCES AROUND) "SAY WHAT?!"
LETTY: "YOU KNOW THE DRILL. HE WHO TAKES FIRST BITE, GETS TO MAKE THE SPEECH!"
DOM & SEAN SHARE A LAUGH AS ROMAN SETS THE BAG OF CHIPS DOWN AND WIPES HIS HANDS CLEAN.
MIA SMILES BUT GROWS SAD AS SHE LOOKS AROUND.
BRIAN: (PUTS ARM AROUND HER SHOULDERS) "WHAT'S WRONG, BABE?"
THE OTHERS ARE CONCERNED AS THEY PASS AROUND PLATES & CUPS..
MIA: (WIPING AWAY A FEW TEARS) "IT'S NOTHING. I JUST.. I MISS OUR HOME. OUR OTHER HOME." BRIAN KISSES HER FOREHEAD AS TEJ PLACES THE PLATES OF FOOD ON THE TABLE, AND SITS DOWN.
SEAN PONDERS FOR A MOMENT AS EVERYONE ELSE IS SILENT..
SEAN: "IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, I AIN'T NEVER REALLY HAD A HOME. GROWIN' UP, MY MOM & I WOULD MOVE AROUND SO MUCH, YOU'D A THOUGHT WE WAS PART OF THE CIRCUS OR SOMETHIN'." MIA LAUGHS AWAY THE TEARS AS HE CONTINUES..
"HAN TOOK ME IN AS IF I WERE FAMILY. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT."
DOM NODS IN ADMIRATION TO HIM AS THE OTHERS BEGIN TO HELP THEMSELVES TO FOOD & DRINKS.
BRIAN: "ALRIGHT ROME, YOU'RE UP!" HE SAYS, JUST BEFORE THEY ALL DIVE IN TO THEIR EATS!
ROMAN: (LOCKS FINGERS TOGETHER, FOLLOWED BY THE OTHERS, WHO LOWER THEIR HEADS) "WHEREVER THE ROAD MAY TAKE US, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE **THIS** TO COME BACK TO. HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, AND FAMILY IS WHERE I CALL HOME. (THEY'RE ALL SURPRISED & IMPRESSED. ROME THEN RAISES HIS DRINK FOR A TOAST, AS DO THE OTHERS). TO HAN AND GISELE. HOPE YA'LL ARE IN A BETTER PLACE, TOGETHER." THEIR BOTTLES TOUCH AND THEY EACH TAKE A DRINK. DOM PATS ROMAN ON THE BACK AS THEY ALL DIG IN!
AFTER THE MEAL, SOME OF THE GUYS GATHER BY THE GRILL AS IT COOLS DOWN. THE SUN IS STILL SHININ' BRIGHT ON THE BEACH. BRIAN, MIA & JACK ARE TOGETHER BY THE OCEAN WATERFRONT. LETTY & RAMSAY ARE NEARBY IN THEIR LONG CHAIRS.
ROMAN: (TO DOM) "FOR REAL, WHAT'S THE PLAN AFTER ALL THIS?"
TEJ: "YEAH, MAN. AND WHY **NEW YORK** OF ALL PLACES?"
DOM: "YOU GUYS REMEMBER ELENA?" THEY NOD YES..
"SOMETHING BIG IS GOING DOWN, AND SHE'S GONNA NEED OUR HELP." ROME & TEJ GLANCE AT EACHOTHER IN CONFUSION..
TEJ: "AND.. THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW?"
DOM: "YOU KNOW HOBBS. WE'LL KNOW MORE ONCE WE GET THERE."
ROMAN LOOKS TO SEAN..
ROMAN: "SO WHATDYU SAY, DONKEY-KONG, YOU IN?" HE'S ONCE AGAIN NUDGED BY TEJ!
"WHAT?!"
TEJ: "**DRIFT** **KING** NOT DONKEY-KONG!!! TOO BAD THAT BIG-ASS FOREHEAD DOESN'T COME WITH BETTER RECEPTION!"
THE GUYS SHARE A BIG LAUGH AS ROME GROWS FRUSTRATED!
ROME: "WHY YOU GOTTA BE INTERRUPTING ME WHEN I'M TRYIN' TO RECRUIT, HUH? (POINTS TO HIMSELF) **LEADER**(") HE GLANCES AT DOM, WHO FOLDS HIS ARMS AND GLANCES TO THE SIDE W/ A SMUG LOOK ON HIS FACE..
ROME: "WHEN (POINTS TO DOM) **HE'S** NOT HERE."
DOM: "WHATDYA SAY, SEAN. YOU WANNA ROLL WITH US?"
SEAN: "I'M IN. BUT.. I AIN'T GOT NO PLANE TICKET.."
ROME & TEJ LOWER THEIR HEADS AS DOM GLANCES OVER AT BRIAN & FAMILY..
DOM: "YOU DO NOW." THEY SHAKE HANDS AS ROME & TEJ PAT HIM ON THE BACK, AND LOOK AT DOM AS THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE'S GONNA BE LEAVING..
(Brian Tyler's "Farewell" begins playing)
MEANWHILE, LETTY & RAMSAY WATCH MIA & JACK PLAY NEAR THE WATER AS BRIAN RETURNS TO SIT BY THEM FOR A MOMENT. THE OTHER GUYS JOIN THEM AND SIT DOWN BESIDE THEM.
BRIAN: (SMILING) "WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?" (REFERRING TO THEIR CONVERSATION)
DOM LOWERS HIS HEAD AS THE GUYS REMAIN SILENT.. DOM IS ABOUT TO TELL BRIAN BUT THEN MIA CALLS FOR HIM..
MIA: (YELLING) "DADDY, COME & PLAY!" SHE SAYS AS SHE CHASES JACK!
DOM: (SMILES) "DUTY CALLS!"
BRIAN QUICKLY RISES TO HIS FEET AS HE REPLIES, "YES, IT DOES!" AND DASHES TO THEIR LOCATION!
THEY ALL WATCH AS THE O'CONNER FAMILY SPENDS QUALITY TIME WITH EACHOTHER AS THE SUN SHINES BRIGHTLY ON THE WHITE, SANDY BEACH. THE BIG BLUE OCEAN ONLY ADDS TO THEIR PERFECTION.
SEAN: "I DON'T KNOW 'BOUT YA'LL, BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE PARADISE TO ME."
ROME: "BEAUTIFUL."
LETTY: "THAT'S WHERE HE BELONGS.."
DOM: "HOME. WHERE HE'S ALWAYS BELONGED.."
IN THE DISTANCE, BRIAN PICKS UP JACK AND KISSES HIS FOREHEAD, THEN PLACES HIM BACK DOWN.
ROME: "THINGS ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT NOW." HE HALF-SMILES AS HE LOOKS DOWN.
TEJ: "IT'S ALL FOR THE BETTER. JUST OPEN YOUR EYES."
DOM SLOWLY RISES TO HIS FEET, AND LOOKS UPON HIS OLD FRIEND..
AS DOM BEGINS TO TURN, A CONCERNED RAMSAY ASKS, "YOU AREN'T GOING TO SAY GOODBYE?"
(Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth's "See You Again" begins playing..)
DOM LOOKS BACK AT BRIAN & FAMILY ONE LAST TIME, AS HE STRUGGLES TO SAY: "IT'S NEVER GOODBYE." A TEARY-EYED LETTY GLANCES AT HIM, THEN BACK TO BRIAN & MIA.
DOM: "LET'S GO, ROMAN. SEE YOU ALL AT THE AIRPORT." ROMAN GETS UP AND FOLLOWS DOMINIC. A FAINT SMILE GROWS ON HIS (ROME'S) FACE AS HE LOOKS BACK TO HIS BROTHER, WHO IS NOW A FAMILY MAN. A LOOK OF ADMIRATION. THEY CONTINUE ON AND ENTER DOM'S ROAD RUNNER. TORETTO FIRES IT UP, AND THEY BACK UP & BEGIN TO EXIT THE PROPERTY. SEVERAL MOMENTS LATER, A JOY-FILLED MIA LOOKS AT THE OTHERS, BUT NOTICES THE GUYS HAVE LEFT. "WHERE ARE DOM & ROMAN, THEY DIDN'T LEAVE ALREADY, DID THEY?!" BRIAN IS CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS HE LOOKS TO THE HOUSE BUT THEN SPOTS THE PLYMOUTH HEADING FOR THE HILLS IN THE DISTANCE.
BRIAN REMAINS SPEECHLESS AS JACK TRIES TO GET HIS ATTENTION. HE LOOKS AT THE TRACKS THEY MADE IN THE SAND WITH THE TOY CARS, WITH THE PATHS GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, AND LOWERS HIS HEAD IN THOUGHT & CONCERN. MIA NOTICES THE PLYMOUTH TOO, AND HOLDS HIM. "GO!" SHE SAYS.
MEANWHILE, DOM & ROME ARE SILENT AS THEY SLOWLY MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THE ROAD. ROMAN, WITH HIS FIST UNDER HIS CHIN, RESTS HIS RIGHT ELBOW/ARM ON THE DOOR AS HE IS DEEP IN THOUGHT. THEY COME TO A STOP, AND DOM SHIFTS TO A HALT THEN LOOKS DOWN AS HE ALREADY MISSES HIS FRIEND. HE LETS GO OF THE WHEEL AND SPENDS THE MOMENTS THINKING BACK..
SUDDENLY, A WHITE SURPA RACES TO THEIR SIDE (LEFT), IT'S ENGINE REVVING AS IT COMES TO A STOP! THE GUYS PAY NO ATTENTION UNTIL..
VOICE: "HEY!" DOM IMMEDIATELY LOOKS TO THE OTHER DRIVER..
BRIAN: "THOUGHT YOU GUYS COULD LEAVE WITHOUT SAYIN' GOODBYE?!"
ROME DOES A DOUBLE-TAKE THEN SMILES IN SURPRISE! DOM NODS HIS HEAD AT O'CONNER IN ADMIRATION AS BRIAN SMILES BACK, THEN GLANCES AT THE ROAD AHEAD..
ROMAN: "WE HAD SOME WILD TIMES, O'CONNER."
BRIAN LOOKS DOWN AS HE SMILES, THINKING BACK ON THEIR FRIENDSHIP..
BRIAN: "YEAH. GUESS WE COULDN'T RIDE ON FOREVER. (NODS) DON'T BE A STRANGER."
ROMAN: (TEARY-EYED AS HE SMILES) "YOU KNOW IT, **BRUH**(!)" BRIAN SMILES BIG IN RESPONSE AS DOM CHUCKLES WHILE SHAKING & LOWERING HIS HEAD!
DOM: (LOOKS TO BRIAN) "WHATDYA SAY, O'CONNER.. ONE LAST RACE?" A TEARY-EYED YET SMILING BRIAN REPLIES.. "ANYTIME."
DOM NODS THEN NARRATES FOR A MOMENT BEFORE THEY GO.. I USE TO SAY, I LIVE MY LIFE A QUARTER-MILE AT A TIME. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WERE BROTHERS. BECAUSE YOU DID TOO. (WITH SAME MONTAGE, FEAT. A COUPLE MORE ROME MOMENTS MIXED IN)
TORETTO CONTINUES AS THEY RACE PARALLEL DOWN THE STRETCH OF ROAD.. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, WHETHER IT'S A QUARTER MILE AWAY OR HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD..
FOLLOWING DOM'S "FAMILY" SPEECH IN fast five, WE CUT BACK TO THE GUYS AS ROMAN SCREAMS "YEEEAAAHHH!" (w/ "started out small, to a real bond" lyrics) AS THEY SPEED ON! SIDE BY SIDE, BROTHERS FOREVER. BRIAN & ROMAN LOCK EYES FOR A MOMENT, THEN ROME NARRATES AS HE LOOKS AHEAD IN CONFIDENCE:
ROADS MAY PART, BUT NOT FOR GOOD. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN, MY BROTHER. FOREVER FAST.
CUT TO ANOTHER MONTAGE, FEATURING SOME CLIPS FROM 2FAST 2FURIOUS, FEAT. THE GUYS SHAKING HANDS ON THE BRIDGE OVERLOOKING THE WATER (SUNSET), THE TWO CONVERSING OVER THEIR WALKIES WHILE IN THEIR CARS, THE "I WAS MADE FOR THIS, BRAH!" LINE, THE CREW MEETING & GREETING IN fast five, THE "BABY GIFT" SCENE (CLIP) FEAT. ROME'S RESPONSE, AND BRIAN CONFRONTING DOM ABOUT THE RACE!
DOM FINISHES HIS NARRATION: YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WITH ME, AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BROTHER. OVERHEAD SHOT AS THE TWO CARS APPROACH A SPLIT IN THE ROAD, BRIAN TAKES THE LEFT ROAD BACK TO HIS HOME, WHILE DOM & ROMAN CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD TO THEIR DESTINATION.
CUT BACK TO OTHERS, WHO REMAIN RELAXING ON THE BEACH. RAMSAY IS CONFUSED..
RAMSAY: (GLANCING TO THE RIGHT, TO WHERE THE GUYS DEPARTED) "IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?"
SEAN GLANCES AT LETTY, WHO'S JOINED BY MIA (SITTING, HOLDING JACK). THEY'RE SILENT AS THEY ARE UNSURE..
TEJ: (LOOKS UP AND GLANCES AROUND THE BLUE & WHITE SKY AS HE SMILES & NODS) "I THINK IT WILL BE."
AS WE FOLLOW BRIAN'S CAR, SLOWLY PAN UP TO THE BLUE & WHITE SKY. THE HILLS ARE AGLOW AS BRIAN O'CONNER RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET. FOR PAUL
WE ZOOM OUT ON FOUR CARS PARKED NEARBY, FEATURING DOM'S 1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER (DARK GREEN, FROM HAN), BRIAN'S '95 SUPRA (WHITE), SEAN'S '67 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK (DARK) & LETTY'S (NEW) 1970 PLYMOUTH HEMI CUDA (BLACK, 4-DOOR).
DOM & SEAN (SITTING ON HOODS OF THEIR VEHICLES) SOON MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE BEACH TO JOIN THE OTHERS AFTER THEY FINISH REMINISCING MORE ABOUT HAN.
SEAN: (SIDE-BY-SIDE W/ DOM) "PARACHUTIN' CARS, OUT OF AN **AIRPLANE**?! YOU **GOTTA** BE KIDDIN' ME?!"
DOM LAUGHS IT OFF AS THEY ARRIVE TO MEET THE OTHERS.
ROMAN & TEJ SET THEIR BEERS DOWN AND RISE TO THEIR FEET TO GREET SEAN..
DOM: "ROMAN, TEJ, GUYS - I WANT YOU ALL TO MEET SEAN BOSWELL. HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF HAN'S IN TOKYO."
ROME: (SHAKES HANDS AND COMES IN FOR PAT-ON-BACK) "I HEARD YOU SMOKED THEM GANGSTAS OUT THE CITY, THA'S DOPE, MY MAN!"
SEAN: (LAUGHS) "SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT!"
TEJ: (FISTBUMPS THEN COMES IN FOR A HUG) "ANY FRIEND OF HAN'S IS A FRIEND OF MINE. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, BOSWELL."
SEAN: "I APPRECIATE THAT, TEJ."
THE GUYS CHAT WHILE SEAN GREETS LETTY & RAMSAY, WHO ARE SITTING BY BRIAN & FAMILY. BRIAN & MIA SIT AND WATCH AS JACK PLAYS WITH HIS TOY CARS IN THE SAND.
SEAN: (EXTENDS HAND TO BRIAN) "YOU MUST BE O'CONNER, NAME'S SEAN."
BRIAN SMILES AND STANDS UP TO SHAKE HIS HAND, THEN MIA (STILL SITTING) GREETS HIM AS WELL WITH A HANDSHAKE.
MIA: "WELCOME, MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME!"
BRIAN: (COMES IN FOR A HUG) "IT'S GOOD TO FINALLY MEET YOU, BRO. DOM SAYS YOU'RE QUITE THE RACER!"
SEAN: "I THOUGHT SO TOO, UNTIL (NODS TO DOM'S CAR) THAT BEAST SHOWED UP!"
MIA PICKS UP JACK AND BRIAN PUTS HIS ARM AROUND HER.
MIA: "JACK, CAN YOU SAY HI TO SEAN?" JACK SMILES & CHUCKLES A BIT, SEAN SHAKES HIS HAND.
SEAN: "THOSE ARE SOME NICE CARS (REFERRING TO TOY CARS BELOW THEM) YOU GOT THERE, JACK. YOU GONNA RACE YER OLD MAN ONE DAY, RIGHT?!"
THEY ALL SHARE A LAUGH AS WE CUT BACK TO THE OTHERS..
ROMAN: (QUIETLY TO DOM, WHO TAKES A SIP OF HIS BEER) "HOW THIS DUDE OVER HERE EVER GONNA GET BACK IN THE U.S., AFTER ALL THAT?!"
DOM & TEJ NOD AT EACHOTHER AS THEY BOTH SAY: "HOBBS."
LETTY: "SO WHAT'S THE PLAN AFTER THIS, DOM?"
RAMSAY: "I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT I COULD GO FOR A VACATION."
DOM GLANCES AT BRIAN & FAMILY IN THE DISTANCE FOR A MOMENT AS SEAN RETURNS AND TAKES A SEAT ON A ROCK NEXT TO LETTY & RAMSAY.
BRIAN JOINS JACK IN THE SAND AS THEY MOVE THEIR CARS ALONG. EACH VEER OFF IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, SENDING AN UNINTENTIONAL MESSAGE TO DOMINIC, WHO GROWS SAD AS HE LOOKS DOWN FOR A MOMENT..
DOM: (RAISES VOICE) "HEY, MIA.." SHE LOOKS UP AND ACKNOWLEDGES..
DOM: (CONT.'D) "LET'S FIRE UP THE GRILL."
A SHORT WHILE LATER, OUR CHARACTERS ARE GATHERED 'ROUND THE TABLE, BESIDE BRIAN & MIA'S HOME. THE TREES PROVIDE SHADE AND A COOL BREEZE AS TEJ PREPARES SOME EATS ON THE GRILL. ROME (EATING SOME CHIPS OUT OF A BAG) IS STANDING BY HIM.
ROME: "SEE, WITH THE SUN OUT- I DON'T WANT NO **MEDIUM-RARE** I WANT IT WELL-DONE (REFERRING TO STEAKS GRILLING)."
TEJ'S ELBOW PUSHES HIM BACK!
ROME: "WHATCHU NUDGIN' ME FO'?!"
TEJ: "YOU BETTAH BACK OFF, THIS AIN'T NO RESTAURANT! YOU'LL EAT WHAT I SERVE YOU!" ROME SMERKS AND WALKS AWAY!
DOM & THE OTHERS ARE GATHERED 'ROUND THE TABLE, ROMAN SITS AND JOINS THEM.
BRIAN: "AH, (POINTS TO ROME) HE'S GOT GRACE!"
ROMAN: (GLANCES AROUND) "SAY WHAT?!"
LETTY: "YOU KNOW THE DRILL. HE WHO TAKES FIRST BITE, GETS TO MAKE THE SPEECH!"
DOM & SEAN SHARE A LAUGH AS ROMAN SETS THE BAG OF CHIPS DOWN AND WIPES HIS HANDS CLEAN.
MIA SMILES BUT GROWS SAD AS SHE LOOKS AROUND.
BRIAN: (PUTS ARM AROUND HER SHOULDERS) "WHAT'S WRONG, BABE?"
THE OTHERS ARE CONCERNED AS THEY PASS AROUND PLATES & CUPS..
MIA: (WIPING AWAY A FEW TEARS) "IT'S NOTHING. I JUST.. I MISS OUR HOME. OUR OTHER HOME." BRIAN KISSES HER FOREHEAD AS TEJ PLACES THE PLATES OF FOOD ON THE TABLE, AND SITS DOWN.
SEAN PONDERS FOR A MOMENT AS EVERYONE ELSE IS SILENT..
SEAN: "IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, I AIN'T NEVER REALLY HAD A HOME. GROWIN' UP, MY MOM & I WOULD MOVE AROUND SO MUCH, YOU'D A THOUGHT WE WAS PART OF THE CIRCUS OR SOMETHIN'." MIA LAUGHS AWAY THE TEARS AS HE CONTINUES..
"HAN TOOK ME IN AS IF I WERE FAMILY. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT."
DOM NODS IN ADMIRATION TO HIM AS THE OTHERS BEGIN TO HELP THEMSELVES TO FOOD & DRINKS.
BRIAN: "ALRIGHT ROME, YOU'RE UP!" HE SAYS, JUST BEFORE THEY ALL DIVE IN TO THEIR EATS!
ROMAN: (LOCKS FINGERS TOGETHER, FOLLOWED BY THE OTHERS, WHO LOWER THEIR HEADS) "WHEREVER THE ROAD MAY TAKE US, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE **THIS** TO COME BACK TO. HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, AND FAMILY IS WHERE I CALL HOME. (THEY'RE ALL SURPRISED & IMPRESSED. ROME THEN RAISES HIS DRINK FOR A TOAST, AS DO THE OTHERS). TO HAN AND GISELE. HOPE YA'LL ARE IN A BETTER PLACE, TOGETHER." THEIR BOTTLES TOUCH AND THEY EACH TAKE A DRINK. DOM PATS ROMAN ON THE BACK AS THEY ALL DIG IN!
AFTER THE MEAL, SOME OF THE GUYS GATHER BY THE GRILL AS IT COOLS DOWN. THE SUN IS STILL SHININ' BRIGHT ON THE BEACH. BRIAN, MIA & JACK ARE TOGETHER BY THE OCEAN WATERFRONT. LETTY & RAMSAY ARE NEARBY IN THEIR LONG CHAIRS.
ROMAN: (TO DOM) "FOR REAL, WHAT'S THE PLAN AFTER ALL THIS?"
TEJ: "YEAH, MAN. AND WHY **NEW YORK** OF ALL PLACES?"
DOM: "YOU GUYS REMEMBER ELENA?" THEY NOD YES..
"SOMETHING BIG IS GOING DOWN, AND SHE'S GONNA NEED OUR HELP." ROME & TEJ GLANCE AT EACHOTHER IN CONFUSION..
TEJ: "AND.. THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW?"
DOM: "YOU KNOW HOBBS. WE'LL KNOW MORE ONCE WE GET THERE."
ROMAN LOOKS TO SEAN..
ROMAN: "SO WHATDYU SAY, DONKEY-KONG, YOU IN?" HE'S ONCE AGAIN NUDGED BY TEJ!
"WHAT?!"
TEJ: "**DRIFT** **KING** NOT DONKEY-KONG!!! TOO BAD THAT BIG-ASS FOREHEAD DOESN'T COME WITH BETTER RECEPTION!"
THE GUYS SHARE A BIG LAUGH AS ROME GROWS FRUSTRATED!
ROME: "WHY YOU GOTTA BE INTERRUPTING ME WHEN I'M TRYIN' TO RECRUIT, HUH? (POINTS TO HIMSELF) **LEADER**(") HE GLANCES AT DOM, WHO FOLDS HIS ARMS AND GLANCES TO THE SIDE W/ A SMUG LOOK ON HIS FACE..
ROME: "WHEN (POINTS TO DOM) **HE'S** NOT HERE."
DOM: "WHATDYA SAY, SEAN. YOU WANNA ROLL WITH US?"
SEAN: "I'M IN. BUT.. I AIN'T GOT NO PLANE TICKET.."
ROME & TEJ LOWER THEIR HEADS AS DOM GLANCES OVER AT BRIAN & FAMILY..
DOM: "YOU DO NOW." THEY SHAKE HANDS AS ROME & TEJ PAT HIM ON THE BACK, AND LOOK AT DOM AS THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE'S GONNA BE LEAVING..
(Brian Tyler's "Farewell" begins playing)
MEANWHILE, LETTY & RAMSAY WATCH MIA & JACK PLAY NEAR THE WATER AS BRIAN RETURNS TO SIT BY THEM FOR A MOMENT. THE OTHER GUYS JOIN THEM AND SIT DOWN BESIDE THEM.
BRIAN: (SMILING) "WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?" (REFERRING TO THEIR CONVERSATION)
DOM LOWERS HIS HEAD AS THE GUYS REMAIN SILENT.. DOM IS ABOUT TO TELL BRIAN BUT THEN MIA CALLS FOR HIM..
MIA: (YELLING) "DADDY, COME & PLAY!" SHE SAYS AS SHE CHASES JACK!
DOM: (SMILES) "DUTY CALLS!"
BRIAN QUICKLY RISES TO HIS FEET AS HE REPLIES, "YES, IT DOES!" AND DASHES TO THEIR LOCATION!
THEY ALL WATCH AS THE O'CONNER FAMILY SPENDS QUALITY TIME WITH EACHOTHER AS THE SUN SHINES BRIGHTLY ON THE WHITE, SANDY BEACH. THE BIG BLUE OCEAN ONLY ADDS TO THEIR PERFECTION.
SEAN: "I DON'T KNOW 'BOUT YA'LL, BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE PARADISE TO ME."
ROME: "BEAUTIFUL."
LETTY: "THAT'S WHERE HE BELONGS.."
DOM: "HOME. WHERE HE'S ALWAYS BELONGED.."
IN THE DISTANCE, BRIAN PICKS UP JACK AND KISSES HIS FOREHEAD, THEN PLACES HIM BACK DOWN.
ROME: "THINGS ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT NOW." HE HALF-SMILES AS HE LOOKS DOWN.
TEJ: "IT'S ALL FOR THE BETTER. JUST OPEN YOUR EYES."
DOM SLOWLY RISES TO HIS FEET, AND LOOKS UPON HIS OLD FRIEND..
AS DOM BEGINS TO TURN, A CONCERNED RAMSAY ASKS, "YOU AREN'T GOING TO SAY GOODBYE?"
(Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth's "See You Again" begins playing..)
DOM LOOKS BACK AT BRIAN & FAMILY ONE LAST TIME, AS HE STRUGGLES TO SAY: "IT'S NEVER GOODBYE." A TEARY-EYED LETTY GLANCES AT HIM, THEN BACK TO BRIAN & MIA.
DOM: "LET'S GO, ROMAN. SEE YOU ALL AT THE AIRPORT." ROMAN GETS UP AND FOLLOWS DOMINIC. A FAINT SMILE GROWS ON HIS (ROME'S) FACE AS HE LOOKS BACK TO HIS BROTHER, WHO IS NOW A FAMILY MAN. A LOOK OF ADMIRATION. THEY CONTINUE ON AND ENTER DOM'S ROAD RUNNER. TORETTO FIRES IT UP, AND THEY BACK UP & BEGIN TO EXIT THE PROPERTY. SEVERAL MOMENTS LATER, A JOY-FILLED MIA LOOKS AT THE OTHERS, BUT NOTICES THE GUYS HAVE LEFT. "WHERE ARE DOM & ROMAN, THEY DIDN'T LEAVE ALREADY, DID THEY?!" BRIAN IS CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS HE LOOKS TO THE HOUSE BUT THEN SPOTS THE PLYMOUTH HEADING FOR THE HILLS IN THE DISTANCE.
BRIAN REMAINS SPEECHLESS AS JACK TRIES TO GET HIS ATTENTION. HE LOOKS AT THE TRACKS THEY MADE IN THE SAND WITH THE TOY CARS, WITH THE PATHS GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, AND LOWERS HIS HEAD IN THOUGHT & CONCERN. MIA NOTICES THE PLYMOUTH TOO, AND HOLDS HIM. "GO!" SHE SAYS.
MEANWHILE, DOM & ROME ARE SILENT AS THEY SLOWLY MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THE ROAD. ROMAN, WITH HIS FIST UNDER HIS CHIN, RESTS HIS RIGHT ELBOW/ARM ON THE DOOR AS HE IS DEEP IN THOUGHT. THEY COME TO A STOP, AND DOM SHIFTS TO A HALT THEN LOOKS DOWN AS HE ALREADY MISSES HIS FRIEND. HE LETS GO OF THE WHEEL AND SPENDS THE MOMENTS THINKING BACK..
SUDDENLY, A WHITE SURPA RACES TO THEIR SIDE (LEFT), IT'S ENGINE REVVING AS IT COMES TO A STOP! THE GUYS PAY NO ATTENTION UNTIL..
VOICE: "HEY!" DOM IMMEDIATELY LOOKS TO THE OTHER DRIVER..
BRIAN: "THOUGHT YOU GUYS COULD LEAVE WITHOUT SAYIN' GOODBYE?!"
ROME DOES A DOUBLE-TAKE THEN SMILES IN SURPRISE! DOM NODS HIS HEAD AT O'CONNER IN ADMIRATION AS BRIAN SMILES BACK, THEN GLANCES AT THE ROAD AHEAD..
ROMAN: "WE HAD SOME WILD TIMES, O'CONNER."
BRIAN LOOKS DOWN AS HE SMILES, THINKING BACK ON THEIR FRIENDSHIP..
BRIAN: "YEAH. GUESS WE COULDN'T RIDE ON FOREVER. (NODS) DON'T BE A STRANGER."
ROMAN: (TEARY-EYED AS HE SMILES) "YOU KNOW IT, **BRUH**(!)" BRIAN SMILES BIG IN RESPONSE AS DOM CHUCKLES WHILE SHAKING & LOWERING HIS HEAD!
DOM: (LOOKS TO BRIAN) "WHATDYA SAY, O'CONNER.. ONE LAST RACE?" A TEARY-EYED YET SMILING BRIAN REPLIES.. "ANYTIME."
DOM NODS THEN NARRATES FOR A MOMENT BEFORE THEY GO.. I USE TO SAY, I LIVE MY LIFE A QUARTER-MILE AT A TIME. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WERE BROTHERS. BECAUSE YOU DID TOO. (WITH SAME MONTAGE, FEAT. A COUPLE MORE ROME MOMENTS MIXED IN)
TORETTO CONTINUES AS THEY RACE PARALLEL DOWN THE STRETCH OF ROAD.. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, WHETHER IT'S A QUARTER MILE AWAY OR HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD..
FOLLOWING DOM'S "FAMILY" SPEECH IN fast five, WE CUT BACK TO THE GUYS AS ROMAN SCREAMS "YEEEAAAHHH!" (w/ "started out small, to a real bond" lyrics) AS THEY SPEED ON! SIDE BY SIDE, BROTHERS FOREVER. BRIAN & ROMAN LOCK EYES FOR A MOMENT, THEN ROME NARRATES AS HE LOOKS AHEAD IN CONFIDENCE:
ROADS MAY PART, BUT NOT FOR GOOD. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN, MY BROTHER. FOREVER FAST.
CUT TO ANOTHER MONTAGE, FEATURING SOME CLIPS FROM 2FAST 2FURIOUS, FEAT. THE GUYS SHAKING HANDS ON THE BRIDGE OVERLOOKING THE WATER (SUNSET), THE TWO CONVERSING OVER THEIR WALKIES WHILE IN THEIR CARS, THE "I WAS MADE FOR THIS, BRAH!" LINE, THE CREW MEETING & GREETING IN fast five, THE "BABY GIFT" SCENE (CLIP) FEAT. ROME'S RESPONSE, AND BRIAN CONFRONTING DOM ABOUT THE RACE!
DOM FINISHES HIS NARRATION: YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WITH ME, AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BROTHER. OVERHEAD SHOT AS THE TWO CARS APPROACH A SPLIT IN THE ROAD, BRIAN TAKES THE LEFT ROAD BACK TO HIS HOME, WHILE DOM & ROMAN CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD TO THEIR DESTINATION.
CUT BACK TO OTHERS, WHO REMAIN RELAXING ON THE BEACH. RAMSAY IS CONFUSED..
RAMSAY: (GLANCING TO THE RIGHT, TO WHERE THE GUYS DEPARTED) "IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?"
SEAN GLANCES AT LETTY, WHO'S JOINED BY MIA (SITTING, HOLDING JACK). THEY'RE SILENT AS THEY ARE UNSURE..
TEJ: (LOOKS UP AND GLANCES AROUND THE BLUE & WHITE SKY AS HE SMILES & NODS) "I THINK IT WILL BE."
AS WE FOLLOW BRIAN'S CAR, SLOWLY PAN UP TO THE BLUE & WHITE SKY. THE HILLS ARE AGLOW AS BRIAN O'CONNER RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET. FOR PAUL
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