Mia pulled into the Parking lot and walked up the stairs to her door, bringing her Groceries with her, She entered and took a look around, Seeing nothing Missing she put all the food away in the Cupboards and the Fridge. After she'd finished that she walked around and started tidying up. picking up her clothes and folding them. Then when she was done folding them she put them away in a Dresser. She stripped the bed and put new sheets and blankets on it then began cleaning the floor. She sighed, It was going to take a bit of cleaning, But she knew one thing, She wasn't going to move in with Brian. She began to scrub the carpet clean with some strong cleaning products. smiling as she got it to her liking, then she decided to work on the Hardwood floors. She dumped out the carpet Cleaning solution and mixed up a new one for the Hardwood floor then got to work Scrubbing.

Her directions had been quite vague so Brian had to search a while and ask around until he found the abandoned place that Mia was about to make her home.
He knocked on the door that stood a little open. The smell of detergent hit his nose.
"Hey there, anybody home?" He hollered before h stepped inside and saw her in a tank top and jeans.
"Hi, it wasn't easy to find you here."
The area was pretty dodgy so there weren't too many people to ask.
"Can I talked to you for a second?" He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

Shadow ran out of the Bedroom barking loudly standing in front of her master.

"Shadow Stop it" Mia said to her new Pittbull.

Shadow stopped barking but continued to growl threateningly, She didn't know this Human that was visiting her Master.

"Sure you can talk, I'd watch out for Shadow though" She said as she watched Brian.

Brian froze when the large dog threatened him.
"Call her back, will you? Maybe you're safer here than I thought."
Brian had always liked dogs but what was it with girls and big dangerous biests?
"I just wanted to talk to you about this place."
He looked around. The layers of paint on the walls were flaking, cables dangling from the ceiling and noise and sirens audible.
"You picked the area with the highest crime rate in Miami and on top of that is what you're doing B&E. You could get arrested. Why don't you come back to my place, Mia?"

"Shadow, Bed" She ordered her dog.

Shadow looked at Mia then Briand and went and lay down in front of the Bedroom Door.

"Bed" Mia said repeating the word.

Shadow went into the room and lay down.

"I'll come back if Shadow can come with me. I rescued her I'm not about to leave her behind." Mia said. "She was here when I went to visit you to begin with I came back here to clean this place up and take care of her. She doesn't attack People or other dogs she just warns them off" She explained as she looked towards the bedroom. She was worried about what would happen to Shadow if Brian declined on letting Shadow stay with them.

Brian cast a glance at the dog who had now settled on a makeshift bed.
Another large biest who was overly protective of her owner and two girls who weren't each others biggest fans. Those were great prospects so Brian answered. "Sure. Whatever. As long as you're safe."
He walked to the door but turned back and asked. "You're not going to fight with Mira, are you? I mean you and me is over." It actually surprised Brian that his own words caused him somewhat of a sting in his chest.
"You wanted that."

"I'm not fighting with your girl" Mia said smiling, "And thanks" She said and smiled again. she walked over and pet Shadow on the head and scratched her under the chin. "You can pet her if you want, she won't bite." She said smiling at Brian.

Shadow looked at Brian and her Master interact and decided that he was okay as long as he didn't hurt them. She trotted over to Brian and sniffed his hand.

"See she likes you" Mia said smiling. She looked around the Apartment and then at Brian. She knew he'd come over to invite her to stay but she didn't know if she should. She knew that Mira didn't like her much, But then, she figured. Mira would get to know her and find out she wasn't a bad person.

Noticing that Mia completely overheard him asking about their break up and instead changing the subject to the dog Brian bit his lip. Briefly he eyed her but decided to let it go. Mia was a big girl and had a very strong, own head.
A cold, wet nose touched his fingers so he bent down slightly and let the large dog sniff his hand before he petted her on the head, scratched her back and started talking nonsense to the furry girl. "Hey there, yeah, you are a good girl, aren't you, yes, you are, big, fat, hairy, good girl." A wet tongue slid across his jaw and made him turn away. "Oh yeah, I love you, too."

Shadow panted happily and wagged her tail.

Mia chuckled when Shadow licked him across the face. "She's a big teddy bear, She just looks scary." Mia said smiling.

Shadow licked Brian's hands and jumped around him playfully. Yipping softly like a Puppy that wanted to play.

"Allright." A moment later Brian was on the floor on all four rubbing the dogs furr and then playfully challenging him to roll around and see who's stronger.
From his position on the floor he noticed Mia's smile and couldn't help but smile as well. Seeing her happy had that effect on him.
With a strong arm he tackled the dog and held her mouth close so she couldn't nip him, which she tried even harder now.
Furr was flying all over the place as they tried to figure out who was stronger and Brian finally jumped up and out of her way to safe his sleeves from saliva and being torn...a lost cause.

His head was red and he was breathing heavily when he came to stand next to Mia. Without warning he wrapped her in his arms and whispered. "It's good to see you here."
A little more serious he added. "I missed you."

"I missed you too Brian" She said and smiled and watched Shadowwalk around, her tail wagging, then she bolted for the room, I knew what she was after, She came back with a leash in her mouth and I smiled. She wanted to go for a walk. "Come here pretty baby" Mia said crouching down.

Shadow walked over and dropped the leash into Mia's open hand and stood calmly as she fastened it onto her collar. When she was done Shadow walked over to the door and scratched at it.

Mia took the hint and Opened the door holding tight to the leash. "Let's go for a jog" Mia said to the excited Pitt and to Brian who was standing behind her.

Brian followed her outside and couldn't really hide his smile. It was a bit dorky but around Mia he didn't care.
"You missed me?"
A thought had been forming in his head so he bluntly threw the question out there.
"Is that why you came to Miami? Did you know I'm here?"
He looked at her from the side while they were walking down the sidewalk past a few tough looking guys talking on the side walk...most likely gang members judging by their red bandanas.
Right now Brian was also glad about Mia's new canine friend.

"No I didn't know you were here, I just knew you weren't in LA. I was wondering if you knew where Dom was, I haven't seen him in a few Months. He left without a word to any of us" Mia said looking down as they walked, Ignoring the Gangsters, They ddn't likebeng ignored and they didn't like the look of the man next to her but they feared the dog more then anything. One didn't and walked up to Mia. He was tall with dark shaggy hair and a red and black Bandanna. He walked up to them and smiled. Mia recognized him and smiled back.

"Heya Mi" Drake said smiling at her, Ignoring the blond man beside her.

Shadow watched Drake and wagged her tail a little. She knew ths man and knew he meant her master no harm.

All his secret hopes got crushed with that one sentence.
When she mentioned Dom Brian stopped dead in his tracks. "What do you mean? When did he get out?" Last thing he knew Dom got sentenced to life...one of the reasons why Mia dumped him.

The approaching guy made him ball his fists but when he noticed they knew each other he relaxed. Why Mia made friends with these guys he didn't know.

"Hey Drake, I wanted you to meet Brian." Mia said smiling at him. Then noticed Brian's tense posture and chuckled.'

"Somethin funny?" Drake asked then shook his head. "Nonen' my buisness, The boss wanted me to offer you a job, somethin about noticing you had talent with cars, wanen you teh visit so's he could offer it in person if you wanted teh meet him" Drake said smiling at Mia.

Mia smiled back. "Really? He said that? Tell him I'll think about it and that I really would like to meet him." Mia said then hugged Drake. "Take care kid, don't be gettin into trouble with the five oh's" Mia said then watched Drake nod and walk away with a smile.

Shadow watched Drake walk away. and looked up at her Master wondering what she'd decide to do. Then looked at Brian.

"You too Miss Mia, See yall 'roun later" Drake said and waved as he walked away.

((Drake's got a Southern accent))