Girl's Gotta Sense of Humor
"This is a party to celebrate Jesse's recovery. You know where the beer is, now enjoy!" Choruses of cheers erupted everywhere in the house, as Dominic Toretto placed a well muscled arm over the now recovered Jesse.
Once Dom's little speech had finished, the music was turned on again and blared from the living room, a crowd of people dancing along to it.
Jesse grinned at the sight and raised an open bottle of beer, clashing it again Dom's, Letty's, Leon's and Vince's in cheer. A few months ago he had been lying in bed in hospital, just amazed at the fact he wasn't dead yet. Thank the heavens and Mia's cell phone that the ambulance came in time.
"Thanks man, this is just – this is just too much," Jesse said in awe after he took a long gulp of the ice cold beer in his hand.
"Nothing's too much for our genius here," Dom smiled before walking off and taking to random people that had been 'invited' to the party as Jesse got caught up with a swamp of people.
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"Shit, how'd you get invited to this again?" a young girl asked as she couldn't stop her eyes from wandering from all the different activities that was going on in the average sized house.
"I have my ways," Her friend, Jon stated smugly as he expertly guided her through the mass of people. "That, and the guy this party is for fixed my car once,"
Chloe nodded her head, to show she understood. She wasn't really into the whole racing car thing, but her cousin Jon was. He was only twenty-one but was still an amateur compared to the likes of someone like Dom. For Jon being older than Chloe by four years they were pretty close, the fact that their parents are still in contact helps.
"Beer?" Chloe nodded her head at the offer and took the chilled bottle from Jon's hand.
"Man, it is so good to be out the house. Mom's had me on lockdown for three weeks for that incident. I wasn't even changing my grades this time," Chloe exclaimed, downing half her bottle in mere seconds.
"Well learn from your mistakes then, young one," Teased Jon as he waved at some girl he recognized.
"I only changed my grades once and that's 'cos they graded me unfairly, this time I was changing some junior's grades. Got some good cash for it too, so really I should get some points for being a Good Samaritan or something," Chloe exclaimed as she downed the rest of her drink.
Jon laughed as he followed suit then left the kitchen, eyes darting in all directions as he looked around for someone. Before Chloe could be left on her own she was right behind Jon, almost like a lost puppy following its owner. Of course she wasn't lost she just never met any of the people here. She'd never been to any of the races either as it never really interested her before.
Whilst she followed Jon she realized he was headed towards a big, bald guy – Dom, from what she heard and some other people surrounding him by the stairs. As they got nearer the small gathering of people noticed their presence and about half a dozen sets of eyes were on them.
"Jon?" The big guy asked in mild surprise as he looked them both up and down. Jon wore a red T-shirt with some random skateboarding logo and a pair of baggy jeans. Chloe, who stood behind Jon's towering height of 6'2", wore a dark pair of tight jeans and a plain purple scoop neck top.
"Yeah man, who else?" Jon grinned and slapped his hand on Dom's out stretched on once he realized it was him. "Long time no see my man,"
Dom laughed slightly as he turned to his friends. One had an arm in a cast and didn't seem too interested in the conversation; the girl hanging on Dom's arm seemed to be Dom's girl. Another guy, who looked the youngest of the guys, had a multi-coloured beanie on his head and the guy next to him who was wearing a basketball jersey seemed to be checking Chloe out openly.
"Guys this is Jon, that rookie driver I was on about," Jon smirked at the comment feeling somewhat proud of himself as Dom's face looked one of amused at Jon's expression. "And this is..." Dom trailed off once he realized he didn't recognize the younger, smaller girl.
"Oh I'm Chloe, his cousin. His girlfriend couldn't make it so I'm here," She grinned sheepishly, already feeling the slight buzz of the beer she just finished. Maybe it was a bad idea to skip dinner... She thought in regret.
"I'm Dom and this is my abode, make yourself at home." Dom grinned as he opened his arms wide at the mention of his 'abode'. The action made Chloe laugh slightly, eyes twinkling in amusement.
"This is Letty, my girl," At the mention of her name, the girl on Dom's arm held her hand out and shook both Jon's and Chloe's hands
"I'm Jesse," The guy with the beanie introduced himself, a slight smile on his face.
"And I'm Leon; the guy who just left with his arm in a cast is Vince." The guy in the jersey top said, taking a sip of the beer that was in his hand as he pointed behind himself to indicate where the guy went.
"As much as I want to stay talking, I came here for business," Jon said rather fast shooting a look towards Dom who understood instantly. He was worried Dom would refuse his offer to help fix his car, they were technically rivals in the racing scene. Dom nodded his head and took Jon outside with him. Chloe figured it was something to do with cars, as she couldn't think of any other reasons for it.
"See you later baby, nice meeting you Jon, Chloe." Letty said and left as well but went upstairs. The remaining three nodded and said their 'goodbyes' as she left as Chloe stood uneasily with the two older guys, unsure of what to say.
"So... you want a refill?" Leon asked awkwardly after so many minutes of silence, scratching the back of his head.
"No, I enjoy carrying empty bottles of beer with me at parties," Chloe mocked as she tucked her hair behind her ear. Leon and Jesse laughed as Leon took Chloe to the kitchen again and got three bottles of Coronas from the fridge.
"Along with ironing and doing homework," Chloe added as she lent against the kitchen counter, Jesse laughed again following suit.
"I like this girl," Jesse said as he opened his bottle of Coronas, smirking at the grinning Chloe. "I like her a lot,"