It was 5 o'clock on a Saturday morning in LA, everyone in the Toretto household was finally sleeping after another victory party for Dom. Letty and Dom were in their shared bedroom finally asleep after Letty's nightly "massage." Mia was asleep in what used to be her room but now served as her and Brain's room, with Brain's arms wrapped around her. Leon, Jesse and Vince were each asleep in their bedrooms in the basement, Vince's skank of the night having left only an hour earlier. The silence that had settled over the house was abruptly broken as Leon's phone rang out with the newest Jay-Z song. He groped blindly in the dark for a couple of seconds before finally grabbing his cell.
"This better be really fucking important" he growled.
"Oh, come on Le, is that anyway to greet your favorite sister?" an overly awake voice said.
"Jesus…Jo. Its five in the morning."
"Oh, shit Le, I'm sorry. I forgot the whole time difference thing."
"Don't worry about it. What's so important it couldn't wait until later tonight?"
"Umm…I'm transferring out to UCLA…and I need a place to stay." She said sheepishly.
"What!? Why are you transferring? What's wrong? Why are you leaving Florida?"
"Relax Le, I just need a change of scenery. I'm doing a semester out there…and I need a cheap place to stay so…can I stay with you?"
"I don't know Jo, its not my house but I'll ask Dom when he gets up, I don't think it'll be a problem…we have an extra room and shit so…that is if you don't mind living with a bunch of horny guys."
"How could that possibly be a bad thing Le?"
"Shit, Jo I don't hear that from my baby sister!"
"Says the king of one night stands himself…listen get back to me as soon as you can…cause my flight gets in at 2 on Monday. Love you bye!!" she said quickly hanging up before Leon could respond. Leon hung up his phone and rolled onto his back smiling. He hadn't seen Jo since he'd come out to LA when he was 18 and she was 15. Although they hadn't seen each other in 4 years, they talked all the time. She was the only person from his family that he still spoke to…and she wasn't even blood, she was his step-sister. Leon looked at the clock and moaned…it was 5:15, he flopped back onto his stomach and within moments was sound asleep.
Leon was the last one up at 2 o'clock, he dragged himself up the stairs to see a very hung over Vince and Jesse sitting at the kitchen table both nursing cups of very strong, very black coffee. Mia was bustling around making a late breakfast, while Brain and Dom sat on the couch watching Letty play PS2.
"Shit bro…its about time…we were waiting for your ass for breakfast, and I'm fucking starving." Vince said seeing Leon enter the kitchen.
"Shut up dawg…I'm tired. Where's the coffee?"
"We're out Leon" Mia said from the stove.
"Shit"
"That's what you get for waking up so fucking late!"
"Shut up V!"
"Both of you shut up" Dom's deep voice growled as he entered the kitchen, "I'm too fucking tired, so just shut up." As Dom sat down Mia began putting huge stacks of bacon, eggs, and pancakes on the table. Brain and Letty followed Dom into the kitchen and sat down to the food. All conversation stopped as everyone dug into the food Mia had made, when they'd finished Dom directed Jesse and Brain to do the dishes. Leon and Vince were about to go play video games when Leon remembered Jo's call. Dom was heading outside to check on his car…one of his daily rituals when Leon called to him.
"Hey Dom"
"What?"
"I got a call from my sister this morning"
"Sister?"
"Yeah, you know my step sister…she lives in Florida."
"Right…so what's up?"
"She's transferring out to UCLA for a semester and she wanted to know if she could stay here. You know a cheap place to live."
"I don't know Leon…were pretty fucking crowded here."
"I know dawg but she's my sister and Letty doesn't need her own room anymore she's in with you. Come on bro."
"She's family Dom" Mia interrupted coming into the living room.
"Mia..." Dom groaned. "Aight Leon…fine…but she's gonna work at the store or the garage like everyone else."
"No prob dawg"
"When's she getting here?"
"Monday" Leon said as Dom rolled his eyes and walked outside.
"Thanks Mia"
"No problem…so whats she like Leon?"
"Yeah, what's she look like?" Vince asked
"She's not your type V" Leon responded sharply
"How do you know if you haven't seen her in…however many fucking years?"
"4 years and she's not one of those one night skanks you bring home."
"Yeah you're one to talk…Le"
"How old is she Leon?" Mia asked cutting off Vince and glaring at him.
"Umm…I guess she'd be 19 now."
"So she's going to UCLA?"
"Yeah for the semester."
"That's it?"
"Yeah I think so. She's the only one I still talk to. She's real chill ya know?"
"Why's she transferring?"
"She said a change of scenery." Leon said, and before Mia could ask another question Dom was yelling for Vince and Leon outside and they bounded out to help him. Mia walked back upstairs where she ran into Letty coming out of the shower.
"Hey girl"
"What's up Mia?"
"Leon's sister is moving in here on Monday."
"Really…I kinda remember him talking about her. What's her name again?"
"I think Leon called her Jo, but that must be short for something."
"So I should get the rest of my shit outta that room, huh?"
"Yeah, I'll help."
"Aight." Mia and Letty spent the next couple of hours taking the last of Letty's boxes out of her old room and storing them in the closet of her and Dom's room.
