Chapter 1: The Cool Kids

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Chapter One- The Cool Kids.

"You Brian?"

Brian spun around reeking 'new guy' his suitcase gripped tightly in his hand and his blazer pressed to a crisp.
He nodded slowly taking in the Hispanic boy, his grey blazer was worn tied around his waist, his white shirt undone completely and black pants rolled up on his left leg. Brian read the school's manual and that was not how the uniform was supposed to be worn.

"I'm Hector, I'm supposed to show you to your room. Give you a tour of the campus bla, bla, bla-"
Brian was gaped at the welcoming committee he was either misinformed about the prestigious private school or Hector was in the drama club.

"Well come on."
Brian was slow dragging his suitcase behind him as he followed Hector out the main lobby.

"You're not supposed to be here are you?" Brian asked once he'd caught up with Hector.

"I am since it gets me out of detention."

It all made sense to Brian then.

"What'd you get in trouble for?"

"Sneaking off campus, I screwed up."

"For sneaking off."

"No, for getting caught. We sneak off all the time."

"We?"

"Just some friends of mine. You'd go crazy if all you saw for the semester was grey, black and white walls."

Brian didn't think the school colors were that bad but he understood how staring at it all day everyday could grow old.

"So this is the main lounge, everyone hangs out here."

"Why?"

Brian didn't see anything special, a few seating areas, a flat-screen TV and a small kitchenette, pool and table tennis tables but since Hector mentioned it he realized it was very busy. Students in and out of the uniform were littered all over the lounge.

"It's one of the few co-ed places on campus besides classrooms without security cameras."

"Guess that makes sense." Brian was still looking around when Hector pushed him forward.

"This way, the boys dorms are closer, the girls have to walk across campus to get to the lounge."

He was taken through a long hallway lined with glass cases filled with trophies.

"What are all these for?"
Hector followed his line of sight at the trophy cases that lined the entire hallway.

"Everything, mostly football and track though. Politics run this school and what do politics love?"

Brian shrugged.

"Sports, sports rule the school."

They continued walking through the hallway and then out of double doors, and up three flights of stairs.
"This is block C, boys dormitory and also the coolest place on campus."

"Really?"

"Well I haven't seen the inside of the girls dorm but even if I did I'd bet that this is still the coolest place on campus."

Brian laughed a little, he was starting to like the idea of boarding school. The more Hector told him what it was really like he realized he might not have been as unhappy as he'd initially imagined. Being shipped off in the middle of the semester to some glorified prison wasn't his plan.

"What room are you in?"
Brian dropped his bag at the top of the long carpeted hallway. He looked through the folder in his hands and pulled out his room assignment.

"209,"

"I know it, it's Roman's room. He's cool."

"How come he doesn't have a room-mate already?"

"He did, Tej, he just got reassigned."

"So he didn't die or anything?"

"Nope, he's in the honour classes now, they bunk on another block."
Hector began walking again, they went down the hallway and bent the corner. "There you go, room 209. When you're settled come find me in the lounge. You remember where it is?"

"Yeah man, thanks for everything."

"You're not bad white boy, might just fit in here. Oh and welcome to Hobbs Preparatory."

Brian reached for the key he'd been given and let himself in. The room was a lot bigger than he imagined, painted a navy blue and on the right side of the room was an occupied bed. Roman seemed oblivious that Brian was there, he could hear quiet snoring sounds. Who slept till midday at boarding school?

Brian looked over at the empty side of the room and figured he better start unpacking when his phone rang. He almost didn't pick up.

"What mom?"

"How are things? Do they know who you are?"

"No, not everyone subscribes to gossip tabloids. I'm unpacking, I have to go."

"Brian keep in touch please. It's for the best dear."

He replied by ending the call, it was all bullshit. His family was ashamed of him and he was in hiding because of it.

Dom passed Hector and a new kid in the hallway on his way to the main lounge. He was supposed to meet Letty after class. They would spend at least an hour together before both of them had to go to practice.

She was just as devoted as he was, their relationship came first but sports was a close second.

Their chemistry was just there and now he couldn't see himself with anyone else. He swung his gym bag over the couch in the lounge and waited for her. It took another ten minutes for her to show up. She still wore her uniform confirming his suspicion that she hadn't gone to the dorms to change for practice.

"Why does it feel like that skirt gets shorter every time I see you?" She laughed as she leapt into his arms. He purposely squeezed her ass before setting her back down on the floor.

"It doesn't it's just your pervy imagination." She told him as he tugged on her plaid pleated skirt.

"Class ran late?"

"No, Coach stopped me on my way here wants me to run in the relay for the meet against Nolan Heights next month."

"You sure you an handle that and the 100 metre?"

"We'll have to see. I'm gonna try and speaking of track I have to go."

"It hasn't been an hour." He pouted linking their fingers together.

"I know but I have to go earlier today for relay practice and I still haven't gone to the dorm to get my gym bag yet. I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you after training." She pecked his lips. "Promise."

He let her run off and had no choice but to go to football practice using the opposite exit though he would have rather hung out with his girlfriend. On his way out he passed the new kid again.

Brian looked around for Hector and found him fairly quickly standing in a big crowd in the middle of the lounge. He waved him over and Hector left his friends.

"Settled that quick?"

"Not much to do up there, my room-mate is still asleep. Doesn't he have class or something."

"Roman is on the football team."

"So they get to slack off on academics just because they can catch a ball and take a tackle?"

"Not really, they're aren't really any bad students at this school, we all have to maintain a certain average to stay and well play sports but it doesn't mean we have to put academics before everything. So he wants to get some sleep and blow off evening classes. What's the big deal?"

Hector didn't expect an answer but he wouldn't have gotten one anyway as Brian's focus was somewhere else.

"Don't even think about thinking about it." Hector told him as he realized who had caught Brian's attention.

"Who is she?"

"She is who you stay away from if you want to avoid the wrath of Dominic Toretto."

"She's gorgeous,"

"Yeah, and smart and funny and athletic and just about the star of every guy's wet dreams but she's also the most unattainable girl well one of the most unattainable girls at this school."

Letty waved at Hector as she passed him and another guy on her way out and ended up running across campus to the girl's dorm just so she wouldn't be late for practice.

"Where's the fire." Mia called behind her, Letty didn't even realize she had passed Mia. She stopped her running as Mia was right outside the girl's dorm.

"How you living girl?"

"I should ask you that, you were gone this morning. Thought we were supposed to hang out?"

"Oh crap, I totally forgot. I went for a jog this morning."

"I went to your room at six."

"Yeah, I was up by four a.m. and around the field by five."

"When do you get the time to keep up your grades, be a track star and drive my brother crazy?"
Letty sighed loudly accepted the hug Mia offered.

"I know you're exhausted."

"I'll have to schedule a time to be exhausted."

"You've never worked this hard before, what's going on?"

"I came second in the last two meets Mia."

"So? Those were like the only two times you've come second. Didn't know winning meant that much to you."

"It doesn't, but it does to the school. I'm barely making it with my grades, my scholarship is in jeopardy if I don't pull out another win soon."

"You talk to Dom about this?"

"No, I don't know how to tell him. If I get kicked out of this school our relationship is as good as done."

"What are you gonna do then?"

"Worry later, practice now. I don't know when I'll have the time hang out Mi."

"You've got enough to worry about. I could always find another best friend." Mia joked.

"My last class on Friday is at twelve. That good for you?"

"Tomorrow then."
Letty ran off again to get her gym bag.

Mia continued to the lounge. She had just come from a pep rally meeting. The only reason she had joined cheer-leading was to get out gym and she'd been regretting ever since. Her team-mates were shallow and boring and the amount of time she spent in the uncomfortable navy blue uniform just wasn't worth it.

On her way to the main lounge someone stopped. She wasn't complaining at all, the cute blonde guy had a pair of blue eyes she fell in love with immediately.

"Can you help me?"
He was obviously new and she prayed she could get over his eyes fast enough so she could answer him.

"Ummm."

"I'm new, I'm trying to find my classes so I'm not late tomorrow. My tour guide sorta ditched me."

"Hector?"

"How'd you know. This school is huge."

"He's a friend of my brother, besides, all the cool kids know each other."
He laughed and she took his folder with his classes.

"How'd they let you transfer in the middle of the semester. Winter break is almost here."

"I don't know, my mom pulled a few strings I guess."

"She must be rich."

He shrugged.

"It's okay, I'm rich too." She winked and outstretched her hand. "I'm Mia."

"Nice to meet you Mia, I'm Brian."

"Well, I'm off for the rest of the day so I can show you around, the proper way."

"I'd appreciate it."
Mia's evening couldn't get any better. She scored big time meeting the blue eyed prince but the best part was that he didn't know her brother and his reputation. Most guys were too scared of Dom to even talk to her but there she was with an incredibly handsome stranger who knew nothing of the overprotective brother.

They made a slow stride toward the classrooms. Mia had hoped that she wouldn't run in with any of her brother's friends, it was a huge campus, but it just so happened that Vince and Leon were coming her way.

"Sup Mia?"

"Just giving a new student a tour. He was a little lost."

"Sup new kid?" Leon nodded at Brian.

"Brian this is Leon and Vince, on your way to practice boys?"

"Yeah, coming?"

"I may stop by later, not sure."

Vince watched intensely as the pair walked away.

"What do you make of that?" Vince asked Leon who shook his head as they continued to the football field.

"Leave it V, it's exactly what it looks like. She's just showing him around."

"All I'm saying is that they looked pretty chummy."

"Gotta get over it man."

"Get over what?"

"Mia."

"You know?"

"The whole damn school knows."

"You're wrong. Dom would have done something about it."

Leon laughed shaking his head.

"Dom hasn't done anything because you haven't done anything about your feelings for her. "

"What do you think?"

"I think the moment you decide to tell and or show Mia how you feel is the moment you find out how much your friendship with Dom can stand."

"I'm his best friend Leon. He knows me like a brother."

"Which is exactly why he doesn't want you with his sister."
Leon ran ahead with Vince trailing behind him.

It took them five minutes to change in the locker rooms and make it out on the field with their other team-mates.

"I'd never hurt Mia."
Vince started again as they started a jog around the field for a warm up.

"Then try telling him that." Leon pointed to Dom who was doing push ups closer to the bleachers.

"Toretto!" He knew he was either in trouble or big trouble when Coach Braga called him in that tone.

"Coach?"

"Heard about Shaw?"

"Just that he was in the sickbay. Would be fine by our next game. Why?"

"It's worse than that. Apparently the chicken pox was a lie, he had some kind of mental breakdown. He's being pulled out of school by his parents."

"Kidding, we'll need him two weeks."

"I know, I have faith in this team but no sub can replace Shaw. I'm doing tryouts Saturday, need you to be there. Maybe there's some untapped talent we don't know about in this school."

"If not Coach?"

"We'll cross that bridge when we get there Toretto. Let's whip them into shape in the mean time." He blew his whistle next to Dom's ear unapologetically.

Practice was tedious as usual, Dom was unnerved at Shaw's departure from the team. Owen was one of the reasons Dom always felt so confident before a game. They had lost a valuable player and while football wasn't as important as everyone else thought it was to him, he was still bothered. It lingered on his mind while he showered and changed but once he left the locker rooms and saw her standing there it was forgotten. She stood with a mischievous smile already changed back into her uniform.

"Thought I'd find you here Mr. Quarterback."
She grinned as he engulfed her in a hug his hand automatically cupping her butt cheeks and hoisting her up in his arms.

"How was practice?"

"We lost Shaw, you?"

"Sucks about Shaw, I feel like my legs have been run over multiple times by a monster truck."
He laughed and she leaned in for a kiss.

"Sneak me into your dorm tonight."

"Like you had to ask." He said setting her down only for her to hop on his back as he carried them to his dorm room.

"Later Dom." Roman waved the two as he hoisted his gym bag over his shoulder.

The honour class boys dorm was closer to the football field so Roman thought he'd check on how Tej was settling before he went back to his dorm to meet his new room-mate.

The dorm was quiet like he expected, it's occupants were either sound asleep or at the library. Knocking on Tej new dorm room door Roman waited a few seconds before Tej opened the door.

"Miss me already buddy."
Roman pushed his way into the room ignoring Tej and looking around his new room.

"Roman that's Jesse my new room-mate." Roman waved at him but all he saw was two fingers behind the desktop he was consumed in.

"Do you actually see him?" Roman looked at Tej who shrugged.

"Everybody's got their thing. His is computers."

Jesse slid his chair out from under the computer desk.

"You're on the football team right?"

Roman nodded.

"Friends with Dominic Toretto?"

"What are you getting at?"

Jesse shook his head ready to roll his chair back in place but Tej held it and spun him around to face Roman.

"Jesse's dying wish is to be friends with Dom."

Roman scoffed. "Why?"

"Simple, I'm sick of being bullied and if I'm in Dominic's crew-"

"His crew?" Tej laughed, "What do you think he runs a gang or something?"

"His inner circle, whatever. Nobody messes with them."

"You don't need Dom, you need a bodyguard." Roman and Tej laughed but Jesse was dead serious about getting in with Dom.

"Word of advice, the only thing Dom cares about is loyalty. Simple as that." Roman told him but Jesse didn't see how that could help him.

"I was heading to the main lounge, you two coming? C'mon you nerds it's two hours till curfew."

"Why not, come on Jesse. Step away from the computer for a little while. What are you working on anyway?" Tej asked as they all left the dorm room.

"Trying to hack into the security feed for all the security cameras on campus."

"It work?"

"Not yet, I'll get it though. Could you imagine seeing what they see. We could avoid the cameras better than we ever did. Maybe sneak off campus to the car show again."

"You were there shrimp?" Roman was shocked, even if he wasn't an honours student Jesse didn't strike him as the rule breaking type. He thought it was only a few of them who had sneaked off but that number was growing.

"Hell yeah, best night of my life. We have to do it again."

"Easy shrimp, they're keeping a watchful eye on us because of the ones that got caught. Gotta let the hype die down before we even attempt it again. Don't cha know this is just a fancy prison."

They joked around until they reached the main lounge which was jammed packed but it wasn't a surprise considering everyone was out of class and it was the most comfortable place they could fraternize without being watched.

"What's the nerd squad doing here?" Hector asked playfully fist bumping Tej and Jesse.

"Roman is a bad influence." Jesse told him.

"You meet your room-mate yet?"

"No, was gone when I woke up and I headed to practice right after so no such luck. He could be a serial killer or something."

Hector pointed across the room to Brian laughing with Mia on the loveseat.

"Met him early today. Didn't seem very serial killer to me, but he's talking to Mia Toretto so stupid maybe."

"Meet you at the pool table in five minutes, I'm gonna make sure." Roman crossed the room to the seating area where Brian and Mia were still cracking up.

"Oh hey Roman."

Brian didn't know why but it seemed like every red blooded male Mia greeted only thought of her in a platonic way and that confused him. She seemed like an amazing person he wanted to get to know better. He was already enjoying the school but Mia had multiplied that feeling by a hundred, best part was that she had no idea who he was.

"Have you met Brian, he's new."

"Apparently he's my new room-mate."
Roman stretched his hand and Brian shook it.

"I'm telling you now I'm a messy guy."
Brian nodded, it didn't matter to him.

"Then we'll have a messy room cause I'm the same way."

"I guess you two have a lot of room-matey things to talk about, I think I'm gonna head out, the girls dorm is quite a walk."

"Thanks for today Mia."

"Any time, if you ever get lost you have my number."

He nodded, he was definitely going to use the number she gave him not necessarily if he got lost. He waved her as she left, she was again stopped by another guy but once he heard the interaction he realized he would have to think long and hard about calling her.

"Wait a fucking second. The football guy is Mia's brother."

Roman snickered, "Big, overprotective brother. You my friend are what we called screwed.

"Where you headed sis?"

"Dorm, you?"

"Letty's a bit sore." Dom showed her the ice packs in his hands. "Gonna help her out."

"Sure you are." Mia said shaking her head.

"It's not like that." Dom called after her but he knew she didn't believe him for a second. Weaving his way through his peers he went back up to his dorm room where Letty had just stripped off her blazer and hung it on his door knob.

She snuggled up to him on his bed and he placed an ice pack on her right knee and another on her shin while she kept one in place on his shoulder.

"Why do we do this to ourselves?"
She laughed and pressed their foreheads together.

"Harder babe."

He smirked although he knew she was talking about the pressure he was putting on her shin. He pressed down harder and she let out a guttural moan.

"That's more like it." He teased her and she laughed so hard the ice pack she held to his shoulder slipped out of her hand. He linked their fingers together when she made a move to pick up the ice pack.

"Leave it."

She saw in his eyes his aching shoulder was no longer a priority. Her own soreness was fast became a minor throbbing when his hand snaked up her neck and brought her lips crashing down to his. His kisses always stole her breath away but that night it was especially electric. She shivered involuntarily as he drew them closer and she allowed him entry into her mouth. Her own ice packs fell off the bed and were forgotten. They swallowed each others moans, their heads moved in unison as they delved into each other. Dom's hand snaked up Letty's neck and into her untamed curls pressing her into him more aggressively and massaging her scalp.

She broke the kiss for a breathy gasp and the look she gave him told him he had permission. He had her pinned underneath him in seconds. He lost himself in her again his kisses more fervent and his hands more urgent as they undid the buttons of her shirt. She panted and writhed beneath him as he cupped her breast over the vest she wore under her shirt and squeezed. He swallowed her yelp with another kiss but the rest of her body showed how much she appreciated it. She arched into him and her hands clutched his forearms, her nails dug into his skin every time he squeezed.

She hooked her legs around his waist the friction caught him off guard and it was his turn to release an illicit moan. When he looked down at her she wore a devilish smirk that fed his hunger. He kissed down her neck and she pretended it didn't tickle until he blew his warm breath on an especially ticklish spot on her neck.

"You win." She finally said as he sucked on the same spot.

"Didn't hear you."
They stared at each other waiting to see who'd crack first. He ran his hands down her side and skimmed his fingers on her thighs to seal the deal.

"You win...this time."

"That's all I wanted to hear."
He kissed the pout off her lips and it grew heated again. His hand travelled up her thigh all the way under her skirt but she pulled away from his lips when it had gotten too heated.

"D-Dom." She warned and his hands moved up to her waist.

"Sorry."

She shook her head, slowing down bothered her as much as it did him. She had too much reservations about losing her virginity in a dorm room. They'd be pressed for time because of curfew, the bed was small, she wasn't on any kind of birth control and didn't want to have to use a condom because they had no other options. There were a million other reasons that stopped them from ever going any further.

"Winter break is coming up."
He brightened up her mood as they had something to look forward.

"Yeah it is. But till then, keep it PG."

"At least PG 13."

He laid down on her using her breast as a cushion but Vince swung the door open just then and it looked like something completely different.

"Whoops. Sorry." He turned on his head and slammed the door shot.

Dom sat up laughing at the grilling he'd get once Letty left.

"Your room-mate is the reason our friends think we're already having sex."
She began on her shirt buttons as Dom climbed off of her.

"I set him straight every time but you know V, 'I know what I saw' he won't let up."

"I should go, cutting it too close to curfew anyway." She took up her blazer and put it on facing a disappointed Dom.

"I know sucks for me to." She leaned in and pecked his lips.

"Want me to walk you back."

"No, you'll distract me and I can't break curfew again."

"You gonna run? You're still sore."

"I'll take the short-cut across the quad. I'll see you in Chemistry tomorrow."

"Yeah you will." He stole another kiss and walked her to the end of the hall.

"Letty," She looked back smiling already knowing what was going to come out of his mouth.

"I love you."

"Love you too." She really wished she would stop getting giddy whenever he said it. With her gym bag she left the boys dorm and went around the main lounge instead of passing through.

She plugged her ear buds into her ear as she hurried across the deserted quad. She was almost there, could see the double doors with five minutes to spare when someone tapped her on her shoulder. She thought Dom had followed her but was completely off.

"What do you want Johnny?"

"Couldn't pass up a chance to talk to you alone since you're with him every damn minute of the day."

"Curfew is in five so make it quick."

"Hear me out, you know I've had feelings for you since-"

"You're kidding me. Not this again. We talked about this. The problem with your Johnny and Letty master plan is the small fact that I have boyfriend and your with Elena."

"Please, the quarterback. I don't know what you see in him and Elena is good fun but she's not you."

Letty looked at her watch again. He had been trying since she started the school, each time more aggressive than the last and more delusional as well.

"I love him and even if there wasn't a Dom me and you will never happen."

She walked on but he caught up with her a few feet from the girl's dorm. He pulled her back but let go when he realized one of the cameras were directly in front of them.

"You may want to reconsider. My father is on the board of directors for the school."

"So what?"

"So... I'd hate for that scholarship of yours to be revoked."
She froze expecting anything to come out of his mouth but that.

"Think about it." He left her with that and stalked away.

Curfew met her in that very spot tears and all because she knew either way she'd lose Dom.