A/N: This is my 1st fic, please review. Constructive criticism welcome, please no flames.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize from TFATF, other OC's are figments of my imagination, I do own them.

1 The Store

She woke up to the sound of her clock radio, groaning, Mazzy sat up before turning it off. She grabbed her glasses off her night stand, placing them on her nose, she made her way to the bathroom to start the routine that began 2 days earlier… contacts in, teeth brushed, and showered. She let her pit bull Snickers out for his morning potty break while she brushed her hair. She dressed in an olive green tank top, baggy cargo camo shorts and tennis shoes.

Another long, hot day, she thought as she threw her coppery, shoulder length hair into a messy ponytail. She let Snickers back in the house indulged her dog with a little one and one time before grabbing her keys and heading out the door.

She'd been on a crew responsible for putting together the new tractor supply/feed store in the small town where she lived. The first two days were hell, unloading trucks, setting up the fixtures, dealing with the person who was overseeing the project's bullshit. What's his name…. Oh yeah, Toby, she thought.

The one glimmer of hope was her cherished smoke breaks, there were two guys and a girl she'd met and began hanging out with, not long after they'd all started work.

Leon was one of them- nice looking guy with piercing green eyes.

Brian was the other guy- pretty boy with sky blue eyes that put her own baby blues to shame.

Then there was Letty, who, like herself, didn't say a whole lot. Letty looked like a hard bitch, but the few times they'd spoken she was nice.

When Mazzy pulled into the parking lot, she saw Leon's yellow skyline. She'd looked forward to listening to them talk. The three of them seemed to know a LOT about cars, which was why Mazzy kept her mouth shut, she knew nothing about cars… the only reason she knew what Leon drove was because she'd over heard them talking about it.

Mazzy parked on the driver's side, and rolled down her window, Leon did the same.

"Hey Mazzy, what's up?" He asked.

Mazzy yawned, "Still wakin' up, man." She leaned forward to look around Leon and waved to Brian and Letty, the three usually rode in together.

"Wonder what that old fucker has in store for us today." Letty said to no one in particular.

Leon, Brian, and Mazzy shrugged and began getting out of their vehicles. Mazzy yawned again, the action not going unnoticed.

"Girl, you need to quit that, it's contagious," Brian told her, stifling one of his own.

They walked into the store and filled out their time cards, they also had to write their names on generic 'hello, my name is…' type nametags that worked wonders with the amount of people working there. The foursome were always taking steps to "personalize" them. Letty had drawn a cat face on hers, Brian a star, Leon a basketball, Mazzy made her 'a' the anarchy A.

While they were busy setting up the fixtures and counting holes to where the shelves were to be placed, Mazzy kept to herself, until she and Letty were partnered up. Then they were busy deciding that Toby indeed had something up his ass and tried to figure out what it might be and how far up his ass it was.

On the first break of the day, Leon started asking her questions. "How long have you lived here?" He asked.

Mazzy shrugged and took a drink of her grape Gatorade, "Bout a year and a half. You?"

"Few months," Brian answered.

"Bored yet?" Mazzy asked with a smile.

Letty rolled her eyes, "You might say that."

Brian lit up a cigarette- a habit that he'd once left behind, but had picked up since they'd fled L.A., "What do you do for fun here?"

Mazzy laughed, "I'm the wrong person to be askin'." She thought for a moment, "swim, go to the beach, drink, dance."

Leon looked at her, "What do you drink?"

"Margaritas, Tequila, whiskey…" Mazzy named off.

"No Corona!" Letty asked, wide eyed.

"I dunno-I don't drink beer, my bro drinks Bud Light I guess. I'm the only one who can half way keep up with him when we drink hard liquor together tho."

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Leon asked.

Letty shot Leon a look that asked 'what the hell are you doing?'

Mazzy eyed him suspiciously, "Noooo…. Why?" She drawled.

Leon shrugged, "Just wonderin'."

Mazzy raised an eyebrow that clearly showed she didn't believe him "Uh-huh. So, what brought ya'll to this sleepy little town?"

Brian shrugged, "New place, away from the city… away from the bullshit."

Mazzy stood up and brushed the dust from her ass, "Well I'm gonna go sit my ass back in the A/C," she told them.

Letty smacked Leon's arm after Mazzy had gone inside, "What the fuck was that!"

"Ow! Damn-just a question," Leon answered, rubbing his arm.

"Yeah right," she said shortly.

"What? I thought-you know, maybe V would -"

"Maybe V would WHAT Leon?" Letty interrupted.

"I dunno, maybe it's time for him to… ya know… move on?"

Brian looked at Leon, "From Mia?"

Leon nodded. "I know you guys have been civilized since you pretty much saved his life and all. I know ya aren't ever gonna be best friends or nothin'- but he's still hung up on her."

Letty nodded, as she understood what he was getting at. "Yeah, 'cuz he's gettin' on Dom's nerves how he's always mopin' around and it's gotta be puttin' a strain on you and Mia."

Brian nodded reluctantly, "Yeah, it's hard sometimes. That's why we want our own place."

"So…" Letty started, "did you have something in mind?" She asked Leon.

Leon shook his head, "I'll think of something." He said, getting up and offering Letty a hand, which she took, and stood next to him.

Letty looked at Brian, "Break's over Bri, you comin'?"

Brian stood slowly, wheels in his head turning. Maybe Leon was right if Vince liked Mazzy, Vince could finally move on, and leave him and Mia alone.