Chapter 2 *
Trick pulled into the driveway of a two-story Victorian style house. He sighed before stepping out of his car. He shuffled up the walk. All their cars are here, even Angel's. Poor Jaz. Jade'll rip me up one side and skin me down the other. Oh well. My fault. He sighed. Once he was the porch, he walked around to the door facing the alleyway on the left side of the house. He opened the door and walked inside.
What he found astounded him. There were labeled boxes everywhere in the living and dining rooms. He walked into the kitchen and was greeted by a very sad Jazmin.
"Daddy?" Jazmin asked with surprise and hope in her voice.
He nodded.
A smile broke out on the little girl's face before she jumped on him. He laughed as he caught the little girl and hugged her tight.
"Daddy, are you staying?" Jazmin asked as she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah baby. I'm stayin. And I promise I'll take you with me, if I have to leave again." He kissed her hair and looked around the kitchen. So many boxes. Forgot how much stuff could fit in this house, let alone this kitchen. But then, the girls always rearranged stuff so everything could fit comfortably. He walked out of the with Jazmin in his arms.
"Bro?" a male voice asked to his right.
"Yeah Damon?" Trick asked looking at the guy.
"How long you been here, man?"
"Not long. Few minutes, maybe ten. Why you ask?" He looked away from Damon and concentrated on the bare walls of the hallway. Where all of our pictures used to hang.
"Angel's been in your room. She's still there actually. I think I heard a couple things break earlier," Damon said. He had reddish brown (is that even a color?) hair and blue eyes. He stood at 6' even and was well built.
"Okay, Jaz, how bout you go with Uncle Damon so I can go talk to Mama?" Trick asked his daughter. Jazmin nodded.
Trick handed Jazmin to Damon and then headed up the stairs. He nodded at Cynthia as he passed by her room. Jade started to yell at him as he passed by her room. Jake asked him what he was up to before he reached his and Angel's bedroom door. He could hear throwing things inside of something. He guessed she was tossing books into a box. He sighed before opening the door. When he opened the door, there were clothes everywhere, his and hers. The room looked as if it was hit by a hurricane. Well, it was hit by a hurricane and her name is Angel and she ain't quite done yet, Trick thought ironically as he looked around the room.
"Baby?" Trick asked, hoping to get her attention as he closed the bedroom door behind him so they could have some privacy.
"What?" Angel snapped. She didn't stop moving.
"Baby, stop. I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry I left without tellin ya," Trick said wrapping his arms around her waist from behind, causing her to stop. "Please Angel? Please forgive me? Please? Jaz has forgiven me for leavin the way I did, but can you? I don't know what I'd do without you or Jaz if you decided to leave and take her with you. I'm afraid that you'll leave and it'll be all my fault." Trick nuzzled her neck, causing her to moan and turn around in his arms.
She looked up at his face. He really is sorry. Damn him for crying. She wiped a renegade tear from his cheek with her thumb. She sighed. "Trick, you gotta understand somethin. When you took off, you hurt me and Jaz. Don't do it again or else you'll lose us both." Angel said pulling away from his arms.
Trick smiled.
"But first, you have to help me pack the rest of our room up." Angel smirked as Trick's smile faded.
He groaned and she laughed.
"C'mon ya big baby." They both laughed.
~ A Couple Days Later ~
"Steven! I wouldn't do that if I were you man," Vince yelled from the house.
Trick, Dom, Leon, and Damon were in the backyard and trying to figure out how to start the brand new grill that Angel had bought. Trick was gunna just throw the match into the grill and he was standing way too close. Trick threw a 'don't start with me' look and tossed the match. The flames flared and caught Trick by surprise. He yelped and jumped back away from the grill with the others. Laughter erupted from the back porch and from around the yard.
"Keep laughin," Trick growled.
"Well, if had listened when V tried to tell you not to do that then we wouldn't be laughin at ya," Angel said trying not to bust out laughing again. She handed him a beer.
He grinned as she turned to walk away.
"Don't even try it bub," Angel threw over her shoulder while walking away. She sat back down next to Jade and they continued their card game. Every now and then she glanced over at Brian and Jazmin. Grr. I don't trust that guy around her. She was losing because of her preoccupation.
"Girl, what the hell's up wit you? You can't lose in this game but you are. Why?" Jade asked throwing her cards down. She was getting pretty annoyed with her friend.
"Brian. For some reason I just don't trust him with Jaz. I can't shake this feelin that he's hidin somethin." Angel picked up the cards and set down on the table. "There's just somethin about him that I can't shake." Angel stood up and started towards the house.
"Where you goin?" Jade asked from her spot on the table.
"Goin to get my laptop. I need to find out what's buggin me bout this guy before I do somethin that really ain't my style. And you know what I mean," Angel said walking into the house.
Angel returned outside a few minutes later carrying her Compaq laptop. She set it down on the table and started to type at the keys. She caught the look on Jesse's face as she brought her profiler server. She smirked but kept working as she felt Jesse's presence beside her on the bench.
"Whatcha doin?" Jesse quipped. He took a sip from his Corona.
She glanced over at him and shook her head. "Are you always this nosy Jess, or does it come with the ADD?" Angel asked instead of answering his question as she typed Brian's name in the profile name space on the server. C'mon. C'mon. She willed the server to go faster.
"No on both counts," Jesse said trying to look at the screen.
"If you think I'm lookin you, Dom, Leon, Vince, Letty, or Mia up on here, you are so fucking far from the fucking truth my friend," Angel said as Brian's profile pooped up on the screen. Good thing he gave us O'Connor for his last name. Bet he never thought it'd come and bite him in the ass a little later on. She smirked as she read the file. "Jess, how much you know about O'Connor?" she asked as she hit a couple keys.
"Dinner guys!" Mia called from the house.
Angel looked up as a shadow fell across the screen. She looked up and found Dom standing behind her. She gulped. "Hiya...Dom." Uh-oh.
"What are you doing?" Dom asked sitting down on the bench beside her.
"I had a bad feeling about O'Connor and I had to find out more about him. Y'know, check his story out. I don't...I just don't trust him around my daughter and I don't know why. I needed to find out," Angel said hitting a few keys on the keyboard. That's as much of the truth as I'm gunna give him cuz I got no reason to tell him about my past. Good thing I locked my files up so tight that not even the best net hacker in the world could crack it.
"Yeah, sure. But we'll talk about this later. Let's get inside before they send out V to kick both our asses for not getting inside when Mia called." Dom stood and walked into the house. Angel wasn't that far behind him.
~ Dinner ~
Dinner was, as always, eventful. Jazmin was throwing her peas at everyone before Angel told her to behave or she'd have to go the kitchen and eat, by herself. Now, Jazmin sat sulking but eating her food. Trick, Vince, Leon and Jesse were talking about the races that were gunna go down in the dessert Friday night. Mia, Letty, Cynthia and Jade were talking about going shopping for Friday night. Brian, Damon and Dom were talking about the cars that needed to be done before Friday night rolled around. Angel sat listening to every conversation going on around her yet not listening at all.
Sigh Nothin in my life is solid right now. Jazmin, Trick and the team are all the solid things in my life and maybe my car but, I can't tell my past to them. Trick knows but he's the only one. He's the only one who cared about my past and who cared about what happened to me when I was younger. Oh well. Nothin to do but sit and wait until someone asks about my past. Hopefully, Dom hasn't asked Jess to look me up, otherwise all he's gunna find is an air locked tight file that no one but I can breach. Life really does suck ass right now.
Angel sighed. Trick was looking at her now but she didn't notice. He watched as she stood up, picked up her and Jazmin's empty plates and headed for the kitchen. She felt eyes boring holes into her back, she turned around and found Trick staring at her. She smiled and nodded at him. Then she turned and went into the kitchen.
~ Later that Night ~
Jade and Cynthia were playing with Jazmin on the floor while everyone else did whatever they did. Brian and Mia were in Mia's room. Letty and Dom were in their room. Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Damon were playing Grand Theft Auto III on PS2. Angel and Trick were sitting on the couch talking.
"You okay Baby?" Trick asked tugging on one of Angel's braids carefully.
"Yeah. Why you ask?" she asked looking at him.
" I was wondering cuz you didn't look too good at dinner. You looked like you were thinkin really hard bout somethin." Trick wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"I was just thinkin is all, T," Angel said moving his arm from around her shoulders. "I'm goin outside for some air. Don't wait up cuz I may end up goin for a ride a lil lata." Angel stood and walked out the front door. She sighed as she sat down on the top step. "What the fuck is wrong with me?" she asked herself pulling her knees up to her chest. She rested her head on her knees as she stared out into the street.
~*~*~*~*~
a/n: sorry it's so long guys, I couldn't find a good stopping place until there so...r/r please and thnx xangelx
Trick pulled into the driveway of a two-story Victorian style house. He sighed before stepping out of his car. He shuffled up the walk. All their cars are here, even Angel's. Poor Jaz. Jade'll rip me up one side and skin me down the other. Oh well. My fault. He sighed. Once he was the porch, he walked around to the door facing the alleyway on the left side of the house. He opened the door and walked inside.
What he found astounded him. There were labeled boxes everywhere in the living and dining rooms. He walked into the kitchen and was greeted by a very sad Jazmin.
"Daddy?" Jazmin asked with surprise and hope in her voice.
He nodded.
A smile broke out on the little girl's face before she jumped on him. He laughed as he caught the little girl and hugged her tight.
"Daddy, are you staying?" Jazmin asked as she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah baby. I'm stayin. And I promise I'll take you with me, if I have to leave again." He kissed her hair and looked around the kitchen. So many boxes. Forgot how much stuff could fit in this house, let alone this kitchen. But then, the girls always rearranged stuff so everything could fit comfortably. He walked out of the with Jazmin in his arms.
"Bro?" a male voice asked to his right.
"Yeah Damon?" Trick asked looking at the guy.
"How long you been here, man?"
"Not long. Few minutes, maybe ten. Why you ask?" He looked away from Damon and concentrated on the bare walls of the hallway. Where all of our pictures used to hang.
"Angel's been in your room. She's still there actually. I think I heard a couple things break earlier," Damon said. He had reddish brown (is that even a color?) hair and blue eyes. He stood at 6' even and was well built.
"Okay, Jaz, how bout you go with Uncle Damon so I can go talk to Mama?" Trick asked his daughter. Jazmin nodded.
Trick handed Jazmin to Damon and then headed up the stairs. He nodded at Cynthia as he passed by her room. Jade started to yell at him as he passed by her room. Jake asked him what he was up to before he reached his and Angel's bedroom door. He could hear throwing things inside of something. He guessed she was tossing books into a box. He sighed before opening the door. When he opened the door, there were clothes everywhere, his and hers. The room looked as if it was hit by a hurricane. Well, it was hit by a hurricane and her name is Angel and she ain't quite done yet, Trick thought ironically as he looked around the room.
"Baby?" Trick asked, hoping to get her attention as he closed the bedroom door behind him so they could have some privacy.
"What?" Angel snapped. She didn't stop moving.
"Baby, stop. I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry I left without tellin ya," Trick said wrapping his arms around her waist from behind, causing her to stop. "Please Angel? Please forgive me? Please? Jaz has forgiven me for leavin the way I did, but can you? I don't know what I'd do without you or Jaz if you decided to leave and take her with you. I'm afraid that you'll leave and it'll be all my fault." Trick nuzzled her neck, causing her to moan and turn around in his arms.
She looked up at his face. He really is sorry. Damn him for crying. She wiped a renegade tear from his cheek with her thumb. She sighed. "Trick, you gotta understand somethin. When you took off, you hurt me and Jaz. Don't do it again or else you'll lose us both." Angel said pulling away from his arms.
Trick smiled.
"But first, you have to help me pack the rest of our room up." Angel smirked as Trick's smile faded.
He groaned and she laughed.
"C'mon ya big baby." They both laughed.
~ A Couple Days Later ~
"Steven! I wouldn't do that if I were you man," Vince yelled from the house.
Trick, Dom, Leon, and Damon were in the backyard and trying to figure out how to start the brand new grill that Angel had bought. Trick was gunna just throw the match into the grill and he was standing way too close. Trick threw a 'don't start with me' look and tossed the match. The flames flared and caught Trick by surprise. He yelped and jumped back away from the grill with the others. Laughter erupted from the back porch and from around the yard.
"Keep laughin," Trick growled.
"Well, if had listened when V tried to tell you not to do that then we wouldn't be laughin at ya," Angel said trying not to bust out laughing again. She handed him a beer.
He grinned as she turned to walk away.
"Don't even try it bub," Angel threw over her shoulder while walking away. She sat back down next to Jade and they continued their card game. Every now and then she glanced over at Brian and Jazmin. Grr. I don't trust that guy around her. She was losing because of her preoccupation.
"Girl, what the hell's up wit you? You can't lose in this game but you are. Why?" Jade asked throwing her cards down. She was getting pretty annoyed with her friend.
"Brian. For some reason I just don't trust him with Jaz. I can't shake this feelin that he's hidin somethin." Angel picked up the cards and set down on the table. "There's just somethin about him that I can't shake." Angel stood up and started towards the house.
"Where you goin?" Jade asked from her spot on the table.
"Goin to get my laptop. I need to find out what's buggin me bout this guy before I do somethin that really ain't my style. And you know what I mean," Angel said walking into the house.
Angel returned outside a few minutes later carrying her Compaq laptop. She set it down on the table and started to type at the keys. She caught the look on Jesse's face as she brought her profiler server. She smirked but kept working as she felt Jesse's presence beside her on the bench.
"Whatcha doin?" Jesse quipped. He took a sip from his Corona.
She glanced over at him and shook her head. "Are you always this nosy Jess, or does it come with the ADD?" Angel asked instead of answering his question as she typed Brian's name in the profile name space on the server. C'mon. C'mon. She willed the server to go faster.
"No on both counts," Jesse said trying to look at the screen.
"If you think I'm lookin you, Dom, Leon, Vince, Letty, or Mia up on here, you are so fucking far from the fucking truth my friend," Angel said as Brian's profile pooped up on the screen. Good thing he gave us O'Connor for his last name. Bet he never thought it'd come and bite him in the ass a little later on. She smirked as she read the file. "Jess, how much you know about O'Connor?" she asked as she hit a couple keys.
"Dinner guys!" Mia called from the house.
Angel looked up as a shadow fell across the screen. She looked up and found Dom standing behind her. She gulped. "Hiya...Dom." Uh-oh.
"What are you doing?" Dom asked sitting down on the bench beside her.
"I had a bad feeling about O'Connor and I had to find out more about him. Y'know, check his story out. I don't...I just don't trust him around my daughter and I don't know why. I needed to find out," Angel said hitting a few keys on the keyboard. That's as much of the truth as I'm gunna give him cuz I got no reason to tell him about my past. Good thing I locked my files up so tight that not even the best net hacker in the world could crack it.
"Yeah, sure. But we'll talk about this later. Let's get inside before they send out V to kick both our asses for not getting inside when Mia called." Dom stood and walked into the house. Angel wasn't that far behind him.
~ Dinner ~
Dinner was, as always, eventful. Jazmin was throwing her peas at everyone before Angel told her to behave or she'd have to go the kitchen and eat, by herself. Now, Jazmin sat sulking but eating her food. Trick, Vince, Leon and Jesse were talking about the races that were gunna go down in the dessert Friday night. Mia, Letty, Cynthia and Jade were talking about going shopping for Friday night. Brian, Damon and Dom were talking about the cars that needed to be done before Friday night rolled around. Angel sat listening to every conversation going on around her yet not listening at all.
Sigh Nothin in my life is solid right now. Jazmin, Trick and the team are all the solid things in my life and maybe my car but, I can't tell my past to them. Trick knows but he's the only one. He's the only one who cared about my past and who cared about what happened to me when I was younger. Oh well. Nothin to do but sit and wait until someone asks about my past. Hopefully, Dom hasn't asked Jess to look me up, otherwise all he's gunna find is an air locked tight file that no one but I can breach. Life really does suck ass right now.
Angel sighed. Trick was looking at her now but she didn't notice. He watched as she stood up, picked up her and Jazmin's empty plates and headed for the kitchen. She felt eyes boring holes into her back, she turned around and found Trick staring at her. She smiled and nodded at him. Then she turned and went into the kitchen.
~ Later that Night ~
Jade and Cynthia were playing with Jazmin on the floor while everyone else did whatever they did. Brian and Mia were in Mia's room. Letty and Dom were in their room. Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Damon were playing Grand Theft Auto III on PS2. Angel and Trick were sitting on the couch talking.
"You okay Baby?" Trick asked tugging on one of Angel's braids carefully.
"Yeah. Why you ask?" she asked looking at him.
" I was wondering cuz you didn't look too good at dinner. You looked like you were thinkin really hard bout somethin." Trick wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"I was just thinkin is all, T," Angel said moving his arm from around her shoulders. "I'm goin outside for some air. Don't wait up cuz I may end up goin for a ride a lil lata." Angel stood and walked out the front door. She sighed as she sat down on the top step. "What the fuck is wrong with me?" she asked herself pulling her knees up to her chest. She rested her head on her knees as she stared out into the street.
~*~*~*~*~
a/n: sorry it's so long guys, I couldn't find a good stopping place until there so...r/r please and thnx xangelx