So here is the second part, I did my best to get the story moving along without a lot of gaps. If anyone has suggestions or ideas, I am willing to listen. Thank you and enjoy
Chapter 2 The Meeting
I woke up to a soft snoring in my room. As I opened my eyes, I noticed the posters of cars, posters of girls half naked, clothes thrown everywhere, it wasn't my room but a boy's room. I looked over the side of the bed and saw the handsome bald sexy guy I had seen last night and few days ago. He looked peaceful, like a young child having an amazing dream and never wanting to wake up. After starring at him for awhile, I got up and noticed I was still wearing the tank top from last night but I was wearing a pair of basketball shorts instead of the dark blue jeans.
I did my best not to wake up the mystery man who I guessed was Mia's brother, and open the door to make my way downstairs. I could hear more snoring but it was louder, I looked down at the couch in the living room were one guy with redish brown hair was sleeping, and another was sleeping on the floor. I laughed a little, must of been a rough night I thought to myself. I walked into the kitchen to find Mia looking for something. The kitchen wasn't huge, a sink with a window above it, a stove pushed in to one corner, a small wooden table with a microwave sitting on top of it was by the door way, the refrigerator was pushed next to the small wooden table, there were drawers under the sink and all across the back wall, a small table with two chairs was in a small corner opposite of the stove. The room had a photos hanging of smaller versions of Mia and her brother and an older guy, most likely their dad. "Hey Letty, how did you sleep?" I heard Mia ask, I didn't realize I was starring at recent picture of her, Dom, and two other guys that I saw sleeping on the couch earlier.
"I slept like a baby. What happened last night?" I asked Mia, moving away from the picture. "We took that picture a few weeks ago. My birthday, Dom made food, had a couple of people over. Hopefully you stick around long enough for us to celebrate your birthday huh" she said totally ignoring my question. I walked over to Mia and saw her mixing eggs and cinnamon in a small bowl. "Letty there are a few pans in the stove. Do you mind grabbing them for me?" Mia asked while looking for a loaf of bread. "Sure but what happened last night? I remember the races and my wrist but everything is fuzzy after that," I pulled out the pan from the stove. "Leon, the one on the floor snoring, brought us home after Dom screwed up the Mazda. I stitched up your wrist, put a few band aids on it, you knocked out on the couch and Dom carried you upstairs," she said. "What about my parents?" I asked while sitting on one of the small chairs in the kitchen and watching Mia cook french toast. "Your mom was worried but I told her you ended up spending the night over here so we could wake up early and get a ride to the mall." Mia was great at cover ups, but how would I explain my wrist.
It was too early to be thinking about this on a Sunday morning. I looked up at Mia who obviously needed help moving the food into the next room with a nice dinner table and six seats, the table was rather big for the small group of people living in the house. "When I was younger my dad would sit me down at this table after school to help me with my homework. I was the only kid who ever worked on homework in this house." Mia was in a trance almost thinking back to her dad and how he was caring, gentle, and willing to help her. Maybe Mia would the only one to graduate this year, I was getting tired of school and I wasn't planning on going to college.
It didn't matter though, Mia was serving breakfast. "Damn Mia smells good. Hey did Dom leave a girl here?" the guy with redish brown hair asked Mia while pointing at me. "Vince shut up. This is Letty, Dom almost killed her last night," Mia replied. Dom must have of had a bunch of girls over I guess. "Nice to meet you Letty, I'm Leon and that monster is Vince," Leon said while pointing at the guy who was starring at the food on the table. I heard heavy footsteps come down from the stairs, it was Dom. Everyone sat down and waited for Mia to bring the rest of the eggs out to the table. Dom had sat at one end of the table while Mia sat at the other end, I reached in for one french toast and everyone looked at me. "You reached in first, you have to say grace," I heard Dom say to me.
I put my food down a plate and held my hands together and closed my eyes, "Thank you lord for allowing me to meet these people and for not letting me die last night," I couldn't help but chuckle. "Thank you lord for this amazing meal Amen," I said. Everyone said Amen and Dom looked at me, I could feel the blood rushing to my cheeks. "Hey can you pass the eggs?" I asked Leon. "Here you go," Leon passed me a huge plate of eggs that Mia had cooked. Everyone started eating, Vince though was on his third serving when everyone was still finishing their first serving. Vince could eat all day I bet. "Letty do you wanna go to the mall today?" I heard Mia ask from across the table. Before I could answer, Dom was speaking up, "Mia, Letty might need some rest after what happened last night. I'm sorry about last night again. I didn't mean too hurt you. And Mia you're grounded again," Dom said while looking at me. He had those eyes that could see right through me and it made me feel weird but in a good way, I had butterflies in my stomach. "Dom you aren't my dad, you can't tell me what to do!" Mia yelled at Dom. Everyone except Vince stopped chewing their food. "Mia you will listen to me, you are too young to go to the races!" Dom yelled across the table. Mia got up and left the table, I was worried and had no idea what to do but I got up and ran after Mia. It couldn't of been much fun being around all guys.
"Mia" I called out, looking through the doorways. I found Mia in her room, the room was a bright blue color, her bed was pushed up against one wall, the other wall was occupied by a large dresser with a mirror and a window that faces the front of the house. "Mia, I'm sure Dom is just trying to do what's best for you, he doesn't want to see you get hurt like I did," I told Mia who was sitting on herbed clutching a stuffed animal. "He isn't my dad, he can't keep me in this house all the time. It's not fair," Mia was sobbing into her stuffed animal. "My dad wouldn't of let Dom go to the races, but because he is 19, he can do whatever he wants," Mia couldn't stop herself so I sat next to her and did my best to comfort her.
I don't know how much time past, Mia just cried and fell back to sleep and I did the same. After last night I was ready to sleep for days, that was too much excitement for me in one day but the rush was amazing. I heard Dom saying something to Mia, I acted like I was still asleep, made no movement just listened. "Mia, you have to be careful, she could of gotten hurt because of us." I heard Dom say. Then I closed my eyes and fell back to sleep, I was too tired to hear the rest of the conversation.
I had spent my day at Mia's house, and only went home to sleep so I could wake up early for school. Waking up at 6:00 in the morning just to be at school at 7:30 in the morning is insane. I woke up too early for school, I ended up calling Mia but Dom answered instead. "Hey," I said a little awkward. "Hey, everything okay?" I heard him ask through the line. "Yeah, I just couldn't sleep I guess, you know I slept all day. What are you doing awake at 4 in the morning?" I asked. "Thought someone might call you never know," I heard him, god his voice drove me crazy. "Dom, tell me about your dad," I didn't mean to say it, but I was so curious I couldn't help it. We spent the next two hours talking on the phone, about my past, about his past, about my parents, about his parents, I told him about school, he told me to finish and then do whatever I want. After that talk I realized how different yet how alike we were, he made me feel better about everything.
That morning, Dom picked me up and took Mia and I to school, I just wanted to stay home and sleep but Dom insisted I went to school so I didn't have to make up any work. School was boring, I didn't want to stay any longer by the time it was lunch. I made my choice that I would take the GED, I would rather study for some dumb ass test so I could graduate instead of waiting two more years. I just wanted to be around Dom talking about everything. By the end of the day, I was tired and Dom picked us up. He drove us to his garage, I saw Leon working on a car. "Hey Leon, hey Vince what's up with this car?" I asked banging on the top of the car. "Some lazy guy screwed up the cooling system, just needs a new fan but my hand doesnt fit to get the part pit and Vince has chubby fingers," Leon answered.
"Don't worry sweetie, let me clarify that. The guy needs help to fix the AC. Leon you can't expect a girl to understand what that means," Vince clarified. I laughed a little and punched Vince hard on the arm. I handed Dom his leather jacket and grabbed a pair of overalls. "Please Vince, I may be a girl but I understand what Leon said. Don't be sad cause my hand will fit in the small tight areas were you can't," my words had a double meaning and Vince must of caught it because he turned red and stormed out of the garage. "Thanks Letty, I just lost a set of hands. Maybe you can help out," Dom wasn't asking me, he expected me to do it. After fixing the fan on the '88 Honda accord, Leon and I worked on taking apart a 1994 Acura Integra, "Leon who brought this car in?" I asked. It was a nice car, missing parts here and there and needed a nice paint job. "I don't know, I've just been working on taking it apart and fixing it up, Dom might know though." Dom was busy working on a water pump in another car and Mia was working on her homework.
"Hey Dom, I need to go home," I told him, I had a lot of fun working on some of the cars. Vince showed up again and finished up some oil changes in other cars, but wouldn't talk to me. "Letty, you got some grease on your cheek," I touched my cheek and felt the grease from the Acura that I was working on. I wiped it off with the back of my hand, "thanks Dom, you mind giving me a ride home?" I asked him. He did and made sure I got inside my house safe and sound.
The next few weeks, my schedule was the same, Dom and Mia would pick me up from my house, drop me off at home, pick Mia and I up from school went to the garage, worked all afternoon until 8 then Dom would drop me off. This went on for months actually, Vince and I would joke around, eat in the garage during our break, I would help Leon with any cars in return Leon would help me with homework. I was trying to get my diploma and get out of that hell hole. Dom made me a promise that I had to get C's in my classes in order to work at the garage.
"Hey Dom," I said at one of parties after the races. He was sitting on the couch, kicking some kid's ass on the playstation. "What is it Letty?" "Can we talk upstairs really quick?" I asked him, this was our code to eachother. We would spend hours up in his room talking about cars or talking about anything. "Yeah, let me grab a beer, and I'll be upstairs," he replied, no different from the usual answer he gave me. I had to tell him I was going to get my GED next month and that I wanted to be with me. I debated on what I should say first. I waited upstairs for a good five minutes before he came in with chips and a couple of beers. He locked the for behind him, so no one would bother us. "Dom remember how I said I would do good in school and graduate with Mia?" I started off, he gave me a puzzling look. I continued,"well I could get my GED, I mean it's a little early but I just have to study for it and then take the damn test." He didn't show any emotion, he just starred at the door that was behind me before he spoke,"Letty, just finish high school." That's all he said. I felt defeated for some reason.
Maybe I disappointed him, I don't know, I felt like crap though. "Dom there's something else," I said, moment of truth. Just say it. "I want a Nissan 240SX," that's all I could say. "Maybe we can find one and fix it up for you. Shouldn't be too hard," he laughed a little. We ended up watching a movie, I could careless about it, I just chickened out again and now I had to finish high school, maybe I could do summer school and get a whole semester done then graduate early. I thought of all the ways I could finish high school. Summer school was the only answer, means no garage for me in the summer. Maybe I could convince Mia to join me. I wish I could just quit high school already, but Dom pushed me to do well and I didn't want to disappoint him.