"What the fuck is going on here?" I heard from behind me. Immediately Vince's arm was off Mia like she was fire. I turned and Dom was standing in the doorway. Sometime in the last few years Dom had become a loaded gun and Vince a loose cannon. The two could be the nicest guys but the slightest thing would send them into an angry frenzy.
"Nothin' man. Just hanging out." Vince answered casually, even though we all saw him swallow nervously. Dom eyed Mia.
"What are you wearing? Go change." He ordered. She opened her mouth to argue but he snatched her drink out of her hand and glared at her.
"Mia! What the fuck are you thinking? What are you drinking? What is this?" He asked sniffing the drink and taking a tentative sip.
"Jesus, Vince, are you trying to kill her? Or just fuck her? She's fourteen you fucking perv." Dom accused.
"Bro it ain't like that-"
"Yeah whatever. I'll deal with you later."
"Oh shut up Dom…" Mia said rolling her eyes.
"Excuse me?"
"What's your deal? You said we were allowed to come. What'd you expect us to drink? Water?"
"I didn't say you could dress like a whore and drunk fuck all my friends!" He shouted. Mia's lower lip quivered as her eyes got big.
"Dom stop it." I said, finally entering the conversation. Dom looked me over with his menacing look.
"When you gonna learn to be a woman?"
"Don't know. But I can guarantee it'll be before you learn how to be a man." I shot back grabbing Mia's arm and leading her through the house.
"Oh you think you're so clever. You think I'm not a man? Then how come every girl in this house wants to get with me." He responded following us, Vince behind him.
"Not every girl." I retorted.
"Well who the hell wants you anyway. You see a line of guys trying to get with you? Cause I don't. Take a hint. No. Guy. Wants. You." I tried to shrug off his words but I could feel a sting in the corners of my eyes. Unexpectedly Mia whirled around to face her brother.
"Dammit Dom! What's your damage? Who taught you to talk to girls this way? To Letty this way? She's practically family you asshole. What would Mom think if she were alive now?" Mia shouted before grabbing me and dragging me out the front door into the yard. Dom followed us still.
"Mia stop acting like you actually knew Mom. Besides, thanks to you she's dead, so we'll never know, will we?" He shot back venomously. Vince and I both gasped at the line he had crossed. Mia burst into tears before taking off one of her shoes and throwing it at him. She missed. Horribly. He just laughed at her. She grabbed the other shoe and threw it at him as well. Missed again, but was closer.
"God you're such an ass." I said shaking my head before grabbing Mia and leading her to the sidewalk, towards me house as she sobbed.
"Yeah whatever, take the slut home with you. Hell maybe you're more into girls than guys!" He shouted after me. I just held up my hand and gave him the finger. I could hear Vince trying to talk Dom down. I heard the sound of a punch and winced. Vince is probably getting the shit beat out of him. After we had passed a house or two we sat down on the curb. Mia leaned against me and continued crying. I just sat in silence looking at my dirty bare feet.
As much of a jerk as he was being, he had a point through some of it. I didn't have a line of guys the way he had girls fawn over him. No guy had ever really shown interest in me. I didn't really have any interest in having a boyfriend. They seemed kind of stupid. Fawning over girls and buying them flowers and chocolates. I liked cars and dirt and sports and hanging out with the guys… with Dom. Well I did. Until tonight. I rolled my eyes at the memory. I heard Mia's cries calm down to a sniffle.
"Mia don't let what he said get to you. He was angry and drunk. He didn't mean it."
"But-but its true!" She whimpered.
"No its not."
"It is! She died having me. I killed her… It's my fault." She argued with new tears forming.
"Mia. Look at me. It's not your fault. You couldn't control any of that. It's not like you went out and killed someone. She was pregnant and something went wrong, you didn't murder her. Dom's just an asshole." I said rubbing her back as she sniffed.
"Why is he so mean?"
"Because he's an ass."
"It's not fair."
"Nope. It's not. He shouldn't be allowed to talk to you like that."
"Us. He shouldn't be able to talk to us like that. He said mean things to you too." I kind of shrugged.
"Its kinda true though. I don't have a line of guys waiting for me."
"Letty. Its not true."
"Name one."
"Okay, well I didn't mean it like that. I meant that it's not like you go searching for guys. You could have a line of guys if you wanted them. It's not like you don't have potential." I snorted in response.
"Whatever Mia. You're still tipsy."
"Not true!" She said smacking me arm.
"Whatever. So I wonder if Dom's killed Vince yet…" I mused. She giggled.
"I almost feel bad for him."
"I don't. He was totally trying to get in your pants."
"Oh my god! No he wasn't!" She said pushing me.
"Go ahead. Lie to yourself, girl. We both know the truth." I laughed. She sighed.
"I just don't understand why Dom acts the way he does…"
"Because he thinks he's hot shit and can get any girl he wants… because he always does." I said shaking my head at his stupidity. Mia's face lit up.
"What?"
"Not… any girl."
"What do you mean?" I asked confused by her tone.
"You said it yourself. He hasn't gotten you."
"Right…"
"So we should make him want you. And then he can't have you and it'll knock him off his high horse."
"Mia you've gone insane."
"Oh come on! It'll be fun. And good for you. We can get you all dolled up and then you'll have a ton of guy attention and you'll prove Dom wrong about you AND get revenge on him. All in one."
"That's assuming it would even work. Which it wouldn't."
"Come on. Let's at least try it. Let's do your make up and dress you up and see what you look like and then decide from there…" I looked at her cautiously.
"Why?"
"Because we have nothing better to do tonight." She said matter-of-factly.
"What's the point? Even if I look good it's not like I'll ever be attractive enough to get his attention for your plan to work."
"Sure you will."
"No, Mia, I won't. Have you seen the girls he gets with? They're gorgeous." I said slightly bitter all of a sudden.
"Well, we won't know until we try. Besides, we will have the element of surprise. I doubt he expects us to go to the party tomorrow night, let alone with you looking awesome. Come on." She said getting up and dragging me. I sighed loudly and dragged my feet as I followed her back to my house. Well, she had stopped crying and with her new-found project, me, she seemed to get over the harsh comments Dom had made towards her. I could at least let her play dress up with me as the doll, no one said I have to go through with anything.
"Letty, do you have any make-up?" She asked as I unlocked the front door. I laughed.
"I guess not. Your mom does though. And you guys have similar skin tones. So it should work." I rolled my eyes and led her to my mom's bedroom. She wasn't going to be home until early morning because she's working the late shift. I sat on the bed as Mia pawed through my mom's drawers and closet.
"Your mom has cute clothes…" She said holding some stuff up to herself.
"Focus Mia." I said watching her throw a few things on the bed for me to try on.
"What size bra do you wear?" She asked me all of a sudden.
"Uhh… 34B… why?" I asked confused.
"No way. Me too!" I groaned as I realized my boobs were the same size as a fourteen year olds… Great. Why was she so developed already?
"You can borrow my push up bra then." She said happily and grabbed a few outfits.
"Here go try this on…" I tried on outfit after outfit as Mia critiqued each one. I sighed as she handed me yet another. I pulled the black shirt over my head and pulled on my new shorts (that Mia had grabbed form my room about 10 minutes earlier in an effort to make more outfits).
"Mia I'm really tired… It's like 1AM. Can we just go to bed after this one?" She made a sound that didn't really answer my question. I sighed and walked out of the bathroom.
"Okay. Here." I said stand in front of her awkwardly. She immediately smirked.
"It's perfect."
"It's kind of a short shirt…"
"Well you have a flat stomach so it doesn't matter. And it's not too short. It just shows a little skin. It's like a teaser…"
"Where do you learn these things?" I asked fiddling with the hem of the shirt. She shrugged and walked around me.
"Magazines."
"Whatever. Are you sure this is good enough?"
"Did you look in the mirror?" She asked with an attitude. I shook my head and she led me back into the bathroom.
"Damn. I have boobs. Where did those come from?" I joked.
"It's the bra. Push-up is a gift from God." She said nodding. She pulled my hairtie out and shook my hair around so it was loosened up some. Okay, I'll have to admit, I do look good. The shirt was a simple black halter with a V-cut neck. It ended about an inch above my shorts. It looked casual enough. Mia had been wearing a flesh colored halter bra under the top that she had let me borrow while trying the clothes on. It truly was magic. I had cleavage all of a sudden.
"Okay. I look good. I'll give you that."
"Of course you do. You've got a great body. And nice hair. Though we'll probably need to use some of this extreme conditioner tomorrow…You have some split ends." She said picking up a jar on my mom's vanity. I rolled my eyes and looked myself over again.
"You really think this will work?"
"Yes. It will. Now lets go to bed. We have some work to do tomorrow…" She said as she happily put my mom's clothes away.
"Do you think your mom would mind if I borrowed some of her clothes?"
"Would you even fit in them?"
"I think so… I mean she clearly doesn't wear most of this stuff. I've never seen her in these clothes anyway. I think it's from a while ago or something. Though your mom is pretty tiny." I shrugged.
"I don't think she'd mind. We can ask tomorrow if she's awake or not at work when we are around." Mia nodded and we went up to my room and got ready for bed. We both crawled into my full sized bed. I yawned, rolled over to face the wall, and passed out immediately.
A/N So yeah. I just wanted to get this chapter out of the way so I wrote it pretty quick tonight. I hope it doesn't have too many errors... Sorry it took most of a week. I had it planned out in my head I just hadn't taken the time to sit down and write it all out. But anyway. I seem to be getting really good feedback so keep it up because it makes me want to keep writing stuff quickly. I love people who review on like every new chapter because it lets me know people are following it. And then I'm more likely to consider their suggestions because I know they've taken the few seconds to write regular reviews. Love it. Anyway. Let me know what you think about their 'plan'. I'll try to write out the next one in the next few days. May start it tomorrow evening. No promises. :)