Don't Own don't sue. Other characters not featured in TFATF are my own work.
A/N: I want to give thanks to Truemarine88 for responding. If anyone else is reading this please R/R and tell other people about this story.
L.A., I can't believe I brought myself back to downtown L.A. Every red light that I'm stopped at I see the souped up cars around me. I know exactly what they are here for. A little over three miles down the road there's an old abandoned factory that is big enough to be its own town. It has its own roads and stuff. Perfect for illegal street racing.
Five minutes later I find myself in a place that I haven't been to in over two years. Lines of brightly colored sticker applied cars are along the edge of the road. I pull up in the center of the street like I always used to do back when the team came, but I found that no one would move an inch for me. I guess everyone forgot about the racing legend and his team. So I back up and pull into a space. As I'm climbing out of my car Hector runs up to me.
"Letty, what happened to you guys I haven't heard from you in like forever baby."
"Hec, man it's been long. Hey who's holding the cash around here I gotta get in this race."
"Let your going up against Dom? What are you two in a cat fight or a skank fight? Cuz you know I would always like to see you sucker punch fresh race meat!"
"Dom's here? Hector have you seen Dom here?"
"No babe, I just thought that if you were here Dom would certainly be here. I mean like Dom carts you to every one of his races."
"Hell no, I'm here alone, no Dom, now who's holding money? And who's racing?"
Turns out Hector yet again is holding the money, cuz he's two slow to make away with it. If I was him I would have punched that guy's lights out and see who's too slow. I'm going up against a chica and two dudes. To my luck I see the Honda 2000 that I have loathed since the heist. Tran's in that car most likely playing Play station 2 or something.
Leon's not here to watch the police scanner so this is like certain death in the race world. Who ever wins leaves with all the others when the race is over and finds Hector the next day for the cash.
Were all in line waiting for this skank that standing in between my car and Tran's. I know that my 240 can smoke everyone of these cars and I got the NOS system still hooked up to my car. Even though I told Dom I took it out we all keep our little secrets from each other.
"Ready to race baby," Hector calls out to the flag holding skank.
It's like slow motion as she brings the flag down to her side. Clutch. Shift. Gas. Go. I am off the starting line right after Tran, his cars got the better acceleration but I got the speed. It's not soon before were riding parallel down the road looking over at each other ever once in a while to physic each other out. I hit the window button before I hit the first NOS button. I'm flying down the road with colors streaming past me in a blur. The black 2000 is out of my sight while I'm slipping farther into that zone that I was talking about when I'm racing. I think that's the one thing that me and Dom have when we race that no others have, the ability to separate ourselves from the race and just let instinct go.
The car's slowing down I can finally see the finish. Tran's just hit his Nitrous button but I still have one left so I know I'm gonna win. Right when he's flying past me I know he hit too early to have that last him all the way to the line. I tense up getting ready to push that little red button right below my CD player. That sensation of flying has gone over me again and I cross the line waiting for the NOS to die down before I turn off the road. I see everyone that is at the finish line scatter to there cars and start to take off. Heat must be coming pretty fast. I finally start turning down the right roads. The roads I have memorized to get to the spot where Dom uses to stash his car and wait for one of us to pick him up. I find my way to that second story garage with out any problems. No cops. No crazy Tran trying to blow my head off with an automatic. I go up the slope that takes me to the second story and see a car already parked there its dark there's no lights but the shadow is there. I'm getting ready to pound some dude who decided to park there. Ready to put one big whole in his windshield, but when I pull up next to the car my anger turns to fear.
There's a red Mazda sitting in the spot next to me, A Red Mazda that I have looked at since I was 17. The car was a 21st birthday present for Dom. The car that we all chipped in to buy for him. Dom got the windows so tinted that I couldn't see anything through them. I actually had to open the door to see if he was in there. My heart is pounding right through my rib cage as I'm sitting in my car taking my keys out of the ignition and pick Dom's key out of the many on my key ring. I'm the only other person in the world with a key to Dom's car. I'm the only one able to touch the acceleration pedal or the shifter. To everyone that's like the biggest acceptance that you can get from Dom. I get out of my car wondering that if Dom is sitting in that car why he hasn't gotten out. Oh I can think of two reasons why. I would rather it be the one that he's fucking a slut that he picked up rather than he is dead. I would rather unlock that door and find him with a whore ridding him than a bullet through his head. Thinking I'm going to faint or something I go and unlock the passenger door and open it up.
There's no one in the car. I blink like five hundred times to make sure in not making myself see that there is no one in the car. I sit in the passenger seat and scan the car for condom wrappers, panties, thongs, or anything. I find absolutely nothing. This is Dom's car kept in the immaculate condition that it is. There are no whores, sluts, Trans, or even drugs in the car. Nothing. Why did I even expect that he would be here with a chick. I should believe him when he said that his last time was his last. He was so sincere. But no I had to doubt him. Expecting him to cheat on me again. I unlock the Hatchback to my car and grab the car cover from the trunk. I close it and lock the car making sure the alarms on even though I don't think that would help even if someone tried to break into the car. I wouldn't hear the alarm. I cover my car and drive Dom's car home. I leave the car sit in park while I go through his radio stations and change them all to rap. Every damn rock station is replaced with rap. Teaches him to play with my radio.
I'm driving home when I decided to stop at Hectors and pick my money up early. I pull up in his driveway and see he's fixing his car in the garage. He walks out into the driveway and stands next to the door. I start to put the window down when hector starts talking this makes me stop and leave the window just cracked to see what Hector was gonna say to what he thought would be Dom.
"Dom, dude, I just saw your chica race. She's hella good man why didn't you ever let her race? Hey I got what you asked for but it's at the shop so you'll have to pick it up tomorrow. I know you wanted it tonight but it's hard to get a hold of this shit." Hector sounded nervous.
I rolled the window back up and started to back out of the driveway. Hector went back to his car. I guess that he was satisfied with what happened. What the hell is Dom doing getting Hector to get him shit? What shit was he getting? Dom's done with all the fucking drugs. He told me so himself. But he could be lying about that too. He could be cheating on me and doing drugs. I guess I'm gonna have to go and talk to Dom.
As I'm driving home its getting cool out so I decide to roll the windows down and breath some fresh air. I wanted to park Dom's car behind the trees so no one would notice me pulling up in his car especially if Dom was in the house. I get out and lock his car. Thanking God that his alarm setter thing doesn't honk the horn. I start walking towards the house when I'm stopped dead in my tracks hearing Dom's voice talking.
I look through the branches and see that Dom is on his cell phone. I'm straining to hear what he's saying.
"Hector what do you mean you already told me that I'm gonna have to pick it up tomorrow? I haven't seen you since I asked you to do me this favor! Hector I'm telling you I didn't pull up in you driveway and hear you say this shit. It wasn't me and it wasn't my car. My car has been in the garage all night. What the fuck hector your pissing me off." Pauses when Dom was listening to Hector speak his mind.
"Yes, I'm still going to be picking it up tomorrow I need it by tomorrow. I'm gonna pick it up at dawn so no one sees me leaving the house since I was supposed to pick it up later tonight." Another pause.
"I don't care if you have to stay up all fucking night! You will have it ready for me to pick up by fucking dawn!" silence "good you better have it by then." A long silence, very long.
"What the hell do you mean you saw Letty tonight? You didn't say anything to her about this. She's the last one that can know. You better swear you life on it that you didn't tell her. If she has any idea tonight about what's going on then I'm going to fucking pull your balls off of your body with my bare hands. Do. You. Fucking. Hear. Me?" He flipped the top of his phone down on his leg and practically threw it into the clip on his belt.
I decide to get back into his car and pull up the driveway with him standing there and see what look I get when I'm the one getting out of his precious car that has been in the garage all night.
I start the car back out, and pull up the driveway. Dom's like a deer in the headlights. Staring at his car. No not staring Gaping at his car. His jaw dropped to the floor when he saw me. Well he didn't see me he saw the black windows. He rushed over to the side of the car grabbing for his keys out of his pocket and unlocks the door. I hear the muffled shouts of, "you fucker, what the hell are you doing with my car. Get the fuck out of my car." He pulls the door wide open and I step out of the car, stand right in front of him and stare him in the eyes.
"Oh My God, Letty." Dom said. That's all I heard Dom say while I walked past him to the door of the house and walked straight up the stairs to our room and lock the door. I go over to the CD player and actually put one of Dom's CDs in. The one rock song that I like by Saliva is Rest in Pieces and it is like the song that I like most relate to with my relationship with Dom. I put the song on blasting. I don't care if everyone else in the house hears it. I just sit there and listen to the words as I cry myself to sleep.
.....Look at me, my depth perception must be off again
Cause this hurts deeper than I thought it did
It has not healed with time
It just shot down my spine You look so beautiful tonight
Remind me how you laid us down
And gently smiled before you destroyed my life
Would you find it in your heart
To make this go away
And let me rest in pieces
Would you find it in your heart?
To make this go away
And let me rest in pieces
Would you find it in your heart?
To make it go away
And let me rest in pieces
Look at me, my depth perception must be off again
You got much closer than I thought you did
I'm in your reach
You held me in your hands
But could you find it in your heart?
To make this go away
And let me rest in pieces
Would you find it in your heart?
To make it go away
And let me rest in ......
