Sorry for the delay, but I made this one longer hope it makes up for it!
Alex was introduced to many people, but with all the faces and names her mind was getting lost. She finally decided that she would just nod and smile. She stuck around with Dom and made sure to keep the others in sight, the last thing she wanted was to get lost in the sea of people.
Dom set up the races with Hector making sure that everything was in place. Once he knew how he'd be racing the race was to be set in motion. Instead of doing the normal street racing as they usually would Hector came up with the bright idea to race through the dilapidated business district through the abandon streets. This way no one would be around to care, and best of all no cops. It seemed like a win for everyone. Sure it was shorter and not as much of a climax, but as always they were there to see Dom race, and Dom was there to win no matter what roads they were on.
Dom made sure that Alex was with Mia and Letty at the finish line, he wanted her to have a good view of him as the won, which of course he would. The race wasn't very close. Dom already had all the best racers on his team. Alex cheered and laughed as Dom passed the finish line by two car lengths before the others passed through. Dom was thrilled to see her enthusiasm at his win and both of their bodies buzzed with excitement as they embraced.
The guys were discussing the next races, who would race who next, in which order and for how much, it was all a little much for Alex to keep track of so she busied herself with looking at all the cars and trying to figure out what they were. In her time at the shop and designing with Jesse, she'd learned to identify the many different types of cars that surrounded them, even with the many body kits.
"Alexis?" Her head snapped up at the unfamiliar voice that called her name. She realized that she'd been staring at one car in particular trying to figure out the exact make and model but was being confused by the barrage aftermarket parts thrown on it.
"Um, hi." She gave a shy smile at the man who had walked up to her. He had dark hair, tan skin with a few freckles across the bridge of his nose. He had blue eyes that seemed to know something that she didn't but his smile seemed friendly enough. Alex looked back to where Dom was standing but suddenly he wasn't there. Alex frantically looked left and then scanned right to try and find him. She stood as tall as she could to try and find any of the team, but they were all gone.
"Looking for someone?" The smooth voice asked from behind her, closer than Alex cared for. She gave a little jump forward to put some distance between the two of them.
"Uh, yeah." She said nervously hugging her arms in front of her. "Have you seen Dom?" She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear while poking her head up like a prairie dog looking for anyone she recognized.
"Yeah, Dom told me to come get you." Alex attention came back to the man quickly.
"He did?" The man took in the fact that the girl was biting her lip with apprehension and holding her wrist close to her body. Wounded prey his smirk seemed to say, but Alex didn't understand body language like others did.
"Yeah, come on." He put his arm out as if to put it around her, but Alex stepped away. He put his hands up in surrender and smiled. It was an oily smile that even set Alex on edge but she didn't want Dom to be angry with her for losing him, she figured the quicker she found him the better. He motioned for her down an alley away from the crowd. "I'm Jake."
"What do you think, Alex?" Dom asked turning to the blonde at his side… the blonde who was supposed to be at his side. "Alex?" He called out looking around for her. He spotted Letty and Mia and quickly forgot about the men he was having a conversation with walking away from them and to the girls.
"Where's Alex?" He asked interrupting their conversation.
"Whoa, chill Dom. I'm sure she's here somewhere." Letty smiled turning to talk back to Mia. Mia though looked concerned.
"She's been glued to your hip all night, well other than the race, she seemed too scared to run off." Dom glared out in the crowd looking over every small blonde he could see.
"My thoughts exactly." He said in a gruff voice but Mia could hear that he was trying to suppress his worry. "Spread out and find her, she wouldn't have gone far." He gave his orders and Mia nodded while Letty reluctantly pushed herself off of the car she'd been leaning on. Dom went looking for the guys to see if they'd seen her and help find her if not. Leon, Jesse and Brian where together admiring a 2001 Nissan Skyline, they quickly separated to find the young girl. Dom continued looking, although since she was about a head shorter than most of the girls it was a task easier said than done. He found Vince who seemed two seconds from having his tongue down some chick's throat. He was harder to convince to look for her, but after some arm twisting, almost literally, Vince stormed off in search of the pain in his side.
"So where's Dom?" Alex asked, the alley way was dark and she could barely see in front of her. This was wrong, it was all wrong.
"There's a door just at the end of alley, he's in there."
"Why would he be there?" Alex asked skeptically.
"He mentioned something about a surprise, something about alone time." At that Alex's heart picked up.
"Really?" All thoughts of danger were extracted from her mind. No, Alex wasn't the typical dumb blonde, just a girl that's never had a man that wanted to surprise her with anything good. Alex was excited, blinded by what the surprise could be and more importantly what it could mean.
"Yeah, but I got to tell you, I don't see what Dom sees in you." Alex flinched as her own thoughts were voiced in such a harsh manner. "You're too skinny, too short, you've got no body whatsoever, and dumb as they come; you must be one hell of a lay." Alex froze at the difference in his voice; she suddenly wasn't in the mood for a dark alley surprise.
"Why don't you just get on down and do what I'm sure you do best." He sneered. Alex eyes grew dark as she glared still shaking at his cocky grin. She turned to leave to find Dom and go home as soon as possible.
"Where do you think you're going?" Alex refused to say anything passing him by. "I said," He reached out grabbing Alex's injured wrist. Alex cried out in pain. "down!" Alex had two choices, get down on her knees like he said, or re-break her wrist. The pressure that he was putting on it hurt worse than when she'd originally broken it. Alex couldn't breathe as she stumbled onto her knees.
"Good girl." He mocked patting her on the head with his unoccupied hand. Alex wanted to struggle but anytime she'd move an at all a searing hot pain filled her body.
"Please stop!" She hated that those words were coming out of her mouth again, she hated how weak she sounded. Being around Dom and the team always made her feel stronger, but now here she was, on her knees at a man's mercy again. No! Alex screamed in her mind as he reached for his jeans. She had felt so safe in her new world that she'd almost forgotten the cruelty of man.
"DOM!" Alex screamed out with everything she had. She knew it was a long shot, there were too many people, too many stereos blaring their music too loud, too many engines with too loud mufflers, but she couldn't just allow him to do this.
"You little bitch!" He pulled his fist back and slammed it into Alex's cheek as hard as he could. Alex's head whipped back and she knew it would probably leave a bruise and a busted lip. Alex tasted the blood as her teeth made an indent in her inner cheek. Her brain felt rattled in her skull and her vision was starting to go dark. Alex fought hard to stay awake, she knew what would happen if she didn't.
"Dom!" She called out as loud as she could but with her on the verge of unconsciousness it really was a pathetic attempt. Jake laughed as he grabbed her now battered face.
"You're going to regret that."
"Alex!" Jake quickly turned hearing Vince's voice boom from the entry of the alley. As he turned a loud snap could be heard throughout the alley. Alex couldn't scream at first, she was in too much pain. A small whimper was all she could choke out as she tried to get her wind back.
"Jake, what the fuck do you think you're doing?" Vince voice was menacing as he started walking towards them.
"You stay the hell away from me!" Jake yelled out as he yanked Alex in front of him. This time the crack that sounded was drowned out by a scream from Alex. Vince stopped as he saw Alex's nearly limp body dangling by her injured wrist.
"Vince." Alex chocked out. Vince heard the pleading in her voice, she needed his help.
"It's okay, Alex. Everything is gonna be alright." He said calmly taking a slow step towards them.
"No it's not!" Jake pulled out a butterfly knife and held it to Alex's neck. "I told you to stay back!" Jake yelled at Vince who immediately stopped.
"Jake, just let her go and I won't beat the ever living shit out of you!" Vince growled out as gently as he could.
"No way! I've been biding my time and now Dom's finally got a chink in his armor! So we're going to have some fun." Jake licked the side of Alex's face. "And you," He pointed the knife at Vince "are going to get…" But he never got to finish. Once Alex's realized that the knife was no longer pointed at her neck she threw her head back right into Jake's groin. With a yelp of unexpected pain, Jake dropped the knife. Alex rolled to the side to get as far away from him as the alley would allow despite the fact that it made her wrist wither in pain.
Vince ceased the moment and pounce on the smaller man knocking him to the ground. It only took two well-placed punches to Jake's face and he was out cold. Vince wanted to keep beating the comatose man, but knew that Alex had to be in extreme pain. With a growl Vince stood and kicked the man in the ribs once before walking to Alex.
"You okay?" Alex looked at him with her bright blue eyes, one already swelling shut. She tried to give a small smile, but winced as it pulled at her spilt lip.
"I'll live." She choked out. Alex used the wall behind her to ease herself up. "Thanks." She said looking up at him through her lashes. Once again, she was hurt and always seemed to need other people's help.
"Nice head butt." Vince smirked. Alex was astonished that she heard something that sounded like pride in his voice, no not pride Alex must have been mistaken.
"What did he mean? A chink in Dom's armor?" She asked. Vince sighed, always with the questions.
"He thought he could use you to get to Dom."
"He could have used Mia." Alex pointed out.
"No, Mia may be small, but Dom's taught her how to handle herself and everyone knows it." Vince shrugged.
"So he thought he could use me since I'm weak?" Vince her the despair in her voice, he knew how hard he'd been on her previously, but he wasn't anywhere near as hard on her as she was on herself.
"You sure showed him, huh?" Alex looked at Vince in confusion not knowing what he was talking about. "He thought he could take you and do whatever he wanted with you because he thought you were weak, but you stopped him."
"No, you stopped him." Alex mumbled looking down at her wrist which was once again swollen and mangled.
"I just distracted him. You're the one that put you're the back of your head in his balls." He laughed ruffling her hair. Alex gave a small smile of pride but was rewarded with a shot of pain. "Come on, we better find Dom, he had a search party looking for you." He started to lead her out of the alley but she stopped turning to the man that had hurt her. She ran up to him still holding her wrist to her chest.
"I'm." She kicked the man in the gut. "Not." Another blow was brought down on his ribs. "WEAK!" She yelled in triumph delivered one more solid kick to his side. She turned back to Vince and they walked out of the alley together. Vince threw his arm around her shoulders.
"Nice job kid." He nodded down at her. "By the way, you owe me a hot brunette." He laughed at her bemused look.
"Alex!" Dom yelled out pushing his way through the crowd. Alex ran to meet him thankful to be out of the dark alley and all she wanted was to be in his arms, safe from the world. But Dom didn't bring her into his arms like she had wanted.
"Where the hell did you go?" He bellowed out as he held her tightly by the upper arms. Alex was surprised by the anger in his eyes, she'd never seem him like this.
"I…I…" She stuttered not knowing what to say. He hands tightened until they were painfully digging into her arms.
"Do you know how worried I was?" Dom yelled. Vince place his hand on Dom's shoulder.
"Dom, easy man." Dom shrugged his shoulder off staring at Alex.
"What the hell happened to your face?"
"This guy… He said that you wanted me... He said you had something for me." She gulped trying to hold back the tears in her eyes.
"So what? You just follow any guy into a dark alley, away from everyone, just because he said I had something for you? Please tell me you're not that stupid!" Alex winced as Dom's words were like a knife to her heart.
"Dom, that's enough!" Mia yelled out to him. She and Letty stood with the boys with looks of disappointment. Dom straightened up releasing the grip on one of her arms and loosening the other.
"We're leaving." He said as evenly as he could eyeing his team. He pulled Alex towards the car pausing when he got to Vince. "You take care of him?" The questioned didn't need any explanation.
"He's out." He muttered. Dom nodded without looking at him.
"You and the boys wake him up, and show him what'll happen if I ever see him again." Vince gave a short nod happy to follow this order. He motioned for the guys to follow him back into the alley. Dom kept his gaze away from the alley knowing if he entered it, the man who attacked Alex would never come out. Dom walked Alex to the car his hand still on her upper arm, he opened her door and waited for her to get in.
"Dom, I'm so-" He put his hand up to silence her.
"Not now." He growled. She wanted to say something, anything to get him to see that she was sorry but she bit her tongue knowing it was useless at this time. She closed her eyes against the tears and got into the car.
The quiet in the car was so tangible it felt as if it was suffocating her. The heaviness in her chest wasn't eased as Dom grip on the steering wheel tightened until his knuckles were white. They screeched around corners and drove too fast, but for once Alex wasn't in to mood to laugh and giggle and Dom wasn't doing it to watch her eyes light up.
The ride that had taken about thirty minutes to get there seemed like hours to get back. As Dom pulled up into the drive way Alex for the first time felt relief to get out of the car and into wide open space. The claustrophobic feeling though didn't leave as Alex got out of the car, the pressure between them seemed too much to let go of.
The second they got into the house Alex went to run up to her bedroom to hide away "Stop!" Dom commanded making Alex jump. She stopped and turned to him with her head down looking up through her lashes. "Come here." He said gently. Alex took the few steps down from the stairs still keep a distance between the two of them.
"I told you to stay close to me." Dom said quietly, but she could still hear the anger in his voice.
"I'm sorry, Dom. I didn't mean to lose you! I was looking at a car and then the guy was behind me and then I realized you weren't there!" Alex's statement was said quickly and with such desperation it tore at him.
"Take a breath." He waited until she inhaled deeply. "What happened next?"
"Well, when I realized that you weren't there I tried to find you. I asked him if he'd seen you and he said that you sent him to get me. He took me down the alley and I was about to leave but he said you had a surprise for me and I've never gotten a surprise before so…" Dom nodded understanding, but he still was so angry.
"This guy, was his name Jake?" Alex nodded stiffly. He took a deep breathe breathing out through his nose. "What did he do to you?" She sat down on the bottom step pulling her legs up to her chest. Dom sat alongside her, resisting the urge to reach out for her.
"He said something bad so I tried to leave. He grabbed my wrist." She held up her hurt wrist and Dom saw that it was again broken.
"Shit Alex!" He jumped up. "Why didn't you tell me?" Alex looked down at Dom's harsh voice.
"I tried." She said meekly. Dom rubbed a hand over head as he realized how badly he had reacted.
"Come on." He took her good hand and led her into the kitchen. There was a full moon out tonight that shined through the window giving off enough light that when Dom went to turn on the light Alex stopped him.
"Please don't. My head hurts so bad." Dom nodded before picking Alex up and placing her on the counter. Dom had to reset the bone in Alex's wrist again which seemed to hurt her worse than before but thankfully she didn't pass out. He grabbed her some pain killers for her head, wrist, and swelling. He got her an ice pack and had her hold it to her eye.
"How does that feel?"
"Cold." She said simply. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around the ice pack.
"Better?" She nodded slowly. "Good." He grabbed another towel and wetting the tip with some Jack Daniels that had been left out, he gently dabbed at her lip.
"Ow." She hissed pulling back.
"You're lucky it's just the corner split, with all the blood I thought your whole lip was going to be busted open." He said before touching the corner of her lip again. She hissed pulling back again.
"Keep your head still." He reprimanded pulling himself closer so he was standing between her legs while snaking his hand behind her cradling her head gently so she couldn't pull back. Dom did all of this without thinking, he just wanted her cleaned up and taken care of.
And then he saw her eyes.
Her beautiful blue eyes that seemed to glow in the moon light. Her eyes that were now staring up into his dark eyes, begging him. Her eyes that were now on his lips. He closed his dark eyes and she mirrored him. He kissed the part of her lips that were unscathed, gently. As they kissed Alex was filled with such a warmth that her initial coldness from the ice pack and pain was forgotten. Alex didn't understand, she'd been forced to kiss men before, but this was different. So perfectly different. It seemed natural, she was drawn to his lips, and she wanted more of him.
Dom let his tongue glaze across Alex's lips begging for entrance which she immediately gave. Alex tasted sweet yet had a coppery tint that Dom guessed was from her wounds. "Dom." Alexis whispered his name as they parted and he nearly stripped her bare right on the counter. He lifted his hand to hold cheek but his thumb skimmed across her bruise making her draw back.
"Sorry." She said quietly afraid that she'd ruined the moment.
"It's okay." Dom said shifting to the other cheek. "It was my bad." He stroked her unmarred cheek with his thumb and smiled as Alex's eyes fluttered shut. She nuzzled her cheek into his palm and gave a sigh of content at his warmth.
"Do you know how long I've been wanting to do that?" Dom seemed to purr.
"Why didn't you sooner than?" She asked opening her eyes but not pulling away from his hand.
"I didn't want to push you too soon." He answered honestly.
"I'm glad you did." She said softly turning her head so her lips now kissed his palm. "Thank you." Dom shook his head as he saw the marks on her upper arm, marks that Jake didn't give her.
"I'm sorry about tonight, Alexis." He said tracing the finger marks on her arm. "I got so fucking scared when I couldn't find you. Jake has been looking for a way to get me back for years now, I knew he was there… I thought he might have taken you. I thought he may have tried something with you."
"He did." She said trying to keep the shiver out of her voice.
"I'm gonna kill him."
"Please no, whatever is happening to him now I'm sure that it's going to be a good enough warning." She reach her hand up timidly and placed it on his cheek. Dom smiled at her gentle touch, all thoughts of Jake melted to the back of his mind.
"We've got to get you healed up." He said as his thumb just ghosted above her lip. Alex trembled at his touch. He touched her injured wrist, her bruised cheek, and every scrape that he could see. Everywhere that he touched that was once painful now tingling with a warm sensation.
"Are you in a hurry now?" She smiled, but Dom could also see that there was some fear in her eyes. She liked Dom, but she wasn't comfortable with taking things so far.
"Trust me hun, I'd like nothing more than to hurry things along." Alex eyes dropped from his face. He gently lifted her chin to meet his eyes. "But you're worth the wait." Alex smiled shyly at Dom. "Besides I wasn't talking about that. I've got a surprise for you." Alex gave him a look of disbelief. "Really this time." Her look went from disbelief so astonishment.
"Really? What is it?" She was excited as a kid on Christmas.
"It wouldn't be much of a surprise if I told you now would it?" Dom laughed. Alex pursed her lips in a pout but conceded.
"I guess not." She sighed. "So when do I get it?" She asked quite a bit happier.
"Once you're healed up. We can't do it unless you're in good shape."
"So it's not a thing?" Alex asked inquisitively with one eye brow raised.
"Oh no you don't!" He took a step back. "You're not going to get any more clues out of me!" He said wagging his finger at her. She gave him a small challenging smirk.
"Okay, Dom." She said trying to sound innocent but failing miserably.
"You're getting too damn smart woman." She smiled coming back closer to her leaning in so there lips almost touched. "Good thing I like smart woman." He gave her a sweet gentle kiss. At least it was supposed to be until Alex pulled him back in deepening the kiss. Dom placed his hands on her hips tenderly rubbing her sensitive skin. Alex gave a soft moan into his mouth driving Dom crazy.
"Oh, Alex." He pulled back slightly out of breath. "If we keep this up I'm not going to be able to wait much longer."
"Don't then." Alex whispered into his lips. Dom groaned into her mouth as she kissed him again.
"That's the hormones talking baby." Dom responded as he pulled back. "I want to make sure when we do, you're ready. That we're ready. I don't want you to regret a single moment of us being together." He said running a thumb over her bottom lip.
Alex smiled nodding her head. "You're right, Dom."
"It's almost one in the morning, you need to rest up if you want to heal, why don't you head off to bed?" Alex bit her lip as she looked up into Dom's dark eyes.
"Come with me?" Dom smirked as he rubbed the top of her leg.
"To sleep, that's it." He said firmly but with a smile on his face. Alex nodded happily. Dom wrapped his arms her waist lifting her with ease and gently placed her on the ground. "Now get to bed, sweats, large shirt, and anything else you can think of to make you less appealing." Alex giggled walking towards the stairs. Dom saw the way the denim skirt swayed with her forming hips and playfully gave her a small spanking.
With a yelp and laugh Alex ran the stairs and into her bedroom. Dom wanted her, even after she had made him angry. She needed to stop making him angry though, she needed to make sure to tell him that when he came in. She made sure to wear the sweat pants and a baggy shirt of his, she even messed up her hair a bit. She smiled at her ridiculous reflection in the mirror. And that's when she realized something. She was smiling, and not just when Dom and Mia made her laugh, she was just happy.
She touched her lips where they still tingled from Dom's mouth. She frowned reaching the corner of her lip that was sore from Jake, somehow in all the kitchen activity her lip was forgotten but now it smarted, her wristed was painful, and her cheek throbbed. Dom was right, she needed to heal up.
A knock sounded on the door making Alex light up again and forget about her aches. Dom entered seeing Alex in one of his shirts and her hair messed up in a just had sex sort of way. Dom groaned rolling his eyes, he wasn't going to be able to wait for long.
As they settled into bed, Dom smirked at Alex's blush. He put his hand on her arm trailing it softly up and down giving Alex goose bumps. "Dom." Alex said quietly "Sorry I make you angry." Dom sighed taking his hand off of her shoulder.
"Alex, you don't make me angry." Dom said softly. "Hell, you make me the happiest I've been in a long time. A very long time actually."
"I do?" Dom was saddened by the shock in her voice.
"Yes Alex." He said simply pressing his lips to her in an innocent kiss in order to show her how happy he really was, but he pulled back quickly to avoid going any further with her. "I'm sorry I was so rough with you earlier, Alex. I should have never done that to you. Remember, no one has the right to hurt you, even me." He rubbed her unhurt cheek. "If I ever hurt you, you need to tell me, okay?" Alex nodded.
"I'm going to do everything I can to make you safe, okay?" Alex smiled up at him giving him a small kiss.
"I know you will, Dom." Dom wrapped his arms around her tightly.
"Good, now go to sleep and rest up so you can heal up and we can get you your surprise." He winked as her eyes light up in delight at the reminder of his gift. She snuggled close to him and took in a deep breath, breathing in the scent of Dom Toretto, before exhaling in a contented sigh.
"Good night, Dom." She said smiling.
"Sweet dreams, Alexis." He said kissing the top of her head.
"Father, I've got some news on your missing girl." Jake smiled darkly at the older man who sat in his oversize chair reading. The man said nothing but nodded his head smiling a sinister smile that made eve Jake a little fearful. He leaned his chair back putting his fingers together in a triangle.
"Good work." The man said finally not looking at the young man. "Discuss the details with Mr. Thompson and he will see you out." He answered dismissively. The boy exited with a quick look of apprehension to the man who sat quietly smiling an evil smile, thinking evil thoughts.
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