View From the Living Room Floor
The party had ended around two in the morning, much earlier than the usual. Dominic supposed the fact that someone got shot killed everyone's buzz. Despite the fact it didn't last as long, the guests had some how still managed to make the usual mess. As he and his sister were cleaning up the trash, Dominic noticed how Mia resembled the walking dead. "You can go on to bed if you want, I'll finish down here."
"You sure?" Mia questioned through a yawn.
Dominic nodded and took the trash bag from Mia, "Now go to bed."
Mia headed toward the stairs, but before she went up she turned and faced her brother, "She's staying her tonight."
"What? Who is?"
Mia waved toward the couch, "She is. She has to be at work by nine forty-five. Don't let her be late." With that announcement Mia climbed up stairs and disappeared into her bedroom.
Dom turned to see who was on the couch and saw that pink haired girl stretched out on the tan leather. Her boots were on the floor beside her purse. And the girl herself was in an odd position-- she was laying on her stomach, and using her right arm as a pillow. Her right leg was stretched out and resting on the arm of the couch, while her other leg hung off the front of the couch and brushed against the floor. Her left arm was also dangling off the front of the couch. She looked as if she were about to fall right off. Dom chuckled and pulled the blanket off the back of the couch to drape over her body.
Dominic was about a half an hour into cleaning when he decided to rest in his big arm chair. Just a little rest and then he would clean some more. As soon as his eyes shut though he was asleep. With no hope of returning to his cleaning in a timely manner.
Tianna woke with a start from bad dreams, and immediately panicked not remembering where she was and temporarily having been blinded by the onslaught of light to her sensitive blue eyes. Her mind quickly danced over all that had happened and she realized she was still at the Toretto house. Her hand reached out to her left, as that was where she remembered the lamp being, and groped around for the pull chain. Once the light was turned off, Tia opened her eyes and adjusted to the dark. The first thing she did was look at the clock, "Three fifteen," Tia smirked, "That's a whole half hour long than usual. Yay for me." She added the last bit sarcastically. Her gaze slid around the place, and she decided to pick up cleaning where Mia and Dominic had left off, "It's the least I can do. I mean, the man did come back for me."
For about an hour Tia bagged all the trash, set the glass beer bottles on the counter, and swept up. She'd been unable to find the dust pan so there was a neat little pile of dirt in the middle of the kitchen floor. To make up for that small inconvenience she washed the few dishes in the sink, before heading back into the living room. A glance was given to the clock, and not surprisingly, at four thirty-five, Tia still wasn't tired. So she settled down on the floor in front of the television and turned it on. After adjusting the volume to something suitable for the early hour, she would press the power button on that Playstation.
Dom stirred. His dream had suddenly shifted from random images of pink candy, blood and sirens to race cars and Tianna. He woke quickly and hand a hand over his head. He glanced over to see the TV on and Need for Speed: High Stakes on the screen. When he couldn't see he leaned to the side and saw Tia laying on the floor. He smiled softly then spoke, "What are you doing up?"
At the sudden voice Tia jumped, the controller flying from her hands. Luckily she did manage to catch it before it hit the floor. It took Tianna a moment to realize it was just Dominic and struggled to control her breathing and steady her heartbeat. She looked back at him with those wide crystal eyes, "I'm sorry. Did I wake you up?"
Dom chuckled softly and moved to sit by Tia on the floor, "Not exactly. Sorry I scared you." Dominic grabbed a controller and hit the restart button on the console.
"Me? Scared?" Tia laughed cockily, "Never."
"Oh yeah?" Dominic placed a hand over that still rapidly beating heart and asked, "The why is your heart beating so fast?"
Pearly whites chewed the inside of that lower lip, and her gaze darted up to the ceiling in thought. Yeah, well, she could think of a couple reasons her heart was racing now. She shoved those thoughts away quickly, and looked back to Dom, "Okay, maybe I was a little scared. Now lets race." She grinned and turned her attention to the game.
Dominic would do the same. He had noticed the hesitation before her answer, but didn't say anything about it. If fact he might never say anything about it. He hardly knew this girl, but he decided that maybe getting to know her wasn't a bad idea. "What's your favorite color, Sugar?"
Tia glanced up from the game to give Dom one of those looks, "Where did that come from?"
"I'm not a silent racer, answer the question." Dom's virtual car pulled across the finish line just ahead of Tia's. "That's one for me, by the way."
"As if you can't tell." She grinned and they started another race, "It's pink though. My favorite color is pink. What about you?" She asked, and used a cheat she knew for the game, which gave a boost of speed to her virtual car and sent her speeding over the finish line ahead of Dominic. "Now we're tied."
"I like blue. All varieties of blue. And you cheated."
"Did not. Next question." As they played again Tia didn't use her little cheat.
"Favorite food?" Dom's brow furrowed as Tia passed over the line before him.
Tia grinned, "Two for me. And I'll eat anything. Except cherries, I think I'm allergic to those." She watched Dominic as he rose and pulled the two big cushions off the sofa and leaned them against the coffee table, so they could sit a little more comfortably on the floor.
"Okay, no cherries. What about flower?" Dom settled back down by Tia and they raced again. "Pink roses?"
"Nope." Tia shook her head, which only hurt a little from earlier, "Daisies."
"Pink ones?"
Tianna laughed, and in doing so lost the race to Dominic. "No," She shook her head again, "White ones. Now it's my turn to ask."
"It's three to two now."
"Liar! We're tied. And you accuse me of cheating." Tia smacked Dominic in the shoulder playfully.
"Can you blame me for trying? I may have met my match here..."
"Speaking of which, favorite food, favorite flower-- has all the makings of a date if you ask me. Which you did actually, but you planning on asking me out Toretto?" She smirked a little, those blue eyes held a teasing glow.
"I think you best keep your eyes on the screen, and focus on racing."
Tia laughed, but didn't say anything. they would continue to race for the next few hours. A grand total of fifty races, each of them winning twenty-five. They joked around, the laughed, the talked, they sat in comfortable silence, they played some more games-- until they ultimately ended up falling around six or six thirty in the morning. The sun was coming up when sleep finally took them.
The party had ended around two in the morning, much earlier than the usual. Dominic supposed the fact that someone got shot killed everyone's buzz. Despite the fact it didn't last as long, the guests had some how still managed to make the usual mess. As he and his sister were cleaning up the trash, Dominic noticed how Mia resembled the walking dead. "You can go on to bed if you want, I'll finish down here."
"You sure?" Mia questioned through a yawn.
Dominic nodded and took the trash bag from Mia, "Now go to bed."
Mia headed toward the stairs, but before she went up she turned and faced her brother, "She's staying her tonight."
"What? Who is?"
Mia waved toward the couch, "She is. She has to be at work by nine forty-five. Don't let her be late." With that announcement Mia climbed up stairs and disappeared into her bedroom.
Dom turned to see who was on the couch and saw that pink haired girl stretched out on the tan leather. Her boots were on the floor beside her purse. And the girl herself was in an odd position-- she was laying on her stomach, and using her right arm as a pillow. Her right leg was stretched out and resting on the arm of the couch, while her other leg hung off the front of the couch and brushed against the floor. Her left arm was also dangling off the front of the couch. She looked as if she were about to fall right off. Dom chuckled and pulled the blanket off the back of the couch to drape over her body.
Dominic was about a half an hour into cleaning when he decided to rest in his big arm chair. Just a little rest and then he would clean some more. As soon as his eyes shut though he was asleep. With no hope of returning to his cleaning in a timely manner.
Tianna woke with a start from bad dreams, and immediately panicked not remembering where she was and temporarily having been blinded by the onslaught of light to her sensitive blue eyes. Her mind quickly danced over all that had happened and she realized she was still at the Toretto house. Her hand reached out to her left, as that was where she remembered the lamp being, and groped around for the pull chain. Once the light was turned off, Tia opened her eyes and adjusted to the dark. The first thing she did was look at the clock, "Three fifteen," Tia smirked, "That's a whole half hour long than usual. Yay for me." She added the last bit sarcastically. Her gaze slid around the place, and she decided to pick up cleaning where Mia and Dominic had left off, "It's the least I can do. I mean, the man did come back for me."
For about an hour Tia bagged all the trash, set the glass beer bottles on the counter, and swept up. She'd been unable to find the dust pan so there was a neat little pile of dirt in the middle of the kitchen floor. To make up for that small inconvenience she washed the few dishes in the sink, before heading back into the living room. A glance was given to the clock, and not surprisingly, at four thirty-five, Tia still wasn't tired. So she settled down on the floor in front of the television and turned it on. After adjusting the volume to something suitable for the early hour, she would press the power button on that Playstation.
Dom stirred. His dream had suddenly shifted from random images of pink candy, blood and sirens to race cars and Tianna. He woke quickly and hand a hand over his head. He glanced over to see the TV on and Need for Speed: High Stakes on the screen. When he couldn't see he leaned to the side and saw Tia laying on the floor. He smiled softly then spoke, "What are you doing up?"
At the sudden voice Tia jumped, the controller flying from her hands. Luckily she did manage to catch it before it hit the floor. It took Tianna a moment to realize it was just Dominic and struggled to control her breathing and steady her heartbeat. She looked back at him with those wide crystal eyes, "I'm sorry. Did I wake you up?"
Dom chuckled softly and moved to sit by Tia on the floor, "Not exactly. Sorry I scared you." Dominic grabbed a controller and hit the restart button on the console.
"Me? Scared?" Tia laughed cockily, "Never."
"Oh yeah?" Dominic placed a hand over that still rapidly beating heart and asked, "The why is your heart beating so fast?"
Pearly whites chewed the inside of that lower lip, and her gaze darted up to the ceiling in thought. Yeah, well, she could think of a couple reasons her heart was racing now. She shoved those thoughts away quickly, and looked back to Dom, "Okay, maybe I was a little scared. Now lets race." She grinned and turned her attention to the game.
Dominic would do the same. He had noticed the hesitation before her answer, but didn't say anything about it. If fact he might never say anything about it. He hardly knew this girl, but he decided that maybe getting to know her wasn't a bad idea. "What's your favorite color, Sugar?"
Tia glanced up from the game to give Dom one of those looks, "Where did that come from?"
"I'm not a silent racer, answer the question." Dom's virtual car pulled across the finish line just ahead of Tia's. "That's one for me, by the way."
"As if you can't tell." She grinned and they started another race, "It's pink though. My favorite color is pink. What about you?" She asked, and used a cheat she knew for the game, which gave a boost of speed to her virtual car and sent her speeding over the finish line ahead of Dominic. "Now we're tied."
"I like blue. All varieties of blue. And you cheated."
"Did not. Next question." As they played again Tia didn't use her little cheat.
"Favorite food?" Dom's brow furrowed as Tia passed over the line before him.
Tia grinned, "Two for me. And I'll eat anything. Except cherries, I think I'm allergic to those." She watched Dominic as he rose and pulled the two big cushions off the sofa and leaned them against the coffee table, so they could sit a little more comfortably on the floor.
"Okay, no cherries. What about flower?" Dom settled back down by Tia and they raced again. "Pink roses?"
"Nope." Tia shook her head, which only hurt a little from earlier, "Daisies."
"Pink ones?"
Tianna laughed, and in doing so lost the race to Dominic. "No," She shook her head again, "White ones. Now it's my turn to ask."
"It's three to two now."
"Liar! We're tied. And you accuse me of cheating." Tia smacked Dominic in the shoulder playfully.
"Can you blame me for trying? I may have met my match here..."
"Speaking of which, favorite food, favorite flower-- has all the makings of a date if you ask me. Which you did actually, but you planning on asking me out Toretto?" She smirked a little, those blue eyes held a teasing glow.
"I think you best keep your eyes on the screen, and focus on racing."
Tia laughed, but didn't say anything. they would continue to race for the next few hours. A grand total of fifty races, each of them winning twenty-five. They joked around, the laughed, the talked, they sat in comfortable silence, they played some more games-- until they ultimately ended up falling around six or six thirty in the morning. The sun was coming up when sleep finally took them.