Chapter 19

Part 1

I couldn't believe this, Miranda and Dominic…kissing. My legs won't move; I'm practically glued to where I'm standing. Neither one of them know I'm here. After a second I see Dominic do something I never expected. He pushed her away.

"What are you doing?" He asked harshly.

"What, I… thought…" Miranda stumbled over her words.

"Did you ever stop and think maybe I was with someone?" He wiped his mouth harshly.

"I…don't…" She kept stuttering.

"Well I'm with Letty and I love her and if she saw what you just did you'd be a dead woman."

After watching Dom do that I walked around the side of the door so I wasn't in sight. I could hear Miranda's high heels getting closer. I waited until she was out the door before I grabbed her and pinned her up against the wall. My hands wrapped around her neck and I spoke deadly low.

"After what I just saw, you better fucking hope I don't ever see you around here ever again. Got that?" I asked. Her eyes were wide and she nodded.

"I was a cop; I could kill you with my bare hands. But maybe I'll just slit your throat and watch you choke. Now leave and don't you ever come back and stay the hell away from Jesse." I said letting go of her.

I watched her walk away quickly. I sighed and walked back into the garage. Dominic was sitting in his office chair with his head in his hands. I sat next to him and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry she's not coming back." I spoke lowly.

"What? Who?"

"Dominic I saw what happened." I sighed.

He whipped his head and looked at me with his eyes wide. I sat there thinking for a minute. What was I suppose to do? Should I just let it slide? I mean technically it wasn't Dom's fault and he pushed her away. Of course I'm mad but fighting with him over something Miranda did would be stupid.

"So why aren't you kicking my ass right now?" He asked in disbelief.

"Because I also saw what you did." I smiled lightly. "I must say I never expected you to do that. Plus… Miranda has done this to me before so I wasn't surprised."

"Hey Letty." Fifteen year old Caleb said.

"Hey..." I smiled.

"What are you doing tonight?" He asked nonchalantly.

"I don't know what are you doing?"

"I wasn't doing anything tonight. Wanna come with me to the get some ice cream?" He asked.

"Uh…yeah sure." I smiled at him.

He grinned and put his arm around my shoulders. We walked the few blocks down to the little ice cream parlor. We sat in a booth in the back. I would take a bite of my ice cream and catch him staring at me with a smile.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing." He chuckled.

"No you keep staring at me, what?" I laughed.

"Can't I look at you without being yelled at?" He said defensively.

"I suppose." I rolled my eyes.

We finished eating and we walked over to the neighborhood playground. Both of us sat on a swing; swinging back and forth slowly.

"I like you Letty!" I blurted out of nowhere.

My eyes widen and my breath caught in my throat. Did I just hear him right? Nobody has ever liked me like that. I mean I'm not really beautiful like some of the girl's at school but, here is Caleb; someone who is two years older than me, telling me they like me. I watched him as his face was waiting in anticipation for me to say something.

"I don't see know what to say." I mumbled.

"Say you'll be my girl." He smiled lightly.

He slowly reached over and grabbed the chain on my swing; pulling me closer to him, his other hand grabbed the other side of my swing. Now we were both facing each other. I couldn't even look him in the eyes; I was too nervous. His face moved closer to mine without any hesitance until I felt his lips on mine. He pulled away and smiled.

"Please?" He whispered.

I stared at him for another minute and then nodded. He grinned widely and pulled me into a hug. He kissed me again only this time much more than just a peck. He stood up pulling me with him and we started walking towards his house. His hand found mine and our fingers laced together perfectly.

I cannot believe what happened. A half hour ago I was just sitting in my front yard and now I'm with one of the cutest guys. We walked through Caleb's back gate and he sat down on the swing. I sat next to him and he pulled me to him and wrapped his arm around my waist. I leaned into him and sighed happily.

"Why me?" I asked quietly after five minutes of silence.

"I'm drawn to you; you're funny and beautiful. You take no sh-t from no one. You don't worry about fitting in or what you wear. Plus you work on cars which is pretty f-cking cool to me." He said kissing the top of my head.

"But I'm two years younger." I stated.

"Age is nothing but a number." He mumbled. I grinned widely.

(A Month Later)

"Hey Nikki." I said as I walked by the porch.

"Hey Letty."

Nikki was Caleb's sixteen year old sister and she was very protective of her brother. She was very nice and very cool to hang out with.

"Is he back there?" I asked. She nodded and continued reading her book.

I nodded and walked the last few steps to the gate in the back yard. I opened the back gate.

"Caleb." I called out. "Oh my god!" I said walking out of the gate.

I walked as fast as my legs would carry me. I made it past the porch when I heard Nikki yell.

"Letty, what's wrong?" She asked coming down the stairs.

She walked up to me and I unconsciously wrapped my arms around her. Tears were silently coming down my cheeks.

"What happened?" She asked softly.

"Letty! It's not what you think." Caleb said from behind me.

I turned around to see Miranda and Caleb standing there looking very guilty.

"She kissed me!" He claimed pointing to his chest.

"What!" Nikki yelled. "Miranda what the fuck?"

"I'm sorry Nikki it just sort of happened." Miranda said.

"Just sort of happened? Like I believe that. Randa there's one thing I told you since we've been friends and that's don't fuck with my brother. On top of that he has a girlfriend."

Every word Nikki said she took a step closer to Miranda. She quickly threw a punch and hit Miranda in the jaw.

"You're a slut! Our friendship is over; now get the fuck off my property!" Nikki yelled.

I stood there the whole time silently crying not even looking at Caleb. I know he was looking at me though. Miranda slowly left the yard with her head down. Nikki sighed and turned around.

"Caleb what the hell were you thinking?" She snapped walking over to me.

"I don't know Nick. I'm so sorry Letty, it just sort of happened."

"Yeah that's what Miranda just said!" I snapped.

Nikki walked up to me and put her arm around my shoulder.

"Come on I'll walk you home." She said soothingly.

We walked together down to the sidewalk. I stopped and turned around and stared at Caleb.

"It's over Caleb." I said.

"No Letty please!" He pleaded.

I just turned around and walked home with Nikki by my side talking me and helping me through it.

I didn't tell Dom about the whole situation. But I did sit there and relive that whole memory.

"Letty." Dom said finally getting my attention.

"What?" I asked.

"I'm sorry babe that should have never happened. To my defense though; she kissed me. We were just talking about Jesse and she just kissed me."

I nodded even though I didn't know what to believe. I watched as Dom took a drink of his soda swished it around in his mouth and spit it back into the bottle. I looked at him with my eyebrows raised.

"She tasted like cigarettes." He shivered with disgust.

I chuckled and hugged him.

"Come on let's get back to work." I said standing up.