~*~ With Letty ~*~
'How much farther to the border?' Letty asked uncomfortably. Erin looked at the map and traced her finger along the road.
'About twenty miles.or is that fifteen?' Erin said turning the map upside down and around and around. 'Oh screw it. I can't read this damn map.' Tori laughed from the driver's seat. Letty just slumped down in her seat. This was it. She was fifteen miles from leaving Dom. She was leaving him to go and stay at her uncle's until she and the crew got they're garage set up. Why did this seem insane?
'You're not chickening out, are you Let?' Erin asked looking at Letty with hopeful eyes. It was true that the crew had all figured out that Letty need Dom and vise versa. But they were surprised that Letty hadn't figured this out by now.
'Yeah right. Me? Chicken Out?' Letty said sitting up straight, trying to hide her nervousness. It wasn't really working but Erin wasn't going to say anything.
'Remember what your mami used to call us, Let?' Tori said watching the road while smiling. Letty laughed.
'Which name? She called us a lot of things.' She said finally smiling.
'She used to call you Ojos Del Ángel (Angel Eyes) and me...'
'She used to call you Niño Del Diablo (Devil Child)!' Letty laughed. Tori smiled.
'I swear it should have been the other way around!' She laughed back. They both began laughing until Erin piped up.
'Hey look!' she pointed to the bridge up ahead. 'That's the ten mile marker! We're almost there!' Letty's nervousness returned, worse than before at these words. Ten more miles to go. She gripped the seats and took a deep breath. This was going to be great. This wasn't so bad. This was kind of scary. THIS WAS AWFUL! How could she leave everything she'd ever known! Especially Dom, she remembered the first time they'd seen each other...
~*~ Flashback ~*~
'Hey V, pass me that wrench!' a fifteen year old Dom said as he began rearranging the engine he had placed in front of him. Vince threw a wrench to him and Dom caught it.
'Ew! Are you still playing with your stupid engines?' A little seven-year- old Mia asked in disgust as she passed by with a doll clutched in her arms.
'Mia will you go away!' Dom said as he began tampering with the piston rings, tightening them. Mia made a face and kicked over the huge toolbox that was on the floor. Tools spilt all over the ground. 'MIA!' Dom yelled as his sister ran away, knowing he'd be mad. 'Dammit Mia, get your ass back here!' Dom chased after her waving his wrench furiously. Mia ran out into the road but suddenly ran into someone who was playing basketball. She fell down and looked up at the thirteen-year old...girl?
'Watch it kid.' The girl said as she helped Mia up onto her feet.
'Sorry Leticia.' Dom ran over and there stood a scrawny latino girl, with black hair and dark eyes. She dressed kind of grungy for a girl. The clothes were really baggy and boyish. She threw the ball and it went right in. Perfect swish.
'Leticia! Leticia! That's my brother!' Mia said jumping up and down. Leticia turned and she watched Dom carefully. Dom knew instantly that she thought that he was cute.
'Dom.' He said and stuck out his hand. Leticia took it and shook it hard.
'Letty.'
'Ow.' Dom said taking back his arm and looking at it. 'Nice...uh...grip.'
'Leticia likes cars too! She can fix anything!' Mia piped up, standing between the two, looking from one to the other.
'You like cars?' Dom asked. He'd never met a girl that really knew anything about cars. There was a girl named Tori that lived a couple doors down, but she wasn't in his school. She was in some Spanish school downtown. Letty nodded.
'Do you?'
'Hell yeah!' Dom said pointing at his house. 'That's where me and my dad and my friends work on our engines and shit.' Letty looked over at Vince and waved. Vince seemed to know her and walked over.
'Hey Letty, what's up?'
'Nothin' much.'
'Wait a second.' Dom said looking at the two. 'You know each other?'
'Yeah, man. Letty here was the only girl on the soccer and basketball team last year.' Dom didn't really know that. He wasn't into sports, just cars. He knew Vince was a bit of a jock, but he'd never gone to a game. 'Wanna come and help us with this engine?' Vince asked. Dom stared at him. Why was he inviting her? She was a skinny little tomboy. Why waste the time?
'Yeah, man, definitely.' And they all walked over to Dom's house.
The rest was just history. Dom figured she was okay. A bit irritating at times, acting like she was all that. And all threw junior high she stayed that skinny girl who wasn't really popular with the guys. And she was always hanging around Dom, she had a thing for him. He never had the heart to tell her, he wasn't interested.
But then Dom's dad died in the car accident, and he beat the shit out of the guy who had clipped him and sent him into the wall. He went to jail and spent all his time working out and getting in shape. He began to wonder how Vince and Mia were doing. And if Letty was still the gross little tomboy kid he'd left.
To Be Continued ~ * ~
'How much farther to the border?' Letty asked uncomfortably. Erin looked at the map and traced her finger along the road.
'About twenty miles.or is that fifteen?' Erin said turning the map upside down and around and around. 'Oh screw it. I can't read this damn map.' Tori laughed from the driver's seat. Letty just slumped down in her seat. This was it. She was fifteen miles from leaving Dom. She was leaving him to go and stay at her uncle's until she and the crew got they're garage set up. Why did this seem insane?
'You're not chickening out, are you Let?' Erin asked looking at Letty with hopeful eyes. It was true that the crew had all figured out that Letty need Dom and vise versa. But they were surprised that Letty hadn't figured this out by now.
'Yeah right. Me? Chicken Out?' Letty said sitting up straight, trying to hide her nervousness. It wasn't really working but Erin wasn't going to say anything.
'Remember what your mami used to call us, Let?' Tori said watching the road while smiling. Letty laughed.
'Which name? She called us a lot of things.' She said finally smiling.
'She used to call you Ojos Del Ángel (Angel Eyes) and me...'
'She used to call you Niño Del Diablo (Devil Child)!' Letty laughed. Tori smiled.
'I swear it should have been the other way around!' She laughed back. They both began laughing until Erin piped up.
'Hey look!' she pointed to the bridge up ahead. 'That's the ten mile marker! We're almost there!' Letty's nervousness returned, worse than before at these words. Ten more miles to go. She gripped the seats and took a deep breath. This was going to be great. This wasn't so bad. This was kind of scary. THIS WAS AWFUL! How could she leave everything she'd ever known! Especially Dom, she remembered the first time they'd seen each other...
~*~ Flashback ~*~
'Hey V, pass me that wrench!' a fifteen year old Dom said as he began rearranging the engine he had placed in front of him. Vince threw a wrench to him and Dom caught it.
'Ew! Are you still playing with your stupid engines?' A little seven-year- old Mia asked in disgust as she passed by with a doll clutched in her arms.
'Mia will you go away!' Dom said as he began tampering with the piston rings, tightening them. Mia made a face and kicked over the huge toolbox that was on the floor. Tools spilt all over the ground. 'MIA!' Dom yelled as his sister ran away, knowing he'd be mad. 'Dammit Mia, get your ass back here!' Dom chased after her waving his wrench furiously. Mia ran out into the road but suddenly ran into someone who was playing basketball. She fell down and looked up at the thirteen-year old...girl?
'Watch it kid.' The girl said as she helped Mia up onto her feet.
'Sorry Leticia.' Dom ran over and there stood a scrawny latino girl, with black hair and dark eyes. She dressed kind of grungy for a girl. The clothes were really baggy and boyish. She threw the ball and it went right in. Perfect swish.
'Leticia! Leticia! That's my brother!' Mia said jumping up and down. Leticia turned and she watched Dom carefully. Dom knew instantly that she thought that he was cute.
'Dom.' He said and stuck out his hand. Leticia took it and shook it hard.
'Letty.'
'Ow.' Dom said taking back his arm and looking at it. 'Nice...uh...grip.'
'Leticia likes cars too! She can fix anything!' Mia piped up, standing between the two, looking from one to the other.
'You like cars?' Dom asked. He'd never met a girl that really knew anything about cars. There was a girl named Tori that lived a couple doors down, but she wasn't in his school. She was in some Spanish school downtown. Letty nodded.
'Do you?'
'Hell yeah!' Dom said pointing at his house. 'That's where me and my dad and my friends work on our engines and shit.' Letty looked over at Vince and waved. Vince seemed to know her and walked over.
'Hey Letty, what's up?'
'Nothin' much.'
'Wait a second.' Dom said looking at the two. 'You know each other?'
'Yeah, man. Letty here was the only girl on the soccer and basketball team last year.' Dom didn't really know that. He wasn't into sports, just cars. He knew Vince was a bit of a jock, but he'd never gone to a game. 'Wanna come and help us with this engine?' Vince asked. Dom stared at him. Why was he inviting her? She was a skinny little tomboy. Why waste the time?
'Yeah, man, definitely.' And they all walked over to Dom's house.
The rest was just history. Dom figured she was okay. A bit irritating at times, acting like she was all that. And all threw junior high she stayed that skinny girl who wasn't really popular with the guys. And she was always hanging around Dom, she had a thing for him. He never had the heart to tell her, he wasn't interested.
But then Dom's dad died in the car accident, and he beat the shit out of the guy who had clipped him and sent him into the wall. He went to jail and spent all his time working out and getting in shape. He began to wonder how Vince and Mia were doing. And if Letty was still the gross little tomboy kid he'd left.
To Be Continued ~ * ~