**Chapter Thirteen**
Corrin pulled her hair into a tight ponytail and brushed an eyelash from her cheek. She looked at herself in the mirror and was satisfied with the view.
"They say the vainer you are, the more likely you are to get wrinkles at an early age" Dom said as he sat in the bed admiring her.
She rolled her eyes and turned to him. "Do they now? They're probably all ugly anyway whoever it was." She grabbed a pillow and threw it at Dom. "Come on, time to get up."
"Good morning." Brian said as Corrin walked out of the caravan. She stretched her arms and smiled contently.
"Morning. Sleep ok?"
"Yeah I did actually. How about you?" he poured himself a coffee from the pot sitting on the small fire that was lit.
"Like a baby."
The silence between them was classic! Brian was dying to hear what Corrin had to say but she wasn't gonna spill. But she still kept him guessing with that stupid grin of hers.
"So are you gonna tell me or what?" he finally asked.
Corrin thought for a moment then smiled. "No."
"Gonna tell what?" Dom asked as he pulled a t-shirt over his head. "What are you scheming?" he said, walking straight up to Corrin and planting the softest kiss ever on her lips. Corrin smiled then looked back at Brian.
Brian was in shock, I mean he was dumbstruck. "That's all I needed to know." He said, that wide smile from ear to ear across his face. He walked off and back into the tent, to let Mia know no doubt.
"You think we scared him enough?" Corrin said as she sat down with her coffee. Dom walked over and poured himself a cup then sat next to her.
"Yeah, we could've gone for something more outrageous but I'll settle for that." There goes that awkward silence again.
"Just to get things straight. Do I assume we, as in us, are a 'when you feel like it' thing or something else?" Corrin had to ask. She wasn't one to muck around when it came to stuff like this.
Dom nodded. "Well, I guess really it's up to you. We can take it slow if you like, no titles or anything."
"Lets see how things go." She said reaching for his hand and holding it in hers.
By the afternoon everyone was packed and ready to head back into town. Brian couldn't keep his fat mouth shut so everyone knew what had happened that morning. The guys thought it was excellent but it wasn't exactly like Corrin and Dom were girlfriend/boyfriend. Just, together.
A week passed with everybody getting back into racing and stuff. Dom and Corrin went out on the odd occasion to the movies or for a drink at a bar. Nothing too serious like sleeping over or anything like that had been discussed or had come into the picture.
It was now Friday afternoon and everyone had gathered at the garage for end of week drinks. Business had picked up a little, not a lot but more than usual.
"Have you showed her yet?" Letty asked as she handed Dom another beer. He gave her that menacing look, only playing though, then smiled innocently to Corrin.
She sat between his legs on the concrete. She looked up at Dom and asked, "Showed me what?"
"Nothing, not a thing. You keep drinkin' and I'll keep, doing uh, whatever I was doing." He said, smiling like he was hiding something.
Corrin stood up and towered over him while he sat. "Showed me what?" she demanded. He smiled then took another swig of his beer. "Does this have anything to do with my car you've had for like the past two days?"
"Hey Leon. Did that geek working for Harry say what time he'll be here?" Dom asked ignoring Corrin.
"Yeah. About four thirty, haha!" Leon said mocking Albie's voice.
"Letty! What is he hiding?" Corrin asked walking over to Letty.
She shrugged her shoulders and had a drink. "Sorry girl, can't tell ya. My lips are sealed." She looked at Mia and both her and Letty slapped each other a fiver.
Corrin looked over at the cars in the garage with covers over them. Dom saw her and quickly went to block her from taking them off. "Aw come on Dom, just let me have a little peak." She complained trying to walk past his grip. He picked her up but she still squirmed.
"You're not looking, not yet anyway, so just sit down and enjoy the afternoon."
Frowning she returned to her seat and looked over at Brian, her bottom lip hangin' out. "You told them didn't you?"
Brian looked as innocent as ever. "Told them what?"
"You told them I hated surprises."
Brian laughed. "Hell yeah." He admitted. Just then the Ford from Harry's pulled up and out popped Albert. The girls had still to meet Albie.
"Hey guys," he said waving to them as he got out.
Letty cracked up laughing when she caught her first glimpse of him.
"Letty!" Corrin said throwing a rag at her. "That's not polite." She herself laughed a little but tried to hide it.
"I'm sorry I cant help it." She said, tears forming in her eyes from her laughter.
"Hows it going? Wow more people to meet. Hi girls I'm Albie." He said waving in his usual fashion.
Mia and Letty managed to say hi and introduced themselves. "Hi Albie, I'm Corrin." She said getting up and shaking his hand. She noticed his grip on hers was a bit strong but shrugged it off.
"Hello Corrin." He said, a sort of evil smile on his face.
Corrin watched as he walked away. She could have sworn she'd seen those eyes before. But where? Vince walked over to give Albie a hand while the others laughed about Albie behind his back.
"Hello Clarice." Letty said mocking the way Albie had said hello to Corrin. They all cracked up laughing because it sounded so much like how he had said it.
"Aw come on guys, leave the poor guy alone." Corrin said as she sat down on Dom's lap. She was laughing also but she felt they shouldn't be acting the way they were in front of him.
Vince walked inside carrying two NOS tanks then walked back to grab the remaining two.
Albie left, without forgetting to wave and say goodbye. Corrin couldn't help but feel he knew they were mocking him and it made her feel bad.
"Come on Corrin, lighten up. We were just havin' some fun with the guy." Leon said.
Corrin looked up and smiled. "Yeah I know. Just, next time try not to laugh in his face. Save it for after he's left. Would you like it if someone did that to you?"
"Hell I'd probably kill the fucker who'd laugh in my face." Vince said, leaning back in his chair. They all laughed, as in laughing at his face but he didn't get it.
"Ok, hop up for a sec and I'll be back soon with your surprise." Dom said picking Corrin up and off his lap. She watched him walk into the garage and close the doors while he worked.
"You guys all know about this don't you?" She asked looking at all of their smiling faces. "Come on just give me a clue, I wont tell I promise." None of them said a word so she sat back and stared at all them. Within a few seconds they were all locked in a staring competition.
Half an hour later Dom opened the garage doors, his overalls tied around his waist and smiled triumphantly. "You ready for this?"
Corrin jumped up and stood beside him. "Which one which one?" she asked eagerly. He pointed out the cover closest to her and she quickly pulled the cover off.
Her blue mitsi eclipse had a new paint job, the blue a bit brighter. Down the side of it was the emblem of the DT Team, she had a new spoiler, blue neon lights below, a boar exhaust pipe, the works. Her eyes were in shock. "Thank you so much." She said giving him a hug. The NOS tanks had been installed and she was now officially part of the team with the stickers all over her car. She gave him a kiss on the lips then jumped in the drivers seat.
"Tonight's the night folks. Lets get ready." Dom said signalling them that it was time to get ready for the race.
Corrin pulled her hair into a tight ponytail and brushed an eyelash from her cheek. She looked at herself in the mirror and was satisfied with the view.
"They say the vainer you are, the more likely you are to get wrinkles at an early age" Dom said as he sat in the bed admiring her.
She rolled her eyes and turned to him. "Do they now? They're probably all ugly anyway whoever it was." She grabbed a pillow and threw it at Dom. "Come on, time to get up."
"Good morning." Brian said as Corrin walked out of the caravan. She stretched her arms and smiled contently.
"Morning. Sleep ok?"
"Yeah I did actually. How about you?" he poured himself a coffee from the pot sitting on the small fire that was lit.
"Like a baby."
The silence between them was classic! Brian was dying to hear what Corrin had to say but she wasn't gonna spill. But she still kept him guessing with that stupid grin of hers.
"So are you gonna tell me or what?" he finally asked.
Corrin thought for a moment then smiled. "No."
"Gonna tell what?" Dom asked as he pulled a t-shirt over his head. "What are you scheming?" he said, walking straight up to Corrin and planting the softest kiss ever on her lips. Corrin smiled then looked back at Brian.
Brian was in shock, I mean he was dumbstruck. "That's all I needed to know." He said, that wide smile from ear to ear across his face. He walked off and back into the tent, to let Mia know no doubt.
"You think we scared him enough?" Corrin said as she sat down with her coffee. Dom walked over and poured himself a cup then sat next to her.
"Yeah, we could've gone for something more outrageous but I'll settle for that." There goes that awkward silence again.
"Just to get things straight. Do I assume we, as in us, are a 'when you feel like it' thing or something else?" Corrin had to ask. She wasn't one to muck around when it came to stuff like this.
Dom nodded. "Well, I guess really it's up to you. We can take it slow if you like, no titles or anything."
"Lets see how things go." She said reaching for his hand and holding it in hers.
By the afternoon everyone was packed and ready to head back into town. Brian couldn't keep his fat mouth shut so everyone knew what had happened that morning. The guys thought it was excellent but it wasn't exactly like Corrin and Dom were girlfriend/boyfriend. Just, together.
A week passed with everybody getting back into racing and stuff. Dom and Corrin went out on the odd occasion to the movies or for a drink at a bar. Nothing too serious like sleeping over or anything like that had been discussed or had come into the picture.
It was now Friday afternoon and everyone had gathered at the garage for end of week drinks. Business had picked up a little, not a lot but more than usual.
"Have you showed her yet?" Letty asked as she handed Dom another beer. He gave her that menacing look, only playing though, then smiled innocently to Corrin.
She sat between his legs on the concrete. She looked up at Dom and asked, "Showed me what?"
"Nothing, not a thing. You keep drinkin' and I'll keep, doing uh, whatever I was doing." He said, smiling like he was hiding something.
Corrin stood up and towered over him while he sat. "Showed me what?" she demanded. He smiled then took another swig of his beer. "Does this have anything to do with my car you've had for like the past two days?"
"Hey Leon. Did that geek working for Harry say what time he'll be here?" Dom asked ignoring Corrin.
"Yeah. About four thirty, haha!" Leon said mocking Albie's voice.
"Letty! What is he hiding?" Corrin asked walking over to Letty.
She shrugged her shoulders and had a drink. "Sorry girl, can't tell ya. My lips are sealed." She looked at Mia and both her and Letty slapped each other a fiver.
Corrin looked over at the cars in the garage with covers over them. Dom saw her and quickly went to block her from taking them off. "Aw come on Dom, just let me have a little peak." She complained trying to walk past his grip. He picked her up but she still squirmed.
"You're not looking, not yet anyway, so just sit down and enjoy the afternoon."
Frowning she returned to her seat and looked over at Brian, her bottom lip hangin' out. "You told them didn't you?"
Brian looked as innocent as ever. "Told them what?"
"You told them I hated surprises."
Brian laughed. "Hell yeah." He admitted. Just then the Ford from Harry's pulled up and out popped Albert. The girls had still to meet Albie.
"Hey guys," he said waving to them as he got out.
Letty cracked up laughing when she caught her first glimpse of him.
"Letty!" Corrin said throwing a rag at her. "That's not polite." She herself laughed a little but tried to hide it.
"I'm sorry I cant help it." She said, tears forming in her eyes from her laughter.
"Hows it going? Wow more people to meet. Hi girls I'm Albie." He said waving in his usual fashion.
Mia and Letty managed to say hi and introduced themselves. "Hi Albie, I'm Corrin." She said getting up and shaking his hand. She noticed his grip on hers was a bit strong but shrugged it off.
"Hello Corrin." He said, a sort of evil smile on his face.
Corrin watched as he walked away. She could have sworn she'd seen those eyes before. But where? Vince walked over to give Albie a hand while the others laughed about Albie behind his back.
"Hello Clarice." Letty said mocking the way Albie had said hello to Corrin. They all cracked up laughing because it sounded so much like how he had said it.
"Aw come on guys, leave the poor guy alone." Corrin said as she sat down on Dom's lap. She was laughing also but she felt they shouldn't be acting the way they were in front of him.
Vince walked inside carrying two NOS tanks then walked back to grab the remaining two.
Albie left, without forgetting to wave and say goodbye. Corrin couldn't help but feel he knew they were mocking him and it made her feel bad.
"Come on Corrin, lighten up. We were just havin' some fun with the guy." Leon said.
Corrin looked up and smiled. "Yeah I know. Just, next time try not to laugh in his face. Save it for after he's left. Would you like it if someone did that to you?"
"Hell I'd probably kill the fucker who'd laugh in my face." Vince said, leaning back in his chair. They all laughed, as in laughing at his face but he didn't get it.
"Ok, hop up for a sec and I'll be back soon with your surprise." Dom said picking Corrin up and off his lap. She watched him walk into the garage and close the doors while he worked.
"You guys all know about this don't you?" She asked looking at all of their smiling faces. "Come on just give me a clue, I wont tell I promise." None of them said a word so she sat back and stared at all them. Within a few seconds they were all locked in a staring competition.
Half an hour later Dom opened the garage doors, his overalls tied around his waist and smiled triumphantly. "You ready for this?"
Corrin jumped up and stood beside him. "Which one which one?" she asked eagerly. He pointed out the cover closest to her and she quickly pulled the cover off.
Her blue mitsi eclipse had a new paint job, the blue a bit brighter. Down the side of it was the emblem of the DT Team, she had a new spoiler, blue neon lights below, a boar exhaust pipe, the works. Her eyes were in shock. "Thank you so much." She said giving him a hug. The NOS tanks had been installed and she was now officially part of the team with the stickers all over her car. She gave him a kiss on the lips then jumped in the drivers seat.
"Tonight's the night folks. Lets get ready." Dom said signalling them that it was time to get ready for the race.
