**Chapter Eighteen**
Dom walked down the stairs, a towel wrapped around his waist and his rippling chest gleaming with small dewdrops of water. As he reached the bottom of the staircase he stood back stunned. His whole house was clean, the faint smell of lavender in the air. Furniture had been dusted, carpet had been vacuumed, tables polished, dishes washed and dried. He couldn't believe it. And he had only been upstairs for thirty minutes. "Corrin?" he called out as he walked into the living room. "Corrin?" he walked into the kitchen but she wasn't there. The rain had started to fall so she wasn't outside. Turning around he noticed her small delicate frame curled in a ball on the couch. He smiled then walked over to her. Making sure his towel was wrapped sufficiently around his waist as he picked her up and began to carry her up the stairs, not even straining.
Corrin stirred as he walked up the stairs. "Shhh" he said placing a kiss on her forehead as he laid her down on his king size bed.
Her eyes blinked as he came into focus. "Hey" she said lazily.
"You should get some rest." He said as he got off the bed and walked over to find him some boxer shorts.
Corrin pulled herself out of bed and yawned. She walked over to his dresser and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Hey what are you doing? Get back into bed!" Dom said walking out of the bathroom and back into the room.
Corrin ran her hand over her eyes and shook her head. "I look like shit."
Dom walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist. "You look beautiful. Go take a long hot bath. It'll make you sleep better." He gave her a slight push as she walked to the bathroom.
She ran the bath, put loads of bubble bath in then finally sat down in the steaming water. She laid back, her head resting on the ledge of the bath. She closed her eyes and let her thoughts fade with the steam. So relaxing.
Dom wasn't so sure if this was the right thing to do but he was worried that maybe she had fallen asleep in the bath or something after three quarters of an hour. He approached the door, a little hesitant at first, and knocked lightly. "Corrin? You ok in there?" She didn't answer. He tried the door handle and it was unlocked so without a second thought he walked straight in.
"I was wondering if you had the balls to do that." She said sitting in a floating mass of soap and bubbles.
He laughed and shook his head. Suddenly he realised she was sitting naked in front of him, not that he could see anything because of the bubbles. "You're gonna turn into a prune if you stay in there any longer." He said as he went to get her a towel. As he reached into the cupboard he noticed the bulging substance in his pants. This was hardly the time to get all horny over her, although his dick didn't seem to care. "Here ya go." He said handing her the towel then quickly exiting from the bathroom.
She looked at him oddly then smiled.
She walked back into the bedroom in her boxer shorts and singlet, feeling a lot better than before. She looked around and noticed Dom wasn't there. But the bed lured her anyway. Just as she was about to snuggle under his soft covers he walked in carrying a tray.
"Hey, you gotta eat before you sleep." He growled.
She rolled her eyes and looked at the tray. Cream cheese bagels, bacon and egg bagels, orange juice and fruit. "You shouldn't have done this Dominic. I know you're just as tired as I am."
"I'm worried about you. You're taking the shit end of this deal and I feel bad."
"Like you said, if I hope for that ten percent then it should be fine. Look I don't wanna talk about this. Not now." She placed the untouched bagel back on the plate and leaned back onto the headboard of the bed.
Dom shook his head and placed the tray on the ground. "That's your problem Corrin. You get everybody to put all their problems onto you and you help them out. That's all good but what happens when you have problems that you cant handle by yourself. You're keeping it to yourself and I don't like it. We're in this together, don't forget I have a sister in hospital." He growled again.
"That's my problem, right there. Your sister is lying in that hospital too and here you are worrying about me when you should be worrying about her." She yelled back in an equal pitch. "Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bite your head off. I think we just both need some sleep." She grabbed his hand and dragged him into bed with her.
He pulled her closer to him as they both settled down. "Guess what?" he whispered into her ear.
Rolling her eyes she replied, "What?"
"You look sexy when you're tired."
Letty tossed and turned in her sleep. Thoughts of her minor accident kept flooding back to her. It had taken three months for her to get behind the wheel again after the last truck accident. Hearing about Brian and Mia's accident brought it all back to her. She jolted awake. Not the longest sleep she'd ever had but at least it was something. It was two in the afternoon and rained poured down outside her windows. She opened her curtains and looked down the street. Dom's RX-7 was parked up the driveway, the house was all shut up. 'At least they're getting some sleep.'
She rubbed her eyes and walked downstairs. Pouring herself some juice, she sat down in the window seat looking out onto the street and stared longingly into the distant.
She felt useless, like she needed to be helping her friends but she didn't know how. Feeling the need to leave the house she had a shower, got changed, grabbed her keys then ran to her car out in the rain. She drove slowly past Dom's house to see if anyone was awake but it looked eerily empty. She carried on driving for hours, no destination at all. As she pulled her engine to a soft purr she looked out the windows and around her. Without realising it, she had parked out the front of the LAPD. 'Maybe there is someone who could help me in there.' She thought as she got out and locked the car.
"Hi, I was wondering if I could speak to a guy called Tanner?" Letty said self-consciously as she stepped up to the front desk. She had remembered the name from the stories Brian used to tell them about his short time in the force.
A guy, in about his 40's wearing tan glasses was walking by at the same time, flicking through a file. "That's me. What can I help you with?" he said. As Tanner took a closer look, Letty's face seemed to remind him of something.
"Look, I don't know why I'm here but I need to talk to you. It's concerning Brian O'Conner." She said a little uneasy with so many people around.
Tanners face was surprised. "Sure, we'll talk in my office." She followed him in and sat down in front of his desk. "So, how can I help you with Brian?"
"My best friend and him were in a car accident last night and nobody seems to be telling us anything about the accident and I was wondering if maybe you could help us."
Then it clicked. "You're a part of that Toretto gang aren't you?" he fished through his drawers and pulled the old file out, mug shots through most of it. "His girlfriend." He said referring to Dominic.
"EX girlfriend and the name's Letty. Look are you gonna help me or am I just wasting my breath?" Letty said, feeling uncomfortable about being there.
"What kind of accident?" Tanner asked, putting the file away.
Letty settled down in her chair. "A car accident, last night. Him and Mia are in hospital right now and the doctors aren't sure whether he's gonna make it or not."
"Shit! Last night you say." He said as he dialled a number on his phone. "Yeah Tanner here. Get me the reports on traffic accidents in the," he covered the phone over, "Which area?" he asked Letty.
"Ah, Glendale I think." She answered.
"Yeah, you there? Glendale for last night. I want them on my desk in the next ten minutes." He hung the phone up and brushed a hand through his head. "Why do you wanna know what happened?" he finally asked, calming down a bit.
"Because somethin' ain't right 'bout it."
"How do you know?"
"Well, how come they're the ones in hospital when they didn't even cause the crash? It doesn't make sense and nobody knows anything about the second driver, hell I don't even think he was admitted to the hospital!" she said, thinking it over in her head.
Just as she finished there was a knock on his office door and an office walked in carrying three small files and one larger file. "Thanks." Tanner said as he dismissed the officer. He flicked through, Letty trying to get an eye in too. Finally he came across it.
"What does it say?" Letty asked eagerly.
His eyes strained to let the details sink in. The kid had been like a son to him after all. He took his glasses off and rubbed his head in exasperation. "There was no one driving the second vehicle. It was completely empty."
Dom walked down the stairs, a towel wrapped around his waist and his rippling chest gleaming with small dewdrops of water. As he reached the bottom of the staircase he stood back stunned. His whole house was clean, the faint smell of lavender in the air. Furniture had been dusted, carpet had been vacuumed, tables polished, dishes washed and dried. He couldn't believe it. And he had only been upstairs for thirty minutes. "Corrin?" he called out as he walked into the living room. "Corrin?" he walked into the kitchen but she wasn't there. The rain had started to fall so she wasn't outside. Turning around he noticed her small delicate frame curled in a ball on the couch. He smiled then walked over to her. Making sure his towel was wrapped sufficiently around his waist as he picked her up and began to carry her up the stairs, not even straining.
Corrin stirred as he walked up the stairs. "Shhh" he said placing a kiss on her forehead as he laid her down on his king size bed.
Her eyes blinked as he came into focus. "Hey" she said lazily.
"You should get some rest." He said as he got off the bed and walked over to find him some boxer shorts.
Corrin pulled herself out of bed and yawned. She walked over to his dresser and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Hey what are you doing? Get back into bed!" Dom said walking out of the bathroom and back into the room.
Corrin ran her hand over her eyes and shook her head. "I look like shit."
Dom walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist. "You look beautiful. Go take a long hot bath. It'll make you sleep better." He gave her a slight push as she walked to the bathroom.
She ran the bath, put loads of bubble bath in then finally sat down in the steaming water. She laid back, her head resting on the ledge of the bath. She closed her eyes and let her thoughts fade with the steam. So relaxing.
Dom wasn't so sure if this was the right thing to do but he was worried that maybe she had fallen asleep in the bath or something after three quarters of an hour. He approached the door, a little hesitant at first, and knocked lightly. "Corrin? You ok in there?" She didn't answer. He tried the door handle and it was unlocked so without a second thought he walked straight in.
"I was wondering if you had the balls to do that." She said sitting in a floating mass of soap and bubbles.
He laughed and shook his head. Suddenly he realised she was sitting naked in front of him, not that he could see anything because of the bubbles. "You're gonna turn into a prune if you stay in there any longer." He said as he went to get her a towel. As he reached into the cupboard he noticed the bulging substance in his pants. This was hardly the time to get all horny over her, although his dick didn't seem to care. "Here ya go." He said handing her the towel then quickly exiting from the bathroom.
She looked at him oddly then smiled.
She walked back into the bedroom in her boxer shorts and singlet, feeling a lot better than before. She looked around and noticed Dom wasn't there. But the bed lured her anyway. Just as she was about to snuggle under his soft covers he walked in carrying a tray.
"Hey, you gotta eat before you sleep." He growled.
She rolled her eyes and looked at the tray. Cream cheese bagels, bacon and egg bagels, orange juice and fruit. "You shouldn't have done this Dominic. I know you're just as tired as I am."
"I'm worried about you. You're taking the shit end of this deal and I feel bad."
"Like you said, if I hope for that ten percent then it should be fine. Look I don't wanna talk about this. Not now." She placed the untouched bagel back on the plate and leaned back onto the headboard of the bed.
Dom shook his head and placed the tray on the ground. "That's your problem Corrin. You get everybody to put all their problems onto you and you help them out. That's all good but what happens when you have problems that you cant handle by yourself. You're keeping it to yourself and I don't like it. We're in this together, don't forget I have a sister in hospital." He growled again.
"That's my problem, right there. Your sister is lying in that hospital too and here you are worrying about me when you should be worrying about her." She yelled back in an equal pitch. "Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bite your head off. I think we just both need some sleep." She grabbed his hand and dragged him into bed with her.
He pulled her closer to him as they both settled down. "Guess what?" he whispered into her ear.
Rolling her eyes she replied, "What?"
"You look sexy when you're tired."
Letty tossed and turned in her sleep. Thoughts of her minor accident kept flooding back to her. It had taken three months for her to get behind the wheel again after the last truck accident. Hearing about Brian and Mia's accident brought it all back to her. She jolted awake. Not the longest sleep she'd ever had but at least it was something. It was two in the afternoon and rained poured down outside her windows. She opened her curtains and looked down the street. Dom's RX-7 was parked up the driveway, the house was all shut up. 'At least they're getting some sleep.'
She rubbed her eyes and walked downstairs. Pouring herself some juice, she sat down in the window seat looking out onto the street and stared longingly into the distant.
She felt useless, like she needed to be helping her friends but she didn't know how. Feeling the need to leave the house she had a shower, got changed, grabbed her keys then ran to her car out in the rain. She drove slowly past Dom's house to see if anyone was awake but it looked eerily empty. She carried on driving for hours, no destination at all. As she pulled her engine to a soft purr she looked out the windows and around her. Without realising it, she had parked out the front of the LAPD. 'Maybe there is someone who could help me in there.' She thought as she got out and locked the car.
"Hi, I was wondering if I could speak to a guy called Tanner?" Letty said self-consciously as she stepped up to the front desk. She had remembered the name from the stories Brian used to tell them about his short time in the force.
A guy, in about his 40's wearing tan glasses was walking by at the same time, flicking through a file. "That's me. What can I help you with?" he said. As Tanner took a closer look, Letty's face seemed to remind him of something.
"Look, I don't know why I'm here but I need to talk to you. It's concerning Brian O'Conner." She said a little uneasy with so many people around.
Tanners face was surprised. "Sure, we'll talk in my office." She followed him in and sat down in front of his desk. "So, how can I help you with Brian?"
"My best friend and him were in a car accident last night and nobody seems to be telling us anything about the accident and I was wondering if maybe you could help us."
Then it clicked. "You're a part of that Toretto gang aren't you?" he fished through his drawers and pulled the old file out, mug shots through most of it. "His girlfriend." He said referring to Dominic.
"EX girlfriend and the name's Letty. Look are you gonna help me or am I just wasting my breath?" Letty said, feeling uncomfortable about being there.
"What kind of accident?" Tanner asked, putting the file away.
Letty settled down in her chair. "A car accident, last night. Him and Mia are in hospital right now and the doctors aren't sure whether he's gonna make it or not."
"Shit! Last night you say." He said as he dialled a number on his phone. "Yeah Tanner here. Get me the reports on traffic accidents in the," he covered the phone over, "Which area?" he asked Letty.
"Ah, Glendale I think." She answered.
"Yeah, you there? Glendale for last night. I want them on my desk in the next ten minutes." He hung the phone up and brushed a hand through his head. "Why do you wanna know what happened?" he finally asked, calming down a bit.
"Because somethin' ain't right 'bout it."
"How do you know?"
"Well, how come they're the ones in hospital when they didn't even cause the crash? It doesn't make sense and nobody knows anything about the second driver, hell I don't even think he was admitted to the hospital!" she said, thinking it over in her head.
Just as she finished there was a knock on his office door and an office walked in carrying three small files and one larger file. "Thanks." Tanner said as he dismissed the officer. He flicked through, Letty trying to get an eye in too. Finally he came across it.
"What does it say?" Letty asked eagerly.
His eyes strained to let the details sink in. The kid had been like a son to him after all. He took his glasses off and rubbed his head in exasperation. "There was no one driving the second vehicle. It was completely empty."
