Vince Thomas died 3 weeks okay today. I haven't been able to get out of my apartment since that day in the hospital. By the time I got home Mia, Brian and Dom already packed my stuff for me to my apartment. That's what Vine had wanted. Mia came by everyday to check up on me. I'm just really depressed right now. I didn't go to the funeral either. i didn't feel I had to go. I already said my goodbyes to him back at the hospital. When he was still alive. Dom came over 2 times. he didn't really say much except he asked whether I needed anything. He brought food and some other stuff. Mia told me he was really worried about me and wanted me to move back in with them. There was no way i could go back there. Too much of Vince's presence was there. I got up from my bed and walked over to my bathroom. I flipped the switch and stared at myself in the mirror. I looked horrible. it was time for me to get over it. Vince was dead and there was nothing I could do about it. I figured out why Vince got shot in the first place. That night when I took Dom home Vince and Jesse rode of in Dom's car. It was dark and Tran thinkin' Vince was Dom shot him up. the only reason why he stopped shooting was because he figured out it wasn't Dom. I turned on the shower and got in. It felt so good to feel hot water run down my back. I got out and heard the phone ring.
" hey," someone said in a low deep voice. Dominic.
" hi," I said.
" you feelin better," he asked.
" yeah. i was about to go out," I answered.
" want me to pick you up," he asked me. I thought about it for a while.
" no it's okay," I said softly.
" aight," he replied. It was weird talkin' to him. He was so....nice.
" where you goin," he asked me. I didn't really know.
" I was gonna go by the bar. Is Mia workin today," I asked.
" yeah. That's where I'm callin' from," he replied. I heard Brian's voice in the background.
" i'll be there soon bye," i said and hung up the phone. I went back to the mirror and watched myself brush my hair. I brushed it out straight. I went over to my closet and threw on some tight jeans and a white tank top. Mia swore she'd get me more girly clothes. Like i'd really wear 'em. I closed the door to my bedroom and passed by the living room where some boxes were. I haven't fully unpacked yet. I grabbed my keys off of the counter and left my crib. Locking the door I went down the hall and punched the down button for the elevator.
I got there and saw it was really busy. Mia was taking a whole bunch of orders. It was always like this around lunch time. I looked around and saw Jesse passing out the orders. he finally came back like a week ago. He was so shook up about how Vince got killed and stuff. Jesse didn't need to see that type of stuff. He really was not emotionally stable. He "claims" to have ADD but I think he acts retarded cause he smokes too much dope. But he's so damn smart.I pass by him and tap him on the shoulder.
" eh," he said in that shaky goofy voice. Some guy at the table he was working at started complaining about his order so I left Jesse to deal with it. I finally found an empty stall all the way in the back. I sat there so no one would bother me. I played around with a napkin and sighed. What am I doing here I thought. I caught my reflection in the napkin dispenser. I looked bored as fuck. I walk to the back and start playin pool by myself. I was playing for a half an hour when I hear to guys shoutin at each other. I look up. It's Brian and dom. I watch them for a minute. it's almost comical how Brian was standing up against Dom. Dom was so built and tall and...shut up Letty. I couldn't hear what they were talking about cause they took the fight outside. Some of the customers followed them. I stayed inside playin' pool. I'm not about to get all up into other people's business. Couple of minutes later I see Dom storming back in the joint and going to the back room. People started to slowly come back in. I noticed this fine ass mexican that came in. he looked like he has puerto rican. He was really fine. he had his head shaved and he had nice lips. Not too full but just right. He was wearing some baggy denim jeans and a big black sweatshirt. Best of all he was alone. I went over to the counter and grabbed a pad and a pencil. I walked over to him and put on my sweetest smile.
" hey can i take your order," I asked him. he looked up and smiled.
" what's the best thing they got here," he asked.
" me," I said without thinking it kind of slipped out. He smiled.
" what's your name nina," he asked. I was lovin' that soft voice he had and his adorable round face.
" letty," I relpied. he extended his hand and shook mine.
" leo," he said. i noticed the tattoo he had on his arm. He was in a gang. He had another by the side of his ear too. The gang he was in owned the streets not to far from where I live. Before our conversation even got started Jessie had to jump in.
" letty Dom wants you," jessie said giddily. I swear the boy is poppin' pills. I groaned.
" you Dom'z girl," leo asked. I shook my head.
" i didn't know you knew him," I said. Leo nodded.
" I know him all right," he muttered. I said bye and went to the back. I hated coming back here. It was dark except for a the dim barely lit lights. I looked in Dom's area he wasn't there.
" Dom," I said aloud. Still no reply. Well I know he's not in the kitchen. he couldn't cook shit. I turned around and that's when I saw him. The door to the parking lot was open. Dom was carrying in some heavy meat from the truck and into the meat locker. He didn't have on his shirt so I just gazed at his rippling muscles. He dropped the meat in the locker and went back to the parking lot. I walked down the hall and met him outside. There were some other joes there. The ones who came to deliever the meat.
" yo Dom you wanted me," I said as he hopped on the back of the truck and surveyed the remaning meat.
" grab some of this stuff and stick up in the thing," he said. I looked around. there were guys here who were being paid to do that.
" don't you have enough help," I said glancing at the other guys. They were defiently not into the helping out part. Most of them looked 16. The oldest one was probably my age.
" just get up here," he said getting impatient. I hopped on the truck and started loading the stuff off. It was a dirty nasty job. I got blood on my shirt and I started to reek like dead shit. I could tell by the look on on Dom's face he didn't like it either. When we were done Dom paid the guys and they left. I was not getting in my car with all this shit on me. I saw a hose next to the door. I took of my tank and sprayed myself with the water. I washed off my hands and sprayed the water through my hair. I had just spent precious minutes getting perfectly straight. My pants got a little wet but I didn't care. At least I don't smell like shit. I heard someone clear there throat. I brought the hose down and turned. Dom was just standing there looking at me.
" what," I asked. Okay so I know it looks a little weird. here I am in my wet bra trying to take a shower with a hose. I could have sworn I saw him smile.
" damn you couldn't wait until you got home," he asked as he picked up a crate of water bottles that was on the ground.
" I ain't walkin around smelling like shit because of you," I said as i let my eyes wander on his bending body. Snap out of it Letty. He laughed and went inside I turned of the house and looked around for a towel. I found a white one in the bathroom, back in the joint. Now all I needed to do was to find a shirt. I was about to go find Mia when I decieded to pop into Dom's lttle area.
" hey Dom, got a shirt I could borrow," I asked. he didn't look up but pointed to the left. I look and see it's like a metal closet. I open it up and see some spare shirts. I pick out this plain black one and close it. I slipped it on and was about to leave the room when Dom asked me a question.
" you goin' to Race Wars," he asked me. I hadn't really though about it..
" i'm not into racing anymore, just fixin the cars," I told him as I tied my hair back into a ponytail.
" and why aint you racing anymore," he asked me. I thought about it. I didn't have a reason not to.
" cause I have a job now and I can't do both,"I relied. It was true I did have a job downtown. I was some reciptionist for a music studio. Dom stood up but kept his back to me.
" you race good," he said. Oh my god. Was that a compliement..from Dom.
" umm thanks," I said unsure of really what to say. He turned around and saw he was holding a car part in his hand.
" you sure about the racing thing," he said lowly as he held the part up to the light.
" well...maybe," I said changing my mind. Right then Mia walked in..more like stormed in.
" Excuse me for interrupting your love fest but some guy out there wants you," Mia said looking at me. She looked mad. But I hadn't sone anything.
" who," I asked her. Sh erolled her eyes.
" some rican named leo,"she said impatiently. She glared at me and Dom and left. That was weird.
" you goin with leo," Dom asked as I was about to leave.
" no, i just met him today," i explained. For some reason Dom walked out there with me back up front. leo stared at me blankly as I came up to him.
" what," I asked. He was so cute. But now he looked a little worried as he saw Dom next to me.
" Could you get me a sprite," he asked. What. I walked all the over here just to get him a drink. I stared at him and left to go get him the damn thing. I spit in the drink when no one was lookin. I went back and saw that he was leaving and was already halfway to the door. I stared at Dom. I knew he did something. I left the glass on the table and went after leo. It was so fucking hot out.
" hey leo why you leavin'," I asked as we stopped by his car. It was a tight lookin' lexus.
" girl you lied to me," he said as he got in the car.
" what did I lie about," I asked unclear of what he was talking about. He smiled. How cute.
" you said you wasn't Domz girl," he replied as he started up the car.
" I'm not," I said.
" That's not what he told me," leo said. With that he drove away. I'm his girl I asked myself. I went back in the joint and found Dom siting on one of the tables and watching the tv that was mounted on the wall. I rushed over to him.
" what the fuck did you do that for," I asked him. He kept his eyes on the screen.
" you don't need to be messin' with people like that," Dom said sternly. Aw hell no.
" You don't pick out the fuckin people I wanna see," I sid angrily. He still didn't look me in the eye.
" too bad," Dom replied.
" I don't stop you from fucking all them bitches and hoes you go out with," I said yellin. That's when the fight escalated. He got all up in my face and started talking shit. I screamed and yelled at him for almost everything he has ever done to me. Mia stood at the counter yelling at us to take it outside. We both told her to shut up.
" who are you to control me," I asked him. Some onlookers made some rude comments. Dom looked around.
" what the fuck y'all staring at," he said. He got into an argument with one customer. I couldn't take any more of the shouting and screaming. Mia was being a fuck ass bitch. Dom was acting like a dumb-ass and Jesse..jesse was being jesse. I was getting a headache from all the damn noise. I jumped on the counter and screamed.
" Shut up," I shouted. The crowd got quiet and stared at me. i stood beathing hard and trying very hard to control myself.
" You can either eat your food in peace or get out," I said coldly. I heard a few murmurs but aside from that everything was back under control. I got off of the counter and Mia started rubbing the spot where I stood in with a rag. Like I was dirty or something. So I looked her up and down and rolled my eyes.
" I don't know what the fuck your problem is but you better check yourself," I said silently. She gave me a half-assed smile.
" My problem is you," she said. What the fuck did I do.
" excuse me," I said. maybe I wasn't hearing right.
" bitch I know what your up to," Mia whisphered to me. Did I miss something here. Has so much drama built up in these past few weeks that I was totally unaware of. And Mia..she's suppossed to be my best friend and here she is treating me like shit for somethin' i didn't even do.
" what the fuck am i up too," I said angrily I was really getting mad.
" why you trying to get with brian. you know he's mine," she said angrily.
" that's not true," I said. What the fuck. Me and whitey, hell no.
" don't call me a liar, fuckin bitch," she said and then she spit on me. It landed inches away from my hand that was resting on the counter. All hell broke loose. I dove over the counter and grabbed her hair. She screamed and thrashed about wildly. her hands knocked some glasses over. I heard Jessie yelling at us but i didn't stop. She scratched me on my arm as I held onto her hair. She tried to push me off but I held onto her. She managed to slam me into the counter. My arm grazed on the broken pieces of glass. I cried out in pain and kicked her off. that's when I felt someone stronger pull me away. Mia looked at me with hatred.
" Letty what's wrong with you," Dom yelled at me as he held me back. Jesse was holding down Mia. Mia laughed
" Oh so you're fuckin her too Dom is that it," Mia asked as she tried to charge towards me. Something weird was goin' on.
" The slut finally givin' it up for you Dom," she screamed at him. What was going on. I felt Dom loosen his grip on me which was a bad mistake cause i jumped on her and we both went crashing to the ground. I held her down and started choking her ass. She grabbed at my hands and gasped for air. That's when Jesse pushed me off of her.
" i'm not a fuckin slut," I screamed at her. She didn't say anything. She was to busy trying to catch her breath I couldn't believe what just happened. here we were both on the floor and I had no idea why we were fighting. I stood up and walked away but Dom got in my way.
" i don't have time for this," i muttured as I pushed my way through him. Instead he grabbed me by my wounded arm and led me to his car. He ordered me to get in and i did. I didn't know why but I just did. We rode off somewhere. I wasn't paying attention. I was more focused on the pieces of glass that were still stuck in my arm. I managed to pick them out but it hurt so much.
" hey," someone said in a low deep voice. Dominic.
" hi," I said.
" you feelin better," he asked.
" yeah. i was about to go out," I answered.
" want me to pick you up," he asked me. I thought about it for a while.
" no it's okay," I said softly.
" aight," he replied. It was weird talkin' to him. He was so....nice.
" where you goin," he asked me. I didn't really know.
" I was gonna go by the bar. Is Mia workin today," I asked.
" yeah. That's where I'm callin' from," he replied. I heard Brian's voice in the background.
" i'll be there soon bye," i said and hung up the phone. I went back to the mirror and watched myself brush my hair. I brushed it out straight. I went over to my closet and threw on some tight jeans and a white tank top. Mia swore she'd get me more girly clothes. Like i'd really wear 'em. I closed the door to my bedroom and passed by the living room where some boxes were. I haven't fully unpacked yet. I grabbed my keys off of the counter and left my crib. Locking the door I went down the hall and punched the down button for the elevator.
I got there and saw it was really busy. Mia was taking a whole bunch of orders. It was always like this around lunch time. I looked around and saw Jesse passing out the orders. he finally came back like a week ago. He was so shook up about how Vince got killed and stuff. Jesse didn't need to see that type of stuff. He really was not emotionally stable. He "claims" to have ADD but I think he acts retarded cause he smokes too much dope. But he's so damn smart.I pass by him and tap him on the shoulder.
" eh," he said in that shaky goofy voice. Some guy at the table he was working at started complaining about his order so I left Jesse to deal with it. I finally found an empty stall all the way in the back. I sat there so no one would bother me. I played around with a napkin and sighed. What am I doing here I thought. I caught my reflection in the napkin dispenser. I looked bored as fuck. I walk to the back and start playin pool by myself. I was playing for a half an hour when I hear to guys shoutin at each other. I look up. It's Brian and dom. I watch them for a minute. it's almost comical how Brian was standing up against Dom. Dom was so built and tall and...shut up Letty. I couldn't hear what they were talking about cause they took the fight outside. Some of the customers followed them. I stayed inside playin' pool. I'm not about to get all up into other people's business. Couple of minutes later I see Dom storming back in the joint and going to the back room. People started to slowly come back in. I noticed this fine ass mexican that came in. he looked like he has puerto rican. He was really fine. he had his head shaved and he had nice lips. Not too full but just right. He was wearing some baggy denim jeans and a big black sweatshirt. Best of all he was alone. I went over to the counter and grabbed a pad and a pencil. I walked over to him and put on my sweetest smile.
" hey can i take your order," I asked him. he looked up and smiled.
" what's the best thing they got here," he asked.
" me," I said without thinking it kind of slipped out. He smiled.
" what's your name nina," he asked. I was lovin' that soft voice he had and his adorable round face.
" letty," I relpied. he extended his hand and shook mine.
" leo," he said. i noticed the tattoo he had on his arm. He was in a gang. He had another by the side of his ear too. The gang he was in owned the streets not to far from where I live. Before our conversation even got started Jessie had to jump in.
" letty Dom wants you," jessie said giddily. I swear the boy is poppin' pills. I groaned.
" you Dom'z girl," leo asked. I shook my head.
" i didn't know you knew him," I said. Leo nodded.
" I know him all right," he muttered. I said bye and went to the back. I hated coming back here. It was dark except for a the dim barely lit lights. I looked in Dom's area he wasn't there.
" Dom," I said aloud. Still no reply. Well I know he's not in the kitchen. he couldn't cook shit. I turned around and that's when I saw him. The door to the parking lot was open. Dom was carrying in some heavy meat from the truck and into the meat locker. He didn't have on his shirt so I just gazed at his rippling muscles. He dropped the meat in the locker and went back to the parking lot. I walked down the hall and met him outside. There were some other joes there. The ones who came to deliever the meat.
" yo Dom you wanted me," I said as he hopped on the back of the truck and surveyed the remaning meat.
" grab some of this stuff and stick up in the thing," he said. I looked around. there were guys here who were being paid to do that.
" don't you have enough help," I said glancing at the other guys. They were defiently not into the helping out part. Most of them looked 16. The oldest one was probably my age.
" just get up here," he said getting impatient. I hopped on the truck and started loading the stuff off. It was a dirty nasty job. I got blood on my shirt and I started to reek like dead shit. I could tell by the look on on Dom's face he didn't like it either. When we were done Dom paid the guys and they left. I was not getting in my car with all this shit on me. I saw a hose next to the door. I took of my tank and sprayed myself with the water. I washed off my hands and sprayed the water through my hair. I had just spent precious minutes getting perfectly straight. My pants got a little wet but I didn't care. At least I don't smell like shit. I heard someone clear there throat. I brought the hose down and turned. Dom was just standing there looking at me.
" what," I asked. Okay so I know it looks a little weird. here I am in my wet bra trying to take a shower with a hose. I could have sworn I saw him smile.
" damn you couldn't wait until you got home," he asked as he picked up a crate of water bottles that was on the ground.
" I ain't walkin around smelling like shit because of you," I said as i let my eyes wander on his bending body. Snap out of it Letty. He laughed and went inside I turned of the house and looked around for a towel. I found a white one in the bathroom, back in the joint. Now all I needed to do was to find a shirt. I was about to go find Mia when I decieded to pop into Dom's lttle area.
" hey Dom, got a shirt I could borrow," I asked. he didn't look up but pointed to the left. I look and see it's like a metal closet. I open it up and see some spare shirts. I pick out this plain black one and close it. I slipped it on and was about to leave the room when Dom asked me a question.
" you goin' to Race Wars," he asked me. I hadn't really though about it..
" i'm not into racing anymore, just fixin the cars," I told him as I tied my hair back into a ponytail.
" and why aint you racing anymore," he asked me. I thought about it. I didn't have a reason not to.
" cause I have a job now and I can't do both,"I relied. It was true I did have a job downtown. I was some reciptionist for a music studio. Dom stood up but kept his back to me.
" you race good," he said. Oh my god. Was that a compliement..from Dom.
" umm thanks," I said unsure of really what to say. He turned around and saw he was holding a car part in his hand.
" you sure about the racing thing," he said lowly as he held the part up to the light.
" well...maybe," I said changing my mind. Right then Mia walked in..more like stormed in.
" Excuse me for interrupting your love fest but some guy out there wants you," Mia said looking at me. She looked mad. But I hadn't sone anything.
" who," I asked her. Sh erolled her eyes.
" some rican named leo,"she said impatiently. She glared at me and Dom and left. That was weird.
" you goin with leo," Dom asked as I was about to leave.
" no, i just met him today," i explained. For some reason Dom walked out there with me back up front. leo stared at me blankly as I came up to him.
" what," I asked. He was so cute. But now he looked a little worried as he saw Dom next to me.
" Could you get me a sprite," he asked. What. I walked all the over here just to get him a drink. I stared at him and left to go get him the damn thing. I spit in the drink when no one was lookin. I went back and saw that he was leaving and was already halfway to the door. I stared at Dom. I knew he did something. I left the glass on the table and went after leo. It was so fucking hot out.
" hey leo why you leavin'," I asked as we stopped by his car. It was a tight lookin' lexus.
" girl you lied to me," he said as he got in the car.
" what did I lie about," I asked unclear of what he was talking about. He smiled. How cute.
" you said you wasn't Domz girl," he replied as he started up the car.
" I'm not," I said.
" That's not what he told me," leo said. With that he drove away. I'm his girl I asked myself. I went back in the joint and found Dom siting on one of the tables and watching the tv that was mounted on the wall. I rushed over to him.
" what the fuck did you do that for," I asked him. He kept his eyes on the screen.
" you don't need to be messin' with people like that," Dom said sternly. Aw hell no.
" You don't pick out the fuckin people I wanna see," I sid angrily. He still didn't look me in the eye.
" too bad," Dom replied.
" I don't stop you from fucking all them bitches and hoes you go out with," I said yellin. That's when the fight escalated. He got all up in my face and started talking shit. I screamed and yelled at him for almost everything he has ever done to me. Mia stood at the counter yelling at us to take it outside. We both told her to shut up.
" who are you to control me," I asked him. Some onlookers made some rude comments. Dom looked around.
" what the fuck y'all staring at," he said. He got into an argument with one customer. I couldn't take any more of the shouting and screaming. Mia was being a fuck ass bitch. Dom was acting like a dumb-ass and Jesse..jesse was being jesse. I was getting a headache from all the damn noise. I jumped on the counter and screamed.
" Shut up," I shouted. The crowd got quiet and stared at me. i stood beathing hard and trying very hard to control myself.
" You can either eat your food in peace or get out," I said coldly. I heard a few murmurs but aside from that everything was back under control. I got off of the counter and Mia started rubbing the spot where I stood in with a rag. Like I was dirty or something. So I looked her up and down and rolled my eyes.
" I don't know what the fuck your problem is but you better check yourself," I said silently. She gave me a half-assed smile.
" My problem is you," she said. What the fuck did I do.
" excuse me," I said. maybe I wasn't hearing right.
" bitch I know what your up to," Mia whisphered to me. Did I miss something here. Has so much drama built up in these past few weeks that I was totally unaware of. And Mia..she's suppossed to be my best friend and here she is treating me like shit for somethin' i didn't even do.
" what the fuck am i up too," I said angrily I was really getting mad.
" why you trying to get with brian. you know he's mine," she said angrily.
" that's not true," I said. What the fuck. Me and whitey, hell no.
" don't call me a liar, fuckin bitch," she said and then she spit on me. It landed inches away from my hand that was resting on the counter. All hell broke loose. I dove over the counter and grabbed her hair. She screamed and thrashed about wildly. her hands knocked some glasses over. I heard Jessie yelling at us but i didn't stop. She scratched me on my arm as I held onto her hair. She tried to push me off but I held onto her. She managed to slam me into the counter. My arm grazed on the broken pieces of glass. I cried out in pain and kicked her off. that's when I felt someone stronger pull me away. Mia looked at me with hatred.
" Letty what's wrong with you," Dom yelled at me as he held me back. Jesse was holding down Mia. Mia laughed
" Oh so you're fuckin her too Dom is that it," Mia asked as she tried to charge towards me. Something weird was goin' on.
" The slut finally givin' it up for you Dom," she screamed at him. What was going on. I felt Dom loosen his grip on me which was a bad mistake cause i jumped on her and we both went crashing to the ground. I held her down and started choking her ass. She grabbed at my hands and gasped for air. That's when Jesse pushed me off of her.
" i'm not a fuckin slut," I screamed at her. She didn't say anything. She was to busy trying to catch her breath I couldn't believe what just happened. here we were both on the floor and I had no idea why we were fighting. I stood up and walked away but Dom got in my way.
" i don't have time for this," i muttured as I pushed my way through him. Instead he grabbed me by my wounded arm and led me to his car. He ordered me to get in and i did. I didn't know why but I just did. We rode off somewhere. I wasn't paying attention. I was more focused on the pieces of glass that were still stuck in my arm. I managed to pick them out but it hurt so much.