Chapter 5
When they reached the Toretto residence, a full-fledged party was going on. They looked at each other, they would have much rather it just be them, but a party was cool. They walked in the door and everybody cheered.
"That's her!" They yelled. "She's the girl."
"If we weren't cool. I'd be jealous." Letty said to her, as she grabbed Dominic by the waist protectively. She was jealous. He gave her a look before they walked off together.
She sighed and walked into the Kitchen to grab something to drink. She saw Mia with her boyfriend Brian. That was no surprise. When Mia saw her walk in she pulled away from him and walked over to her.
"Can I talk to you?" She asked, dragging her outside by the arm.
Ashley looked at her funny. "Uh…sure. I guess."
Mia looked at her seriously. "Dom likes you."
Ashley stopped dead in her tracks. "Yeah, we're friends. He is my mechanic or course he likes me."
"Don't try to bullshit me. I know the man. I've lived with him for 23 years. He likes you its not just as friends."
Ashley forced a laughed. She knew already, but she couldn't be obvious. " Mia, I don't know what your talking about. I-"
Mia grabbed Ashley's arm. "Ashley, He likes you and you like him too. I can tell. Look, I'll keep my mouth about it, keep in mind he has a girlfriend."
"Mia, thanks but I have to remind myself of that every second I'm around him." Ashley said, and then her
Voice lowered dramatically. "Every time I see them together it makes me sick. But Letty is cool. Your cool, Leon is cool, Vince, Brian, Jesse, Everybody! And I don't want to change that. I like what this is becoming. I can help make you rich Mia. I can be rich, if I have to explode because I keep my feelings bottled up, then I explode! I don't care, but I just want things to stay cool and drama free."
"I knew it. But I got ya. I'm not gonna tamper with fate." Mia said with a laugh walking away.
Ashley shook her head and smiled. She's cool. She made her way back into the party, greeting random people who approached her.
"Dance with me." A man said, he was attractive and he seemed nice. She noticed Dom out of the corner of her eye, with Letty or course so she agreed. When she dances she DANCES. Where she was from, she was taught how to dance and dance good. She saw Dom's attention was caught now she could go in for the kill. She dipped, rolled, and grinded her body onto the man, driving Dom crazy. She looked at him, straight in the eye and continued. He clenched his teeth and bit his bottom lip. She saw his hands form into tight fist. That's when she stopped. She just…stopped. She looked at Dom one more time, and apologized for having to leave, then she grabbed her coat and just left.
As she was getting into her newly won car. She put the key in and started it. Then she looked, she had no idea what most of the stuff in the car was. "SHIT!" She yelled.
She heard Dom's deep laugh in her ear. "Its not funny." She growled.
"What's the matter?" He asked.
"What do you mean what's the matter?" She asked him. "Look, I'm tired and I'm ready to go home."
"Fine, I'll take you."
"Dominic, I'm not a child. I have this car I just can't…uh…drive it." She said, she shook her head at the stupidity of that statement.
Dominic laughed. "Exactly."
"Ok, fine. You win." She said, getting out. "You always do." She mumbled, brushing roughly up against him.
His eyes followed her with a smile. "That's more like it. I love that attitude."
She gave him a sarcastic look and flipped him the bird, but even that was cute to him.
The ride to her house was almost silent, except when he praised her for winning that race. It was almost unbearable for the two. They wanted to express their feelings and thoughts about what was up with the two, but they were at a lost for words. When they pulled up to her house. She was almost relieved. She undid her seatbelt, but she just sat there.
"Dom…" She said.
He turned to her quickly, glad that the silence had lifted.
"Uh…um…do you want to come in to get a drink or something?"
He shrugged, trying to come off as nonchalantly as possible. "Why not?"
Ashley gave him a warm smile and got out. He followed her lead and followed her into the house. The house was nice. It gave this real sense of home and warmth. She dropped her coat by the door and trotted off into the kitchen. Dominic stood there in the living room, admiring the place. Hardwood floors, leather furniture, big screen TV's, everything. It was nice.
"Here," She said, handing him a Smirnoff Ice."
He just looked at it. "This?" He asked.
"What's wrong with it?"
"Its so…girly." He said, looking at her.
"Dom, we're not in your territory anymore. Now, here you can have any brew you want-as long as it's a
Smirnoff."
He laughed at her and brushed away a strand of her hair. She shivered. "Nice place here."
"Thanks," She said. "My dad brought it." Then it got silent again.
"Well…do you want to look around?"
"Uh…yeah." He said, Smirnoff in hand.
She toured him thorough her humble abode. The kitchen, den, living room, then upstairs the guestroom, another bathroom, and then her master bedroom.
"And this," She said, clicking on the light. "Is my bedroom."
His eyes wandered around, taking it all in, all black and silver satin, and a wide variety of candles and mirrors.
"This is nice…" He said, imagining himself making passionate love to her on the bed.
"Yeah, I decorated it myself."
"Oh freaky." He said, watching a sexy smile spread across her face. He seized her by the waist and pressed her lips to his. He led her slowly over to her bed, not losing contact with her lips. Things were heating up quickly. As Dominic was kissing her, he noticed a collage on her wall in a shape of a heart.
"Who is that?" He asked, on her lips.
Ashley glanced at the picture at first, and then she just stopped and pushed him off.
"That's my mom," She said, wiping her off. "And my ex-boyfriend."
Dom rolled over onto his side, looking at the picture. "Where is your mom?"
"They both died." Ashley said, bluntly. "In car accidents."
Dom's eyes got big. He knew she was going to cry, as much as he didn't want her too. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be…"
"How old were you?"
"19…I don't want to talk about it." She said, wiping the tears away from her eyes.
"Don't cry. I'm here for you. Through whatever you need. I'm here for you." Dominic said, rubbing her back.
"Thank you Dominic," She said. "I…I…think I…"
"Shh," He said. "I love you too."
Ashley just looked a t him with tears filled eyes and she smiled. He let her cry onto his shoulder until she had no more tears.
~*~*
I am in love with you (in love)
You set me free
I can't do this thing called life without you here with me
Cause I'm dangerously in love with you (in love)
I'll never leave
Just keep loving me the way I love you loving me
-Dangerously in love by Destiny's Child
When they reached the Toretto residence, a full-fledged party was going on. They looked at each other, they would have much rather it just be them, but a party was cool. They walked in the door and everybody cheered.
"That's her!" They yelled. "She's the girl."
"If we weren't cool. I'd be jealous." Letty said to her, as she grabbed Dominic by the waist protectively. She was jealous. He gave her a look before they walked off together.
She sighed and walked into the Kitchen to grab something to drink. She saw Mia with her boyfriend Brian. That was no surprise. When Mia saw her walk in she pulled away from him and walked over to her.
"Can I talk to you?" She asked, dragging her outside by the arm.
Ashley looked at her funny. "Uh…sure. I guess."
Mia looked at her seriously. "Dom likes you."
Ashley stopped dead in her tracks. "Yeah, we're friends. He is my mechanic or course he likes me."
"Don't try to bullshit me. I know the man. I've lived with him for 23 years. He likes you its not just as friends."
Ashley forced a laughed. She knew already, but she couldn't be obvious. " Mia, I don't know what your talking about. I-"
Mia grabbed Ashley's arm. "Ashley, He likes you and you like him too. I can tell. Look, I'll keep my mouth about it, keep in mind he has a girlfriend."
"Mia, thanks but I have to remind myself of that every second I'm around him." Ashley said, and then her
Voice lowered dramatically. "Every time I see them together it makes me sick. But Letty is cool. Your cool, Leon is cool, Vince, Brian, Jesse, Everybody! And I don't want to change that. I like what this is becoming. I can help make you rich Mia. I can be rich, if I have to explode because I keep my feelings bottled up, then I explode! I don't care, but I just want things to stay cool and drama free."
"I knew it. But I got ya. I'm not gonna tamper with fate." Mia said with a laugh walking away.
Ashley shook her head and smiled. She's cool. She made her way back into the party, greeting random people who approached her.
"Dance with me." A man said, he was attractive and he seemed nice. She noticed Dom out of the corner of her eye, with Letty or course so she agreed. When she dances she DANCES. Where she was from, she was taught how to dance and dance good. She saw Dom's attention was caught now she could go in for the kill. She dipped, rolled, and grinded her body onto the man, driving Dom crazy. She looked at him, straight in the eye and continued. He clenched his teeth and bit his bottom lip. She saw his hands form into tight fist. That's when she stopped. She just…stopped. She looked at Dom one more time, and apologized for having to leave, then she grabbed her coat and just left.
As she was getting into her newly won car. She put the key in and started it. Then she looked, she had no idea what most of the stuff in the car was. "SHIT!" She yelled.
She heard Dom's deep laugh in her ear. "Its not funny." She growled.
"What's the matter?" He asked.
"What do you mean what's the matter?" She asked him. "Look, I'm tired and I'm ready to go home."
"Fine, I'll take you."
"Dominic, I'm not a child. I have this car I just can't…uh…drive it." She said, she shook her head at the stupidity of that statement.
Dominic laughed. "Exactly."
"Ok, fine. You win." She said, getting out. "You always do." She mumbled, brushing roughly up against him.
His eyes followed her with a smile. "That's more like it. I love that attitude."
She gave him a sarcastic look and flipped him the bird, but even that was cute to him.
The ride to her house was almost silent, except when he praised her for winning that race. It was almost unbearable for the two. They wanted to express their feelings and thoughts about what was up with the two, but they were at a lost for words. When they pulled up to her house. She was almost relieved. She undid her seatbelt, but she just sat there.
"Dom…" She said.
He turned to her quickly, glad that the silence had lifted.
"Uh…um…do you want to come in to get a drink or something?"
He shrugged, trying to come off as nonchalantly as possible. "Why not?"
Ashley gave him a warm smile and got out. He followed her lead and followed her into the house. The house was nice. It gave this real sense of home and warmth. She dropped her coat by the door and trotted off into the kitchen. Dominic stood there in the living room, admiring the place. Hardwood floors, leather furniture, big screen TV's, everything. It was nice.
"Here," She said, handing him a Smirnoff Ice."
He just looked at it. "This?" He asked.
"What's wrong with it?"
"Its so…girly." He said, looking at her.
"Dom, we're not in your territory anymore. Now, here you can have any brew you want-as long as it's a
Smirnoff."
He laughed at her and brushed away a strand of her hair. She shivered. "Nice place here."
"Thanks," She said. "My dad brought it." Then it got silent again.
"Well…do you want to look around?"
"Uh…yeah." He said, Smirnoff in hand.
She toured him thorough her humble abode. The kitchen, den, living room, then upstairs the guestroom, another bathroom, and then her master bedroom.
"And this," She said, clicking on the light. "Is my bedroom."
His eyes wandered around, taking it all in, all black and silver satin, and a wide variety of candles and mirrors.
"This is nice…" He said, imagining himself making passionate love to her on the bed.
"Yeah, I decorated it myself."
"Oh freaky." He said, watching a sexy smile spread across her face. He seized her by the waist and pressed her lips to his. He led her slowly over to her bed, not losing contact with her lips. Things were heating up quickly. As Dominic was kissing her, he noticed a collage on her wall in a shape of a heart.
"Who is that?" He asked, on her lips.
Ashley glanced at the picture at first, and then she just stopped and pushed him off.
"That's my mom," She said, wiping her off. "And my ex-boyfriend."
Dom rolled over onto his side, looking at the picture. "Where is your mom?"
"They both died." Ashley said, bluntly. "In car accidents."
Dom's eyes got big. He knew she was going to cry, as much as he didn't want her too. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be…"
"How old were you?"
"19…I don't want to talk about it." She said, wiping the tears away from her eyes.
"Don't cry. I'm here for you. Through whatever you need. I'm here for you." Dominic said, rubbing her back.
"Thank you Dominic," She said. "I…I…think I…"
"Shh," He said. "I love you too."
Ashley just looked a t him with tears filled eyes and she smiled. He let her cry onto his shoulder until she had no more tears.
~*~*
I am in love with you (in love)
You set me free
I can't do this thing called life without you here with me
Cause I'm dangerously in love with you (in love)
I'll never leave
Just keep loving me the way I love you loving me
-Dangerously in love by Destiny's Child