Chapter 6
"Dominic, where have you been?" Letty asked when he walked through the door. Most of the party guess had left.
"I took Ashley home." He said, walking past her.
Letty squinted her eyes tight and ran her tongue over her teeth. "You what?" She asked again.
"You heard me Letty. I took the girl home. What you gonna get on my fucking case about that too. Did you want me to make her walk? Would that have made you happy?" He asked her loudly.
All heads turned to face them. "I just asked a question. Why you getting all damn defensive about it? Is there something to hide?" She asked, with her hands on her hips.
Dominic rolled his eyes and turned his back. "Whatever Letty." He said, walking off.
"No, Dom. Look at me!" She yelled.
Dominic turned slowly to face her, not saying a word. The look on his face said enough.
Letty felt less important next to him. "We need to talk." She said.
"We are talking." He said, bluntly to her.
She went up to him and grabbed him by the arm, dragging him upstairs.
"What is Letty? Is it your petty jealousy again, because I'm getting so sick of this shit because that's exactly what this is-bullshit!"
Letty couldn't meet his glance. She didn't know what to say. It was her petty jealousy and if she didn't it under control, she could loose Dom. He sat there on his bed with his head in his hands.
"Well, just…just tell me what ya'll did that took so long."
He looked at her and almost laughed. This was crazy. "I took her home. She showed me around." He said, through clenched teeth.
"Anything else?" She asked.
"Yes, and she cried about her DEAD mother. Yes her mother is Fucking dead! I was letting her cry on my shoulder! Is that what you want to hear Letty? Because you just heard it."
Letty sat there with her mouth slightly opened in shock. "I didn't know…."
"Of course you didn't." He uttered. "Look can we have this conversation tomorrow when I'm not so tired. And maybe you want her present so she can cry again. I thought you liked her."
"I do, but I also thought you were my boyfriend!" She said with an attitude. She turned on her heels and stomped off down the stairs.
"Bye everybody!" He heard her yell.
'All for the better.' Dominic said to himself. He didn't want to hear her bitch and he didn't want to hear her stammer on jealously. HE lay down on his bed, with both hands behind his head, just thinking.
He gritted his teeth together when he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. He knew it was Mia. She was the only one who was bold enough to talk to him when he was mad.
"Not now, Mia!" He said, before he even saw her.
"Dominic, what did you do to her?" Mia asked. She looked mad, but who cares.
Dom rolled his eyes. He really didn't need, nor want all this pressure especially in one night. "Mia, mind your own business."
"No!"
He knew she wouldn't back down. "Look, she asked me where I was. I told her I was took Ashley home and she didn't believe, so I told her what really went down. Ashley's mother died when she was 19 and she was crying. I couldn't just leave her there alone so she could cry!"
Mia stood back, with wide eyes. She didn't mean to stick her foot in this hole. "Oh..well…I…"
Dominic gave her a sarcastic look and sat back to hear what she had to say. "Look, just don't say anything. I need to sleep."
"Dom, I know you like her. I know."
Dom froze like he had been caught. "Mia…I don't know what your talking about. Are you drunk?"
"No! Dom I know you like her. I'm your sister I can tell. I've already talked about it with her and…"
"What did she say?" Dom asked, seriously.
"She told me she liked you, and you like her too don't you?
"…Yes…" He admitted.
"Ha! I knew it!"
"How could you tell?"
"Dom, A blind man could see how you look at her."
~*~*
The sweat ran down Ashley's face as she kicked the bag. Over and over till she couldn't fill that she was kicking it. Emotion ran through her like water, Love, hate, envy, anger. She continued to kick the bag, spicing it up with punches too. She was glad her dad let her come in this late to work out. Good thing too, She didn't let her frustration out on people. She wanted to kick and punched away her newly found love For Dominic. She hated to love him, and she was angry at Letty for making her envy her. It was confusing and she hated being confused. She kicked the bag until it burned her muscles and she couldn't take it anymore. She felt the tears in her eyes and the hurt that always came with crying. She fell it the ground with tears streaming down her face. She curled herself into a tight ball, wishing that Dominic was there right now to comfort her, but she wasn't. She shivered at the cold, lonely air around her. She threw down the gloves roughly and wiped her tears.
"AHHH!" She yelled to the top of her lungs, releasing some stress. "I don't need this!"
She grabbed her things and rushed quickly home. She jumped in the shower and drifted of to sleep fast.
Her dream was fuzzy. She saw herself and a bunch of people. She was in a car and Dom was yelling at her not to do something. That he didn't want her to do it. But she wouldn't listen. She saw another car, they were on a line, and it was a race. She didn't know the outcome of the race, but she saw Dom crying, then she saw him with his head in his hands. There was a gun and blood and Dom standing over a body and then she woke up with a jerk, breathing hard. After that she couldn't get back to sleep until 6:30 that morning and she sleep to 4:00 that afternoon. She contemplated on weather she should go to the garage or not. She decided that today was not a good day for that and all the pressure she would have to face. She grabbed herself some workout clothes and headed back for another day at the gym.
At the garage that was another story, Dominic sat in his office checking his watch. He wondered where she was and when she was going to get there. Then his mind shifted. What if she had an accident? What if she was hurt? What if someone had come into her house last night and did something?
"Dominic!" He heard a voice calling to him.
"What?" He asked, shaking his head. He looked up to see Letty looking down at him. He didn't mean to come off so harsh. "Sorry, Letty."
"I wanted to talk to you about last night." She started. His head still hung down. "I'm sorry. I'm trying to change my jealous way I promise." She said. She lifted his head to look him in the eye.
He stood and towered over him. "Good." He said, kissing her softly. That was it. He brushed right past her. Then felt that she would pick up on how fake it was, he looked back excepting her to still be mad, but the smile on her face reveled that she was just as happy as ever. Yeah, guilt bit at the pit of stomach, because he had history with Letty, As much as he wanted to go with his mind. His heart wouldn't let him.
"Dominic, where have you been?" Letty asked when he walked through the door. Most of the party guess had left.
"I took Ashley home." He said, walking past her.
Letty squinted her eyes tight and ran her tongue over her teeth. "You what?" She asked again.
"You heard me Letty. I took the girl home. What you gonna get on my fucking case about that too. Did you want me to make her walk? Would that have made you happy?" He asked her loudly.
All heads turned to face them. "I just asked a question. Why you getting all damn defensive about it? Is there something to hide?" She asked, with her hands on her hips.
Dominic rolled his eyes and turned his back. "Whatever Letty." He said, walking off.
"No, Dom. Look at me!" She yelled.
Dominic turned slowly to face her, not saying a word. The look on his face said enough.
Letty felt less important next to him. "We need to talk." She said.
"We are talking." He said, bluntly to her.
She went up to him and grabbed him by the arm, dragging him upstairs.
"What is Letty? Is it your petty jealousy again, because I'm getting so sick of this shit because that's exactly what this is-bullshit!"
Letty couldn't meet his glance. She didn't know what to say. It was her petty jealousy and if she didn't it under control, she could loose Dom. He sat there on his bed with his head in his hands.
"Well, just…just tell me what ya'll did that took so long."
He looked at her and almost laughed. This was crazy. "I took her home. She showed me around." He said, through clenched teeth.
"Anything else?" She asked.
"Yes, and she cried about her DEAD mother. Yes her mother is Fucking dead! I was letting her cry on my shoulder! Is that what you want to hear Letty? Because you just heard it."
Letty sat there with her mouth slightly opened in shock. "I didn't know…."
"Of course you didn't." He uttered. "Look can we have this conversation tomorrow when I'm not so tired. And maybe you want her present so she can cry again. I thought you liked her."
"I do, but I also thought you were my boyfriend!" She said with an attitude. She turned on her heels and stomped off down the stairs.
"Bye everybody!" He heard her yell.
'All for the better.' Dominic said to himself. He didn't want to hear her bitch and he didn't want to hear her stammer on jealously. HE lay down on his bed, with both hands behind his head, just thinking.
He gritted his teeth together when he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. He knew it was Mia. She was the only one who was bold enough to talk to him when he was mad.
"Not now, Mia!" He said, before he even saw her.
"Dominic, what did you do to her?" Mia asked. She looked mad, but who cares.
Dom rolled his eyes. He really didn't need, nor want all this pressure especially in one night. "Mia, mind your own business."
"No!"
He knew she wouldn't back down. "Look, she asked me where I was. I told her I was took Ashley home and she didn't believe, so I told her what really went down. Ashley's mother died when she was 19 and she was crying. I couldn't just leave her there alone so she could cry!"
Mia stood back, with wide eyes. She didn't mean to stick her foot in this hole. "Oh..well…I…"
Dominic gave her a sarcastic look and sat back to hear what she had to say. "Look, just don't say anything. I need to sleep."
"Dom, I know you like her. I know."
Dom froze like he had been caught. "Mia…I don't know what your talking about. Are you drunk?"
"No! Dom I know you like her. I'm your sister I can tell. I've already talked about it with her and…"
"What did she say?" Dom asked, seriously.
"She told me she liked you, and you like her too don't you?
"…Yes…" He admitted.
"Ha! I knew it!"
"How could you tell?"
"Dom, A blind man could see how you look at her."
~*~*
The sweat ran down Ashley's face as she kicked the bag. Over and over till she couldn't fill that she was kicking it. Emotion ran through her like water, Love, hate, envy, anger. She continued to kick the bag, spicing it up with punches too. She was glad her dad let her come in this late to work out. Good thing too, She didn't let her frustration out on people. She wanted to kick and punched away her newly found love For Dominic. She hated to love him, and she was angry at Letty for making her envy her. It was confusing and she hated being confused. She kicked the bag until it burned her muscles and she couldn't take it anymore. She felt the tears in her eyes and the hurt that always came with crying. She fell it the ground with tears streaming down her face. She curled herself into a tight ball, wishing that Dominic was there right now to comfort her, but she wasn't. She shivered at the cold, lonely air around her. She threw down the gloves roughly and wiped her tears.
"AHHH!" She yelled to the top of her lungs, releasing some stress. "I don't need this!"
She grabbed her things and rushed quickly home. She jumped in the shower and drifted of to sleep fast.
Her dream was fuzzy. She saw herself and a bunch of people. She was in a car and Dom was yelling at her not to do something. That he didn't want her to do it. But she wouldn't listen. She saw another car, they were on a line, and it was a race. She didn't know the outcome of the race, but she saw Dom crying, then she saw him with his head in his hands. There was a gun and blood and Dom standing over a body and then she woke up with a jerk, breathing hard. After that she couldn't get back to sleep until 6:30 that morning and she sleep to 4:00 that afternoon. She contemplated on weather she should go to the garage or not. She decided that today was not a good day for that and all the pressure she would have to face. She grabbed herself some workout clothes and headed back for another day at the gym.
At the garage that was another story, Dominic sat in his office checking his watch. He wondered where she was and when she was going to get there. Then his mind shifted. What if she had an accident? What if she was hurt? What if someone had come into her house last night and did something?
"Dominic!" He heard a voice calling to him.
"What?" He asked, shaking his head. He looked up to see Letty looking down at him. He didn't mean to come off so harsh. "Sorry, Letty."
"I wanted to talk to you about last night." She started. His head still hung down. "I'm sorry. I'm trying to change my jealous way I promise." She said. She lifted his head to look him in the eye.
He stood and towered over him. "Good." He said, kissing her softly. That was it. He brushed right past her. Then felt that she would pick up on how fake it was, he looked back excepting her to still be mad, but the smile on her face reveled that she was just as happy as ever. Yeah, guilt bit at the pit of stomach, because he had history with Letty, As much as he wanted to go with his mind. His heart wouldn't let him.