Chapter 8
"Dominic what happen?" Mia asked, when Dom walked in with Ashley in his arms. She was blacked out and breathy slowly. Mia and Ashley had become good friends since the time they meet. They talked so much and got to know each other so well.
"I don't know. She was talking, telling me about this dream and then…she went out." He said, laying her helpless body on the couch.
Mia rushed to the kitchen and got a wet rag to put on her head. "Where was she?"
"Her dad's kickboxing studio…" He said, hoping and praying that she didn't interrogate him any longer.
"Dominic, maybe we need to take her to the hospital or something." Mia said, running to his side. "What happen to her hands?"
Dominic hadn't noticed, he looked down and saw the damage that had been done. "Oh Shit! I didn't even see this…what the fuck?" He said, defensively taking her battered hand in his.
"Dom, she's breathing funny!" Mia said. "Brian!" She yelled. Within minutes, Brian came rushing down stairs in his boxers.
"What happened?" He asked.
"We don't know what's wrong with her!"
Brian reached down and checked her pulse. "How long has she been like this?"
"About 45 minutes…"
"Call 911!!!" He said.
Mia gave Dom a frightened look. She stood there frozen. "Go Mia!" Dom yelled.
When she found her legs she ran to the phone and called for help.
~*~*
"Hernandez/Toretto party?" A doctor said, holding his clipboard. Dominic was the first to jump to his feet. He was truly concerned about her well-being. Randall was right up next to him, staring intently at the doctor. Mia and Brian were right at their side.
"Well?" Dominic asked solicitously. "Is she alright?"
The doctor gave them all a look. "You got her here just in the nick of time. She's severely dehydrated. If you had gotten her here any later, we may have lost her. " The Clarity in his voice gave Dominic the chills.
He felt so stupid. He should have known to take her to the hospital immediately.
"Ashley will need plenty of rest and many fluids. If possible, she needs to always be with someone until she fully recuperated. But other than that, she's fine. We'll release her, but she probably wont wake up until tomorrow morning." He said, disarming their thoughts.
Dominic scrutinized at Randall. He had a troubled look on his face.
"Is there a problem Mr. Hernandez?"
Randall looked at him. "I have to go out of town tomorrow…I can't be with her."
"Your worried about that?" Dominic said, throwing his arm around his shoulder. "Look, don't worry. She can stay at my house. I'll be there and my sister will there too. She will be watched, trust me."
Randall's eyes lighten up. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. We would love to help you out and Ash is just like one of the gang now. It'll be our pleasure."
"Thank you. I will repay you, believe that."
~*~*
Ashley turned over on her side as the sun filtered in through the window. It danced off her brown skin and sent shimmers of color over her body. She woke up with a stretch and a yawn. She took one look at the unfamiliar surroundings and jumped up from the bed with a jerk.
"Hey, you're supposed to be in bed." She heard Dominic's voice.
She turned around and saw him leaning against the doorframe. "Where am I and how did I get here?"
He laughed a sexy laugh, One his many amenities for her soul. "You are in my room…ha." He started. "You black out. Had to go to the hospital and then you ended up here…in my room."
Ashley playfully rolled her eyes. "You love saying that don't you?"
"I couldn't even start to tell you. Now get your ass back in bed, you need rest."
"Dom, I can't stay up here all day! I need to go home and get some stuff." She said, trying to get past his big body.
"Here are you clothes. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, and underwear…all that good shit. Now get back in bed."
"You have your mind set on making me stay here don't you?"
"And you have your mind set on not getting any rest now…" He was cut off.
"What is going on here? Ashley you're supposed to be in bed. Dom did you wake her?" Mia asked, carrying a tray of food.
"No, she was up when I got here."
Mia gave him a 'yeah right' look and ushered him out. "Look, here is your food. You need to eat and drink… a lot!" She ordered.
Ashley stood back shocked. "Ok, ok. I'll eat! I'll drink!"
Mia sat there with her and talked. She really wanted to get to know Ashley a lot more, the girl that took her brothers heart from another women.
After hours of talking and laughing and sharing some of their deepest secrets, Mia felt really close to her.
"Mia, If I stay up here any longer I'm gonna flip!" Ashley exclaimed, climbing off the bed.
"The doctor said for you to stay in bed."
"C'mon Mia. I'll go downstairs on the couch or something. I just have to get out of this room!"
Mia shrugged and got up to her feet. "Ok, well you hurry and get ready or whatever and Come right downstairs on the couch!"
"Yes Mother!" Ashley said, saluting her.
Mia laughed, after getting to know her better, in a sick morbid way. It made it a lot easier to defend their scandalous relationship.
~*~*
Dominic's mind was totally gone to a place it never had been before. It was a REALLY deep place of thought. It was so deep he didn't know how to begin to understand. Ashley's face was the only one he saw, yet flashbacks of him and Letty back when they were really close shown, but now, slowly he saw them drifting apart. Then he saw, wedding bells and himself, but he couldn't see the bride. He saw him and a baby, but he couldn't see the mother.
"What the fuck?" He asked himself, trying to shake away his thoughts.
He snapped out of his weird thoughts when he heard Vince talking.
"Hey Ash. You looking good."
"Thank you Vince." She said. "At least you call me by my name now. Sexy Ass was getting kinda old fo' sho'" She said, with a laugh. Dom watched her push a lock of her hair out of her face. She had her hands stuffed down deep in her low rider jeans. Her see-through combat shirt hugged all the right areas.
He wiped his mouth, knowing for sure he had to be drooling.
"Damn girl! You look better every day. How are ya?" Leon asked, scooping her up in a hug.
She giggled. "I'm ready to get this car done! Race wars in three weeks!" She said, slapping him a high-five.
"Yo, Are you ok? I heard you fell out last night?"
Ashley was shocked at Letty's consideration; looking at the fact that Mia told her that Letty was catching on to Her and Dom. "Yeah, dude. I'm fine. I don't know what happened. Doctors said something about dehydration." Ashley shrugged and smiled. She felt kinda bad. Here she was smiling in this girl's face and having sexual thoughts about her boyfriend at the same time.
"Good. Get better." Letty told her, patting her on the back. She quickly got back to business.
She looked up and saw Dom staring at her. "What?" She bashfully asked.
"You're supposed to be sleep or something. Not up walking around." He said, approaching her with open arms. The smile on his face was showing that he was inexplicably happy to see her.
"I'm not helpless Dominic. I can make it." She said, hitting him kittenishly with bandaged hands. "And why are you smiling at me like that?"
He shook his head and laughed. "Don't worry about it. You need to go back to that bed." He said, throwing his arm around her neck.
"But Dom, I'm fine!" She yelped.
"Nope. Back to bed you go." He said, handing her a bottle of water.
They were having fun, but Letty on the other hand was watching them out of the corner of her eye gritting her teeth. "They're just friends. They're just friends." She repeated to herself.
Leon noticed the look on her face and intervened her thoughts. "Their just friends Letty. Just friends." He stated.
"Yeah. I know, I barely noticed them." She said unconvincingly.
"Dominic what happen?" Mia asked, when Dom walked in with Ashley in his arms. She was blacked out and breathy slowly. Mia and Ashley had become good friends since the time they meet. They talked so much and got to know each other so well.
"I don't know. She was talking, telling me about this dream and then…she went out." He said, laying her helpless body on the couch.
Mia rushed to the kitchen and got a wet rag to put on her head. "Where was she?"
"Her dad's kickboxing studio…" He said, hoping and praying that she didn't interrogate him any longer.
"Dominic, maybe we need to take her to the hospital or something." Mia said, running to his side. "What happen to her hands?"
Dominic hadn't noticed, he looked down and saw the damage that had been done. "Oh Shit! I didn't even see this…what the fuck?" He said, defensively taking her battered hand in his.
"Dom, she's breathing funny!" Mia said. "Brian!" She yelled. Within minutes, Brian came rushing down stairs in his boxers.
"What happened?" He asked.
"We don't know what's wrong with her!"
Brian reached down and checked her pulse. "How long has she been like this?"
"About 45 minutes…"
"Call 911!!!" He said.
Mia gave Dom a frightened look. She stood there frozen. "Go Mia!" Dom yelled.
When she found her legs she ran to the phone and called for help.
~*~*
"Hernandez/Toretto party?" A doctor said, holding his clipboard. Dominic was the first to jump to his feet. He was truly concerned about her well-being. Randall was right up next to him, staring intently at the doctor. Mia and Brian were right at their side.
"Well?" Dominic asked solicitously. "Is she alright?"
The doctor gave them all a look. "You got her here just in the nick of time. She's severely dehydrated. If you had gotten her here any later, we may have lost her. " The Clarity in his voice gave Dominic the chills.
He felt so stupid. He should have known to take her to the hospital immediately.
"Ashley will need plenty of rest and many fluids. If possible, she needs to always be with someone until she fully recuperated. But other than that, she's fine. We'll release her, but she probably wont wake up until tomorrow morning." He said, disarming their thoughts.
Dominic scrutinized at Randall. He had a troubled look on his face.
"Is there a problem Mr. Hernandez?"
Randall looked at him. "I have to go out of town tomorrow…I can't be with her."
"Your worried about that?" Dominic said, throwing his arm around his shoulder. "Look, don't worry. She can stay at my house. I'll be there and my sister will there too. She will be watched, trust me."
Randall's eyes lighten up. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. We would love to help you out and Ash is just like one of the gang now. It'll be our pleasure."
"Thank you. I will repay you, believe that."
~*~*
Ashley turned over on her side as the sun filtered in through the window. It danced off her brown skin and sent shimmers of color over her body. She woke up with a stretch and a yawn. She took one look at the unfamiliar surroundings and jumped up from the bed with a jerk.
"Hey, you're supposed to be in bed." She heard Dominic's voice.
She turned around and saw him leaning against the doorframe. "Where am I and how did I get here?"
He laughed a sexy laugh, One his many amenities for her soul. "You are in my room…ha." He started. "You black out. Had to go to the hospital and then you ended up here…in my room."
Ashley playfully rolled her eyes. "You love saying that don't you?"
"I couldn't even start to tell you. Now get your ass back in bed, you need rest."
"Dom, I can't stay up here all day! I need to go home and get some stuff." She said, trying to get past his big body.
"Here are you clothes. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, and underwear…all that good shit. Now get back in bed."
"You have your mind set on making me stay here don't you?"
"And you have your mind set on not getting any rest now…" He was cut off.
"What is going on here? Ashley you're supposed to be in bed. Dom did you wake her?" Mia asked, carrying a tray of food.
"No, she was up when I got here."
Mia gave him a 'yeah right' look and ushered him out. "Look, here is your food. You need to eat and drink… a lot!" She ordered.
Ashley stood back shocked. "Ok, ok. I'll eat! I'll drink!"
Mia sat there with her and talked. She really wanted to get to know Ashley a lot more, the girl that took her brothers heart from another women.
After hours of talking and laughing and sharing some of their deepest secrets, Mia felt really close to her.
"Mia, If I stay up here any longer I'm gonna flip!" Ashley exclaimed, climbing off the bed.
"The doctor said for you to stay in bed."
"C'mon Mia. I'll go downstairs on the couch or something. I just have to get out of this room!"
Mia shrugged and got up to her feet. "Ok, well you hurry and get ready or whatever and Come right downstairs on the couch!"
"Yes Mother!" Ashley said, saluting her.
Mia laughed, after getting to know her better, in a sick morbid way. It made it a lot easier to defend their scandalous relationship.
~*~*
Dominic's mind was totally gone to a place it never had been before. It was a REALLY deep place of thought. It was so deep he didn't know how to begin to understand. Ashley's face was the only one he saw, yet flashbacks of him and Letty back when they were really close shown, but now, slowly he saw them drifting apart. Then he saw, wedding bells and himself, but he couldn't see the bride. He saw him and a baby, but he couldn't see the mother.
"What the fuck?" He asked himself, trying to shake away his thoughts.
He snapped out of his weird thoughts when he heard Vince talking.
"Hey Ash. You looking good."
"Thank you Vince." She said. "At least you call me by my name now. Sexy Ass was getting kinda old fo' sho'" She said, with a laugh. Dom watched her push a lock of her hair out of her face. She had her hands stuffed down deep in her low rider jeans. Her see-through combat shirt hugged all the right areas.
He wiped his mouth, knowing for sure he had to be drooling.
"Damn girl! You look better every day. How are ya?" Leon asked, scooping her up in a hug.
She giggled. "I'm ready to get this car done! Race wars in three weeks!" She said, slapping him a high-five.
"Yo, Are you ok? I heard you fell out last night?"
Ashley was shocked at Letty's consideration; looking at the fact that Mia told her that Letty was catching on to Her and Dom. "Yeah, dude. I'm fine. I don't know what happened. Doctors said something about dehydration." Ashley shrugged and smiled. She felt kinda bad. Here she was smiling in this girl's face and having sexual thoughts about her boyfriend at the same time.
"Good. Get better." Letty told her, patting her on the back. She quickly got back to business.
She looked up and saw Dom staring at her. "What?" She bashfully asked.
"You're supposed to be sleep or something. Not up walking around." He said, approaching her with open arms. The smile on his face was showing that he was inexplicably happy to see her.
"I'm not helpless Dominic. I can make it." She said, hitting him kittenishly with bandaged hands. "And why are you smiling at me like that?"
He shook his head and laughed. "Don't worry about it. You need to go back to that bed." He said, throwing his arm around her neck.
"But Dom, I'm fine!" She yelped.
"Nope. Back to bed you go." He said, handing her a bottle of water.
They were having fun, but Letty on the other hand was watching them out of the corner of her eye gritting her teeth. "They're just friends. They're just friends." She repeated to herself.
Leon noticed the look on her face and intervened her thoughts. "Their just friends Letty. Just friends." He stated.
"Yeah. I know, I barely noticed them." She said unconvincingly.