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"Cristina, you bitch and moan about wanting to come here, what's wrong?" Letty asks
"It's my fault Dom's in here in the first place. I'm going to send him to an early grave"
"Did Dom tell you that?" Letty looks closer at her "Just ignore him, he was probably in one of his moods when he said it. Now go in there before you make him come out here."
"OK." Cristina sighs and tucks her hair behind her ears. Letty goes behind her as Mia comes out
"What's the hold up?"
"Dom's early grave." Letty replies as she pushes Cristina into the room. Mia follows them in.
"Hey Cris, how are you feeling?" Dom asks but she doesn't look up. Letty moves her so she is next to Dom's bed.
"We'll be outside." Letty tells him, pulling the curtain closed as she and Mia leave.
"Cristina?" Dom asks
"I'm all right." Cristina answers him softly
"From what I heard before you were cursing out the doctors and nurses, now you decide to take an oath of silence?"
"I've been better, I was stupid yesterday. I did a lot of stupid things." Cristina looks at him.
Dom smiles "We'll work it out, everything will be ok."
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, I can't do any work for a while but I'll be back to normal in no time."
"So your heart's all right?"
"Yes."
"Dom I'm sorry. I knew I wasn't feeling all right but I left my stuff in the car. And at school when you asked me if I took my medicine I lied cause I forgot and I knew you'd get mad. And I swore I would when I got home but we never got home. And then I woke up in my bed but I didn't have the energy to move or call anyone."
"You lied?" Dom asks
"I had screwed up enough as it was I didn't want to add to it. That wasn't the first time I did drugs or drank."
"I figured that." Dom replies
"At first it was just a joke, but when I got frustrated or upset I would just do some. It was always there, they always had some. And it was so much fun, like the rushes you used to have when you raced."
Dom holds up his hand "You've raced?"
"Only a couple of times and it wasn't like those big street races like you did. Just a drag race on back streets."
"You tell me this now? Cristina what if you had gotten hurt?"
"I doubt that I would have." Cristina says quietly "Dom I told you I screwed up big. I wasn't thinking and you were always trying to shelter me so much and then everyone else was doing the same, I needed to find things out for myself."
"Why do you doubt that you would have gotten hurt?" Dom asks
Cristina shakes her head "Cause if you're drunk and you get into an accident your chances of getting hurt are less."
"Less but still there." Dom says loudly that it catches Mia's attention and she comes back in the room.
"Dom calm down." Mia tells him
"Don't tell me to calm down."
"You're going to make Cristina think you're mad at her." Mia hisses
"I'm not, I'm disappointed in her." Dom replies
"Dom she forgot to take her medicine we all forgot about it. She drank a little, smoked a little we've all done it." Mia defends Cristina.
"Do you want to tell her or should I?" Dom asks Cristina
"I drank and raced" Cristina tells Mia quietly
"You what?!" Mia exclaims
"I drank and smoked and then I raced, I only did it a couple of times. And I lied to Dom yesterday when he asked if I took my medicine cause I forgot but I didn't want him to know I screwed up again. And I've gotten into fights in school and I'm sorry." Cristina tells them both her face becomes slightly pale. "I didn't mean to cause so much trouble." She looks away "Letty?!" She calls
"What the hell happened?" Letty demands walking in "This was supposed to be all nice and sweet not an attack on her." She stands with her hands on her hips.
"We'll tell you later." Dom mutters as Letty wheels Cristina out.
"This is our fault you know." Mia looks at him
"So why didn't you do what she did?"
"Dom we all got into our own trouble. Now it's Cristina's turn."
"So this is what happens in a dysfunctional family."
"All families are dysfunctional, we just don't have parents." Mia says
"Right" Dom mutters
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"So what'd ya do?" Letty asks in the elevator
"You didn't hear?" Cristina asks
"Course I heard, I think the entire hallway heard." Letty smirks "You got yourself into some deep shit, I hope you know that."
"As bad as beating the shit out of a guy with a wrench?" Cristina asks eyebrows raised
"That's not fair Cris, that was because of your father."
"So let's just say this is for my mother."
Letty presses her lips together into a thin line. "Have you been sleeping around?"
Cristina turns to face her "Are you kidding me?"
"Cristina."
"I haven't been sleeping around." Cristina replies turning back around wishing the elevator would hurry up.
Letty reaches over and hits the emergency stop button.
"What the hell are you doing?" Cristina exclaims
"Have you had sex? It's a simple question."
"Yes, is this what it's about? That I'm not a little girl anymore."
"No it's about you being a kid playing in a world you're not ready for."
"I recall you and Dom hooking up when you were sixteen."
"Dom was never a kid or a teenager he was an adult." Letty replies "I know you're angry. You're parents got taken from you when you were little. But Dom has done a hell of a job raising you and Mia. He has done everything he could to make sure all of us are ok."
"Letty-"
"I know you want to experiment and grow up, but we've all been there. You have to listen to us, especially Dom and Mia cause they're all you got. You hear me?"
"Yes, I hear you." Cristina looks away her jaw clenched.
Letty hits another button and the elevator starts again. "I should have known it was you in there when the damn thing stopped" Leon says to Letty as the doors open.
"Bring her back to her room." Letty replies
"Where are you going?"
"To talk to Dom." Letty hits the close door button.
"What'd you do?" Leon asks Cristina
"Why don't you go ask Dom, he'll be glad to tell you." Cristina says sourly
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"Dom." Letty goes back into his room
"Do not come in here and yell at me." Dom tells her "I know I was to harsh that I shouldn't have said I was disappointed in her, but what the hell was she thinking?"
"She wasn't, but we have to straighten her ass out, because she's headed for trouble. She knows what she did but all she cares about is you being mad at her. She doesn't care that she could get herself killed."
"How are we supposed to make her listen?" Mia asks Dom
Dom thinks for a moment "We'll pull her from school, get her a tutor or something and have her finish high school at home."
"Dom she'll flip."
"No she'll be away from those losers she calls friends and she can see how badly she was screwing up." Dom says to Mia
"What do you think?" Mia asks Letty
She holds up her hands "This is your call both of you, we may be family and all, but I can't make that call." She shakes her head.
"Brian?" Mia asks
"Letty's right, it's up to you and Dom." Brian replies
"Mia, at least for the rest of this year, it's almost over anyway." Dom tries to sway her.
Mia shakes her head "You're going to do this either way. One way or another you'll figure out how to make this go your way."
"Mia."
"Yes, Dom pull her out of school if you think that's what will be best. You're always right anyway right?" Mia asks annoyed
"Mia, it'll be all right."
"You better be right about this one." Mia walks out of the room and Brian follows her.
"Dom." Letty says
"What?"
"You're not doing this because you're not going to have anything to do for a while and you'll be able to be in complete control of her are you?"
"Of course not." Dom smiles pulling Letty over to him.
"All right." Letty cracks a smile and kisses him "You better get out of here soon, I want to get ya back home"
"I'll be back before you know it." Dom promises kissing her again.
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"Cristina, you bitch and moan about wanting to come here, what's wrong?" Letty asks
"It's my fault Dom's in here in the first place. I'm going to send him to an early grave"
"Did Dom tell you that?" Letty looks closer at her "Just ignore him, he was probably in one of his moods when he said it. Now go in there before you make him come out here."
"OK." Cristina sighs and tucks her hair behind her ears. Letty goes behind her as Mia comes out
"What's the hold up?"
"Dom's early grave." Letty replies as she pushes Cristina into the room. Mia follows them in.
"Hey Cris, how are you feeling?" Dom asks but she doesn't look up. Letty moves her so she is next to Dom's bed.
"We'll be outside." Letty tells him, pulling the curtain closed as she and Mia leave.
"Cristina?" Dom asks
"I'm all right." Cristina answers him softly
"From what I heard before you were cursing out the doctors and nurses, now you decide to take an oath of silence?"
"I've been better, I was stupid yesterday. I did a lot of stupid things." Cristina looks at him.
Dom smiles "We'll work it out, everything will be ok."
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, I can't do any work for a while but I'll be back to normal in no time."
"So your heart's all right?"
"Yes."
"Dom I'm sorry. I knew I wasn't feeling all right but I left my stuff in the car. And at school when you asked me if I took my medicine I lied cause I forgot and I knew you'd get mad. And I swore I would when I got home but we never got home. And then I woke up in my bed but I didn't have the energy to move or call anyone."
"You lied?" Dom asks
"I had screwed up enough as it was I didn't want to add to it. That wasn't the first time I did drugs or drank."
"I figured that." Dom replies
"At first it was just a joke, but when I got frustrated or upset I would just do some. It was always there, they always had some. And it was so much fun, like the rushes you used to have when you raced."
Dom holds up his hand "You've raced?"
"Only a couple of times and it wasn't like those big street races like you did. Just a drag race on back streets."
"You tell me this now? Cristina what if you had gotten hurt?"
"I doubt that I would have." Cristina says quietly "Dom I told you I screwed up big. I wasn't thinking and you were always trying to shelter me so much and then everyone else was doing the same, I needed to find things out for myself."
"Why do you doubt that you would have gotten hurt?" Dom asks
Cristina shakes her head "Cause if you're drunk and you get into an accident your chances of getting hurt are less."
"Less but still there." Dom says loudly that it catches Mia's attention and she comes back in the room.
"Dom calm down." Mia tells him
"Don't tell me to calm down."
"You're going to make Cristina think you're mad at her." Mia hisses
"I'm not, I'm disappointed in her." Dom replies
"Dom she forgot to take her medicine we all forgot about it. She drank a little, smoked a little we've all done it." Mia defends Cristina.
"Do you want to tell her or should I?" Dom asks Cristina
"I drank and raced" Cristina tells Mia quietly
"You what?!" Mia exclaims
"I drank and smoked and then I raced, I only did it a couple of times. And I lied to Dom yesterday when he asked if I took my medicine cause I forgot but I didn't want him to know I screwed up again. And I've gotten into fights in school and I'm sorry." Cristina tells them both her face becomes slightly pale. "I didn't mean to cause so much trouble." She looks away "Letty?!" She calls
"What the hell happened?" Letty demands walking in "This was supposed to be all nice and sweet not an attack on her." She stands with her hands on her hips.
"We'll tell you later." Dom mutters as Letty wheels Cristina out.
"This is our fault you know." Mia looks at him
"So why didn't you do what she did?"
"Dom we all got into our own trouble. Now it's Cristina's turn."
"So this is what happens in a dysfunctional family."
"All families are dysfunctional, we just don't have parents." Mia says
"Right" Dom mutters
***************
"So what'd ya do?" Letty asks in the elevator
"You didn't hear?" Cristina asks
"Course I heard, I think the entire hallway heard." Letty smirks "You got yourself into some deep shit, I hope you know that."
"As bad as beating the shit out of a guy with a wrench?" Cristina asks eyebrows raised
"That's not fair Cris, that was because of your father."
"So let's just say this is for my mother."
Letty presses her lips together into a thin line. "Have you been sleeping around?"
Cristina turns to face her "Are you kidding me?"
"Cristina."
"I haven't been sleeping around." Cristina replies turning back around wishing the elevator would hurry up.
Letty reaches over and hits the emergency stop button.
"What the hell are you doing?" Cristina exclaims
"Have you had sex? It's a simple question."
"Yes, is this what it's about? That I'm not a little girl anymore."
"No it's about you being a kid playing in a world you're not ready for."
"I recall you and Dom hooking up when you were sixteen."
"Dom was never a kid or a teenager he was an adult." Letty replies "I know you're angry. You're parents got taken from you when you were little. But Dom has done a hell of a job raising you and Mia. He has done everything he could to make sure all of us are ok."
"Letty-"
"I know you want to experiment and grow up, but we've all been there. You have to listen to us, especially Dom and Mia cause they're all you got. You hear me?"
"Yes, I hear you." Cristina looks away her jaw clenched.
Letty hits another button and the elevator starts again. "I should have known it was you in there when the damn thing stopped" Leon says to Letty as the doors open.
"Bring her back to her room." Letty replies
"Where are you going?"
"To talk to Dom." Letty hits the close door button.
"What'd you do?" Leon asks Cristina
"Why don't you go ask Dom, he'll be glad to tell you." Cristina says sourly
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"Dom." Letty goes back into his room
"Do not come in here and yell at me." Dom tells her "I know I was to harsh that I shouldn't have said I was disappointed in her, but what the hell was she thinking?"
"She wasn't, but we have to straighten her ass out, because she's headed for trouble. She knows what she did but all she cares about is you being mad at her. She doesn't care that she could get herself killed."
"How are we supposed to make her listen?" Mia asks Dom
Dom thinks for a moment "We'll pull her from school, get her a tutor or something and have her finish high school at home."
"Dom she'll flip."
"No she'll be away from those losers she calls friends and she can see how badly she was screwing up." Dom says to Mia
"What do you think?" Mia asks Letty
She holds up her hands "This is your call both of you, we may be family and all, but I can't make that call." She shakes her head.
"Brian?" Mia asks
"Letty's right, it's up to you and Dom." Brian replies
"Mia, at least for the rest of this year, it's almost over anyway." Dom tries to sway her.
Mia shakes her head "You're going to do this either way. One way or another you'll figure out how to make this go your way."
"Mia."
"Yes, Dom pull her out of school if you think that's what will be best. You're always right anyway right?" Mia asks annoyed
"Mia, it'll be all right."
"You better be right about this one." Mia walks out of the room and Brian follows her.
"Dom." Letty says
"What?"
"You're not doing this because you're not going to have anything to do for a while and you'll be able to be in complete control of her are you?"
"Of course not." Dom smiles pulling Letty over to him.
"All right." Letty cracks a smile and kisses him "You better get out of here soon, I want to get ya back home"
"I'll be back before you know it." Dom promises kissing her again.
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