Chapter 3 : Deja Vu
Dom and Vince ran to get between the girls, but not before Letty got a good swing to Aaliyah's jaw, splitting her lip and bruising her cheek, and Aaliyah laid a few swift punches to Letty's stomache. Letty was yanked back by Vince grabbing her around her waist. Dom grabbed Aaliyah by her arm and pulled her back.
"Get her outta her now", Dom directed at Vince. "And you better go home, Wizard walk her out", Dom directed at Jesse. Dom followed Vince back into the kitchen, when Letty made a move to go back after Aaliyah, Dom picked her up and threw her over his shoulder easily and marched into the kitchen. He placed her on the counter, with a firm glare to keep her in place. He reached into the freezer and pulled out two bags of frozen vegetables. He wrapped one in a dishcloth and handed it to Letty , who gingerly laid it against her bruised face. The other pack he tossed to Leon who had followed them in.
"Go run and bring this to the Wizard and the red head, quickly !" Leon ran out of the kitchen and out the door just as Aaliyah was getting into her car.
"Hey stop !!" He yelled at her. She paused to see who was calling at her. He tossed the frozen pack to Jesse who was standing next to her car. He handed it to her as Leon headed back into the house.
"Hey you're bleeding kinda bad, come in the house and let me get cleaned up" Jesse said softly.
"I don't think that's such a good idea, Letty is still in there, and Dom will get seriously pissed"
"Ya got a point there. Hey, I got an idea ! Come with me." He lead her to the darkened garage. Once inside he directed over to the work bench which she hopped up onto. He walked into the back office and returned with a wet cloth. He reached beside her and turned on the bench lite. He gently pressed the cloth to her lip and tried to wipe away the blood that trickled down her face. She sighed and leaned into his minstrations which startled him and caused him to pull back a little to quickly, which set him off balance and made him fall back against a tool tray causing it to clatter rather loudly to the floor. The crash was heard in the house and sent Dom running to the garage.
"What the hell is goin on in here ??" An angry Dom demanded.
"It's just me Dom, and Aaliayh." Jesse explained " I was just helping her clean up."
"I see. Aaliyah, where the hell did you learn to fight like that ? "
" White girl, tough neighborhood, you learn to survive when your young or you get eaten. Its LA."
"And how old are you ?"
"Old enough '' she stated.
"Nice attitude, now how old are you?", Dom challenged, " I can always get the Wizard to look it up for me, its amazing what you can find online" He said, holding her wallet up, waving it in her face."
"How the hell did you get that?" anger evident in her voice.
"When I pulled you off of Letty. Now play nice. How old are you ?"
" Fine. Im 20"
"Uh huh, and Im a midget. Try again."
"19 ?"
"Eh, wrong answer. Wizard fire up your laptop." Jesse made a move for the office.
"Aight, Im 18. My birthday was last week. Happy your highness." Dom laughed a deep rumble.
" Where the hell did a young thing like you learn to drive like that ?" Jesse just stood by listening intently.
"Backroads. My friends were racers. I had a skill for it. Been driving since my legs could reach the peddles. I like things fast what can I say. " Dom's eyebrows raised at that, and Jesse become even more slackjawed.
"Well I could use someone like you on my team. Interested ?"
"Why the hell else would I have taken your girl on? " Dom laughed at that.
"Alright, you want to join ? Get me a ten second car."
"What for, my car is a ten second car." Anger in her voice.
"I don't want your car. We need to get a new car, I want to make some serious money off your ass."
"Aight you want a ten second car, I'll get you damn ten second car. I'll be here tomorow with it." Dom's eyebrows raised in amusement.
"We'll see about that. Wizard pick your jaw off the floor and get back in the house, I need you in top shape for tomorow."
"Alright Dom, I'll be right in. I'm just gonna see her out.", Jesse replied. With that Dom turned and headed back to the house but not before putting a heavy arm on Jesse's shoulder and whispering so Aaliyah couldn't hear. "Make sure you get her number." Dom laughed and went in. Jesse was thankful for the dark to hide the pink twinge of his cheeks.
As they headed out to her car, Jesse mentally kicked himself for not being a ladies man like Vince and Leon.
"So, uh thanks for helping me out in there. I guess we be even then" she said smiling at him.
"Uh yah, I guess I'll see yah around." She was about to close her door, when Jesse spoke up again. "Hey I was wondering, could I.. uh get your number, maybe"
"Sure" she said. She scribbled on a piece of paper that was lieing on her passenger seat. "Here yah go Wizard, make sure you use it. I would love to know if you really are a wizard." She smirked at him and closed her door and sped off. Jesse stood there awestruck for a few moments before heading inside.
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The next day found everyone in the garage working again like the old days. The sound of a tow truck backing up sent everyone out into the sunlight to see what was going on. Aaliyah jumped out of the cab, and came around back. She headed over to Letty.
"Hey Letty, I was hoping we could start over." she started, extending her hand out. Letty cautiously took her hand and then smiled.
"Maybe you're right. You are one hell of a driver, maybe you could teach me something"
"Aight. Hey Dom I got 'your' ten second car." Attitude once again evident in her voice. Dom headed over to the tow truck and pulled back the car cover.
"Holy shit !", came the simultaneous response from everyone in the garage. On the back of the tow truck sat the mangled remains of the Charger. Aaliyah just leaned back and crossed her arms across her chest and smiled. *Mission accomplished,* she thought to herself *I am so in*
Dom walked over and patted her on the back.
"Well done kid, welcome to the team." Cheers and congratulations were made all around. Jesse came out of the office and reached out her hand to congratulate her. Instead of taking his hand, she threw her arms around him and pulled him into a hug. He wrapped his arms around her and smiled. Vince came over and patted her on the back, breaking up the moment.
"So, sexy, you amazing at everything else?" He asked smirking. She released Jesse and turned around to face Vince.
"Oh hunny, I am so outta your league, you still at the starting line. " She said simply before giving him a hard shove backwards into the car he was working on. " Get back to playing with your 'tools'." She smirked and walked over to Dom.
Dom laughed, " I'm liking this girl, more and more. Come on Aaliyah, lets get that junk down and see what else we can do to fix up your car." her face showed her obvious confusement.
"But I thought, you said..." she stuttered.
"I just wanted to see if you could do it. But your car is amazing and you can already drive it. I heard a couple of off noises, and your fast, but you could be faster. Wizard fire up the program, we gotta get this girl rolling proper like. Race wars are in two weeks."
Aaliyah forced a smile, hoping her fear wasn't evident. *Let's just hope they don't decide to check up on me. Maybe everything isnt online.* She silently hoped. Off in her own thoughts she didnt notice Leon staring at her, admiring his view but then she turned and noticed him, and smiled back at him.
"Aight lets get crackin people !" came Dom's shout.
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Author's note: Thanx for the great reviews, Please keep it up. Another slow chapter I know, but Im trying to build suspense. What is Aaliyah hiding ? Who will she choose Leon or Jesse?
Tell me what you think should happen, Im open for ideas on what you want to see happen or think should happen. Please review, it gives inspiration.
Dom and Vince ran to get between the girls, but not before Letty got a good swing to Aaliyah's jaw, splitting her lip and bruising her cheek, and Aaliyah laid a few swift punches to Letty's stomache. Letty was yanked back by Vince grabbing her around her waist. Dom grabbed Aaliyah by her arm and pulled her back.
"Get her outta her now", Dom directed at Vince. "And you better go home, Wizard walk her out", Dom directed at Jesse. Dom followed Vince back into the kitchen, when Letty made a move to go back after Aaliyah, Dom picked her up and threw her over his shoulder easily and marched into the kitchen. He placed her on the counter, with a firm glare to keep her in place. He reached into the freezer and pulled out two bags of frozen vegetables. He wrapped one in a dishcloth and handed it to Letty , who gingerly laid it against her bruised face. The other pack he tossed to Leon who had followed them in.
"Go run and bring this to the Wizard and the red head, quickly !" Leon ran out of the kitchen and out the door just as Aaliyah was getting into her car.
"Hey stop !!" He yelled at her. She paused to see who was calling at her. He tossed the frozen pack to Jesse who was standing next to her car. He handed it to her as Leon headed back into the house.
"Hey you're bleeding kinda bad, come in the house and let me get cleaned up" Jesse said softly.
"I don't think that's such a good idea, Letty is still in there, and Dom will get seriously pissed"
"Ya got a point there. Hey, I got an idea ! Come with me." He lead her to the darkened garage. Once inside he directed over to the work bench which she hopped up onto. He walked into the back office and returned with a wet cloth. He reached beside her and turned on the bench lite. He gently pressed the cloth to her lip and tried to wipe away the blood that trickled down her face. She sighed and leaned into his minstrations which startled him and caused him to pull back a little to quickly, which set him off balance and made him fall back against a tool tray causing it to clatter rather loudly to the floor. The crash was heard in the house and sent Dom running to the garage.
"What the hell is goin on in here ??" An angry Dom demanded.
"It's just me Dom, and Aaliayh." Jesse explained " I was just helping her clean up."
"I see. Aaliyah, where the hell did you learn to fight like that ? "
" White girl, tough neighborhood, you learn to survive when your young or you get eaten. Its LA."
"And how old are you ?"
"Old enough '' she stated.
"Nice attitude, now how old are you?", Dom challenged, " I can always get the Wizard to look it up for me, its amazing what you can find online" He said, holding her wallet up, waving it in her face."
"How the hell did you get that?" anger evident in her voice.
"When I pulled you off of Letty. Now play nice. How old are you ?"
" Fine. Im 20"
"Uh huh, and Im a midget. Try again."
"19 ?"
"Eh, wrong answer. Wizard fire up your laptop." Jesse made a move for the office.
"Aight, Im 18. My birthday was last week. Happy your highness." Dom laughed a deep rumble.
" Where the hell did a young thing like you learn to drive like that ?" Jesse just stood by listening intently.
"Backroads. My friends were racers. I had a skill for it. Been driving since my legs could reach the peddles. I like things fast what can I say. " Dom's eyebrows raised at that, and Jesse become even more slackjawed.
"Well I could use someone like you on my team. Interested ?"
"Why the hell else would I have taken your girl on? " Dom laughed at that.
"Alright, you want to join ? Get me a ten second car."
"What for, my car is a ten second car." Anger in her voice.
"I don't want your car. We need to get a new car, I want to make some serious money off your ass."
"Aight you want a ten second car, I'll get you damn ten second car. I'll be here tomorow with it." Dom's eyebrows raised in amusement.
"We'll see about that. Wizard pick your jaw off the floor and get back in the house, I need you in top shape for tomorow."
"Alright Dom, I'll be right in. I'm just gonna see her out.", Jesse replied. With that Dom turned and headed back to the house but not before putting a heavy arm on Jesse's shoulder and whispering so Aaliyah couldn't hear. "Make sure you get her number." Dom laughed and went in. Jesse was thankful for the dark to hide the pink twinge of his cheeks.
As they headed out to her car, Jesse mentally kicked himself for not being a ladies man like Vince and Leon.
"So, uh thanks for helping me out in there. I guess we be even then" she said smiling at him.
"Uh yah, I guess I'll see yah around." She was about to close her door, when Jesse spoke up again. "Hey I was wondering, could I.. uh get your number, maybe"
"Sure" she said. She scribbled on a piece of paper that was lieing on her passenger seat. "Here yah go Wizard, make sure you use it. I would love to know if you really are a wizard." She smirked at him and closed her door and sped off. Jesse stood there awestruck for a few moments before heading inside.
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The next day found everyone in the garage working again like the old days. The sound of a tow truck backing up sent everyone out into the sunlight to see what was going on. Aaliyah jumped out of the cab, and came around back. She headed over to Letty.
"Hey Letty, I was hoping we could start over." she started, extending her hand out. Letty cautiously took her hand and then smiled.
"Maybe you're right. You are one hell of a driver, maybe you could teach me something"
"Aight. Hey Dom I got 'your' ten second car." Attitude once again evident in her voice. Dom headed over to the tow truck and pulled back the car cover.
"Holy shit !", came the simultaneous response from everyone in the garage. On the back of the tow truck sat the mangled remains of the Charger. Aaliyah just leaned back and crossed her arms across her chest and smiled. *Mission accomplished,* she thought to herself *I am so in*
Dom walked over and patted her on the back.
"Well done kid, welcome to the team." Cheers and congratulations were made all around. Jesse came out of the office and reached out her hand to congratulate her. Instead of taking his hand, she threw her arms around him and pulled him into a hug. He wrapped his arms around her and smiled. Vince came over and patted her on the back, breaking up the moment.
"So, sexy, you amazing at everything else?" He asked smirking. She released Jesse and turned around to face Vince.
"Oh hunny, I am so outta your league, you still at the starting line. " She said simply before giving him a hard shove backwards into the car he was working on. " Get back to playing with your 'tools'." She smirked and walked over to Dom.
Dom laughed, " I'm liking this girl, more and more. Come on Aaliyah, lets get that junk down and see what else we can do to fix up your car." her face showed her obvious confusement.
"But I thought, you said..." she stuttered.
"I just wanted to see if you could do it. But your car is amazing and you can already drive it. I heard a couple of off noises, and your fast, but you could be faster. Wizard fire up the program, we gotta get this girl rolling proper like. Race wars are in two weeks."
Aaliyah forced a smile, hoping her fear wasn't evident. *Let's just hope they don't decide to check up on me. Maybe everything isnt online.* She silently hoped. Off in her own thoughts she didnt notice Leon staring at her, admiring his view but then she turned and noticed him, and smiled back at him.
"Aight lets get crackin people !" came Dom's shout.
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Author's note: Thanx for the great reviews, Please keep it up. Another slow chapter I know, but Im trying to build suspense. What is Aaliyah hiding ? Who will she choose Leon or Jesse?
Tell me what you think should happen, Im open for ideas on what you want to see happen or think should happen. Please review, it gives inspiration.
