Chapter 6 : LAPD ( Lazy Ass Punk-out Days)
Dom snatched the picture out of Letty's hands.
"Oh shit ! This aint good" Dom muttered under his breath so no one could hear him. Letty grabbed the photo back and quickly changed the look on her face, from one of horror to one of deep thinking. Hoping that the cop would be as dumb as he looked, Letty shook her head and handed Detective Matthews back the photo.
"I'm sorry but we have never seen her before", she smiled sweetly at him.
"Are you sure ?? You work on a lot of people's cars at your garage, particularly the kind she hangs around in."
"Im positive I have never seen her before. Have you Dom ??" she asked turning to him. He just shook his head.
"What's her deal?? Why do you want to find her ?? Has she done something wrong ?" Letty's curiousity was peaked now, and she knew playing nice with the cop would make them seem believable and he wouldn't be back asking questions.
"Why don't we discuss this inside ?" He offered. Dom moved away from the door to allow the Detective to enter.
"Why dont you make some coffee Let, while I just run upstairs and change into something a little more presentable." Dom said motioning at his boxers and t-shirt that he had run downstairs in.
"Good idea. Detective won't you please sit down?" She lead him into the living room, as Dom headed up the stairs. Once upstairs, Dom knocked on Jesse's door once before entering. Aaliyah sat up gripping the sheet tightly around her chest in embarrassment.
"Jesse man, we got a situation downstairs. " Dom explained tossing Aaliyah Jesse's shirt lieing on the floor at the end of the bed. She gratefully pulled it on.
"What's the matter?" Jesse swung his legs over the edge of the bed, retrieving his boxers and pulling them on before he stood.
"We got a cop downstairs looking for her." Aaliyah's jaw dropped in a surprised 'oh'.
"Shit" Jesse swore as he pulled on a pair of jeans and ran a hand through his disheveled hair."What are we gonna do?"
"Nothing, you two stay up here, dont make any noise. Hopefully Letty and I can get rid of him and then we'll take it from there."
"Aight, sounds like a plan. Call us when we can come down again." Dom nodded, turned around and left, pulling the door shut quietly behind him. He almost went back downstairs without his pants.
"Way to blow your story man!" Dom muttered as he pulled on his jeans and hurried down the stairs.
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Jesse stood by the door after Dom left for a few more moments, continuely running his hand through his hair before turning to Aaliyah. She had pulled her knees up to her chest and was shaking slightly. He could hear her soft sobs as she tried not to show her fear. Jesse quickly went to her side and pulled her closer to him.She sobbed into his chest as he wrapped his arms tightly around her and kissed the top of her head, murmuring to her, trying to console her. She was curled up into a fetal position in his lap, too scared to move, afraid to make a sound, lest the cops find her.
"Im sorry. I shouldn't have dragged you into this" her voice muffled by his shirt.
"Hey, its gonna be ok. You're one of us now. We're gonna help you, now please stop crying and lie beside me," He soothed, stretching out beside her. She nodded at him, and wiped at her eyes before stretching out beside him. He wrapped one arm protectively around her waist, and stroked her hair with the other until her sobs had subsided and her breathing became soft and even, and he could tell she was asleep.
"I promise, I will never let anyone hurt you." he whispered before placing a kiss on her cheek and pulling her snug to him and letting himself be lulled to sleep by her breathing.
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"Well thank you both, you have been most helpful." the Detective said, rising and shaking their hands. "And please if you hear anything, give me a call" he said as he handed them his card and headed out the door. Letty closed the door behind him, sighing loudly and leaning heavily against the door. They waited until the heard the car go down the street before they moved.
"Dom, did she really do all that?"
"Yah, she did." he smiled grimly at Letty.
"And you knew and didn't tell me ?" Letty's voice raising a pitch in anger.
"I promised her I wouldn't. She was gonna tell you herself, but she never got the chance. I didn't think it was a big deal until he came snooping around. Letty let out a snarl of frustration and then shrugged defeated.
"Well, let's go get the lovebirds and tell them their safe." Dom nodded his head in agreement and followed Letty up the stairs. Letty pushed open the door to Jesse's room softly, not wanting to wake Vince and Leon across the hall. She didn't really feel like having to explain this right now to them. Her head pounded with the beginnings of a headache, and she just wanted to lay down before Mia came over. They girls had planned on going wedding/baby shopping.
"Hey guys, the coast is....." The words caught in her throat as she saw them laying on the bed asleep. Aaliyah was completely curled up against Jesse with his arms wrapped protectively around her. They looked completely peace and neither Letty nor Dom had the heart to wake them up. Instead they left the room as quietly as they entered, and padded down the hall to their own room to catch up on the sleep they had just missed. Letty fell asleep soon after laying down while Dom just starred up at the roof deep in thought. What the hell was he going to do about that girl ?
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Mia and Brian came home around noon to find everyone asleep. They shook everyone awake and headed downstairs to make everyone some lunch. The tension was thick in the air as they munched on their sandwiches. It was finally Aaliyah who broke the silence.
"Look, I'm really sorry about what happened. I really wanted to tell you guys."
"What happened ? Tell us what ? What are you talking about ?" Vince asked completely confused.
" A Detective showed up this morning looking for Aaliyah, there is a warrant out for her arrest." Dom explained.
"Why the hell would they be looking her, she's just a kid ?" Vince was getting upset.
"I got into some trouble back where I came from. I ..I.." Aaliyah's voice breaking as she began to sob. Jesse pulled her into his lap, and held her as she sobbed into his chest once again. Jesse explained the whole story to Vince, Mia and Brian, the only ones left in the dark. They just starred at Aaliyah in shock when he finished.
"Why didn't you tell us sooner ?" Mia asked. Aaliyah wiped at her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Do you really think you would have accepted me like you did and made me one of the team if you knew ?" Mia shook her head sadly.
"Well I'm glad you told us the truth. Now we can deal with it. So what's the plan Dom?" Brian asked.
"I'm thinking she keeps a low profile for a bit until the heat dies down. After that she should be safe. Letty kinda directed him to Miami." Everyone laughed slightly at that.
"Why the hell Miami ?" Vince shook his head, completely confused again.
"I have some old 'friends' down there, he could visit." Letty explained. Everyone nodded their heads understanding.
"So, what's the plan for today?" Leon asked, wanting to change the topic.
"Us girls are going shopping" Mia stated, all the guys cringing at the thought. "Don't worry you all aint invited." The guys let out a sigh of relief.
"While you ladies have fun, we're gonna finish up the cars for next week. Later when we are all cleaned up, we are gonna go out for a nice dinner to celebrate your guys news." Dom said referring to Mia and Brian. "And if your up to it ?", he directed to Aaliyah," We're gonna race. I need to make some serious money off your ass." He smiled at her. Everyone voiced their agreement.
"Well, let's get going, we have a lot to do." With that everyone headed out.
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Later that evening, the guys stood in the living room adjusting their outfits, waiting on the girls.They only had to wait a few minutes before the girls made their way down the stairs. The guy's jaws dropped in amazement at what they saw. Letty wore her tight, short leather skirt with silver loop belt, Her hair was curled and fell around her shoulders, complimented by the matching black leather, triangle cut, top she wore. . She stopped in front of Dom, putting her foot up on the coffee table.
"Dom, can you zip me up?" She asked, pointing at her boots. Dom happily obliged. Mia was next down the stairs. Vince and Brian were both amazed by her beauty. She wore a ruffled, black silk dress, that clung to her curves. It was cut low enough to show some of her ample cleavage, but enough was covered so she didn't look like a two-cent whore. Instead, she looked like she had just stepped out of a movie, her hair pulled back and up into a clip, curls cascading down over the clip. Brian swiftly pulled her into his arms, his arm closed around her waist protectively. Vince just rolled his eyes at the territory marking, sure he had liked Mia at one point but she wasn't meant to be with him, and he could deal with that.
Last down the stairs was Aaliyah. Jesse was trying to tie up his shoe when he saw her come down the stairs, he abruptly lost his balance and in his attempt at recovering, tripped over himself. 'Very smooth man' he thought, mentally kicking himself for acting like a tenth grader whenever he saw her. But hey he was young, she was young, it's allowed to happen. She smiled and laughed softly at seeing him fall over himself, but it was she who tightened her grip on the banister when she saw him stand up straight. He looked hot, his hair was gelled into messy spikes, and he wore loose black jeans, and dark blue button-up shirt, that showed off his toned body perfectly, he looked casual and sexy. She glanced nervously down at her own outfit. She normally wore more loose, punk style clothes, but tonight she wore tight, lace-up, black leather pants, with a deep blue bodice, that hugged her curves and brought out her bright eyes. Her hair was once again partially crimped and styled to frame her face. Jesse could see her glancing nervously down at her clothes.
"You look amazing, you are so sexy,'' he said taking her by the hand and spinning her around before pulling her into a kiss.
"You people make me sick." Leon joked referring to the couples.
"Let's roll" Vince yelled and everyone was out the door and roaring down the street in minutes
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They ate dinner at the same restaurant Brian had taken Mia out for their first date. Dom paid the bill an hour later and they were off, racing towards the abandoned warehouse, anxious to get racing.
The crowd once again parted around their arrival. Hector came running up reporting the races for the night. There were to be three heats, fifteen large to the winner of each heat. The first race was between Letty, and a few other regular racers. People ran out and the lines were sprayed on, as the other races closed off the side streets and Leon listened to the scanner. When they got a clear signal, Hector started the race. Letty roared off, easily taking the lead. A white car shot up beside her as the racer hit his NOS button, but Letty just laughed.
"Too soon, sucker !" She thumbed her NOS button and shot ahead of him and over the finish line, several feet in front of him. She got out of her car to collect her money when the angry driver rushed up to her, demanding a re- race and yelling in her face. Letty simply handed the money to Hector. The racer smiled proudly, while Hector just raised an eyebrow. Vince and Leon were near by snickering as they counted down.
"Three......two.....one... ." Letty whirled around and punched the disgruntled racer right in the nose, breaking it, and then finished him off with a left jab to the stomache and a right hook to the jaw. He doubled over in pain, and Letty just pushed him over onto his car and collected her money from Hector, who just laughed at the nieve driver.
The next race was between Dom and three other top racers.''Finally, a challenge !" Dom thought to himself as he cranked his stereo to Ja Rule's, "Fast and Furious'', and turned his NOS tanks on. Hector signaled the race to begin and they were off. Dom took first early, but a well timed NOS blast from another racer almost gave him competition,but another well timed NOS sent him rocketing in front of the other cars, across the finish line, about 3 seconds before the other cars reached the line. Dom collected his money and walked over to Letty, who he easily picked up over his head.
"Be my trophy ?" He asked, to which she nodded and kissed him, getting annoyed glares and insults from the other girls watching. Dom sat on the hood of his car with Letty sitting between his legs for the last race. It was Aaliyah against three other racers. Two popular, hard to beat racers from the northside and an unknown, who had fronted the money and after popping the hood of his car, proved his worth in the race.
Aaliyah inhaled a few times deeply, mentally preparing herself for the race. She cranked her stereo , and the car shook from the bass. The familiar beat of Pink's "Get the Party Started" calmed her as she turned on her NOS tanks, and rested her one foot heavily on the clutch, revved her engine with the other. The driver on her right taunted her, asking if such a little girl could handle that much car.
"I can handle more than you got, baby!" She shot back at him, making him turn red,shutting him up. The tinted window of the driver on her left lowered. As Aaliyah looked over at her opponent, she froze in horror.
"Oh shit !!! We got cops, cops !!! Go !! Go!!" Leon screamed before roaring off. Aaliyah snapped out of it, and screached out of the parking lot. As she zoomed towards the fort she couldn't shake the ghostly face of the other driver that haunted her.
It was the familiar smirk of Troy.
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Author's Note: Ok, so this was kinda long and slightly dull, but hey give me a break, Im trying. I would just like to state I know nothing about cars or racing so forgive me if I have it totally backwards. Other than that I hope you liked it. What did you think ? Please review. Pretty please. Yes,this is me begging, Im not beyond it. How else am I gonna learn what is good and whats crap if you don't review. As long as people like it, I'll keep writing. I am also not beyond ideas of what you'd like to see happen. =0)
Dom snatched the picture out of Letty's hands.
"Oh shit ! This aint good" Dom muttered under his breath so no one could hear him. Letty grabbed the photo back and quickly changed the look on her face, from one of horror to one of deep thinking. Hoping that the cop would be as dumb as he looked, Letty shook her head and handed Detective Matthews back the photo.
"I'm sorry but we have never seen her before", she smiled sweetly at him.
"Are you sure ?? You work on a lot of people's cars at your garage, particularly the kind she hangs around in."
"Im positive I have never seen her before. Have you Dom ??" she asked turning to him. He just shook his head.
"What's her deal?? Why do you want to find her ?? Has she done something wrong ?" Letty's curiousity was peaked now, and she knew playing nice with the cop would make them seem believable and he wouldn't be back asking questions.
"Why don't we discuss this inside ?" He offered. Dom moved away from the door to allow the Detective to enter.
"Why dont you make some coffee Let, while I just run upstairs and change into something a little more presentable." Dom said motioning at his boxers and t-shirt that he had run downstairs in.
"Good idea. Detective won't you please sit down?" She lead him into the living room, as Dom headed up the stairs. Once upstairs, Dom knocked on Jesse's door once before entering. Aaliyah sat up gripping the sheet tightly around her chest in embarrassment.
"Jesse man, we got a situation downstairs. " Dom explained tossing Aaliyah Jesse's shirt lieing on the floor at the end of the bed. She gratefully pulled it on.
"What's the matter?" Jesse swung his legs over the edge of the bed, retrieving his boxers and pulling them on before he stood.
"We got a cop downstairs looking for her." Aaliyah's jaw dropped in a surprised 'oh'.
"Shit" Jesse swore as he pulled on a pair of jeans and ran a hand through his disheveled hair."What are we gonna do?"
"Nothing, you two stay up here, dont make any noise. Hopefully Letty and I can get rid of him and then we'll take it from there."
"Aight, sounds like a plan. Call us when we can come down again." Dom nodded, turned around and left, pulling the door shut quietly behind him. He almost went back downstairs without his pants.
"Way to blow your story man!" Dom muttered as he pulled on his jeans and hurried down the stairs.
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Jesse stood by the door after Dom left for a few more moments, continuely running his hand through his hair before turning to Aaliyah. She had pulled her knees up to her chest and was shaking slightly. He could hear her soft sobs as she tried not to show her fear. Jesse quickly went to her side and pulled her closer to him.She sobbed into his chest as he wrapped his arms tightly around her and kissed the top of her head, murmuring to her, trying to console her. She was curled up into a fetal position in his lap, too scared to move, afraid to make a sound, lest the cops find her.
"Im sorry. I shouldn't have dragged you into this" her voice muffled by his shirt.
"Hey, its gonna be ok. You're one of us now. We're gonna help you, now please stop crying and lie beside me," He soothed, stretching out beside her. She nodded at him, and wiped at her eyes before stretching out beside him. He wrapped one arm protectively around her waist, and stroked her hair with the other until her sobs had subsided and her breathing became soft and even, and he could tell she was asleep.
"I promise, I will never let anyone hurt you." he whispered before placing a kiss on her cheek and pulling her snug to him and letting himself be lulled to sleep by her breathing.
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"Well thank you both, you have been most helpful." the Detective said, rising and shaking their hands. "And please if you hear anything, give me a call" he said as he handed them his card and headed out the door. Letty closed the door behind him, sighing loudly and leaning heavily against the door. They waited until the heard the car go down the street before they moved.
"Dom, did she really do all that?"
"Yah, she did." he smiled grimly at Letty.
"And you knew and didn't tell me ?" Letty's voice raising a pitch in anger.
"I promised her I wouldn't. She was gonna tell you herself, but she never got the chance. I didn't think it was a big deal until he came snooping around. Letty let out a snarl of frustration and then shrugged defeated.
"Well, let's go get the lovebirds and tell them their safe." Dom nodded his head in agreement and followed Letty up the stairs. Letty pushed open the door to Jesse's room softly, not wanting to wake Vince and Leon across the hall. She didn't really feel like having to explain this right now to them. Her head pounded with the beginnings of a headache, and she just wanted to lay down before Mia came over. They girls had planned on going wedding/baby shopping.
"Hey guys, the coast is....." The words caught in her throat as she saw them laying on the bed asleep. Aaliyah was completely curled up against Jesse with his arms wrapped protectively around her. They looked completely peace and neither Letty nor Dom had the heart to wake them up. Instead they left the room as quietly as they entered, and padded down the hall to their own room to catch up on the sleep they had just missed. Letty fell asleep soon after laying down while Dom just starred up at the roof deep in thought. What the hell was he going to do about that girl ?
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Mia and Brian came home around noon to find everyone asleep. They shook everyone awake and headed downstairs to make everyone some lunch. The tension was thick in the air as they munched on their sandwiches. It was finally Aaliyah who broke the silence.
"Look, I'm really sorry about what happened. I really wanted to tell you guys."
"What happened ? Tell us what ? What are you talking about ?" Vince asked completely confused.
" A Detective showed up this morning looking for Aaliyah, there is a warrant out for her arrest." Dom explained.
"Why the hell would they be looking her, she's just a kid ?" Vince was getting upset.
"I got into some trouble back where I came from. I ..I.." Aaliyah's voice breaking as she began to sob. Jesse pulled her into his lap, and held her as she sobbed into his chest once again. Jesse explained the whole story to Vince, Mia and Brian, the only ones left in the dark. They just starred at Aaliyah in shock when he finished.
"Why didn't you tell us sooner ?" Mia asked. Aaliyah wiped at her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Do you really think you would have accepted me like you did and made me one of the team if you knew ?" Mia shook her head sadly.
"Well I'm glad you told us the truth. Now we can deal with it. So what's the plan Dom?" Brian asked.
"I'm thinking she keeps a low profile for a bit until the heat dies down. After that she should be safe. Letty kinda directed him to Miami." Everyone laughed slightly at that.
"Why the hell Miami ?" Vince shook his head, completely confused again.
"I have some old 'friends' down there, he could visit." Letty explained. Everyone nodded their heads understanding.
"So, what's the plan for today?" Leon asked, wanting to change the topic.
"Us girls are going shopping" Mia stated, all the guys cringing at the thought. "Don't worry you all aint invited." The guys let out a sigh of relief.
"While you ladies have fun, we're gonna finish up the cars for next week. Later when we are all cleaned up, we are gonna go out for a nice dinner to celebrate your guys news." Dom said referring to Mia and Brian. "And if your up to it ?", he directed to Aaliyah," We're gonna race. I need to make some serious money off your ass." He smiled at her. Everyone voiced their agreement.
"Well, let's get going, we have a lot to do." With that everyone headed out.
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Later that evening, the guys stood in the living room adjusting their outfits, waiting on the girls.They only had to wait a few minutes before the girls made their way down the stairs. The guy's jaws dropped in amazement at what they saw. Letty wore her tight, short leather skirt with silver loop belt, Her hair was curled and fell around her shoulders, complimented by the matching black leather, triangle cut, top she wore. . She stopped in front of Dom, putting her foot up on the coffee table.
"Dom, can you zip me up?" She asked, pointing at her boots. Dom happily obliged. Mia was next down the stairs. Vince and Brian were both amazed by her beauty. She wore a ruffled, black silk dress, that clung to her curves. It was cut low enough to show some of her ample cleavage, but enough was covered so she didn't look like a two-cent whore. Instead, she looked like she had just stepped out of a movie, her hair pulled back and up into a clip, curls cascading down over the clip. Brian swiftly pulled her into his arms, his arm closed around her waist protectively. Vince just rolled his eyes at the territory marking, sure he had liked Mia at one point but she wasn't meant to be with him, and he could deal with that.
Last down the stairs was Aaliyah. Jesse was trying to tie up his shoe when he saw her come down the stairs, he abruptly lost his balance and in his attempt at recovering, tripped over himself. 'Very smooth man' he thought, mentally kicking himself for acting like a tenth grader whenever he saw her. But hey he was young, she was young, it's allowed to happen. She smiled and laughed softly at seeing him fall over himself, but it was she who tightened her grip on the banister when she saw him stand up straight. He looked hot, his hair was gelled into messy spikes, and he wore loose black jeans, and dark blue button-up shirt, that showed off his toned body perfectly, he looked casual and sexy. She glanced nervously down at her own outfit. She normally wore more loose, punk style clothes, but tonight she wore tight, lace-up, black leather pants, with a deep blue bodice, that hugged her curves and brought out her bright eyes. Her hair was once again partially crimped and styled to frame her face. Jesse could see her glancing nervously down at her clothes.
"You look amazing, you are so sexy,'' he said taking her by the hand and spinning her around before pulling her into a kiss.
"You people make me sick." Leon joked referring to the couples.
"Let's roll" Vince yelled and everyone was out the door and roaring down the street in minutes
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They ate dinner at the same restaurant Brian had taken Mia out for their first date. Dom paid the bill an hour later and they were off, racing towards the abandoned warehouse, anxious to get racing.
The crowd once again parted around their arrival. Hector came running up reporting the races for the night. There were to be three heats, fifteen large to the winner of each heat. The first race was between Letty, and a few other regular racers. People ran out and the lines were sprayed on, as the other races closed off the side streets and Leon listened to the scanner. When they got a clear signal, Hector started the race. Letty roared off, easily taking the lead. A white car shot up beside her as the racer hit his NOS button, but Letty just laughed.
"Too soon, sucker !" She thumbed her NOS button and shot ahead of him and over the finish line, several feet in front of him. She got out of her car to collect her money when the angry driver rushed up to her, demanding a re- race and yelling in her face. Letty simply handed the money to Hector. The racer smiled proudly, while Hector just raised an eyebrow. Vince and Leon were near by snickering as they counted down.
"Three......two.....one... ." Letty whirled around and punched the disgruntled racer right in the nose, breaking it, and then finished him off with a left jab to the stomache and a right hook to the jaw. He doubled over in pain, and Letty just pushed him over onto his car and collected her money from Hector, who just laughed at the nieve driver.
The next race was between Dom and three other top racers.''Finally, a challenge !" Dom thought to himself as he cranked his stereo to Ja Rule's, "Fast and Furious'', and turned his NOS tanks on. Hector signaled the race to begin and they were off. Dom took first early, but a well timed NOS blast from another racer almost gave him competition,but another well timed NOS sent him rocketing in front of the other cars, across the finish line, about 3 seconds before the other cars reached the line. Dom collected his money and walked over to Letty, who he easily picked up over his head.
"Be my trophy ?" He asked, to which she nodded and kissed him, getting annoyed glares and insults from the other girls watching. Dom sat on the hood of his car with Letty sitting between his legs for the last race. It was Aaliyah against three other racers. Two popular, hard to beat racers from the northside and an unknown, who had fronted the money and after popping the hood of his car, proved his worth in the race.
Aaliyah inhaled a few times deeply, mentally preparing herself for the race. She cranked her stereo , and the car shook from the bass. The familiar beat of Pink's "Get the Party Started" calmed her as she turned on her NOS tanks, and rested her one foot heavily on the clutch, revved her engine with the other. The driver on her right taunted her, asking if such a little girl could handle that much car.
"I can handle more than you got, baby!" She shot back at him, making him turn red,shutting him up. The tinted window of the driver on her left lowered. As Aaliyah looked over at her opponent, she froze in horror.
"Oh shit !!! We got cops, cops !!! Go !! Go!!" Leon screamed before roaring off. Aaliyah snapped out of it, and screached out of the parking lot. As she zoomed towards the fort she couldn't shake the ghostly face of the other driver that haunted her.
It was the familiar smirk of Troy.
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Author's Note: Ok, so this was kinda long and slightly dull, but hey give me a break, Im trying. I would just like to state I know nothing about cars or racing so forgive me if I have it totally backwards. Other than that I hope you liked it. What did you think ? Please review. Pretty please. Yes,this is me begging, Im not beyond it. How else am I gonna learn what is good and whats crap if you don't review. As long as people like it, I'll keep writing. I am also not beyond ideas of what you'd like to see happen. =0)
