Chapter 4

Dom came stomping down the stairs to hear Vince and Jesse laughing and carrying on at the tv. They were watching "Days of Thunder"-critiquing the racer's driving skills.

Vince saw Dom's large figure fill the door frame. "It's about time you got up, ya fuck."

"Who called?" Dom asked in a groggy half-asleep voice.

Vince and Jess looked at each other and than over to Dom. "It was Ashley."

"You fucking morons..why didn't you come tell me she was on the phone???" Dom demanded.

Jesse spoke up, "We thought you wanted to be left alone man. We're real sorry."

"She wasn't calling for you anyway...she wanted Mi." Vince added.

Dom just stood there..a stern look written on his face. He was only wearing a pair of black jeans...he had been too tired to get totally undressed. His eyes wincing at the both of them. "Get off your asses and get ready. We're going out." Dom said as he walked back upstairs to put on a shirt and shoes.

Minutes later, the three were walking out the front door, meeting Brian and Mia on the stairs. "Where are you guys headed?" asked Brian.

"Out to cause havoc I assume." Mia threw in. "Dom, what is going on with you today?"

Dom didn't answer her. He just kissed her forehead softly and patted Brian's shoulder. "We'll be back later." he told them.

Dom, Vince, and Jesse all piled into the car and left hurridly. "Where are we going, Dom?" Vince asked as he looked out his window.

"I feel like the Sky Barr. You two down?"

Jesse and Vince started cackling. "Hell yeah! There's some prime pussy there. Maybe we can finally get Jess laid!" joked Vince heartily. "I didn't know ADD affected your dick, dawg."

"Fuck you Vince." retorted Jesse. "Just because engines are more important to me than a little bit of pink, doesn't make me less of a man."

"Why do you think Vince is such a slut, Jess. It's because he can't fix a fucking car to save his life. That's why he's always asking YOU what's wrong with his shit." Dom quipped as he and Jesse began to laugh. "Vince's philosophy in life is: 'Two things make a man a man-his two rides, a bitch and a 10-second car.'"

All three than began to laugh at the un-importance of their conversation. By the time they had finished it, they were parking in front of the Sky Barr.

The three of them walked coyly to the front door. Before they entered, they heard Letty calling them from down the street. "Hey!!! Wait up!" she yelled.

The three stopped and looked in her direction, waiting for her to catch up. "Hey Let." Dom said as he gave her a friendly hug. "Anything good going on in there?"

"Oh yeah. Plenty! Why don't you guys join me for some drinks?" Letty asked, rather pushy.

"Sure. Why not?" Dom replied and the foursome pushed through the doors.

The club was packed. Wall-to-wall bodies, all sweating and swaying to the music. Dom headed straight for a table in the back corner, near the bar. Vince, Jess, and Letty followed him like he was the Pied Piper.Vince sat across from Dom, and Jesse and Letty took a seat on either side of him. Not long after they were seated, a bar maid approached.

"What can I get you guys tonight?" she asked, grinning at Dom.

Letty hissed, "I want a blue motorcycle."

Vince jumped in, "Two rounds of Jaeger for us."

"I'll have a Corona and a four shots of Jack." Dom always ordered a Corona, but not usually any hard liqour.

"Ooooooohhhh...Dommy is playing big boy tonight." Letty mocked as the bar maid walked away. "What's the occasion Dom?"

Dom didn't acknowledge Letty's comment. He just leaned back in his chair scoping around the room for people he might know. "LEON." he called out loudly, motioning with his large muscular arm. Leon had been on the dance floor grinding on a cute little brunette that Dom didn't recognize.

Leon approached the table. "Heeeeeey dawg." Vince said as he extended his hand to Leon. "Sit...have some drinks with us."

The bar maid sat everyone's drinks down and ordered them to have a great time and let her know if they needed anything. Everyone reached out for their drinks. Each of them raised their glasses to the middle of the table and clanked them together. Then they simultaneously slammed their drinks.

"Hey! More over here Gina!" Leon called to the bar maid.

"Yo man. You know her???" Vince asked, almost excited.

"Yeah.. She used to give me blowjobs in the bathroom here all the time." Leon replied with a cocky, macho sound in his voice.

"You are sick Leon." Letty said, repulsed.

"Here ya go...it's on the house." Gina told them. "I'll let you pay for it later Leon." she winked.

"OOOOOOOOoooooHHHHHHH..!!!" they all cat called. Leon just smiled and rubbed his brow with the back of his hand.

Several minutes passed and there was a massive amount of shot glasses on the small round table. Leon had already left to chase down Gina, and Jess and Vince were scavenging around the bottom floor looking for a worthy lay. It was just Dom and Letty...a very drunk Dom and Letty.

Letty scooted her chair a little closer to Dom and leaned next to his ear so she could be heard over the pulsating music. "Ya know Dom, we haven't hung out like this in a long time. You know, just you and me. I really kinda miss it. We had some great times."

Dom was resting his chin on his knuckles and he slyly moved his eyes to Letty's. "Yeah we did. But a lot of shit has changed for me Letty. I've got the shop and store to take care of...and Ashley."

Letty placed her hand on Dom's thigh under the table. "But who's here with you now?" she said seductively. Both of them were more than a little bit drunk.

"Don't mess with that thought Let. Leave it alone." he replied.

Casually Dom looked over towards the bar on the far side of the club. He squinted his eyes to better his vision and as he blinked, he recognized a face. It was Ashley. He quickly stood up, causing Letty's hand to drop off.

She looked up. "What the fuck Dom?"

Dom started walking through the crowd which seemed to keep growing by the hour. As he approached the bar, he noticed a guy leaning close to Ashley and she was laughing at his comments. His pace quickened and he grabbed the man by the arm and pulled him around...it was Seth. Dom drew his arm back and hit Seth directly in the jaw with such force he automatically fell to the floor. Ashley's face changed from a look of laughter to an intense look of shock.

"DOM!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!" she yelled. Dom totally ignoring her. He straddled over Seth and kept on hitting him. Leon and Vince came running out of nowhere and grabbed Dom, their knuckles turning white from straining to pull him up and away from Seth.

Dom started to spit at Seth while still trying to get over to him. "You are a fucking prick man! What in the fuck are you doing here with MY girl?!?! I'm going to kill you, you son of a bitch!" Every vein in Dom's body was swelling...his biceps bulging as he kept fighting Vince and Leon to get free. Letty was soon in the middle of it all, grabbing Seth by the arm and pulling him outside.

Ashley grabbed the back of Dom's neck tightly in her right hand and pulled his face to her's...nose to nose. "Dominic! Stop this...right fucking now! What is this shit????" she persisted anxiously.

Dom jerked himself away from her, breathing deeply. He turned to walk away and turned his head to face her, pointing his massive finger in her direction. "You're mine. He's trash. You called our night off for some little fucking tire jockey. Let him know if he's near you again, he won't be able to get off the floor." Jesse, Vince, and Leon went behind Dom and left the club.

Ashley was in such shock she couldn't even reply to Dom's false assumptions. She left the club and as she sat in her car driving home, her thoughts began to race...

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