Title: "There's No Place Like Home"
Summary: Kendra is returning home to LA after 3 years, with her best friend Riley from San Diego. There is only one person that she wants to see, and only one person who can help her. Her best friend from when she lived in LA.... Leon Santos
Name: Kendra Eden Parker/Age: 23/Hair: Black... Red and purple highlights... Long/Eyes: Dark green/Height: 5'5"/Weight: 116lbs/Peircings: 4 on right ear... 5 on the left... Belly button... Nose/Tattoos: "Heaven's Angel" in Japanese on small of back... Cross in middle of the back... Angel with devil horns next to "heaven's angel"/Car: Silver Honda S2002. Black racing stripes
Name: Riley Ann DiCarlo/Age: 21/Hair: Light brown... Shoulder length... Layered/Eyes: Green/Height: 5'2/Weight: 115lbs/Piercings: 3 in each lower ear... Right cartilage pierced... Belly button/Tattoos: A frog on her lower back... When she has low ride pants on, looks like frog is looking over pants. Butterfly on her left shoulder/Car: Black prelude 1992
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CHAPTER 2 ~Leon's POV/1 week later~
"Yo Leon! How's the Mazda coming along?" Dom yelled to me from the doorway of the office.
"Good dawg, just finished." I said putting the down.
"Alright, good. Then you can go get some food then."
"McDonalds aight with everyone?" I asked around the garage to the rest of the team. I got six nods. "I'm guessing everyone wants the usual?" Instead of getting six nods I actually got verbal answers. Not very common when their all preoccupied with something in the garage. "Aight, I'll be back in awhile." I said wiping my hands off on a rag that was in my back pocket. I threw it on the tool chest, then walked out of the garage to my car.
I pulled up to a red light beside a dark navy blue Mustang with a young guy driving, and a blonde in the passenger side.
"Yo. Yo. Up for a race?" The called over to me. I looked over and stared him down. Boy had to be sixteen, but no more then seventeen years old.
"Junior, I think you better get to steppin. Racing ain't for children."
"So then it'd be easy money for you to beat me then huh? What do you say, One G? Come on old man." Cocky bastard.
"One grand is hardly worth it, but its cash, so you're on. You can learn what real racing is."
"Down to the corner of Pine and Arlington." I nodded.
"Hope you ain't too fond of your cash." I looked back to the light just as it turned green. I slammed my foot down on the gas and went flying past the light. The kid was on my ass when I realized that there was no where to go. There were a couple of cars on each side of me that were moving at the same pace down both lanes. I wasn't losing a grad to some kid so I hit my NOS and went down in between both lanes of the cars, as the kid stopped behind a tan SUV. I got into the left lane after I past the four or five cars that were in my car, and pulled over at the corner of Pine and Arlington. When the kid finally got there, I was leaning on the side of the Skyline waiting for my money. He got out with the money in his hand, and walked over to me. "Not too bad for a old man huh?" I smiled. He said nothing, but handed me the cash. "Yeah, just like you said..." I called to him before getting back in the Skyline. "Easy money." I watched the blonde get out of the Mustang, and start walking away. Obviously pissed he didn't win, and wasn't a good enough racer to sleep with. The kid hit his steering wheel and drove off.
I pulled into McDonalds just as everyone else was off on their lunch breaks. The drive threw was packed so I parked and went inside. It was just as crowded, but I'd be waiting just as long, if not longer outside, so I stayed put. I was expecting at least a fifteen to twenty minute wait, but they don't call it fast food for nothing I guess. I was just and ordering in at least five while the cars in the drive threw were still in the same spots as when I came in.
"Hi. Welcome to McDonalds. May I help you?" The girl at the register asked me. She looked only about fourteen, and there she was earning her money working at Mickey D's. Well you gotta start somewhere. But then again, my first job choice wouldn't be somewhere where its mandatory to say 'would you like fries with that?' I didn't have to look at the menu since everyone was getting their usual.
"Yeah, can I have four Big Mac's with three Cokes, and one Sprite. Then a grilled chicken sandwich with a Cherry Coke, and then a quarter pounder with cheese, and make that a Sprite too. And all super size, please." The girl was putting in all the information at the register then recalled everything.
"Okay, so that's four number one's, one number seven, a number three, three Cokes, two Sprites, and a Cherry Coke?"
"Yeah."
"Okay sir, that'll be 16.27 please." I pulled out a twenty and handed it to her, then she gave me my change.
"3.73 is your change, have a nice day."
"Thanks, you too." I stood off to the side when another girl behind the register came up.
"Would you like that for here or to go?"
"To go." She nodded and walked back. When she did come back with my order, she was balancing the drinks in one hand, and the bags of food in the other. "Thanks." I took everything and headed to the door. I as I was leaving, two girls were coming in. I couldn't see the one very well since she had sunglasses on, but before I knew it, I got bumped into and the drinks and food were on the floor. "First day with you new legs or something?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't see you there." She said taking off her sunglasses.
"Why don't you watch where you're." I started, but then stood in shock with my mouth hanging wide open. "Kendra?"
"Oh my god Leon!" She practically jumped on me.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were in San Diego. Where's Adam?" My mind was racing I couldn't believe it was her. I didn't think I'd ever get to see her again.
"Oh my god, I missed you!" She said hugging me again. "Well, I was in San Diego, but I got a job offer back here, and I left Adam like two weeks ago. I just got in last night."
"He didn't hurt you or anything did he?" I asked lowering my voice. I knew how Adam could get. She shook her head.
"No." She paused and just looked till she jumped at me again. "Its so good to see you." She smiled. "I was going to try and find you whenever I got here, but like I said, I just got in last night." She said as she kept talking a mile a minute. I couldn't help but smile. Kendra was back.
~Jesse's POV~
"Come on Leon, hurry the fuck up, I'm starved." Vince said as we all sat in the middle of the garage waiting on our food.
"You're always hungry." Letty said shaking her head, just as Leon walked in with two girls.
"Well bout damn time!" Vince started as Leon came over with the food in his hands, and the two girls followed shyly behind him.
"Vince was gonna chew his arm off it you wouldn't have gotten here any sooner." Letty said as Vince already started shoving french fries in his mouth.
"Sorry."
"Car to introduce us?" Dom said staring at the two girls as the rest of the team, and I did the same.
"Oh, guys, this is my friend Kendra, and then her friend Riley."
"Nice to meet you." Kendra smiled.
"Girls, this is Dom, and his girlfriend Letty, his sister Mia, and her boyfriend Brian. That's Jesse, and then that's Vince." Leon explained pointing us all out.
"Hi ya." Riley said finally speaking up. I smiled and her and she smiled back. I instantly fell in love. Dom looked at the two questioningly. Obviously something was up, or he knew something that me and the rest of the team didn't know.
~Dom's POV~
I looked at Kendra and Riley, but Riley wasn't paying too much attention since she couldn't keep her eyes off Jesse. But Kendra seemed intimidated and scared about something whenever she looked at me. I didn't know anything about Riley, but Kendra I knew very well after spilled the story to me a few years ago when we first met. I knew her story, and all the background stuff since I did a search on her a while after we met Leon to see what kind of people he hung around before us, and if it was alright to let him in with us. There was clearly some stuff that Leon didn't know about her, but then again, maybe he did. Maybe he was involved with it too. But wouldn't have hid something like that from us. Or would he? Something was off, very off. And it's something to do with Kendra.
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PLEASE PEOPLE! R&R! :) PLLLEASEEE! They help me think!
Summary: Kendra is returning home to LA after 3 years, with her best friend Riley from San Diego. There is only one person that she wants to see, and only one person who can help her. Her best friend from when she lived in LA.... Leon Santos
Name: Kendra Eden Parker/Age: 23/Hair: Black... Red and purple highlights... Long/Eyes: Dark green/Height: 5'5"/Weight: 116lbs/Peircings: 4 on right ear... 5 on the left... Belly button... Nose/Tattoos: "Heaven's Angel" in Japanese on small of back... Cross in middle of the back... Angel with devil horns next to "heaven's angel"/Car: Silver Honda S2002. Black racing stripes
Name: Riley Ann DiCarlo/Age: 21/Hair: Light brown... Shoulder length... Layered/Eyes: Green/Height: 5'2/Weight: 115lbs/Piercings: 3 in each lower ear... Right cartilage pierced... Belly button/Tattoos: A frog on her lower back... When she has low ride pants on, looks like frog is looking over pants. Butterfly on her left shoulder/Car: Black prelude 1992
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CHAPTER 2 ~Leon's POV/1 week later~
"Yo Leon! How's the Mazda coming along?" Dom yelled to me from the doorway of the office.
"Good dawg, just finished." I said putting the down.
"Alright, good. Then you can go get some food then."
"McDonalds aight with everyone?" I asked around the garage to the rest of the team. I got six nods. "I'm guessing everyone wants the usual?" Instead of getting six nods I actually got verbal answers. Not very common when their all preoccupied with something in the garage. "Aight, I'll be back in awhile." I said wiping my hands off on a rag that was in my back pocket. I threw it on the tool chest, then walked out of the garage to my car.
I pulled up to a red light beside a dark navy blue Mustang with a young guy driving, and a blonde in the passenger side.
"Yo. Yo. Up for a race?" The called over to me. I looked over and stared him down. Boy had to be sixteen, but no more then seventeen years old.
"Junior, I think you better get to steppin. Racing ain't for children."
"So then it'd be easy money for you to beat me then huh? What do you say, One G? Come on old man." Cocky bastard.
"One grand is hardly worth it, but its cash, so you're on. You can learn what real racing is."
"Down to the corner of Pine and Arlington." I nodded.
"Hope you ain't too fond of your cash." I looked back to the light just as it turned green. I slammed my foot down on the gas and went flying past the light. The kid was on my ass when I realized that there was no where to go. There were a couple of cars on each side of me that were moving at the same pace down both lanes. I wasn't losing a grad to some kid so I hit my NOS and went down in between both lanes of the cars, as the kid stopped behind a tan SUV. I got into the left lane after I past the four or five cars that were in my car, and pulled over at the corner of Pine and Arlington. When the kid finally got there, I was leaning on the side of the Skyline waiting for my money. He got out with the money in his hand, and walked over to me. "Not too bad for a old man huh?" I smiled. He said nothing, but handed me the cash. "Yeah, just like you said..." I called to him before getting back in the Skyline. "Easy money." I watched the blonde get out of the Mustang, and start walking away. Obviously pissed he didn't win, and wasn't a good enough racer to sleep with. The kid hit his steering wheel and drove off.
I pulled into McDonalds just as everyone else was off on their lunch breaks. The drive threw was packed so I parked and went inside. It was just as crowded, but I'd be waiting just as long, if not longer outside, so I stayed put. I was expecting at least a fifteen to twenty minute wait, but they don't call it fast food for nothing I guess. I was just and ordering in at least five while the cars in the drive threw were still in the same spots as when I came in.
"Hi. Welcome to McDonalds. May I help you?" The girl at the register asked me. She looked only about fourteen, and there she was earning her money working at Mickey D's. Well you gotta start somewhere. But then again, my first job choice wouldn't be somewhere where its mandatory to say 'would you like fries with that?' I didn't have to look at the menu since everyone was getting their usual.
"Yeah, can I have four Big Mac's with three Cokes, and one Sprite. Then a grilled chicken sandwich with a Cherry Coke, and then a quarter pounder with cheese, and make that a Sprite too. And all super size, please." The girl was putting in all the information at the register then recalled everything.
"Okay, so that's four number one's, one number seven, a number three, three Cokes, two Sprites, and a Cherry Coke?"
"Yeah."
"Okay sir, that'll be 16.27 please." I pulled out a twenty and handed it to her, then she gave me my change.
"3.73 is your change, have a nice day."
"Thanks, you too." I stood off to the side when another girl behind the register came up.
"Would you like that for here or to go?"
"To go." She nodded and walked back. When she did come back with my order, she was balancing the drinks in one hand, and the bags of food in the other. "Thanks." I took everything and headed to the door. I as I was leaving, two girls were coming in. I couldn't see the one very well since she had sunglasses on, but before I knew it, I got bumped into and the drinks and food were on the floor. "First day with you new legs or something?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't see you there." She said taking off her sunglasses.
"Why don't you watch where you're." I started, but then stood in shock with my mouth hanging wide open. "Kendra?"
"Oh my god Leon!" She practically jumped on me.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were in San Diego. Where's Adam?" My mind was racing I couldn't believe it was her. I didn't think I'd ever get to see her again.
"Oh my god, I missed you!" She said hugging me again. "Well, I was in San Diego, but I got a job offer back here, and I left Adam like two weeks ago. I just got in last night."
"He didn't hurt you or anything did he?" I asked lowering my voice. I knew how Adam could get. She shook her head.
"No." She paused and just looked till she jumped at me again. "Its so good to see you." She smiled. "I was going to try and find you whenever I got here, but like I said, I just got in last night." She said as she kept talking a mile a minute. I couldn't help but smile. Kendra was back.
~Jesse's POV~
"Come on Leon, hurry the fuck up, I'm starved." Vince said as we all sat in the middle of the garage waiting on our food.
"You're always hungry." Letty said shaking her head, just as Leon walked in with two girls.
"Well bout damn time!" Vince started as Leon came over with the food in his hands, and the two girls followed shyly behind him.
"Vince was gonna chew his arm off it you wouldn't have gotten here any sooner." Letty said as Vince already started shoving french fries in his mouth.
"Sorry."
"Car to introduce us?" Dom said staring at the two girls as the rest of the team, and I did the same.
"Oh, guys, this is my friend Kendra, and then her friend Riley."
"Nice to meet you." Kendra smiled.
"Girls, this is Dom, and his girlfriend Letty, his sister Mia, and her boyfriend Brian. That's Jesse, and then that's Vince." Leon explained pointing us all out.
"Hi ya." Riley said finally speaking up. I smiled and her and she smiled back. I instantly fell in love. Dom looked at the two questioningly. Obviously something was up, or he knew something that me and the rest of the team didn't know.
~Dom's POV~
I looked at Kendra and Riley, but Riley wasn't paying too much attention since she couldn't keep her eyes off Jesse. But Kendra seemed intimidated and scared about something whenever she looked at me. I didn't know anything about Riley, but Kendra I knew very well after spilled the story to me a few years ago when we first met. I knew her story, and all the background stuff since I did a search on her a while after we met Leon to see what kind of people he hung around before us, and if it was alright to let him in with us. There was clearly some stuff that Leon didn't know about her, but then again, maybe he did. Maybe he was involved with it too. But wouldn't have hid something like that from us. Or would he? Something was off, very off. And it's something to do with Kendra.
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PLEASE PEOPLE! R&R! :) PLLLEASEEE! They help me think!