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'So what' I thought. 'Who gives a damn!' I thought. He was talking down to me... wearing a stern authorative frown... I rolled my eye's... mostly to antagonize him. I couldn't really believe that he would think I cared. That I was all broken up inside that I smacked some smart mouth hot-head Mexician...
My eye's narrowed slightly with vindictive pleasure as I thought about it. I hadn't just smacked him... I'd almost beating him into un-conciousness. This was the third time we'd had almost exactly this same conversation, where he tried to convince me that it was wrong... that hitting people didn't solve any problems. That he understood because he'd been in the same place, but it only ended up in trouble for everyone if I didn't turn it around.
"A month ago you were a high acheiving med student, set to take honours in medicine. Now you are nothing more then a little latina hood. A thug. The trade off isn't worth it in the end is it Mia? Think about it? What do you want to do with your life? Do you want to save life's or destroy your own?" he asked me and I could do nothing but laugh scornfully.
"Are we done here? Or are you gonna punish me?" I asked holding my arms out as if I expected to be slapped across the wrist like the good, chastized little girl I was supposed to be.
He looked over my shoulder, and nodded, "You can go, but remember what I said Mia I don't want to see you here again!" he called as I turned my back on him and walked over to Dom, as he rested against the wall of the police station. Letty wasn't there... I assumed she must have been at home.
She'd been to see a doctor, and found out she had three broken ribs... a fractured wrist and a lot of scrapes and bruises. Not to mention a nice shiny black eye. She was probably at home resting. Which was fine by me. I didn't need her busting my ass as she had made a fond habit of hers.
Dom stood, paying no heed to the police cheif which I'm sure made him all the more frustrated... he took my arm and led me from the police station. The minute we were outside he let go. Which was fine by me. At least he wasn't bagging me out.
I looked towards the car, a mutinious scowl replacing the cool indifferent glare, as I saw Letty leaning on the hood of Brian's car. She stood as soon as she saw us and I could tell by the look on her face she was going to rev me for them being called to the police station for the third time in as many days really.
"Listen Letty..." I started brashly... but she cut me off, by slapping me across the face... hard. Although, it wasn't the force that shocked me so much as that she had SLAPPED me... not punched me... SLAPPED me!
I jumped at her... I know I shouldn't have... with all her broken bits but she had slapped me... and the anger that had been surging my body all fortnight broke lose and I jumped on her, I threw a punch at her... got her in her already black eye, but that wasn't enough... I thristed to make her cry out.
My legs were kicking, but they weren't on the ground, Dom had me restrained against his chest, his arms biting bars against my waist and shoulders, rendering me almost motionless, and a whole lot madder. I swore a cursed streak as Dom refused to let me go, and Letty slowly made her way to her feet.
She wiped some blood off her lip and glared. But it wasn't at me... it was at Dom... behind me. I didn't exactly know why... but I didn't care, there was a vindicative joy that they were made at each other... or at least she was mad at him... I wanted to see them fall apart... hate each other like I did... I hated everyone.
I glared at Letty, at Dom, although I couldn't see his face, I could tell from Letty's face, he was shocked... unlike the rest of the fortnight... were he had gone out... looked for work, came home and stared blankly at the television before going to be and starting again, barely saying a word to anyway... brushing of all Letty's concerns... that thankfully included me... until now obviously. I could feel him breathing hard and I could tell from Letty's face he was shocked, surprised, or confused.
"You see? You wanna ignore it now Dom? Huh? You still wanna ignore her? Ignore the glaring truth? She's turning into you Dom! She's exactly like you when you went postal on Linder? Do you remember that Dom? Because I do! I didn't like it with you, but I hate it with her! But she won't listen to me... and her brother is cut off from everyone that cares about him!" Letty snapped furiously, her eye's flashing with rage and pain.
"You attacked her Letty..." I heard Dom point out softly. "You slapped her," Dom reminded her. "It's been a bad day. Just a bad day." Dom placated, dening my actions, just causing my rage to swell and increase un-bidden.
There was part of me that leapt to the surface, with the fierce urge to protect Dom from his attacker... even if it was Letty. She had no right... none... "Shut up! Just shut the hell up!" I screamed at her... I would have thrown myself at her again but Dom's arms tightened even more in restraint.
Her furious words stopped... that was just what I wanted... I wanted the silence... and the rage... I greedily, selfishly wanted them to all stand by silent as I raged through my pain... pain they, none of them, understood, no matter how much Letty claimed it was like Dom's.
"Alright have it your way, Toretto!" Letty said firmly, shaking her head. "It's you against the world, isn't it? No-one understands why give them a chance, eh?" Letty asked darkly scowling. I got the feeling that she was talking to Dom even though she was looking at me.
"I'll... have your stuff waiting outside the door whenever you wanna collect it... I... can't... handle this... and look after myself... and keep Leon sane, and check on Jesse..." Letty was muttered to herself as she walked to the car, her voice rife with resignation. I stopped struggling the moment I realized she wasn't going to fight back.
"Your kicking us out?" I heard Dom's voice squeak in shock... and I could understand it. It would have been different if she'd left... we could complain... but we both knew... we just couldn't complain about this... being kicked out, by Letty... And it was as shatteringly simple as watching Letty get in the car, starting it and heading off, to reach deep inside me.
We'd turned Letty on us. Letty, vicious, furious, cold, fiesty, loyal, invalid Letty had turned on us. We had driven her beyond the call of duty, and never even stopped to consider it. We had both been so caught up in our own pain, that her obvious physical pain had gone un-heeded... we Toretto's were a selfish pair.
I slipped out of Dom's arms as he relaxed them... I turned to flick my brown eye's up to his shocked, empty eye's. I knew I'd found my moment of truth, but Dom hadn't... somehow he had managed to ignore the pain crackling from the woman he loved... he managed to ignore mine... and he managed to stay empty... shocked... but empty.
We both stood there for the longest time watching her tail lights travel off and dim in the distance... even when they'd gone... we still watched... as if waiting for her to come back. It was the most pointless excersize of our lives, espically considering we both new she wasn't coming back for us.
((What do you think? Reveiw it and I'll reveiw yours! There is more to come, I still have Vince, Brian, Letty, Jesse and the Epilouge to do yet. But I'm working on them! Don't worry I'm not leaving it like this! hehe.))
'So what' I thought. 'Who gives a damn!' I thought. He was talking down to me... wearing a stern authorative frown... I rolled my eye's... mostly to antagonize him. I couldn't really believe that he would think I cared. That I was all broken up inside that I smacked some smart mouth hot-head Mexician...
My eye's narrowed slightly with vindictive pleasure as I thought about it. I hadn't just smacked him... I'd almost beating him into un-conciousness. This was the third time we'd had almost exactly this same conversation, where he tried to convince me that it was wrong... that hitting people didn't solve any problems. That he understood because he'd been in the same place, but it only ended up in trouble for everyone if I didn't turn it around.
"A month ago you were a high acheiving med student, set to take honours in medicine. Now you are nothing more then a little latina hood. A thug. The trade off isn't worth it in the end is it Mia? Think about it? What do you want to do with your life? Do you want to save life's or destroy your own?" he asked me and I could do nothing but laugh scornfully.
"Are we done here? Or are you gonna punish me?" I asked holding my arms out as if I expected to be slapped across the wrist like the good, chastized little girl I was supposed to be.
He looked over my shoulder, and nodded, "You can go, but remember what I said Mia I don't want to see you here again!" he called as I turned my back on him and walked over to Dom, as he rested against the wall of the police station. Letty wasn't there... I assumed she must have been at home.
She'd been to see a doctor, and found out she had three broken ribs... a fractured wrist and a lot of scrapes and bruises. Not to mention a nice shiny black eye. She was probably at home resting. Which was fine by me. I didn't need her busting my ass as she had made a fond habit of hers.
Dom stood, paying no heed to the police cheif which I'm sure made him all the more frustrated... he took my arm and led me from the police station. The minute we were outside he let go. Which was fine by me. At least he wasn't bagging me out.
I looked towards the car, a mutinious scowl replacing the cool indifferent glare, as I saw Letty leaning on the hood of Brian's car. She stood as soon as she saw us and I could tell by the look on her face she was going to rev me for them being called to the police station for the third time in as many days really.
"Listen Letty..." I started brashly... but she cut me off, by slapping me across the face... hard. Although, it wasn't the force that shocked me so much as that she had SLAPPED me... not punched me... SLAPPED me!
I jumped at her... I know I shouldn't have... with all her broken bits but she had slapped me... and the anger that had been surging my body all fortnight broke lose and I jumped on her, I threw a punch at her... got her in her already black eye, but that wasn't enough... I thristed to make her cry out.
My legs were kicking, but they weren't on the ground, Dom had me restrained against his chest, his arms biting bars against my waist and shoulders, rendering me almost motionless, and a whole lot madder. I swore a cursed streak as Dom refused to let me go, and Letty slowly made her way to her feet.
She wiped some blood off her lip and glared. But it wasn't at me... it was at Dom... behind me. I didn't exactly know why... but I didn't care, there was a vindicative joy that they were made at each other... or at least she was mad at him... I wanted to see them fall apart... hate each other like I did... I hated everyone.
I glared at Letty, at Dom, although I couldn't see his face, I could tell from Letty's face, he was shocked... unlike the rest of the fortnight... were he had gone out... looked for work, came home and stared blankly at the television before going to be and starting again, barely saying a word to anyway... brushing of all Letty's concerns... that thankfully included me... until now obviously. I could feel him breathing hard and I could tell from Letty's face he was shocked, surprised, or confused.
"You see? You wanna ignore it now Dom? Huh? You still wanna ignore her? Ignore the glaring truth? She's turning into you Dom! She's exactly like you when you went postal on Linder? Do you remember that Dom? Because I do! I didn't like it with you, but I hate it with her! But she won't listen to me... and her brother is cut off from everyone that cares about him!" Letty snapped furiously, her eye's flashing with rage and pain.
"You attacked her Letty..." I heard Dom point out softly. "You slapped her," Dom reminded her. "It's been a bad day. Just a bad day." Dom placated, dening my actions, just causing my rage to swell and increase un-bidden.
There was part of me that leapt to the surface, with the fierce urge to protect Dom from his attacker... even if it was Letty. She had no right... none... "Shut up! Just shut the hell up!" I screamed at her... I would have thrown myself at her again but Dom's arms tightened even more in restraint.
Her furious words stopped... that was just what I wanted... I wanted the silence... and the rage... I greedily, selfishly wanted them to all stand by silent as I raged through my pain... pain they, none of them, understood, no matter how much Letty claimed it was like Dom's.
"Alright have it your way, Toretto!" Letty said firmly, shaking her head. "It's you against the world, isn't it? No-one understands why give them a chance, eh?" Letty asked darkly scowling. I got the feeling that she was talking to Dom even though she was looking at me.
"I'll... have your stuff waiting outside the door whenever you wanna collect it... I... can't... handle this... and look after myself... and keep Leon sane, and check on Jesse..." Letty was muttered to herself as she walked to the car, her voice rife with resignation. I stopped struggling the moment I realized she wasn't going to fight back.
"Your kicking us out?" I heard Dom's voice squeak in shock... and I could understand it. It would have been different if she'd left... we could complain... but we both knew... we just couldn't complain about this... being kicked out, by Letty... And it was as shatteringly simple as watching Letty get in the car, starting it and heading off, to reach deep inside me.
We'd turned Letty on us. Letty, vicious, furious, cold, fiesty, loyal, invalid Letty had turned on us. We had driven her beyond the call of duty, and never even stopped to consider it. We had both been so caught up in our own pain, that her obvious physical pain had gone un-heeded... we Toretto's were a selfish pair.
I slipped out of Dom's arms as he relaxed them... I turned to flick my brown eye's up to his shocked, empty eye's. I knew I'd found my moment of truth, but Dom hadn't... somehow he had managed to ignore the pain crackling from the woman he loved... he managed to ignore mine... and he managed to stay empty... shocked... but empty.
We both stood there for the longest time watching her tail lights travel off and dim in the distance... even when they'd gone... we still watched... as if waiting for her to come back. It was the most pointless excersize of our lives, espically considering we both new she wasn't coming back for us.
((What do you think? Reveiw it and I'll reveiw yours! There is more to come, I still have Vince, Brian, Letty, Jesse and the Epilouge to do yet. But I'm working on them! Don't worry I'm not leaving it like this! hehe.))