Authors note: This chapter shows what's coming for Gracie and Dominic. Please R&R!
Chapter 3.
Gracie woke up with her head on Dominic's chest. She smiled and sighed to herself. She eased herself off of him so she wouldn't wake him but as she got up he realized he already was.
"Oh sorry." She said groaning as her hangover heachache began to kick in.
"No I've been awake for at least an hour." Dominic said smiling, I just didn't want to wake you up.
"Well thank you." She replied as she stumbled to her bathroom to retrieve some alka-seltzar and advil. She could barely see from the blinding heachache she had. "I'm so done with drinking, why did I do it for so long? It doesn't solve anything, it just gives me a major hangover to look forward to for the next day." She said to herself.
Dominic walked into the bathroom with her and grabbed the bottles she was looking for and gave them to her. He smiled at her and left the room.
"I'm glad that he cares about me." She thought to herself as she downed the two advils. She closed the medicine cabinet and stumbled down the stairs to where the team and Mia were eating breakfast.
"Hell of night last night." Letty said laughing to her as she handed her a bowl of cereal.
"Ugh don't remind me, and no thanks, I couldn't eat anything right now if I tried." She said pushing the cereal away hoping the medicine would kick in soon. Leon wouldn't look at her. She didn't really blame him he must have been completely embaressed or ashamed of himself for what he did the night before, but she didn't hold anything against him. They had both been drunk.
The team finished up their breakfasts and cleared away the table. Jesse stumbled back up to bed, the poor boy still aching from the four. Tequila shots Gracie had given him the night before. She was seriously considering going back to bed herself but she had to talk to Leon first.
"Leon can I talk to you?" she said to him as he nodded. He followed her to the living room and sat down on the couch with her. He wouldn't look at her, so she jumped onto his lap and turned his face towards her.
"It'll be a lot easier to talk about this if you look at me." She trailed off.
"I'm so sorry about last night Gracie I don't know what I was thinking. It was the booze and the fact that your gorgeous and a fun loving girl, but I had either forgotten the fact that you're fifteen or I just didn't care at the time. I'm not sure at the moment." Leon blurted out.
"Leon I don't blame you for anything, we both had a little too much to drink and I guess we should just be grateful that Dominic got there at the point he did." Gracie told him stroking his hair.
"Yeah, I'm sort of glad that he beat the shit out of me." Leon said laughing.
"Alright well now that that's settled, I'll let you go to the garage with Vince and Dominic. And you should know, I'm not going to drink anymore until I legally can, I know what it does to me now, I've never been drunk with guys around before and now I know what I do. So thank you." She said laughing
"Anything I can do to help I guess." Leon said chuckling. He eased her off his lap, got up, pecked her on the cheek and left for the garage. He was supposed to be meeting with Dominic there to work on a car for the races that night.
Gracie had no idea that Dominic was in the kitchen watching the two of them. He had only seen Gracie sit on his lap and Leon give her a kiss before he left. He didn't hear any of the conversation so of course he jumped to conclusions and began to think that something was going on with them.
His mind began to race. That beautiful girl didn't know what Leon was like, Leon was 23, too old for her. Why did Leon have to go after her? She was Gracie, the girl they'd known since she was eight years old! He paced back in forth in the kitchen. He should be at the garage by now but there was too much on his mind. Gracie and Jesse were upstairs in their rooms passed out from the night before. Mia was at the café, and Letty, Vince and Leon were at the garage.
He thought about Letty and how they had broken up about a year ago after the heists blew up in their faces and Leon and she had gone to Mexico. She came back but they realized that they just didn't love each other anymore, and their were no hard feelings between them. They knew that they just couldn't be together after everything like that had happened, but they would always be friends.
Dominic's mind went back to Gracie. She was upstairs, asleep. She had grown up so much since he had last seen her, not only because she had only been eight at the time, but because she had just grown into herself. She was gorgeous, everyone in the house had even thought so. Dominic related to the things that she went through and wanted to be there for her. He knew there was so much under that beauty and he wanted to see it. He wanted to get to know her and be the person she needed when she was scared
He wanted to be the person she ran to when something bad happened to her, or when she just wanted someone to talk to. He wanted to be everything she needed and all that she needed, but he didn't know how else to show her that than how he already did. Dominic was sure that she probably knew all of this but he wanted to make sure she did.
Dominic stopped pacing with a shocked look on his face that no one saw since he was the only on in the kitchen, and he sank down into a chair at the table. His mind began to slow down and was summing everything that he was thinking about Gracie up. He hadn't wanted to be everything for anyone before, why now? And then it hit him. He was in love with her. He was in LOVE with her!
Dominic started to panic, this couldn't be happening to him. He was 25 years old. He couldn't love her. He wouldn't let himself, he would only end up hurting her in the end because he couldn't be with her. He grabbed his leather jacket, jumped into his car and peeled out of his driveway.
Upstairs Gracie hadn't fallen back to sleep yet. She was lying on her back thinking about Dominic. She thought about how good it felt to sleep in his arms, knowing that he was there to protect her from everything. She turned over and smiled, she was glad that he was there for her. He was there for her, and last night she was there for him when he showed that he was scared for her. It felt good to have a family again, but the family she had had before never felt like this. Not at all. It was great to know she was loved by her parents, but this was different.
She rolled back over onto her back and covered her face with a pillow. She was in love with him.
"Nooooo. This isn't happening to me." Gracie groaned into the pillow.
How could she love him? Jesus he was 25 and she was 15! This was so embaressing for her. She decided to hide it from everyone. She couldn't even begin to imagine what the others would think if they thought she loved him. She knew Mia and Mia would think it was cute that she had a "crush" on Dominic. She wouldn't let that happen, and she knew this wasn't a crush. It wasn't something cute. She loved him and she knew it.
"Shit. I hope this day doesn't get any worse." Gracie said still into the pillow. She then rolled over and fell back to sleep.
*~*At the garage*~*
Dominic threw tools around, played around with the car, anything. He needed to keep his mind off of Gracie. He came out of his daze when he dropped the took box on his foot.
"Shit! Damnit! This day can't get any worse at this point!" He screamed to no one. But Letty, Vince and Leon all stared at him.
"You ok man?" Vince said wiping oil off his hands.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, just not in a great mood." Dominic said distantly.
"Yeah I guess you could say that." Letty said laughing.
Dominic hoped she wasn't figuring out what was going on with him. Please God don't let her figure this out he thought. He didn't need anyone to know what was going on, he had to think to himself and try to figure out what he was going to do about this! Would he tell Gracie? What the hell was he supposed to do?
"Oh sure tell the 15 year old your in love with her Dominic and see how much of a pervert she thinks you are..."Dominic said to himself. When he realized he said this out loud, he looked around. Good no one had heard him. He sighed and closed the hood of the car he was looking at.
"I wonder what she's doing right now." Dominic said quietly to himself.
At home Gracie was sleeping. Eventually she would have to wake up and face what was going on in her mind. It was going to be hell for her and she knew it. Her dreams even haunted her.
Chapter 3.
Gracie woke up with her head on Dominic's chest. She smiled and sighed to herself. She eased herself off of him so she wouldn't wake him but as she got up he realized he already was.
"Oh sorry." She said groaning as her hangover heachache began to kick in.
"No I've been awake for at least an hour." Dominic said smiling, I just didn't want to wake you up.
"Well thank you." She replied as she stumbled to her bathroom to retrieve some alka-seltzar and advil. She could barely see from the blinding heachache she had. "I'm so done with drinking, why did I do it for so long? It doesn't solve anything, it just gives me a major hangover to look forward to for the next day." She said to herself.
Dominic walked into the bathroom with her and grabbed the bottles she was looking for and gave them to her. He smiled at her and left the room.
"I'm glad that he cares about me." She thought to herself as she downed the two advils. She closed the medicine cabinet and stumbled down the stairs to where the team and Mia were eating breakfast.
"Hell of night last night." Letty said laughing to her as she handed her a bowl of cereal.
"Ugh don't remind me, and no thanks, I couldn't eat anything right now if I tried." She said pushing the cereal away hoping the medicine would kick in soon. Leon wouldn't look at her. She didn't really blame him he must have been completely embaressed or ashamed of himself for what he did the night before, but she didn't hold anything against him. They had both been drunk.
The team finished up their breakfasts and cleared away the table. Jesse stumbled back up to bed, the poor boy still aching from the four. Tequila shots Gracie had given him the night before. She was seriously considering going back to bed herself but she had to talk to Leon first.
"Leon can I talk to you?" she said to him as he nodded. He followed her to the living room and sat down on the couch with her. He wouldn't look at her, so she jumped onto his lap and turned his face towards her.
"It'll be a lot easier to talk about this if you look at me." She trailed off.
"I'm so sorry about last night Gracie I don't know what I was thinking. It was the booze and the fact that your gorgeous and a fun loving girl, but I had either forgotten the fact that you're fifteen or I just didn't care at the time. I'm not sure at the moment." Leon blurted out.
"Leon I don't blame you for anything, we both had a little too much to drink and I guess we should just be grateful that Dominic got there at the point he did." Gracie told him stroking his hair.
"Yeah, I'm sort of glad that he beat the shit out of me." Leon said laughing.
"Alright well now that that's settled, I'll let you go to the garage with Vince and Dominic. And you should know, I'm not going to drink anymore until I legally can, I know what it does to me now, I've never been drunk with guys around before and now I know what I do. So thank you." She said laughing
"Anything I can do to help I guess." Leon said chuckling. He eased her off his lap, got up, pecked her on the cheek and left for the garage. He was supposed to be meeting with Dominic there to work on a car for the races that night.
Gracie had no idea that Dominic was in the kitchen watching the two of them. He had only seen Gracie sit on his lap and Leon give her a kiss before he left. He didn't hear any of the conversation so of course he jumped to conclusions and began to think that something was going on with them.
His mind began to race. That beautiful girl didn't know what Leon was like, Leon was 23, too old for her. Why did Leon have to go after her? She was Gracie, the girl they'd known since she was eight years old! He paced back in forth in the kitchen. He should be at the garage by now but there was too much on his mind. Gracie and Jesse were upstairs in their rooms passed out from the night before. Mia was at the café, and Letty, Vince and Leon were at the garage.
He thought about Letty and how they had broken up about a year ago after the heists blew up in their faces and Leon and she had gone to Mexico. She came back but they realized that they just didn't love each other anymore, and their were no hard feelings between them. They knew that they just couldn't be together after everything like that had happened, but they would always be friends.
Dominic's mind went back to Gracie. She was upstairs, asleep. She had grown up so much since he had last seen her, not only because she had only been eight at the time, but because she had just grown into herself. She was gorgeous, everyone in the house had even thought so. Dominic related to the things that she went through and wanted to be there for her. He knew there was so much under that beauty and he wanted to see it. He wanted to get to know her and be the person she needed when she was scared
He wanted to be the person she ran to when something bad happened to her, or when she just wanted someone to talk to. He wanted to be everything she needed and all that she needed, but he didn't know how else to show her that than how he already did. Dominic was sure that she probably knew all of this but he wanted to make sure she did.
Dominic stopped pacing with a shocked look on his face that no one saw since he was the only on in the kitchen, and he sank down into a chair at the table. His mind began to slow down and was summing everything that he was thinking about Gracie up. He hadn't wanted to be everything for anyone before, why now? And then it hit him. He was in love with her. He was in LOVE with her!
Dominic started to panic, this couldn't be happening to him. He was 25 years old. He couldn't love her. He wouldn't let himself, he would only end up hurting her in the end because he couldn't be with her. He grabbed his leather jacket, jumped into his car and peeled out of his driveway.
Upstairs Gracie hadn't fallen back to sleep yet. She was lying on her back thinking about Dominic. She thought about how good it felt to sleep in his arms, knowing that he was there to protect her from everything. She turned over and smiled, she was glad that he was there for her. He was there for her, and last night she was there for him when he showed that he was scared for her. It felt good to have a family again, but the family she had had before never felt like this. Not at all. It was great to know she was loved by her parents, but this was different.
She rolled back over onto her back and covered her face with a pillow. She was in love with him.
"Nooooo. This isn't happening to me." Gracie groaned into the pillow.
How could she love him? Jesus he was 25 and she was 15! This was so embaressing for her. She decided to hide it from everyone. She couldn't even begin to imagine what the others would think if they thought she loved him. She knew Mia and Mia would think it was cute that she had a "crush" on Dominic. She wouldn't let that happen, and she knew this wasn't a crush. It wasn't something cute. She loved him and she knew it.
"Shit. I hope this day doesn't get any worse." Gracie said still into the pillow. She then rolled over and fell back to sleep.
*~*At the garage*~*
Dominic threw tools around, played around with the car, anything. He needed to keep his mind off of Gracie. He came out of his daze when he dropped the took box on his foot.
"Shit! Damnit! This day can't get any worse at this point!" He screamed to no one. But Letty, Vince and Leon all stared at him.
"You ok man?" Vince said wiping oil off his hands.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, just not in a great mood." Dominic said distantly.
"Yeah I guess you could say that." Letty said laughing.
Dominic hoped she wasn't figuring out what was going on with him. Please God don't let her figure this out he thought. He didn't need anyone to know what was going on, he had to think to himself and try to figure out what he was going to do about this! Would he tell Gracie? What the hell was he supposed to do?
"Oh sure tell the 15 year old your in love with her Dominic and see how much of a pervert she thinks you are..."Dominic said to himself. When he realized he said this out loud, he looked around. Good no one had heard him. He sighed and closed the hood of the car he was looking at.
"I wonder what she's doing right now." Dominic said quietly to himself.
At home Gracie was sleeping. Eventually she would have to wake up and face what was going on in her mind. It was going to be hell for her and she knew it. Her dreams even haunted her.