Authors note: This is a short one. Please read and review! I feel as if I'm writing this story for no one else to read it! Thanks.~Shay
Chapter 4.
Gracie woke up to Jesse shaking her. She looked up at him and threw a pillow at his face and then dug her head into her other one. He continued to shake her.
"Jess what the hell do you want?!" Gracie screamed at him.
"I'm bored." He said sounding like a little boy who couldn't keep himself busy, but then Gracie remembered about his ADD.
"Good for you. You know what stops boredom? SLEEP!" she yelled to him rolling over onto her stomach.
"Well I was figuring maybe we could go to the beach?" Jesse said antsily looking around the room.
Gracie sighed and then began to ease herself up of her bed. She rolled over onto the floor. Jesse went to get her thinking she was hurt but she stopped him. She used the side of the bed to get her up and straighten out her balance.
"Let me get my bathing suit on and then we'll go alright?" she replied as he nodded and left the room to get his own stuff.
Gracie dug through her drawer and found her black string bikini with butterflies on it, pulled it on and wrapped her black sarong around her. She grabbed a towel, put on her sandels and headed down the stairs where Jesse was waiting for her.
"I figured we could get some sandwiches at the store before we head to the beach?" Jesse asked her.
"Sure, but the sandwiches are just for you, I'm still to hung over to eat." Gracie said groggily.
Jesse nodded and closed the door and locked it behind Gracie when she stepped out. He looked at the two cars that were sitting in the driveway. He looked at Gracie with a look asking who was going to drive.
"We'll take my car." Gracie said. They hopped into her baby and as they pulled out of the driveway she hit the mailbox.
"Ok your under no condition to drive, get out and switch sides with me." Jesse said shaking his head.
Jesse peeled out of the driveway and watched Gracie curled up in the passengers side sleeping. He could tell that there was more than just a hang over her that was bugging her. But the question was what else could there be? He knew she had already talked to Leon about the night before and he was glad that she had. He couldn't believe what he had seen going on between the two of them. What was Leon thinking? She's 15! He slowly pulled into the Toretto's café parking lot so he wouldn't wake her up.
He stepped out of the Honda Civic and closed the door lightly. Mia looked up at him over the counter and smiled.
"Hey Jesse what's going on?" she asked him. She then noticed Gracie in the car. "How is she?" she asked remembering the night before.
"Hung over, but there's something else that's bugging her and I can't place it. Can I have a turkey and cheese sandwich please? We're going to the beach."
Mia began to make the sandwich when she asked him "What about her?".
"She says she aint hungry, too hung over to eat. I'll share with her if she changes her mind." Jesse said taking the sandwich from Mia.
"And what's this about something else bugging her? What's going on?" Mia asked
"Well like I said I don't know what it is, but I can tell there's something wrong. She didn't even want to get out of bed at all when I asked her about going to the beach, she just wanted to sleep. She's not eating and when she pulled out of the driveway she hit the mailbox, it's like she can concentrate on anything at all. I know it's not that she's too hung over to drive. I drank more than her last night and I'm fine now that I slept until 2 this afternoon." Jesse rambled on looking at the car. Gracie was beginning to stir.
"Well I hope there's nothing too serious going on." Mia said coyly.
"Yeah me too. Tell the guys and Letty where we went if they come looking for us alright?" Jesse asked her.
"I'll do that." Mia replied as she watched Jesse get into the car and leave.
She knew exactly what was wrong with Gracie. She wasn't too hung over at all. She was lovesick. Mia smiled to herself. She had felt that way about Brian before he left. Things changed when she found out he was a cop. She still loved him, but Dominic couldn't even hear his name without going into a rage, so she didn't talk about it anymore.
"Poor Gracie. I hope whoever it is doesn't break her heart." Mia said to herself.
Jesse tried talking to Gracie on the way to the beach but she was in no mood for conversation. He figured he wasn't going to be able to figure out what was wrong with her this way. He'd have to figure something out later.
They got out at the beach, found a nice spot in the sun not far from the waters edge laid out the blankets and laid down. Gracie fell asleep in the sun as soon as her head touched the ground.
"Maybe she's sick...or maybe she has period?" Jesse thought cringing. He hated to think of girls in that state. They were so moody and frankly the sheer mechanics of the whole process scared the shit out of him.
He decided to let his brain rest for a while, laid down and went to sleep. He sure as hell wasn't going to figure out what was wrong with Gracie today so why continue to try?
~*~At the garage~*~
Dominic continued to keep himself busy until the team minus Jesse decided it was time for lunch. Dominic couldn't stop prancing around, he had to do anything he possibly could to keep his mind off of Gracie.
"Damn dude do you have to go to the bathroom or something?" Leon asked noticing the patterns in Dom's movement.
"No I don't, I just have my mind on other things right now." Dominic said not looking at anyone, he was afraid his face would give away what was going on with him.
Letty just smiled at him. She knew what was going on. Dominic was love stuck. He acted the same way about her when he realized he loved her. She thought it was sweet...but who did he love this time? Letty decided to leave it alone. If Dominic was going to talk about who his new interest was he was going to talk about it. But clearly right now he was fighting his feelings for whoever this girl was. She had to let him work whatever the hell was going on his brain for himself before she pulled a "Awww Dommy's in love!".
Dominic wasn't hungry. In fact he thought he was going to be sick. He stopped pacing and ran to the bathroom in the garage where he threw up everything in his system.
"Dude are you alright? Where the hell did this come from?!" Vince asked him.
"No where I'm fine." Dominic said still refusing to look at them.
"Whatever dawg." Leon said.
Leon was another thing Dominic was thinking about. What if Gracie was into Leon and not him? What if those two developed a relationship? How could he stop it? He put his hands to his face and thought to himself. You don't love her, you don't love her. You're just attracted to her, she's gorgeous. Just a girl you'd wanna spend the night with sometimes that's all. He quickly mentally beat himself for thinking this about Gracie. She wasn't just an easy lay. She was Gracie. His Gracie! This was driving him insane. He had to convince himself that he didn't love her. But how was he going to do it?
~*~Back at the beach~*~
Gracie began to stir on the ground. Her back burned like hell. She had forgotten to put on sun scream. She hurt so bad she wanted to scream.
"Owww...JESSE!" She yelled waking Jesse from his sleep.
"What's wrong?" he asked her sleepily.
"Am I burned as hell?!" she asked him worried. She didn't want to look like a tomato.
"My God girl you look like a fire engine!" Jesse said with his mouth dropped open.
"No wonder, because I feel like I'm on fire!" Gracie cried. "Can you please put some lotion on me?"
Jesse nodded his head grabbing the bottle of suntan lotion out of the sand below him. He leaned over to smear it onto her back but realized that he wasn't going to be able to get it on her like that. He bit as his lip and debated on how close he was going to have to get. He didn't want to hurt her.
"You can't get any on me from over there..."Gracie trailed off closing her eyes. She was really hurting.
Jesse got up from his spot sat down right next to her and rubbed the oily mixture onto her firery red skin. He massaged her back and she groaned letting him know it felt better this way. He covered the rest of her back and backs of her legs and told her to turn over.
She did as he said and he rubbed the oil into her stomach, at this point she began to laugh. She was very ticklish. Jesse chuckled to himself and continued to rub in the lotion trying to not make her squirm. When he was finished she got up and headed to the car. She was apparently ready to go. She opened the driver's side door, placed her towel on the seat and sat down. She was ready to be behind the wheel of her baby again. Jesse got in on the passengers side, looked over to her and smiled. Jesse placed his hand on her knee and continued to look at her.
"What is he doing...?"Gracie thought to herself but in a moment she knew. Jesse leaned into her, waiting for her to lean back.
"Jesse what are you doing?" Gracie asked looking at him funny.
"I'm sorry...that was completely off base I shouldn't have done that." Jesse said looking to the floor ashamed. Where was this coming? This poor girl probably felt like she couldn't live in a house with a bunch of guys without all of them trying to get into her pants. Jesse didn't even have feelings for her and he knew it. So what the hell had his problem just been?
"It's ok. Forget about it." Gracie said pulling away from the curb. She could have just made out with Jesse in the back seat of the car, and had been really tempted to do it. But something stopped her. And she knew that it was knowing that she loved Dom.
She smiled and shook her head not knowing what the hell to do with herself and continued to drive back to the Toretto household.
Chapter 4.
Gracie woke up to Jesse shaking her. She looked up at him and threw a pillow at his face and then dug her head into her other one. He continued to shake her.
"Jess what the hell do you want?!" Gracie screamed at him.
"I'm bored." He said sounding like a little boy who couldn't keep himself busy, but then Gracie remembered about his ADD.
"Good for you. You know what stops boredom? SLEEP!" she yelled to him rolling over onto her stomach.
"Well I was figuring maybe we could go to the beach?" Jesse said antsily looking around the room.
Gracie sighed and then began to ease herself up of her bed. She rolled over onto the floor. Jesse went to get her thinking she was hurt but she stopped him. She used the side of the bed to get her up and straighten out her balance.
"Let me get my bathing suit on and then we'll go alright?" she replied as he nodded and left the room to get his own stuff.
Gracie dug through her drawer and found her black string bikini with butterflies on it, pulled it on and wrapped her black sarong around her. She grabbed a towel, put on her sandels and headed down the stairs where Jesse was waiting for her.
"I figured we could get some sandwiches at the store before we head to the beach?" Jesse asked her.
"Sure, but the sandwiches are just for you, I'm still to hung over to eat." Gracie said groggily.
Jesse nodded and closed the door and locked it behind Gracie when she stepped out. He looked at the two cars that were sitting in the driveway. He looked at Gracie with a look asking who was going to drive.
"We'll take my car." Gracie said. They hopped into her baby and as they pulled out of the driveway she hit the mailbox.
"Ok your under no condition to drive, get out and switch sides with me." Jesse said shaking his head.
Jesse peeled out of the driveway and watched Gracie curled up in the passengers side sleeping. He could tell that there was more than just a hang over her that was bugging her. But the question was what else could there be? He knew she had already talked to Leon about the night before and he was glad that she had. He couldn't believe what he had seen going on between the two of them. What was Leon thinking? She's 15! He slowly pulled into the Toretto's café parking lot so he wouldn't wake her up.
He stepped out of the Honda Civic and closed the door lightly. Mia looked up at him over the counter and smiled.
"Hey Jesse what's going on?" she asked him. She then noticed Gracie in the car. "How is she?" she asked remembering the night before.
"Hung over, but there's something else that's bugging her and I can't place it. Can I have a turkey and cheese sandwich please? We're going to the beach."
Mia began to make the sandwich when she asked him "What about her?".
"She says she aint hungry, too hung over to eat. I'll share with her if she changes her mind." Jesse said taking the sandwich from Mia.
"And what's this about something else bugging her? What's going on?" Mia asked
"Well like I said I don't know what it is, but I can tell there's something wrong. She didn't even want to get out of bed at all when I asked her about going to the beach, she just wanted to sleep. She's not eating and when she pulled out of the driveway she hit the mailbox, it's like she can concentrate on anything at all. I know it's not that she's too hung over to drive. I drank more than her last night and I'm fine now that I slept until 2 this afternoon." Jesse rambled on looking at the car. Gracie was beginning to stir.
"Well I hope there's nothing too serious going on." Mia said coyly.
"Yeah me too. Tell the guys and Letty where we went if they come looking for us alright?" Jesse asked her.
"I'll do that." Mia replied as she watched Jesse get into the car and leave.
She knew exactly what was wrong with Gracie. She wasn't too hung over at all. She was lovesick. Mia smiled to herself. She had felt that way about Brian before he left. Things changed when she found out he was a cop. She still loved him, but Dominic couldn't even hear his name without going into a rage, so she didn't talk about it anymore.
"Poor Gracie. I hope whoever it is doesn't break her heart." Mia said to herself.
Jesse tried talking to Gracie on the way to the beach but she was in no mood for conversation. He figured he wasn't going to be able to figure out what was wrong with her this way. He'd have to figure something out later.
They got out at the beach, found a nice spot in the sun not far from the waters edge laid out the blankets and laid down. Gracie fell asleep in the sun as soon as her head touched the ground.
"Maybe she's sick...or maybe she has period?" Jesse thought cringing. He hated to think of girls in that state. They were so moody and frankly the sheer mechanics of the whole process scared the shit out of him.
He decided to let his brain rest for a while, laid down and went to sleep. He sure as hell wasn't going to figure out what was wrong with Gracie today so why continue to try?
~*~At the garage~*~
Dominic continued to keep himself busy until the team minus Jesse decided it was time for lunch. Dominic couldn't stop prancing around, he had to do anything he possibly could to keep his mind off of Gracie.
"Damn dude do you have to go to the bathroom or something?" Leon asked noticing the patterns in Dom's movement.
"No I don't, I just have my mind on other things right now." Dominic said not looking at anyone, he was afraid his face would give away what was going on with him.
Letty just smiled at him. She knew what was going on. Dominic was love stuck. He acted the same way about her when he realized he loved her. She thought it was sweet...but who did he love this time? Letty decided to leave it alone. If Dominic was going to talk about who his new interest was he was going to talk about it. But clearly right now he was fighting his feelings for whoever this girl was. She had to let him work whatever the hell was going on his brain for himself before she pulled a "Awww Dommy's in love!".
Dominic wasn't hungry. In fact he thought he was going to be sick. He stopped pacing and ran to the bathroom in the garage where he threw up everything in his system.
"Dude are you alright? Where the hell did this come from?!" Vince asked him.
"No where I'm fine." Dominic said still refusing to look at them.
"Whatever dawg." Leon said.
Leon was another thing Dominic was thinking about. What if Gracie was into Leon and not him? What if those two developed a relationship? How could he stop it? He put his hands to his face and thought to himself. You don't love her, you don't love her. You're just attracted to her, she's gorgeous. Just a girl you'd wanna spend the night with sometimes that's all. He quickly mentally beat himself for thinking this about Gracie. She wasn't just an easy lay. She was Gracie. His Gracie! This was driving him insane. He had to convince himself that he didn't love her. But how was he going to do it?
~*~Back at the beach~*~
Gracie began to stir on the ground. Her back burned like hell. She had forgotten to put on sun scream. She hurt so bad she wanted to scream.
"Owww...JESSE!" She yelled waking Jesse from his sleep.
"What's wrong?" he asked her sleepily.
"Am I burned as hell?!" she asked him worried. She didn't want to look like a tomato.
"My God girl you look like a fire engine!" Jesse said with his mouth dropped open.
"No wonder, because I feel like I'm on fire!" Gracie cried. "Can you please put some lotion on me?"
Jesse nodded his head grabbing the bottle of suntan lotion out of the sand below him. He leaned over to smear it onto her back but realized that he wasn't going to be able to get it on her like that. He bit as his lip and debated on how close he was going to have to get. He didn't want to hurt her.
"You can't get any on me from over there..."Gracie trailed off closing her eyes. She was really hurting.
Jesse got up from his spot sat down right next to her and rubbed the oily mixture onto her firery red skin. He massaged her back and she groaned letting him know it felt better this way. He covered the rest of her back and backs of her legs and told her to turn over.
She did as he said and he rubbed the oil into her stomach, at this point she began to laugh. She was very ticklish. Jesse chuckled to himself and continued to rub in the lotion trying to not make her squirm. When he was finished she got up and headed to the car. She was apparently ready to go. She opened the driver's side door, placed her towel on the seat and sat down. She was ready to be behind the wheel of her baby again. Jesse got in on the passengers side, looked over to her and smiled. Jesse placed his hand on her knee and continued to look at her.
"What is he doing...?"Gracie thought to herself but in a moment she knew. Jesse leaned into her, waiting for her to lean back.
"Jesse what are you doing?" Gracie asked looking at him funny.
"I'm sorry...that was completely off base I shouldn't have done that." Jesse said looking to the floor ashamed. Where was this coming? This poor girl probably felt like she couldn't live in a house with a bunch of guys without all of them trying to get into her pants. Jesse didn't even have feelings for her and he knew it. So what the hell had his problem just been?
"It's ok. Forget about it." Gracie said pulling away from the curb. She could have just made out with Jesse in the back seat of the car, and had been really tempted to do it. But something stopped her. And she knew that it was knowing that she loved Dom.
She smiled and shook her head not knowing what the hell to do with herself and continued to drive back to the Toretto household.