Authors note:Things finally get good. It's another short one but I know it won't let you down. Please R&R!
Chapter5.
Dominic drove home and found a miserable Gracie sitting at the kitchen table. She was redder than the ripest tomatoes he had ever seen. He couldn't help but laugh at her.
She looked up from the table and glared at him "Don't be an asshole."
He immediately stopped laughing and apologized. Even when she bitched at him he loved her. He knew this was wrong. It was so wrong, but what the hell could he do about it? NOTHING. He couldn't be with her, and she wouldn't want to be with him. What on earth would she think of him? He was supposed to be taking her in to care for her and she would think that he took her in and now wanted to get into her pants!
Dominic went upstairs to his room fell onto his bed and pushed his face into his pillow. He had never been in a situation like this before, he didn't even remotely know what to do. He sighed and tried to push the thoughts of Gracie out of his mind. There was a race that night. He quickly sat up and smiled. The races. The perfect thing to get Gracie off his mind. When he was racing all he could think about was winning. He was free for those few seconds.
Gracie was still sitting at the kitchen table as all of this went through Dom's mind. She got up from her seat and walked up the stairs and stood outside his door. She had to talk to him, this was going to eat away at her soul until she told him. She chickened out just as she was about to knock on the door and ran to her room.
"I vowed I was going to quit this but I guess I just can't..."She said to herself pulling a pack of cigarettes out of a pair of pants. She walked downstairs with the pack and sat on a chair on the back porch. She lit one and took a long drag and closed her eyes. What the hell was wrong with her? She couldn't even just TALK to Dom? She was ashamed of herself and didn't know what to do.
"Wanna share?" She heard Lettys voice say to her and she opened her eyes.
Gracie smiled, handed her a cigarette and lit it for her. The two sat on the porch smoking for a few minutes before either one of them said anything.
"Something bothering you?" Letty asked Gracie.
Gracie shrugged her shoulders and replies "Just the usual shit. In a depressing mood I guess." She was lying threw her teeth and Letty saw it, but she didn't say anything. Gracie had emotional issues that seemed to only work themselves out if she took them into her own hands. She didn't want to interfere with that.
"Alright well if you need to talk, you know where to find me." Letty smiled at her and kissed her on the top of her head. She then walked back into the house.
Gracie smiled. Letty was so good to her. She couldn't believe that she had lived for seven years without her help. She guessed that she had just gotten strong for herself. She put out her cigarette and walked into the house. She was going to face what was bothering her if it was the last thing she did.
She put the cigarettes back into a drawer in her room and brushed her teeth. This was her usual habit. She hated the thought of having smoky breath and having people smell the stench of it coming off of her. Gracie put on some lavendar lotion that Mia had given her and then walked across the hall to Dom's room. She sighed and finally knocked on the door.
Dominic heard the knocking from the inside and called out "Go away Mia, I don't want to talk right now!" assuming that Mia was the one outside the door ready to question him about his behavior.
"Dominic it's Gracie..."he heard the small voice coming from outside the door. She sounded upset.
He slid off his bed and went to the door. When he opened it she was looking straight into his eyes. She had such beautiful eyes. There was so much story in them, they were sad and lonely. You could get lost in them for hours just wondering what her story was.
"What's up?" Dom asked coming out of his daze. She was so damn beautiful. He just wanted to tell her that he loved her and get it over with.
"I need to talk to you." Gracie said pushing past him and going to sit on his bed. Dom closed the door behind them.
"Alrighty what's going on?" Dominic said.
"I'm not going to beat around the bush that's not my style. I'm in love with you Dom. There I said it, I'll leave now." Gracie said getting up and trying to get out of his room as fast as she could. But his massive figure was blocking her way. He looked straight into her eyes. God his eyes were beautiful. They were deep and thoughtful and you knew that something was always running through his mind. She could get lost in them for hours.
"Please don't make this any harder on me than it already was..."Gracie trailed off.
"Gracie." Dominic said looking at her still straight in the eyes. She looked away. What had she done?
"What Dominic, please save it. I'm 15 your 25, it's not going to work out. I know what your going to say. I didn't expect anything else, I just wanted to get it off my chest before it ate me alive." She said looking to the floor trying to figure out how to get past him.
"I thought about you all day. I'm in love with you too." Dominic finally blurted out.
Gracie couldn't believe what she was hearing. The man she loved felt the same? How was this possible?
"You-you do?" Gracie said stammering.
"I do." Dominic said as he wrapped his arms around her and leaned in to kiss her. This time Gracie didn't hesitate. Dominic wasn't Jesse, she loved Dominic. She kissed him and let his tongue slip into her mouth. Gracie knew at this moment she finally had a place in his heart.
He slowly moved his body towards the bed, not stopping kissing her. He eased her onto the bed and continued with what he was doing, his hands slipping up her shirt caressing her stomach and moving upward.
"Stop." Gracie said suddenly. But he didn't stop he didn't hear her. His hands continued to move his hands higher trying to make their way under her bra.
"Stop Dom!" Grace said loud enough for him to hear this time, and he stopped.
"What's wrong?!"he asked her not knowing why she wanted him to stop.
"Save something for later. You got a race tonight, I want you to think of me as the finish line." She said coyly with a taunting tone in her voice.
"You're a bad little girl..." He said smiling.
"You know it baby." She said leaning in to kiss him again.
Chapter5.
Dominic drove home and found a miserable Gracie sitting at the kitchen table. She was redder than the ripest tomatoes he had ever seen. He couldn't help but laugh at her.
She looked up from the table and glared at him "Don't be an asshole."
He immediately stopped laughing and apologized. Even when she bitched at him he loved her. He knew this was wrong. It was so wrong, but what the hell could he do about it? NOTHING. He couldn't be with her, and she wouldn't want to be with him. What on earth would she think of him? He was supposed to be taking her in to care for her and she would think that he took her in and now wanted to get into her pants!
Dominic went upstairs to his room fell onto his bed and pushed his face into his pillow. He had never been in a situation like this before, he didn't even remotely know what to do. He sighed and tried to push the thoughts of Gracie out of his mind. There was a race that night. He quickly sat up and smiled. The races. The perfect thing to get Gracie off his mind. When he was racing all he could think about was winning. He was free for those few seconds.
Gracie was still sitting at the kitchen table as all of this went through Dom's mind. She got up from her seat and walked up the stairs and stood outside his door. She had to talk to him, this was going to eat away at her soul until she told him. She chickened out just as she was about to knock on the door and ran to her room.
"I vowed I was going to quit this but I guess I just can't..."She said to herself pulling a pack of cigarettes out of a pair of pants. She walked downstairs with the pack and sat on a chair on the back porch. She lit one and took a long drag and closed her eyes. What the hell was wrong with her? She couldn't even just TALK to Dom? She was ashamed of herself and didn't know what to do.
"Wanna share?" She heard Lettys voice say to her and she opened her eyes.
Gracie smiled, handed her a cigarette and lit it for her. The two sat on the porch smoking for a few minutes before either one of them said anything.
"Something bothering you?" Letty asked Gracie.
Gracie shrugged her shoulders and replies "Just the usual shit. In a depressing mood I guess." She was lying threw her teeth and Letty saw it, but she didn't say anything. Gracie had emotional issues that seemed to only work themselves out if she took them into her own hands. She didn't want to interfere with that.
"Alright well if you need to talk, you know where to find me." Letty smiled at her and kissed her on the top of her head. She then walked back into the house.
Gracie smiled. Letty was so good to her. She couldn't believe that she had lived for seven years without her help. She guessed that she had just gotten strong for herself. She put out her cigarette and walked into the house. She was going to face what was bothering her if it was the last thing she did.
She put the cigarettes back into a drawer in her room and brushed her teeth. This was her usual habit. She hated the thought of having smoky breath and having people smell the stench of it coming off of her. Gracie put on some lavendar lotion that Mia had given her and then walked across the hall to Dom's room. She sighed and finally knocked on the door.
Dominic heard the knocking from the inside and called out "Go away Mia, I don't want to talk right now!" assuming that Mia was the one outside the door ready to question him about his behavior.
"Dominic it's Gracie..."he heard the small voice coming from outside the door. She sounded upset.
He slid off his bed and went to the door. When he opened it she was looking straight into his eyes. She had such beautiful eyes. There was so much story in them, they were sad and lonely. You could get lost in them for hours just wondering what her story was.
"What's up?" Dom asked coming out of his daze. She was so damn beautiful. He just wanted to tell her that he loved her and get it over with.
"I need to talk to you." Gracie said pushing past him and going to sit on his bed. Dom closed the door behind them.
"Alrighty what's going on?" Dominic said.
"I'm not going to beat around the bush that's not my style. I'm in love with you Dom. There I said it, I'll leave now." Gracie said getting up and trying to get out of his room as fast as she could. But his massive figure was blocking her way. He looked straight into her eyes. God his eyes were beautiful. They were deep and thoughtful and you knew that something was always running through his mind. She could get lost in them for hours.
"Please don't make this any harder on me than it already was..."Gracie trailed off.
"Gracie." Dominic said looking at her still straight in the eyes. She looked away. What had she done?
"What Dominic, please save it. I'm 15 your 25, it's not going to work out. I know what your going to say. I didn't expect anything else, I just wanted to get it off my chest before it ate me alive." She said looking to the floor trying to figure out how to get past him.
"I thought about you all day. I'm in love with you too." Dominic finally blurted out.
Gracie couldn't believe what she was hearing. The man she loved felt the same? How was this possible?
"You-you do?" Gracie said stammering.
"I do." Dominic said as he wrapped his arms around her and leaned in to kiss her. This time Gracie didn't hesitate. Dominic wasn't Jesse, she loved Dominic. She kissed him and let his tongue slip into her mouth. Gracie knew at this moment she finally had a place in his heart.
He slowly moved his body towards the bed, not stopping kissing her. He eased her onto the bed and continued with what he was doing, his hands slipping up her shirt caressing her stomach and moving upward.
"Stop." Gracie said suddenly. But he didn't stop he didn't hear her. His hands continued to move his hands higher trying to make their way under her bra.
"Stop Dom!" Grace said loud enough for him to hear this time, and he stopped.
"What's wrong?!"he asked her not knowing why she wanted him to stop.
"Save something for later. You got a race tonight, I want you to think of me as the finish line." She said coyly with a taunting tone in her voice.
"You're a bad little girl..." He said smiling.
"You know it baby." She said leaning in to kiss him again.