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Chapter9.
Gracie fell asleep with her head resting on his thigh. She apparently slept when she got bored. Dominic didn't mind, he loved when she was awake, he could talk to her about anything or just sit in silence and have it be alright. But he loved it when she was asleep to. Her face was a paradox. This poor girl had gone through so much in 15 years, but you couldn't tell that when she was asleep at all. She was so peaceful; it was like her mind drifted to another world where she had no problems. Dominic desperately wanted to know what went through her mind when she slept. He stroked her face and she woke up and looked straight into his eyes. They were scared. Every time he woke her up she looked scared.
"I'm sorry." Dominic said.
"It's ok." She said smiling, kissing his cheek and sitting back up in the passenger's side.
"What do you dream about?" he asked her thoughtfully. He wanted to know why she always looked scared out of her mind when he woke her up.
She didn't answer him, but he knew he heard her.
"I thought you could tell me everything." He said softly.
"I can Dom, I love you and I can, but you don't want to know about this." She said looking out her window.
"But I do." He said looking at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Since you and I got together, I always have a nightmare about you leaving me." She said still looking out her window.
"I would never leave you. I love you Gracie." He said with a whining tone in his voice.
"Your not leaving because you want to, you're being taken away from me. Your either being shot and you die in my arms, or the police are coming to arrest you for statutory rape." She said whimpering.
He couldn't believe she was so scared of him being away from her. He sat in silence and listened to her as she continued.
"Most of the time you're being shot though. I always run over to you and hold you crying and your crying too. Your blood is everywhere and your holding a necklace in your hand that you're trying to give to me. I never get to the part of the dream where I figure out what the necklace is. You always wake me up." She said.
"What about when the police are taking me away?" he asked her.
"You're trying to give me a necklace. I never find out what it is, you always end up waking me up." She said.
Dominic was confused. He didn't understand what the necklace had to do with anything but he just assumed that he was trying to give her something to remember her by.
"I'm sorry baby." He said softly.
"Don't be it's not your fault that I have nightmares." She said not taking her eyes off the window. He could tell that this dream really bothered her, and he almost wished he hadn't asked. It was starting to bother him too. He shook it off and in a few hours he forgot about it and so did she. She went back to sleep and he woke her up again but she didn't have the nightmare. It was like telling him about it kept her from having it again.
Before they knew it they were pulling back into the driveway that they had left the day before. The team was in the kitchen waiting for them and as soon as Gracie stepped out of the car they ran out to her. Letty and Mia wrapped their arms around her and Vince, Leon and Jesse wouldn't let Dominic anywhere near her.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Dominic asked them angrily. Gracie was trying to get out of Letty and Mia's grasp and get to him.
"Look Dominic, you need to leave." Mia said to him.
He couldn't believe that his own flesh and blood, his sister was telling him to leave the house they had grown up in together. He had taken care of her since their parents died and now she was telling him to leave? He looked at her with scornful eyes.
"I don't understand..."he said. And he really didn't, he had explained to the team. They loved him! Why where they doing this to him?
"Your 25 years old! She's 15! You can't honestly think that she really loves you!" Mia screamed at him.
But Dominic KNEW that Gracie loved him. He looked to Gracie. She promised they wouldn't let them do this. Gracie finally got lose from Mia and Letty and ran towards Dom but Leon caught her and wouldn't let her go.
"Let me go Leon! Please I love him! Don't make him leave! I need him!" she was crying. Leon, Vince and Jesse all had a grip on her this time she was fiercely fighting them but the more she tried to get lose, the tighter the held onto her. She was becoming exhausted from fighting them. Dominic just stood there with his mouth open looking at them.
"Look what you're doing to her!" Dominic screamed at all of them finally. He couldn't bear to see Gracie squirming in their arms when he just wanted to hold her.
"This is for her own good!" Letty screamed back
"Mia! You told me about Brian! Don't you think that you would have still fallen in love with him even if he was 10 years older than you and you were my age?!" Gracie cried to Mia.
Mia was silent. She knew Gracie was right. She still loved Brian and as far as she was concerned age wouldn't have mattered even if it were an issue to anyone else. Mia would love him anyway.
"Let her go." Mia said softly. But the boys couldn't hear her.
"LET HER GO!" Mia screamed louder. The guys turned around and looked at her but gently put Gracie down and she ran straight into Dominic's and collapsed into them. She looked at all of them her eyes fully of sadness. She couldn't believe what they had just done to her. Dominic pressed his lips to the top of her head. He had the same look on his face as he did when Jesse was shot. He was absolutely terrified and looked as if he thought he was going to lose her forever. The team knew from seeing them like this that they were in love with each other and age didn't matter to either one of them.
"I'm sorry baby." He whispered into her neck. The team slowly made their way back into the house. They had only meant the best for Gracie, but apparently what they thought was best for her wasn't the best.
"I told you I wouldn't let them take you away from me." Gracie said so softly you could barely hear her. She had promised and she came through with that promise. She wasn't going to lose anyone from her life again. Dominic couldn't believe that someone her age was capable of protecting him, but he loved her even more.
"What do we do now?" she asked him
"We go home." He said heading towards the house. He wouldn't even look at team. They were all ashamed and they couldn't look at him either. Gracie sat down at the table and pretended as if nothing had just happened. She knew they would learn that way.
Finally Mia spoke. "I'm so sorry Gracie." She said
"Me too." Chimed in everyone else at the same time making them laugh. It was going to be alright. The team was going to let them be together, even if they didn't really understand. They were going to let them be together.
Dominic couldn't believe how much bullshit the team had just put him through. He couldn't help it if he loved Gracie. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her! He knew that she was the one he was going to marry but he would have to wait until she was 18. At least the team finally realized that they had to be together and they were going to allow it. But he couldn't believe that they had just treated him like some kind of sick criminal who had a thing for little girls. He didn't come down for dinner that night and the team all understood why.
He fell asleep on his bed and woke up when he found Gracie sitting on top of him smiling. He couldn't help but smile back at her.
"Come on big guy!" she said grabbing his hand and dragging him downstairs. The rest of the team was asleep. Gracie went out the back door with him pulled him into the hammock with her. She point up at the sky. There was a meteor shower that night! It was beautiful, and there was no one he would have rather watched it with than her. Gracie lay on top of him and watched the sky. He sang the song that she had written for him to her. She smiled.
"Gracie?" he asked her
"Yes?" she replied.
"I love you." He said sternly.
"I love you to." Gracie answered starting to fall asleep.
He kissed the top of her head and fell asleep He wanted to stay like that forever.
Chapter9.
Gracie fell asleep with her head resting on his thigh. She apparently slept when she got bored. Dominic didn't mind, he loved when she was awake, he could talk to her about anything or just sit in silence and have it be alright. But he loved it when she was asleep to. Her face was a paradox. This poor girl had gone through so much in 15 years, but you couldn't tell that when she was asleep at all. She was so peaceful; it was like her mind drifted to another world where she had no problems. Dominic desperately wanted to know what went through her mind when she slept. He stroked her face and she woke up and looked straight into his eyes. They were scared. Every time he woke her up she looked scared.
"I'm sorry." Dominic said.
"It's ok." She said smiling, kissing his cheek and sitting back up in the passenger's side.
"What do you dream about?" he asked her thoughtfully. He wanted to know why she always looked scared out of her mind when he woke her up.
She didn't answer him, but he knew he heard her.
"I thought you could tell me everything." He said softly.
"I can Dom, I love you and I can, but you don't want to know about this." She said looking out her window.
"But I do." He said looking at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Since you and I got together, I always have a nightmare about you leaving me." She said still looking out her window.
"I would never leave you. I love you Gracie." He said with a whining tone in his voice.
"Your not leaving because you want to, you're being taken away from me. Your either being shot and you die in my arms, or the police are coming to arrest you for statutory rape." She said whimpering.
He couldn't believe she was so scared of him being away from her. He sat in silence and listened to her as she continued.
"Most of the time you're being shot though. I always run over to you and hold you crying and your crying too. Your blood is everywhere and your holding a necklace in your hand that you're trying to give to me. I never get to the part of the dream where I figure out what the necklace is. You always wake me up." She said.
"What about when the police are taking me away?" he asked her.
"You're trying to give me a necklace. I never find out what it is, you always end up waking me up." She said.
Dominic was confused. He didn't understand what the necklace had to do with anything but he just assumed that he was trying to give her something to remember her by.
"I'm sorry baby." He said softly.
"Don't be it's not your fault that I have nightmares." She said not taking her eyes off the window. He could tell that this dream really bothered her, and he almost wished he hadn't asked. It was starting to bother him too. He shook it off and in a few hours he forgot about it and so did she. She went back to sleep and he woke her up again but she didn't have the nightmare. It was like telling him about it kept her from having it again.
Before they knew it they were pulling back into the driveway that they had left the day before. The team was in the kitchen waiting for them and as soon as Gracie stepped out of the car they ran out to her. Letty and Mia wrapped their arms around her and Vince, Leon and Jesse wouldn't let Dominic anywhere near her.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Dominic asked them angrily. Gracie was trying to get out of Letty and Mia's grasp and get to him.
"Look Dominic, you need to leave." Mia said to him.
He couldn't believe that his own flesh and blood, his sister was telling him to leave the house they had grown up in together. He had taken care of her since their parents died and now she was telling him to leave? He looked at her with scornful eyes.
"I don't understand..."he said. And he really didn't, he had explained to the team. They loved him! Why where they doing this to him?
"Your 25 years old! She's 15! You can't honestly think that she really loves you!" Mia screamed at him.
But Dominic KNEW that Gracie loved him. He looked to Gracie. She promised they wouldn't let them do this. Gracie finally got lose from Mia and Letty and ran towards Dom but Leon caught her and wouldn't let her go.
"Let me go Leon! Please I love him! Don't make him leave! I need him!" she was crying. Leon, Vince and Jesse all had a grip on her this time she was fiercely fighting them but the more she tried to get lose, the tighter the held onto her. She was becoming exhausted from fighting them. Dominic just stood there with his mouth open looking at them.
"Look what you're doing to her!" Dominic screamed at all of them finally. He couldn't bear to see Gracie squirming in their arms when he just wanted to hold her.
"This is for her own good!" Letty screamed back
"Mia! You told me about Brian! Don't you think that you would have still fallen in love with him even if he was 10 years older than you and you were my age?!" Gracie cried to Mia.
Mia was silent. She knew Gracie was right. She still loved Brian and as far as she was concerned age wouldn't have mattered even if it were an issue to anyone else. Mia would love him anyway.
"Let her go." Mia said softly. But the boys couldn't hear her.
"LET HER GO!" Mia screamed louder. The guys turned around and looked at her but gently put Gracie down and she ran straight into Dominic's and collapsed into them. She looked at all of them her eyes fully of sadness. She couldn't believe what they had just done to her. Dominic pressed his lips to the top of her head. He had the same look on his face as he did when Jesse was shot. He was absolutely terrified and looked as if he thought he was going to lose her forever. The team knew from seeing them like this that they were in love with each other and age didn't matter to either one of them.
"I'm sorry baby." He whispered into her neck. The team slowly made their way back into the house. They had only meant the best for Gracie, but apparently what they thought was best for her wasn't the best.
"I told you I wouldn't let them take you away from me." Gracie said so softly you could barely hear her. She had promised and she came through with that promise. She wasn't going to lose anyone from her life again. Dominic couldn't believe that someone her age was capable of protecting him, but he loved her even more.
"What do we do now?" she asked him
"We go home." He said heading towards the house. He wouldn't even look at team. They were all ashamed and they couldn't look at him either. Gracie sat down at the table and pretended as if nothing had just happened. She knew they would learn that way.
Finally Mia spoke. "I'm so sorry Gracie." She said
"Me too." Chimed in everyone else at the same time making them laugh. It was going to be alright. The team was going to let them be together, even if they didn't really understand. They were going to let them be together.
Dominic couldn't believe how much bullshit the team had just put him through. He couldn't help it if he loved Gracie. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her! He knew that she was the one he was going to marry but he would have to wait until she was 18. At least the team finally realized that they had to be together and they were going to allow it. But he couldn't believe that they had just treated him like some kind of sick criminal who had a thing for little girls. He didn't come down for dinner that night and the team all understood why.
He fell asleep on his bed and woke up when he found Gracie sitting on top of him smiling. He couldn't help but smile back at her.
"Come on big guy!" she said grabbing his hand and dragging him downstairs. The rest of the team was asleep. Gracie went out the back door with him pulled him into the hammock with her. She point up at the sky. There was a meteor shower that night! It was beautiful, and there was no one he would have rather watched it with than her. Gracie lay on top of him and watched the sky. He sang the song that she had written for him to her. She smiled.
"Gracie?" he asked her
"Yes?" she replied.
"I love you." He said sternly.
"I love you to." Gracie answered starting to fall asleep.
He kissed the top of her head and fell asleep He wanted to stay like that forever.