Chapter 15
Leon walks into the kitchen, and sits in the chair that Vince just vacated. Trish smiles warmly at him, and he smiles back.
Dom begins: "Okay, so it's obvious now, that you two are together. I have no problem with that. That's a lie. I have no problem with it other than Trish is like a daughter to me, and this is her first boyfriend, that I have been around to see, and I am trying to deal with all of that, because it' s my shit not your guys. I am just letting you know where I am at, so if I get grumpy or go overboard, that is why, and we will work it out. Leon, I am giving you the same speech I gave Brian, when he started dating Mia. Break her heart and I will break you neck."
Trish's mouth hits the floor; "Dominic Anthony Toretto, don't you dare threaten Leon. That is not at all cool with me. And just why in the hell are you both laughing at me?"
"Trish, its okay, I knew Dom was going to say that to me eventually. Dawg, you got nothing to worry stress. I love Trish and I wouldn't hurt her for anything."
Dom nods at Leon in understanding, and looks over at Trish who is sitting next to them still growling at being laughed at.
"Okay, now I have some things to say. Trish, you are going with Mia tomorrow to either sign up for high school or to get your GED. Those are your only two choices, and I don't want to hear shit about not wanting to go to school. You will do one or the other. So, as soon as classes start, there are going to be some rules that will effect both of you that are not going to be questioned. No skipping school, ever. If you are to sick to go to school, you are to sick to do anything but stay in bed, alone, and do homework. If you have to be taken care of, it will be me or Mia. No coming to the garage, until all of your homework is done, and checked by Mia. You can work at the store, and do homework when its slow, but the garage is off limits. Leon is off limits to you Trish, until you finish your homework. Week nights, or school nights, you are in this house and ready for bed, by 11pm. No racing on school nights. Until you prove to me that your are serious about school, these rules will not change. Basically Trish, I am fixing it so you cant skip class or see Leon, until your school work is done for the day. If you sneak around, and I find out, Leon and you will be done until you have graduated. Get it? Got it? Good!"
Trish is so mad she can't see straight. "Now look Dom, you can't tell me I have to go to school." "I just did Trish."
".and you can't keep me from seeing Leon when I want to."
'Want to bet?"
". and you can't take total control of me like this it is not fair."
"I can, I am and you will do as I say."
Leon finally speaks up: "Trish, stop and listen."
They both stop and look at Leon.
"Honey, I love you. Dom is right. You need to finish school. You can not do anything with out a GED or a high school graduation. I wont stand in your way, and I wont let our relationship get in your way. If Dom hadn't made the rules, I still wouldn't have been around unless you were done with homework. I love you and want you to be everything you want to be, and you need an education to do that."
Trish is fuming by now, totally feeling betrayed by Leon. She is thinking that he is taking Dom's side and she is pissed. Dom and Leon can both see this, and are not sure what to do.
"Fine, DAD one and DAD two. What ever you both decide, is fine. You can both run my life all you want." Trish screams at them.
"Trish, god damn it, your not listening to either one of us." Dom says.
"What is there to listen to, you both already made all of the decisions. I am just the yes girl who has to follow them. Are we through now, I have something to do."
"Patricia Marie Mancini-Toretto. you are seriously pissing me off." Dom tells her in that calm collected voice that mean business.
"Dominic Anthony Toretto, ask me if I fucking care." She tells him in the same voice.
"Trish babe, come on." Leon starts.
"Fuck you to Leon, I am just as pissed off at you, and as for sharing a room with me, I hope for your sake, you can find a couch tonight." Trish tells him as she shoves away from the table and stomps out of the kitchen and into the front room.
She then realizes that the whole team is still sitting there, listening to them talking into the kitchen and she screams; "Don't you people have anything better to do then to ease drop on my personal life? Fuck you all. Accept you Mia. Sorry. But the rest of you fucks should worry about your own bullshit!" She runs up the stairs to her room and slams her bedroom door so hard that everyone in the house jumps.
Jesse is the first to speak: "Damn Vince, she is just like you."
Everyone starts to laugh, accept Vince, including Dom and Leon who just came in from the kitchen.
"Damn Leon, you sure about this whole thing with Trish? I don't know if I would want to date someone so much like Vince." Jesse continues.
"Shut the fuck up Jesse," Vince warns.
"Yeah Jess, please don't let Trish hear you say that right now, she is pissed enough, I don't need any more for tonight brother okay?" Leon begs.
"Alright everybody funs over." Dom says. "Vince, be ready to leave here at 3:30 tomorrow, and dress nice, do not embarrass me in front of Dianna. Mia, Vince and I are meeting with her at 4:00 pm. I need you to take Trish tomorrow and sign her up for school. If she refuses to pick, pull up to the high school as if you are signing her up, she will pick, or you are to sign her up there. Then, go get her some school clothes, and what ever else she is going to need, please. Brian, Jesse, Vince, and I are going to the lumber yard first thing to get supplies. We leave this house at 7 am guys, be ready and no bullshit. Leon, you have until we get back to straighten out this shit with Trish, in case you end up sleeping on the couch tonight."
All of the guys start to laugh under the breaths, and Leon looks pissed when Dom says: "I wouldn't laugh any of you, I know for a fact each one of you have slept there with out wanting to, and be grateful it ain't you tonight." Everyone shuts up. "Letty, you wanted to talk to me, do you still?" Dom asks her hoping she does.
"Well, yeah, but I know it's been a rough night for you, do you still want to talk?" she ask him. Dom lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding; "Yeah, I do." He smiles at her and hold out his hand to her. Letty smiles and takes his hand, and they walk upstairs to his room.
Vince and Jesse agree to watch an action movie, while Brian agrees to help Mia finish cleaning the kitchen.
Leon looks up the stair, trying to decide if he should try to talk to Trish, or just let her be.
Mia comes up behind him, and whispers: "If it was me at that age, and you didn't try to talk to me, I would be even madder, and hurt too."
Leon turns around and gives Mia a hug, and says to her "thanks sis," just before taking the stairs two at a time.
Damn this has been a long ass day he thinks, and it could be an even longer damn night.
Leon walks into the kitchen, and sits in the chair that Vince just vacated. Trish smiles warmly at him, and he smiles back.
Dom begins: "Okay, so it's obvious now, that you two are together. I have no problem with that. That's a lie. I have no problem with it other than Trish is like a daughter to me, and this is her first boyfriend, that I have been around to see, and I am trying to deal with all of that, because it' s my shit not your guys. I am just letting you know where I am at, so if I get grumpy or go overboard, that is why, and we will work it out. Leon, I am giving you the same speech I gave Brian, when he started dating Mia. Break her heart and I will break you neck."
Trish's mouth hits the floor; "Dominic Anthony Toretto, don't you dare threaten Leon. That is not at all cool with me. And just why in the hell are you both laughing at me?"
"Trish, its okay, I knew Dom was going to say that to me eventually. Dawg, you got nothing to worry stress. I love Trish and I wouldn't hurt her for anything."
Dom nods at Leon in understanding, and looks over at Trish who is sitting next to them still growling at being laughed at.
"Okay, now I have some things to say. Trish, you are going with Mia tomorrow to either sign up for high school or to get your GED. Those are your only two choices, and I don't want to hear shit about not wanting to go to school. You will do one or the other. So, as soon as classes start, there are going to be some rules that will effect both of you that are not going to be questioned. No skipping school, ever. If you are to sick to go to school, you are to sick to do anything but stay in bed, alone, and do homework. If you have to be taken care of, it will be me or Mia. No coming to the garage, until all of your homework is done, and checked by Mia. You can work at the store, and do homework when its slow, but the garage is off limits. Leon is off limits to you Trish, until you finish your homework. Week nights, or school nights, you are in this house and ready for bed, by 11pm. No racing on school nights. Until you prove to me that your are serious about school, these rules will not change. Basically Trish, I am fixing it so you cant skip class or see Leon, until your school work is done for the day. If you sneak around, and I find out, Leon and you will be done until you have graduated. Get it? Got it? Good!"
Trish is so mad she can't see straight. "Now look Dom, you can't tell me I have to go to school." "I just did Trish."
".and you can't keep me from seeing Leon when I want to."
'Want to bet?"
". and you can't take total control of me like this it is not fair."
"I can, I am and you will do as I say."
Leon finally speaks up: "Trish, stop and listen."
They both stop and look at Leon.
"Honey, I love you. Dom is right. You need to finish school. You can not do anything with out a GED or a high school graduation. I wont stand in your way, and I wont let our relationship get in your way. If Dom hadn't made the rules, I still wouldn't have been around unless you were done with homework. I love you and want you to be everything you want to be, and you need an education to do that."
Trish is fuming by now, totally feeling betrayed by Leon. She is thinking that he is taking Dom's side and she is pissed. Dom and Leon can both see this, and are not sure what to do.
"Fine, DAD one and DAD two. What ever you both decide, is fine. You can both run my life all you want." Trish screams at them.
"Trish, god damn it, your not listening to either one of us." Dom says.
"What is there to listen to, you both already made all of the decisions. I am just the yes girl who has to follow them. Are we through now, I have something to do."
"Patricia Marie Mancini-Toretto. you are seriously pissing me off." Dom tells her in that calm collected voice that mean business.
"Dominic Anthony Toretto, ask me if I fucking care." She tells him in the same voice.
"Trish babe, come on." Leon starts.
"Fuck you to Leon, I am just as pissed off at you, and as for sharing a room with me, I hope for your sake, you can find a couch tonight." Trish tells him as she shoves away from the table and stomps out of the kitchen and into the front room.
She then realizes that the whole team is still sitting there, listening to them talking into the kitchen and she screams; "Don't you people have anything better to do then to ease drop on my personal life? Fuck you all. Accept you Mia. Sorry. But the rest of you fucks should worry about your own bullshit!" She runs up the stairs to her room and slams her bedroom door so hard that everyone in the house jumps.
Jesse is the first to speak: "Damn Vince, she is just like you."
Everyone starts to laugh, accept Vince, including Dom and Leon who just came in from the kitchen.
"Damn Leon, you sure about this whole thing with Trish? I don't know if I would want to date someone so much like Vince." Jesse continues.
"Shut the fuck up Jesse," Vince warns.
"Yeah Jess, please don't let Trish hear you say that right now, she is pissed enough, I don't need any more for tonight brother okay?" Leon begs.
"Alright everybody funs over." Dom says. "Vince, be ready to leave here at 3:30 tomorrow, and dress nice, do not embarrass me in front of Dianna. Mia, Vince and I are meeting with her at 4:00 pm. I need you to take Trish tomorrow and sign her up for school. If she refuses to pick, pull up to the high school as if you are signing her up, she will pick, or you are to sign her up there. Then, go get her some school clothes, and what ever else she is going to need, please. Brian, Jesse, Vince, and I are going to the lumber yard first thing to get supplies. We leave this house at 7 am guys, be ready and no bullshit. Leon, you have until we get back to straighten out this shit with Trish, in case you end up sleeping on the couch tonight."
All of the guys start to laugh under the breaths, and Leon looks pissed when Dom says: "I wouldn't laugh any of you, I know for a fact each one of you have slept there with out wanting to, and be grateful it ain't you tonight." Everyone shuts up. "Letty, you wanted to talk to me, do you still?" Dom asks her hoping she does.
"Well, yeah, but I know it's been a rough night for you, do you still want to talk?" she ask him. Dom lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding; "Yeah, I do." He smiles at her and hold out his hand to her. Letty smiles and takes his hand, and they walk upstairs to his room.
Vince and Jesse agree to watch an action movie, while Brian agrees to help Mia finish cleaning the kitchen.
Leon looks up the stair, trying to decide if he should try to talk to Trish, or just let her be.
Mia comes up behind him, and whispers: "If it was me at that age, and you didn't try to talk to me, I would be even madder, and hurt too."
Leon turns around and gives Mia a hug, and says to her "thanks sis," just before taking the stairs two at a time.
Damn this has been a long ass day he thinks, and it could be an even longer damn night.