TITLE: Running CHAPTER 11 of many chapters
AUTHOR: Daaasl
RATING: R for violence
DISCLAIMER: The characters of Dominic, Leon, Vincent, Mia, Brian, Jessie
and Letty belong the film company. All the other characters are mine all
mine, though. Any copyright infringement is unintended.
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The music was bumping. I felt the bass in my bones as I sat on the couch drinking my wine. As the night moved on, I went from sipping my wine from a glass, to downing it right out of the bottle. Hey. I bought expensive wine and I wasn't about to let it go to waste. I finished off the first bottle fast. I hadn't eaten anything since lunch and the alcohol hit me like a ton of bricks. I felt no pain and that was good. What a wonderful feeling, to have no discomfort, after weeks of constant pain and sore aches! The tension in my back and thighs eased up and I began to relax. I felt like I was in my own little world, casually watching and enjoying life around me. I didn't want the feeling to end. I pulled myself up off the couch, and slowly staggered through the crowd into the kitchen, in search of more relief. I searched the contents of the fridge until I found half a bottle of the wine from dinner the night before. Just as I was pulling my new found friend out of the cold fridge, I felt an arm encompass my waist and pull me tight against a body. I pushed my ass back into the bend of his body, slowly turning around to see Leon's reaction. But when I turned around, the sight in front of me was not at all what I was expecting.
"Mmmmm. Do that again baby" a drunken Hispanic guy slurred as he pulled me in tighter.
"Sorry! "I thought you were somebody else!" I said, trying to pry myself out of his grip.
"Don't stop now." he cooed , as he ran his arms down my back and grabbed my ass.
"HEY! Knock it off!" I demanded, still trying to get loose from his grip
"Aw, baby don't be like that." He nuzzled his face into my neck and started to run his hands up underneath my shirt. I knew there was no way I could get out of his grip. He was much bigger and stronger then I was. I did the only thing I could think of to make him stop. I slapped him hard across his face to get his attention.
"BITCH!!" he hollered, as he let me go. Within a split second he had thrown me across the floor with one hard punch to the face. I scurried backwards on my hands and heels, trying to get away from him. Flashes of Anthony exploded in my consciousness, as I tried to stand up. Another hard blow sent me to the floor again. I looked up at my attacker, praying that I would outlive this. His hand was cocked back and ready to strike again, when he was suddenly pulled backwards and slammed into the refrigerator. Leon had the guy by the throat .
"What the fuck are you doing!?" he spat into the kid's face. I felt two arms slide under mine and lift me. I looked behind me to see Vince. I wanted to say something, but I was gagging on my own blood that was quickly filling my mouth. Out of sheer reaction I spat the blood on the kitchen floor.
The Hispanic kid wasn't about to back off.
"Since when do you care about the whores in here?"
I wanted to tell Leon, it was ok and that I was fine, but Leon was deaf and blind to the world. Vince was pulling me out of the kitchen when Leon punched the Spanish kid so hard his head snapped back and hit the fridge. Leon hit the kid again, and again. I saw rage in his eyes; a determination to do nothing but cause this kid pain. I struggled with Vince, trying to pull myself out of his grip.
"LEON! STOP IT! YOUR'E GOING TO KILL HIM!!" Nothing I said was helping the situation. My yell rose over the music and caught Dom's attention. He rushed past Vince and I to pull Leon off the kid, who was now on the floor bloodied and bruised. Leon was kicking him and stomping him. Sweat poured from his face. Dom grabbed Leon's arms, pulling him off the kid and finally getting him under control.
"Get the FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Leon barked as he got in one last kick before Dom pulled him out of the kitchen. Suddenly the music cut off.
"EVERYBODY OUT!" Dom's voice boomed over the entire household. People began scrambling to gather all their belongings and get out of Dom's way before he let loose on anyone. Mia and Letty had come in during the commotion and ran right over to me. Vince left me in their care and went to Leon, trying to calm him down. I was crying hard. Everything had happened so fast and I felt sick to my stomach.
"What the fuck happened here?" Dom barked out to the team. Leon, whose rage hadn't subsided, answered for the both of us. "Look at her fucking face!" he bellowed. Mia ran to the freezer to get some ice, and Letty went to the sink. Jesse and Brian walked in just in time to see me spit out another mouthful of blood.
"Girl you a'ight?" Letty asked, wiping the blood off my face. I couldn't catch my breath. I was so worked up that I was hyperventilating. I just nodded and tried to calm myself down. "How bad is it?" Dom asked, quieting his tone. "I don't know yet Dom. We'll take care of her." Mia said, shooing the guys out of the kitchen.
"FUCK! I'm going to go clean up." Leon said, as he stormed up the stairs.
******************* Dom and Leon in the bathroom ********************
"Now tell me what really happened." Dom quietly demanded as Leon was rinsing the blood off his knuckles.
"I caught him hitting Sarah, so I pulled him off. He wouldn't just leave well enough alone. He asked for it Dawg." Dom just nodded and watched Leon in the mirror as he tried to calm himself down.
"Leon, you falling for Sarah?"
"Don't start that shit Dom."
"I'm just saying, you don't usually fight for females like that."
"I don't defend skanks and whores. Sarah is -- different, she's one of us."
"Is she?"
"She's part of me Dom." Leon asserted, as he dried off his hands and walked past Dom and down the hall to his room.
******* Back in the kitchen with Sarah, Mia and Letty ********
"You got a split lip, a few cuts, and you are going to have a nasty shiner for the next week, but you'll be fine." Mia said, wiping away the last traces of blood from my chin. Letty returned from the sink with another ice pack. She tossed it onto the table and flopped down in a huff.
"What is it with guys hitting girls?" she asked, not directing the question to anyone in particular.
"It makes them feel powerful and in control." I answered, not realizing how expert I sounded on the subject. Letty looked at me with confusion in her eyes, but before she could say anything, Vince and Jesse walked back into the kitchen.
"You gonna live?" V asked, as he lightly ran his hand over my head before going to the fridge for another Corona.
"Yeah, I'll be fine."
"Mia, you want me to uh.clean that ?" Jesse said, pointing to the various pools of blood that the Hispanic kid and I had left behind.
"Please Jess." Mia said, putting a bandage over my eyebrow.
Everyone around me was so intent on making sure I was ok, and all I wanted to do was crawl under a rock and die. I felt horrible. How could I have managed to ruin the party like that? It was my own damn fault. I should have been more careful. But I wanted to be big shot and drink myself into oblivion. Now I was fighting an inner battle to sober up and I was losing miserably. My head was still spinning and I was in worse condition then when I had started. I rested my elbows on the table and hung my head in my hands. I let out a heavy sigh.
"Sorry I ruined the party." I said to the floor, not able to look up and face any of them.
"You didn't ruin anything." I heard Dom say as he entered the kitchen. "Nasty shiner your gonna have."
"I've dealt with worse." I shrugged off, as if the split lip was nothing. DAMNIT! That was the second time I'd slipped. No more wine for me.
Slowly, one by one, everyone left the kitchen, giving different excuses each time. That left me and Dom sitting across from each other at the table.
"You sure you're all right?" Dom asked. He sounded genuinely concerned. I just nodded. I still felt horribly embarrassed and drunk.
"Is Leon-?"
"He's fine. He'll be down in a second." Again all I could do was nod. But I needed to apologize, especially to Dom. It was his house and I just made a mess out of myself, the house, and ruined the party.
"Dom, I'm.I'm sorry, It all happened so fast, I-"
"From what I heard, the asshole deserved it." I faked a smile before the tears swelled up again at the sight of Leon standing in the doorway.
"Are you o.k.?" we both asked each other in unison. I had to laugh at that, even though I only managed a swift exhalation. Dom just winked at me and left the kitchen. Leon took Dom's place across from me. He took my chin in his hand and turned my face from side to side to see the injuries.
"Bastard." he whispered. I took Leon's hand and saw the damage to his knuckles and fingers.
"Oh Jesus!" I said and bolted up to grab an icepack for his hands. His knuckles were raw, and both hands were swollen. I returned to the table and held his hands with the ice over them. I just shook my head and tears welled up in my eyes.
"I'm so sorry Leon. It's all my fault."
"Don't you dare say that Sarah! That kid was an asshole and deserved it. Maybe next time he'll think twice before putting his hands all over a female." He pulled one of his hands out of mine to tuck a stray lock of hair behind my ear. I smiled softly, swaying slightly in my chair.
"You ok?" he asked, concerned.
"I'm still drunk as hell." I said, trying to keep my composure.
"C'mon. You need some rest anyway." Leon led me carefully up the stairs and into his room. As soon as he closed the door, I pulled him in close to me and kissed him, split lip and all. It hurt like hell, but I didn't care. I felt I owed Leon at least that much, for everything he had done for me. I began running my hands up and down his chest, pulling him in closer for more passionate kisses. At first Leon responded to me, holding me tight. But then, he pushed himself away from me, and held me at arms length.
"Sarah, what are you doing?" he asked, catching his breath. "I thought this was what you wanted." I said, looking at him confused. I swayed in his grasp. He just stared at me for a minute.
"No. Not like this Sarah." Leon let go of my arms, turned slowly and walked towards the door. I just stood there, dumbfounded. I didn't understand what was going on and couldn't think straight enough to question the situation. Leon was halfway at the door before he turned around.
"Get some rest Sarah." he said, and then shut the door behind him quietly. How dare he! I couldn't believe I finally give in to my attraction to him and he pushes me aside!
I tore off the cat suit, threw on a tee shirt, climbed into the bed, and cried. My hot tears burned in my fresh wounds. Soon, I was too exhausted to cry anymore, and finally succumbed to sleep.
The music was bumping. I felt the bass in my bones as I sat on the couch drinking my wine. As the night moved on, I went from sipping my wine from a glass, to downing it right out of the bottle. Hey. I bought expensive wine and I wasn't about to let it go to waste. I finished off the first bottle fast. I hadn't eaten anything since lunch and the alcohol hit me like a ton of bricks. I felt no pain and that was good. What a wonderful feeling, to have no discomfort, after weeks of constant pain and sore aches! The tension in my back and thighs eased up and I began to relax. I felt like I was in my own little world, casually watching and enjoying life around me. I didn't want the feeling to end. I pulled myself up off the couch, and slowly staggered through the crowd into the kitchen, in search of more relief. I searched the contents of the fridge until I found half a bottle of the wine from dinner the night before. Just as I was pulling my new found friend out of the cold fridge, I felt an arm encompass my waist and pull me tight against a body. I pushed my ass back into the bend of his body, slowly turning around to see Leon's reaction. But when I turned around, the sight in front of me was not at all what I was expecting.
"Mmmmm. Do that again baby" a drunken Hispanic guy slurred as he pulled me in tighter.
"Sorry! "I thought you were somebody else!" I said, trying to pry myself out of his grip.
"Don't stop now." he cooed , as he ran his arms down my back and grabbed my ass.
"HEY! Knock it off!" I demanded, still trying to get loose from his grip
"Aw, baby don't be like that." He nuzzled his face into my neck and started to run his hands up underneath my shirt. I knew there was no way I could get out of his grip. He was much bigger and stronger then I was. I did the only thing I could think of to make him stop. I slapped him hard across his face to get his attention.
"BITCH!!" he hollered, as he let me go. Within a split second he had thrown me across the floor with one hard punch to the face. I scurried backwards on my hands and heels, trying to get away from him. Flashes of Anthony exploded in my consciousness, as I tried to stand up. Another hard blow sent me to the floor again. I looked up at my attacker, praying that I would outlive this. His hand was cocked back and ready to strike again, when he was suddenly pulled backwards and slammed into the refrigerator. Leon had the guy by the throat .
"What the fuck are you doing!?" he spat into the kid's face. I felt two arms slide under mine and lift me. I looked behind me to see Vince. I wanted to say something, but I was gagging on my own blood that was quickly filling my mouth. Out of sheer reaction I spat the blood on the kitchen floor.
The Hispanic kid wasn't about to back off.
"Since when do you care about the whores in here?"
I wanted to tell Leon, it was ok and that I was fine, but Leon was deaf and blind to the world. Vince was pulling me out of the kitchen when Leon punched the Spanish kid so hard his head snapped back and hit the fridge. Leon hit the kid again, and again. I saw rage in his eyes; a determination to do nothing but cause this kid pain. I struggled with Vince, trying to pull myself out of his grip.
"LEON! STOP IT! YOUR'E GOING TO KILL HIM!!" Nothing I said was helping the situation. My yell rose over the music and caught Dom's attention. He rushed past Vince and I to pull Leon off the kid, who was now on the floor bloodied and bruised. Leon was kicking him and stomping him. Sweat poured from his face. Dom grabbed Leon's arms, pulling him off the kid and finally getting him under control.
"Get the FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Leon barked as he got in one last kick before Dom pulled him out of the kitchen. Suddenly the music cut off.
"EVERYBODY OUT!" Dom's voice boomed over the entire household. People began scrambling to gather all their belongings and get out of Dom's way before he let loose on anyone. Mia and Letty had come in during the commotion and ran right over to me. Vince left me in their care and went to Leon, trying to calm him down. I was crying hard. Everything had happened so fast and I felt sick to my stomach.
"What the fuck happened here?" Dom barked out to the team. Leon, whose rage hadn't subsided, answered for the both of us. "Look at her fucking face!" he bellowed. Mia ran to the freezer to get some ice, and Letty went to the sink. Jesse and Brian walked in just in time to see me spit out another mouthful of blood.
"Girl you a'ight?" Letty asked, wiping the blood off my face. I couldn't catch my breath. I was so worked up that I was hyperventilating. I just nodded and tried to calm myself down. "How bad is it?" Dom asked, quieting his tone. "I don't know yet Dom. We'll take care of her." Mia said, shooing the guys out of the kitchen.
"FUCK! I'm going to go clean up." Leon said, as he stormed up the stairs.
******************* Dom and Leon in the bathroom ********************
"Now tell me what really happened." Dom quietly demanded as Leon was rinsing the blood off his knuckles.
"I caught him hitting Sarah, so I pulled him off. He wouldn't just leave well enough alone. He asked for it Dawg." Dom just nodded and watched Leon in the mirror as he tried to calm himself down.
"Leon, you falling for Sarah?"
"Don't start that shit Dom."
"I'm just saying, you don't usually fight for females like that."
"I don't defend skanks and whores. Sarah is -- different, she's one of us."
"Is she?"
"She's part of me Dom." Leon asserted, as he dried off his hands and walked past Dom and down the hall to his room.
******* Back in the kitchen with Sarah, Mia and Letty ********
"You got a split lip, a few cuts, and you are going to have a nasty shiner for the next week, but you'll be fine." Mia said, wiping away the last traces of blood from my chin. Letty returned from the sink with another ice pack. She tossed it onto the table and flopped down in a huff.
"What is it with guys hitting girls?" she asked, not directing the question to anyone in particular.
"It makes them feel powerful and in control." I answered, not realizing how expert I sounded on the subject. Letty looked at me with confusion in her eyes, but before she could say anything, Vince and Jesse walked back into the kitchen.
"You gonna live?" V asked, as he lightly ran his hand over my head before going to the fridge for another Corona.
"Yeah, I'll be fine."
"Mia, you want me to uh.clean that ?" Jesse said, pointing to the various pools of blood that the Hispanic kid and I had left behind.
"Please Jess." Mia said, putting a bandage over my eyebrow.
Everyone around me was so intent on making sure I was ok, and all I wanted to do was crawl under a rock and die. I felt horrible. How could I have managed to ruin the party like that? It was my own damn fault. I should have been more careful. But I wanted to be big shot and drink myself into oblivion. Now I was fighting an inner battle to sober up and I was losing miserably. My head was still spinning and I was in worse condition then when I had started. I rested my elbows on the table and hung my head in my hands. I let out a heavy sigh.
"Sorry I ruined the party." I said to the floor, not able to look up and face any of them.
"You didn't ruin anything." I heard Dom say as he entered the kitchen. "Nasty shiner your gonna have."
"I've dealt with worse." I shrugged off, as if the split lip was nothing. DAMNIT! That was the second time I'd slipped. No more wine for me.
Slowly, one by one, everyone left the kitchen, giving different excuses each time. That left me and Dom sitting across from each other at the table.
"You sure you're all right?" Dom asked. He sounded genuinely concerned. I just nodded. I still felt horribly embarrassed and drunk.
"Is Leon-?"
"He's fine. He'll be down in a second." Again all I could do was nod. But I needed to apologize, especially to Dom. It was his house and I just made a mess out of myself, the house, and ruined the party.
"Dom, I'm.I'm sorry, It all happened so fast, I-"
"From what I heard, the asshole deserved it." I faked a smile before the tears swelled up again at the sight of Leon standing in the doorway.
"Are you o.k.?" we both asked each other in unison. I had to laugh at that, even though I only managed a swift exhalation. Dom just winked at me and left the kitchen. Leon took Dom's place across from me. He took my chin in his hand and turned my face from side to side to see the injuries.
"Bastard." he whispered. I took Leon's hand and saw the damage to his knuckles and fingers.
"Oh Jesus!" I said and bolted up to grab an icepack for his hands. His knuckles were raw, and both hands were swollen. I returned to the table and held his hands with the ice over them. I just shook my head and tears welled up in my eyes.
"I'm so sorry Leon. It's all my fault."
"Don't you dare say that Sarah! That kid was an asshole and deserved it. Maybe next time he'll think twice before putting his hands all over a female." He pulled one of his hands out of mine to tuck a stray lock of hair behind my ear. I smiled softly, swaying slightly in my chair.
"You ok?" he asked, concerned.
"I'm still drunk as hell." I said, trying to keep my composure.
"C'mon. You need some rest anyway." Leon led me carefully up the stairs and into his room. As soon as he closed the door, I pulled him in close to me and kissed him, split lip and all. It hurt like hell, but I didn't care. I felt I owed Leon at least that much, for everything he had done for me. I began running my hands up and down his chest, pulling him in closer for more passionate kisses. At first Leon responded to me, holding me tight. But then, he pushed himself away from me, and held me at arms length.
"Sarah, what are you doing?" he asked, catching his breath. "I thought this was what you wanted." I said, looking at him confused. I swayed in his grasp. He just stared at me for a minute.
"No. Not like this Sarah." Leon let go of my arms, turned slowly and walked towards the door. I just stood there, dumbfounded. I didn't understand what was going on and couldn't think straight enough to question the situation. Leon was halfway at the door before he turned around.
"Get some rest Sarah." he said, and then shut the door behind him quietly. How dare he! I couldn't believe I finally give in to my attraction to him and he pushes me aside!
I tore off the cat suit, threw on a tee shirt, climbed into the bed, and cried. My hot tears burned in my fresh wounds. Soon, I was too exhausted to cry anymore, and finally succumbed to sleep.