Chapter 11-Free
I ran down the stairs, I had on a pair of tight jean short shorts with a bikini underneath. I had a jersey over it, and a pair of tennis shoes. I put some things into the trunk of a 1950 convertible, it was one of the cars I won, we used it every time we went to the beach. We had our surfboards attached to the roof of the car; eight people could fit in the car, four in the front and four in the back. I went back into the house to find Fire in her bikini, I rolled my eyes. I'm not a bikini kind of girl, I don't like walking around in undies. Tight shorts are the edgiest I wear. Jesse walked into the house, he never knocked he was like family to us. "Put your board on the roof of the car."
"Alright," Jesse said as he walked back outside.
Ice came running down the stairs with a few towels in her hand; she had on a pair of jeans and a tang top. She ran out to the car then ran back into the house and up the stairs. I shook my head, she was always in a rush when we went to the beach. Jesse came back into the house, it was 7:30 am, we had thirty minutes to wait. Fire would be the one driving, I ran up the stairs and grabbed a bunch of CDs, it might be an old car but we add a few new things to it. I threw the CDs on the front seat, then went back inside. I grabbed my keys off my dresser and some money and stuffed them in my pocket. I put on my sunglasses, and grabbed Fire's on my way down the stairs, "Here," I said as I tossed Fire her sunglasses.
"Thanks. Where were they anyway?"
"In your room on the dresser."
"I wonder why I never looked there?"
"Oh, I don't know your stupid."
"Shut up."
I tied my hair into a ponytail; I grabbed my backpack and put it into the trunk of the car. I got on my cell and called Sinner, "Hey sinner when are you coming?"
"I'll meet you there, I'm getting a ride with XXX."
"Okay, do you know when AAA is getting there?"
"He's going there after he gets the stuff."
"Tell him to bring it to the place we stash the Hondas."
"Okay."
"Bye."
"Bye."
I hung up the phone as Dominic and his team drove up. I went back into the house as Fire came out with a bag in her hand. "Ice, ya ready yet?"
"Coming, just give me a few minutes!!"
"You've got five."
"Seven!!"
"Fine!!"
"Thank you!!"
"Yeah, yeah!!"
I went back outside to find Dom and his team standing outside, "You can come in." They came inside as Fire ran back down the stairs with more towels. "Would you like anything to drink?" They all shook their heads no, "Fire do ya want anything to drink?"
"Tequila!"
"No, you're the one driving!!"
"Fine, coffee!!"
"I ain't putting sugar in it!!"
"I don't need the sugar I need the caffeine!!"
"Why?"
"Why do you think?"
"Luke, Mark or Ray?"
"Ray."
"I thought you broke up with him?"
"I did, he bought me a 24k ring!!!"
"Asked you to marry him again?"
"I'm not sure."
"How are you not sure?"
"I was checking out this fine ass guy."
"Get his number."
"Yeah."
"He get yours?"
"Hell no!!"
I walked outside with a cup of coffee and handed it to Fire, "Here."
"Thanks."
"Hey Jesse what ya doing?"
"Nothing."
"Come inside."
Jesse and I went inside, Ice was still up stairs; Jesse sat down on the sofa and started to read one of my car magazines. "So what time is it going down at?"
"One-thirty."
"K."
I walked back upstairs to find Ice looking for something. "Gurl what are you looking for?"
"My sunglasses."
"You mean the ones on your dresser?"
"Oh, this never happened."
"Sure it didn't."
"What do you want?"
"I don't know yet."
""Now!!"
"Twenty dollars."
"Fine. Here."
"Thank you," I said as I put the money into my pocket. "Can we go now?"
"Yes, I'm ready."
"Lets go then."
"Let me grab the camera and film. Did you get the keys for the house and garage?"
"Yes."
"Tell baldy and his team that they can park their cars in our garage and our neighbors'."
"Okay." I said as I ran down the stairs, "Dom, you and your team can park your cars in the garage."
"Okay, but all four of they aren't gonna fit in there?"
"You can use our neighbors' they said it was okay."
"Sure."
"Well?"
"Oh, now"
"Yes."
They went outside and got inside their cars; I opened the garages then waited until they were done then closed the garages. I went back inside, "Lets go, people!! We ain't got all fucking day!!!" Ice shouted as she tossed Fire her car keys.
"We got everything?" Fire asked as she closed the door.
"You have the house key, and you locked up the neighbor's house, yes?"
"Yeah."
"I have the camera and the rest of the stuff's in the trunk."
"Lets go."
"Dom, you and your team 'ill sit in the backseat." I said as Ice opened the door.
They got in, then Fire, Ice, Jesse and I got in. "What CD Fire?" I asked as I looked through the CDs. "The one with 'Boys' the co-ed remix." Fire started the car and I put the CD in. the first song on the CD was, 'I Do' by Toya. Ice shook her head as 'I'm a slave for you,' by Britney Spears came on; Fire took her hands off the steering wheel, I took hold of in before we crashed into something or other. "Are you trying to kill us?" Mia asked annoyed. "No, well it's not on my to do list today, or is it. No it's not," Fire answered taking hold of the wheel. "So where are we going?" Mia asked as Ice flicked some guy off.
"Hey, why did you flick him off?" Fire asked looking at Ice.
"He's that guard from jail."
"I one that thought there were pink and purple pigs in our cells?"
"Yeah, that one."
"I thought he went to that mental place?"
"I'm guessing not."
"What did you ask.um.Mia, right?"
"Where are we going?"
"Lets just say it's a place we're very well known."
"Baja, Mexico?" I asked Fire as I stared at her.
"No, the other place."
"Oh.you call him?"
"Who?"
"Remember last time we went there you hooked up with that guy and you said you'd call him next time we came?"
"Which one?"
"The Justin Timberlake wannabe."
"Oh.now what makes you think I'd call him?"
"He's next door."
"Shit, I knew I for got something. Call him!!"
"I don't have his number."
"Neither do I."
"Yes you do he gave it to you, you put it no speed dial, didn't you?"
"Did I Ice?"
"Yes, you did!!"
"Call him!"
"Why should I?"
"His brother."
"What's your point?"
"Oh yeah I dated him too, just call would you."
"Fine."
Fire handed me her cell phone; I looked through the speed dial till I found, Bob. I push the button and it dialed the number. Bob's brother Todd answered the phone he said Bob wasn't there and he'd give him the message I hope anyways. 'Untouchables' by Toya featuring Penelope came on; it's our theme song seeing as they call us the Untouchable Heartbreakers.
G-shock goes off in the early morn' See I wake up blind no make-up on Check my 2way pager just to stay up on Lord have mercy goes my cellular phone Who dis?? It's Penelope tell me what the deal Number 32 he at you say he tryna keep it real Yeah I saw him at the club he was tryna front Money knows I got a man what the hell he want He got a Benz We go that They say he got ends Don't he know how we do? Fo' sho' yo don't they know we got our own dough We untouchable and them other chicks is so so
We continued to drive; we were getting close to the beach. Ice had fallen asleep and Jesse was working on some things for his Jetta, Fire was driving and I am writing a letter to Frank, this girl I meet in jail. I look at the scenery that passes us by, if only I could see the ocean from where we were. I look behind me to the team, who don't look very energetic, well to me anyways. 'Boys' by Britney Spears came on, another one of 'our' songs. Fire looked over at Ice and shook her head; I looked at Jesse's design of his Jetta. I was about to go to sleep when 'Hot in Here' by Nelly came on, Ice's eyes shot open, and she looked at Fire; Jesse just shook his head. Fire and Ice started to sing the song, I followed Jesse's example and shook my head, I looked at Jesse who just shrugged his shoulders and went back to what he was doing.
It's getting hot in here So hot, so take off all your clothes I am getting so hot I'm gonna take my clothes off
Fire pulled her shirt off, not like that's anything new, but it did surprise the team. "She does this every time this song comes on," I told them putting on my sunglasses. I looked out the windshield and imagined being on the beach. I remember being on the beach with my mom, the beach the ocean, those are the only things I love besides racing. I ocean is like life one minute there are 50ft. waves and the next it's as still as a lake, I believe it represents life. The smell of the air, it's so different from the smell of the racetrack, but yet just as beautiful. I looked around again and I know we are close. I opened my eyes and looked around, Fire parked the car, we got out of the car and grabbed our boards and walked down to the beach. Ice laid out the towels while Fire and I looked for XXX and Sinner. "You sure they said they'd meet us here?"
"Yes!! I called her Fire!!"
"Hey!!" XXX shouted as he walked towards us.
"Told you Fire!"
"Oh, just shut up!"
"No."
"Hey, where have you been?" Fire asked as she put her arm around XXX's shoulders.
"In a car."
"Don't be a smart ass!!"
"And if I wanna be one, what ya gonna do!!"
"Beat the fuck outta you!!"
"Okay, that might make me not be a smart ass."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Alright you win I'll stop being a smart ass."
"Well there's a miracle."
"Oh, shut up."
Ice, Fire, Jesse and I got on our boards and went out onto the water to catch some waves. The waves were okay but I've surfed bigger ones with my mom. My mom grew up on the beach with her two brothers; she surfed since she was four and a half and then for the rest of her life. She taught me to surf when I was five; it was fun and scary at the same time. I miss her so fucking much; I wish she were here. We surfed for two hours before Ice fell off the board and we had to stop before she got hurt again. I looked at Fire and we got back on our boards and went out onto the ocean. I regret teaching her to surf now!! I looked at XXX as he came into the water, I taught him how to surf, not that he can even stay on the board. I looked back at Mia and Dom; they didn't know what it was like to be free on the ocean, to have no rules or boundaries. My mom never wanted to give this life up, but she gave it all up for me and my brother, well for me anyways. She never gave this life up for Vince, but she did for me. Why? I don't know, it doesn't make sense, not that anything we ever did ever made sense. I looked over at XXX who just got crushed by a huge wave, hopefully he was okay. I went over to him, more like floated over to him. He was alright, but he didn't want to surf any more. "Aw papi you're giving up already?" I said as we got back onto the shore, as XXX calls it, a place where he won't get knocked over by water. "Yes. I am."
"Don't you think it's getting late, shouldn't we be getting back?" Mia asked as she and Ice started to collect the stuff.
"What time is it?" I asked looking at the ocean, not really listening.
"Eleven thirty."
"Lets go people."
"Finally."
The sun had already set seeing as it was almost midnight; we all got back into the car and drove to a beach house. It belonged to my mom's parents and my dad bought it for her when they completed a whole year of marriage. My mom took me to the beach house a lot when I was a kid. When we arrived at the beach house, although Vince doesn't know where the hell he is, because mom never took him here. We got out of the car and walked into the house, Jesse and Fire unpacked the stuff, I looked at the clock it was midnight, we had to go. We all got back into the car and drove to a garage that I had near by that I stored all the cars I won in. Time to get paid baby.
I ran down the stairs, I had on a pair of tight jean short shorts with a bikini underneath. I had a jersey over it, and a pair of tennis shoes. I put some things into the trunk of a 1950 convertible, it was one of the cars I won, we used it every time we went to the beach. We had our surfboards attached to the roof of the car; eight people could fit in the car, four in the front and four in the back. I went back into the house to find Fire in her bikini, I rolled my eyes. I'm not a bikini kind of girl, I don't like walking around in undies. Tight shorts are the edgiest I wear. Jesse walked into the house, he never knocked he was like family to us. "Put your board on the roof of the car."
"Alright," Jesse said as he walked back outside.
Ice came running down the stairs with a few towels in her hand; she had on a pair of jeans and a tang top. She ran out to the car then ran back into the house and up the stairs. I shook my head, she was always in a rush when we went to the beach. Jesse came back into the house, it was 7:30 am, we had thirty minutes to wait. Fire would be the one driving, I ran up the stairs and grabbed a bunch of CDs, it might be an old car but we add a few new things to it. I threw the CDs on the front seat, then went back inside. I grabbed my keys off my dresser and some money and stuffed them in my pocket. I put on my sunglasses, and grabbed Fire's on my way down the stairs, "Here," I said as I tossed Fire her sunglasses.
"Thanks. Where were they anyway?"
"In your room on the dresser."
"I wonder why I never looked there?"
"Oh, I don't know your stupid."
"Shut up."
I tied my hair into a ponytail; I grabbed my backpack and put it into the trunk of the car. I got on my cell and called Sinner, "Hey sinner when are you coming?"
"I'll meet you there, I'm getting a ride with XXX."
"Okay, do you know when AAA is getting there?"
"He's going there after he gets the stuff."
"Tell him to bring it to the place we stash the Hondas."
"Okay."
"Bye."
"Bye."
I hung up the phone as Dominic and his team drove up. I went back into the house as Fire came out with a bag in her hand. "Ice, ya ready yet?"
"Coming, just give me a few minutes!!"
"You've got five."
"Seven!!"
"Fine!!"
"Thank you!!"
"Yeah, yeah!!"
I went back outside to find Dom and his team standing outside, "You can come in." They came inside as Fire ran back down the stairs with more towels. "Would you like anything to drink?" They all shook their heads no, "Fire do ya want anything to drink?"
"Tequila!"
"No, you're the one driving!!"
"Fine, coffee!!"
"I ain't putting sugar in it!!"
"I don't need the sugar I need the caffeine!!"
"Why?"
"Why do you think?"
"Luke, Mark or Ray?"
"Ray."
"I thought you broke up with him?"
"I did, he bought me a 24k ring!!!"
"Asked you to marry him again?"
"I'm not sure."
"How are you not sure?"
"I was checking out this fine ass guy."
"Get his number."
"Yeah."
"He get yours?"
"Hell no!!"
I walked outside with a cup of coffee and handed it to Fire, "Here."
"Thanks."
"Hey Jesse what ya doing?"
"Nothing."
"Come inside."
Jesse and I went inside, Ice was still up stairs; Jesse sat down on the sofa and started to read one of my car magazines. "So what time is it going down at?"
"One-thirty."
"K."
I walked back upstairs to find Ice looking for something. "Gurl what are you looking for?"
"My sunglasses."
"You mean the ones on your dresser?"
"Oh, this never happened."
"Sure it didn't."
"What do you want?"
"I don't know yet."
""Now!!"
"Twenty dollars."
"Fine. Here."
"Thank you," I said as I put the money into my pocket. "Can we go now?"
"Yes, I'm ready."
"Lets go then."
"Let me grab the camera and film. Did you get the keys for the house and garage?"
"Yes."
"Tell baldy and his team that they can park their cars in our garage and our neighbors'."
"Okay." I said as I ran down the stairs, "Dom, you and your team can park your cars in the garage."
"Okay, but all four of they aren't gonna fit in there?"
"You can use our neighbors' they said it was okay."
"Sure."
"Well?"
"Oh, now"
"Yes."
They went outside and got inside their cars; I opened the garages then waited until they were done then closed the garages. I went back inside, "Lets go, people!! We ain't got all fucking day!!!" Ice shouted as she tossed Fire her car keys.
"We got everything?" Fire asked as she closed the door.
"You have the house key, and you locked up the neighbor's house, yes?"
"Yeah."
"I have the camera and the rest of the stuff's in the trunk."
"Lets go."
"Dom, you and your team 'ill sit in the backseat." I said as Ice opened the door.
They got in, then Fire, Ice, Jesse and I got in. "What CD Fire?" I asked as I looked through the CDs. "The one with 'Boys' the co-ed remix." Fire started the car and I put the CD in. the first song on the CD was, 'I Do' by Toya. Ice shook her head as 'I'm a slave for you,' by Britney Spears came on; Fire took her hands off the steering wheel, I took hold of in before we crashed into something or other. "Are you trying to kill us?" Mia asked annoyed. "No, well it's not on my to do list today, or is it. No it's not," Fire answered taking hold of the wheel. "So where are we going?" Mia asked as Ice flicked some guy off.
"Hey, why did you flick him off?" Fire asked looking at Ice.
"He's that guard from jail."
"I one that thought there were pink and purple pigs in our cells?"
"Yeah, that one."
"I thought he went to that mental place?"
"I'm guessing not."
"What did you ask.um.Mia, right?"
"Where are we going?"
"Lets just say it's a place we're very well known."
"Baja, Mexico?" I asked Fire as I stared at her.
"No, the other place."
"Oh.you call him?"
"Who?"
"Remember last time we went there you hooked up with that guy and you said you'd call him next time we came?"
"Which one?"
"The Justin Timberlake wannabe."
"Oh.now what makes you think I'd call him?"
"He's next door."
"Shit, I knew I for got something. Call him!!"
"I don't have his number."
"Neither do I."
"Yes you do he gave it to you, you put it no speed dial, didn't you?"
"Did I Ice?"
"Yes, you did!!"
"Call him!"
"Why should I?"
"His brother."
"What's your point?"
"Oh yeah I dated him too, just call would you."
"Fine."
Fire handed me her cell phone; I looked through the speed dial till I found, Bob. I push the button and it dialed the number. Bob's brother Todd answered the phone he said Bob wasn't there and he'd give him the message I hope anyways. 'Untouchables' by Toya featuring Penelope came on; it's our theme song seeing as they call us the Untouchable Heartbreakers.
G-shock goes off in the early morn' See I wake up blind no make-up on Check my 2way pager just to stay up on Lord have mercy goes my cellular phone Who dis?? It's Penelope tell me what the deal Number 32 he at you say he tryna keep it real Yeah I saw him at the club he was tryna front Money knows I got a man what the hell he want He got a Benz We go that They say he got ends Don't he know how we do? Fo' sho' yo don't they know we got our own dough We untouchable and them other chicks is so so
We continued to drive; we were getting close to the beach. Ice had fallen asleep and Jesse was working on some things for his Jetta, Fire was driving and I am writing a letter to Frank, this girl I meet in jail. I look at the scenery that passes us by, if only I could see the ocean from where we were. I look behind me to the team, who don't look very energetic, well to me anyways. 'Boys' by Britney Spears came on, another one of 'our' songs. Fire looked over at Ice and shook her head; I looked at Jesse's design of his Jetta. I was about to go to sleep when 'Hot in Here' by Nelly came on, Ice's eyes shot open, and she looked at Fire; Jesse just shook his head. Fire and Ice started to sing the song, I followed Jesse's example and shook my head, I looked at Jesse who just shrugged his shoulders and went back to what he was doing.
It's getting hot in here So hot, so take off all your clothes I am getting so hot I'm gonna take my clothes off
Fire pulled her shirt off, not like that's anything new, but it did surprise the team. "She does this every time this song comes on," I told them putting on my sunglasses. I looked out the windshield and imagined being on the beach. I remember being on the beach with my mom, the beach the ocean, those are the only things I love besides racing. I ocean is like life one minute there are 50ft. waves and the next it's as still as a lake, I believe it represents life. The smell of the air, it's so different from the smell of the racetrack, but yet just as beautiful. I looked around again and I know we are close. I opened my eyes and looked around, Fire parked the car, we got out of the car and grabbed our boards and walked down to the beach. Ice laid out the towels while Fire and I looked for XXX and Sinner. "You sure they said they'd meet us here?"
"Yes!! I called her Fire!!"
"Hey!!" XXX shouted as he walked towards us.
"Told you Fire!"
"Oh, just shut up!"
"No."
"Hey, where have you been?" Fire asked as she put her arm around XXX's shoulders.
"In a car."
"Don't be a smart ass!!"
"And if I wanna be one, what ya gonna do!!"
"Beat the fuck outta you!!"
"Okay, that might make me not be a smart ass."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Alright you win I'll stop being a smart ass."
"Well there's a miracle."
"Oh, shut up."
Ice, Fire, Jesse and I got on our boards and went out onto the water to catch some waves. The waves were okay but I've surfed bigger ones with my mom. My mom grew up on the beach with her two brothers; she surfed since she was four and a half and then for the rest of her life. She taught me to surf when I was five; it was fun and scary at the same time. I miss her so fucking much; I wish she were here. We surfed for two hours before Ice fell off the board and we had to stop before she got hurt again. I looked at Fire and we got back on our boards and went out onto the ocean. I regret teaching her to surf now!! I looked at XXX as he came into the water, I taught him how to surf, not that he can even stay on the board. I looked back at Mia and Dom; they didn't know what it was like to be free on the ocean, to have no rules or boundaries. My mom never wanted to give this life up, but she gave it all up for me and my brother, well for me anyways. She never gave this life up for Vince, but she did for me. Why? I don't know, it doesn't make sense, not that anything we ever did ever made sense. I looked over at XXX who just got crushed by a huge wave, hopefully he was okay. I went over to him, more like floated over to him. He was alright, but he didn't want to surf any more. "Aw papi you're giving up already?" I said as we got back onto the shore, as XXX calls it, a place where he won't get knocked over by water. "Yes. I am."
"Don't you think it's getting late, shouldn't we be getting back?" Mia asked as she and Ice started to collect the stuff.
"What time is it?" I asked looking at the ocean, not really listening.
"Eleven thirty."
"Lets go people."
"Finally."
The sun had already set seeing as it was almost midnight; we all got back into the car and drove to a beach house. It belonged to my mom's parents and my dad bought it for her when they completed a whole year of marriage. My mom took me to the beach house a lot when I was a kid. When we arrived at the beach house, although Vince doesn't know where the hell he is, because mom never took him here. We got out of the car and walked into the house, Jesse and Fire unpacked the stuff, I looked at the clock it was midnight, we had to go. We all got back into the car and drove to a garage that I had near by that I stored all the cars I won in. Time to get paid baby.