New Neighbors chapter 10

Long time no see right? Sorry I had a bad case of writers block among other things.

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Dom turned on Satiana as soon as the door closed. He walked up to her without saying a word and just stared. She looked up at him not backing down. The music from the party blared beneath them but neither heard. Dom stepped forward again causing her to step back all the way, until her back was pressing the door. He put his hands up on either side of her head trapping her.

"You're doing it again," he said. "And don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. You always get a fuckin' kick out of making me look like an ass in front of everybody. You say something nice and then you get all prickly. What's your problem?

Her eyes narrowed angrily. "I though you were my boyfriend not my shrink."

"Sati."

She sighed tired of it all. She ducked under his arm and walked around him.

"It has nothing to do with you," she muttered "It's me."

 "I disagree. I'm the one who's always on the fuckin receiving end of your attitudes, Sati."

The sarcasm in his voice pushed her last button. She spun on him then, her fists doubled, her voice shaking.

"You want to know what's wrong? I'll tell you what's wrong! I'm attracted to you, and I don't want to be attracted to you. Johnny is trying to kill my brother, my grandfather is here to collect his successor, and I'm getting all moony-faced about some Joe who's going to disappear from my life the minute this is over! That's what's wrong with me." Satiana pivoted angrily pushed past him and walked out the door of his bedroom.

Dom watched her go. A slow grin spread across his face. Shit. She liked him. She really liked him. Of course, he was going to have to help her out with the Johnny problem. But he liked a challenge. And finding a way to kick the shit out of Johnny and back into Satiana Lee's bed might just be the biggest challenge of his life.

When he realized she had just slammed his front door he started after her. When he moved down his hallway a door shut and he paused. The hall was empty so he kept walking to the stairs and then down them.

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Edwin breathed a sigh of relief when the big man moved away. He'd come close to blowing it. He'd heard everything. He would hurt her for what she did to him-he would hurt her bad. But not before, he took away everything. A woman was very vulnerable when she was in love.

"You're gonna be sorry," He muttered, watching out the window as Dom walked into Satiana's house. "Come tomorrow, You're gonna wish you'd never been born.

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It had been a couple of hours since their confrontation, Satiana wasn't talking about it, and Dom knew not to push the issue. So instead, he questioned her about her car. She wouldn't tell him the specifics and the glares from Eric were getting annoying.

Finally, he relented, and Satiana had gone into the kitchen to make some sandwiches. He offered to help but she turned him down. Instead of being angry, he smiled. He made her nervous.

"Do you want some water?" Sati asked as she made the sandwiches.

"I'd rather have a beer, but I'd settle for a Coke." Eric glared at him when nothing was heard from the kitchen. Satiana looked into the living room where the men were sitting.

"What you'll settle for is what I've got." Her sarcasm pissed Dom off.

"That sounds like a deal to me," he drawled. "From where I'm sitting, you've got what it takes. I'll just have some of that."

Satiana froze, her eyes wide in amazement, a bottle of water in her hand. She looked at her brother who frowned and shook his head. He stood up and left the room when she glared at him. When she heard Eric's bedroom door close she turned back to Dom.

"I can't do this right now Dom. Now's just not a good time for us. You made me look like an ass-an incapable ass at the races tonight and I'm not ready to forgive you and you're not ready to break the rules. The only rules you break are speeding rules and those get old after a while." She threw the water at him. He raised an eyebrow as he caught the water.

"Like I said, you can settle for 'water'." She turned around and went back into the kitchen.

"Did you want any mustard?" she called out a couple of minutes later, then swallowed a gasp when she felt his body bump against hers. He'd made no more sound than a ghost. Dom put his hands on her shoulders.

"I don't like people touching me." But she didn't move away after all there was nowhere to go.

"Why not? It's merely another form of communication. There are many. Voices, eyes, hands." He slid his hands over her shoulders turning the muscles to water.

"Minds. A touch doesn't have to be dangerous."

"It can be."

His lips curved as his fingers skimmed down her back. "But you're no coward. A woman like you meets a dangerous situation head-on."

Her chin came up just as he knew it would.

"I told you I'm still fuckin' pissed at you." He nudged her closer so that he had only to bend his head to press his lips to the faint cleft in her chin. "You'll get over it." Satiana frowned and tried to move away from him. He pushed her up against the counter and kept her there with his body.

She would not be seduced. She was a grown woman with a mind of her own, and seduction was, always had been, out of the question-at least for a man to do to her. She lifted a hand to his chest, where it lay, fingers spread, neither resisting or inviting.

"I'm not in the mood for games."

"Pity." His lips hovered a breath from hers before he tilted his head and brushed them under her jaw. "I also enjoy games. But we can save them for another time." 

It was becoming very difficult to breathe. "Look, maybe I'm attracted to you, but that doesn't mean…anything." He smiled. "Of course not." He tugged her shirt free of her waistband to let his hands roam over her back. With a sound somewhere between a moan and a sigh, she arched back against him.

"I'd nearly lost my patience," he murmured against her throat as she turned around in his arms to face him.

"I have to think about this. This could be a mistake." But even as she said it, her mouth was moving hungrily over his.

"I hate to make mistakes."

"Mmm… Who doesn't?" He cupped his hands under her hips. With a murmur of acceptance, she scooted up, wrapping her legs around his waist. "This isn't one."

"I'll figure it out later," she said as he carried her out of her kitchen and house. "I really don't want this to mess up Dom. This-what this is between us can't get in the way of my grandfather. I have to know that you won't do what you did again…"

On a groan, she pressed her mouth to his throat. "I want you. I want you so much."

Her words started a drumbeat in his head, slow, rhythmic, seductive. He dragged her head back with one hand so that he could plunder her mouth. "One has nothin' to do with the other."

"It could." She rocked against him as he stepped up the stairs to his house. Her breath was already coming in pants as her eyes met his. "It should."

"Then so be it." He kicked open the door to his house ordered everyone out then started up the stairs to his room. "Let's break some rules." He didn't know that those four words would come back to haunt him.

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He gave her little time to think, and none to question. He was riding her into a storm filled with thunderclaps, flashing lights, and howling winds. There was nothing magical about the skill of his hands, the drugging taste of his mouth. But oh, it seemed like magic to be whisked away, beyond the ordinary.

The taste of Dom, hot salty on her lips, cool and soothing on her tongue, was enough to make her ravenous for more.

So generous, Dom thought. She was so strong and giving. In the lowering light, her skin was gilding like a warrior goddess's prepared for battle. Satiana was slim and straight, agile as a fantasy, responsive as a wish. He felt her strangled gasp against his ear, the sudden convulsive dig of her nails into his back as her body shuddered from the climax he gave her.

Even as her limp hand slid from his damp shoulder, he was racing over her again. Wild to taste, crazed to make her blood pump hot again until he could hear her breath rasping out his name.

He braced over her, shaking his head until his vision cleared, until he could see her face, her eyes half-closed and drugged with pleasure, her lips swollen from his and trembling on each breath.

"Come with me Sati. Say with me." As they raced together Satiana realized she was more than attracted to Dom-she loved him. She had for a long time and she realized that some obstacles could be overcome with nothing more than a willing heart.

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Dom moved his arm so that it covered his eyes as he came to the next morning. The sun was starting its morning climb through his house. He felt the weight of a woman by his side and looked over to see Satiana out like a rock-her whole body laid out against his side.

Dom smiled down at her and moved the wisps of hair out of her face. She snuggled closer intertwining her leg with his. He looked up at the ceiling.

He could hear Mia down stairs in the kitchen talking to someone. Dom moved slowly as not to wake Satiana up and stepped into his jeans. He walked barefoot out of his bedroom door and closed it lightly.

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"So what do you have to contribute to this partnership Edwin?" Edwin stood by the black car and tried to look in to see who he was talking to but the windows were to dark.

"I know how Satiana works and I know what she wants. I also found out something last night that will go nicely in our plan. You get what you want and I get what I want."

The person in the black BMW laughed. "And what exactly 'do' you want?"

"I want to be the fastest at the street races. I want to beat Dom in front of everybody." The person in the car kept laughing. Edwin scowled.

"What the fuck's so funny?" Edwin stepped forward towards the partially open window. A gun appeared cocked and ready to fire.

"Remember your place Edwin or I will have to find someone else to deal with."

"Yeah, well tell me then 'partner' what's so funny?"

"Did you forget that Dom is not the fastest anymore?" Edwin was quiet for a couple of seconds.

"No. I remember quite fuckin' well who's the fastest but she'll be gone if this all works out."

"It will. Trust me it will. Keep in touch Edwin." The window rolled up and the person drove off.

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"Hey Dom. I hope you don't mind me coming here so early in the morning but you kicked everyone out last night and I just came to bring Mia home." Dom nodded and looked over at his sister who had her back to him.

"Brian, as long as you take care of my sister you're all right."

"What about the car he owes you?" Everyone turned around to see Satiana standing in the doorway wearing on of Dom's wife beaters and the blue shorts she was wearing last night. Her hair was pulled in a messy ponytail.

"I haven't forgotten about that Sati trust me I'm gonna get my ten-second car." Satiana nodded and walked in the room. She went to the fridge and pulled out the orange juice. Mia frowned.

"I'm cooking breakfast Sati can't you wait?"

"Yeah I can. And that's the reason why I want orange juice." Dom busted out laughing and Mia glared at Satiana. Satiana looked over at her and smiled as she put the juice back after she drank some.

"I'd love to sit here and let you stare at me but I have to go check on my people. So I'll holla at you guys later." Satiana grinned as she walked up to Dom and pulled him in for a hot kiss. Her hand slid down his bare chest and pants until it reached his now bulging erection. She slid her nail slowly down it and smiled as she heard him growl deep in his throat. She pulled away and smiled at him.  

Satiana waved over her shoulder halfheartedly at Mia and the new guy.

"It was nice meetin' ya…

"Brian."

"Yeah whateva." She glanced at Dom and shook her head. Did she have to do everything?

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Satiana pulled out her phone and hit the first number on her speed dial. It rung once before Jessie picked up.

"Yeah.

"Out of the three of us am I the only one that thought we needed to check the new guy out?"

"No."

"Good did you."

"Now?"

"No last night."

"Well no."

"Do you have someone there?"

"Uh…"

"Get rid of her and call me back." Jessie huffed into the phone. A couple of minutes later he came back on.

"Why the hell do I always have to get rid of them you never get rid of Dom when I call." Satiana smiled as she walked up her step.

"Because I've known Dom a hell of a lot longer than ten minuets and I know how to pick…" She stopped as she saw her front door ajar.

"Shit. Jessie get out of there right now! And call everyone!"

"What? Why?" Satiana looked inside at her torn up home and snatched the note off the wall. She scanned it.

"Cause I'm about to kill somebody."

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 OOOOh sookie sookie now. Who was Edwin talking with, what did the note say and What will happen to Dom? You'll find out in the next exciting episode of…Music plays

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