Author Note: Woo! I have nothing to say apart from woo! Elly and Leon are
together. Woo!
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It had been a slow Saturday morning for Mia and Elly at Toretto's. They hoped the afternoon would pick up. A teenage couple had come in, ordered drinks, and then took off. The most exciting thing that happened all morning was when Mia killed a wasp with a magazine. They decided to get a children's play set from the store, and play a bit of tennis in front of the shop.
In comparison, the garage had been busy. Everybody was working hard. Dom went to get a bottle of water, and noticed that the fridge was empty. No beer, no water, no liquid.
"Guys we've ran outta water!" he shouted to the team, slamming the cooler lid.
"Get a friggin' beer than, Dom!" Letty called back.
"No beer either!"
"Get Mia or Elly to bring some down." Leon suggested, walking inside, wiping his hands on a rag. The atmosphere between them hadn't really changed, considering what had happened last night. Dom nodded in response.
"Kinda needed to talk to you about that, man." Dom said, walking into his office. Leon followed, confused.
"You need to talk to me about water?" he closed the office door and sat down. Dom stood in front of the window, almost blocking out the afternoon sun.
"No. Elly."
"Oh." Leon swallowed hard, and looked down at his nails, picking at grease.
"Ya'know very well that I'm not a very sensitive or patient guy. But when it comes to my sisters and Letty - well, they're my weak spot. I don't beat around the bush either. So, I'm only going to say this once." He turned to look at him. Leon looked up, seeing the seriousness in his eyes.
"I'm not very happy about this situation." He paused, only to sit down. "When I over heard you telling Jesse how you felt, I thought maybe your feelings weren't genuine, and that you just wanted a quick fuck." When the words 'quick fuck' escaped Dom's mouth, Leon snapped his head up and made eye contact briefly.
"Dom, man, it ain't like that! I ain't that kinda guy -" he cut him off.
"But you used to be. Every party we had, there'd be a different girl coming out your bedroom." Leon bowed his head, remembering the last time he had slept with someone.
"But, that was some time ago, Leon. " He concluded. Leon didn't know what to say or do. He just stared at a spot on the desk, tapping his right foot on the ground rapidly, nervously. Dom stood up, the old chair creaking as his weight was lifted off. He walked towards the door, pausing to stand next to Leon. Not looking at him, just staring at the door, arms naturally by his side.
"If she comes to me one night, balling her eyes out....I'll rip yours clean from their sockets."
He made a swift exit, not giving him chance or time to answer. Leon was left in the office, the moving fan the only source of noise. He remembered the last time he had slept with a woman. He had gotten absolutely wasted, picked up a blonde chick, took her to his bedroom, and woke up the next morning full of regret. She wanted to stay and talk, but he hushed her out the house. He must have been such an ass to those women. Picking them, fucking them, dumping them. He made a promise to himself he wasn't going to be like that with Elly. He'd treat her with respect, listen to her, and talk to her. The more he thought about her, the more he began to miss her. He'd never had that feeling before. The only other women he'd missed was his mom.
~~**~~**
Elly and Mia's game of tennis was going surprisingly well. They had not missed the ball for a good 3 minutes, but then the pone rang.
"Ah, hell." Mia caught the ball as it was coming towards her and Elly walked inside to answer it.
"Good afternoon , Elly speaking, how can I help?" she hated the greeting that Dom made her do.
"You can bring your fine ass and a crate of water down here, to 4 hard working studs, and the beautiful mechanic queen." He laughed, as Letty walked past him, and hit him on the arm with rag.
"Boi, stop creepin'."
"Four studs huh? Gee I can only think of one." Elly laughed on the other end of the line.
"Ah, yeah, who's that, then?" he lowered his tone.
"Harry." She burst out laughing, as did Mia who was so close she could hear everything. Leon sighed heavily.
"Girl, stop teasing me. Dom said if you weren't busy you could close up and come down." He was doodling on a scrap bit of paper.
"Who said she was teasing?" Mia called from the background. They laughed again.
"Okay, so you want a crate of water?"
"Yeah, oh and some beer."
"Yes'm." Letty's voice could be heard in the background.
"Letty wants chocolate."
"Yes'm."
"See you in 10?" he stooped doodling, and noticed he had drawn 'Elly' in graffiti writing with out realising at the time.
"Absolutely. See ya."
"Later." He put the phone down, picked up his drawing, and put it into his pocket.
"Dawg, don't ever call me a stud again. Especially not in front of me." Vince said walking past him.
~~**~~**15 minutes later~~**~~**
Mia and Elly pulled up beside Jesse's car that he was fixing, ready for Race Wars in a few weeks time. Mia got out, along with the beer. She had barely got out the car before Vince and Dom immediately attacked her.
"Geez, guys, can I can get out first?" she laughed, and walked over to Letty.
Elly stepped out the car, with the water and chocolate, along with a fast food wrapper on the sole of her shoe. She kicked it off, angrily and growled.
"Damn, Elly. How'd you get ya car messy so quick?" Jesse asked, peering inside.
"It was like that when I got it."
"Ah, right. Can I pop your hood? Need to make a mental list of things that need doin."
"Sure." She replied, walking over to Letty with her chocolate. She put the crate of water on the ground, and took a bottle from it.
"Ah, great, thanks girl!" she ripped off the wrapper with as much hunger as Dom and Vince had opened their beer's. Elly walked quietly over to Leon, who was looking for a tool on the wall.
"I don't know why you keep sneaking up on me. You're not very quiet." He turned around, with a sly smile on his face. She stepped forward.
"I believe we got everything on your list." He grabbed her waist with his greasy hands, and pulled her closer by the waist band of her skirt she was wearing. He was leaning against the edge of a counter, and she was standing between his legs.
"Vince's beer, Letty's chocolate, water." She ran off on her fingers. "Am I missing something?" she asked playfully.
"Only your fine ass." He smiled, lightly kissing her glossy lips. She took his hands of her waist, reached behind her, and put his hands on her ass.
"There it is." She said in a sing-song voice. They leant forward into a kiss. Leon licked the outline of her bottom lip, and she sucked at his top lip. This caused his hands to clench her ass tighter, and she let out a moan that only he could hear.
"I missed you." He admitted, brushing her hair behind her ears.
"I only spoke to you twenty minutes ago." She wrapped her bare arms around his neck.
"You're addictive." They smiled.
"Elly!" Dom called from outside.
"Yeah?" she turned round slightly to the direction of his voice.
"You got some stuff to get for your car." she rolled her eyes, and walked outside, Leon closely behind. He handed her a list.
"Go over to Harry's, and give him this list. Got some stuff to order for me too."
"What now?"
"What? Yes, now! When you get back, Leon can help you fix it up a little." She was surprised that Leon was going to help her. Jesse usually tuned the cars up for her and Mia, since they didn't know jack shit abut cars, only how to race them.
"Me?" asked Leon pointing at himself.
"Well, yeah, you have a Skyline too, so you know all about them."
"Okay." She took the list, and went over to her car, opened the door, and moved some papers out the way. She really had to clean this up.
"I thought I smelled fried chicken on you!" Leon chuckled from behind her. She turned around and kissed him quick.
"Don't miss me too much." She said softly. "Mia, you comin'?" she called. Mia was talking and laughing to Vince on the hood of a car.
"Just a sec!" she called, and went back to talk with him. Elly got in the car; Leon peered in through the window. He pushed his head further in, holding onto the door, and nibbled her neck.
"I'll try not too." He left and went back into the garage. Mia got in the passenger seat. Elly started her car up, not taking her eyes off his ass as she backed out.
~~**5 minutes later~~**~~**
"Jesse, you got anything on that Spilner guy yet?" Dom asked.
"Oh, yeah, just a sec." He ran into the trailer to print off the info he had on him. He handed the profile to Dom, the others surrounding him.
"Brian Earl Spilner; born in Miami. Parents both alive; retired to San Diego 7 years ago. Recruited by the Miami Police Department in May 1999. August 2001, got suspended for molesting a female rookie. February 2002, got suspended for molesting a woman in his care. December 2002, fired for molesting and inflicting ABH on a minor under the influence of drugs. Court decided he was mentally ill, and he got let off with a fine."
"Son of a bitch!" Vince yelled kicking a spanner across the floor.
"He's a fuckin' nutcase!" Letty said from her spot on a chair.
"What's he doing in L.A?" Leon asked. Dom scanned the profile. His eyes widened.
"Shit!" he screwed the paper up and threw it on the ground.
"What? What? What does he do?" Jesse pushed.
"He works for HARRY!" As soon as he said 'Harry' Dom reached into his back pocket and whipped out his mobile phone.
~~**Elly's car~~**~~**
Music was blaring out of the open windows, letting into the cool breeze mid- afternoon L.A had to offer. Their hair was whipping violently around them, as they were singing rather badly to the radio. The pierce tone of Mia's cell stopped her abruptly. She reached onto the floor as Elly pulled in to get some more gas, and clean out her car at last.
"Hello? Hey Dom...Gas station...why not?...a'ight, in a bit. Bye." Elly turned off the ignition, Mia turned to her and reported,
"Dom says we shouldn't go to Harry's, and that when we're done here we have to go straight back to the garage."
"Why?" Mia shrugged,
"Dom didn't say." Mia filled the tank up, while Elly cleaned out the endless supply of fast food wrappers, socks, a bra and - oh dear lord - a condom. She was definitely going to bleach the seats when she got home.
~~**~~**Garage~~**~~**
"Are you going to tell Harry? I mean, does he know what kind of person Brian is?" Jesse asked, not looking up from his Jetta.
"Yeah. He wouldn't have hired him if he knew he was like that." Dom nodded, and headed off to phone Harry. He picked up the receiver, but the sudden appearance of Vince by his side stopped him.
"What are we gonna do 'bout Brian?" he asked. Dom was silent, the abrupt question had taken him aback.
"What do you mean?"
"We can't just let him roam around the streets waiting for him to attack the girls again, dawg." Dom nodded.
"I'ma phone Harry, tell him of the situation and fax him Brian's profile report. Then we'll head down there and make sure he leaves town for good." Vince nodded in response, and went back to work on the car. When Dom had finished talking to Harry, the girls arrived.
"Dom, what the hell is going on? Why can't we go to Harry's?" Elly asked getting out the car, and walking over to him.
"Brian works there." His voice was surprisingly calm.
"Brian works there!" Mia repeated in disbelief. Letty handed her Brian's profile.
"Check it out. It ain't pretty." The girls silently read it.
"Oh my god." Was all they could say.
"Me and Vince are gonna head down there, and make sure he leaves L.A for good." Letty stepped in front of him.
"Baby, promise me you won't do anything stupid. Don't want ya going back to Lompoc." She said quietly, her arms round his waist. He looked down into her inky-violet eyes.
"I won't do anything stupid. I'm just gonna make sure he don't come back." She nodded and kissed him quick.
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Elly walked in the garage, and grabbed another bottle of water. Leon was reading a car magazine, eating chips. She pulled the cap off the bottle, and squeezed some water on his exposed back. He cried out.
"I was quiet then wasn't I? I had to cool you off, you looked so damn hot." she purred, wrapping her arms round his neck.
"Well, guess I could let you off, then..." He took the bottle from her, and squeezed a little onto her neck. She let out a small cry when it's cool form hit her sun-warm neck, as it obeyed the laws of gravity, and rapidly fell down her chest. He bowed his head and licked the trail of water.
"...But I won't." he smirked. Elly stuck out her tongue.
"Careful where you wave that thing missy. That could get you and me both into trouble." He pulled back, waving his finger at her. She stuck her tongue out again. Leon shook his head as if to say, 'don't tease me'.
"What's wrong with this car?" she said, pointing to a Viper RT/10, in baby blue.
"Brakes need tweaking a bit." He said as he got on the floor and shimmied himself underneath it. She peered down from the exposed hood.
"You gonna watch me all day?" he asked. " I can't work if your eyes are on me." He stated.
"Fine. I won't watch you, I'll help you." He let out a short laugh.
"Ha! What do you know about cars? Apart from where the gas pedal is?" she opened her mouth in mock shock.
"Excuse me Mr. Leon Callitri, I'll have you know that I know a lot about what's under the hood of a car." she crossed her arms in defence.
"Yeah? What's that?" he pointed to a piece of the car.
"Well, that's obviously the, err...That's the black thingamabob with a metal tube coming out of it." He burst out laughing, as did Jesse who had appeared in the doorway..
"Gee, never heard it been called THAT before." He smiled, walking towards Leon, handing him a tool.
"Here ya go." He said, sliding it under the car along the floor.
"Cheers, man." Jesse stood there for a minute, flicking his gaze between and Elly and Leon.
"What?" Elly asked.
"Nothing. I'm a gonna let you guys, err...do stuff." He laughed, and went back to work.
"Where's V and Dom gone?" Leon asked from under the car, his voice slightly muffled.
"Harry's. To make sure that Brian leaves L.A and doesn't come back."
"I thought he would have done that on his accord, after last night."
"I think he needs help, like mental help."
"Yeah. That's what they all said." he said quietly.
"What baby?"
"Nothing." Came his short reply.
"You said something like, 'that's what they said." He sighed, and dropped the tool he was working on. The metal clatter against the hard floor echoed trough the garage.
"When my mom left, everybody in the neighbourhood was saying how she must have needed mental help to leave such a young kid alone at home." his voice was barely audible, but every word seemed to cut through Elly's chest.
"Oh, baby, I'm sorry. I didn't know your mother left. I thought she died." He picked up a tool, and began working again.
"Well, she kinda died inside when my dad died. He walked into a store to find 3 masked robbers with guns. He jumped in front of this young lady, and he took the bullet instead. I was only 7." Again, he dropped the tool, as came out from under the car. He sat up, his arms draped lightly over his knees. He stared at a spot on the floor. "He only went in to buy mom a birthday present."
Elly dropped to her knees, landing beside him. She wrapped her arms around him, hoping that some how this would make his pain go away. She opened her mouth to say something, but only tears pricked her eyes. She managed to choke out,
"I'm so sorry." He lifted his hand to rest on her arm.
"Not your fault. Some good came out of it. I met Jess, then Dom, then you." He turned to look at her.
"How did you meet Jess?" she asked quietly.
"Mom left when I had just turned 11. I woke up one Saturday, and found all her stuff gone. No note. No goodbye. One afternoon, I went out into the front yard to play with my toy cars. Some kid ran over my hand with a go- kart, I screamed, they stopped and got out...
~~**~~**Flashback~~**~~**
"I'm sorry. I was trying to beat my lap time. I didn't see you." A young Jesse apologised.
"S'okay. I haven't seen you around here before." Leon asked, nursing his hand.
"Me and my dad just moved from New York. He had to change his job. I'm Jesse Briggs. Number 39."
"Leon Callitri. This is my house.""
"Your mom left didn't she? Well, that's what I heard." He stuffed his tiny hands into his jean pockets, looking at the ground. Leon stood up.
"Yeah, she left a couple of weeks ago. She'll be back though." He added, as if to reassure him self.
"You wanna stay at my place till she gets back?" Jesse offered.
"Sure." He picked up his toy cars and headed to number 39.
~~**~~**End~~**~~**
"Me Jess and his dad got on really well. He even taught me and Jess to drive. Then we got into street racing. I started out racing in neighbourhoods with a bunch of amateurs. One night Jess came with me, and these two guys were racing. Next thing I remember, I heard a scream, and an ambulance came. One of the drivers's lost control and knocked a woman walking her dog down. I pulled out of racing, but Jess and me still liked it. Then he found out about Dom's races. We came along, and you know the rest." He smiled slightly.
"Wow. You've known Jesse since you guys were 11?" Elly asked. He nodded.
"I didn't know about your life before you came here."
"I don't know a lot about your past either." He stated.
"Well, I was 1 when mom died. She had colon cancer. It came on as soon as I was born, and they didn't reach it in time. I have no memories, just pictures. I was 7 too, when dad died. I wasn't even there. I was on an overnight school trip. My auntie Isabelle came to pick me up. I thought it was strange because dad promised me he would pick me up. I got home, and Dom and Mia were crying on the sofa. Dom told me. Just three words. 'Dad is dead.' He didn't sugar coat it. Just three words that changed my life forever. From then on, Dom became dad, and Mia became even more of a mom. We lived with aunt Isabelle and uncle Alex. Alex owned a garage. My aunt didn't like the fact that Dom and Alex were turning her pristine house into a grease bucket.
Alex's' love for cars only fuelled Dom's love for cars. It rubbed off on Mia and me. Every night Dom would sit in Daddy's charger. He'd stick the key in the ignition, but he'd never turn it. It scared the shit outta him. So, we plodded along, Dom working at Alex's garage. Then Vince joined him. Aunt Isabelle died 5 years later of a stroke, and so Mia ran the household. 2 years later Alex died, and because they had no children, Dom inherited the garage. He and Vince were the only ones who worked here. They worked so hard, and managed to open up the store. Life carried on, then I remember one day you and Jesse turned up, and we still haven't found a way to get rid of ya." She smiled. He lifted up her chin gently, to see the memories had left her eyes glazed with tears. He kissed her lightly but passionately.
"I feel so much closer to you now." She admitted. Leon picked her up into his lap.
"How close do you feel now?"
"Elly! Dom's back wit ya stuff!" Letty called from outside, interrupting them.
"How does Letty fit into this equation?" Leon asked, looking behind her.
"Well, Dom always had Letty's attention. Dom thought she was the cool girl who likes cars. She started here when she was 14. When she turned 16, Letty had Dom's attention. Then, the rest is history." She smiled, and they headed outside.
"Has Brian left?" Mia asked.
"Sure has. Didn't take much persuading." Vince smirked, casually draping his big arm round her shoulders, walking her inside, and telling her the details. The rest of the team helped unpack Dom's car with Elly's new stuff, and bits and bobs for the garage.
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Author Note: I had so much fun writing this chapter, even if most of it is about death. But it was fun. Hope you enjoyed it too! By the way, I would very much like, no NEED a beta. If you want to be one, just e-mail me at beatch_I_did@hotmail.com, or tell me when you review. Thanks.
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It had been a slow Saturday morning for Mia and Elly at Toretto's. They hoped the afternoon would pick up. A teenage couple had come in, ordered drinks, and then took off. The most exciting thing that happened all morning was when Mia killed a wasp with a magazine. They decided to get a children's play set from the store, and play a bit of tennis in front of the shop.
In comparison, the garage had been busy. Everybody was working hard. Dom went to get a bottle of water, and noticed that the fridge was empty. No beer, no water, no liquid.
"Guys we've ran outta water!" he shouted to the team, slamming the cooler lid.
"Get a friggin' beer than, Dom!" Letty called back.
"No beer either!"
"Get Mia or Elly to bring some down." Leon suggested, walking inside, wiping his hands on a rag. The atmosphere between them hadn't really changed, considering what had happened last night. Dom nodded in response.
"Kinda needed to talk to you about that, man." Dom said, walking into his office. Leon followed, confused.
"You need to talk to me about water?" he closed the office door and sat down. Dom stood in front of the window, almost blocking out the afternoon sun.
"No. Elly."
"Oh." Leon swallowed hard, and looked down at his nails, picking at grease.
"Ya'know very well that I'm not a very sensitive or patient guy. But when it comes to my sisters and Letty - well, they're my weak spot. I don't beat around the bush either. So, I'm only going to say this once." He turned to look at him. Leon looked up, seeing the seriousness in his eyes.
"I'm not very happy about this situation." He paused, only to sit down. "When I over heard you telling Jesse how you felt, I thought maybe your feelings weren't genuine, and that you just wanted a quick fuck." When the words 'quick fuck' escaped Dom's mouth, Leon snapped his head up and made eye contact briefly.
"Dom, man, it ain't like that! I ain't that kinda guy -" he cut him off.
"But you used to be. Every party we had, there'd be a different girl coming out your bedroom." Leon bowed his head, remembering the last time he had slept with someone.
"But, that was some time ago, Leon. " He concluded. Leon didn't know what to say or do. He just stared at a spot on the desk, tapping his right foot on the ground rapidly, nervously. Dom stood up, the old chair creaking as his weight was lifted off. He walked towards the door, pausing to stand next to Leon. Not looking at him, just staring at the door, arms naturally by his side.
"If she comes to me one night, balling her eyes out....I'll rip yours clean from their sockets."
He made a swift exit, not giving him chance or time to answer. Leon was left in the office, the moving fan the only source of noise. He remembered the last time he had slept with a woman. He had gotten absolutely wasted, picked up a blonde chick, took her to his bedroom, and woke up the next morning full of regret. She wanted to stay and talk, but he hushed her out the house. He must have been such an ass to those women. Picking them, fucking them, dumping them. He made a promise to himself he wasn't going to be like that with Elly. He'd treat her with respect, listen to her, and talk to her. The more he thought about her, the more he began to miss her. He'd never had that feeling before. The only other women he'd missed was his mom.
~~**~~**
Elly and Mia's game of tennis was going surprisingly well. They had not missed the ball for a good 3 minutes, but then the pone rang.
"Ah, hell." Mia caught the ball as it was coming towards her and Elly walked inside to answer it.
"Good afternoon , Elly speaking, how can I help?" she hated the greeting that Dom made her do.
"You can bring your fine ass and a crate of water down here, to 4 hard working studs, and the beautiful mechanic queen." He laughed, as Letty walked past him, and hit him on the arm with rag.
"Boi, stop creepin'."
"Four studs huh? Gee I can only think of one." Elly laughed on the other end of the line.
"Ah, yeah, who's that, then?" he lowered his tone.
"Harry." She burst out laughing, as did Mia who was so close she could hear everything. Leon sighed heavily.
"Girl, stop teasing me. Dom said if you weren't busy you could close up and come down." He was doodling on a scrap bit of paper.
"Who said she was teasing?" Mia called from the background. They laughed again.
"Okay, so you want a crate of water?"
"Yeah, oh and some beer."
"Yes'm." Letty's voice could be heard in the background.
"Letty wants chocolate."
"Yes'm."
"See you in 10?" he stooped doodling, and noticed he had drawn 'Elly' in graffiti writing with out realising at the time.
"Absolutely. See ya."
"Later." He put the phone down, picked up his drawing, and put it into his pocket.
"Dawg, don't ever call me a stud again. Especially not in front of me." Vince said walking past him.
~~**~~**15 minutes later~~**~~**
Mia and Elly pulled up beside Jesse's car that he was fixing, ready for Race Wars in a few weeks time. Mia got out, along with the beer. She had barely got out the car before Vince and Dom immediately attacked her.
"Geez, guys, can I can get out first?" she laughed, and walked over to Letty.
Elly stepped out the car, with the water and chocolate, along with a fast food wrapper on the sole of her shoe. She kicked it off, angrily and growled.
"Damn, Elly. How'd you get ya car messy so quick?" Jesse asked, peering inside.
"It was like that when I got it."
"Ah, right. Can I pop your hood? Need to make a mental list of things that need doin."
"Sure." She replied, walking over to Letty with her chocolate. She put the crate of water on the ground, and took a bottle from it.
"Ah, great, thanks girl!" she ripped off the wrapper with as much hunger as Dom and Vince had opened their beer's. Elly walked quietly over to Leon, who was looking for a tool on the wall.
"I don't know why you keep sneaking up on me. You're not very quiet." He turned around, with a sly smile on his face. She stepped forward.
"I believe we got everything on your list." He grabbed her waist with his greasy hands, and pulled her closer by the waist band of her skirt she was wearing. He was leaning against the edge of a counter, and she was standing between his legs.
"Vince's beer, Letty's chocolate, water." She ran off on her fingers. "Am I missing something?" she asked playfully.
"Only your fine ass." He smiled, lightly kissing her glossy lips. She took his hands of her waist, reached behind her, and put his hands on her ass.
"There it is." She said in a sing-song voice. They leant forward into a kiss. Leon licked the outline of her bottom lip, and she sucked at his top lip. This caused his hands to clench her ass tighter, and she let out a moan that only he could hear.
"I missed you." He admitted, brushing her hair behind her ears.
"I only spoke to you twenty minutes ago." She wrapped her bare arms around his neck.
"You're addictive." They smiled.
"Elly!" Dom called from outside.
"Yeah?" she turned round slightly to the direction of his voice.
"You got some stuff to get for your car." she rolled her eyes, and walked outside, Leon closely behind. He handed her a list.
"Go over to Harry's, and give him this list. Got some stuff to order for me too."
"What now?"
"What? Yes, now! When you get back, Leon can help you fix it up a little." She was surprised that Leon was going to help her. Jesse usually tuned the cars up for her and Mia, since they didn't know jack shit abut cars, only how to race them.
"Me?" asked Leon pointing at himself.
"Well, yeah, you have a Skyline too, so you know all about them."
"Okay." She took the list, and went over to her car, opened the door, and moved some papers out the way. She really had to clean this up.
"I thought I smelled fried chicken on you!" Leon chuckled from behind her. She turned around and kissed him quick.
"Don't miss me too much." She said softly. "Mia, you comin'?" she called. Mia was talking and laughing to Vince on the hood of a car.
"Just a sec!" she called, and went back to talk with him. Elly got in the car; Leon peered in through the window. He pushed his head further in, holding onto the door, and nibbled her neck.
"I'll try not too." He left and went back into the garage. Mia got in the passenger seat. Elly started her car up, not taking her eyes off his ass as she backed out.
~~**5 minutes later~~**~~**
"Jesse, you got anything on that Spilner guy yet?" Dom asked.
"Oh, yeah, just a sec." He ran into the trailer to print off the info he had on him. He handed the profile to Dom, the others surrounding him.
"Brian Earl Spilner; born in Miami. Parents both alive; retired to San Diego 7 years ago. Recruited by the Miami Police Department in May 1999. August 2001, got suspended for molesting a female rookie. February 2002, got suspended for molesting a woman in his care. December 2002, fired for molesting and inflicting ABH on a minor under the influence of drugs. Court decided he was mentally ill, and he got let off with a fine."
"Son of a bitch!" Vince yelled kicking a spanner across the floor.
"He's a fuckin' nutcase!" Letty said from her spot on a chair.
"What's he doing in L.A?" Leon asked. Dom scanned the profile. His eyes widened.
"Shit!" he screwed the paper up and threw it on the ground.
"What? What? What does he do?" Jesse pushed.
"He works for HARRY!" As soon as he said 'Harry' Dom reached into his back pocket and whipped out his mobile phone.
~~**Elly's car~~**~~**
Music was blaring out of the open windows, letting into the cool breeze mid- afternoon L.A had to offer. Their hair was whipping violently around them, as they were singing rather badly to the radio. The pierce tone of Mia's cell stopped her abruptly. She reached onto the floor as Elly pulled in to get some more gas, and clean out her car at last.
"Hello? Hey Dom...Gas station...why not?...a'ight, in a bit. Bye." Elly turned off the ignition, Mia turned to her and reported,
"Dom says we shouldn't go to Harry's, and that when we're done here we have to go straight back to the garage."
"Why?" Mia shrugged,
"Dom didn't say." Mia filled the tank up, while Elly cleaned out the endless supply of fast food wrappers, socks, a bra and - oh dear lord - a condom. She was definitely going to bleach the seats when she got home.
~~**~~**Garage~~**~~**
"Are you going to tell Harry? I mean, does he know what kind of person Brian is?" Jesse asked, not looking up from his Jetta.
"Yeah. He wouldn't have hired him if he knew he was like that." Dom nodded, and headed off to phone Harry. He picked up the receiver, but the sudden appearance of Vince by his side stopped him.
"What are we gonna do 'bout Brian?" he asked. Dom was silent, the abrupt question had taken him aback.
"What do you mean?"
"We can't just let him roam around the streets waiting for him to attack the girls again, dawg." Dom nodded.
"I'ma phone Harry, tell him of the situation and fax him Brian's profile report. Then we'll head down there and make sure he leaves town for good." Vince nodded in response, and went back to work on the car. When Dom had finished talking to Harry, the girls arrived.
"Dom, what the hell is going on? Why can't we go to Harry's?" Elly asked getting out the car, and walking over to him.
"Brian works there." His voice was surprisingly calm.
"Brian works there!" Mia repeated in disbelief. Letty handed her Brian's profile.
"Check it out. It ain't pretty." The girls silently read it.
"Oh my god." Was all they could say.
"Me and Vince are gonna head down there, and make sure he leaves L.A for good." Letty stepped in front of him.
"Baby, promise me you won't do anything stupid. Don't want ya going back to Lompoc." She said quietly, her arms round his waist. He looked down into her inky-violet eyes.
"I won't do anything stupid. I'm just gonna make sure he don't come back." She nodded and kissed him quick.
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Elly walked in the garage, and grabbed another bottle of water. Leon was reading a car magazine, eating chips. She pulled the cap off the bottle, and squeezed some water on his exposed back. He cried out.
"I was quiet then wasn't I? I had to cool you off, you looked so damn hot." she purred, wrapping her arms round his neck.
"Well, guess I could let you off, then..." He took the bottle from her, and squeezed a little onto her neck. She let out a small cry when it's cool form hit her sun-warm neck, as it obeyed the laws of gravity, and rapidly fell down her chest. He bowed his head and licked the trail of water.
"...But I won't." he smirked. Elly stuck out her tongue.
"Careful where you wave that thing missy. That could get you and me both into trouble." He pulled back, waving his finger at her. She stuck her tongue out again. Leon shook his head as if to say, 'don't tease me'.
"What's wrong with this car?" she said, pointing to a Viper RT/10, in baby blue.
"Brakes need tweaking a bit." He said as he got on the floor and shimmied himself underneath it. She peered down from the exposed hood.
"You gonna watch me all day?" he asked. " I can't work if your eyes are on me." He stated.
"Fine. I won't watch you, I'll help you." He let out a short laugh.
"Ha! What do you know about cars? Apart from where the gas pedal is?" she opened her mouth in mock shock.
"Excuse me Mr. Leon Callitri, I'll have you know that I know a lot about what's under the hood of a car." she crossed her arms in defence.
"Yeah? What's that?" he pointed to a piece of the car.
"Well, that's obviously the, err...That's the black thingamabob with a metal tube coming out of it." He burst out laughing, as did Jesse who had appeared in the doorway..
"Gee, never heard it been called THAT before." He smiled, walking towards Leon, handing him a tool.
"Here ya go." He said, sliding it under the car along the floor.
"Cheers, man." Jesse stood there for a minute, flicking his gaze between and Elly and Leon.
"What?" Elly asked.
"Nothing. I'm a gonna let you guys, err...do stuff." He laughed, and went back to work.
"Where's V and Dom gone?" Leon asked from under the car, his voice slightly muffled.
"Harry's. To make sure that Brian leaves L.A and doesn't come back."
"I thought he would have done that on his accord, after last night."
"I think he needs help, like mental help."
"Yeah. That's what they all said." he said quietly.
"What baby?"
"Nothing." Came his short reply.
"You said something like, 'that's what they said." He sighed, and dropped the tool he was working on. The metal clatter against the hard floor echoed trough the garage.
"When my mom left, everybody in the neighbourhood was saying how she must have needed mental help to leave such a young kid alone at home." his voice was barely audible, but every word seemed to cut through Elly's chest.
"Oh, baby, I'm sorry. I didn't know your mother left. I thought she died." He picked up a tool, and began working again.
"Well, she kinda died inside when my dad died. He walked into a store to find 3 masked robbers with guns. He jumped in front of this young lady, and he took the bullet instead. I was only 7." Again, he dropped the tool, as came out from under the car. He sat up, his arms draped lightly over his knees. He stared at a spot on the floor. "He only went in to buy mom a birthday present."
Elly dropped to her knees, landing beside him. She wrapped her arms around him, hoping that some how this would make his pain go away. She opened her mouth to say something, but only tears pricked her eyes. She managed to choke out,
"I'm so sorry." He lifted his hand to rest on her arm.
"Not your fault. Some good came out of it. I met Jess, then Dom, then you." He turned to look at her.
"How did you meet Jess?" she asked quietly.
"Mom left when I had just turned 11. I woke up one Saturday, and found all her stuff gone. No note. No goodbye. One afternoon, I went out into the front yard to play with my toy cars. Some kid ran over my hand with a go- kart, I screamed, they stopped and got out...
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"I'm sorry. I was trying to beat my lap time. I didn't see you." A young Jesse apologised.
"S'okay. I haven't seen you around here before." Leon asked, nursing his hand.
"Me and my dad just moved from New York. He had to change his job. I'm Jesse Briggs. Number 39."
"Leon Callitri. This is my house.""
"Your mom left didn't she? Well, that's what I heard." He stuffed his tiny hands into his jean pockets, looking at the ground. Leon stood up.
"Yeah, she left a couple of weeks ago. She'll be back though." He added, as if to reassure him self.
"You wanna stay at my place till she gets back?" Jesse offered.
"Sure." He picked up his toy cars and headed to number 39.
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"Me Jess and his dad got on really well. He even taught me and Jess to drive. Then we got into street racing. I started out racing in neighbourhoods with a bunch of amateurs. One night Jess came with me, and these two guys were racing. Next thing I remember, I heard a scream, and an ambulance came. One of the drivers's lost control and knocked a woman walking her dog down. I pulled out of racing, but Jess and me still liked it. Then he found out about Dom's races. We came along, and you know the rest." He smiled slightly.
"Wow. You've known Jesse since you guys were 11?" Elly asked. He nodded.
"I didn't know about your life before you came here."
"I don't know a lot about your past either." He stated.
"Well, I was 1 when mom died. She had colon cancer. It came on as soon as I was born, and they didn't reach it in time. I have no memories, just pictures. I was 7 too, when dad died. I wasn't even there. I was on an overnight school trip. My auntie Isabelle came to pick me up. I thought it was strange because dad promised me he would pick me up. I got home, and Dom and Mia were crying on the sofa. Dom told me. Just three words. 'Dad is dead.' He didn't sugar coat it. Just three words that changed my life forever. From then on, Dom became dad, and Mia became even more of a mom. We lived with aunt Isabelle and uncle Alex. Alex owned a garage. My aunt didn't like the fact that Dom and Alex were turning her pristine house into a grease bucket.
Alex's' love for cars only fuelled Dom's love for cars. It rubbed off on Mia and me. Every night Dom would sit in Daddy's charger. He'd stick the key in the ignition, but he'd never turn it. It scared the shit outta him. So, we plodded along, Dom working at Alex's garage. Then Vince joined him. Aunt Isabelle died 5 years later of a stroke, and so Mia ran the household. 2 years later Alex died, and because they had no children, Dom inherited the garage. He and Vince were the only ones who worked here. They worked so hard, and managed to open up the store. Life carried on, then I remember one day you and Jesse turned up, and we still haven't found a way to get rid of ya." She smiled. He lifted up her chin gently, to see the memories had left her eyes glazed with tears. He kissed her lightly but passionately.
"I feel so much closer to you now." She admitted. Leon picked her up into his lap.
"How close do you feel now?"
"Elly! Dom's back wit ya stuff!" Letty called from outside, interrupting them.
"How does Letty fit into this equation?" Leon asked, looking behind her.
"Well, Dom always had Letty's attention. Dom thought she was the cool girl who likes cars. She started here when she was 14. When she turned 16, Letty had Dom's attention. Then, the rest is history." She smiled, and they headed outside.
"Has Brian left?" Mia asked.
"Sure has. Didn't take much persuading." Vince smirked, casually draping his big arm round her shoulders, walking her inside, and telling her the details. The rest of the team helped unpack Dom's car with Elly's new stuff, and bits and bobs for the garage.
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Author Note: I had so much fun writing this chapter, even if most of it is about death. But it was fun. Hope you enjoyed it too! By the way, I would very much like, no NEED a beta. If you want to be one, just e-mail me at beatch_I_did@hotmail.com, or tell me when you review. Thanks.