Chapter 9 - The Morning after the Night before - Strike II
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Elly awoke the next morning by the sound of a car door slam, and kids voices.
'Must be a party.' She opened her eyes to find the top half of her body slumped over Leon's muscular stomach, falling and rising to his breathing. How the hell had she got into that position? She lay there for a minute, enjoying the quiet of the house. Quiet. It was only quiet because 2 of the noisiest inhabitants weren't there. She knew Dom hadn't come back last night. She drifted in and out of sleep, waking at the slightest noise.
"I know you're awake. You're breathing faster." The gravely voice rumbled through her body, causing the small of her back to flinch. She turned her head.
"What a detective!" she exclaimed sarcastically. Leon looked down at her from the car magazine he was reading.
"Sleep alright?"
"Yup."
"Liar. I heard you tossing and turning all night."
"Sorry. Did I keep waking you up?"
"Nah. Well, yeah. But I'll forgive ya." He gave her a wink and turned back to his magazine. She turned her head, so she was now facing away from him.
"What did you guys do to Dom last night?" she asked quietly. 'Oh Sh'it.' Leon hadn't expected that question so early.
"Errr, we...um..."
"Beat the leaving crap outta him?" she finished.
"Could say that...yeah." He said quietly. He didn't know how she would take it. Her man and 2 of her best friends, her family, had practically beaten her brother up. Not something that would go down all that well.
"Good. Deserves it." She turned to look him in the eyes. She smiled. The smile let him know that she knew what he was thinking and that it was all good. He showed her a picture of a car, with a practically naked girl hanging over the roof.
"That's a phat body." He claimed, pointing at the picture. She grabbed the magazine and rolled onto her back.
"Yeah. Car's nice too." She laughed, and he took the mag away from her and hit her on the arm.
"Your mind is disgusting Miss. Toretto." There came a knock at the door, and then Jesse entered wearing just faded jeans, his usual beanie and toothbrush in mouth.
"Hey Jess." Leon greeted.
"Hey. Elly. Phone." he said shortly trying not to spill toothpaste down his chest.
"Who is it?"
"Girl. Lila I fink." He ran out the room to spit.
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"Hello?"
"Mornin' L."
"Lila, sup?"
"Not much. Letty slept like a log last night. She's havin' breakfast. She wants to come home but she wants to know what's happening wit D first."
"The guys beat the crap outta him, he left last night and he hasn't come home yet."
"Phone call?"
"Nope." She called Letty in the living room and repeated the news. Letty came to the phone.
"L?"
"Hey Lett."
"Hey girl. So, no sign of Dom?" she asked hopefully.
"Nope, god knows when he'll come back from god knows where." There was a few seconds pause. "You alright, Lett?"
"Well, considering what's just happened, I'm ok. I just don't think I can come back home for a few days, ya'know?"
"Sure, I understand. You need some more stuff?"
"Actually, I think I'll be alright. I got the 15G remember?" she said with a twinkle in her voice.
"Ha! Yeah, I reckon that should hold you up for a while." Elly laughed.
"A'ight, well, tell the guys I'm sorry, but I don't wanna go work today. Dom might return and I ain't ready to talk, or rather yell, at him yet."
"No problem, Letty. Just come back when ya ready."
"Cool. Thanks L. See ya later."
"Later Lett." They clicked the phone down. Ely entered the kitchen where everybody had gotten up and was fixing breakfast.
"Sorry guys, looks like you're alone at the garage today, Letty's not going into work." She reported, sitting at the table next to Leon. They continued talking about cars and movies until it was time to leave for work.
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Ely and Mia opened the store up as usual, and they were quite busy. The guys opened the garage up and moaned when they saw how much work they needed to do. With the 5 of them there it would have taken a whole day to do it, but with 3 they were going to lag behind. They wasted no time in talking and dived straight into work.
At the store Mia jumped up every time the phone rang, thinking that Dom would have called. She was still hugely piss'ed at him, but he was still her brother and she still cared if he was all right. At around 3 in the afternoon, Hector came in.
"Hey chicas." He greeted taking a seat.
"Hey Hector." They replied.
"I think we gonna have a bit of explaining to do tonight."
"Huh? " Mia asked
"Races. An' Dom ain't anywhere to be seen yet. If he don't come back, peeps are gonna be askin' a lotta sh'it."
"Well, Dom's NEVER missed a race, so I should think he'll be back sometime this evening." Mia said, almost reassuring herself.
"What if he don't Mia? Hector's right, people are gonna ask awkward questions when the King of Races don't show up." Elly noted. Mia chewed her lip. Hector glanced at his watch, then jumped up.
"Sh'it! Gotta go, ladies. Call me lata, yeah? We'll sort this shit out." He jumped into his car and sped off.
"Shall I phone the guys? See what they think?" Mia asked. Elly nodded and attended to a customer.
Vince answered the phone. Mia explained that hector had come in and explained about the race situation.
"Ah, sh'it. Never thought of that. Well, look, like you said Dom has never missed a race, and I'll bet he doesn't intend to. But, just in case, I'll ask Jess and Leon what they think and we'll talk about it later." They said bye and hung up the phone.
~~**~~** Later that evening~~**~~**
They were sitting around in the living room, and the TV wasn't on for the first time in years. Jesse, Mia and Vince were on the sofa, while Elly sat on Leon's lap in the chair. There was a deadly silence over the room, everybody thinking, every body waiting for Dom to come back through the door.
"Maybe we could say he had an accident or something? Like, he fell awkwardly and broke his arm or something?" Leon put forward. His raspy voice erasing the silence. Everybody looked down at the floor, taking in his comment.
"Not a bad idea, dawg." Vince said slowly, nodding his head.
"Yeah. Let's go wit that." Jesse, Elly and Mia also agreed. More silence continued. The phone rang, and everybody stared at it for a moment. Elly got up and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Yo, L." it was hector. "Dom back yet?"
"No."
"A'ight. What's ya plan girl?"
"We're gonna tell everyone that Dom was in an accident and broke his arm."
"Nice one. Meet me at 11pm usual spot?"
"Uh - uh. Later Hector." She hung up.
"11pm guys, usual spot." They muttered 'ok's turned the TV on. Elly disappeared into the kitchen, and Leon followed. She was staring out the window with a thoughtful expression on her face, arms folded. The setting sun produced an orange and red glow on the white kitchen. Leon walked up behind her, and put one arm around her waist, the other around her chest.
"You ok?" he whispered into her hair. She sighed heavily.
"It doesn't feel right. Not like before." She said quietly, still looking out the window.
"What's not right?" Elly turned around to put her head on his chest.
"Dom's done this before, but it was different. Letty found out, yelled, was pissed off for a few days, then it went back to normal. Now, this time, Dom went AWOL!" she pulled back throwing her arms up in the air as she said 'AWOL'. Leon looked into her eyes, and lightly took her cheeks in his hands.
"Dom'll come back. He'll come back for Letty, for you, for Mia and for the team...for the family."
"When?" she asked tears dropping down her cheeks. He took her into a hug, stroking her hair.
"I can't that answer that baby. Only he can." She started crying harder, his shirt getting wet. She pulled back.
"Leon, I REALLY want Letty back." She said, wiping her eyes.
"I know, baby. I want them both back too."
"No. You don't understand, sweetie. I want LETTY back. I don't care about Dom." Elly just stared back at him, looking right into his green eyes which had been brightened by the setting sun.
"I don't care about Dom." She repeated. More serious than the first time. The way she said it had shocked Leon, but with the red light from the sung outlining her body, it scared him.
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Author Note: My, my, my! What ever has come over Elly? Well, chapter 10 will reveal all.
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Elly awoke the next morning by the sound of a car door slam, and kids voices.
'Must be a party.' She opened her eyes to find the top half of her body slumped over Leon's muscular stomach, falling and rising to his breathing. How the hell had she got into that position? She lay there for a minute, enjoying the quiet of the house. Quiet. It was only quiet because 2 of the noisiest inhabitants weren't there. She knew Dom hadn't come back last night. She drifted in and out of sleep, waking at the slightest noise.
"I know you're awake. You're breathing faster." The gravely voice rumbled through her body, causing the small of her back to flinch. She turned her head.
"What a detective!" she exclaimed sarcastically. Leon looked down at her from the car magazine he was reading.
"Sleep alright?"
"Yup."
"Liar. I heard you tossing and turning all night."
"Sorry. Did I keep waking you up?"
"Nah. Well, yeah. But I'll forgive ya." He gave her a wink and turned back to his magazine. She turned her head, so she was now facing away from him.
"What did you guys do to Dom last night?" she asked quietly. 'Oh Sh'it.' Leon hadn't expected that question so early.
"Errr, we...um..."
"Beat the leaving crap outta him?" she finished.
"Could say that...yeah." He said quietly. He didn't know how she would take it. Her man and 2 of her best friends, her family, had practically beaten her brother up. Not something that would go down all that well.
"Good. Deserves it." She turned to look him in the eyes. She smiled. The smile let him know that she knew what he was thinking and that it was all good. He showed her a picture of a car, with a practically naked girl hanging over the roof.
"That's a phat body." He claimed, pointing at the picture. She grabbed the magazine and rolled onto her back.
"Yeah. Car's nice too." She laughed, and he took the mag away from her and hit her on the arm.
"Your mind is disgusting Miss. Toretto." There came a knock at the door, and then Jesse entered wearing just faded jeans, his usual beanie and toothbrush in mouth.
"Hey Jess." Leon greeted.
"Hey. Elly. Phone." he said shortly trying not to spill toothpaste down his chest.
"Who is it?"
"Girl. Lila I fink." He ran out the room to spit.
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"Hello?"
"Mornin' L."
"Lila, sup?"
"Not much. Letty slept like a log last night. She's havin' breakfast. She wants to come home but she wants to know what's happening wit D first."
"The guys beat the crap outta him, he left last night and he hasn't come home yet."
"Phone call?"
"Nope." She called Letty in the living room and repeated the news. Letty came to the phone.
"L?"
"Hey Lett."
"Hey girl. So, no sign of Dom?" she asked hopefully.
"Nope, god knows when he'll come back from god knows where." There was a few seconds pause. "You alright, Lett?"
"Well, considering what's just happened, I'm ok. I just don't think I can come back home for a few days, ya'know?"
"Sure, I understand. You need some more stuff?"
"Actually, I think I'll be alright. I got the 15G remember?" she said with a twinkle in her voice.
"Ha! Yeah, I reckon that should hold you up for a while." Elly laughed.
"A'ight, well, tell the guys I'm sorry, but I don't wanna go work today. Dom might return and I ain't ready to talk, or rather yell, at him yet."
"No problem, Letty. Just come back when ya ready."
"Cool. Thanks L. See ya later."
"Later Lett." They clicked the phone down. Ely entered the kitchen where everybody had gotten up and was fixing breakfast.
"Sorry guys, looks like you're alone at the garage today, Letty's not going into work." She reported, sitting at the table next to Leon. They continued talking about cars and movies until it was time to leave for work.
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Ely and Mia opened the store up as usual, and they were quite busy. The guys opened the garage up and moaned when they saw how much work they needed to do. With the 5 of them there it would have taken a whole day to do it, but with 3 they were going to lag behind. They wasted no time in talking and dived straight into work.
At the store Mia jumped up every time the phone rang, thinking that Dom would have called. She was still hugely piss'ed at him, but he was still her brother and she still cared if he was all right. At around 3 in the afternoon, Hector came in.
"Hey chicas." He greeted taking a seat.
"Hey Hector." They replied.
"I think we gonna have a bit of explaining to do tonight."
"Huh? " Mia asked
"Races. An' Dom ain't anywhere to be seen yet. If he don't come back, peeps are gonna be askin' a lotta sh'it."
"Well, Dom's NEVER missed a race, so I should think he'll be back sometime this evening." Mia said, almost reassuring herself.
"What if he don't Mia? Hector's right, people are gonna ask awkward questions when the King of Races don't show up." Elly noted. Mia chewed her lip. Hector glanced at his watch, then jumped up.
"Sh'it! Gotta go, ladies. Call me lata, yeah? We'll sort this shit out." He jumped into his car and sped off.
"Shall I phone the guys? See what they think?" Mia asked. Elly nodded and attended to a customer.
Vince answered the phone. Mia explained that hector had come in and explained about the race situation.
"Ah, sh'it. Never thought of that. Well, look, like you said Dom has never missed a race, and I'll bet he doesn't intend to. But, just in case, I'll ask Jess and Leon what they think and we'll talk about it later." They said bye and hung up the phone.
~~**~~** Later that evening~~**~~**
They were sitting around in the living room, and the TV wasn't on for the first time in years. Jesse, Mia and Vince were on the sofa, while Elly sat on Leon's lap in the chair. There was a deadly silence over the room, everybody thinking, every body waiting for Dom to come back through the door.
"Maybe we could say he had an accident or something? Like, he fell awkwardly and broke his arm or something?" Leon put forward. His raspy voice erasing the silence. Everybody looked down at the floor, taking in his comment.
"Not a bad idea, dawg." Vince said slowly, nodding his head.
"Yeah. Let's go wit that." Jesse, Elly and Mia also agreed. More silence continued. The phone rang, and everybody stared at it for a moment. Elly got up and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Yo, L." it was hector. "Dom back yet?"
"No."
"A'ight. What's ya plan girl?"
"We're gonna tell everyone that Dom was in an accident and broke his arm."
"Nice one. Meet me at 11pm usual spot?"
"Uh - uh. Later Hector." She hung up.
"11pm guys, usual spot." They muttered 'ok's turned the TV on. Elly disappeared into the kitchen, and Leon followed. She was staring out the window with a thoughtful expression on her face, arms folded. The setting sun produced an orange and red glow on the white kitchen. Leon walked up behind her, and put one arm around her waist, the other around her chest.
"You ok?" he whispered into her hair. She sighed heavily.
"It doesn't feel right. Not like before." She said quietly, still looking out the window.
"What's not right?" Elly turned around to put her head on his chest.
"Dom's done this before, but it was different. Letty found out, yelled, was pissed off for a few days, then it went back to normal. Now, this time, Dom went AWOL!" she pulled back throwing her arms up in the air as she said 'AWOL'. Leon looked into her eyes, and lightly took her cheeks in his hands.
"Dom'll come back. He'll come back for Letty, for you, for Mia and for the team...for the family."
"When?" she asked tears dropping down her cheeks. He took her into a hug, stroking her hair.
"I can't that answer that baby. Only he can." She started crying harder, his shirt getting wet. She pulled back.
"Leon, I REALLY want Letty back." She said, wiping her eyes.
"I know, baby. I want them both back too."
"No. You don't understand, sweetie. I want LETTY back. I don't care about Dom." Elly just stared back at him, looking right into his green eyes which had been brightened by the setting sun.
"I don't care about Dom." She repeated. More serious than the first time. The way she said it had shocked Leon, but with the red light from the sung outlining her body, it scared him.
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Author Note: My, my, my! What ever has come over Elly? Well, chapter 10 will reveal all.