Chapter 11 - Sins and Sin
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Vince stormed towards the new arrival. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
She stood there, shaking slightly, but with a somewhat smug look on her face.
"Dom needs some stuff." The squawky voice echoed through out the silent living room. Mia ran up to her.
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! GET OUT OF MY FUCKING HOUSE, HARRIET!"
Vince was pushing her towards the door, and Mia opened it so he could chuck her onto the front lawn. They were greeted by Letty instead.
"Hey, guys thought I'd come home earlier than expected -" she stopped when she was realised she was face to face with that skanky whore Harriet.
"What she fuckin' doin' here?!" Letty growled
"I came to get Dom's stuff!" Harriet barked.
"Yeah? Well, don't forget this!" and with that Letty threw Harriet a fast, mean, hard right hook to her face, knocking her out of Vince's hold. She brushed past Mia and Vince, who was picking Harriet up and throwing her out onto the porch, slamming the door on her chunky ass.
"Wuss goin' on here?" Letty asked, seeing papers scattered everywhere, and a flabbergasted look on everyone's face. She dropped her numerous bags on the floor, hands on hips.
"Well?"
"Long version or short version?" Elly questioned. Letty looked mad.
"Girl, jus' tell it to me straight."
"Dom's been fucking us over. ALL of us. He never bought a house in St. Luca, Baja. He bought an apartment for himself in Jamestown."
"We've been risking our fuckin lives so that he can live it up when the shit hits the fan." Jesse continued, sparking up another cigarette. Elly handed Letty some papers. She fell into the nearby chair, scanning them.
"I can't - I can't do this." Mia said after a while, as she ran upstairs. Vince chased after her. After hearing the footsteps cross the landing and the door slam, Letty spoke.
"But, he - he never said that we were going to Jamestown - he said St. Luca." A look of disbelief plastered her face. "When did y'all work this out?"
"Bout half an hour ago." Leon said, taking a cigarette from Jesse's pack.
"But - he- when - BASTARD!" Letty yelled. "What the hell am I going to do? What the hell are we gonna do?" Jesse moved over to sit on the arm of the chair, and lightly put a hand on her shoulder.
"Look, like Mia said earlier, we don't need Dom's money. We got the garage, the store; we've still got Race Wars an' shit. All we need from Dom is an explanation."
"What?! No! You guys may need Dom's explanation - " her eyes filled up quickly with tears, which fell quickly down her cheeks. " - but I need DOM! I need HIM!" following Mia's footsteps, she took off upstairs. As Vince did, Jesse followed her upstairs.
Leon rubbed his eyes, then ran a hand through his hair. He looked up at the ceiling for a minute, taking it all in.
"We still gotta go to the races, ya'know." A small voice came from beside him, on the sofa. Elly had stretched herself out on the sofa during the commotion. Taking the last drag from his cigarette, he made his way over to the sofa. He sat down and started rubbing Elly's shin lightly.
"I know." He sighed.
"Not going very smoothly is it, for us?" she whispered. Leon took her hand in his.
"When this shit is straightened out I'ma take you somewhere - anywhere you wanna go, for however long you wanna go for." He leaned closer to her face.
"Las Vegas." She said after a moment's thought.
"Sin City callin' ya?" Leon asked.
"Yeah." She laughed. He squeezed her hand,
"Vegas it is, babe."
~~**~~** 2 hours later~~**~~**
Mia and Vince reappeared 40 minutes later, hand in hand down the stairs. Elly was preparing to go to the races, to meet 'Dom's people' and Leon was grabbing a beer from the fridge. Mia watched TV, and Vince went into the kitchen.
"Hey brotha thought you weren't joining us for a second there." Leon greeted with a smile, throwing him a beer. He caught it, gladly.
"Leon do you think that out of every bad situation, there's something good that comes out of it?" Vince asked.
"Whoa, V! When did you become a philosopher?" Vince gave him a look. "Alright, but, um, seriously, yeah. I mean look at me and Elly - we got together after the whole Brian thing." He said, motioning with his hand. Vince leaned against the counter opposite Leon, crossing his arms with a beer in his hands.
"Why?"
Vince looked up with a smile on his face. He didn't need to answer. Mia came in, and wrapped her arms around Vince's neck, planting a long kiss on his lips, and then resting her head on his shoulders. Leon looked so shocked that Mia started laughing. Vince turned and kissed her on the lips, lightly licking them.
"No way!" Within his raspy voice, a faint laughter could be heard.
"Way, brotha." Vince didn't look towards him.
"What's 'no way'?" asked Elly coming into the kitchen, putting a jacket on. She froze when she saw Vince and Mia kissing. She let out a small yelp in shock. They didn't even turn to look at her. Leon walked towards her.
"C'mon sweetie, let's leave them to it." He said ushering her out towards their cars.
"Hang on, guys! We're coming too." Mia called out.
"We are?" Vince asked quietly, not wanting to stop their previous activities.
"Yes." Mia glared at him.
"Letty! Jess! Gong to the races!" Leon yelled upstairs. No reply. 'Oh well, their loss'. Vince and Leon drove there, with Elly and Mia riding with them because they saw no point in taking all their cars.
~~**~~**The races~~**~~**
The atmosphere was as thick as ever with exhaust fumes; NOS, Oil and skanks' perfume. But for Mia, Elly Vince and Leon, a heavy cloud hung over them all.
As they got out the car, Vince's usual groupies swarmed around him. He waved them off with a flick of his hand, and wrapped an arm round Mia's waist. He led her towards Elly and Leon where they were leaning against his Skyline. They talked for a bit, but stopped when they could sense everybody's eyes on them, whispering.
"Why isn't Dom there?"
"Where's Dom?"
"King of race's given up his crown?" were some of the comments from the crowd. Hector came up, and greeted them all.
"Ready fo' this shit?" They all nodded. "A'ight in case sh'it gets started, I got some boys around." He nodded in the directions, and they saw what he was on about.
"Hey, maybe you girls should head back into the cars, in case sh'it does start." Leon noted. Elly furrowed her eyebrows. She hated missing the action.
"Yeah, you should get in." Vince agreed, handing over his keys to Mia.
"But - I" Mia started.
"The only butt I want is yours in my car." Vince said to Mia, and then he whispered something in her ear, which was sure as hell to be down right smutty. Elly pouted at Leon.
"Don't gimme that look." He said crossing his arms. She stuck her tongue out at him, and he quickly leaned in for a kiss, and handed her his keys.
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Hector raised his hands for everybody's attention.
"A'IGHT! CHANGE O' PLAN TONIGHT! DOM'S HAD AN ACCIDENT - HE'S FINE, HE'S JUST BROKEN HIS ARM IS ALL! YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WIT THAT, THEN TOUGH SH'IT, COZ WE CAN'T DO ANYTING ABOUT IT!" The crowd began talking amongst themselves. A voice shouted out,
"WE STILL RACIN' TONIGHT?" the crowd became quiet, as they looked around for the person who said it.
"YEAH!" Hector yelled back, not really directing it anywhere in particular.
"I don't think we got a problem then." An Asian guy standing at the front shrugged his shoulders, looking around as everybody started agreeing with him. People started speaking up from everywhere.
"Well a change of scene is good - it'll give a chance for somebody else to win."
"Yeah, instead of watching Dom win ALL the time."
"Hell yeah! Count me in!" People stared coming up to Hector, as he arranged a race. Elly and Mia had exited the cars, realising that nothing would kick off.
"Doesn't this seem odd to you?" Elly said slowly to Leon, looking around at the normal hustle and bustle, taking a cigarette from Leon's packet that he was holding.
"Err, yes. Since when have you smoked?" he said in a puzzled voice, looking down at her through narrowed eyes. She turned back to him, smiling.
"Ha! Mia and me been smokin' since I hit 16. Dom didn't like it, so we had to do it in the shadows. We used to steal Jesse's when he was pi'ssed." She started chuckling, and lit it. Mia approached, laughing.
"Yeah, crazy times." She winked at Leon, and took one from his packet.
"Ya'know what Elly. This IS weird. I mean, first of all, those two -" he pointed a thumb towards Mia and Vince, "get it on, and then, nobody seems all that bothered about Dom not being here. Wuss up wit dat?" he asked.
"Well, Leon if you think about it, Mia and Vince, well, they should have got it together years ago. And, the races? I think just once, people would like to know that they have a chance of winning. Ya'know?" She smiled. "Maybe times are changing." She added in a low tone.
"You wanted to go to Vegas, didn't you?" he asked, stubbing out his cigarette. She nodded in reply.
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Dom had a perfect view of everybody from his spot. By everybody, he referred to the team. He could see the place where they usually pulled up perfectly. He had bought a car that wouldn't make him stick out like a sore thumb. It was a dark blue colour, which was fairly common around the street racers. The windows were tinted black, so nobody could see it was him.
Leon and Vince's cars pulled up. That was odd. Only 2 cars. They stepped out, followed by Mia and Elly. Okay, so where were Jesse and Letty? Vince had his arm wrapped around Mia's waist, and now he was..kissing her? KISSING her?! He started to get out the car, but a hand with 2-inch fake red nails stopped him.
"You said you were only gonna watch them." he cringed at her voice. Then settled back down again. Hector grabbed the crowds attention.
He had what?! He had broken his arm in an accident? They weren't going to buy that sh'it!!
Holy crap. They bought it.
The next minutes were a blur. He couldn't believe it. Everybody went about as usual. Nobody cared that he wasn't there. Nobody cared that they didn't have a shot at beating him; and the thought that hurt him the most was that nobody in his team cared. Mia had been calling him on cell phone every 5 minutes when he first disappeared. He didn't pick up. He was too ashamed. The last time he had cheated on Letty, everybody was pissed for a few days, then it all went back to normal. But this time,..he could feel it..it was different. Ely had called his cell once from the house phone. He was going to pick it up, but he left it too late.
'Too late, Dom.' He thought. 'It's too late to explain. It's too late to say goodbye properly, even to your own sisters. It's too late to kiss Letty one more time. It's too late to share a beer with the guys.'
Where did it all go wrong? he was head strong; a leader; he was organized; and he knew what he wanted. The trucks. He wanted the trucks, and he had persuaded the team to do them with him. But the money. The money and the greed got to him, and he took it all. He took their money, and with it he took their trust, friendship, love and respect. Four things that mattered most in the world to him, and it was now he realised it. He slammed his fist down hard onto the steering wheel, causing Harriet to jump.
He looked over towards Leon, Vince and his sisters. Leon and Elly looked to be having a very deep conversation. Vince and Mia were talking to Lila before the races started. Leon stubbed his cigarette out, and then shouted something to Vince, whose response was a look of confusion. He turned to Mia, who also looked confused. Leon asked the question again. Mia smiled and nodded. Vince shrugged, and led Mia over to them. They talked for a bit, then Hector came over. Mia and Elly hugged him, and Leon and Vince shook his hand. They got in the cars. Dom sat bolt upright in his seat. Where the hell where they going? Why weren't they staying to watch the race? They pulled of, and started his car, but he couldn't get through the masses of people in time, and they sped out of sight.
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"Yo, V! How do ya fancy a road trip to Sin City?" Leon called out above the race noise. He looked confused.
"Sin City?" he called back. He looked down at Mia, who also looked confused by the question.
"Vegas? Sin City? Us, Jess and Letty. Road trip, whaddya say?" he repeated.
"Sure!" Mia called, smiled and nodded. Vince shrugged.
"Why not? A road trip is just what we need." He slung his arm loosely over Mia's shoulder leading them towards Elly and Leon.
"What made you say Las Vegas?" Mia asked Leon.
"I wanted to go." Elly stated, hugging Leon and putting her head to his chest.
"When shall we head off?" Vince asked.
"Now." Mia said.
"Now?" Leon repeated.
"Yeah. I mean, if we go home now, we can pack up our stuff, get a coupla hours sleep, head off in the morning and be there this time tomorrow." Mia grinned.
"Somebody's eager!" Vince laughed. Mia whispered something in his ear. Those two were disgusting.
"A'ight let's go!" he picked Mia up over his shoulder, and put her in the car.
"See ya at the house guys!" she called, bouncing up and down.
Leon and Elly got into the car, and they sped of through the parting crowds.
~~**~~**13 hours later~~**~~**
"Are we there yet?" called Jesse across the walkie-talkie.
"Yeah, Jess. The fact that we passed a sign that said 'Welcome to Las Vegas' 10 minutes ago kinda indicates we're here!" Leon laughed back across.
"I know that, dawg! I'ma just wonderin' where this pissin' hotel is!" he answered.
"Damn, Jess! You're a bitch where you're hungry!" Letty laughed at him.
"Shut up and feed me!" he yelled, and clicked off the walkie-talkie. Everyone burst into fits of laughter, and shortly after Leon led them into the parking lot of a hotel. He had seen it in the road map they bought at the last stop. It was cheap, but it looked nice and comfy. Looked like they were going to be here a while. They all got out their cars and stretched. Jesse looked around, fidgeting.
"Ain't there a fast food place around here?" he really was a bitch when he was hungry. Letty laughed.
"Come on home boy, let's go find you some grub so we can get some peace and quiet." She pulled him towards a restaurant across the road.
"You hungry?" Leon asked Elly. She leaned against his car door, and he stood in front of her, holding her waist.
"Yeah, but I'm more tired than hungry." She whined, looking up at the bright lights surrounding them.
"Let's go check in." he growled nibbling her neck.
"Why were you so adamant about THIS hotel?" she asked. He pulled back and nodded to a building to her left, a sly smile on his mouth, and a gleam in his eye. She turned, to she a white building. It had a sign on it, but the light above it was broken, and she couldn't make it out. She peered further. Wait, what did it say.
'Loretta's Wedding Chapel: Open 24 hours to the blissful public.'
THE END (?) ~~**~~**~~**
Author Note: Okay, even I wasn't expecting that to happen. And I wrote it! Should there be a follow up? Vegas style? You decide.
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Vince stormed towards the new arrival. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
She stood there, shaking slightly, but with a somewhat smug look on her face.
"Dom needs some stuff." The squawky voice echoed through out the silent living room. Mia ran up to her.
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! GET OUT OF MY FUCKING HOUSE, HARRIET!"
Vince was pushing her towards the door, and Mia opened it so he could chuck her onto the front lawn. They were greeted by Letty instead.
"Hey, guys thought I'd come home earlier than expected -" she stopped when she was realised she was face to face with that skanky whore Harriet.
"What she fuckin' doin' here?!" Letty growled
"I came to get Dom's stuff!" Harriet barked.
"Yeah? Well, don't forget this!" and with that Letty threw Harriet a fast, mean, hard right hook to her face, knocking her out of Vince's hold. She brushed past Mia and Vince, who was picking Harriet up and throwing her out onto the porch, slamming the door on her chunky ass.
"Wuss goin' on here?" Letty asked, seeing papers scattered everywhere, and a flabbergasted look on everyone's face. She dropped her numerous bags on the floor, hands on hips.
"Well?"
"Long version or short version?" Elly questioned. Letty looked mad.
"Girl, jus' tell it to me straight."
"Dom's been fucking us over. ALL of us. He never bought a house in St. Luca, Baja. He bought an apartment for himself in Jamestown."
"We've been risking our fuckin lives so that he can live it up when the shit hits the fan." Jesse continued, sparking up another cigarette. Elly handed Letty some papers. She fell into the nearby chair, scanning them.
"I can't - I can't do this." Mia said after a while, as she ran upstairs. Vince chased after her. After hearing the footsteps cross the landing and the door slam, Letty spoke.
"But, he - he never said that we were going to Jamestown - he said St. Luca." A look of disbelief plastered her face. "When did y'all work this out?"
"Bout half an hour ago." Leon said, taking a cigarette from Jesse's pack.
"But - he- when - BASTARD!" Letty yelled. "What the hell am I going to do? What the hell are we gonna do?" Jesse moved over to sit on the arm of the chair, and lightly put a hand on her shoulder.
"Look, like Mia said earlier, we don't need Dom's money. We got the garage, the store; we've still got Race Wars an' shit. All we need from Dom is an explanation."
"What?! No! You guys may need Dom's explanation - " her eyes filled up quickly with tears, which fell quickly down her cheeks. " - but I need DOM! I need HIM!" following Mia's footsteps, she took off upstairs. As Vince did, Jesse followed her upstairs.
Leon rubbed his eyes, then ran a hand through his hair. He looked up at the ceiling for a minute, taking it all in.
"We still gotta go to the races, ya'know." A small voice came from beside him, on the sofa. Elly had stretched herself out on the sofa during the commotion. Taking the last drag from his cigarette, he made his way over to the sofa. He sat down and started rubbing Elly's shin lightly.
"I know." He sighed.
"Not going very smoothly is it, for us?" she whispered. Leon took her hand in his.
"When this shit is straightened out I'ma take you somewhere - anywhere you wanna go, for however long you wanna go for." He leaned closer to her face.
"Las Vegas." She said after a moment's thought.
"Sin City callin' ya?" Leon asked.
"Yeah." She laughed. He squeezed her hand,
"Vegas it is, babe."
~~**~~** 2 hours later~~**~~**
Mia and Vince reappeared 40 minutes later, hand in hand down the stairs. Elly was preparing to go to the races, to meet 'Dom's people' and Leon was grabbing a beer from the fridge. Mia watched TV, and Vince went into the kitchen.
"Hey brotha thought you weren't joining us for a second there." Leon greeted with a smile, throwing him a beer. He caught it, gladly.
"Leon do you think that out of every bad situation, there's something good that comes out of it?" Vince asked.
"Whoa, V! When did you become a philosopher?" Vince gave him a look. "Alright, but, um, seriously, yeah. I mean look at me and Elly - we got together after the whole Brian thing." He said, motioning with his hand. Vince leaned against the counter opposite Leon, crossing his arms with a beer in his hands.
"Why?"
Vince looked up with a smile on his face. He didn't need to answer. Mia came in, and wrapped her arms around Vince's neck, planting a long kiss on his lips, and then resting her head on his shoulders. Leon looked so shocked that Mia started laughing. Vince turned and kissed her on the lips, lightly licking them.
"No way!" Within his raspy voice, a faint laughter could be heard.
"Way, brotha." Vince didn't look towards him.
"What's 'no way'?" asked Elly coming into the kitchen, putting a jacket on. She froze when she saw Vince and Mia kissing. She let out a small yelp in shock. They didn't even turn to look at her. Leon walked towards her.
"C'mon sweetie, let's leave them to it." He said ushering her out towards their cars.
"Hang on, guys! We're coming too." Mia called out.
"We are?" Vince asked quietly, not wanting to stop their previous activities.
"Yes." Mia glared at him.
"Letty! Jess! Gong to the races!" Leon yelled upstairs. No reply. 'Oh well, their loss'. Vince and Leon drove there, with Elly and Mia riding with them because they saw no point in taking all their cars.
~~**~~**The races~~**~~**
The atmosphere was as thick as ever with exhaust fumes; NOS, Oil and skanks' perfume. But for Mia, Elly Vince and Leon, a heavy cloud hung over them all.
As they got out the car, Vince's usual groupies swarmed around him. He waved them off with a flick of his hand, and wrapped an arm round Mia's waist. He led her towards Elly and Leon where they were leaning against his Skyline. They talked for a bit, but stopped when they could sense everybody's eyes on them, whispering.
"Why isn't Dom there?"
"Where's Dom?"
"King of race's given up his crown?" were some of the comments from the crowd. Hector came up, and greeted them all.
"Ready fo' this shit?" They all nodded. "A'ight in case sh'it gets started, I got some boys around." He nodded in the directions, and they saw what he was on about.
"Hey, maybe you girls should head back into the cars, in case sh'it does start." Leon noted. Elly furrowed her eyebrows. She hated missing the action.
"Yeah, you should get in." Vince agreed, handing over his keys to Mia.
"But - I" Mia started.
"The only butt I want is yours in my car." Vince said to Mia, and then he whispered something in her ear, which was sure as hell to be down right smutty. Elly pouted at Leon.
"Don't gimme that look." He said crossing his arms. She stuck her tongue out at him, and he quickly leaned in for a kiss, and handed her his keys.
~~**~~**
Hector raised his hands for everybody's attention.
"A'IGHT! CHANGE O' PLAN TONIGHT! DOM'S HAD AN ACCIDENT - HE'S FINE, HE'S JUST BROKEN HIS ARM IS ALL! YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WIT THAT, THEN TOUGH SH'IT, COZ WE CAN'T DO ANYTING ABOUT IT!" The crowd began talking amongst themselves. A voice shouted out,
"WE STILL RACIN' TONIGHT?" the crowd became quiet, as they looked around for the person who said it.
"YEAH!" Hector yelled back, not really directing it anywhere in particular.
"I don't think we got a problem then." An Asian guy standing at the front shrugged his shoulders, looking around as everybody started agreeing with him. People started speaking up from everywhere.
"Well a change of scene is good - it'll give a chance for somebody else to win."
"Yeah, instead of watching Dom win ALL the time."
"Hell yeah! Count me in!" People stared coming up to Hector, as he arranged a race. Elly and Mia had exited the cars, realising that nothing would kick off.
"Doesn't this seem odd to you?" Elly said slowly to Leon, looking around at the normal hustle and bustle, taking a cigarette from Leon's packet that he was holding.
"Err, yes. Since when have you smoked?" he said in a puzzled voice, looking down at her through narrowed eyes. She turned back to him, smiling.
"Ha! Mia and me been smokin' since I hit 16. Dom didn't like it, so we had to do it in the shadows. We used to steal Jesse's when he was pi'ssed." She started chuckling, and lit it. Mia approached, laughing.
"Yeah, crazy times." She winked at Leon, and took one from his packet.
"Ya'know what Elly. This IS weird. I mean, first of all, those two -" he pointed a thumb towards Mia and Vince, "get it on, and then, nobody seems all that bothered about Dom not being here. Wuss up wit dat?" he asked.
"Well, Leon if you think about it, Mia and Vince, well, they should have got it together years ago. And, the races? I think just once, people would like to know that they have a chance of winning. Ya'know?" She smiled. "Maybe times are changing." She added in a low tone.
"You wanted to go to Vegas, didn't you?" he asked, stubbing out his cigarette. She nodded in reply.
~~**~~**
Dom had a perfect view of everybody from his spot. By everybody, he referred to the team. He could see the place where they usually pulled up perfectly. He had bought a car that wouldn't make him stick out like a sore thumb. It was a dark blue colour, which was fairly common around the street racers. The windows were tinted black, so nobody could see it was him.
Leon and Vince's cars pulled up. That was odd. Only 2 cars. They stepped out, followed by Mia and Elly. Okay, so where were Jesse and Letty? Vince had his arm wrapped around Mia's waist, and now he was..kissing her? KISSING her?! He started to get out the car, but a hand with 2-inch fake red nails stopped him.
"You said you were only gonna watch them." he cringed at her voice. Then settled back down again. Hector grabbed the crowds attention.
He had what?! He had broken his arm in an accident? They weren't going to buy that sh'it!!
Holy crap. They bought it.
The next minutes were a blur. He couldn't believe it. Everybody went about as usual. Nobody cared that he wasn't there. Nobody cared that they didn't have a shot at beating him; and the thought that hurt him the most was that nobody in his team cared. Mia had been calling him on cell phone every 5 minutes when he first disappeared. He didn't pick up. He was too ashamed. The last time he had cheated on Letty, everybody was pissed for a few days, then it all went back to normal. But this time,..he could feel it..it was different. Ely had called his cell once from the house phone. He was going to pick it up, but he left it too late.
'Too late, Dom.' He thought. 'It's too late to explain. It's too late to say goodbye properly, even to your own sisters. It's too late to kiss Letty one more time. It's too late to share a beer with the guys.'
Where did it all go wrong? he was head strong; a leader; he was organized; and he knew what he wanted. The trucks. He wanted the trucks, and he had persuaded the team to do them with him. But the money. The money and the greed got to him, and he took it all. He took their money, and with it he took their trust, friendship, love and respect. Four things that mattered most in the world to him, and it was now he realised it. He slammed his fist down hard onto the steering wheel, causing Harriet to jump.
He looked over towards Leon, Vince and his sisters. Leon and Elly looked to be having a very deep conversation. Vince and Mia were talking to Lila before the races started. Leon stubbed his cigarette out, and then shouted something to Vince, whose response was a look of confusion. He turned to Mia, who also looked confused. Leon asked the question again. Mia smiled and nodded. Vince shrugged, and led Mia over to them. They talked for a bit, then Hector came over. Mia and Elly hugged him, and Leon and Vince shook his hand. They got in the cars. Dom sat bolt upright in his seat. Where the hell where they going? Why weren't they staying to watch the race? They pulled of, and started his car, but he couldn't get through the masses of people in time, and they sped out of sight.
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"Yo, V! How do ya fancy a road trip to Sin City?" Leon called out above the race noise. He looked confused.
"Sin City?" he called back. He looked down at Mia, who also looked confused by the question.
"Vegas? Sin City? Us, Jess and Letty. Road trip, whaddya say?" he repeated.
"Sure!" Mia called, smiled and nodded. Vince shrugged.
"Why not? A road trip is just what we need." He slung his arm loosely over Mia's shoulder leading them towards Elly and Leon.
"What made you say Las Vegas?" Mia asked Leon.
"I wanted to go." Elly stated, hugging Leon and putting her head to his chest.
"When shall we head off?" Vince asked.
"Now." Mia said.
"Now?" Leon repeated.
"Yeah. I mean, if we go home now, we can pack up our stuff, get a coupla hours sleep, head off in the morning and be there this time tomorrow." Mia grinned.
"Somebody's eager!" Vince laughed. Mia whispered something in his ear. Those two were disgusting.
"A'ight let's go!" he picked Mia up over his shoulder, and put her in the car.
"See ya at the house guys!" she called, bouncing up and down.
Leon and Elly got into the car, and they sped of through the parting crowds.
~~**~~**13 hours later~~**~~**
"Are we there yet?" called Jesse across the walkie-talkie.
"Yeah, Jess. The fact that we passed a sign that said 'Welcome to Las Vegas' 10 minutes ago kinda indicates we're here!" Leon laughed back across.
"I know that, dawg! I'ma just wonderin' where this pissin' hotel is!" he answered.
"Damn, Jess! You're a bitch where you're hungry!" Letty laughed at him.
"Shut up and feed me!" he yelled, and clicked off the walkie-talkie. Everyone burst into fits of laughter, and shortly after Leon led them into the parking lot of a hotel. He had seen it in the road map they bought at the last stop. It was cheap, but it looked nice and comfy. Looked like they were going to be here a while. They all got out their cars and stretched. Jesse looked around, fidgeting.
"Ain't there a fast food place around here?" he really was a bitch when he was hungry. Letty laughed.
"Come on home boy, let's go find you some grub so we can get some peace and quiet." She pulled him towards a restaurant across the road.
"You hungry?" Leon asked Elly. She leaned against his car door, and he stood in front of her, holding her waist.
"Yeah, but I'm more tired than hungry." She whined, looking up at the bright lights surrounding them.
"Let's go check in." he growled nibbling her neck.
"Why were you so adamant about THIS hotel?" she asked. He pulled back and nodded to a building to her left, a sly smile on his mouth, and a gleam in his eye. She turned, to she a white building. It had a sign on it, but the light above it was broken, and she couldn't make it out. She peered further. Wait, what did it say.
'Loretta's Wedding Chapel: Open 24 hours to the blissful public.'
THE END (?) ~~**~~**~~**
Author Note: Okay, even I wasn't expecting that to happen. And I wrote it! Should there be a follow up? Vegas style? You decide.