A/N: Here's the last chapter before the epilogue!! Enjoy!!
Chapter Eight: I can't take this anymore
They drove up to the little mechanic shop. It was clean, and nice, but Katie got shivers all over. It was called "Toretto's". Did she constantly have to be reminded of him? The kid backed the car into the lift rack.
"Mechanic'll be out in a sec," he said, and walked inside. Katie sat down on a bench to wait. A door opened in the back and the mechanic walked out.
"Oh, my God -" she said.
It was Dom.
He froze, seeing who it was. She gasped,
"Dom -- I -- wha -- what are you doing here? I thought you were in Mexico?"
He didn't say anything, he just walked up to her and looked down.
"Hey, Katie," he said, softly. A tear rolled down her cheek.
"What are you doing here?" she asked again.
"Well," he said with a slight chuckle. "I was studyin' to be a real-estate agent, but it didn't take. I was gonna come find you when I was settled."
Katie froze, caught off guard, not sure what to say.
"You thinking I was just going to forget you?"
"I -- I don't know what I thought. I told Mia to tell you not to come."
"I'm not going to let you go that easy," he said, his voice suddenly swift and rough. He bent down and kissed her. She shook slightly, then tried to pull away, crying.
"Dom, you just can't come back into my life like this! I can't -- I can't take this anymore! Didn't Mia tell you anything?!" she half-shouted.
"Mia told me everything," he said softly, and hunted something out of his pocket.
"I've been carryin' this around for months, waiting for things to take off and stabilize. So I could come find you."
He slipped something into her hand. Small, round, perhaps the size of a penny. When she saw the ring, her tears only intensified. His dark eyes were watching her wet ones. She opened and closed her mouth a few times, and then finally whispered, "yes". He slipped the ring on her finger and she hugged him.
"I've been dreaming about this for four years," she said in his ear.
"So have I - Kate, I'm so sorry."
"Don't be."
"I should've come earlier. Before -" he broke off. "Before you changed." He had never seen her like this. She looked like a wreck -- she was thinner than before, and the violent energy that always seemed to surround her before wasn't there. He felt desperately sorry.
She looked at him.
"I have changed," she said. "You put me through hell."
"Oh, God, Kate -" he whispered.
"You couldn't have known, Dom, it was my own choice. But all I've been able to think about is you."
"You don't have to think about me anymore, baby. I'll be right here, I promise."
A/N: Only one chapter to go! It's actually and epilogue. So enjoy! But please review and let me know: do you think I kept Dom in character? I was a little worried about him proposing, because he's not really the marrying kind, but then, Ellie is special ... so tell me if you think that was okay. And so on. Thank you so much, readers! Ciao for now!
Chapter Eight: I can't take this anymore
They drove up to the little mechanic shop. It was clean, and nice, but Katie got shivers all over. It was called "Toretto's". Did she constantly have to be reminded of him? The kid backed the car into the lift rack.
"Mechanic'll be out in a sec," he said, and walked inside. Katie sat down on a bench to wait. A door opened in the back and the mechanic walked out.
"Oh, my God -" she said.
It was Dom.
He froze, seeing who it was. She gasped,
"Dom -- I -- wha -- what are you doing here? I thought you were in Mexico?"
He didn't say anything, he just walked up to her and looked down.
"Hey, Katie," he said, softly. A tear rolled down her cheek.
"What are you doing here?" she asked again.
"Well," he said with a slight chuckle. "I was studyin' to be a real-estate agent, but it didn't take. I was gonna come find you when I was settled."
Katie froze, caught off guard, not sure what to say.
"You thinking I was just going to forget you?"
"I -- I don't know what I thought. I told Mia to tell you not to come."
"I'm not going to let you go that easy," he said, his voice suddenly swift and rough. He bent down and kissed her. She shook slightly, then tried to pull away, crying.
"Dom, you just can't come back into my life like this! I can't -- I can't take this anymore! Didn't Mia tell you anything?!" she half-shouted.
"Mia told me everything," he said softly, and hunted something out of his pocket.
"I've been carryin' this around for months, waiting for things to take off and stabilize. So I could come find you."
He slipped something into her hand. Small, round, perhaps the size of a penny. When she saw the ring, her tears only intensified. His dark eyes were watching her wet ones. She opened and closed her mouth a few times, and then finally whispered, "yes". He slipped the ring on her finger and she hugged him.
"I've been dreaming about this for four years," she said in his ear.
"So have I - Kate, I'm so sorry."
"Don't be."
"I should've come earlier. Before -" he broke off. "Before you changed." He had never seen her like this. She looked like a wreck -- she was thinner than before, and the violent energy that always seemed to surround her before wasn't there. He felt desperately sorry.
She looked at him.
"I have changed," she said. "You put me through hell."
"Oh, God, Kate -" he whispered.
"You couldn't have known, Dom, it was my own choice. But all I've been able to think about is you."
"You don't have to think about me anymore, baby. I'll be right here, I promise."
A/N: Only one chapter to go! It's actually and epilogue. So enjoy! But please review and let me know: do you think I kept Dom in character? I was a little worried about him proposing, because he's not really the marrying kind, but then, Ellie is special ... so tell me if you think that was okay. And so on. Thank you so much, readers! Ciao for now!