Chapter 12
Five days later.
"How all of us supposed to fit in that lil ass house?" Rome asked. He was unloading his bags from his car, which was parked on the curb in front of the Torreto household.
"Hey dawg, it's bigger than it looks," Leon says, walking by him on his way up the walkway to the porch.
"It looks small as hell for 8 people." Rome picked up his bags and went up the walkway.
"Damn Rome. We just got here and you already complaining," Brian said. He was unloading stuff from his car.
"Man, I ain't complaining. I'm just saying." He stepped into the house and saw that Jesse was already layed out on the floor playing the PS2.
"Jesse, show Rom where he's sleeping," Dom said as he came down the stairs.
"Aight." Jesse put the controller down and got to his feet. "Come on. You're staying in the dungeon with me and Leon." Rome followed him to the kitchen and down the stairs leading to the basement.
"That's my room. Right here is Leon." Rome looked into the rooms as they passed by. Jesse's room had been covered with posters of cars and playboy models. Across from Jesse's room was Leon's, which was covered in posters of playboy models. Leon was dumping his bags on his bed.
"Here is the bathroom." It was between Leon's room and an empty bedroom.
"These two are empty so just pick one," Jesse said, indicating the two empty rooms that were across from each other at the end of the hall.
"Everybody else is upstairs, huh?" Rome said, dropping his bags in the room beside the bathroom.
"Yeah. Dom and Letty's room, Mia's, and Vince's. There's an empty room up there too." Jesse said.
"Guess this house is bigger than it looks," Rome said, as he began unpacking his bags.
"Gotta get back to my game." Jesse goes back up the stairs to find Letty and Leon on the PS2. "I was playing that!"
"Nobody was playing when we got here," Leon said, trying to out maneuver Letty in Midnight Club II.
"I was gone for 2 minutes." Jesse flopped onto one of the sofas in a huff.
"Quit crying," Letty said, putting the controller down. "Our game's over anyway. Leon can't play worth a damn." She goes over to the other couch and sits by Dom.
"I ain't that bad," Leon says as Jesse takes Letty's place and they start a new game.
"You ain't that good either, bro," Jesse said.
Vince came downstairs and sat in one of the three recliners in the room. He was soon followed by Mia and Brian, who sat on the sofa that Jesse had vacated.
"We going to the races tonight?" Vince asked.
"Damn V. We just drove from Mexico to Miami to fucking L.A.," Letty said.
"I know that Letty. I was just asking," Vince said.
"Naw, not tonight V," Dom said. "I want all the cars checked before we go to the races."
They heard Rome clunking up the basement steps. He took a seat beside Vince in one of the recliners.
"Damn, I'm hungry." Rome said, rubbing his growling stomach."
"Me too," Jesse said. "What are we eating tonight?"
"I don't know. But whatever it is, I ain't cooking it," Mia said.
"Don't worry about it Mia. I already ordered some pizzas," Dom said.
"We ain't got no beer, bro," Vince said.
"I ordered the pizzas, so who's going to the store?" Dom asked. The guys all grumbled about the going to the store.
"Fuck it! I'll go!," Letty said, getting up from the sofa. "Y'all some sorry asses."
"We love you Letty!" The guys said.
"Yeah, I love you baby," Dom said, swatting her on the butt.
"Whatever." Letty went to the door. "Mia, ride with me."
"Yeah, alright." Mia gave Brian a kiss on the cheek and got up.
They stepped out the door, only to have Letty come back inside seconds later. "Rome. Let me get yo' keys," Letty said, from the door.
"For what?" Rome said.
"My cars blocked in and we want to ride with the top down."
Rome reached into his pocked, grabbed his keys, and tossed them across the room to her. The guys all laughed at Rome's expression a few minutes later when they heard Letty squeal away from the curb in his convertible Spyder.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Meanwhile, back in Miami:
"I told you I don't know where they are!" Jimmy said. He was in the alley behind his apartment building getting roughed up by a couple of masked goons. He'd been on his way to meet Tej and Suki for tonight's races, when they'd grabbed him and dragged him to the alley.
"I think he's lying," Goon #1 said. He was pinning Jimmy's arms behind his back.
"Of course he's lying, you idiot!" Goon #2 said angrily.
"I'm not an idiot!" Goon #2 said, loosening his grip on Jimmy.
"You're right. You're stupid! We wouldn't be in this shit if it wasn't for you!"
"It's not my fucking fault that I don't know where they are!" He let Jimmy go completely.
"You were supposed to be watching them!" Jimmy began inching away.
"I'd been watching them all week. I needed a break."
"You're lucky Verone didn't break yo' neck." At the mention of Verone, Jimmy took off running. The goons were too busy arguing to notice.
"He's not gonna hurt me. We're family."
"That shit's only gon get you so far. You screw this up, you might as well take yourself our, if I don't do it first." Goon #2 was in Goon #1's face. "I ain't going down with you!"
"Get out my face before I."
Goon #2 pushed Goon #1. "You ain't gon do shit!"
They were well into a fight before they realized that Jimmy was gone.
"Shit!" they both said.
Five days later.
"How all of us supposed to fit in that lil ass house?" Rome asked. He was unloading his bags from his car, which was parked on the curb in front of the Torreto household.
"Hey dawg, it's bigger than it looks," Leon says, walking by him on his way up the walkway to the porch.
"It looks small as hell for 8 people." Rome picked up his bags and went up the walkway.
"Damn Rome. We just got here and you already complaining," Brian said. He was unloading stuff from his car.
"Man, I ain't complaining. I'm just saying." He stepped into the house and saw that Jesse was already layed out on the floor playing the PS2.
"Jesse, show Rom where he's sleeping," Dom said as he came down the stairs.
"Aight." Jesse put the controller down and got to his feet. "Come on. You're staying in the dungeon with me and Leon." Rome followed him to the kitchen and down the stairs leading to the basement.
"That's my room. Right here is Leon." Rome looked into the rooms as they passed by. Jesse's room had been covered with posters of cars and playboy models. Across from Jesse's room was Leon's, which was covered in posters of playboy models. Leon was dumping his bags on his bed.
"Here is the bathroom." It was between Leon's room and an empty bedroom.
"These two are empty so just pick one," Jesse said, indicating the two empty rooms that were across from each other at the end of the hall.
"Everybody else is upstairs, huh?" Rome said, dropping his bags in the room beside the bathroom.
"Yeah. Dom and Letty's room, Mia's, and Vince's. There's an empty room up there too." Jesse said.
"Guess this house is bigger than it looks," Rome said, as he began unpacking his bags.
"Gotta get back to my game." Jesse goes back up the stairs to find Letty and Leon on the PS2. "I was playing that!"
"Nobody was playing when we got here," Leon said, trying to out maneuver Letty in Midnight Club II.
"I was gone for 2 minutes." Jesse flopped onto one of the sofas in a huff.
"Quit crying," Letty said, putting the controller down. "Our game's over anyway. Leon can't play worth a damn." She goes over to the other couch and sits by Dom.
"I ain't that bad," Leon says as Jesse takes Letty's place and they start a new game.
"You ain't that good either, bro," Jesse said.
Vince came downstairs and sat in one of the three recliners in the room. He was soon followed by Mia and Brian, who sat on the sofa that Jesse had vacated.
"We going to the races tonight?" Vince asked.
"Damn V. We just drove from Mexico to Miami to fucking L.A.," Letty said.
"I know that Letty. I was just asking," Vince said.
"Naw, not tonight V," Dom said. "I want all the cars checked before we go to the races."
They heard Rome clunking up the basement steps. He took a seat beside Vince in one of the recliners.
"Damn, I'm hungry." Rome said, rubbing his growling stomach."
"Me too," Jesse said. "What are we eating tonight?"
"I don't know. But whatever it is, I ain't cooking it," Mia said.
"Don't worry about it Mia. I already ordered some pizzas," Dom said.
"We ain't got no beer, bro," Vince said.
"I ordered the pizzas, so who's going to the store?" Dom asked. The guys all grumbled about the going to the store.
"Fuck it! I'll go!," Letty said, getting up from the sofa. "Y'all some sorry asses."
"We love you Letty!" The guys said.
"Yeah, I love you baby," Dom said, swatting her on the butt.
"Whatever." Letty went to the door. "Mia, ride with me."
"Yeah, alright." Mia gave Brian a kiss on the cheek and got up.
They stepped out the door, only to have Letty come back inside seconds later. "Rome. Let me get yo' keys," Letty said, from the door.
"For what?" Rome said.
"My cars blocked in and we want to ride with the top down."
Rome reached into his pocked, grabbed his keys, and tossed them across the room to her. The guys all laughed at Rome's expression a few minutes later when they heard Letty squeal away from the curb in his convertible Spyder.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Meanwhile, back in Miami:
"I told you I don't know where they are!" Jimmy said. He was in the alley behind his apartment building getting roughed up by a couple of masked goons. He'd been on his way to meet Tej and Suki for tonight's races, when they'd grabbed him and dragged him to the alley.
"I think he's lying," Goon #1 said. He was pinning Jimmy's arms behind his back.
"Of course he's lying, you idiot!" Goon #2 said angrily.
"I'm not an idiot!" Goon #2 said, loosening his grip on Jimmy.
"You're right. You're stupid! We wouldn't be in this shit if it wasn't for you!"
"It's not my fucking fault that I don't know where they are!" He let Jimmy go completely.
"You were supposed to be watching them!" Jimmy began inching away.
"I'd been watching them all week. I needed a break."
"You're lucky Verone didn't break yo' neck." At the mention of Verone, Jimmy took off running. The goons were too busy arguing to notice.
"He's not gonna hurt me. We're family."
"That shit's only gon get you so far. You screw this up, you might as well take yourself our, if I don't do it first." Goon #2 was in Goon #1's face. "I ain't going down with you!"
"Get out my face before I."
Goon #2 pushed Goon #1. "You ain't gon do shit!"
They were well into a fight before they realized that Jimmy was gone.
"Shit!" they both said.
