Title: Longing for Love Ch.1 & 2
Author: FallenAngel
Disclaimer: I do not claim to own the characters from TFATF, all other
characters are mine.
Feedback: Hell yeah!
Description: Angel leaves the Toretto home for about a year to put her
emotions for Vince in check, but when she returns a year later she finds
leaving didn't help.
Side Note: It may take a while for this one to be finished, so please be patient with me ;) Thank you.
Chapter 1 I met the team at a party one night after a race I had gone to with my friend Shelly..my life would never be the same. Shelly introduced me to them, she had been friends with the Toretto's since she was about 6 years old, I guess you could say she grew up with them. Ever since I had opened my big mouth and expressed my love for cars and the thrill they give you Shelly had been after me to go see a race. I would always tell her "Watching a race and actually racing are two totally different things. Watching does absolutely nothing for me, but doing it is the greatest rush in life." The only reason I had agreed to go in the first place was to see the cars, but the cars were not what I had expected. I had hoped to see the older, 'faster' cars I was so into. Instead, all I could see were Supra's, Eclipse's and a variety of other 'newer' cars. Although I must admit, I did like the teams' rides.
They were all very nice when we met, especially Mia. Out of everyone on the team, I became close to only three of them, Jesse, Mia and Leon, we were like the four musketeers. Jesse was like my little brother, Mia and Leon were my best friends in the entire world. As for the others. Dom was big brother to all of us, always makin sure we were all well taken care of. Letty was the strong one, if anyone attempted to mess with us she was right there screamin and swingin. Brian, out of all of us, was the calm one. He always thought 'talkin it out' would get us further than any violence. As for Vince, let's just say the name 'Coyote' fits him well. I've been in love with Vince from day one, only us 'four musketeers' knew though. I never let him know how I honestly felt about him, I was always too scared he would laugh at me if he ever found out.
I practically lived in the Toretto house with the team for about five years, then I guess you could say I couldn't handle it anymore. Living with someone I was in love with, watching him kiss and touch other girls, was not my idea of fun. So I moved away for a while and tried to get over my feelings for Vince. I was sure I could do it in Baha. After a year away from the team I decided it was time for a visit, and calling ahead would be better than just popping in, Dom hated suprise guests. My hand was trembling as I called Leon's cell phone. After two rings I heard a voice I had missed.extremely.
"What up?" Leon answered. Without beating around the bush, I simply asked, "how would you like some company for a while?"
"Angel! Baby! How the hell are you?" he yelled.
"Doin' aight I guess. I miss you guys a lot though, so I thought I would call and let you know I'm walking to my car right now and I'm headin' your way.if that's ok with you." I said, with too much hope in my voice.
"Girl, you know you're welcome home anytime!" He chimed. The excitement in his voice made me feel wanted and missed, but when he said 'home', I knew for sure it was time to return.
"Don't tell anyone I'm coming though, except for Dom, I know how he hates suprises." I warned.
"Don't worry baby, my lips are sealed, see you in a few hours." .click. I threw my bag in the back seat of my 78 Trans AM, jumped in the drivers seat and was on my way.
Leon knew he had about six hours before Angel would be there, so he cleaned up the house from the party they had the night before, took a shower and got dressed. As Leon was coming out of his and Vince's apartment over the garage at the Toretto house, Vince noticed Leon was a little 'too' clean to be working on cars at the garage.
"Well well, don't we look pretty today?" Vince said in his usual smartass tone.
"C'mon dawg leave me alone" Leon said in a playful voice.
"I gotta look good for my date later." Leon shot him a 'I'm not tellin', so don't ask' grin and walked past him. Vince had a confused look on his face and as he turned to ask Leon who the special person was he was going to meet, Leon sped away.
I called Leon's cell to let him know he could meet me at the café on the strip. While sitting at a booth, I noticed I was trembling all over, I told myself 'C'mon Angel, deep breath, relax" , of course that didn't help any. I couldn't understand why I was so nervous, I mean I've known all of them for years, why the hell should I be nervous? After sitting there for about a half hour trying to figure out what the deal was with me, I felt someone touch my cheek. "Leon!!" I yelled and jumped up from the booth, giving him the biggest hug ever. "Damn girl, tryin to squeeze the life outta me or what?" he said , then gave me a warm, welcome home kiss. "Whoa, what was that for?" I asked. "Oh my god, I'm sorry" he said while starting to blush, "It's just that I've missed you so much, you know you could have called more or somethin." He said, letting go of our embrace. "I know love, but I had to deal with some emotions that were about to kill me." I said. All he could do was give me his 'all is forgiven' look, then he noticed the outfit I was wearing, one that showed off almost all of my newly accumulated tattoos.
We left the café and drove to the park across from the Toretto house, I wasn't yet ready to see everyone, especially Vince. After we parked our cars, we walked over to the clubhouse for the park. Leon noticed I was off in lala land somewhere so he asked me the question I knew I was in for. "So why all the tats babe?" "Well, let's just say that pain and pleasure of body art was my way of dealin' with those emotions I mentioned earlier, or should I say 'tried' dealin with." I said with a little twinge of heartbreak in my voice. Leon knew that when I was ready to talk about Vince I would, he never pushed an issue with me. "So show me what all ya got, I mean , is it all cartoon characters or what?" he asked. "Well, the ones down my right leg are all characters of my long time favorite cartoons, the ones on my left leg are my favorites from about 2 years ago 'til now." I said pointing to each one as I explained. "You and your Spongebob, girl I remember V givin' you shit about watchin that cartoon everyday." He said, then noticed the pain in my eyes. "Oh girl, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." "Nah love, don't worry, I'll deal ok." I said giving him a nudge in his arm. "So tell me about the ones I can't see too well" he said. As I pulled my t- shirt out of my cut-off shorts, his eyes got real big. "What are ya doin' girl, strippin for me?" he said with a wide grin. "No! you goof, I'm tryin to show you the one around my belly button. It's a rose wreath, I think it kinda accents the button ring, cool huh?" I said, flicking the half moon dangling from the hoop. "Yeah, very cool." He said. For some reason he kept his eyes on the tat, like he was confused or something. I snapped my fingers and he kinda shook his head, as if to get rid of a vision or something. "Wanna see another one?" I asked "Sure" he nodded. I turned around and lifted my shirt in the back to expose the beautiful angel wings that swept from my shoulder blades to almost the center of my back. "Oh my god! That's gorgeous! Excellent detail, I love the blue and grey coloring, but why something so big hun?" he asked with a puzzled look. "Remember I said I was trying to deal with some emotions?" I asked. "Yeah" he answered. "Well, this was my way of escaping reality I guess you could say. Leon, when I left I had no idea I was that in-love with Vince. He was all I could think about before I left and all I could think about while I was gone, still is. I thought going away would help me get over my feelings for him, but no such luck. Hell I think I love him more now than before, and I'm not sure how to deal anymore." I told him with tears in my eyes. Leon looked at me with those caring eyes and said "Now you're home babe, let us help you deal, you never know, ya might like how we cheer ya up." He said with a wink.
After that being said, we got in our cars and headed 'home'. As he pulled in the drive I could see everyone in the backyard gettin' the grill ready. I pulled in behind him and before I even cut the motor I heard someone scream, "Angel!" shouted Mia with enough excitement for the whole damned neighborhood. I shut the car off, got the door open, stepped out and she was on me, squeezing the wind outta me. "Hey Mia, long time huh?" I said. "Hell yeah girl, what the hell you been up to, or should I ask, what have you been doin' to yourself?" she said, eyeing all my exposed tats. "I'll explain later, right now all I wanna do is give everyone a big hug and wash up, you know, long drive and all." I said giving her a 'I missed you too' kiss on her cheek. "No problem. Hey everyone, look who's finally come home!" she yelled holding my arm in the air.
Chapter 2
"Angel! 'Bout damn time you came back to us." Jesse said with a huge smile as he jumped up from his chair at the pinic table and gave me a big hug and kiss. "Yeah, really, it's been kinda boring without you around girl, how ya livin'?" asked Letty with a big smile and hug. "Looks like she's been livin' the wild life by the looks of her legs, damn look at all those tats." Brian chimed in with a grin and yet another hug. "No, not wild, just different." I said with a smile. I turned to look at Dom who was puttin' the steaks on to cook, when he said in his low gruff voice "So, you home to stay?" The look he shot me was one I knew too well, a look of worry and hope. "If you'll have me back. After all, home IS where the heart is." I said. "You know you're way more than welcome to stay, for as long as you want. Which better be longer than the last time." He said giving me a big bear hug and a kiss on my forehead. "Now go inside and get washed up, dinner will be ready soon." He ordered.
As I turned to go inside, Vince was coming out the door. He stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at me. I could feel all the blood drain from my face but all I could do is stare right back at him. "Uh, hey there V, how's it goin'?" I asked with a shaky voice. "Goin' aight, you back for good?" he asked. "Yeah" I answered and hung my head looking at the ground. It seemed like hours standing there, then I noticed everyone had stopped talking, so I made my way passed him and into the house. As I passed him all I could smell was his cologne that always drove me nuts. Nautica. Trying to get him out of my head, I went upstairs to the bathroom to clean up, but as soon as I shut the door I could feel the tears well up in my eyes. 'Oh no you don't girl, don't you dare cry' I told myself. I turned the water on and washed my face, when I was done and dried off, I looked in the mirror. 'Damn girl, you're pale as a ghost, what the hell?' I thought. All the feelings I thought I had supressed came flooding back to me and I began to bawl my eyes out until I heard a knock on the door."You aight in there babe?" it was Leon. "Um, yeah, uh, I'll be right out Leon" I answered. I threw more water on my face and dried it off then opened the door, Leon was standing there with a worried look in his eyes. "You ok babe?" he asked giving me a gentle hug. "Yeah, I'll deal ok, don't worry 'bout lil' ole me." I said with a halfassed grin and walked passed him down the stairs and out the back door. "Hey, where's the Corona?" I asked. "Right here babe" Leon said from behind me as he handed me a cold one. "Ahh, that's what I needed, thanx love." I said as I took a big drink from the bottle he handed me. "No prob" he said back with a big smile.
After we were all seated at the table, Jesse started to ask me about my tats but Leon gave him a little kick in his shin "Damn dawg, what was that for?" Jesse asked. Leon gave him a shut up look and said "Change the subject junior" as Leon wished, he did. "Sooo, Angel, how was Baha?" Jesse asked then looked at Leon for approval of the question. "It was aight I guess, not a whole lot to do when you don't have anyone there with you." I answered in a lonely like voice. "But it sure did have some gorgeous sunsets" I added. "Oooo, pretty huh?, And just WHO did you watch'em with?" Mia asked kinda winking at me. "Hmmm, there were three of us Mia, me..myself and of course I" I said laughing. "Smartass" Letty said nudging my arm and laughing. Dom looked up at me and gave me one of his 'uh huh, sure' looks. "What?" I asked. "You're telling us that you watched sunsets by yourself.every night?" Dom said. "Well yeah, I kept to myself except when I got my tats. The girl that did 'em was pretty cool, kinda weird though. She was the only one I talked to there, didn't feel like bein' too social." I said giving Leon a look filled with hurt. "A girl did those?!?" Brian asked. "Yeah, ya know, woman CAN do some things that guys can do" I said with a half cocked smile. He knew I was playin'. "I just meant I had never seen a woman do tats before, damn good detailed ones at that." He said. "Well if you like the ones on my legs, you should see my back, THATS my favorite." I said. "No lifting of the shirt at the table, they can see it later" Leon winked. "Oh and I suppose you've already seen it?" Vince asked with a confused look on his face. "Yeah, I have. She showed me when I met her at the café today, problem V?" Leon snapped. "Nope" Vince replied and finished his beer off.
Mia noticed the tension between Leon and Vince, and the hurt in my eyes. "Who's up for dessert?" she asked. "Me!" Jesse yelled and headed for the kitchen. "Here Mia, let me help clear the table" I said. After the table was cleared, dishes washed and put away, Mia and I went out on the front porch to sit and catch up. "You ok Angel?" she asked. Mia was always the one to worry about everyone, if we were upset or something deeper. It was easier for me to open up to Leon, but this time I couldn't hold back, I started crying. "Oh sweetie, what's wrong?" putting her arm around me and leaning my head onto her shoulder. "Why Mia, why does he still have the same damn effect on me? It's been a year since I've seen him or even heard his voice. Why the hell aint I over him yet?" I sobbed. "It's called being in love sweetie, pain comes with happiness sometimes." She explained. "But that's why I left. I couldn't handle the pain of not being able to hold him or kiss him or him not giving a damn what he was doing to me by messing with all those girls in front of me." "Angel, you have to remember something though, none of us ever told him how you felt about him." She said. "Well shit, everyone else could see how I felt about him, why the hell couldn't he?" The tears were coming down harder now and I was getting one hell of a headache from it. Mia sat there holding me, stroking my hair, trying to make me feel better, but no matter how hard she tried, nothing worked. At the time, we had no idea that the front window was open and everyone inside had heard the entire conversation between us and the crying, until we went back inside. They all stared at us and Letty pointed to the open window. I was so embarassed, I ran out the door, got in my car and drove off. I wasn't going anywhere in particular, just driving, then I ended up at my favorite spot by the beach. I parked the car, got out and walked to the end of the pier. I stood there crying, trying to figure out how the hell I was going to face everyone, then I felt someone behind me.
TBC
Side Note: It may take a while for this one to be finished, so please be patient with me ;) Thank you.
Chapter 1 I met the team at a party one night after a race I had gone to with my friend Shelly..my life would never be the same. Shelly introduced me to them, she had been friends with the Toretto's since she was about 6 years old, I guess you could say she grew up with them. Ever since I had opened my big mouth and expressed my love for cars and the thrill they give you Shelly had been after me to go see a race. I would always tell her "Watching a race and actually racing are two totally different things. Watching does absolutely nothing for me, but doing it is the greatest rush in life." The only reason I had agreed to go in the first place was to see the cars, but the cars were not what I had expected. I had hoped to see the older, 'faster' cars I was so into. Instead, all I could see were Supra's, Eclipse's and a variety of other 'newer' cars. Although I must admit, I did like the teams' rides.
They were all very nice when we met, especially Mia. Out of everyone on the team, I became close to only three of them, Jesse, Mia and Leon, we were like the four musketeers. Jesse was like my little brother, Mia and Leon were my best friends in the entire world. As for the others. Dom was big brother to all of us, always makin sure we were all well taken care of. Letty was the strong one, if anyone attempted to mess with us she was right there screamin and swingin. Brian, out of all of us, was the calm one. He always thought 'talkin it out' would get us further than any violence. As for Vince, let's just say the name 'Coyote' fits him well. I've been in love with Vince from day one, only us 'four musketeers' knew though. I never let him know how I honestly felt about him, I was always too scared he would laugh at me if he ever found out.
I practically lived in the Toretto house with the team for about five years, then I guess you could say I couldn't handle it anymore. Living with someone I was in love with, watching him kiss and touch other girls, was not my idea of fun. So I moved away for a while and tried to get over my feelings for Vince. I was sure I could do it in Baha. After a year away from the team I decided it was time for a visit, and calling ahead would be better than just popping in, Dom hated suprise guests. My hand was trembling as I called Leon's cell phone. After two rings I heard a voice I had missed.extremely.
"What up?" Leon answered. Without beating around the bush, I simply asked, "how would you like some company for a while?"
"Angel! Baby! How the hell are you?" he yelled.
"Doin' aight I guess. I miss you guys a lot though, so I thought I would call and let you know I'm walking to my car right now and I'm headin' your way.if that's ok with you." I said, with too much hope in my voice.
"Girl, you know you're welcome home anytime!" He chimed. The excitement in his voice made me feel wanted and missed, but when he said 'home', I knew for sure it was time to return.
"Don't tell anyone I'm coming though, except for Dom, I know how he hates suprises." I warned.
"Don't worry baby, my lips are sealed, see you in a few hours." .click. I threw my bag in the back seat of my 78 Trans AM, jumped in the drivers seat and was on my way.
Leon knew he had about six hours before Angel would be there, so he cleaned up the house from the party they had the night before, took a shower and got dressed. As Leon was coming out of his and Vince's apartment over the garage at the Toretto house, Vince noticed Leon was a little 'too' clean to be working on cars at the garage.
"Well well, don't we look pretty today?" Vince said in his usual smartass tone.
"C'mon dawg leave me alone" Leon said in a playful voice.
"I gotta look good for my date later." Leon shot him a 'I'm not tellin', so don't ask' grin and walked past him. Vince had a confused look on his face and as he turned to ask Leon who the special person was he was going to meet, Leon sped away.
I called Leon's cell to let him know he could meet me at the café on the strip. While sitting at a booth, I noticed I was trembling all over, I told myself 'C'mon Angel, deep breath, relax" , of course that didn't help any. I couldn't understand why I was so nervous, I mean I've known all of them for years, why the hell should I be nervous? After sitting there for about a half hour trying to figure out what the deal was with me, I felt someone touch my cheek. "Leon!!" I yelled and jumped up from the booth, giving him the biggest hug ever. "Damn girl, tryin to squeeze the life outta me or what?" he said , then gave me a warm, welcome home kiss. "Whoa, what was that for?" I asked. "Oh my god, I'm sorry" he said while starting to blush, "It's just that I've missed you so much, you know you could have called more or somethin." He said, letting go of our embrace. "I know love, but I had to deal with some emotions that were about to kill me." I said. All he could do was give me his 'all is forgiven' look, then he noticed the outfit I was wearing, one that showed off almost all of my newly accumulated tattoos.
We left the café and drove to the park across from the Toretto house, I wasn't yet ready to see everyone, especially Vince. After we parked our cars, we walked over to the clubhouse for the park. Leon noticed I was off in lala land somewhere so he asked me the question I knew I was in for. "So why all the tats babe?" "Well, let's just say that pain and pleasure of body art was my way of dealin' with those emotions I mentioned earlier, or should I say 'tried' dealin with." I said with a little twinge of heartbreak in my voice. Leon knew that when I was ready to talk about Vince I would, he never pushed an issue with me. "So show me what all ya got, I mean , is it all cartoon characters or what?" he asked. "Well, the ones down my right leg are all characters of my long time favorite cartoons, the ones on my left leg are my favorites from about 2 years ago 'til now." I said pointing to each one as I explained. "You and your Spongebob, girl I remember V givin' you shit about watchin that cartoon everyday." He said, then noticed the pain in my eyes. "Oh girl, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." "Nah love, don't worry, I'll deal ok." I said giving him a nudge in his arm. "So tell me about the ones I can't see too well" he said. As I pulled my t- shirt out of my cut-off shorts, his eyes got real big. "What are ya doin' girl, strippin for me?" he said with a wide grin. "No! you goof, I'm tryin to show you the one around my belly button. It's a rose wreath, I think it kinda accents the button ring, cool huh?" I said, flicking the half moon dangling from the hoop. "Yeah, very cool." He said. For some reason he kept his eyes on the tat, like he was confused or something. I snapped my fingers and he kinda shook his head, as if to get rid of a vision or something. "Wanna see another one?" I asked "Sure" he nodded. I turned around and lifted my shirt in the back to expose the beautiful angel wings that swept from my shoulder blades to almost the center of my back. "Oh my god! That's gorgeous! Excellent detail, I love the blue and grey coloring, but why something so big hun?" he asked with a puzzled look. "Remember I said I was trying to deal with some emotions?" I asked. "Yeah" he answered. "Well, this was my way of escaping reality I guess you could say. Leon, when I left I had no idea I was that in-love with Vince. He was all I could think about before I left and all I could think about while I was gone, still is. I thought going away would help me get over my feelings for him, but no such luck. Hell I think I love him more now than before, and I'm not sure how to deal anymore." I told him with tears in my eyes. Leon looked at me with those caring eyes and said "Now you're home babe, let us help you deal, you never know, ya might like how we cheer ya up." He said with a wink.
After that being said, we got in our cars and headed 'home'. As he pulled in the drive I could see everyone in the backyard gettin' the grill ready. I pulled in behind him and before I even cut the motor I heard someone scream, "Angel!" shouted Mia with enough excitement for the whole damned neighborhood. I shut the car off, got the door open, stepped out and she was on me, squeezing the wind outta me. "Hey Mia, long time huh?" I said. "Hell yeah girl, what the hell you been up to, or should I ask, what have you been doin' to yourself?" she said, eyeing all my exposed tats. "I'll explain later, right now all I wanna do is give everyone a big hug and wash up, you know, long drive and all." I said giving her a 'I missed you too' kiss on her cheek. "No problem. Hey everyone, look who's finally come home!" she yelled holding my arm in the air.
Chapter 2
"Angel! 'Bout damn time you came back to us." Jesse said with a huge smile as he jumped up from his chair at the pinic table and gave me a big hug and kiss. "Yeah, really, it's been kinda boring without you around girl, how ya livin'?" asked Letty with a big smile and hug. "Looks like she's been livin' the wild life by the looks of her legs, damn look at all those tats." Brian chimed in with a grin and yet another hug. "No, not wild, just different." I said with a smile. I turned to look at Dom who was puttin' the steaks on to cook, when he said in his low gruff voice "So, you home to stay?" The look he shot me was one I knew too well, a look of worry and hope. "If you'll have me back. After all, home IS where the heart is." I said. "You know you're way more than welcome to stay, for as long as you want. Which better be longer than the last time." He said giving me a big bear hug and a kiss on my forehead. "Now go inside and get washed up, dinner will be ready soon." He ordered.
As I turned to go inside, Vince was coming out the door. He stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at me. I could feel all the blood drain from my face but all I could do is stare right back at him. "Uh, hey there V, how's it goin'?" I asked with a shaky voice. "Goin' aight, you back for good?" he asked. "Yeah" I answered and hung my head looking at the ground. It seemed like hours standing there, then I noticed everyone had stopped talking, so I made my way passed him and into the house. As I passed him all I could smell was his cologne that always drove me nuts. Nautica. Trying to get him out of my head, I went upstairs to the bathroom to clean up, but as soon as I shut the door I could feel the tears well up in my eyes. 'Oh no you don't girl, don't you dare cry' I told myself. I turned the water on and washed my face, when I was done and dried off, I looked in the mirror. 'Damn girl, you're pale as a ghost, what the hell?' I thought. All the feelings I thought I had supressed came flooding back to me and I began to bawl my eyes out until I heard a knock on the door."You aight in there babe?" it was Leon. "Um, yeah, uh, I'll be right out Leon" I answered. I threw more water on my face and dried it off then opened the door, Leon was standing there with a worried look in his eyes. "You ok babe?" he asked giving me a gentle hug. "Yeah, I'll deal ok, don't worry 'bout lil' ole me." I said with a halfassed grin and walked passed him down the stairs and out the back door. "Hey, where's the Corona?" I asked. "Right here babe" Leon said from behind me as he handed me a cold one. "Ahh, that's what I needed, thanx love." I said as I took a big drink from the bottle he handed me. "No prob" he said back with a big smile.
After we were all seated at the table, Jesse started to ask me about my tats but Leon gave him a little kick in his shin "Damn dawg, what was that for?" Jesse asked. Leon gave him a shut up look and said "Change the subject junior" as Leon wished, he did. "Sooo, Angel, how was Baha?" Jesse asked then looked at Leon for approval of the question. "It was aight I guess, not a whole lot to do when you don't have anyone there with you." I answered in a lonely like voice. "But it sure did have some gorgeous sunsets" I added. "Oooo, pretty huh?, And just WHO did you watch'em with?" Mia asked kinda winking at me. "Hmmm, there were three of us Mia, me..myself and of course I" I said laughing. "Smartass" Letty said nudging my arm and laughing. Dom looked up at me and gave me one of his 'uh huh, sure' looks. "What?" I asked. "You're telling us that you watched sunsets by yourself.every night?" Dom said. "Well yeah, I kept to myself except when I got my tats. The girl that did 'em was pretty cool, kinda weird though. She was the only one I talked to there, didn't feel like bein' too social." I said giving Leon a look filled with hurt. "A girl did those?!?" Brian asked. "Yeah, ya know, woman CAN do some things that guys can do" I said with a half cocked smile. He knew I was playin'. "I just meant I had never seen a woman do tats before, damn good detailed ones at that." He said. "Well if you like the ones on my legs, you should see my back, THATS my favorite." I said. "No lifting of the shirt at the table, they can see it later" Leon winked. "Oh and I suppose you've already seen it?" Vince asked with a confused look on his face. "Yeah, I have. She showed me when I met her at the café today, problem V?" Leon snapped. "Nope" Vince replied and finished his beer off.
Mia noticed the tension between Leon and Vince, and the hurt in my eyes. "Who's up for dessert?" she asked. "Me!" Jesse yelled and headed for the kitchen. "Here Mia, let me help clear the table" I said. After the table was cleared, dishes washed and put away, Mia and I went out on the front porch to sit and catch up. "You ok Angel?" she asked. Mia was always the one to worry about everyone, if we were upset or something deeper. It was easier for me to open up to Leon, but this time I couldn't hold back, I started crying. "Oh sweetie, what's wrong?" putting her arm around me and leaning my head onto her shoulder. "Why Mia, why does he still have the same damn effect on me? It's been a year since I've seen him or even heard his voice. Why the hell aint I over him yet?" I sobbed. "It's called being in love sweetie, pain comes with happiness sometimes." She explained. "But that's why I left. I couldn't handle the pain of not being able to hold him or kiss him or him not giving a damn what he was doing to me by messing with all those girls in front of me." "Angel, you have to remember something though, none of us ever told him how you felt about him." She said. "Well shit, everyone else could see how I felt about him, why the hell couldn't he?" The tears were coming down harder now and I was getting one hell of a headache from it. Mia sat there holding me, stroking my hair, trying to make me feel better, but no matter how hard she tried, nothing worked. At the time, we had no idea that the front window was open and everyone inside had heard the entire conversation between us and the crying, until we went back inside. They all stared at us and Letty pointed to the open window. I was so embarassed, I ran out the door, got in my car and drove off. I wasn't going anywhere in particular, just driving, then I ended up at my favorite spot by the beach. I parked the car, got out and walked to the end of the pier. I stood there crying, trying to figure out how the hell I was going to face everyone, then I felt someone behind me.
TBC