Author: Scorching Reality (dcsgurlmidsouth.rr.com)
Title: Chapter Six – Fixin' It Up and a Race
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original characters from The Fast and The Furious. They belong to Universal Studios. I am not receiving anything from writing this story. I wrote this solely so I could have something to do. Otherwise the other characters are MINE.
Summary: Allison has raced all over her life, but when she crashes after a win, she feels like she's lost her purpose in life. This is the story of what happened after the crash.
Pairing: Allison / Leon, Dom / Letty
Archive: Yes, just let me know so I can check it out.
Feedback: Always. Good, bad, whatever!

Chapter Seven

The house buzzed as I pulled up. Leon had gone to get his car as we left the races. I saw his car already in the driveway. I stepped out and headed up to the door. It opened and a couple made their way out their way out. I slipped in beside them. I looked around and saw no one I knew. People were constantly saying hey or giving a five. I would smile or wave back as I made my way through the mass. Two arms slowly slipped around my waist. I leaned my head back and inhaled the scent. It was a mixture of the sea and cologne. It woke me up instantly. The smell thrilled me.

'Leon.'

"Hey," I screamed over my shoulder to be heard.

He moved my hair and kissed the back of my neck gently. I could feel him smiling. He moved his mouth to my left ear and said, "Want a drink?"

I nodded my head. He disappeared and returned a little while later with two Corona's. I took sip and glanced around the room. The party was happening. Suddenly my worst nightmare occurred. A salsa song came on. I am ¼ Mexican so of course I did salsa. Problem was that I hadn't danced since Lucas left me. My personality changed when I danced. Apparently Leon saw my expression because when I turned to him he held his hands up and said, "I don't do salsa."

Dom and Letty were already dancing. I saw a guy dancing in the corner by himself. He knew what he was doing. Leon gave me a look to say, 'go ahead.' I smiled huge and gave him a kiss. I walked over to the guy and took his hand. I dragged him onto the floor.

"Allison," I said introducing myself.

"Rob," he said taking my hand.

We danced. Although it was hard to dance in boots I pulled through. Rob on the other hand was awesome. He knew exactly what to do. We were twisting and turning and leaning all at the same spot. It was a race. Who was sexier? Dom and Letty? Or Rob and me? The song came to end with a loud note. I had my leg hiked up on Rob's thigh and I was putting all my weight on him. Our faces were close. I was breathing hard. I broke out into a huge smile and thanked him. No one won, but it was still awesome. I walked back over to Leon and took my beer.

"Wow," he said. "You were amazing."

I thanked him and gave him a kiss on the lips. He kissed back harder. It would have gone further if it weren't for Dom and Letty standing right next to us. Leon looked in their direction. I stopped and looked at them.

"You were good," Dom said putting his arm around Letty's waist.

"Thanks," I said. "You weren't half bad yourself."

I then noticed that Letty and I were the same height. Dom towered over all three of us. Leon was an inch or two taller than me.

"Well," Leon said breaking the silence. "We're going to get something to eat."

I nodded and Leon took my hand. He led me to the kitchen. It was empty. He then pushed me against the wall and began to kiss me.

Between kisses I managed to say, "Thought we were getting something to eat."

He smiled and said, "We are."

I was satisfied with that answer and began to kiss him again. I brought my arms to where they drooped over his shoulders. Vince walked in and said, "Whoa."

He raised his hands and dropped his beer.

We both looked at him and laughed.

He made this fake hurt look and said, "Leon. You have to share, man. You can't hog her all night."

I laughed and looked at him. He had a worried look on his face. I leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry."

He seemed to feel better. He finally spoke, "Okay, Vince, you can dance with her or do whatever. But I get her back in half an hour. Okay?"

Vince nodded his head and smiled. His hand slipped around my wrist and dragged me off. I blew Leon a kiss and followed Vince. Vince was more interested in dirty dancing. One song came on and Vince went wild. I figured since we were only dancing that I would let loose. No harm would come from it. I had no idea that Leon was keeping an eye on me. We danced together. Vince was grabbing, reaching, and touching. It was exhilarating, but I knew it would never go past dancing. After being so close to Vince, I realized that there was an increasing bulge in his pants. I laughed when I realized what it was.

'Poor Vince,' I thought.

Leon came back as the song came to a close. Vince looked almost disappointed.

Leon and I spent most of the night talking and dancing, but nothing like what Vince and I had done. I almost thought that Leon was upset about it, but when asked about it, he would dismiss it.

When it was around three in the morning everybody was watching a movie. Leon and I were lying on the couch together. He was behind me and had his arm around my waist. During the middle of the movie I felt his breathing change. I knew he was asleep. I slowly drifted away soon afterwards. I awoke about and hour later when I smelt something. Dom, Letty, and some other people were getting high. I saw Dom holding a joint and inhaling deeply. I kept my eyes partly closed. The smell was overwhelming. I had friends who had done weed and etc, but I never did it. As for the smell, that was a different story. I didn't enjoy it, but it also wasn't revolting. I stirred and faced Leon, who was still asleep. My face was buried in his chest. I was trying to get the smell of marijuana out of my nostrils. I could smell the liquor on his breath. He was smashed. I gave a little laugh and exhaled deeply. My arms were on his chest. Our breathing was in sync and I was truly happy. I was falling asleep when I heard Dom call my name. I turned around a looked at him groggily.

He smiled and asked, "You want some?"

He offered the joint to me. I groaned and rolled back around to face Leon. He called my name again and I turned back around. I was tired, half drunk, and frustrated. Dom seemed not to notice. It wasn't the drugs that were frustrating me, it was the fact that it was four in the morning and he was offering them to me.

"How old are you?"

"Twenty-one," I managed to say before rolling back around.

I could hear the surprise in Dom's laugh.

"You're young."

"Go find a light socket and fuck yourself," I said not bothering to face him. I was perfectly comfortable in Leon's embrace and didn't plan on stirring.

The others laughed. I couldn't hear Dom's loud booming laugh that he had given a few seconds before. Right off the bat I could tell he didn't like my remark. I could feel his eyes watching me. They were burning a hole on my back.

One person laughed and said, "Dude a twenty-one-year-old chick whopped your ass. Man, that's s-a-a-a-a-d."

A couple of people laughed, but stopped abruptly. Apparently Dominic's expression stopped them. I heard him get up and walk past us. His arm briefly brushed past my back. He was muttering. I could make out several different obscenities. I exhaled deeply and once again our breathing was in sync. I soon fell back asleep listening to Leon steady heartbeat.

I awoke up alone on the couch. I glanced around the room and it was bare. No one was insight. The sunlight hurt my eyes badly. I grunted and began to stand up. When my feet touched the floor I jumped. The floor was cold and someone had taken my shoes off for me. I stumbled my way to the kitchen and grunted when I saw the mess. Without thinking I went into clean up mode. I was straightening the pizza boxes and throwing away cups when I noticed the sink full of dirty dishes. I glanced around the room for a dishwasher and when I didn't find one, I began to clean out the sink. I quickly filled the sink with hot water and poured the blue liquid into the still water. After mixing the two and seeing the bubbles rise I began to pile dishes into the sink. I had begun washing my first batch when I heard a familiar voice behind me.

"Cleaning dishes?" the deep voice rumbled behind me.

I turned around with my hands still elbow in bubbles and looked at him. He had a smirk across his face.

I smiled and said, "I didn't even think about it. But now that I've started I can't stop."

I turned back around and began to clean a plate. I heard Dom getting closer and he laid a hand on my back. I jumped a little bit and heard him chuckle.

"Mind if I help?" he whispered into my ear.

His hands slowly slipped down my arms until his hands were holding my hands under water. I stopped and let the plate fall to bottom of the sink. I could feel Dom realize what he was doing. I shook my head no and handed him the plate to rinse off and dry. He took his hands out of the water and stood next to me. He rinsed the plate and his arms. With our combined efforts the kitchen was clean within an hour. I sat on the counter staring at him as he put the last few cups up in their spot. My legs were swinging back and forth hitting the cabinet door lightly with each swing.

Once he finished he faced me and said, "I haven't done that in a while."

I laughed and jumped off of the counter top.

"Cleaning?"

He faltered as he answered. He knew what else I was talking about.

"Yeah."

"Where's Leon?" I asked folding my arms across my chest.

"Him and Vince went looking for cars. Letty and Mia are out shopping, so I guess it's just me and you," he said slowly.

A smile crossed his face. It happened slowly, but it was a definite smile. I gave him a confused look.

"What's so funny?" I asked taking a step forwards.

"Just remembering when you ran into me at the mall," he said chuckling.

"God, you scared me," I said raising my hands to cover my face. I tried my best to hide my embarrassment.

I brought them back down and leaned backwards on the counter.

"Where'd you go anyways?"

I gave him a confused look.

"I turned around to look behind me and when I turned back around you were gone," he said clarifying his question.

"Oh," I said leaning my head backwards for a second. I looked him in the eyes once again.

'God they're gorgeous,' I commented on his beautiful brown eyes.

"I walked into a store to get an outfit. I figured you were done talking so I turned around and walked into a store. Why?"

"Just wondering," he said walking past me and into the other room.

I followed after him. He sat on the couch that Leon and I were the night before. I sat in a chair adjacent to him as he turned on the TV.

"Hey, Dom, I just wanted to say sorry about that thing I said last night."

I brought one of my legs up and sat on it. Dom glanced over at me and gave me an innocent look.

"What did you say?"

A smile crossed his face.

"You know damn well what I said."

"I feel a blonde streak coming on," he said, his smile got bigger.

"You're not blonde," I said looking over at him.

He was still smiling.

"Still. Refresh my memory."

I sighed and said, "I told you to go find a light socket and fuck yourself."

I smiled and shook my head. Why did he want me to repeat that?

"Oh yeah," he said like he remembered it. "It's okay. That was a pretty good comeback by the way."

"Thanks," I said awkwardly. "So why are you here? Couldn't you have gone with Leon and Vince?"

"I decided to stay here...with you," he said slowly.

"I don't need babysitting Dom," I said looking at the TV trying to seem interested.

"I know, but I couldn't just leave you alone in my house, could I? I mean Leon may trust you, but let's face the facts. I have known you for what? Two days. Leaving you alone in my house was the last thing I was going to do."

Dom was making some sense. I wouldn't necessarily leave him at my house. I glanced over at him and then back at the television. I sighed deeply and tried to watch the TV.

A couple of days later, Leon asked me to go out with him to a little Italian restaurant. I accepted immediately. He said he would be picking me up at 7. It was now 4. I sat on the couch reading the Anne Rice novel, Queen of the Damned, although I wasn't getting very far. Every couple of lines, I would glance up at the clock. Finally when it was 5, I had had enough. I laid the book down and walked into my room to get dressed.

When seven o'clock finally arrived, I was ready. I straightened my hair and left it down. I wore a simple thin strap black dress with heels that wrapped around my calves. I applied very little make up, just a simple coat of mascara and some powder. I closed the tube of mascara, and almost dropped it when the doorbell rang. Max immediately started barking.

"Max," I yelled. I heard his claws tapping on the hard wood floor as he trotted to my room. Once inside the door, he just looked at me. I pointed to my bed and watched as he lowered his head and complied.

"Good boy," I said before walking out of my room, leaving the door partially opened.

The doorbell rang again.

"Coming," I said as I walked towards the door.

I stopped at the door and took a deep breath before opening it. My breath caught in my throat once the door was fully opened.

"Come in," I said once regaining my composure.

Leon nodded and stepped inside.

"You look great," he said once I had closed the door.

"You too," I said as I raked my eyes over him.

He was wearing a pair of khakis that were low on his hips and clunky black shoes. He had a blue button up long sleeve shirt on with the top two buttons undone.

'Damn,' I thought.

"You ready to go?" he asked, snapping me out of my daydream.

"Yeah," I said walking over to the coffee table and picking up my purse. "All set."

"I still can't believe you punched him. I mean, yeah, he was calling me a slut when he asked how much you were paying for me, but you still didn't have to punch him," I said as I stepped out of Leon's Skyline.

"What else was I supposed to do? Let him sit there and further insult you? No way in hell," Leon said as he walked up to me.

We walked up to my door in silence. Once I reached it bent down and picked up my key from its hiding spot.

"So," I said as I stood back up. "I had a really great time."

"Me too," he said smiling a bit.

"Well I guess I'll see ya later?" I asked nervously.

"Yeah," Leon said stepping forward.

He kissed me briefly on the lips. It was a polite kiss, but it slowly started to intensify. I began to kiss back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him in closer. We began to walk back a little until my back hit the door. Suddenly the kiss stopped. We were both breathing heavily. I just looked into his eyes. His eyes were so beautiful; they seemed to go right through me.

Finally Leon broke the silence. "Mind if I come in?"

I was at a loss for words. 'What ifs' flowed throughout my brain. I nodded my head and turned around. Leon put his hands on my hips and I put the key in the door and slowly began to unlock it. I finally got the door open and stepped inside. Leon was right behind me. I put the key down on the table beside the door and turned on a lamp.

Leon turned me around and crushed my lips in a kiss. I broke off the kiss once I couldn't breathe.

"I want you," he said looking into my eyes.

I froze.

'He what?' my mind screamed.

"I've never really..." I stuttered out.

"That's okay..." he said.

"But I may not be any good," I said interrupting him.

"I don't care," he said calming me. "I said I want you. I mean it, no matter what."

I nodded and kissed him. Leon's arms snaked around my waist and pulled me closer.

"Where's your room?"

"There," I said pointing to the door that was down the hallway a little.

Leon led me to my room and pushed the door open. Max jumped down from the bed and ran up to him and began sniffing the area around his crotch. Leon looked a little uncomfortable. I giggled and ushered Max out of the room.

"Sorry 'bout that," I said once I had closed the door. Max growled a bit before walking off.

"S'okay," he said before taking my hand and walking over to the bed.

He sat down on the edge and pulled me to where I was straddling his lap. His hands raked through my hair as he laid gently kisses along my neck. I began to unbutton his shirt. Once I was done, he helped me pull it off. My dress was the next thing to go. Leon grabbed the end of the dress and pulled it over my head. I was left in a black bra and underwear. He threw my dress to the ground as I began kissing him. He fell back onto the bed and pulled me with him. His hands were on my hips and pulling me closer. I reached down and tried to unbutton his pants, but my hands were shaking too much. Leon smiled and helped me undo his pants and pull them off. I lifted up so they would come off easily. Before he threw them on the floor he grabbed his wallet out of his pocket, and pulled out a condom.

"You sure you wanna do this?" he asked me.

I took a deep breath and smiled.

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Alright," he said before kissing me again.

Days turned into weeks and several races passed. Dom would always win and we would go back to his place to celebrate and party. I still wouldn't race him. Each day right before the race he would give me this look and I would simply reply, "Not today." He would get pissed off and go on a rampage saying that I was part of his team and I had to race. I then would tell him that I didn't feel comfortable in the car yet. It takes time to build up comfort and trust in a car.

"I have to figure her out. I have to learn where she can go and how far. Of all people you should understand."

That would usually shut him up. One of the biggest races was coming up and I planned to be a part of it, but I wasn't going to tell Dom about it. I had bought another car to go from place to place in. I couldn't be gaining mileage on my beauty. So I went out and bought a black '98 Corvette convertible with tan leather interior. Dom didn't like it too much, but I was in love. Letty and I had become good friends. We would go shopping regularly ever weekend. It was a known fact. We were acting more like sisters each and everyday.

After leaving my RX-7 alone for a while I decided to race her. I was driving down a rode that was pretty deserted, but still had shops and etc. all around. I had stopped at a stoplight and glanced around. There were no cars, people, or cops in sight. I revved the engine, as the opposite light was turning red. The seconds my light took to turn green seemed forever. When it finally did I pressed the gas. Wheels were screeching as my car stayed still. Smoke came from the tires as I shot forwards. I was going seventy. Eighty. Ninety. Hundred. Hundred and Ten. I finally reached the next stoplight. No one was in sight. I spun out and sat there. I was grinning from ear to ear. It felt good to have that rush of adrenaline again. It excited and thrilled me. My heart was beating hard. On my way past a couple of stores I thought I saw Leon's car, but due to the speed I couldn't tell. I pulled forward only to be stopped by Dom. He pulled up next to me. Our driver's side windows faced each other. I rolled my window down.

"Good race," he said as he rolled his window down. "Who won?"

I laughed and said, "I did."

"You gonna race tomorrow night?" he asked as his left arm hung out of the window.

I sighed and looked forwards. Dom was waiting for my answer as I stared out into nowhere. I was turning to face him again when my eye caught something. It was Leon and he was with a girl. Correction. He was kissing a girl. They were holding hands and standing outside a restaurant that he and I went to a couple of days before. We then spent that night making love several times, and yet here he was with some girl. He had told me he loved me so many times that night. The past few weeks with Leon surged through my brain. I could feel a headache coming on. My stomach felt like it was being ripped out. I felt like I was going to puke. The thought of him repulsed me. I ran my hand through my hair as tears emerged. Dom saw that something was upsetting me and turned his car around. He then skimmed the area to see what it was. He saw it quickly and looked over at me.

"Allie, I'm so sorry," he said trying to comfort me through his passenger's side window.

I couldn't tell who he was with, but it didn't really matter. He was with someone else. The girl had gone into a store and left Leon sitting at a table drinking his drink. I clasped my hand over my mouth to muffle my cries and screams. I could feel Dom looking at me. I had had enough and sped forward. I heard Dom call after me, but didn't pay attention. I turned at the closest intersection, eager to get away from Leon and his whore. I headed in the direction of my house, but decided to stop at The Racer's Edge to get something for my car, although I couldn't really remember what I wanted to get. I sat at the steering wheel for several seconds crying. I would have been there longer if I hadn't been interrupted by a knock on my window. I looked up and saw Lance Tran at the window. I motioned him over to the passenger's side and unlocked the door. Lance slipped in effortlessly. He sat there staring at me.

"What's wrong?" he finally asked.

I dried up what I could and looked at him. Within minutes I had told him the whole story. He gave me a sympathetic look and sighed.

"I'm so sorry, Allison. You are too good to be treated like that..." He sat for a couple of seconds. He looked like he was thinking really hard about something. "I have a proposal," he said after a while. "You don't have to take it right away or even answer me now. But promise me that you'll think about it okay?"

I nodded and dried the last few tears that had fallen.

"Join our team," he stated simply. "If he obviously hurt you that much, you don't want to be around him, right? So come join my team and you don't have to worry about it."

I leaned my head back and thought about it. What he was saying did make sense. But Dom had warned me about him.

'Fuck Dom,' I thought to myself. 'I can do whatever I want.'

I gathered myself and forced a smile on my face. I looked at Tran in the eyes and said, "I'm in."

Tran smiled and said, "Excellent. Are you going to want to race tomorrow?"

I nodded my head and Tran leaned forwards and kissed me on the cheek.

"I'll pick you up at eight. You wouldn't mind if we called it a date would you?"

I thought about it. Leon had hurt me and I wanted to get back at him.

"Sure. Why not?"

Dom sat there after Allison had sped off.

'Should I say anything to Leon?' he thought contemplating the situation. 'Better not. She'll probably want to call him on it.'

It had hurt him to see her cry like that. She was just telling him yesterday that she thought she was in love with Leon. He admitted to himself that he was jealous. Part of him was happy that they would be breaking up, but the second that thought crossed his mind his stomach cramped.

'What kind of friend am I? She's Leon's girl...or was...'

He grunted and started his car again. He wanted to find Allison before she did something stupid to either hurt herself or those around her. He started forwards and followed the direction she had gone. Not knowing that Letty had just walked out of a building and sat beside Leon, giving him a kiss as she sat down.