Chapter 6

A Warning

A week later everyone was moved around. Mia and Brian were living with Dom and Letty, and Lily and Alex were living with Jesse, Leon, and Vince.

One morning Lily woke up and got dressed. All the boys were still asleep. She tried to shake Jesse, but he just ignored her.

She went over to Leon's room. "Leon, get outta bed! Leon!" He just rolled over.

She went to Vince's room. "V, get up! Vince, get your ass up!" No one would get up. "Okay boys. You asked for it."

She got Alex and took him over to Mia. "Mia, can you watch him for a second?"

"Sure."

"Thanks."

She went back to her house, got a big boom box, and took it upstairs. She opened Jesse, Leon, and Vince's bedroom doors, turned the volume on the boom box all the way up, and started blasting "Superstar" by Saliva. All three of them jumped out of bed and stumbled into the hallway.

"Morin' boys."

They gave her death glares and ran at her. She ran downstairs and over to Dom's house. He was in the kitchen making breakfast.

"Whoa, what's goin' on?"

"They're gonna kill me!"

She ran behind Dom as Leon, Jesse, and Vince came running in.

"What'd she do?"

"She woke us up by blasting music in our ears."

He looked over his shoulder at Lily. "Did you do that?"

"Yep."

"Nice."

Mia came in and handed Alex to Lily. "What's goin' on in here?"

"Leon, Jesse, and Vince are tryin' to kill Lily."

"Is that so?"

"Yep."

She got right in their faces. "I just cleaned this floor last night. I swear to god if you get blood on it yours will be there next."

"Ye… yes… ma'am."

Satisfied that she scared the shit out of them she went back upstairs.

Leon looked at Lily. "You have to come home sometime."

"And you need to get home now boxer boys."

They looked down and realized that all three of them were only in their boxers. They ran back home as Lily and Dom laughed their heads off.

Later that night Lily and Jesse came into Dom's house after leaving Alex with Lily's friend. Everyone was in the living room waiting for them.

"You guys ready to go?"

"Yep."

"Let's go."

They all got in their cars and went to the races. Letty rode with Dom, Mia rode with Brian, Lily rode with Jesse, and Vince rode with Leon. When they got there they parked their cars and sat on the hoods.

"So Lily, what's the 411? Who's good around here?"

She pointed to a short Mexican man. "That's Alberto. He's not bad, but you guys could probably beat him." Next she pointed to a white guy surrounded by racer skanks.  "That's Joe. He could give you a run for your money, though he doesn't race much. He's a great mechanic, owns his own garage. He's kinda the informant around here. He knows pretty much everything about everyone. He always knows what's goin' on, even if no one tells him. He's a buddy of mine. His sister Suzie baby sits Alex a lot. They're both great." Then she pointed to a tall Mexican guy who just pulled up. "That's Juan. Cocky as hell. He thinks he's so great, but he really isn't."

Juan walks over to them. "Hey Lily."

"Hi Juan."

"So, how've ya been?"

He was slowly getting closer to her. He was obviously trying to hit on her. Jesse put his arms around her from behind. "She's been fine."

Juan completely ignored Jesse. "You racin' tonight?"

"Sorry Juan. I'll have to kick your ass next week. My car's in the shop."

"Damn. Any of your buddies racin'?"

Dom looked at Lily. "Should I?"

"Hell yeah."

Juan got in his car and Dom got in his. They drove to the starting line. Juan stuck his head out the window. "Lily, I want a victory kiss when I win!"

She went up to Dom. "Kick him off his high horse. Please!"

"Not a problem."

10 seconds later the race was over. Dom won. Juan went over to Lily. "Now I need a kiss to make me feel better."

"Juan, let me see if I can make you understand. You see the tall blond guy over there?" She pointed at Brian. "That's my big brother. He's very protective of me. And see the guy next to him?" She pointed at Jesse. "That's my boyfriend, and the father of my son. He loves me, a lot. Now see the 3 guys around them?" She pointed at Dom, Vince, and Leon. "They're like big brothers to me, and they're also very protective of me. So unless you want all 5 of them to come over here and kick your ass, you might want to back off."

"See ya around." He quickly left.

Lily smiled. "Finally." She went over to where the others were. Jesse put his arm around her waist as they watched Dom lift Letty into the air in victory. When he put her down, Dom got up on the very top of his car.

"Alright, settle down people! I got somethin' to say!" He looks at Brian and Leon. They nodded and went up to Letty. They grabbed her and lifted her up onto the hood of Dom's car. Dom took her hand and helped her up to the top of the car.

"Dom, what's goin' on?"

"Letty, you are the most amazing thing in my life. Everything I have, everything I can do, it means nothing without you by my side. I love you Letty. I know sometimes I don't show it all that well, but I do. I want the whole world to know." He turned to the crowd and yelled. "I love this girl!"

Letty laughed as he turned back to her.

"I can't imagine ever being with anyone else." He got down on one knee and took a small jewelry box out of his pocket. "Letty, will you marry me?"

Her face looked very pissed off. "No."

Everyone was shocked, especially Dom. He couldn't believe she said no, but then her pissed off look faded away. She kneeled in front of him so she was face-to-face with him and smiled. "Just kidding. Of course I'll marry you."

He laughed and kissed her. The crowd cheered. Dom looked her right in the eye. "Don't ever scare me like that again."

They got down off his car and their friends congratulated them.

"Nice Dom."

"That was great."

"Congrats guys."

Brian looked at Mia. "I hope you realize there's no way I'm toppin' that."

They all laughed. Suddenly a group of 4 cars drove up. Many racer skanks crowded around the leader as he got out of his car. Dom turned to Lily. "Who's that?"

"That's Jimmy James. Also known as J.J. He's one of the best racers around. He's also the biggest bad-ass around."

"Really?"

"I didn't mean that as a challenge Dom."

He wasn't even listening. He was watching J.J.

She grabbed his arms and forced him to turn and look at her. "Please listen to me Dom. You do not want to screw with this guy. With him when you lose you lose, when you win you really lose. He gets very pissed off when someone beats him. He just kicks the shit outta the person and takes back what they won. The last guy that beat him is in the hospital right now. The guy before that can't drive with his left hand anymore. The only reason he's not in jail is because everyone's too afraid to turn him in. Please Dom, please stay away from him."

"Okay."

"Thank you."