A/N: I have decided to re-set this story to after the movie took place,
since all the ideas I've been coming up with all involve the movie already
happening. I'll try to work Taya's absence in the movie into the story
somehow. Enjoy the show!!!
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Chapter 2: After Party
Dom had won his race of course, resulting in the weekly ritual of 'party at Dom's'. Dom stood in the kitchen, talking with Letty. Vince was grabbing yet another Corona and Leon was dancing with a rather ditsy blonde. Taya was in the process of telling some horny bastard to move on when she noticed that Jesse was nowhere to be found. She hurriedly pushed the annoying stoner away, and started her search for Jesse, expecting to find him drunk, dancing with some chick. Either that or passed out somewhere.
She did a quick sweep of the bottom floor, and after coming up empty handed, reluctantly tapped Leon on the shoulder. He turned around, obviously flustered over the blonde who had told him to jerk off moments ago.
"Yo Leon, you seen Jesse around?"
He attempted to stand without swaying, unsuccessfully, and settled for putting one hand on her shoulder and one on the wall while trying to look her in the eyes.
"Nah... Ain't seen 'im since, uh... The uh, race, I think..."
She rolled her eyes at him, not really listening for the fact that he was obviously too drunk to know a carburetor from a tailpipe at the moment. She pulled away from him, causing him to nearly fall over from the lack of support. She sighed and headed towards the stairs, telling herself Jesse was probably at the garage, or had indeed passed out somewhere she hadn't looked.
She climbed the stairs, heading for her and Jesse's room, looking for a place to escape the noise that threatened to overwhelm her growing headache. She opened the door, planning on collapsing on the bed, but instead finding none other than the illusive one himself drumming away on a keyboard.
Jesse looked up and briefly smiled at her before returning to the task at hand. She slowly walked towards him, a look of confusion on her face. She peered over his shoulder at the monitor, which was currently showing a document that was explaining something about the compatibility of one human brain to another.
"Jesse... What in the world are you doing?"
He scratched his hair underneath his beanie and turned his chair around to face her.
"I was, uh... Working... On a paper for health class. Mr. Thompson said to have it in by Monday."
He smiled tiredly at her.
Taya smiled back at him. After realizing that he needed to do something else with his life, especially after the hijackings and drive by's were over, he decided to give high school another try. Through internet classes he was able to work in the garage and attend the weekend races and parties most of the time. The others, much to his surprise, were all for the idea. Taya had been helping him as much as she could between her hours at the store with Mia, and was surprised he hadn't even told her anything about the paper, and even more surprised that he looked to be almost finished with it already. Things like math and science came naturally to Jesse, but subjects like english and government and health were often his struggling points, thus, Taya was very surprised.
She sat on the bed and faced him, flipping her hair behind her ear in the process.
"You look tired. You should get some sleep, you've got all weekend to do this and I'm sure Dom will understand."
He sighed and turned back to the monitor. His eyes burned just looking at it. He had been working on it since they got back from the races, roughly 3 hours, and he was clearly in desperate need of some shut eye.
"I should really get this finished..."
Taya abruptly stood up and walked to the computer, hitting the save and shut down buttons before Jesse could protest. She took him by the arm and led him towards the bed, practically throwing him on it, and proceeded to undress him like you would a child. While she briefly struggled with the black leather belt buckle of his jeans, he picked his head up and looked at her, an eyebrow arched.
"I always knew you were into the whole dominatrix thing, but do you really need to take it out on my belt?"
She lightly slapped him on the side of his knee as she pulled the jeans off of him.
"You have obviously been working on that thing way too long..." She stopped to take a quick whiff of his jeans, scrunch up her nose, and throw them into the hamper. "And you definitely need a shower, but right now, sleep equals priority."
She tugged him into a sitting position by the front of his shirt and pulled it over his head. After she had completely disrobed him, leaving him clad in only a pair of red plaid boxers, she pushed him back down onto his back and pulled a blanket up to waist, considering it was about 65 degrees in the room.
She gave him a quick kiss on the forehead, removing his beanie in the process.
"Now get some sleep!"
She walked towards the door and turned off the light, smiling at him as she shut the door behind her.
Jesse lie there for a minute or two before considering what she had said. He was exhausted, but not so much, since he had gotten used to getting along without her there. Her dad had gotten caught, along with his, at one of the many weekend races, and although it had been equally hard for both of them, Taya had taken it pretty badly. She had taken a last minute flight to Phoenix to see her grandmother, not even leaving a phone number, and completely missing the events of the 'Brian Spellner / O'Conner' incident. After a few months, she decided to call her team, just to check up on them, and found them all in a state of panic. Dom's cell had rung in a quiet hospital hallway, where the remainder of the team had been waiting for news of their family. She rushed back to California, and helped nurse Jesse and Vince back to health. Brian had been sentenced to 6 months in a class for undercover agents who lost touch with reality, and had been forbidden to contact the Toretto team, even after clearing their names. His time was almost up, and he finally get to see Mia again. And Taya would finally get to meet the infamous Brian O'Conner.
Jesse closed his eyes, his brain exhausted, and finally let sleep overtake him.
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Chapter 2: After Party
Dom had won his race of course, resulting in the weekly ritual of 'party at Dom's'. Dom stood in the kitchen, talking with Letty. Vince was grabbing yet another Corona and Leon was dancing with a rather ditsy blonde. Taya was in the process of telling some horny bastard to move on when she noticed that Jesse was nowhere to be found. She hurriedly pushed the annoying stoner away, and started her search for Jesse, expecting to find him drunk, dancing with some chick. Either that or passed out somewhere.
She did a quick sweep of the bottom floor, and after coming up empty handed, reluctantly tapped Leon on the shoulder. He turned around, obviously flustered over the blonde who had told him to jerk off moments ago.
"Yo Leon, you seen Jesse around?"
He attempted to stand without swaying, unsuccessfully, and settled for putting one hand on her shoulder and one on the wall while trying to look her in the eyes.
"Nah... Ain't seen 'im since, uh... The uh, race, I think..."
She rolled her eyes at him, not really listening for the fact that he was obviously too drunk to know a carburetor from a tailpipe at the moment. She pulled away from him, causing him to nearly fall over from the lack of support. She sighed and headed towards the stairs, telling herself Jesse was probably at the garage, or had indeed passed out somewhere she hadn't looked.
She climbed the stairs, heading for her and Jesse's room, looking for a place to escape the noise that threatened to overwhelm her growing headache. She opened the door, planning on collapsing on the bed, but instead finding none other than the illusive one himself drumming away on a keyboard.
Jesse looked up and briefly smiled at her before returning to the task at hand. She slowly walked towards him, a look of confusion on her face. She peered over his shoulder at the monitor, which was currently showing a document that was explaining something about the compatibility of one human brain to another.
"Jesse... What in the world are you doing?"
He scratched his hair underneath his beanie and turned his chair around to face her.
"I was, uh... Working... On a paper for health class. Mr. Thompson said to have it in by Monday."
He smiled tiredly at her.
Taya smiled back at him. After realizing that he needed to do something else with his life, especially after the hijackings and drive by's were over, he decided to give high school another try. Through internet classes he was able to work in the garage and attend the weekend races and parties most of the time. The others, much to his surprise, were all for the idea. Taya had been helping him as much as she could between her hours at the store with Mia, and was surprised he hadn't even told her anything about the paper, and even more surprised that he looked to be almost finished with it already. Things like math and science came naturally to Jesse, but subjects like english and government and health were often his struggling points, thus, Taya was very surprised.
She sat on the bed and faced him, flipping her hair behind her ear in the process.
"You look tired. You should get some sleep, you've got all weekend to do this and I'm sure Dom will understand."
He sighed and turned back to the monitor. His eyes burned just looking at it. He had been working on it since they got back from the races, roughly 3 hours, and he was clearly in desperate need of some shut eye.
"I should really get this finished..."
Taya abruptly stood up and walked to the computer, hitting the save and shut down buttons before Jesse could protest. She took him by the arm and led him towards the bed, practically throwing him on it, and proceeded to undress him like you would a child. While she briefly struggled with the black leather belt buckle of his jeans, he picked his head up and looked at her, an eyebrow arched.
"I always knew you were into the whole dominatrix thing, but do you really need to take it out on my belt?"
She lightly slapped him on the side of his knee as she pulled the jeans off of him.
"You have obviously been working on that thing way too long..." She stopped to take a quick whiff of his jeans, scrunch up her nose, and throw them into the hamper. "And you definitely need a shower, but right now, sleep equals priority."
She tugged him into a sitting position by the front of his shirt and pulled it over his head. After she had completely disrobed him, leaving him clad in only a pair of red plaid boxers, she pushed him back down onto his back and pulled a blanket up to waist, considering it was about 65 degrees in the room.
She gave him a quick kiss on the forehead, removing his beanie in the process.
"Now get some sleep!"
She walked towards the door and turned off the light, smiling at him as she shut the door behind her.
Jesse lie there for a minute or two before considering what she had said. He was exhausted, but not so much, since he had gotten used to getting along without her there. Her dad had gotten caught, along with his, at one of the many weekend races, and although it had been equally hard for both of them, Taya had taken it pretty badly. She had taken a last minute flight to Phoenix to see her grandmother, not even leaving a phone number, and completely missing the events of the 'Brian Spellner / O'Conner' incident. After a few months, she decided to call her team, just to check up on them, and found them all in a state of panic. Dom's cell had rung in a quiet hospital hallway, where the remainder of the team had been waiting for news of their family. She rushed back to California, and helped nurse Jesse and Vince back to health. Brian had been sentenced to 6 months in a class for undercover agents who lost touch with reality, and had been forbidden to contact the Toretto team, even after clearing their names. His time was almost up, and he finally get to see Mia again. And Taya would finally get to meet the infamous Brian O'Conner.
Jesse closed his eyes, his brain exhausted, and finally let sleep overtake him.