"Something's going on in that brain of hers." Leon said as the team headed into their V and headed over to the races. Mia stared out the window and said nothing. Mia knew what was going on, but she couldn't be the one to tell him. It was Jezzie's problem, not hers. "Awwww, Mi, I know you know something. Why don't you let me in on it?" Mia looked at him.
"Ask her yourself. Ask her where she came from and why she moved here. Ask her why she was drawn to Dom. Ask her why she'd do anything for Dom. Just ask her." Mia looked back out the window. She knew where Jezzie came from; she knew why her family moved here. Dom didn't even know, only Mia and Letty, though Letty only knew little bits and pieces.
"What? She and Dom got something going on I don't know about?" Leon asked, turning down a street. He was curious. He knew Jez and Dom had been good friends for a while, but how good of friends? Did they have something going on? Were they just friends? Leon didn't know and he sure as fuck didn't know how to ask her. Mia sighed and shook her head.
"Just ask her and leave me out of this. It's too much." Mia was secretely tired of fixing everyones problem. "She was drawn to Dom because he cared. He was the first person here who really wanted to get to know her, he really wanted to be her friend. She loved that so much about him, the fact that he was willing to get to know her when she was the new girl, and you know Dom." Mia said. She was tired of having to keep the peace between Dom and Letty, having to fix Dom's mistakes. She was tired of fixing Jezzie's mistakes or trying to calm her down. Mia loved them deep down, but sometimes it was far too much for her.
"You know how it's going to play out Let. He'll cheat on me and I'll forgive him." Jezzie said as she sat in the car with Letty. Letty sighed. Jezzie was always going on about Leon cheating on her. He'd done it once and she never let him forget it. Well, she never brought it up to him, but she always remembered. But Letty thought it was odd that Jezzie forgot about the two times she'd either almost or actually cheated on Leon. But he was always the one to take her back; he was convinced she was the one for him. But Jezzie...she was confused about it all, she always has been.
"Jez! Why do you do this? That fool loves you! I don't know why, but he loves you. Don't play him like this." Letty shifted gears and turned up the music. She hated having this talk with Jezzie. Jezzie leaned over and turn the music off.
"Don't play him like this? Fuck Let, whose side are you on? That fool's always hitting it up with some blonde ass bitch, maybe not actually getting to 3rd base, but he's hitting it up. I'm tired of it. You see him at the fucking parties! It's bullshit. And I love that man, I really do, but I don't know. It's hard." Jezzie leaned her head back and blew her black hair out of her face. She dyed her hair numerous times during high school, being all the colors of the rainbow, and even rain bowed colored once. But she always kept it long. Well, it was short during her freshman year, but after that it was always long.
Dom and Vince always told her that long hair showed off her dark brown eyes. She didn't understand how, but she went along with it. Vince calls her eyes 'pools of mystery'. After high school, she went back to her natural color as she entered College. She went to UCLA for four years and got a major in Literature, but never did anything with it. She just wanted to be able to say she had a degree or whatever.
"You know I'm on your side Jez. But you need to tell him about your life. Don't leave Lee hanging. And you need to tell Dom." Letty accentuated Dom's name and Jezzie laughed.
"Oh god. I can hear it now, 'I knew all along. I told you, you can find anything on the Internet.'" Jezzie said, mimicking Dom, the two girls laughed and Jezzie sat up. "Oh, or, 'Why the hell didn't you ever tell me? I am the leader of this team and you had a right to tell me.'" Both girls laughed harder as they pulled to a stop. Letty turned off the car and turned to Jezzie.
"Whatever. But when Dom and Leon chew off yo ass, don't come pouting to me." They got out of the car and shut their doors. Jezzie leaned on the top of the car and gave Letty a 'pouting' face.
"Glad to know you have my back Let!" Let smiled, but her smiled dropped when she saw all the skanks around Dom. Jezzie followed Letty over to them.
"Meow." Letty stopped in front of Dom and the two skanks. "I smell sniffsniff skanks. Why don't you girls pack it up before I leave tread marks on your face?" The girls looked at Dom, but turned around and left. Dom gave Letty a look of innocence.
"Letty I was just talking." Letty turned her cheek.
"Yeah, Whatever." Jezzie turned around to face Mia.
"Hey Mi." Jezzie said. Mia frowned.
"Jez, you need to talk to Leon." Mia paused, not sure of how to put it.
"Something going on in his brain?" Jezzie asked, fully aware of what Mia was talking about. She'd talk to Leon, but not yet. She couldn't tell him now, not with everything going on.
"Something's always going on in his brain, but what are you going to do? His mind is set and he's not going to change it. He wants to know what's going on in yours." Mia looked up at Jezzie, and Jezzie nodded. Mia gave her a friendly smile and walked around to the other side of Dom. Dom was setting up the race when Brian walked up. Letty and Jezzie stood behind Dom, next to Mia, watching.
"I don't have any cash, but I do have the pink slip to my car." Brian held up his pink slip and Jezzie let out a small chuckle. Letty elbowed her and they both raised their eyebrows.
"Figure's monkey boy would put up his car. Time to box..." Jezzie rolled her hands into fists and made a boxing motion. Letty and Mia laughed.
"Hey, you just can't climb in the ring with Ali 'cause you think you box." Jesse said.
"Ali, Ali, Ali!" Jezzie and Letty chanted behind Dom. Dom turned around and gave them a look, shutting them up with fits of laughter. Brian pointed at Vince.
"He knows I can box. So check it out, it's like this: I lose, the winner takes my car, clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash and the respect." Jezzie licked her lips.
"I like monkey boy already. At least we know he's got some balls." Jezzie barked and Mia hit her arm.
"Jesus Jezzie! Stop being so rude!" All three girls laughed.
"Respect." Dom scoffed while people in the crowd chuckled. Mia looked Brian up and down.
"To some people that's more important." Brian replied, stone cold.
"Ouch. Talk about your ass whooping. I'm going to love this." Letty said, rubbing her hands together. Dom was silent for a few seconds, but motioned with his head to Brian's car.
"That your car?" Brian nodded and everyone flocked over to his car as Jesse lifted the hood. Letty and Jezzie walked next to Dom, their arms linked, purring at the sight of Brian's engine.
"Nice...white boy got some shit under tha hood." Letty whispered. Jezzie nodded.
"Too much shit. I think someone's gonna get fr-i-ed." Jezzie and Letty were growing tired of the talk; they wanted to see a race. Finally Dom said 'Let's Go.' and they hopped in Letty's car.
Jezzie sat inside Letty's car as she watched everyone line their cars up, blocking the entrance to streets. Jezzie looked over at Letty.
"I'ma go find Leon. Think I wanna be wit my man tonight. Mia'll roll wit you after." Letty smiled her approval and stepped out of the car with Jezzie. Jezzie growled at Letty as she walked down the street, searching for Leon's yellow skyline. It didn't take her long before she found it. She walked up to the side and stuck her head in the open passenger window.
"Care for a little company?" Leon looked up from the scanners and smiled.
"Depends...you want me to concentrate on the scanners or your pretty--face?" Jezzie stuck out her bottom lip and Leon laughed. "Get in the car." Jezzie smiled and opened the door and sat down.
"Why ain't you with Let?" Leon asked. Jezzie shrugged.
"I've seen too many of Dom's races, just cause monkey boy is racing, doesn't mean it's going to be any different." Jezzie looked out the window and watched the remaining cars line up along the side of the road.
"Monkey boy?" Leon asked, looking down at the scanners. He heard Jezzie chuckle.
"Spilner. Brian, Mia's new love interest. Tuna boy. He's got plenty of nicknames and they just keep on--fuckers..." She cursed as a Pizza Delivery guy pulled up. Leon stuck his head out of the car.
"Hey, what the hells going on around here?" The guy asked, stepping out of his car.
"Street's closed pizza boy." He waved his hand around and stuck his head back in the car. "Find another way home." The Pizza guy started getting back in his car.
"Goddamn street racers." He got back in his car and drove off.
"Stupid Pizza guys." Leon said, looking back at the scanners.
"Check it out, I bet you, Brian's almost going to win, but loses." Jezzie said, looking at Leon. Leon looked up and smiled.
"Well that ain't much of a bet. We all know tha boy ain't going to win. There's no fun in betting." Jezzie grabbed his thigh and started rubbing it.
"Ain't no fun in betting, huh?" Leon smiled and leaned towards her.
"What you get if you win?" Jezzie kissed him and pulled away, smiling.
"You. And if you win...you get me. Either way, it's a win-win situation." Leon leaned back in his seat and nodded.
"Deal."
Jezzie got out of the car and walked to the finish line to wait for Dom. Minutes later Dom sped over the finish line, winning. It turned out that Jezzie was right, Brian fucked up his car on NOS2 and it stalled. Jezzie was standing in the crowd around Brian's car as he rolled across the finish line. Jezzie stood next to Vince, her arms folded across her chest.
"Aww...poor Spilner. Tsk tsk, told him he'd fuck up." Jezzie said to Vince. Vince scoffed; he loved it. Brian got out of his car with a smug look on his face; he was smiling. Jesse ran over and opened up Brian's hood.
"Was that fun?" He said as smoke came billowing out. Everyone laughed at Brian.
"What you smiling about?" Dom asked when he noticed Brian's face.
"Dude, I almost had you!" He said. Everyone bust out laughing. Jezzie couldn't believe this guy. Almost had Dom? Only one person in this world had ever 'had' Dom, and it definitely wasn't Brian.
"You almost had me? You never had me, you never had your car!" Dom started walking around Brian and the car. "Granny shifting not double clutching like ya should. Lucky that 100 shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake." He stopped at the back of the car and looked around. "Almost had me?" He scoffed and continued walking. "Now me and the Mad Scientist have got to rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried." Finally Brian didn't look so smug.
Jezzie leaned over to Letty. "Told you he was gonna get fr-i-ed." Letty and Jezzie exchanged a hand slap and laughed, turning back to Dom and Brian.
"Ask any racer, any real racer. It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning."
"And you sure as fuck didn't win monkey boy. Pack it up and move it out." Jezzie said, giving Brian a 'smug' look. He looked at her, confused, as Mia hit Jezzie.
"Shut up!" Mia mouthed. Dom held his arms up as the crowd cheered. But then the call came on the scanner. Cops.
"Shit! We got cops!" Leon yelled as everyone went in different directions. Jezzie looked around and spotted Vince. He was motioning for her to go with him. She ran to his car and got in and they were off.
Minutes later Vince pulled up outside of the house, pulling into the last spot in the driveway. Plenty of people had already made it to the house. They got out of the car and headed in.
"What about Dom?" Jezzie asked as Vince opened the front door.
"He'll get out, he always does." Vince headed into the living room, while Jezzie went upstairs. She headed into her and Leon's bedroom to change. She kicked off her boots and changed into jeans and her black DT's work shirt. She stared into her mirror and bit her bottom lip. Her brown eyes were full of sadness, hardship, anger, disappointment, and love. She shook her head and pulled her hair behind her ears. Maybe she really should tell Leon and Dom about her past. But that's all it was, was past. It would only hurt to bring it up again, and it wasn't messing with anything. She just had issues with Leon that was between them both, no one else.
She heard a car door slam outside and decided to head downstairs to collect her prize. She was almost to the bottom of the stairs when Dom came in, followed by Spilner.
"Hey Dom." Jezzie said, as she stood at the bottom of the stairs.
"Hey Jez." He said grumpily. Jezzie frowned at him and he shrugged. "I didn't see you coming for me." Jezzie nodded.
"Maybe that's cause I was with Vince, Dom. You know if I had been driving I woulda came and got ya." Dom smiled at Jezzie and nodded.
"Yeah, ok." He said, looking in the living room. Jezzie sighed.
"Yeah, thanks Dom. I'm glad to see you know where your loyalties lie and that you can trust me." Jezzie rolled her eyes. Dom looked up at her.
"Come 'ere." He motioned towards him and she stepped towards him. Dom wrapped his arms around her and she around him, and gave her a hug, kissing the top of her head. "I know I can trust you J, and you know you can trust me." They let go of each other and looked into the living room. Jezzie's smile faded as she saw some blonde sitting on Leon's lap.
"Figures." She muttered, looking at Dom and Brian. Dom saw Leon too. He walked over to Leon. Leon looked up at him.
"Yo Dom! We were just about to go looking-" Dom knocked Leon's beer out of his hand and gave him a look. Leon shut his mouth. Dom turned from him and walked across the living room to Vince.
Leon pushed the blonde off his lap and looked up at Jezzie, who was standing on the stairs. She leaned on the railing and smiled down at him.
"It's obvious you are confused Leon. Cuz when I said you'd get me..." She held her hands at her chest. "I meant me. Not some dumb ass whore who's just looking for a score. But if you rather have her, by all means, go ahead. I won't stop ya!" Leon stood up and started walking towards her. She held up her hands. "Nuh uh, you lost your chance dawg. Just go and sit back down cuz there ain't no chance now." Jezzie looked away from him and at Dom and Vince.
"Yo Dom! Why'd you bring the busta here?" Vince yelled, standing up. Dom turned and looked at Vince.
"Because the busta kept me out of handcuffs, he didn't just run back to the fort, the buster brought me back." Dom turned around and walked towards Brian. When he reached him he handed Brian Vince's beer.
"You can have any brew you want... as long as it's a Corona." Dom stared at Vince. Brian smiled. He looked at Vince and wiped the top of the beer off, then took a swig of it. He looked at Dom.
"You got a bathroom?" Dom nodded, still looking at Vince.
"Upstairs. First door on the right." Brian nodded and went upstairs. Dom looked up at Jezzie.
"I still don't like him. But since he saved yo ass, I'm willing to not kick his ass." Jezzie smiled and everyone laughed.
"That's my girl." Dom smiled and sat down, rubbing his head. Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Letty surrounded him.
"He's got no call bein' up there, you don't know that fool for shit!" Vince said, getting in Dom's face. Jezzie sighed and walked back upstairs. She was tired of the girls shit and the Brian shit. All those stupid racer chasers did was cause trouble. And Jezzie was sure Brian was going to cause trouble. Jezzie walked into her room and fell face first on the bed, sighing. A few seconds later, the door opened.
"You can't keep hiding from him." Mia's familiar voice said.
"I'm not hiding, I'm being pissed off." Jezzie's muffled voice said. Mia laughed.
"Why are you pissed off?" Jezzie rolled over on her back and looked up at Mia with sad eyes.
"Some blonde was sitting on his lap. Ugh, I don't know what to do. I know I'm being an idiot about this. But with Brian coming into the picture, everything's gonna get fucked up, I know it." Mia walked over and sat next to Jezzie on the bed, Jezzie sat up.
"Jez, you know what you need to do, you need to tell them." Jezzie opened her mouth to say something but Mia put her hands up. "I know your past doesn't have anything to do with this, but you never know. Maybe it'll open up something with you and Leon and you'll be able to get past all this shit. He'll know that you trust him and you guys will talk. It'll be good for something." Jezzie smiled, Mia was smart, and she always knew what to say or what to do. Jezzie hugged Mia.
"Thanks Mi. You always know what to do. Thanks." They pulled away and Mia smiled proudly.
"I know. Now, I'm going downstairs." Mia stood up and left. Jezzie looked around at their room. There was a picture on the nightstand, of Jezzie and Leon. Jezzie walked over and picked it up, her fingers tracing her and Leon. She smiled at the picture.
It was taken by Letty outside of DT Automotive Garage, almost a year ago. Leon was wearing a white wife beater with tan dickies and old black chucks. His hair was short and brown, but covered up by a blue baseball cap that said 'DT's Automotive' on it. Jezzie had her hair up in a loose bun, her black bangs blowing in the wind and in her face. She was wearing her light blue work shirt with old gray dickies and old black tennis shoes, which started out white.
But there were smiles on their faces. Smiles that said 'we're happy together and we're always going to be together.' Jezzie stared at herself. Her eyes said it all, 'I love this man.' Her eyes shifted to Leon. His head was leaning slightly down, like he was staring at the shorter girl next to him, and that said it all, 'I love this woman.'
Jezzie put the picture back. What happened to those days? When they were truly happy together, never thinking about if the other would end up in bed with someone else. Jezzie thought. She slammed her palms into her forehead and cursed at herself. It's my fucking fault! She screamed in her head. She brought it upon herself, by getting drunk and sleeping around. She brought it around by being a bitch all the time.
She slammed her hand in the wall and stared at her reflection in the mirror. She'd grown into a bitch over the last year, conscious of Leon's every move, smothering him. She shook her head. No wonder he's been sleeping and messing around.
Jezzie opened her door and walked into the hallway. She smiled at Letty and Dom as they made their way to their bedroom. She walked down the stairs and saw Brian at the bottom of the stairs, standing in front of Vince, Leon, and Jesse.
"Is that all you boys do? Argue and fight?" Jezzie said as she stepped around Brian, giving him a look, as to say 'You may have saved Dom's ass, but that doesn't mean I like you.' She stood next to Leon and he slipped his arm around her waist.
"You wipe the seat?" Vince asked, pointing up the stairs. Brian looked away from Vince.
"Jesus Christ, would you cut the shit already?" Mia said, she pushed Vince away from Brian and stood next to him. "Come on!" She stared at Vince then looked at Jezzie. "Come on, let's go get me a drink." She pulled Brian away from them.
"Aww, come on Mia, we were just about to get along." Leon said as they walked away. Jezzie looked at Vince.
"Nice...'did you wipe the seat?' Oh, beautiful. Ya shoulda just punched him." Vince smiled and shook his head.
"I don't like him." Vince turned away and looked around the room. Jezzie stared after Mia and Brian.
"Obviously." Jezzie replied. She turned to the guys. "Who's up for some need for speed?" She asked. Leon smiled at her.
"Well, you can play need for speed in the morning. But right now, I believe you need to collect your prize." Jezzie laughed and they both headed up to their room.
"You gotta be jealous of em." Jesse said as he leaned against the doorframe. Vince looked at him.
"Why?" Jesse smiled.
"Cause they have each other. They have something to look forward to every morning, something they know is gonna last." Jesse sighed and went to find the girl he had been making out with earlier.
The next morning Jezzie was up before anyone else...except Dom. She headed downstairs and stood in the doorway of the kitchen, staring at Dom who was sitting at the head of the table, drinking a cup of coffee and reading the newspaper. Dom looked up at Jezzie and smiled. She was standing in what looked to be Leon's blue basketball jersey and his boxers. Jezzie walked over to the counter and got a cup of coffee.
"Morning." Dom said as he took a sip of his coffee. Jezzie took her cup and sat down in her seat.
"Morning Dom. Sleep well?" She asked. He smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. How bout you?"
"As good as it gets. Say, listen Dom, there's been something I've been meaning to talk to you about." Jezzie leaned her elbows on the table, taking a sip of her coffee.
"What's up?" He took a sip of his coffee, his eyes never leaving the paper.
"I've been meaning to tell you for some time, but I just...I never knew how to tell you." She paused and took a sip of coffee; Dom still hadn't looked up. He was worried about what she would tell him, but he didn't know how to look. "The reason why I moved here was because I was raped." She looked down at the table, but she knew Dom was looking at her.
Dom couldn't understand why she kept this in, why she never told him. He placed his paper down gently.
"Wh-why didn't you tell me? Any of us?" Dom balled up fists, trying to fight to remain calm. He wasn't going to get mad at her, but whoever had done this to her. He'd spent the last 10 years being her protector; she was his best friend, and the one he could always go to. He was her rock just like she was his.
"I told Mia...I just...but that's not the full reason." She leaned back in her chair, but kept her eyes shut, blocking the pain, blocking the tears, but she had to tell him. "It was the end of the 7th grade year party. My friend Susie was having it at her house; her parents were gone. She invited everyone, anyone who was anyone. Everyone was glad that we were going to be in 8th grade that fall, we were going to be the rulers of the school and we wanted to celebrate. But, before I knew it, I was upstairs with this guy...Jeff Clemmons, and he was the popular one, you know? The one every girl wanted to be with.
"We were in Susie's room and we were on her bed, and I told him to stop. But he didn't listen, I tried to scream, but he had a hand over my mouth and he...it was so hard for me to say anything. After he was done we went back downstairs, nobody knew what happened. I was so scared, and I felt so stupid and I was so ashamed. I did the only thing I knew how; I called the cops. I called the cops and they came and they busted up the party, and a couple kids got arrested for underage drinking. And everyone knew it was me.
"Oh god, I was so scared. But I didn't tell anyone what happened, I couldn't. And I went to 8th grade, and everyone was so horrible to me. Everyone knew I was the one who called the cops, but they didn't know why." She paused, took a sip of coffee, and choked the tears back down, her eyes still closed. "I went through so much shit that year, it was horrible. The names, the tricks, the kids were so mean.
"And I tried to kill myself a few times and I wouldn't talk to anyone, cause no one would understand. My parents never listened to me. So, on the last day of school, I couldn't take it anymore. I had no friends, everybody hated me, and so I told my parents. All they did was move us out here. Said, I could start over. They didn't give a damn about me, and I just...I've held in it for so long and I was just so afraid." She stopped talking and finally let the tears flow. She couldn't think, all she could do was cry and all she saw in her mind was Jeff Clemmons. "He found out my address, and he used to write me and call me and...Finally it stopped junior year. I just didn't know how to handle it." Dom stood up and walked over to Jezzie, he kneeled next to her chair and turned her face to face his. She opened her eyes and stared at Dom.
"You shoulda told me J. You didn't have to go through it alone. All these years, you've been here for me, when me and Letty fight, when my dad died...I'm here for you J." He leaned over and hugged her. She grabbed him tight and didn't want to let go. "Is that why you wouldn't date during high school? Even up till Leon came?" He felt her nod and he sighed. Here was this girl he'd known for 10 years, and she was hiding something, something nobody should go through. She had seemed so tough on the outside but inside, inside she was crumbling, breaking down.
"I'm so sorry Dom, I shoulda told you. I'm so sorry." He rubbed her back. Normally he couldn't deal with chicks who cried, but Mia, Letty, and Jezzie had a special place in his heart.
"You have nothing to be sorry for. You didn't do anything wrong." She nodded and he sat back down. He took a sip of his coffee. "Is this why you couldn't trust Leon? Or what?" Jezzie shrugged.
"I don't know. It's just...whenever I see Leon wit another girl, I just feel all weird, like he's using me or something. I don't know. After what happened, I didn't think any guy actually wanted to be with me, it was like they were all using me. I didn't think Leon was any different at first. But after I got to know him, it was like, everything I'd been through held nothing with him. He was the only one who could make all the hurt go away, he was the second guy that I let myself get attached to, and then when I found out he cheated on me, I didn't know what to think." Dom nodded.
"Who was the first?"
"You." He looked up and their eyes met. "Before Leon you were the only thing that kept me sane. You took me in when I was the new girl. You gave me something to believe in. Words can't express how I feel about you Dom." Dom smiled. He was shocked, stunned, and delighted. Delighted? Hmm, happy. But he didn't really know how to take this all. He wasn't good at emotions.
Jezzie knew Dom wasn't good at emotions, she really didn't mind, but it felt good for her to let this all out. She knew she'd have to do it again with Leon, but talking to Dom first made everything better.
"Morning you two." Mia said, walking into the kitchen. They looked up at her and smiled. Mia took one look at Jezzie and rushed to her and gave her a giant hug. "Oh J. You told him?" Jezzie nodded and fought back laughter. She thought it was funny the way Mia was always mothering her even though she was older than her.
"Mi, I'm fine, but I've gotta get to the garage." Mia pulled away and smiled.
"All right. I'll be heading by the garage later." Jezzie smiled and stood up and walked upstairs to her room. She quietly shut the door behind her; Leon was spread across the bed, tangled up in sheets, naked, sleeping. Jezzie smiled to herself and contemplated turning on the light. She decided against it and went to the closet. For once in her life, she wasn't scared or ashamed anymore. But then there was still that nagging feeling, like something was still wrong, like something was going to get worse.
She picked out a white tank top, her black DT's work shirt and her gray dickies. She threw Leon's clothes on his bed and walked over to the dresser and got out a white sports bra and white panties. She normally wore thongs, but never to work. It made it too uncomfortable. She dressed quickly and was putting her hair in a ponytail when Leon woke up.
"What time is it?" He asked, his voice dry and groggy from sleep.
"Time for you to get up." She turned around and watched as he slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"Why didn't you wake me?" He looked at her. She shrugged.
"You look cute when you sleep." She smiled and he threw a pillow at her. She caught it and held it to her chest.
"Yeah, sure." He wiped the covers off him, and stood up. Jezzie watched as he padded around their bedroom, naked. She sighed and tossed the pillow on the bed and then exited their room, leaving him there to get dressed.
She slowly walked down the stairs, forgetting about her shoes and socks. She reached the bottom of the stairs and turned into the living room. She sat on the couch and rested her head on her arm. Letty came down the stairs minutes later, dressed in greasy brown pants and a white wife beater. Letty smiled and Jezzie and sat on the couch next to her.
"You talk to Dom yet?" She asked.
"Yeah. I talked to him this morning." Jezzie voice was small, Letty had to strain to hear her. Letty wondered what was wrong; she thought that Jezzie would feel better after talking to Dom.
"What about Leon?" Letty heard Jezzie sigh.
"Not yet. But soon..." Letty didn't know what to tell her. She didn't want to push her, she had to tell him when she was ready, and it was obvious she wasn't ready yet. Minutes later Leon and Jesse came downstairs. Leon handed Jezzie her socks and shoes and the team met up with Dom and Mia at the garage.