Letty pulled up outside of 'Eleven', one of the hottest dance/techno/rap clubs in L.A. The girls got out of the car and walked into the club. The club was almost full of people, dancing close together, drinking, and just having a good time. 'Land of the Living' by Milk Inc was pumping out of the stereo. Jezzie grabbed Letty's hand and pulled her out onto the dance floor and the girls started dancing to the music.
This was some of Jezzie's favorite music; she knew all the words by heart. She was singing to the song while she and Letty were dancing close, tossing their heads around and booty bumping each other. Letty and Jezzie were very much alike, which let them get along together extremely well. They both loved to go out and get drunk and have a good time dancing.
The song ended and changed to 'Family Affair' by Mary J. Blige. Someone grabbed Jezzie hips and started dancing with her, even though she wasn't drunk, she went along with it. Grinding her ass against his front. Moving her ass back and forth. His hands traveled up and down her side, giving her goosebumps. After the song was over the guy left, leaving her to wonder whom it was. Jezzie shrugged as Letty dragged her off the dance floor to get a shot of Tequila.
Letty got two shot glasses and handed one to Jezzie, while keeping the other for her. Jezzie smiled and took the glass, the girls took a shot and slammed the glasses on the counter, smiling. Four shots later, the girls laughed their selves back onto the dance floor and instead of dancing with guys; they danced with each other. The girls knew how to make a guy want her more, dance with another girl.
Two songs later some Hispanic asked Letty to dance, she accepted and off they went. Jezzie turned around and came face to face with Jeff.
"Hi Jeff!" Jezzie yelled over the music. Jeff smiled, he knew she was drunk, and he knew this would be easy.
'Pimp' by 50 Cent came on as Jeff started to dance with Jezzie. She was drunk and didn't know the difference. She just danced with him. Grinding, sliding hands where they should not go, flirting shamelessly. And Jeff loved it.
Hours later Letty and Jezzie decided it was time to leave. Jezzie turned to Jeff and flashed him a smile.
"Me and Let are gonna go Jeff, ok?" She said. He smiled but shook his head.
"No, you're going to stay here with me." He said sensuously, grabbing onto her hips.
"Jeff, come on. I gotta go. Leon will get mad if I'm not there when he wakes up." Jezzie said, trying to get away from him.
"So the guy that yells at you and makes you cry is going to be mad if you're not there in the morning. Come on Jez, why don't you come back to my hotel." Jeff offered. Jez looked up at him and shook her head.
"No. I can't. I have a boyfriend." Jez looked around for Letty, but she couldn't find her anywhere.
"So, what he doesn't know won't hurt him." Jeff whispered in her ear. Jez pulled away from him.
"No!" She wanted to shout, but no sounds came out. Her mouth was just opened in a 'no' shape. Jeff just laughed. Jez backed away from him and shook her head since she didn't seem to be able to speak. Jeff scowled and lunged for her. Jezzie turned and started pushing through everyone. "Letty?" She called out. She tripped on someone's foot and laughed as she landed on the ground. The pain was too much and she was drunk. She layed there, forgetting about Jeff following her. She looked up and saw Letty staring at her, laughing.
"You ok girl?" Letty asked between laughs. Jez nodded and Letty helped her up.
"So Silvia, you into cars?" Mia asked as they sat down for dinner. Silvia shrugged.
"A little bit, but I'm not much of a mechanic. I can race ok, but I usually prefer to just be a passenger." She replied shyly.
"Same with me." Mia said, smiling. Mia thought Silvia was a nice girl. Mia wished Jezzie and Letty hadn't left, she could tell that Silvia thought it was her fault.
"Where are you from?" Brian asked.
"Oceanside. I just graduated from UCLA." Silvia said, taking a bite of her spaghetti.
"Really? What did you major in?" Mia asked.
"Literature. And I got a Minor in Art, well Fashion Design." She said, smiling. She felt like the team genuinely liked her now. And they did, for the most part. Leon was attracted to her and every now and again, he forget about Jez. He knew it was wrong and partly wished he had'nt invited Silvia home.
"Literature? Really? That's what Jez got a Major in. She got a Minor in Mechanics." Mia said, smiling. She couldn't help but notice how this girl was a lot like Jezzie. She had long hair, a major in Literature, loved to drive, could be shy, and she was being followed. Maybe Leon likes her or wants to...no, she shook her head and took a bite of her food.
"Cool. Did she go to UCLA too?" Silvia asked.
"Yeah. She graduated last year." Leon said; he was pushing his food around his plate. He wasn't really hungry. At this point, his mind was caught up on the fight Jez and him had earlier. He was afraid she wouldn't come home, or that if she did, she wouldn't want him anymore.
"Really? Hmm...What's her real name?" Silvia asked, she thought she recognized the girl.
"Jezebeil Marks." Leon said.
"Really? Wow, yeah, we had the same first and second year class. I was out of college for a year after that, otherwise I would have graduated the same year." Leon looked up at her. She knew Jezzie? Weird, Leon thought.
"Cool." Mia said. After dinner the guys sat down and watched 'Trainspotting' while Mia and Silvia cleaned the dishes.
"You don't have to." Mia said, but Silvia just smiled.
"No, it's alright. It's my way of thanking you guys. I'm just lucky Leon came around when he did." Silvia frowned at the thought, but then smiled. Mia, on the hand, was frowning. If Leon and Jezzie hadn't gotten in a fight, what would have happened to this poor girl? She would probably be just another dead girl on the 6 o'clock news. Mia smiled and dried a dish.
"Yeah."
It was 2:30 in the morning when Letty and Jezzie finally pulled up to the house. Letty drove home, safely though crazy, and pulled up crooked on the side of the road. Half the car was in the grass and the other was on the street. The two girls crawled out of the car, laughing their drunken asses off.
The crawled their way up to the house and Jezzie sat on the steps (or rather laid) while Letty searched her key ring for the house key.
"Is it this one? No..." Letty looked up as the front door opened, it was Dom. "Dommy!" Letty screamed, giving him a big hug as he opened the screen door.
"Jesus Let, be quiet, people are fucking sleeping." Dom scolded her and Letty frowned.
"Well excuse me." Letty pushed past Dom and stumbled into the house. Dom helped Jezzie up and then watched as she stumbled into the house, falling on the stairs and laughing.
"I hate drunk people." Dom muttered as he shut and locked the front door. He followed Jezzie and Letty upstairs as they tripped and stumbled over the steps. Jezzie stumbled into her room and fell face first on the bed and fell asleep in an instant. She wasn't aware of the fact that Leon wasn't there.
She woke up half an hour later with the urge to vomit. She slowly picked herself off the bed and dragged herself to the bathroom. She opened the door and saw Letty passed out on the floor. She fell to her knees and crawled past Letty, sticking her head over the toilet and puking her guts out. When she was done she flushed the toilet, laid next to Letty, and fell asleep next to her friend.
When she woke up in the morning her head was throbbing with pain, and all she could smell was barf and ass. I must be in the bathroom, she thought. She opened her eyes and sat up, her head started pounding more. She put her hand against her head and shut her eyes.
"Why me?" She said out loud. She heard a grumble next to her and looked down. Letty had her eyes opened and was obviously in pain too. "Morning Let." Letty sat up and let out another grumble. Both girls stood up, with the help of each other, the wall, and the sink. Jezzie looked at the sink and saw two glasses of water and a bottle of aspirin.
"There is a God in this house." Letty said as she reached for the bottle of aspirin. She opened it and took two for her and handed two to Jezzie. Jezzie took a drink of water, threw the pills in, swallowed and took another drink of water; Letty did the same. The two girls looked in the mirror and sighed in disgust. Hair sticking everywhere, bits of barf on their face; they did not look pretty. They washed their faces and headed to the stairs. Jezzie stopped at the top of the stairs, took off her shoes and threw them in her room; Letty did the same. Then they headed downstairs.
The rest of the team was already up and having breakfast. The girls walked into the kitchen and sat at their spots at the table. Jezzie gently laid her head down on the table and sighed.
"Good morning." Dom said. The girls growled.
"What's so good about it?" Jezzie grumbled.
"Have fun last night?" Dom asked, chuckling. Letty glared at him then smiled.
"Actually, I did, until I woke up this morning. I'm sure Jez had fun." Jez sat up and glared at Letty, Letty stuck her tongue out. Truth was that Jezzie didn't remember much, just that she danced with Jeff and that she tripped.
"Oh really..." Mia said, chuckling.
"Gah...you guys are horrible." Jezzie put her head down again.
"Well, you guys need to pack. We're going to leave by one, ok?" Dom said. Letty and Jezzie muttered an ok, but made no move.
They made it to Race Wars by 3:00. Letty and Jezzie were sprawled out on chairs, sleeping. Letty shifted around in her black leather pants and black tank top, while Jezzie rested easy in her black dickies shorts and her white tank top. Jezzie, Letty, and Mia were probably the only girls there who weren't racer chasers.
Leon walked over and sat in the chair next to Jezzie. He watched as her chest rise and fall, her black bra visible through her white tank top made him itch to touch her. They hadn't made love in a while, and he knew it was his fault. He made it worse yesterday by yelling at her. She hadn't talked to him since their fight.
Letty sat up and opened her eyes and watched Leon watch Jezzie. Letty could tell that Leon felt bad, but he'd have to let Jezzie calm down before anything could be done. Letty stood up and walked over to her car, she felt like racing.
Dom took a sip of his beer as Letty climbed in her car, he knew it wouldn't be long before she was itching to race; he smiled as she drove off.
"Why are you watching me Leon? Do I have a bug on me or something?" Jezzie asked, opening her eyes. Leon laughed and shook his head.
"Naw." Jezzie sat up and ran her hand through her hair. It was a hundred degrees outside, but she was sitting in the shade.
"Alrighty then...say...have you seen him yet?" Jezzie asked, looking at Leon through her sunglasses. Jezzie wanted to ignore the fact that they hadn't talked about their fight. She still didn't want to talk about it. Jez knew she was being stupid about the whole thing, and after last night, she wasn't going to protect Jeff anymore. Leon shook his head.
"Naw, Dom has been keeping a lookout for him. Said he's gonna beat him an inch from his life if he comes around you." Leon frowned when he saw Jezzie frown. "I know you're just trying to protect him...but why?" Leon asked.
"I don't want to talk about this Lee. I want to forget it. It worked before." She explained, turning away from him.
"Jez..." Leon started. Jezzie held up her hands.
"Forget about it Leon. It's not important. Just stay away from him." Leon sighed and rubbed his face with his hands. He didn't want to fight with Jez, but he just wanted to know why.
"It is important. He's been following you Jez...don't keep things from me, ok?" Leon said, he put his hands on her shoulders and started givng her a massage. Jezzie wanted to break way from his touch. She loved it when he touched her, he made her feel all tingly inside and right now she wanted to be mad at him.
"Leon...I just don't want to talk about this right now." Jezzie scowled and pulled herself away from Leon's touch, walking away from him. Leon cursed himself and shook his head. Things were not good right now at all.
Jezzie watched as Jesse took off, out of Race Wars. He just raced Tran for slips and lost. Jezzie watched as Tran drove up to them. He got out of his car and walked up to Dom.
"Where is he going?" Tran asked.
"Went to the car wash." Dom replied, not sure of what to say.
"Whatever. Go fetch my car." Tran replied.
"Go fetch your car? We're not on your block anymore, you better watch who you talk to like that." Dom said, walking away.
"Toretto!" Tran screamed. Dom kept walking. "TORETTO!" Dom turned around. "SWAT came into my house, disrespected my whole family because somebody NARCD me out! And you know what? It was you!" Dom slammed his fist into Tran's face. Suddenly everybody was around, watching Dom beat the living shit out of Tran. Jezzie was trapped behind the guards; she couldn't get around. She pushed past people and walked behind them, coming up next to Letty, who just gave Lance Tran a strong ass right hook, sending him down.
Letty and Jezzie watched as the security tried to get Dom off of Tran. Finally Vince got in there, and with the help of a security guy, pulled Dom away from Tran.
"I never NARCD on nobody!" Dom screamed as they dragged him away. "I never knocked NARCD on nobody!" Jezzie and Letty followed Vince and Dom back to their trailer. They all sat inside, keeping Dom in there, trying to settle him down.
"I'm not going V, I'm not going!" Jezzie said to Vince in the front of the trailer, Dom and Mia and Letty were in the back.
"Why fucking not? We started this as a team, we're going to finish it as a team." Vince said. Vince looked up at Leon as he came into the trailer.
"Still no sign of Jesse. I don't know what to do." Leon sat down next to Jezzie.
"We can't go without Jesse." Jezzie said, looking at the table.
"Dom's still gonna go. He's not gonna back down." Leon said, looking towards the back. Jezzie sighed and pushed past Leon, going outside. She wasn't going to do it, she was tired of the stupid trucks, tired of all the fighting, and she was tired of everything. She walked back to their little area of shade and sat down on her chair. She put her head in her hands and willed herself not to cry.
For a minute she considered leaving, taking off and just leaving them. But she couldn't do that. She felt someone touch her shoulder and she jumped up. It was Jeff.
"Jeff." Jezzie said, scared. She suddenly wished Leon would have followed her and was with her right now.
"Hey Jez. So, you and Leon have another fight?" He asked, smiling. Jezzie shook her head.
"No. We're fine. Leave me alone before one of the guys comes out here. I'm not worth it." Jeff took a step closer.
"Oh but you are. And I sense that things are not fine between you and Leon. Of course, things wouldn't be fine if he was out walking on the beach with a pretty blonde, holding her hand, going to her house, and going in her house." Jeff's smile got larger as he saw the pain on Jezzie's face. "And not leaving until early the next morning." Jezzie was shocked and confused. Leon wouldn't do that, would he? Jezzie though. She was so confused. Jezzie shook her head.
"No. You're wrong. Leon loves me." Jeff crossed his arms and tilted his head, giving her a look that seemed to say 'yeah, right.' "Ok, maybe we've both made mistakes in the past." Jeff nodded and Jezzie crumbled. "Maybe I rather get away and let Leon think this out on his own. Maybe...maybe deep down I don't love Leon. But I just want him to be happy. If he's happy with the other girl, well then..." Jezzie wiped her forehead and stared at Jeff. He was breaking her down and she knew it and she couldn't do anything.
"So come with me." Jeff held out his hand. Jezzie stared at it. She shook her head.
"No. If I'm going...I'm going on my own accord, I'm going by myself, not with you." Jezzie said, standing up. She rejected him for once. She felt as tall as the highest mountain, she felt like she could fly.. Jeff shrugged.
"Fine." Jeff grabbed her hair and her shoulders and threw her into the ground. Jezzie's face hit the ground hard, her jaw smaking the ground. Jezzie rolled on her back and looked up at Jeff.
"Fuck you." She spit blood at him and jumped up and ran to her car. She got in and drove away, not looking back.
Leon sat with Vince for a minute after Jezzie left then decided to follow her. He got up and left the trailer. He walked back to their area of shade and saw her. She was standing, talking to Jeff. Leon stepped closer; he wanted to know what they were saying.
"Ok, maybe we've both made mistakes in the past." Jeff nodded and Jezzie continued. "Maybe I rather get away and let Leon think this out on his own. Maybe...maybe deep down I don't love Leon. But I just want him to be happy. If he's happy with the other girl, well then..." Jezzie wiped her forehead and stared at Jeff.
She doesn't love me? Leon thought. His face burned with anger.
"So come with me." Jeff held out his hand. Jezzie stared at it. She shook her head.
"No. If I'm going...I'm going on my own accord, I'm going by myself, not with you." Jezzie said, standing up. She rejected him. Jeff shrugged.
"Fine." Jeff grabbed her hair and her shoulders and threw her into the ground. Leon felt his face get even redder and the hate was burning up inside. No guy should ever do that to a girl, Leon thought. Jezzie's face hit the ground hard, her jaw smaking the ground. Jezzie rolled on her back and looked up at Jeff. "Fuck you." She saw her spit at him and then jump up and she ran to her car, she got in and drove away, not looking back.
Leon walked up to Jeff. Jeff turned and saw him. He opened his mouth to say something but Leon hit him with a right hook, sending him down in pain.
"Fuck you asshole. You've ruined the best thing that's ever happened to me." He spit on Jeff then turned and walked back to the trailer.
Leon opened the door and looked at the faces looking at him. Mia, Letty, Dom, and Vince.
"She's gone." Leon said, looking at the ground.
"What?" Dom screamed, standing up.
"She left. She was talking to Jeff. He offered to take her away and she said no and she left." Leon sat down and put his head in his hands. He couldn't believe that the love of his life was gone. Gone.
Dom sat down, his jaw open. Jezzie was gone. What was happening to his team? What was going wrong? Why was everything falling apart? Letty wrapped her arms around Dom and he put his head on her shoulder.
"Where's Jeff?" Vince asked, breaking the silence.
"On the ground. I punched him and he fell down like a pussy ass fucker." Leon replied, clenching his teeth together.
"Good." Mia said, folding her arms. Everyone looked at Mia and laughed.
Jezzie drove...she just drove. She drove until she ended up at the house. She stopped the car and looked at the house. She sighed and got out of the house. She walked into the house and up the stairs to her room. She packed some bags, gathering everything of hers that she hadn't taken to Race Wars. When she was finished packing she looked around the room. Her eyes landed on the picture of her and Leon. She picked it up, grabbed her bags, and left the house for the last time.
She put the bags in her car and got in the drivers seat. She couldn't believe she was actually leaving the team...her life. Her every reason for living. She didn't deserve their love, she'd lied to them for 10 years, she hid a secret. She cheated on Leon, she didn't deserve his love. She wasn't going to be gone forever, they just all needed time to think. She'd come back eventually and then they would talk it out and everything would hopefully get back to normal. She sighed and turned on her car, tears pouring down her cheeks, she shifted into 1st and took off down the street, not looking back.