Dom charged up the stairs, taking two at a time. He made a left down the hallway and stood outside of Leon's room.
"LEON." Dom growled from outside of Leon's closed door. Leon looked at Silvia. He waited a minute more, which was bad news for him, but he wasn't sure what Dom wanted.
Downstairs J sat up with a start as she heard Dom's deep voice. Everybody else woke up as they heard his voice too.
"Wazzap?" J muttered, rubbing her eyes.
"LEON." Dom said louder. Now everybody was really up. J looked around.
"Did he come home?" She asked. She looked at Vince and he shrugged.
"That movie was fucking boring." Vince said as he sat up and shrugged. Mia and Jesse nodded in agreement.
"That is the last time we ever let Dom pick the movie." Mia said.
"Wait here." Leon whispered to Silvia. She nodded and continued to pack her stuff. Leon opened the door and shut it behind him, staring into the cold, pissed of eyes of Dom. Dom turned his back.
"YO JEZ. GET EVERYBODY UP HERE." Dom yelled, then he turned back to Leon.
"What's going on Dawg?" Leon asked.
"Just wait." Dom said quietly. That voice scared Leon more than Dom yelling. He gulped and watched as J, Mia, Vince, Letty, and Jesse slowly climbed their way up the stairs then dragged themselves down the hallway.
"What?" J asked when she reached the two guys.
"Get her." Dom said to Leon. Leon gave him a confused look. Dom pointed at Leon's closed door.
"I want her out here right now." Dom said calmly. Leon sighed and opened his door slowly.
"Hey Sil. Can you come out here real quick?" He asked. He moved away from the door and Silvia slowly came out. She shut the door and leaned against it.
"Now Silvia. There came a time in my life when I have asked each of these guys if there was something they wanted to tell me. I even asked Brian. Brian was the only one who had the balls to lie to me. Now tell me," He said calmly. It was the calmest J had ever seen him. "Is there anything you want to tell me?" Dom asked.
"Dom, what's going on?" Leon asked.
"Was I fucking talking to you Leon?" Dom snapped. Leon reeled back and shook his head. Dom looked at Silvia again.
"I don't have anything to say. I'm not apart of your team Dom. Not anymore." Silvia's eyes flickered to J but then back to Dom.
"Then tell me why the fucking cops called my house this afternoon looking for you?" Dom asked. Silvia tensed up. Leon looked at Silvia then at Dom.
"What the fuck is going on?" Leon asked again. Dom looked at him.
"This girl has been playing you. She's been playing all of us. Tell em Jess." Dom said.
"The cops called looking for Silvia because they think she was involved in the Robbery down at Cisco's last week." Jesse said quietly.
"With who Jess? Tell em with who." Dom said strongly.
"Jeff." Jesse added.
"WHAT?" J practically screamed. Silvia shook her head.
"Dom, you better know what you're accusing her of. You better be damn fucking sure it was her before you do this." Leon told him. Dom looked at Silvia.
"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Dom asked again.
"You don't understand." Silvia said quietly.
"Wait a minute." J said, she pushed past Dom and stood in front of him. "I went to college with you. Sure, we weren't the best of friends, but we were friends. You came here and you took my guy, yeah I left, which is the only thing that's kept me from kicking your ass. But now I find out you robbed a store, of a very good friend of ours, with the guy that-that-you know-me? Is that what Dom is trying to say?" J asked. Silvia shook her head.
"You don't understand. He made me." She said.
"No. I understand perfectly. These guys told you about Jeff. They told you about what he did to me, didn't they?" J asked. Silvia nodded her head. "And you still robbed a store with him?" J asked close to tears. Her voice was so small and light that Silvia had to strain to hear her.
"He made me. He said he would hurt you guys." Silvia said.
"How long have you known him?" J asked. She was trying so hard to keep calm. Part of her wanted to bolt and run forever. She wanted to go back to Miami and pretend like nothing had happened. The other part of her wanted to beat Silvia until she was a bleeding, broken pulp of what she used to be. Something was keeping J clam, she wasn't sure what it was, but it was just enough for her to be rational.
"I met him about three of four years ago. It was before we got out of our second year of college. That's why I wasn't there the third year. I went with him around California and stuff." Silvia looked at the floor. "But then after about 4 or 5 months we came back and he left me." She said.
"How long have you been...with him?" J asked.
"About 2 or 3 weeks." Silvia said quietly.
"What?" Leon shouted. "Sil! How could you?" Leon said. Silvia looked at him.
"He said he would hurt you guys. Please, I didn't want to. You gotta believe me." She told him.
"Leon, she left you ever fucking night man. She'd leave after you fell asleep. Doesn't it make sense now?" Vince added. Leon looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah it does." Leon said quietly.
"No, Leon. You gotta believe me. He made me. I didn't want to do it. He said he would hurt you guys. He threatened you guys and me. Please, you've gotta believe me." Silvia begged.
"Why didn't you tell me? We could have fucking helped you." Leon said, shaking his head.
"He said if I told he would kill me." Silvia said. J shook her head. Now her head was spinning. She didn't know what to do or what to say. She took a deep breath and tried to remain calm.
"No. This is...no. This is just wrong. I can't believe this. They trusted you and you did this." The running part of J snapped. She was going to leave for sure. She pointed her finger at Silvia. "Do you know what you've done?" J asked. Silvia looked at her. "He knows...oh god. He knows I'm back doesn't he?" J asked. The silence answered her question. "Oh my god. I have to go. I have to get out of here. I can't be here. Oh god." J turned to leave. She pushed past Dom but Vince stopped her. He held her to his chest and she started to cry.
"Baby girl. You can't keep running." Vince said quietly. She kept trying to push past him but he kept a strong, firm grip.
"No. I can't stay. He's going to come here and he'll..." J stopped resisting and she pulled away from Vince. "Oh god. He's going to hurt you guys too! Oh no. I don't know what to do." J spun around and stared at Silvia. Silvia could see the hate swarming in her eyes.
"You!" J screamed. "You told him I was here, didn't you?" J screamed.
"He asked me. I'm so sorry! Please! You have to believe me!" Silvia begged. J just shook her head. The anger part of J snapped. If the team wasn't here to stop her she would have ripped Silvia to pieces.
"You have no idea what you've done. You really don't. Not only have you screwed yourself over, but also you've screwed me over and you've screwed mi familia over. If I had my way, you'd be dead right now bitch, so you better watch your back. I swear to god, if I make it out of this alive, I will hunt your ass down and I will give you the beating you deserve. Not only for bringing that trash Jeff around but for stealing my man and for thinking you would ever get a rightful place in this team." J's anger took over her fright as she stepped up into Silvia's face. "I was here long before you and I will always be here. I told you before, me leaving for a few months ain't going to change that. I will wipe the curb with your face bitch. Plan on it." Leon put a hand on her arm to tell her to back off.
"J, settle down. Please, we don't need no trouble at 10 at night, ok?" Leon asked. J looked over at him and nodded. She gave Silvia a sneer before turning and walking past everyone. She walked down the stairs and grabbed her keys and then left the house. Dom looked at Leon.
"She's out of my house in ten minutes. You got it?" Dom asked. Leon nodded and then ushered a crying Silvia into his room. Leon shut the door behind him and stared at Silvia as she sat on his bed and cried.
"Why?" Leon asked. Silvia looked up at him and wiped the tears from her eyes. She stood up and finished packing her things.
"He came to me when she came back. It was before you guys knew she was here. He told me that he would hurt you guys. I told him not to touch you guys and he just laughed at me. He said he wasn't going to touch you guys." She looked up at him. "He said he was going to hurt J. So I went with him. I did what he wanted me to do." She wiped her forehead. She hadn't realized it but she was sweating. "Jesus, you weren't first guy to use me as a rebound. Jeff did it to me too. He used me whenever he couldn't watch her or be near her." Silvia growled as she went back to packing. "I've been second best to her ever since college. I can't take it anymore." Silvia slung her bag over her shoulder and stared at Leon. "If you want to marry her, fine, go ahead. I'm not playing any games anymore. If he wants her, fine, but he's not getting my help." Leon moved and let Silvia leave the room and he followed her downstairs.
She stood in the living room and looked at them.
"You know guys. If you don't like me, you shouldn't have played me like ya did. You could have just let me know I wasn't appreciated and I would have left." Silvia said. Letty looked up at her and for once felt sorry for her.
"We're sorry, but J..." Letty started.
"Yeah. She was here before me. She and Leon are in love. She's your guys' family. I get it." She fixed the bag on her shoulder. "I just don't like being second to people. Especially her." Silvia turned and left the house. Leon sighed and followed her. Leon followed her across the lawn and helped her put her bag in the trunk. They got in the car and Leon sat for a minute.
"I'm sorry for everything Silvia. It's my fault. I shouldn't have let her go." Leon started up the car and backed out of the driveway.
J parked in the driveway and then ran up to the house. She opened the door and looked around. It was quiet. Too quiet. She walked into the living room and her eyes fell on a piece of paper. She slowly walked over to the table and picked the paper up. She read it with shaking hands.
J and Brian,
Sorry that we left you guys, but we knew you would have wanted to come with us. And that's just not possible. You two know you belong here so we harbor no ill feelings. We'll come and visit as long as you two promise to come and visit.
J, baby girl, I love you. We all love you. Keep your rude comments about other people to yourself and make sure you come visit. If Dom and Leon ever get too much, you know we're here for you.
Bri, one word guy: MIA. Go get her! Stop moping you big dope! You always let girls get in the way, but who cares? Just go get her.
We love you guys.
Rome (I wrote it! Haha!), Suki, Jimmy, Tej, and Monica
J read the note and smiled. Crazy ass hoes, she said to herself. She looked at the clock. 4:35. Perfect. She held the note in one hand and made her way up the stairs, taking two at a time. She made a right and walked down the hallway and then slowly and silently she opened the door to Brian's room. She tiptoed into his room and silently shut the door behind her. She tiptoed over to his bed and then jumped on top of his sleeping figure.
Brian jerked up and looked around. He frowned as he saw J's laughing body lying next to him. "What the fuck are you doing?" He asked. J stopped laughing and sat up.
"Aww...I'm sorry to wake you Brian. But...we're all alone." She wiggled her eyebrow at him and he stared in shock at her.
"You really are crazy at 4 in the morning, aren't you?" Brian asked. J chuckled and rolled her eyes. "And here I was thinking that my poor, innocent J could never be crazy at an odd hour in the morning." Brian smiled as she frowned.
"Your mean. Anyways, I woke you up because the guys and Suki left this." J handed the note to Brian and he read it. He sighed and looked at her.
"I guess we have no choice." He sighed again and then yawned. "Now, I don't care why you're up this late or why you never came home last night. But I'm tired and I want to go to sleep." Brian said, putting the note on the end table next to the bed. J nodded but frowned.
"Brian. I don't want to seem...like a slut or anything. But I really don't want to sleep alone." She said. Brian looked at her and nodded.
"Come on then." He said; pulling back the covers so she could get in. J sighed a sigh of release and took off her shoes and then climbed under the covers with Brian. She laid her head on his chest and fell into an uneasy sleep.
When Brian woke up the next morning J was nowhere to be found. Then he smelt it. Bacon and eggs. The beautiful smell hit him and he smiled. Then he heard the music. He listened to the lyrics for a minute until he recognized the song.
I wanna run away, Never say goodbye, I wanna know the truth, Instead of wondering why, I wanna know the answers, No more lies, I wanna shut the door, And open up my mind
He got out of his bed and walked down the stairs and found J in the kitchen with Letty and Mia. Brian stopped.
"Holy shit!" He turned and walked back up the stairs. J stared after him.
"It's like he's never been around girls before in his life." She shook her head and turned back to the eggs. "What a fucking loser." Letty and Mia laughed. Brian came back down the stairs a few minutes later with clothes on and walked into the living room. Vince, Jesse, Leon, and Dom were watching 'Blade.' Brian sat on the couch.
"Hey guys." Brian said.
"Hey Bri." They replied.
"When did you guys get here?" Brian asked. Dom looked at him.
"About an hour ago. J called us and told us that your team left. We figured we'd come over and we'd all spend a day here." Dom explained. Brian nodded and watched the movie.