D/L Part 16 & A Brief Note.

Sorry for the delay & the brevity of this update. My Freaking Computer Decided To Commit Suicide. PoS. I had started a chapter that picked up from where we left off and it was pretty damn good if I do say so myself. I refuse to rewrite the whole thing. What does this mean for you? Well, we're jumping ahead 12 hours, but don't worry, someone will explain what happened- (with a little dirty detail for all you gutter heads)- in the next chapter.

The next day:

"So you and Dom are like official and shit now right?" Jesse asked as we hunkered under the hood of a Nissan in the garage.

"Uh, yeah." I brushed some hair out of my face and put the dip stick back in. Stifling a yawn, I frowned. Jesse's great, but I was trying to concentrate on the car, not have a big deep conversation.

"So you're doing it an shit right?"

I stilled and blushed, deciding not to look at him. I nodded curtly and continued what I was doing.

"Wait whaaaat? Yesterday was your first time, wasn't it?" Jesse stood up so fast he smacked his head on the hood of the car. Covering his grin with one hand he backed away, grinning like a fool. "Daaaamn Little Letty Latch on finally got her freak on."

"Shut up!" I lurched at him, I covered his mouth for him. I looked around the garage quickly. Thankfully no one seemed to be around. "Don't call me that! Fuck, I thought the whole point of making new friends was so that old names died," I hissed.

Jesse gave me a mischievous look and licked my hand then pulled back, grimacing. "That's nasty!"

"We work in a garage Jesse, what did you think my hands were going to taste like cookie dough? Serves you right," I say, wiping the spit and oil off of my hand.

Spitting on the floor, Jesse makes ten faces and hawks four loogies before giving me one last grimace.

Deciding to take advantage of his temporary silence, I threatened him quickly and quietly. "Don't fucking be telling Vince and the others about this Jesse, or I swear to God I'll take a tire jack to your cajones."

"You don't think Dom's going to tell them? It must be the first time he's gotten laid in almost a year," Jesse called over his shoulder as he jogged over to the fridge and pulled out a soda. Closing the door, he turned and gave me a quizzical look as I walked toward him and sat on a bench. He popped the tab and sat next to me, chugging the soda in one last desperate attempt to clean his palate.

I shrug and rub my neck, a habit I picked up from Dom. "I don't think he's going to make an announcement about it. And they didn't know that we were together till yesterday."

"But I've been to those parties with them girl. Dom's been brushing girls off him like he's gay or something since I got here. Apparently he used to be quite the stud." Jesse grabbed another soda. "Even Vince has been giving him a hard time about this sudden bought with chastity."

"Chastity?" I couldn't help but snort and give him that excuse me?! look I'm so famous for. "That's a big word for someone who's about to fail English." I tried not to smile, but seeing him roll his eyes made me bust out laughing. "I'm only teasing dawg."

"Yeah well you're right." After a pause, Jesse looks up at me with a small grin. "Tony said I could work here full time starting this summer."

Smiling, I give Jesse a congratulatory nudge with my elbow. "Awesome. It'll be great to have you around. You gonna drive your dad's car in everyday, or does the Latin Lova have to drive you in?"

"You still pissed at him, huh?" Jesse finished chugging the second soda and let out a huge burp. "I guess he was a buzz kill yesterday."

"Buzz kill is a mild word for it," I say dryly, taking the can and making a three pointer with it. "The busta got wasted and tried to grope me in front of not only all of my friends but my AY-TALION boyfriend, whom he knew was my boyfriend, and whom he knew he had a big ol guido temper."

"Pretty fucking stupid for a kid on the honor roll," Jesse agreed. "You'd think he's the one who was going to drop out of school."

"You thinking of dropping out?" I look up surprised. I feel like a shit for not having noticed that he was struggling that much. Fuck.

Letting out another belch, Jesse nods. "That's sort of what Tony meant. He said I could even move in if the Suarez's give me too much grief for it."

Taking his hand, I give it a little squeeze. "They love you Jesse. Didn't you hear Mrs. S cursing Adrian out yesterday? She asked him why he couldn't be more like you." Clearing my throat, I sat up straight and did my best impression of Adrian's mom. "That boy works hard for everything in his life and he's never done anything as embarrassing as this!"

Jesse laughs and shakes his head. "I have a feeling she said it in Spanish tho. You know I speak even less Espanol than Dom Dom does."

"That's okay, you're still a stud." I give him another shove and grin.

Jesse made like he was scared and pretended to back away. "Careful girl, Dom punched out one person in my family last night, I have no intention of being number two."

Standing up, I yawned and stretched. Dom had kept me up hella late last night so I was pretty damn tired. "You're forgetting that there's a big difference between you and Age."

"He's perfect in everyway and I'm not?" Jesse asked, running a greasy hand thru his hair.

"Ehh. Wrong answer dufus. The difference is Age puts Dom in the mood to kick a little ass. Dom hates Age. Dom likes you. Any questions?" I nudge Jesse one last time before heading back to the Nissan. I figured I should try to be nicer to cause he didn't need any more stress.

"He's not going to make me take it up the ass for him, is he?" Jesse asks, slapping me on the ass emphatically. "That's your job, right?"

Unable to stop myself, I give him a kick in the ass. "I don't fucking do it like that."

Jesse grinned and put me in a headlock. "Yet."