A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
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Lee had always hated hospitals. Ever since she was six and had gotten in that car accident and had to spend two months in a hospital, she loathed the smell of antiseptic and shuddered whenever she saw walls painted in that ugly puke-green color.
Walking up to the receptionist, who flipped her COSMO shut and pasted on a fake smile the minute she saw Lee coming, she leaned her elbows on the counter separating her from the receptionist and offered the woman a similarly fake smile.
"Hi, I got a phone call saying my brother was here and I just wondering if I could see him, you know to make sure he's all right and everything."
The receptionist smiled back at her and patted her hand in a faux-concerned way.
"And what is your brothers name, dear ?"
"T.J. T.J Toretto."
The smile stayed as bright as before, but the woman changed it to a worried one instead.
"Oh, I'm sorry. He just went into surgery."
Lee bit her lip, to stop herself from saying something really rude to this aggravating woman.
"Well, could you at least tell me why he's here ?"
She pasted the sugary sweet smile on again. "I'm just really worried about him, you know ?"
"Certainly," the receptionist typed something into the computer beside her. "It says here, that he was brought in with a knife wound to the upper chest. It's a fairly large one, so they had to take him into surgery almost immediately, because he'd lost a lot of blood."
The smile dropped from Lee's lips, but she tried to keep herself composed.
"Thank you."
"Not a problem."
Lee walked back to the waiting room and flopped into one of the hard plastic chairs, next to Letty.
"Is he all right ?"
She groaned and buried her head in her hands. "No. The idiot went out and got himself knifed."
Lee raised her head from her hands and stared at the ceiling. "God, why did you give me such a stupid brother ?"
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Letty was torn between being concerned for T.J and laughing at Lee's question to God, so she settled for a small smile instead.
"I'm sure he's going to be okay."
"Yeah. I know he will be. But, my papi's going to kill him, when he finds out."
" I sure he won't."
"Well this is the second time that T.J's gotten knifed and he was pretty pissed last time, so I think he' going to be even more pissed this time."
Letty gasped and looked at her daughter. "He's been knifed twice ? Why does this keep happening ?"
"Cause, he's an idiot who can't stop shooting off his mouth to the wrong people."
Letty was about to inquire more, when Lee's cell-phone rang.
"Just a sec."
She fished the tiny, battered, metallic blue phone out of her coat pocket and raised it to her ear.
"Hola ?"
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Dom had been trying to reach the diner for a while, but no one had been picking up the phone, so he decided to try Lee's cell-phone instead.
The phone rang a few times, before he heard Lee's voice on the other end.
"Hola ?"
"Lee, where are you ? I've been trying to reach you at the diner, but you weren't picking up."
He could almost hear her shifting nervously, as he waited for her response.
"That's cause I'm not exactly at the diner right now."
"Where are you, then ?"
"At the hospital."
Dom's heart leapt into his throat and he had to stop himself from slamming his foot on the brakes.
"At the hospital ? Are you okay ?"
"It's not me, papi. It's ...... It's ......"
"Who, Lee ?"
"It's T.J. He got knifed again."
Dom clenched the steering wheel tightly.
"What hospital are you at ?"
"Mount Sinai."
"I'll be there soon. Don't go anywhere, okay ?"
"Like I would."
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Lee could hear her papi groan and she knew she'd said the wrong thing.
"I'm sorry, papi. If T.J gets out of surgery before you get here, I'll tell him you're coming, okay ?"
"Yeah, okay baby. I'll see you in a bit. Love you."
"Love you too. Bye papi."
"Bye."
There was a click and then silence.
"So what did your dad say ?"
"He's going to come here in a bit."
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Letty nodded casually, but she couldn't help feeling kind of apprehensive. Would Dom be as cool towards her as the last time they spoke or would he get mad that she had been talking to Lee ? Crossing her arms defensively over her chest, she settled back into her chair to wait.
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Sorry for the long wait. have had massive writer's block for a while. Well that and the threat of exmas in two weeks. There will be a slowness for a bit until my exams are over and then more chapters. Please don't give up on me yet. I will try harder
Luv you all
SpoonGirl1