A New Life for Two
Lauren Jillian
Disclaimer: You know the drill...
Chapter 7 Jeniffer Madison and Litara Jones
What the hell they looking at?
Lita looked from Jen to Kris, then to the group of people that were gawking at them. Lita felt her friend squirm next to her.
"Guys this is my sis Jeniffer and her friend Litara." Kris spread her arms indicating the two next to her. Lita waved hi while Jen became fascinated with her shoes. Jen was never good with groups, thought Lita. Lita was used to it, do to her racing in New York and being on TV showing off her newest custom made car. Jen just became big in the fashion world, she had just signed a deal and started her own magazine. Jen was always shy, Lita noticed a girl with long black hair come out of the shock first.
"Are you Jeniffer Madison and Litara Jones?" At the mention of her name Jen shot up and looked at the girl in front of them. She looked about Litas age around 23. Jen noticed her friend smiled.
"Yep that's us, we got sick of New York and decided to come to L.A. What's your name?"
"Mia, Mia Toretto. The big bald guy is my brother Dominic; the guy next to him is Leon. The guy at the cooler grabbing some beers is Vince. The guy trying to sneak some food is Jesse. This is Brian my boyfriend." Mia pointed to the guy next to her. "Oh and here comes Letty, Dom's girlfriend." Lita looked to where Mia was pointing. She noticed the girl walking out of the house; Lita smirked, so this is the one that did Kris' car.
"Yo!" Letty raised her hand in a salute; she just stared at the two newcomers. Letty couldn't believe that Litara Jones was here, Letty blushed when she noticed that she was just starring. Letty shook her head; she looked back at Lita and noticed that she was talking to her.
"So you did the design on Kris' car? Its really nice, I might have to ask you to do something on my Mustang when it comes." Lita smiled at the facial expression Letty had.
"Sure, I would be happy to."
Lita and Jen just stood there not sure on what to do. It seemed everyone around them slowly came out of their daze, Lita noticed Brian and Mia grabbing some more chairs. Both girls looked over to the man at the grill, when he yelled out orders.
"Well dinners ready. Don't want my cooking getting cold. So girls," Dom bowed in Jens and Litas direction. "If you please find a seat, and lets eat!" Dom shook of the rest of the daze he was in. Everyone sat down at the table. Kris sat herself next to Dom and Letty, Jen found a spot in between Brian and Leon. Lita sat across from her friend in between Jesse and Mia, Vince took the extra chair and sat at the end by Brian. Lita noticed that no one was going for the food.
"Leon, did you forget something?"
"No, crap it's my turn..." Leon noticed that Jen had a smirk on, point one for me. Leon smiled and began a prayer. He thanked God for his family and the two new neighbors.
"Thanks that makes us comfy!" Lita smiled at Jens blush.
"So Lita, can your friend speak or no?" Dom asked while looking at the two. Jen felt 9 pairs of eyes on her.
"No... I can talk," Jen looked toward Dom. "Its just I get nervous and shy when I'm around new people. And it wasn't helping when everyone was just gawking at us." Dom made an "O" shape with his mouth and sipped at his Corona.
"We're sorry about that. Its just Kris never told us who her sister and friend were." Mia smiled as both Lita and Jen glared at Kris.
"Hey I didn't think it was that important!" Kris exclaimed while raising her arms. Jen shrugged it off and when back to her food. Lita was answering Vince's question on racing in New York.
"So Jen, would you like to go shopping with me tomorrow? No one seems to want to go and I need to shop." Mia smiled
"Sure that would be fun." Jen smiled back, Kris must have told her I liked to shop, or she just figured since I do fashions. Dinner went by fast with Lita telling the guys her racing stories, while Jen and Mia talked about her desining clothes and new magazine. No one noticed that Lita looked a bit fuller then her pictures from the magazines. And Jens worried but hurt eyes. But Brian picked it up right away, he couldn't help but go into his cop habits. Even though he left that road, they still helped every once in awhile.
"So why did you two leave New York?" Brian looked straight at Jen. She began to play with her food, and Lita stopped in mid sentence, she seemed to have gone pale. Everyone noticed the sudden changes in their new friends. Lita looked straight at Brian, she didn't show any sign of speaking.
"Are you a cop?" He heard Jen ask in an audible whisper. Everyone at the table looked from Lita to Jen and back to Brian.
"I used to be. I was just curious, I can see little things, and I know that you didn't leave New York because you were sick of it." Brian noticed that Kris was looking at the two with concern. So I was right, something bad must have happened in New York.
"Excuse me, I think I'm going to be sick." Everyone looked at Lita and watched as she ran toward Kris' house.
"Lita hold on." Jen jumped out of her seat and followed her friend. Kris followed the two but never got up. Everyone was silent for awhile and looked toward Kris.
"Kris, I know something happened. I think if we want to make them comfortable here and be part of the team, we should know." Brian looked straight into her eyes, never loosing contact. Kris stood up and took a deep breath.
"Its not my place to say. Come over later around ten and I'll get Jen to tell you the story. I should go and check on them, thanks for dinner. Kris walked away and began thinking on how to get her sister to tell Brian the story. Dom watched the scene with interest after awhile he looked toward Brian.
"So Brian you going?"
"Yeah... Who wants to join me?" Brian looked at everyone.
"I will." Mia smiled and grabbed Brian's hand.
"Ok then, ten o'clock!" Brian set his alarm on his watch.