Chapter 17, The Date.
"Get in the car girl!" Dom was smiling when he said it. There were going to be other times that she would bring him to his knees, he could chock this up to learning how to deal with it he guessed. He chuckled about that to himself. They took off but not to go home.
Dom took her to the beach and they had ice cream and went for a walk. They had supper down on the boardwalk then went for another walk. She was tired out by the time they headed for home but the day had been so enjoyable. She could not remember the last day she had felt so carefree. Dom watched her sleep in the car on the way home out of the corner of his eye. She was so sweet. She was 22 but she looked 16 while she slept. He worried that at 26 he was too old for her but they were two of a kind.
He did not want her to think that them getting involved, if it did happen, ok when it happened, meant she was not going to have to work off her dept to the team. He did not know how to handle that yet. He did not want to rush things with her. She woke up and caught him staring. They were stopped at a red light on the way home. She sat up and kissed him. He could not help it. He deepened the kiss and ran his hands down her back. Honking alerted him to the fact the light was green.
"Dominic that was the best day I have had in like a year. So relaxing and fun. Thank you."
"I can't remember the last day I enjoyed that much either Torrie. It was relaxing. We need to do it again soon."
"By the way could that be called a date Dom?"
"Sure I guess you could call it that, why?"
"I just wanted to be able to say that we had our first date but I did not want you to hear me call it that and then tell me it was not a real date or something like that."
"I would never do that." She looked up at him with a look that clearly said 'ya right'. "Ok maybe if you used it for some purpose to get your way or made me angry. I would never hurt you on purpose or to be cruel ok, remember that."
"Ok Dominic." She wondered why he said that so vehemently. It kind of made her nervous. What was he alluding to?
"I love the way you say my name." This came out of no where. She thought she used his name as an expletive more often then not. She laughed at the thought.
"Well you have a sexy name. But half the time I say it I am trying to express the fact I am not happy with you. But you still like the way I say it?"
"Well not when you say it with the exasperated tone but other times."
"Well it is better then Victoria Colleen. I guess Torrie is ok."
"Torrie is perfect. You're perfect." God help anyone who hurts you he thought, but it will be me someday. I don't know how to not hurt girls. Never learned.
"Thank you baby. I don't want this day to end."
"Me neither but there will be lots of days."
"Yes but never another first date."
"We will have lots of other firsts."
"Too bad I was so spaced on our first kiss."
"And asleep and under water the first time I saw you naked."
"Beast. I am at a disadvantage there you know."
He laughed.
"Dom let me drive for awhile?"
"Sure, why?"
"I just want to is all." They switched seats. He would give her almost anything within his power and this was a simple enough request.
She put on a song she liked. Dom wondered about her. She was so into music. They spent a lot of time in his car so she had cd's of her own music in his car. She had moved in. Had girly stuff in his dash. Was his own fault for insisting they take his car so often. He did not mind for some reason. With other girls he would have felt cramped and smothered. Like they were trying to make their presence known to other girls he might take into the car. With Torrie she did it so innocently that you knew she just did it. It was not a planned manoeuvre. She was playing a song called 'Deep Enough' by Live. Dom took a moment to listen to the music.
We hit the room me and my crew and it was cool till we bumped into you.
Now it's been years but there you were like a mustang redlining every single gear.
She was driving recklessly, well not for one with her skill but cops would not see it that way. She was weaving in and out of the freeway traffic. Dom was nervous, holding onto the door handle with white knuckles. It was hard for him to give up control of the ride to someone else, especially at these speeds. He felt out of control and did not like the feeling at all. She noticed his discomfort and laughed.
She drove faster and put the Mazda into a space were it technically should not have gone. The irate driver of the car she had just cut off honked his displeasure and she laughed harder. The sound was so full of her sprit and soul he laughed with her and relaxed. She was more then capable of driving this fast. She drove with so much passion, but so much skill. This was really how she lived her life, with passion. Dom knew she wanted to change that and drive like she thought he did. Without feeling. She was wrong. He drove with feeling. It was his time to be free and without worries. He was not cold. He was just not as good at showing his feelings as Torrie was.
"Never change Torrie. I love the way you drive with your passion in the movements."
"But that hurts me when I race Dom, I get sad and I don't race as well."
"Well I will just have to keep you happy."
"See that you do." She stuck out her tongue at him.
They got home shortly after. Dom ran around and opened her door and helped her out of the car. She saw her car made it home ok. Brian was waiting up for them.
"Man I did not know where you guys went off to. I was ready to send the guys out looking. Mia was worried."
"We went to the beach."
Brian noticed that Dom had his arm around Torrie. He was glad. The girl needed the stability and Dom needed the love. Hope he did not end up hurting Torrie though. Brian did not know if Dom was capable of being faithful. He loved Dom like a brother but Dom had loved Letty in his own way and he had still cheated on her all the time. Torrie was not strong like Letty. She would break if they got together and then she caught Dom with other women. Brian wished that she would hook up with Vince instead. Vince would never hurt her. Vince was a big soft romantic under the gruff quiet exterior. Plus he could then stop mopping over Mia. Maybe Dom was reformed. Who knew? But Brian liked Torrie and he did not want to see her hurt. Everyone knew that she had not had serious relationships before and that Dom was not a good choice for a first love. Well maybe he would surprise them all. Brian hoped so because he did not know they could put the pieces together if he broke her heart. Brian thought they were moving too fast anyway, but that was Dom. He went off in search of Mia to tell her the good news, everyone was safe.
Torrie and Dom headed off upstairs.
"What a fun day. I can't believe I kicked your ass like that at the track."
"You did not kick my ass. You won by .1 second."
"A win is a win. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile."
"I almost had you."
"You almost had me!?"
"Yes I almost had you!"
"You never had me. You never had your car! Mwahahahaha."
"I see we have been chatting with Brian." Dom laughed. It did sound cliché when he heard it used on him.
"Ok Torrie you got me. But I almost had you. We were evenly matched. Brian and I that first night were not even close to even. Much the way you and I were not even the first time we raced. Now we are even. I'll get you next time because Jesse doesn't get time off till that Mazda is the badest thing on the road or track again."
"It'll never be badder then me Dom and you know it."
"We'll see." They reached the door of her room. Dom thought 'forget it' and he picked her up and carried her into his room.
'This is it' she thought. It is finally going to happen. What I have been waiting for. But Dom was not sure she was ready so they just played around. It was very good but they both wanted more. Torrie decided that she was going to tell him she wanted all of him soon. But it was nice to be close to him and sleep in the same bed. She always woke up with her head on his shoulder and his arms around her. It was nice. She chickened out of the talk and just went to sleep in his arms. The rest would come when he was ready. Funny that, she was the virgin and he was the one not ready. She giggled and went to sleep.
Dom was not sure about taking the final step yet. It was like the point of no return to him. Once they put their relationship in the final physical terms that was it. No going back. In the back of his mind he knew they were at that point already but he did not want to admit it to himself. She was so young and had no business being up in this world. She was not really one of them. But it did make all the guys protective of her in a way they had not been over Let.
All of them felt Letty's absence and he knew the other guys blamed him for driving her away. She had been family as well as his girl and now she was gone. They had all felt the hole in the team without her. Torrie brought out the best in the guys again. Mia loved mothering her. She was a good fit but still not one of them. Dom did not know if he wanted to tie her to him in such an emotional way. Time would tell. He knew in his heart he could not give her up now anyway. He slept.
"Get in the car girl!" Dom was smiling when he said it. There were going to be other times that she would bring him to his knees, he could chock this up to learning how to deal with it he guessed. He chuckled about that to himself. They took off but not to go home.
Dom took her to the beach and they had ice cream and went for a walk. They had supper down on the boardwalk then went for another walk. She was tired out by the time they headed for home but the day had been so enjoyable. She could not remember the last day she had felt so carefree. Dom watched her sleep in the car on the way home out of the corner of his eye. She was so sweet. She was 22 but she looked 16 while she slept. He worried that at 26 he was too old for her but they were two of a kind.
He did not want her to think that them getting involved, if it did happen, ok when it happened, meant she was not going to have to work off her dept to the team. He did not know how to handle that yet. He did not want to rush things with her. She woke up and caught him staring. They were stopped at a red light on the way home. She sat up and kissed him. He could not help it. He deepened the kiss and ran his hands down her back. Honking alerted him to the fact the light was green.
"Dominic that was the best day I have had in like a year. So relaxing and fun. Thank you."
"I can't remember the last day I enjoyed that much either Torrie. It was relaxing. We need to do it again soon."
"By the way could that be called a date Dom?"
"Sure I guess you could call it that, why?"
"I just wanted to be able to say that we had our first date but I did not want you to hear me call it that and then tell me it was not a real date or something like that."
"I would never do that." She looked up at him with a look that clearly said 'ya right'. "Ok maybe if you used it for some purpose to get your way or made me angry. I would never hurt you on purpose or to be cruel ok, remember that."
"Ok Dominic." She wondered why he said that so vehemently. It kind of made her nervous. What was he alluding to?
"I love the way you say my name." This came out of no where. She thought she used his name as an expletive more often then not. She laughed at the thought.
"Well you have a sexy name. But half the time I say it I am trying to express the fact I am not happy with you. But you still like the way I say it?"
"Well not when you say it with the exasperated tone but other times."
"Well it is better then Victoria Colleen. I guess Torrie is ok."
"Torrie is perfect. You're perfect." God help anyone who hurts you he thought, but it will be me someday. I don't know how to not hurt girls. Never learned.
"Thank you baby. I don't want this day to end."
"Me neither but there will be lots of days."
"Yes but never another first date."
"We will have lots of other firsts."
"Too bad I was so spaced on our first kiss."
"And asleep and under water the first time I saw you naked."
"Beast. I am at a disadvantage there you know."
He laughed.
"Dom let me drive for awhile?"
"Sure, why?"
"I just want to is all." They switched seats. He would give her almost anything within his power and this was a simple enough request.
She put on a song she liked. Dom wondered about her. She was so into music. They spent a lot of time in his car so she had cd's of her own music in his car. She had moved in. Had girly stuff in his dash. Was his own fault for insisting they take his car so often. He did not mind for some reason. With other girls he would have felt cramped and smothered. Like they were trying to make their presence known to other girls he might take into the car. With Torrie she did it so innocently that you knew she just did it. It was not a planned manoeuvre. She was playing a song called 'Deep Enough' by Live. Dom took a moment to listen to the music.
We hit the room me and my crew and it was cool till we bumped into you.
Now it's been years but there you were like a mustang redlining every single gear.
She was driving recklessly, well not for one with her skill but cops would not see it that way. She was weaving in and out of the freeway traffic. Dom was nervous, holding onto the door handle with white knuckles. It was hard for him to give up control of the ride to someone else, especially at these speeds. He felt out of control and did not like the feeling at all. She noticed his discomfort and laughed.
She drove faster and put the Mazda into a space were it technically should not have gone. The irate driver of the car she had just cut off honked his displeasure and she laughed harder. The sound was so full of her sprit and soul he laughed with her and relaxed. She was more then capable of driving this fast. She drove with so much passion, but so much skill. This was really how she lived her life, with passion. Dom knew she wanted to change that and drive like she thought he did. Without feeling. She was wrong. He drove with feeling. It was his time to be free and without worries. He was not cold. He was just not as good at showing his feelings as Torrie was.
"Never change Torrie. I love the way you drive with your passion in the movements."
"But that hurts me when I race Dom, I get sad and I don't race as well."
"Well I will just have to keep you happy."
"See that you do." She stuck out her tongue at him.
They got home shortly after. Dom ran around and opened her door and helped her out of the car. She saw her car made it home ok. Brian was waiting up for them.
"Man I did not know where you guys went off to. I was ready to send the guys out looking. Mia was worried."
"We went to the beach."
Brian noticed that Dom had his arm around Torrie. He was glad. The girl needed the stability and Dom needed the love. Hope he did not end up hurting Torrie though. Brian did not know if Dom was capable of being faithful. He loved Dom like a brother but Dom had loved Letty in his own way and he had still cheated on her all the time. Torrie was not strong like Letty. She would break if they got together and then she caught Dom with other women. Brian wished that she would hook up with Vince instead. Vince would never hurt her. Vince was a big soft romantic under the gruff quiet exterior. Plus he could then stop mopping over Mia. Maybe Dom was reformed. Who knew? But Brian liked Torrie and he did not want to see her hurt. Everyone knew that she had not had serious relationships before and that Dom was not a good choice for a first love. Well maybe he would surprise them all. Brian hoped so because he did not know they could put the pieces together if he broke her heart. Brian thought they were moving too fast anyway, but that was Dom. He went off in search of Mia to tell her the good news, everyone was safe.
Torrie and Dom headed off upstairs.
"What a fun day. I can't believe I kicked your ass like that at the track."
"You did not kick my ass. You won by .1 second."
"A win is a win. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile."
"I almost had you."
"You almost had me!?"
"Yes I almost had you!"
"You never had me. You never had your car! Mwahahahaha."
"I see we have been chatting with Brian." Dom laughed. It did sound cliché when he heard it used on him.
"Ok Torrie you got me. But I almost had you. We were evenly matched. Brian and I that first night were not even close to even. Much the way you and I were not even the first time we raced. Now we are even. I'll get you next time because Jesse doesn't get time off till that Mazda is the badest thing on the road or track again."
"It'll never be badder then me Dom and you know it."
"We'll see." They reached the door of her room. Dom thought 'forget it' and he picked her up and carried her into his room.
'This is it' she thought. It is finally going to happen. What I have been waiting for. But Dom was not sure she was ready so they just played around. It was very good but they both wanted more. Torrie decided that she was going to tell him she wanted all of him soon. But it was nice to be close to him and sleep in the same bed. She always woke up with her head on his shoulder and his arms around her. It was nice. She chickened out of the talk and just went to sleep in his arms. The rest would come when he was ready. Funny that, she was the virgin and he was the one not ready. She giggled and went to sleep.
Dom was not sure about taking the final step yet. It was like the point of no return to him. Once they put their relationship in the final physical terms that was it. No going back. In the back of his mind he knew they were at that point already but he did not want to admit it to himself. She was so young and had no business being up in this world. She was not really one of them. But it did make all the guys protective of her in a way they had not been over Let.
All of them felt Letty's absence and he knew the other guys blamed him for driving her away. She had been family as well as his girl and now she was gone. They had all felt the hole in the team without her. Torrie brought out the best in the guys again. Mia loved mothering her. She was a good fit but still not one of them. Dom did not know if he wanted to tie her to him in such an emotional way. Time would tell. He knew in his heart he could not give her up now anyway. He slept.