Chapter 26, The Big Night.
They ate and danced and partied well into the night. The Torreto team had won every race they had entered. Torrie and Dom danced a lot but they sat in the back couch and talked a lot too. Things seemed to be going well. Dom was pleased. They talked about a lot of deep stuff they had never touched on before and she was opening up to him.
"Hey Dom, I'm all cramped up, why don't we go upstairs so you can give me one of those backrubs."
"But we still have a houseful of people Torrie."
"And Mia can take care of it."
He thought about if for a second. He was not going to deny her anything at this point. Especially nothing that involved the two of them in a bedroom together. It was more then he had hoped for much sooner. "Lead the way princess."
"Night all." Torrie said on the way up the stairs.
A chorus of good nights followed and Mia hoped that all was going to be right in her brother's world come the next morning. Letty had come back to the house and looked obviously pissed off about this event but what could she say?
They went to Dom's room and closed the door. He walked up to her and cupped her face with both his big hands and kissed her lips softly. Then her eyelids and nose and the corner of her mouth. Then he nibbled on her ear and her neck.
"So you want a backrub do you?"
"Yes please."
With that he pulled her tank top off over her head and carried her over to his bed and set her down on her tummy. He started to give her the backrub, kissing her back and neck the whole time. Since she let that go on maybe all was forgiven. He could hope. She let him give her a massage for so long then she rolled over. "Your turn Dom. Lie down."
He did and her hands on his bare back felt like heaven. She was good too. She bit his neck and down his back. He relaxed as well as he could then when he did not think he could take much more he flipped her over under him. She did not protest and looked at him with acceptance in her eyes. He had told her he loved her. What more could she ask for. They had to give it a try for both their sake.
"Are you sure you want this Torrie?"
"More sure then I ever have been of anything else in my whole life Dominic."
Letty was quizzing the guys all about Torrie. It was clear to her that they all loved the other girl. She was so sweet and nice.It about made Letty sick. She knew she had to get rid of Torrie then she figured Dom would come back to her. He always had in the past after all. But if all the guys were this into Torrie and she had no where else to live then Letty needed a good plan. She would have to think about that. She and the guys went to bed.
The next day was strange for Torrie. She did not know how to go on. There had never been a morning after for her. She hoped Mia was right and if she had faith in her relationship with Dom it would all work out. She drifted back to sleep after thinking about this for awhile. Dom woke up slightly later with an incredible feeling of calm and wellbeing. The night came back to him and he looked down and the beautiful woman in his arms. He knew he had a long way to go to make his treatment up to her but he hoped he would be able to. She woke up and blinked at him.
"Morning Baby."
"Hey." She squeaked and burrowed her head into his shoulder. This was embarrassing. Dom tipped her chin up so he could look into her eyes.
"Any regrets princess?"
"No Dom, of course not. It is just strange. I'll grow accustomed."
"I hope so. Well time to get up. We have lots of work to do today if my car is going to be ready to roll on Thursday. Plus race wars is coming and we need to get the Supra ready and your car will need to be tuned up. It's a lot to get accomplished."
"Well you did not have to tear your car apart just cause I bet you once Dom. That was your mistake."
"I can't have it. That car better do a quarter in 9 seconds flat after this."
"Fat chance Dom. I have not been twiddling my thumbs you know. My car will still blow you away."
"Oh you think?"
"No, I know."
"I think you're wrong this time. I can beat you now."
"Not unless you doubled your NOS shot and found a way not to blow the car up with it."
"No it is not NOS that drives my car. It is all the new stuff Jesse did to it while it was torn down. And of course my skillz."
"Yes well I quizzed Jesse on what he did and I don't think it is going to be enough to beat my car because like I said I have not left well enough alone with my car either. And I have all the same skillz now, you taught me it all."
"You witch. We'll have to race each other at racewars and see who wins there."
"You're on Dom. I will hand your ass to you at racewars."
"I don't think so."
"We'll see. Happy birthday. You're an old man now. That's how I'll win at racewars. I have youth on my side."
"Thank you. I'm not that old you know."
"Yes you are. How old are you by the way?" She didn't have a clue.
"25 today." Not as old as she had thought.
"A quarter century. Man how will you keep up? You're an old man." She laughed.
"Want me to show you just how much I can keep up?" He pulled her under him.
"Dom, it's time to get up, and you definitely need a shower."
"So do you, let's just take one together and save the water.
So they did, Torrie thought it would be fun.
Then they got dressed. They walked into the kitchen for breakfast. Everyone else was already there. Dom sat down at the head of the table like always and Torrie noticed that Letty was in her seat beside him. In fact there were no seats left at the table. Letty smirked at her like she knew very well she was in Torrie's seat. It had been Letty's seat for years after all and from what the guys told her Torrie had only been around for about 6 months. Torrie was not going to give her the satisfaction of making a scene. The idea of what to do came to her in that second. She walked over to Dom and swung her leg over his lap so she was straddling him and sat down facing him.
"Wanna be my chair for the day baby? Seems like we need a bigger table."
He wrapped his arms around her waist. "Of course girl. I wouldn't want you to miss a meal. You gotta eat."
"Ya, cause you keep making me work off too many calories." She realized how that sounded after she said it and blushed a bit.
Dom laughed. "Well eat more cause I have no plans on letting up on you." He winked at her.
"Doooommm," She shoved a piece of toast in his mouth and everyone but Letty laughed at their antics. She turned around and sat on one of his legs so they could both eat. They finished breakfast and headed down to the garage. There were no customer cars to work on today, it was all the teams cars. They had to get them all ready for racewars and if they did not finish up Dom's Mazda today then he had nothing to drive to race night cause tomorrow there were other cars booked in.
Since everyone but Mia was driving at racewars that was a lot of cars to tune up and generally make fast. Brian's supra needed work and he and Leon worked on that. Vince was doing something to his Maxima. Leon said his car was fine. Dom and Jesse were putting the finishing touches on the rebuilt engine in the Mazda. Letty was doing something to her car. It seemed that the Eclipse had been a loaner from a friend so they would not recognize her right away. She still owned her 240sx as well. But it was not a Silvia. Torrie went to get her car to pull it around to the side of the building because there were no bays left and all she had to do was change her plugs and wires and air filter. She came back into the garage the way she went out. On foot. She walked up to Dom.
"Dominic, could we talk in the office for a moment please?"
Uh oh, Torrie was pissed off. He did not know what it would be over. He hadn't done anything. He knew it. He had been being super good. "Sure Torrie." He put an arm around her and walked her to the office. She closed the door.
"What is it Torrie. You look mad."
"You would be mad too if someone slashed your set of 1500 dollar race tires."
"Someone slashed all 4 of your tires?"
"Yes. My car is out there sitting on the rims right now. And Dom I give you three guesses who it was and the first two don't count."
"Torrie the car was parked there all night, it could have been anyone. You don't have any way to know who it was."
"Bullshit Dom. Didn't you see the way she looked at me at breakfast? And I knew she looked smug when I went to move the car around. She did it and I am going to beat the face off her again over it."
"Torrie, calm down. There is no way to know if it was Letty or not. I know your upset and yes she did that shit at breakfast on purpose but I don't think she slashed your tires."
"Ya well you didn't see the look she gave me, or hear what she said the night I fought her at the race meet. I know it was her and if you don't confront her on it I will."
"Fine I'll talk to her Torrie. But she's not going to just admit it even if she did do it."
"Well I am glad I keep my tires in stock at the store and that those ones had to be changed before racewars anyway but still. If a random vandal did it then you would think they would have done other stuff."
"Go on, get Vince to take you to the store and get your new tires. I'll talk to her while you're gone. I don't think she'll say anything if you're around."
"Fine."
Torrie went up to Vince, who was under his car doing something.
"Hey V, run me down to the store?"
"Why don't you take your own car?"
"Because *someone* flattened all 4 of my tires so I need to go to the store and pick up the new set I keep in stock. Thank god. Cause if I had to order them it would take almost a month for them to come in and they might not get here before racewars."
"Well are you going to confront her about it?" Vince knew who had done it right away too. No doubt in his mind.
"Nope. Dom is. I have been told to vacate the premises while he does it. He says she might admit it if I am not around. However he does not think that she did it. He says it was punk kids."
"Ya ok. That makes no sense and it is vintage Letty anyway. He knows that but he wants us all to be one happy family. I love Letty but she is not going to be able to stay with us if she can't accept the fact that Dom is with you. And she will likely not be able to."
"Oh I agree whole-heartedly but I can't tell Dom to kick her out. She says she has no where to go and he is not going to put her on the street. I believe that story about as far as I could throw Dominic but anyway, not a lot I can do about it. I hope she finds a man of her own soon."
"Fat chance."
Torrie made a face. "I know. I know. But she's pretty. She could have any guy. She just needs to realize Dom is not the guy for her. But this is futile anyway because she is slow witted or something and us talking about it is not going to make it happen. Let's go V."
They headed to the store and Torrie got her tires and put them in the backseat of Vince's car. They headed back to the garage.
They ate and danced and partied well into the night. The Torreto team had won every race they had entered. Torrie and Dom danced a lot but they sat in the back couch and talked a lot too. Things seemed to be going well. Dom was pleased. They talked about a lot of deep stuff they had never touched on before and she was opening up to him.
"Hey Dom, I'm all cramped up, why don't we go upstairs so you can give me one of those backrubs."
"But we still have a houseful of people Torrie."
"And Mia can take care of it."
He thought about if for a second. He was not going to deny her anything at this point. Especially nothing that involved the two of them in a bedroom together. It was more then he had hoped for much sooner. "Lead the way princess."
"Night all." Torrie said on the way up the stairs.
A chorus of good nights followed and Mia hoped that all was going to be right in her brother's world come the next morning. Letty had come back to the house and looked obviously pissed off about this event but what could she say?
They went to Dom's room and closed the door. He walked up to her and cupped her face with both his big hands and kissed her lips softly. Then her eyelids and nose and the corner of her mouth. Then he nibbled on her ear and her neck.
"So you want a backrub do you?"
"Yes please."
With that he pulled her tank top off over her head and carried her over to his bed and set her down on her tummy. He started to give her the backrub, kissing her back and neck the whole time. Since she let that go on maybe all was forgiven. He could hope. She let him give her a massage for so long then she rolled over. "Your turn Dom. Lie down."
He did and her hands on his bare back felt like heaven. She was good too. She bit his neck and down his back. He relaxed as well as he could then when he did not think he could take much more he flipped her over under him. She did not protest and looked at him with acceptance in her eyes. He had told her he loved her. What more could she ask for. They had to give it a try for both their sake.
"Are you sure you want this Torrie?"
"More sure then I ever have been of anything else in my whole life Dominic."
Letty was quizzing the guys all about Torrie. It was clear to her that they all loved the other girl. She was so sweet and nice.It about made Letty sick. She knew she had to get rid of Torrie then she figured Dom would come back to her. He always had in the past after all. But if all the guys were this into Torrie and she had no where else to live then Letty needed a good plan. She would have to think about that. She and the guys went to bed.
The next day was strange for Torrie. She did not know how to go on. There had never been a morning after for her. She hoped Mia was right and if she had faith in her relationship with Dom it would all work out. She drifted back to sleep after thinking about this for awhile. Dom woke up slightly later with an incredible feeling of calm and wellbeing. The night came back to him and he looked down and the beautiful woman in his arms. He knew he had a long way to go to make his treatment up to her but he hoped he would be able to. She woke up and blinked at him.
"Morning Baby."
"Hey." She squeaked and burrowed her head into his shoulder. This was embarrassing. Dom tipped her chin up so he could look into her eyes.
"Any regrets princess?"
"No Dom, of course not. It is just strange. I'll grow accustomed."
"I hope so. Well time to get up. We have lots of work to do today if my car is going to be ready to roll on Thursday. Plus race wars is coming and we need to get the Supra ready and your car will need to be tuned up. It's a lot to get accomplished."
"Well you did not have to tear your car apart just cause I bet you once Dom. That was your mistake."
"I can't have it. That car better do a quarter in 9 seconds flat after this."
"Fat chance Dom. I have not been twiddling my thumbs you know. My car will still blow you away."
"Oh you think?"
"No, I know."
"I think you're wrong this time. I can beat you now."
"Not unless you doubled your NOS shot and found a way not to blow the car up with it."
"No it is not NOS that drives my car. It is all the new stuff Jesse did to it while it was torn down. And of course my skillz."
"Yes well I quizzed Jesse on what he did and I don't think it is going to be enough to beat my car because like I said I have not left well enough alone with my car either. And I have all the same skillz now, you taught me it all."
"You witch. We'll have to race each other at racewars and see who wins there."
"You're on Dom. I will hand your ass to you at racewars."
"I don't think so."
"We'll see. Happy birthday. You're an old man now. That's how I'll win at racewars. I have youth on my side."
"Thank you. I'm not that old you know."
"Yes you are. How old are you by the way?" She didn't have a clue.
"25 today." Not as old as she had thought.
"A quarter century. Man how will you keep up? You're an old man." She laughed.
"Want me to show you just how much I can keep up?" He pulled her under him.
"Dom, it's time to get up, and you definitely need a shower."
"So do you, let's just take one together and save the water.
So they did, Torrie thought it would be fun.
Then they got dressed. They walked into the kitchen for breakfast. Everyone else was already there. Dom sat down at the head of the table like always and Torrie noticed that Letty was in her seat beside him. In fact there were no seats left at the table. Letty smirked at her like she knew very well she was in Torrie's seat. It had been Letty's seat for years after all and from what the guys told her Torrie had only been around for about 6 months. Torrie was not going to give her the satisfaction of making a scene. The idea of what to do came to her in that second. She walked over to Dom and swung her leg over his lap so she was straddling him and sat down facing him.
"Wanna be my chair for the day baby? Seems like we need a bigger table."
He wrapped his arms around her waist. "Of course girl. I wouldn't want you to miss a meal. You gotta eat."
"Ya, cause you keep making me work off too many calories." She realized how that sounded after she said it and blushed a bit.
Dom laughed. "Well eat more cause I have no plans on letting up on you." He winked at her.
"Doooommm," She shoved a piece of toast in his mouth and everyone but Letty laughed at their antics. She turned around and sat on one of his legs so they could both eat. They finished breakfast and headed down to the garage. There were no customer cars to work on today, it was all the teams cars. They had to get them all ready for racewars and if they did not finish up Dom's Mazda today then he had nothing to drive to race night cause tomorrow there were other cars booked in.
Since everyone but Mia was driving at racewars that was a lot of cars to tune up and generally make fast. Brian's supra needed work and he and Leon worked on that. Vince was doing something to his Maxima. Leon said his car was fine. Dom and Jesse were putting the finishing touches on the rebuilt engine in the Mazda. Letty was doing something to her car. It seemed that the Eclipse had been a loaner from a friend so they would not recognize her right away. She still owned her 240sx as well. But it was not a Silvia. Torrie went to get her car to pull it around to the side of the building because there were no bays left and all she had to do was change her plugs and wires and air filter. She came back into the garage the way she went out. On foot. She walked up to Dom.
"Dominic, could we talk in the office for a moment please?"
Uh oh, Torrie was pissed off. He did not know what it would be over. He hadn't done anything. He knew it. He had been being super good. "Sure Torrie." He put an arm around her and walked her to the office. She closed the door.
"What is it Torrie. You look mad."
"You would be mad too if someone slashed your set of 1500 dollar race tires."
"Someone slashed all 4 of your tires?"
"Yes. My car is out there sitting on the rims right now. And Dom I give you three guesses who it was and the first two don't count."
"Torrie the car was parked there all night, it could have been anyone. You don't have any way to know who it was."
"Bullshit Dom. Didn't you see the way she looked at me at breakfast? And I knew she looked smug when I went to move the car around. She did it and I am going to beat the face off her again over it."
"Torrie, calm down. There is no way to know if it was Letty or not. I know your upset and yes she did that shit at breakfast on purpose but I don't think she slashed your tires."
"Ya well you didn't see the look she gave me, or hear what she said the night I fought her at the race meet. I know it was her and if you don't confront her on it I will."
"Fine I'll talk to her Torrie. But she's not going to just admit it even if she did do it."
"Well I am glad I keep my tires in stock at the store and that those ones had to be changed before racewars anyway but still. If a random vandal did it then you would think they would have done other stuff."
"Go on, get Vince to take you to the store and get your new tires. I'll talk to her while you're gone. I don't think she'll say anything if you're around."
"Fine."
Torrie went up to Vince, who was under his car doing something.
"Hey V, run me down to the store?"
"Why don't you take your own car?"
"Because *someone* flattened all 4 of my tires so I need to go to the store and pick up the new set I keep in stock. Thank god. Cause if I had to order them it would take almost a month for them to come in and they might not get here before racewars."
"Well are you going to confront her about it?" Vince knew who had done it right away too. No doubt in his mind.
"Nope. Dom is. I have been told to vacate the premises while he does it. He says she might admit it if I am not around. However he does not think that she did it. He says it was punk kids."
"Ya ok. That makes no sense and it is vintage Letty anyway. He knows that but he wants us all to be one happy family. I love Letty but she is not going to be able to stay with us if she can't accept the fact that Dom is with you. And she will likely not be able to."
"Oh I agree whole-heartedly but I can't tell Dom to kick her out. She says she has no where to go and he is not going to put her on the street. I believe that story about as far as I could throw Dominic but anyway, not a lot I can do about it. I hope she finds a man of her own soon."
"Fat chance."
Torrie made a face. "I know. I know. But she's pretty. She could have any guy. She just needs to realize Dom is not the guy for her. But this is futile anyway because she is slow witted or something and us talking about it is not going to make it happen. Let's go V."
They headed to the store and Torrie got her tires and put them in the backseat of Vince's car. They headed back to the garage.