Jersey
Letty sat on the side of the road and looked at the map, talking into her cellphone at the same time.
"So she's in Miami? At a garage?" Letty asked the woman on the other end. "She lives in a houseboat? With who? What's it called? No the garage. Okay...uh huh. Yeah, thanks Mika-you don't how much this means to me. Bye." she finished, hanging up her cell and pulling onto the highway. Letty was headed to Miami to find her daughter.
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Letty pulled into the parking lot of the garage and got out of her car. She walked into the garage and looked around for someone.
"Hello?" she said.
"What can I do for ya, mamacita?" asked a voice and Letty jumped. She turned and saw a oriental man with a shaved head wiping his hands on a rag.
"I'm lookin' for Jersey Torretto?" she asked. The man nodded and said
"Oh-you lookin' for JetPipe? She went out for lunch with Suki, lady. Who're you?" he asked.
"JetPipe? Where the hell did she get a name like that?" Letty asked.
"Jersey is as fast as a jet on the blacktop and is killer on pipe." the guy explained.
"And who're you?"
"I asked you first."
"Letty Rodriguez."
"Jimmy Takinara." said Jimmy. "You can go wait out back if you want- Tej and Rome are fixin' the Evo out there so watch your step, lady." he warned.
"I know how to-" she started but he was already gone. "Damn." she said, heading out back. She saw two black men leaning over a car she assumed was the Evo.
"Nice car." she said and the bald black man jerked up, hitting his head on the roof of the car.
"Damn it! That's the fifth fuckin' time!" he said, rubbing his head. "What d'you want?" he asked angrily.
"Rome, man! Be nice to the lovely lady!" said the other man. "Tej Parker, milady." Tej said, looking Letty up and down. "This ass is Roman Pearce, commonly known as Rome. Nice to meet you."
"Jimmy said I could chill back here until Jersey came back from lunch." Letty said, pulling her jacket off. She leaned over the engine and said "What's the problem?"
"Don't know, really. It just dies." Tej said.
"I'm not really familiar with the engine of an Evo but I think something's plugged up-maybe the exhaust pipe?(A/N: Know that I have a VERY limited car part vocabulary k?)Uh...Tej go watch the pipe. Roman rev the car please. Oh and Tej-if it is the exhaust pipe you might not want to stick your face in front of it aight?" Letty said, looking at the engine hard. The guys looked at each other, shrugged and did what Letty said. Rome started the car and the exhaust pipe rattled.
"Hit the pipe Tej!" Letty yelled over the roar of the car. Tej got out of the way and hit the pipe once or twice. Suddenly, something flew out of the pipe, landing in the water.
"God damn it girl!" Tej yelled, kicking the back of the car. "How'd you figure that one out?"
"I know some things about cars."
"Only some?" Rome asked, getting out of the car and looking Letty up and down.
"Just some." she said, turning and grabbing her jacket and putting it on. "Like I said-nice car."
'What the FUCK am I doin'? Am I FLIRTING with this jackass?' Letty thought to herself. 'Well, he IS kinda hott-shit, I am.'
"What's goin' on back here, guys? Did you fix the Ev-" yelled a female voice, snapping Letty out of her trance.
"Hey, Jersey." Letty said to the apprehensive girl.
"Who is this?" Jersey asked Rome and Tej.
"Uh..." Tej said. Letty hadn't actually told them her name.
"Letty Rodriguez. Nice to meet you." Letty said, sticking her hand out to Jersey. Jersey narrowed her eyes, scanning Letty up and down before sticking her hand in Letty's and shaking it.
"And you're here because?" Jersey asked.
"I have to tell you something about your mother. In private." Letty said.
"Come on." Jersey said, grabbing Letty's wrist and dragging her onto the houseboat. She pulled her into the room and slammed the door. "What about my mother? Did you know her?"
"In a way, yes." Letty said, choosing her words carefully.
"What's the bitch doin' since she abandoned me at child services?" Jersey spat and Letty blinked, trying to control her anger.
"She was arrested and put in jail for fifteen years. She just got out and she wants to see you." Letty explained.
"Tell her that I don't give a fuck if she wants to see me. I'll never do it." Jersey said, removing her clean top and pulling a dirty white wife beater over her head. She pulled her skirt off and pulled on a pair of cargo pants, wrapping a belt around the top to keep them up and turned towards Letty. "I hate her and there's nothing anybody can do about it. Not even my father. If I knew who he was."
"Dominic Torretto. He lives in LA." Letty said before she could stop herself.
"Are you from child services or the government or some shit? Cause they got me outta there two years ago." Jersey said, pointing out the window indicating Tej, Jimmy, Suki and Rome.
"No, I'm not from the government or child services. I just came here because I wanted to tell you she got out."
"Well I just told you I don't care. Now get out." Jersey said, pointing to the door. Letty stood and left the houseboat, walking past Rome, Tej and Suki dejectedly. Rome watched as she walked to her car and got in, not pulling out.
"Right back." he said to Tej and Suki, walking over to the passengers side of Letty's car and opening it up. He leaned down and said "Que pasa, chica?"
Letty jumped and looked at him in confusion as he got in.
"Why you crying girl?" he asked, reaching over and wiping a tear off her cheek.
"She hates me." Letty said.
"What?" Rome asked, confused.
"She said she hates me." Letty said, burying her face in her hands and sobbing.
"Shit. You're JetPipe's mom?" Rome asked.
"Don't tell her. Just let her think of me as a friend of her mother's." Letty begged Rome.
"Gimme a minute- TEJ! Get ova here bro!" Rome yelled out the window. Tej walked over and leaned down, looking in the window. "Tej Parker meet Letty Rodriguez. Jersey's mother." Tej did a double take over Letty and she just looked at them as he and Rome talked. "Kay, chica. We worked out a plan-you know how to fix cars correct?"
"Yeah." Letty said slowly.
"You work here-with Jersey-until you feel it's time to tell her and we'll provide house and board."
"I couldn't do-"
"Yes you could. And you're going to."
Letty sat on the side of the road and looked at the map, talking into her cellphone at the same time.
"So she's in Miami? At a garage?" Letty asked the woman on the other end. "She lives in a houseboat? With who? What's it called? No the garage. Okay...uh huh. Yeah, thanks Mika-you don't how much this means to me. Bye." she finished, hanging up her cell and pulling onto the highway. Letty was headed to Miami to find her daughter.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Letty pulled into the parking lot of the garage and got out of her car. She walked into the garage and looked around for someone.
"Hello?" she said.
"What can I do for ya, mamacita?" asked a voice and Letty jumped. She turned and saw a oriental man with a shaved head wiping his hands on a rag.
"I'm lookin' for Jersey Torretto?" she asked. The man nodded and said
"Oh-you lookin' for JetPipe? She went out for lunch with Suki, lady. Who're you?" he asked.
"JetPipe? Where the hell did she get a name like that?" Letty asked.
"Jersey is as fast as a jet on the blacktop and is killer on pipe." the guy explained.
"And who're you?"
"I asked you first."
"Letty Rodriguez."
"Jimmy Takinara." said Jimmy. "You can go wait out back if you want- Tej and Rome are fixin' the Evo out there so watch your step, lady." he warned.
"I know how to-" she started but he was already gone. "Damn." she said, heading out back. She saw two black men leaning over a car she assumed was the Evo.
"Nice car." she said and the bald black man jerked up, hitting his head on the roof of the car.
"Damn it! That's the fifth fuckin' time!" he said, rubbing his head. "What d'you want?" he asked angrily.
"Rome, man! Be nice to the lovely lady!" said the other man. "Tej Parker, milady." Tej said, looking Letty up and down. "This ass is Roman Pearce, commonly known as Rome. Nice to meet you."
"Jimmy said I could chill back here until Jersey came back from lunch." Letty said, pulling her jacket off. She leaned over the engine and said "What's the problem?"
"Don't know, really. It just dies." Tej said.
"I'm not really familiar with the engine of an Evo but I think something's plugged up-maybe the exhaust pipe?(A/N: Know that I have a VERY limited car part vocabulary k?)Uh...Tej go watch the pipe. Roman rev the car please. Oh and Tej-if it is the exhaust pipe you might not want to stick your face in front of it aight?" Letty said, looking at the engine hard. The guys looked at each other, shrugged and did what Letty said. Rome started the car and the exhaust pipe rattled.
"Hit the pipe Tej!" Letty yelled over the roar of the car. Tej got out of the way and hit the pipe once or twice. Suddenly, something flew out of the pipe, landing in the water.
"God damn it girl!" Tej yelled, kicking the back of the car. "How'd you figure that one out?"
"I know some things about cars."
"Only some?" Rome asked, getting out of the car and looking Letty up and down.
"Just some." she said, turning and grabbing her jacket and putting it on. "Like I said-nice car."
'What the FUCK am I doin'? Am I FLIRTING with this jackass?' Letty thought to herself. 'Well, he IS kinda hott-shit, I am.'
"What's goin' on back here, guys? Did you fix the Ev-" yelled a female voice, snapping Letty out of her trance.
"Hey, Jersey." Letty said to the apprehensive girl.
"Who is this?" Jersey asked Rome and Tej.
"Uh..." Tej said. Letty hadn't actually told them her name.
"Letty Rodriguez. Nice to meet you." Letty said, sticking her hand out to Jersey. Jersey narrowed her eyes, scanning Letty up and down before sticking her hand in Letty's and shaking it.
"And you're here because?" Jersey asked.
"I have to tell you something about your mother. In private." Letty said.
"Come on." Jersey said, grabbing Letty's wrist and dragging her onto the houseboat. She pulled her into the room and slammed the door. "What about my mother? Did you know her?"
"In a way, yes." Letty said, choosing her words carefully.
"What's the bitch doin' since she abandoned me at child services?" Jersey spat and Letty blinked, trying to control her anger.
"She was arrested and put in jail for fifteen years. She just got out and she wants to see you." Letty explained.
"Tell her that I don't give a fuck if she wants to see me. I'll never do it." Jersey said, removing her clean top and pulling a dirty white wife beater over her head. She pulled her skirt off and pulled on a pair of cargo pants, wrapping a belt around the top to keep them up and turned towards Letty. "I hate her and there's nothing anybody can do about it. Not even my father. If I knew who he was."
"Dominic Torretto. He lives in LA." Letty said before she could stop herself.
"Are you from child services or the government or some shit? Cause they got me outta there two years ago." Jersey said, pointing out the window indicating Tej, Jimmy, Suki and Rome.
"No, I'm not from the government or child services. I just came here because I wanted to tell you she got out."
"Well I just told you I don't care. Now get out." Jersey said, pointing to the door. Letty stood and left the houseboat, walking past Rome, Tej and Suki dejectedly. Rome watched as she walked to her car and got in, not pulling out.
"Right back." he said to Tej and Suki, walking over to the passengers side of Letty's car and opening it up. He leaned down and said "Que pasa, chica?"
Letty jumped and looked at him in confusion as he got in.
"Why you crying girl?" he asked, reaching over and wiping a tear off her cheek.
"She hates me." Letty said.
"What?" Rome asked, confused.
"She said she hates me." Letty said, burying her face in her hands and sobbing.
"Shit. You're JetPipe's mom?" Rome asked.
"Don't tell her. Just let her think of me as a friend of her mother's." Letty begged Rome.
"Gimme a minute- TEJ! Get ova here bro!" Rome yelled out the window. Tej walked over and leaned down, looking in the window. "Tej Parker meet Letty Rodriguez. Jersey's mother." Tej did a double take over Letty and she just looked at them as he and Rome talked. "Kay, chica. We worked out a plan-you know how to fix cars correct?"
"Yeah." Letty said slowly.
"You work here-with Jersey-until you feel it's time to tell her and we'll provide house and board."
"I couldn't do-"
"Yes you could. And you're going to."