The Fast and The Furious
Changing Lanes
Brian stood outside, watching over the chicken, waiting for Letty and Mia to come outside and bring the salad.
"Mia!" Dom yelled into the kitchen, basting the chicken with more barbecue sauce.
"All right already." She said, laughing and coming out the door, Letty in tow. Eli was nowhere to be found.
"The chicken's dry already!" Dom replied.
"I'm comin' out already."
Dom hugged Mia around the neck so that she nearly dropped the salad bowl. Letty just moved quietly to the table and dumped the condiments on the table before sitting down hard. She placed her face in her hands and glared at Mia and Dom's exchange.
"You okay, baby?" Brian asked, kissing her head and sitting beside her. Letty smiled up at him.
"Now I am." She said softly. Everyone sat in their places at the table and Jesse grabbed a chicken wing from the bowl.
"Hey, hold up. Because you were the first out of everybody here to reach in to get the chicken, you say grace." Dom said and Brian looked at Letty in amusement and confusion. She just folded her hands and smiled at the table.
"Oh, Dear heavenly, uh..." Jesse began, looking for the word.
"Spirit." Leon said.
"Spirit. Thank you. Uh, thank you for providing us with a direct port nitrous, uh, injection. Four core intercoolers and ball-bearing turbos, and um, titanium valve springs. Thank you." Jesse finished. Letty and Mia had tried not to laugh the whole time.
"Amen." Leon said, grinning.
"Not bad." Dom said, grabbing a piece of the chicken.
"Amen." Brian said, moving for the salad.
"Prayin' to the car gods, man." Letty said and Mia laughed. Brian looked up, seeing something out of the corner of his eye. Eli stood, walking towards the group, a fake smile plastered on her face.
"Hey guys." She said, sliding onto Jesse's lap, much to Vince's dislike, and began to eat Jesse's chicken, much to Jesse's dislike.
"That's mine." He said.
"'S mine now." She said, kissing the end of his nose. She left a barbecue kiss mark on the end of his nose and he grinned, grabbing another piece of chicken and chowing down.
"Let's eat some grub, man. Want some of that chicken?" she asked Brian, who grabbed a piece.
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After dinner, Brian helped Letty clean up after the guys, Mia and Eli. He walked into the kitchen with five dishes, all piled precariously atop one another, and set them down gently.
"Need a hand with anything else?" he asked, wiping his hands on his pants.
"Naw, Brian. Thanks though." Letty said, scrubbing the dishes and placing them in the drainer simultaneously. Brian grabbed a towel and held it out to Letty.
"I'll wash. You dry'em." He said. "The cook doesn't clean where I come from." He finished and Letty grabbed the towel, drying her hands.
"I'd like to go there." She muttered as they switched places. Brian began scrubbing at the dishes until they were clean, handing them to Letty to dry and set in the drainer. When they were done, Letty stuck the towel on a hook on the wall and wiped her hands on her pants again.
"You wanna go outside?" she asked, nodding her head towards the door.
"Sure." Brian said, following her out the door and back to the picnic table. They sat on either side of the table and stared at anything but each other for what seemed like ages.
"So, uh, do you, like, wanna go out sometime? Not on a date or anything, I mean, I'd love to do that-I-" Brian began.
"Sure." Letty said instantly, placing her arms on the table. "But first you have to answer my questions."
"I'll do my best." Brian said.
"Why did you move to LA? Really." She asked.
"To start from scratch."
"From scratch?"
"I was a bad kid. Real rebel-I used to, um, boost cars, steal hubcaps, you name it." Brian explained.
"Oh. Okay."
"Next question."
"What made you wanna race?"
"What? You mean, like, at all?" he asked and she nodded.
"I don't know. Hype. Rumors. The cars."
"The girls?" Letty asked, grinning as Brian's cheeks flushed a light pink.
"Yeah. That too, I guess."
"Your name's really Brian Earl Spilner?"
"Yeah. Born and raised." He replied. "What's your middle name, Letty?"
"None of your business."
"I wanna know your middle name." Brian said.
"No!" Letty said, trying not to laugh at his persistence.
"Letty-I have to know your middle name." Brian said, standing up grinning and moving around the table. Letty scrambled backward, trying to get away from Brian.
"Brian don't you dare!" she said, falling off the picnic bench. "Shit! Ow…"
"Are you okay?" Brian asked, holding out his hand. She grabbed it and pulled her up-right into his waiting fingers.
"Bri-Brian! St-st-stop! Stop it!" Letty screamed as he tickled her sides.
"Tell me your middle name!" he said as she fell to the ground in tears.
"Eria (err-a)! My middle name is Eria! Stop!" she yelled, wiping the tears away.
"You okay out there Let?" Vince asked from the door.
"We're cool Vince." She said, leaning back on her hands and smiling at him from her place on the ground. He smiled at her and went back inside. Letty looked at Brian, cocking her head to the side.
"You wanna go for a drive?" she asked, looking into his eyes.
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Eli kept running over the hour before Brian had arrived in her head and shuddered at Dom's threat.
FLASHBACK
"What the FUCK was that?" Dom yelled, shoving her into the office. She tripped and fell hard onto the desk, wind being knocked out of her.
"I was only speakin' the truth Dom." She snapped back, standing and clutching her stomach where she'd fallen on the desk corner. "Maybe you should learn to. What with you bitchin' on Mia all the time."
"Don't you ever talk about my family like that in front of people you got that?" he said, shoving his finger in her face. Eli's face dropped.
"And what am I, huh? God damned property to you? Is that what I am? A piece of bullshit you think you can just trample?" Eli nearly screamed.
"I didn't mean it like that and you know it." Dom replied.
"Well, how the hell did you mean it then?" Eli yelled. Dom's hand swung back and Eli flinched away in fright.
"Next time my hand flies on its own." He growled angrily. "Don't do that again or I'll send you back. I don't give a shit if you're Vince's little sister or not. I don't like you and you don't like me. It's simple as that."
"You bastard. You wouldn't dare." She hissed, narrowing her eyes angrily.
"Oh believe me, Elizabeth, I would. I will send you back to them without a second thought if you push me to it." Dom replied, moving to the door of the office. "Don't test me, Elizabeth, or your luck may run out-my patience is running thin."
Dom ripped the door to the office open and left, leaving Eli alone in the office. The tears came slowly as she stood there. They leaked out as she walked out of the office and towards the exit door.
"Eli?" Letty called and Eli sped up. Letty ran after her and grabbed her arm. "Eli, what did Dom-"
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME YOU DOM-WORSHIPPING LITTLE BITCH!" Eli snapped at Letty, who let her go angrily.
"FINE! Be that way! I was just trying to help you." Letty snapped back.
"I don't NEED your god damned help!" Eli retaliated. Letty glared after her as she turned on her heel and ran towards the road. She ran across the road and away towards the beach.
"I don't worship him." Letty whispered, the lump in her throat choking her. "I despise him…"
Eli kept running until she reached the beach and stopped, gasping for breath.
That asshole.
That bastard.
Jesse would never let him send her back.
Vince would never let Dom send her back to them…
Would he?
Eli walked into the ocean until it was up to her knees and sank into its coldness. She dunked her head under and pushed off the ground, swimming away from everything.
As she swam she knew thought about the one question that remained in her head.
Can you cry underwater?
She knew she could.
END FLASHBACK
So whaddya think? was that okay? and of course i wouldn't make Dom beat on Eli...unless she pushed him. and of course she wouldn't tell Vince because she's so independent. but that will be a factor in later chapters so keep your eyes out for it! oh BY THE WAY if ANYBODY has ANY IDEAS to help me out a little with Letty and Brian's relationship I'll take'em into consideration. I'm following the movie but not completely cause I'm putting my own twist on it so obviously it's not the movie...
I'll shut up now...I'm rambling...