The Fast and the Furious: Redline
Chapter One
The Morning After
The next day found Taylor passed out on her bed. She emitted a groan as she came to a state of semi-consciousness. A phone was ringing somewhere in the house. That much she was aware of. Where she was, was the problem. Taylor sat up and groaned. Sunlight bled through the blinds and caused her to shut her eyes. Her head was pounding and the constant ringing wasn't helping. Taylor stumbled to her feet and walked over to the phone.
"Hello?" she mumbled, slightly relieved that the incessant ringing had stopped. Her voice was very raspy and she had a hard time speaking.
"Good afternoon, sweet cheeks," came a familiar voice that Taylor knew she should know, but couldn't place a face with it.
What the… was all she could think.
"Who's this?" she asked.
"It's me, Leon," he said with a laugh. "Don't tell me that you've forgotten me already."
"No, I haven't. It's just that my head is killing me and I don't remember anything about last night… Nothing happened, right?" she quickly asked.
Leon laughed.
"Nope. You were too drunk to walk home by yourself, so I walked you over. I helped you into your bed and left. I was the perfect gentleman."
"Good... I mean good nothing happened... not I'm not interested, it's just… damn, I don't know what I'm trying to say."
Leon laughed before saying, "I understand. I wouldn't have taken advantage of you."
"That's nice to know."
"So..." Leon said. Taylor could tell that there was something on his mind.
There was a long pause. Taylor walked over to her bed and laid down with the phone in her hand.
"Uh... do you know where Toretto's is?" he asked, breaking the silence.
"Uh yeah... it's over on the other side of town, right?"
"Yeah, you go down 78 and make a right onto Parkway."
"I know where it is... why?"
"Well, I as wondering if you could meet me over there and then we could head back to the fort and hang out."
"Sure, but I thought that you lived down the street from me."
"Oh, nah. That's a house that belongs to a friend of mind.
"I see... hey Leon?"
"Yeah?"
"How'd you get my number?"
"I didn't. I left my cell phone at your place, so I would be able to talk to you again.
Taylor took the phone away from her ear and examined it. It, indeed, was a cell phone.
"Smart man," Taylor replied as she returned the phone to her ear.
"That I am. So I'll meet you over at Toretto's in an hour?"
"Sure, see ya then?"
"See ya."
Taylor dropped the cell phone on her bed and sighed. Her head pounded with every breath that she took, but she didn't care. She was ecstatic that she would be able to see the Greek god, once more.