Sorry that it's been so long...i went away for Spring Break so i was away from the computer. This is kind of a short chap but i wanted toput it up now. It wassupposed to be longer but thisis all i have done and the moment so i thought i'd throw it up. I'll probably put the next chap up tomorrow or the next day...depends when ihave time. Anyway, i hope uenjoy and please R and R cuz i really appreciate it.

oh! and some people have been saying on my other fic that some words run together. i dunno if they have been on this fic as much but if they have i'm sorry. When i type it the spacing is fine but when i post it some words run together...so i'm sorry and i'll try to stop it from happinging.

ANYWAY..enjoy

SOMETHING'S UP

I didn't go over to Dom's for dinner that day. I didn't really want to leave Jon alone and I didn't want Dom trying to ask me what was wrong because if he didn't know something was up before, he'd certainly know now. Jon and me just stayed in and he went up to bed early, saying he was tired.

I went out to the porch and took a deep breath of the fresh air. It felt good and I plopped down on the little patio couch with a sigh.

In less than a month, a bunch of shit had happened and there was no undoing it. A part of my life I'd successfully not let many people in on was starting to poke through the surface. As much as I wanted to think differently, Dom was probably gonna figure it all out sooner or later. I mean, for all the guy's flaws, he isn't stupid. Leaving his house when my dad's home, going home and having a bruised face the next day, I turn up looking like crap after he tells my dad I fought at school, and then Jon goes ballistic on him. I could admit that he'd probably piece things together enough to make a guess about it all, even if that's not what I wanted.

It wasn't that I didn't want to talk about it, I did, but it was complicated. I'd hidden it for so long that telling them now just didn't seem right.

"Hey"

I jumped and looked up to see Jesse standing on the steps. Dang, I hadn't even heard him come over.

"Hey Jess"

He smiled and sat down next to me with his arm around my shoulders.

"So, what's up with you?" he asked, looking down at me.

"Nothing"

"Yea? Dom said something was up. Maybe not with you but something's off with Jon"

"Oh, so he sent you over to worm it out of me?" I asked with a small smirk.

"Nah, he didn't send me over. I come over anyway, you know that. He was just grumbling about it and I heard him. He doesn't like not knowing what's going on, ya know?"

"Yea I know..."

He looked at me funny out of the corner of his eye for a moment and then shifted a little and sighed.

"No races tonight?" I asked, trying to push the conversation away from me.

"Nope. Hector said the cops were poking around and he said he thought it'd be best if we didn't go so Dom agreed. How come you didn't come over for dinner? We missed you"

"Yea, me and Jon just hung out. Thane had to stay home so it was just us"

He just nodded and fell quiet. I turned to look up at him and was surprised to find his face mere inches from mine. A small grin graced his features before his mouth was covering mine. I pressed back against lips and the kisses quickly grew more passionate and heated. His hands slid to my hips and I was soon pulled over so I was straddling his lap with my arms around his neck. It felt good, being with him, and it just felt right. The moment was ruined, however, when he wrapped his arms around by back to pull me closer.

"Ah!...damn," I hissed in pain and pulled his arms away.

"What? What'd I do!" he asked, sounding surprised and worried. Confusion was written all over his face.

"Nothing, Jess, you didn't do anything"

"If I didn't do anything then what's the problem?" he asked suspiciously.

"Nothing," I mumbled quietly, moving to get off of him.

"Oh come on, don't' lie," he pleaded, grabbing my legs to keep me in place.

"I just hurt my back is all, it's not a big deal"

"Oh...well what did you do to it?"

"Hurt it playing basketball"

"Oh...here, let me see"

He sat back and grabbed the bottom of my shirt to push it up and I quickly grabbed his hands to still them.

"What?"

"Just don't, Jesse, it's not a big deal"

"Then let me look. If it's not a big deal then what's the matter?"

"Just don't," I said a little more forcefully, hoping I didn't sound too mad, and pushed myself off him so I was sitting next to him again. I kind of just wanted him to do. Things weren't going a very good way.

"J...what's the matter?" he asked quietly, sounding so sincerely concerned that I just wanted to cry.

"Nothing Jess. I've just had a bad day...week, I don't know"

"Well you know you can talk to me, right?"

"Yea I know"

"All right...and you're ok?" he asked softly, pushing a stray lock of hair behind him ear so he could see more of my face.

"Yea, I'm just tired"

"Ok...then you should get some sleep"

"Yea"

"Wanna do something tomorrow? Just chill and watch a movie or something?" he asked hopefully.

"Yea, that sounds good. Let's do that"

"Aiight, I'll stop over around lunch time, k?"

'Yea sounds good"

"Ok, go get some sleep"

He stood and gave me a kiss on the forehead before walking back across the street. I couldn't help but notice he seemed a little disappointed and I felt bad. I looked away and went back inside, looking forward to hanging out with him the next day.

AT THE TORETTO HOUSE

"Yo, Jess dawg, where'd you run off to?" Leon asked as soon as Jesse walked into the living room.

"Nowhere"

"Dude, it's impossible to be nowhere. You're always somewhere. Now spill it, bro"

"I was across the street if you have to know," Jesse told him, plopping down on the couch.

"With Jairyn?" Dom asked, suddenly interested.

"Yea"

"Why?"

"Why not? I go over there all the time and we sit on the porch and talk and shit"

"Really?"

"Yea"

"She didn't mention anything about Jon did she?" Dom asked, trying to sound casual and failing miserably.

"No, she didn't. Even if she did I probably wouldn't have told you," Jesse mumbled the last part in an after thought. He didn't usually lie to Dom...ever.

"Why the hell not? Something's up with that kid," Dom asked in frustration. He hated not knowing things.

"Yea I now, but I'm not your little rat, man. And I was thinking about him I was more worried about her"

"What's the matter with her?" Dom asked suddenly, always protective of people around him.

"Jairyn?" Alex asked, coming down the stairs. "What's wrong with her?" she prodded, becoming worried.

"She's find, Lex," Jesse assured her, not sounding completely convincing. "I just think there's something she wants to talk about that she's not saying, that's all. She's fine"

"Oh..."

"Yea, I'm gonna hang out with her tomorrow...maybe she'll say something"

"Yea, and if not maybe she'll say something at school," Alex added thoughtfully.

"Yea"

"Look, Jess, if it's serious you'll tell us, right?" Dom asked carefully. He wasn't trying to ask Jesse to be a 'rat' but if something was seriously wrong he wanted to help her.

"If I think you need to know then I'll tell you," Jesse promised, knowing he'd probably need Dom's help or at least his advice if it was something really big.

"Aiight. I think I'm gonna get to bed...it'd late. Mia, have you talked to Letty lately? I still haven't talked to her in a while and I wanna know when she'd coming home"

"In a couple days. She got there and then a bunch of cousins showed up so it turned into a big time family reunion of sorts"

"K, see ya'll in the morning. Lex, you should be getting to bed"

"Yea, yea..." Alex went back up the stairs, grumbling the whole way, and went back to bed.

Jesse was the last one to go up to bed and he laid awake thinking about Jairyn. He really liked her and couldn't help feeling that something was wrong. Maybe he was just being paranoid though...only time would tell.

Sorry it was so short. Like i said, the next post should be soon and it should be longer and much more intresting.

R and R