Take 8………………………………….
"TRAN?" Letty yelled in sync with Dominic's shocked and hurt sounding voice.
"Yes, Tran. Don't play dumb with me." Lace warned, backing up and looking like she was ready to pounce. Now she was being held back by Brian and Letty was being restrained by Leon and Dominic.
"I may be cheating but you know I would NEVER go out with Tran." Letty yelled, struggling to break free of the grip on her golden, hot sunburnt skin. She painfully looked away, avoiding Dominic's hurt look.
"Really? Why don't I buy that?" Lace asked, her eyebrow raised in doubt.
"Because I loved Mia." Letty yelled at the top of her lungs, again trying to break free, this time in a rage to charge at Lace. It was then Lace seen the ready to drop tears, a sight Letty was not known ever to have had, flooding her dark brown eyes.
"Then who? " Lace asked, her voice returning back to normal and her questioning look more of a look that showed she realized her words had hurt Letty.
"Some greaser that works out here in the summer." Letty blew her hair out of her face, her fighting at a halt. The boys let the two girls go and they stood as if they were frozen in place.
"You were fine up until this point." Letty looked down, her voice sounding as though she felt awkward.
"And I was, Let. What he does to you, you can do to him." Lace stared at her stepbrother, her angry eyes drilling holes through him as he took off for his car with a fast stride. The look of betrayal on his face was not going to be one she could forget soon.
"You thought I would date Tran? In all honesty?" Letty asked, not concerned with Dominic right now. She was sunburnt, tired mentally and physically and she knew he would need his time to cool off and come to terms on his own.
"It's my fault." A timid voice spoke up from behind them, her gaze looking down at the ground.
"Let's go get some beer in town." Brian coughed, leaving the girls to be alone and settle the problems on their own.
"I want to stay and see some more cat fights." Roman objected, acting as if leaving was cheating him. Brian popped him on the back of the head and pushed him towards his car, shaking his head.
"My money woulda been on Brian's woman." Tej said in a quiet voice as they headed to the car, earning a sock in the arm from Brian.
"She's not my woman. Stop it." Brian scolded, his attention on his car on purpose. His friends knew when he was lying. He looked back to see Trynten standing there, her head down, her hands in her pockets, like a scolded child and he crossed his fingers things would work out between those three.
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"It's Vince?" Trynten asked as the girls were around the campfire, all alone and roasting marshmallows as only girls could do after such a punching match.
"Better not let those eyes fall outta the sockets." Letty teased, grinning and seeming to be back to her old self.
"But Vince?" Trynten asked, shaking her head.
"Yes." Letty and Lace both replied.
"I knew that is who you had hinted at but then the whole misunderstanding thing." Lace chewed off the burnt marshmallow in between words, nodding at Letty.
"Well, you wouldn't let me just come out and say it." Letty threw a twig at her, almost giggling like they were at a middle school slumber party. This caused Lace to throw it back, accidentally hitting Trynten. She picked it up and looked at both girls, as though deciding who needed to be ht more.
"You're both scary. Never mind." She laughed, putting it neatly and daintily beside her. This caused Letty and Lace to break up in laughter and howls. Neither girl could talk because of the laughter. "Am I really that funny?" Trynten asked, her vacant expression of understanding not there or at least not registering, making them both nod and roll that much more.
"Good times." Lace shook her head once she was able to stop laughing and finally said, the silence of crickets chirping making her think of Trynten. She took one look at Letty and knew they both were on the same wavelength again and both busted up into laughter.
"What's so funny?" Leon asked, walking up, looking more confused than what Trynten had looked previously.
"Nothing." All three of them became stone faced, making Leon shake his head.
"Must be a girl thing. If I was to fight with someone, I damned sure wouldn't be sittin here toastin marshmallows.:" Leon said, making Letty mock him and the other two burst up into fits of laughter yet again.
"What the hell you been smokin?" Vince came up, snatching the marshmallows away from Letty, inspecting it closely. This only made them laugh that much harder.
"It's called a side of Vincent." Lace managed to get out, then rolled away from Vince, as to not get popped.
"You told her?" Vince asked, looking around.
"Uh, yeah. Just like good ol Leon knows." Letty laughed, holding her side.
"Where you been dawg?" Leon asked, sitting down by Trynten and looking at the food with the puppy dog eyes.
"NO way. It's mine, boy, back off." Trynten shook her head.
"You an actress. A tiny one at that. Let a boy eat, would ya?" Roman commented, walking up, his arms full.
"Ex-actress, thank you. And so that means I can eat what I want." Trynten smiled proudly at her 'serving' him with her words.
"We're starvin, Girl. We done made a hella long road trip to get here and then had to leave and go Back on the damned road. A bro gots to eat, I'm tellin ya" Roman sat on the other side of her, nodding at Leon for the two of them to beg in unison.
"Please, don't eat the girl." Lace ordered rather than requested, getting an indignant look from Roman.
"WHAT? I heard you eat most anything." Lace defended herself, making Brian smile to himself, not saying a word as he ignored Roman's glare from the other side of the fire that was burning to newer heights. The girls had built it up good, almost proving girls could do better work than the guys.
"You're not right, I can already tell this." Roman huffed, getting up.
"That's it, Lace, you made the little boy cry." Letty ridiculed in a semi-sarcastic voice, making him look at her in shock.
"It's always in a pack, you females." He muttered.
"You shoulda known that by now, all your experiences and such." Brian playfully chided.
"Oh don't get me started, white boy." Roman pointed at him threatening.
"Let's do get you started. I want to hear this." Lace smiled, crossing her legs and resting her chin on her clasped hands, looking far too interested to make Brian comfortable.
"SO, where'd Dom go?" Vince asked, his voice low as he looked at Letty.
"I don't know." Letty chewed on her lip, her nervousness starting to settle in on the whole issue that had just been brought to the attention of the whole group. She hadn't planned for it to happen that way at all but it couldn't have been helped, she reasoned inside her own head.
"Not good, not good." Vince traced a stick in the dirt, shaking his head. He felt guilty but it had been far too long that Letty and Dominic were in love. He didn't even take care of her the way he should have and he didn't care if he treated her right, he reasoned.
"I know. But, he's Dominic Toretto. He'll get over it." Letty sighed, clearly not convinced herself. She watched Jesse sneak up behind Trynten and grab her, causing her to scream.
"Jesse! Not nice!" She yelled, scolding him and him grinning proudly.
"Who said I was nice?" Jesse retorted, making her get up and go after him. She took off in the dark moonlit desert, chasing him clear down to the pond, and then pushed him in. "THAT is not nice. You have had it now." He warned, pointing at her, his soaked, dripping wet sleeve making her giggle as she ran back towards camp. She tripped, her ankle catching and she lay there quietly, and knowing Jesse was confused for sure. Then he stumbled up on top of her, almost, making her yelp.
"You okay?" Jesse asked, shivering as the wind blew, and dropping beside her in concern.
"I think I sprained it. Not a big deal." She smiled, the moonlight playing on her silvery red hair. She attempted to get up unsuccessfully and settled for leaning on Jesse.
"AN injury already? We usually save those for the second or third day, trentyn." Vince teased.
"Guess I didn't get the memo, Scruffy boy." Trynten hopped to the closet chair, taking her time sitting down.
"DAMn, Trynten, that thing is Huge." Roman sat in her old spot, his mouth stuffed with marshmallows as he talked. Lace popped him on the back of the head, her trademark hit she was so known for.
"Gee, thanks." Trynten stuck out her tongue at him, her foot throbbing.
"You must be a real Casanova back in Miami, Mr. I have a way with words." Lace noted, making the crew laugh.
"Make that words to stick my foot in my mouth and you are about right." Tej grinned.
"Haha." Roman gave a fake smile, then a grimace immediately after.
"Glad we are all a barrel of laughs after what all went down." Leon commented, his worried forehead showing he was still waiting for Dominic to come back with a vengeance.
"That's between Let and him, Le." Lace reminded him, her eyebrow raised at him threatingly. "And we Will leave it to them, Yes?" She asked, her tone sounding like she was more ordering than asking. She walked past him and stopped in front of him. "YES?" She repeated, not taking no for an answer.
"Yes." He replied, pretending to be like a little boy in trouble.
"CAN we say she runs the place?" Roman asked, looking at Brian for an answer.
"I'm not in this." Brian held up his hands as though he was being robbed.
"I'm looking for a Brian O'Connor." A policeman walked up, making the group become quiet.
"That's me, who wants to know?" Brian stiffened, his questioning look making the whole crew worry.
"This warrant. You'll have to come with us." The officer said, now backed by a second officer. Roman stood up, ready to fight.
"It's okay, Rome. Just follow us so when they see I have done nothing wrong, you can drive me back." Brian conceded to the officers, letting them put the cuffs on him.