"¡Dominique Angela Toretto! ¡Cuál el infierno era usted que pensaba! ¡Usted realiza lo que usted ha hecho!" Dominique cringed as her mother yelled at her, she knew punishment would follow after the verbal beating, she could only hope it wouldn't be too bad. "Dominique! Are you listening to me?"
"Yes Mama." Her voice was soft, merely a whisper. Her mother watched her with narrowed eyes.
"You think I'm bad, but just you wait 'til yo' father get's ahold of you!" With that said and her point made her mother stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind her. Dominique wanted to cry but she wouldn't let that happen until after her father had punished her and he had left. She sat silently on the bed and waited for her father to come, his heavy steps on the stairs alarmed her at first but she relaxed before he got to the top. As her father stepped into the room she turned her head away so he couldn't see the tears threatening to fall. She felt the weight shift on the bed and she knew he was sitting beside her.
"Dominique," Her name was a whisper on his lips, his normally loud and booming voice was hushed from his anger and disapointment. "why did you attack Michael?"
"I told you, he read my journal." Dominique's voice was louder, she was trying to act brave and strong in front of her father.
"But why would you attack him for doing something so small?" His voice raised from the whisper as he continued to speak.
"My privacy is very important to me, I have never really had much, but what I did I treasured above all else. My journal is the only place I've ever had privacy," She turned now to look at her father. "and when Michael read my journal he invaded it and tarnished it so now it's gone. The one place I've never had anybody invade or ruin my privacy is now lost!"
"Dominique, mi ángel, somos el intentar justo mantenerle seguro." She shook her head violently at her father's answer to her lost privacy.
"No Papa! ¡Usted está intentando arruinar mis ocasiones en tener una vida verdadera!" Deciding she'd had enough, Dominique rose from the bed and stormed away from the house in fury. She had never been so angry at her father before, she'd never had a friend outside of the family because everyone was afraid of her father. She'd never had a boyfriend because her father threatened all the boys into running away from her. Hopping onto her bicycle she peddled fast to get away from her family. She peddled until her legs felt like lead and she couldn't lift them or push the peddles any farther.
Collapsing onto the ground under a tree Dominique picked up some stones and stood up again in defiance to her exhaustion. Hurling the stones into the lake in front of the tree she screamed with every throw. Fury flooded her senses and all she knew at that moment was how she wished things were different, she wished she could've been a normal girl with normal parents and a normal life. That her parents weren't special and they were just like everybody else. She wished she could just run away and never look back from the life that ruined her. Her exhaustion overwhelming her she fell to the ground and began to cry.
Dominique loved her family, she loved the team, she loved her friends and the people who cared for her. But sometimes she wished they would leave her alone. Tears fell down her face relentlessly, clouding her vision. So wrapped up in her misery she didn't hear the rumble of a car nearing the tree. She was startled when she felt a hand on her shoulder, whipping her head around to face the person next to her she saw her father crouched down beside her. His brown eyes were darkened with his sadness and she could see the faintest of tears shimmering in his eyes. That's not right, Papa dosn't cry.
"Let's go for a ride Dominique." No more words were spoken as he grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. Walking towards the car he drove up in she saw a sleek red car with the engine showing outside of the hood and black lightning streaks were going backwards on the sides of the car. She climbed into the passenger seat as her father got into the drivers side. He started up the car and she smiled at the soft rumble. They pulled out of the parking lot and obeyed the speed laws until they reached an empty stretch of land. It went on for a long time, the road went on until it disappeared into the horizon. She looked at her father as he prepped the engine, he looked at her back and for a moment she saw what everybody else saw in her father, she saw The Dominic Toretto ready to race and never fail to win.
And then his face was back on the road and he hit the gas. They peeled out as he pressed down hard on the pedal, all coherent thoughts fled from Dominique's mind as the empty scenery around her sped by them. She was exhilerated to say the least, her father went faster and faster until everything outside of the car was a blur in her eyes. Then just as fast as they were speeding up they were slowing down. When the car finally came to a complete stop she looked at her father who was staring outside of the front window with a blank expression on his face. When he looked at her she saw the fear in his eyes accompanied by the excitement of speed. Her father started moving again, only this time at a normal speed, she recognized the signs of the way home as they drove.
When they finally arrived at the house everybody was outside, They probably heard the car coming. Dominique thought to herself. As they pulled up into the driveway her mother rushed to the car and she saw the fear in her mother's eyes. They climbed out of the car with blank expressions on their faces, this experience was between them. Carolina was exclaiming loudly in spanish several explicatives and was hushed by her mother. Looking around Dominique saw that Michael wasn't up yet, but Leon was watching them with intensity. Everyone started talking at the same time wondering where they had gone and why they left. None of their questions were answered as Dominique and her father left the crowd and entered the house.
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Dominique sighed softly to herself as she recalled the events of earlier. Rushing past everything in that car was the most exciting thing she'd ever experienced. Closing her eyes she remembered the feeling of flying past everything, from hearing the engine purr to the smoke that flew behind the car as they peeled out. She definately wanted to experience it again. A knock sounded at the door and she rose from her bed to see who it was. Her mother was standing there with worry evident in her eyes, She knows what happened. Her mother pulled her tightly into a hug and squeezed her tightly. Tears filled her mother's eyes when she pulled away. And then she left, no words, nothing, she just left. Confusion filled her before understanding came. Now she knew what the hug meant.
Her mother had told her through that hug that she knew what had happened, she knew that she had loved it all, and she was giving her what she wanted. The speed was addicting, that's why her mother, father, and the team did it. That's why they raced, because they were addicted to speed. Dominique was hooked now too, she had experienced the exhileration of speed, she had felt it's embrace and now she didn't want to give it up. She had to feel it again, she needed that rush as the wind whipped through her hair from the open windows. The only thing that plagued her thoughts was why did her father let her feel that? Why did he give her the most wonderful feeling in the world that had him hooked?
Feeling her exhaustion return to her from her bike ride, Dominique plopped down onto her bed and laid back. Needing to listen to something she rose from her bed and turned on her stereo, Ryan Cabrera was playing at the time and his lyrics soothed her into that wonderful state of bliss she sought.
So much beauty in life
Shining on the outside
Empty on the inside
I get lost sometimes
Blinded by the flashing lights
Distractions always in my eyes
So i'm following the sound, the sound of my heart
Beating
Feeling the bliss take over her mind Dominique remembered the state of euphoria she was in earlier when she had been in the car as it sped past everything. It was the most wonderful feeling in the world and she couldn't wait to feel it again. But would her father and family let her feel it again? Would they teach her how to drive a car like that? Would they let her drive through the wind and feel it all again?
You can take it all away
I don't need it
Underneath, i'll still be the same
You can take it all away
I don't need it, it's not me
You can take it all, take it all away
I'll still be the same
Sleep began to flood Dominique's senses as she relaxed in her bed. She knew if she let herself she would fall asleep right then. Knowing that her body needed rest she let it overwhelm her and claim her body as it's own. That familiar blackness surounded her and pushed her from consciousness to unconsciousness.
Are you hiding still?
Don't you want to love yourself?
Don't you know that someone will?
Time can turn it around
Leave it all that's dribbled down
That's the only way to find it out
Are you following the sound, the sound of your heart?
Beating
You can take it all away
I don't need it
Underneath, i'll still be the same
You can take it all away
I don't need it, it's not me
You can take it all, take it all away
I'll still be the same
Coming in with nothing, leaving with the same
It's all inside
Coming in with nothing, the only thing that saves
Is here inside
You can take it all away
I don't need it
Underneath, i'll still be the same
You can take it all away
I don't need it, it's not me
You can take it all, take it all away
I'll still be the same
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translations:
¡Dominique Angela Toretto! ¡Cuál el infierno era usted que pensaba! ¡Usted realiza lo que usted ha hecho! Dominique Angel Toretto! What the hell were you thinking! Do you realize what you've done!
Dominique, mi ángel, somos el intentar justo mantenerle seguro. Dominique, my angel, we're just trying to keep you safe.
No Papa! ¡Usted está intentando arruinar mis ocasiones en tener una vida verdadera! No Papa! You're trying to ruin my chances at having a real life!
(A/N) Lavi I wish to thank you for correcting my spanish in the previous chapter, I will update it as soon as I post this, sorry if it was kinda confusing. As you can see I don't speak spanish. I was using an online translator. So thank you! Thank you all my wonderful reviewers, what you have said has helped big time! Thanks for the multiple people who told me what Brian's name is, I kinda forgot... lol. So thanks! Hope yall enjoyed the chapter! -Sabeybaby