Chapter 20
Leon walked into his room and looked down at a naked Sky curled up with his pillow and barely covered by the corner of the sheet. He hated to wake her, as she hadn't probably slept in days. What he really wanted to do was feel her bare skin against his. He shook his head trying to get his mind clear. Of course it didn't work and the more he looked at her body the hotter it felt in the room. He sat down on the bed next to her and gently stroked her shoulder, "Hey beautiful, wake up. Gotta talk to you." Her eyes eased open slightly and then closed again once she realized who it was. "Oh come on Sky. Get up."
She smiled seductively and glanced up at his eyes, "Baby why don't you take those pants off and get back into bed with me." Her hand slid across the front of his jeans. "You know you want to."
Leon jumped off the bed and paced back and forth in front of the bed, "Stop. Damn girl I do want to, but we need to talk." From the look on his face, she knew that it was serious. She sat up in the bed and pulled the sheet to cover up. He took a seat back on the bed facing her. "You know how you were talking about your cousin V." She nodded her head. "Well it turns out I do know him, pretty well actually."
"Are you serious? By the way, what the hell happened to you jaw?" Her hand brushed against the already visible bruise on the right side of his chin.
"Vince telling me what he thought of you being in my bed."
Sky jumped out of the bed and started pulling clothes out of her duffel. She pulled on a white thong and a white cropped tank top. "What the fuck is his problem? It's none of his business anyway."
"They want us upstairs to talk." Leon hoped Dom didn't decide to talk with his fist too.
"Who the hell are "they"?" She said slipping on a satin mesh pair of blue track pants.
"The team."
Sky tied her long blond hair back into a ponytail. She took a look in the mirror and pushed back the stray hairs behind her ears. "You're on a racing team with my cousin? Let me guess who the leader of this team is. Dominic Toretto right?"
"Yeah this is his house. The whole team lives here. How'd you know?"
Sky turned around and smirks, "Those two have been inseparable since the third damn grade. Where ever one is the other ain't far behind. You can't have one without the other. How the hell did you ever get mixed up with them?"
Leon laughed remembering that night he and Jesse came to live here, "Beat Dom in a race and he invited me and Jesse to the house. We never left."
Sky stared at Leon in disbelief, "Yeah right." Her disbelief turned to laughter. "Ha you are full of shit you know that right? You beat Dom. That boy was fast six years ago and I'm sure he's gotten even faster. Beside his dad's an amazing racer and I know he's taught him everything he knows."
Leon stopped smiling and looked down at the floor, "Dom's dad was an amazing racer from what I heard."
"What do you mean was?" She was puzzled by the way that Leon is referring to him in the past tense.
"Dom's dad died in crash on the last lap of a race. A car sent him into the wall and he died on impact. That was some five years ago. Dom went ballistic and beat the guy who caused the accident and spent two years in Lompoc. But girl don't bring that shit up around him ok."
"Yeah I won't. I just can't believe that Nino's dead. Did you know him?" She wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Nah only known Dom about a year."
"Nino was a great man. He was the kinda Dad I always wished I had. He loved his kids and even kids that weren't his. Since I couldn't leave the house, he would come over to my aunt's place and teach me the different parts of my car and what they did. He would even bring Mia over to spend the night. She was a few years younger than me, but it was better than hanging with V the whole time. Damn I guess shit changes a lot in six years huh?"
Leon put his arms around her waist and pressed his body against hers, "Not everything changes girl. I still love you." He moved in for a kiss, but was stopped by a knock at the door. "Who is it?"
The door slammed open and Dom stood in the open doorway, "What's taking so long?" He growled.
Sky stepped out from behind Leon, "Sorry Dom I had to get dressed and you know women take forever."
'Damn she grew up. Now that's a nice body. Shit who could blame Leon for tapping that.' Dom said to himself. "Where the hell have you been Skylark?"
"Funny Dom real funny." She punched him in the chest. They both laughed out loud and embraced.
"Am I missing something?" Leon tried to figure out what was so funny.
Dom pushed Sky behind him and whispered to Leon, "And you say you know her. Don't tell me you haven't heard the story of how she got her name." Sky tried to get back in front of Dom to shut his mouth. She climbed on his back and put her hands on his mouth. Dom grabbed her hands and held them tightly. "Well you see Sky couldn't wait to get out into the world that she was born in the front seat of her parents' '71 Skylark. So they named her after the car. Hell for a few days the name on her birth certificate read Buick Skylark. Then her mom changed her mind and dropped the Buick and the 'k'."
"Ya pullin' my leg dawg."
"Vince has a copy of the first birth certificate."
Sky jumped off Dom's back and slapped him hard. "Asshole."
"Enough clowning around, you're gonna tell me what's going on and none of that half the truth shit with me. Got it. Have a seat and start talking." Leon and Sky had a seat on the bed. Dom walked over to the chair in the corner and had a seat after throwing all the garbage and clothes onto the floor. "Leon you ever think about cleaning this mess up? Get talking before Vince gets impatient and comes down here to get the story for himself."
Sky took a deep breath and looked over to Leon. "I can't do this. If I tell you anything it puts your lives in jeopardy. Just let me go and pretend that I never came back." She rose from the bed and went to her bag.
Leon wrapped his arms around her. "Stop running, I won't let anyone hurt you again." He whispered in her ear.
Dom walked over to them, "You're family Sky and no one messes with my family. It's safe here."
"You don't understand. The cars were just the beginning. Simon found out he could make more money doing jobs for the real players in NYC. The real shit was bigger, much bigger. We were pulling off huge jobs like sophisticated robberies and large drug deliveries. Me and the three guys would even run set up for Takara and Simon to perform contract hits."
Dom slumped back in the chair, "Who ordered the hits?"
"Don't know."
Leon was completely shocked by the revelations. He couldn't believe she could do any of those things, "Why didn't you just leave?"
"I tried." She managed to say before the tears began to roll down from her eyes. Leon put his hand on hers and kissed her gently.
Dom came to her side and placed his large hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry about it. Let's get upstairs." Sky nodded and they headed out of the room.
Leon walked into his room and looked down at a naked Sky curled up with his pillow and barely covered by the corner of the sheet. He hated to wake her, as she hadn't probably slept in days. What he really wanted to do was feel her bare skin against his. He shook his head trying to get his mind clear. Of course it didn't work and the more he looked at her body the hotter it felt in the room. He sat down on the bed next to her and gently stroked her shoulder, "Hey beautiful, wake up. Gotta talk to you." Her eyes eased open slightly and then closed again once she realized who it was. "Oh come on Sky. Get up."
She smiled seductively and glanced up at his eyes, "Baby why don't you take those pants off and get back into bed with me." Her hand slid across the front of his jeans. "You know you want to."
Leon jumped off the bed and paced back and forth in front of the bed, "Stop. Damn girl I do want to, but we need to talk." From the look on his face, she knew that it was serious. She sat up in the bed and pulled the sheet to cover up. He took a seat back on the bed facing her. "You know how you were talking about your cousin V." She nodded her head. "Well it turns out I do know him, pretty well actually."
"Are you serious? By the way, what the hell happened to you jaw?" Her hand brushed against the already visible bruise on the right side of his chin.
"Vince telling me what he thought of you being in my bed."
Sky jumped out of the bed and started pulling clothes out of her duffel. She pulled on a white thong and a white cropped tank top. "What the fuck is his problem? It's none of his business anyway."
"They want us upstairs to talk." Leon hoped Dom didn't decide to talk with his fist too.
"Who the hell are "they"?" She said slipping on a satin mesh pair of blue track pants.
"The team."
Sky tied her long blond hair back into a ponytail. She took a look in the mirror and pushed back the stray hairs behind her ears. "You're on a racing team with my cousin? Let me guess who the leader of this team is. Dominic Toretto right?"
"Yeah this is his house. The whole team lives here. How'd you know?"
Sky turned around and smirks, "Those two have been inseparable since the third damn grade. Where ever one is the other ain't far behind. You can't have one without the other. How the hell did you ever get mixed up with them?"
Leon laughed remembering that night he and Jesse came to live here, "Beat Dom in a race and he invited me and Jesse to the house. We never left."
Sky stared at Leon in disbelief, "Yeah right." Her disbelief turned to laughter. "Ha you are full of shit you know that right? You beat Dom. That boy was fast six years ago and I'm sure he's gotten even faster. Beside his dad's an amazing racer and I know he's taught him everything he knows."
Leon stopped smiling and looked down at the floor, "Dom's dad was an amazing racer from what I heard."
"What do you mean was?" She was puzzled by the way that Leon is referring to him in the past tense.
"Dom's dad died in crash on the last lap of a race. A car sent him into the wall and he died on impact. That was some five years ago. Dom went ballistic and beat the guy who caused the accident and spent two years in Lompoc. But girl don't bring that shit up around him ok."
"Yeah I won't. I just can't believe that Nino's dead. Did you know him?" She wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Nah only known Dom about a year."
"Nino was a great man. He was the kinda Dad I always wished I had. He loved his kids and even kids that weren't his. Since I couldn't leave the house, he would come over to my aunt's place and teach me the different parts of my car and what they did. He would even bring Mia over to spend the night. She was a few years younger than me, but it was better than hanging with V the whole time. Damn I guess shit changes a lot in six years huh?"
Leon put his arms around her waist and pressed his body against hers, "Not everything changes girl. I still love you." He moved in for a kiss, but was stopped by a knock at the door. "Who is it?"
The door slammed open and Dom stood in the open doorway, "What's taking so long?" He growled.
Sky stepped out from behind Leon, "Sorry Dom I had to get dressed and you know women take forever."
'Damn she grew up. Now that's a nice body. Shit who could blame Leon for tapping that.' Dom said to himself. "Where the hell have you been Skylark?"
"Funny Dom real funny." She punched him in the chest. They both laughed out loud and embraced.
"Am I missing something?" Leon tried to figure out what was so funny.
Dom pushed Sky behind him and whispered to Leon, "And you say you know her. Don't tell me you haven't heard the story of how she got her name." Sky tried to get back in front of Dom to shut his mouth. She climbed on his back and put her hands on his mouth. Dom grabbed her hands and held them tightly. "Well you see Sky couldn't wait to get out into the world that she was born in the front seat of her parents' '71 Skylark. So they named her after the car. Hell for a few days the name on her birth certificate read Buick Skylark. Then her mom changed her mind and dropped the Buick and the 'k'."
"Ya pullin' my leg dawg."
"Vince has a copy of the first birth certificate."
Sky jumped off Dom's back and slapped him hard. "Asshole."
"Enough clowning around, you're gonna tell me what's going on and none of that half the truth shit with me. Got it. Have a seat and start talking." Leon and Sky had a seat on the bed. Dom walked over to the chair in the corner and had a seat after throwing all the garbage and clothes onto the floor. "Leon you ever think about cleaning this mess up? Get talking before Vince gets impatient and comes down here to get the story for himself."
Sky took a deep breath and looked over to Leon. "I can't do this. If I tell you anything it puts your lives in jeopardy. Just let me go and pretend that I never came back." She rose from the bed and went to her bag.
Leon wrapped his arms around her. "Stop running, I won't let anyone hurt you again." He whispered in her ear.
Dom walked over to them, "You're family Sky and no one messes with my family. It's safe here."
"You don't understand. The cars were just the beginning. Simon found out he could make more money doing jobs for the real players in NYC. The real shit was bigger, much bigger. We were pulling off huge jobs like sophisticated robberies and large drug deliveries. Me and the three guys would even run set up for Takara and Simon to perform contract hits."
Dom slumped back in the chair, "Who ordered the hits?"
"Don't know."
Leon was completely shocked by the revelations. He couldn't believe she could do any of those things, "Why didn't you just leave?"
"I tried." She managed to say before the tears began to roll down from her eyes. Leon put his hand on hers and kissed her gently.
Dom came to her side and placed his large hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry about it. Let's get upstairs." Sky nodded and they headed out of the room.