Chapter 6
'As they drove up the street Sariah glanced to her right. She could see the park where her and her friends used to hang out.
She remembered one night when she had gone out without Dom's permission. He knew where she would be and she knew that he would get angry and come looking for her.
He pulled up outside the park, she could see him. He got out of the car and started striding towards her. The look on his face was terrifying.
She said goodbye to her friends took a deep breath and headed towards Dom.
'What are you doing here?' she scowled at him
'What do you think you're doing? He growled at her
'Im meeting my friends' she said sarcastically
'I told you to stay in tonight.' He snapped
She brushed past him, but he grabbed the top of her arm.
'Your hurting me let me go.' She growled
'Just get in that car now' he shouted pushing her in front of him
They had a big row when they got home it was mainly Dom yelling at her!
Sariah was snapped back to the present when she pulled in to their street. Everything was the same except maybe a bit busier than she remembered.
She counted down the house numbers and slowed down. Then just round the bend in the street she saw it. Dom's house. It was different to how she remembered it, of course because of the extension but the main house looked different. She couldn't explain it.
She had slowed right down now. Conner and Maria had already pulled up onto the driveway. There were 2 cars parked outside and one at the top of the driveway. She knew the Burgundy Nissan Skyline R33 at the top of the driveway was Letty's and the yellow Subaru Imprezza WRX was Leon's. There no signs of Dom's red Mazda rx8 or Vince's white Mitsubishi 3000 GT. The other car was an Orange Toyota Supra; she assumed that belonged to Brian.
As she pulled into the driveway behind the van, she saw the porch door swing open. Letty and Leon ran out as Maria and Conner jumped out of the van. They were all hugging laughing as she cautiously stepped out of her car. Letty looked over at he with a huge grin on her face.
Sariah and Letty had always got on but most of the time Letty would keep quiet when Dom was rowing with his sister. She didn't blame her!
Letty gave a loud wolf whistle in Sariah's direction. 'When did you get hot?' she laughed as she ran towards her and flung her arms around her
'You haven't changed! Still got the burgundy beast then?' 'Oh yeah, you know me I love that car more than I love Dom!'
A scared and worried look came over Sariah's face.
Letty cocked her head 'Don't worry girl he ain't here!'
At that moment Leon, Conner and Maria came over; Leon gave Sariah a big hug and welcomed her back.
'Where is he Let?' Conner asked
'Him and Vince had to go to that garage some guy they know had the head gasket go at a race last night and he wants it ready to go again tonight. Anyway you guys are early, Dom said you were arriving later this evening?'
'Yeah I know but we decided to leave as soon as we could.'
'Where's Mia?' Sariah asked
'She's working at the hospital until 8, I've got to go and pick her up then?'
Sariah looked over Conner's shoulder to see who was talking. It was a cute blonde haired guy.
'You must be Sariah, I'm Brian.' He said extending his hand to her
'Hi, yeah I am, nice to meet you Brian.' She said shaking his hand
Mia never went for blonde haired guys, but she could see why she liked this one he was kind of cute.
'Right' Conner said clapping his hands.
'The sooner we unpack all this shit the sooner we will be able to settle down and relax'
'Ok sir ' sariah said laughing and saluting her brother
'And don't think you three are getting away with out helping' he said pointing at Leon, Letty and Brian
They all laughed and started pulling boxes from the back of the van
Two hours had passed and they had finally emptied the van. All their beds etc were set up, the only thing left to do was to empty all the boxes and arrange everything in their rooms. But that could wait.
Sariah was sat on her bed, when someone knocked on the door.
'Yeah come in'
The door clicked open it was Letty.
' Hi girl, how are you' sariah said
'Im fine. Sariah can I ask you something?'
'Yeah sure, it's not like you to ask let, normally you just come out and say it.' She laughed
'Yeah I know but this is kind of delicate.' Letty whispered
'Oh right, let me guess is it about how I feel moving back here and seeing Dom?'
'Yeah, sorry I need to ask' Letty said with a concerned look on her face
'Let, I honestly don't know how I am going to feel until I see him face to face.'
' I see, I've asked him about this too'
'What did he say?' sariah asked cautiously
'Same as you.' Letty laughed
'I know he is willing to forgive and forget. You know all the bad things you said to each other before you went to San Francisco.' Letty added
'I am too. Letty can you do me a favour?'
'Yeah sure.'
'Can you cover for me? If Conner asks where I am just say I've gone for a drive' sariah looked pleadingly
'Where are you going?'
' I have to do this alone. I have to face Dom on my own otherwise my life is going to be hell' she said gripping Letty's hand
'Ok chick, you go and if Conner asks, you've gone for a drive'
Sariah hugged Letty and left the room; she slipped out of the house and squealed down the driveway.
Conner ran towards Sariah's room, Letty was just coming out.
'Where's Sariah?' Conner asked
'She went for a drive think she needed to clear her head, kind of threw her a bit, you know coming back into this house'
'Yeah, I know what you mean, she'll be ok.' Conner said smiling
Sariah drove slowly towards the garage.
As she drove slowly up the road towards the garage. She froze.
Dom was pulling the shutters down at the front of the garage. He didn't look any different, expect maybe even broader than he was the last time she saw him. As she pulled up behind his Mazda, he turned round. She slowly stepped out of her car and looked at him. They both froze as their eyes met for the first time in three years.