Ekena
Chapter two~ Torretto's, tuna and talking
Ekena watched as the sign over the LA exit grew closer and closer. She whopped with joy as it flew overhead and revved her car happily. Ekena looked around as she drove down the main street, unsure of where she could find a pad to crash. At the stoplight she noticed a bright purple car turn down a side road and stared. No one in their right mind-except a racer-would paint their car like that.
"Well at least they got racin' here, if nothing' else." she said to herself and continued driving around LA. Ekena ended up pulling to a stop in front of a small store called Torretto's.
"What kind of a name is Torretto's?" she asked herself, shrugging and turning her car off. She got out and walked inside the store, looking around. She sat down at the counter and stared off into space for who knows how long.
"Hello?"
Ekena blinked and looked up into the face of a young woman with shaggy brown hair and sparkling brown eyes.
"What?"
"Can I get you something?" the woman asked.
"You got Pepsi?" Ekena asked, hopefully. The woman shrugged.
"Lemme check." she said, walking over to the fridge and opening it. She rummaged around for a moment before she said "No- but we got Dr. Pepper if you want that."
"Sure." Ekena said and the woman grabbed a soda, throwing it to her.
"It's on the house since we didn't have what you wanted." the woman said, seeing Ekena pull out a five.
"Thanks."
"No problem. Anything else?"
"You have tuna sandwiches?" Ekena asked.
"You want one?" the woman asked.
"If you don't mind, please." Ekena said.
"So polite." the woman said, smiling. Ekena blushed and watched the woman make her sandwich.
"Do you mind cutting the crusts off for me? I don't like tuna sandwiches with the crusts." Ekena said, looking down at the counter. She jumped as the knife slipped from the woman's hand and hit the plate.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay. What's the matter?"
"It's just…I…never mind. Here you go." the woman said, cutting the crusts off the sandwich and handing her the plate. Ekena ate it in five seconds flat.
"Geez-you eat like Vince." the woman said.
"Who?" Ekena asked.
"A coworker of mine who lives in the same house as me and Letty, another coworker." the woman said.
"Oh."
"I'm Mia, by the way. Mia Torretto. Sorry I didn't introduce myself before." Mia said.
"It's fine with me. I'm Ekena." Ekena said, getting up and going over to a wall that had caught her eye. It was covered in pictures and Ekena gazed at them. She smiled or wondered or snorted at each picture until her eyes reached one in particular. Ekena spewed her Dr. Pepper all over the floor as her eyes met the picture and she saw the team.
"You okay?" Mia asked, looking up.
"Uh…can I get a towel, please?" Ekena asked. Mia grabbed a towel and walked around the counter.
"Here you go."
"Thanks. Hey Mia?"
"Yeah?"
"Who are they?" Ekena asked, pointing at the picture. Mia looked at it and inhaled.
"That is the team before…nothing. That's my big brother, Dom. And that's Vince, his best friend." she explained, pointing, "And that's Letty and Jesse-he's dead- and Leon and me."
"Who's the blond guy?" she asked.
"His name is Brian O' Conner. He was the cop that didn't turn us in. He's probably still running from the cops for what he did." Mia explained and Ekena choked on her soda again.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Mia asked.
"I'm fine." Ekena choked out. Ekena noticed Mia looking at her strangely and asked "What?"
"Your eyes…never mind. Sorry! You must think I'm a freak now." Mia said.
"Not at all."
"What did you say your name was?"
"Ekena Masters."
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Mia and Ekena looked up from the couch as the door slammed open. A latino woman and a tough-looking man walked into the house. The woman went to the kitchen but the man stopped and looked at Ekena and Mia.
"Don't just stand there stupid." Mia said, getting up and grabbing his arm. She dragged him over to the couch, "Say hello."
"Hello."
"Hi." Ekena said, trying not to laugh. The guy looked thicker than he was wide and she found it extremely funny. "I'm Ekena. Who're you?"
"Uh-"
"This is Vince." Mia said.
"So you're Vince."
"What did you say Mia?" Vince asked.
"What did she say to who?"
Ekena looked behind Vince and Mia and saw the latino woman standing there, holding a Corona. The woman glared at her before turning to Mia and saying "Who is this?"
"Letty, don't be mean. Ekena is my friend-she's new to LA. And she's staying with us until she finds her feet." Mia said. Ekena looked at her in surprise. Letty just looked at Ekena with a spiteful look and stomped up the stairs saying "Whatever." and slamming the door.
"Is she always that-"
"Bitchy? Ever since Dom left, yeah. They loved each other like no man's land." Mia said, dropping back down on the couch. Suddenly she perked up. "You race?"
"Yeah."
"You wanna go to races tonight?"
"Hell yeah! What time?"
"Be ready by nine thirty and meet me down here. I'll show you to your room." Mia said, getting up and leading Ekena to a small bedroom that was unused.
"This used to be Letty's room before she moved in with Dom. You can stay in here. I'm right next to you so call if you need me. The bathroom is the second door on the right coming up the stairs. Dinner's always about sixish." Mia explained quickly.
"Thanks Mia. It's nice to feel wanted."
"I know what you mean." Mia said, leaving Ekena in her room to think.
Chapter two~ Torretto's, tuna and talking
Ekena watched as the sign over the LA exit grew closer and closer. She whopped with joy as it flew overhead and revved her car happily. Ekena looked around as she drove down the main street, unsure of where she could find a pad to crash. At the stoplight she noticed a bright purple car turn down a side road and stared. No one in their right mind-except a racer-would paint their car like that.
"Well at least they got racin' here, if nothing' else." she said to herself and continued driving around LA. Ekena ended up pulling to a stop in front of a small store called Torretto's.
"What kind of a name is Torretto's?" she asked herself, shrugging and turning her car off. She got out and walked inside the store, looking around. She sat down at the counter and stared off into space for who knows how long.
"Hello?"
Ekena blinked and looked up into the face of a young woman with shaggy brown hair and sparkling brown eyes.
"What?"
"Can I get you something?" the woman asked.
"You got Pepsi?" Ekena asked, hopefully. The woman shrugged.
"Lemme check." she said, walking over to the fridge and opening it. She rummaged around for a moment before she said "No- but we got Dr. Pepper if you want that."
"Sure." Ekena said and the woman grabbed a soda, throwing it to her.
"It's on the house since we didn't have what you wanted." the woman said, seeing Ekena pull out a five.
"Thanks."
"No problem. Anything else?"
"You have tuna sandwiches?" Ekena asked.
"You want one?" the woman asked.
"If you don't mind, please." Ekena said.
"So polite." the woman said, smiling. Ekena blushed and watched the woman make her sandwich.
"Do you mind cutting the crusts off for me? I don't like tuna sandwiches with the crusts." Ekena said, looking down at the counter. She jumped as the knife slipped from the woman's hand and hit the plate.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay. What's the matter?"
"It's just…I…never mind. Here you go." the woman said, cutting the crusts off the sandwich and handing her the plate. Ekena ate it in five seconds flat.
"Geez-you eat like Vince." the woman said.
"Who?" Ekena asked.
"A coworker of mine who lives in the same house as me and Letty, another coworker." the woman said.
"Oh."
"I'm Mia, by the way. Mia Torretto. Sorry I didn't introduce myself before." Mia said.
"It's fine with me. I'm Ekena." Ekena said, getting up and going over to a wall that had caught her eye. It was covered in pictures and Ekena gazed at them. She smiled or wondered or snorted at each picture until her eyes reached one in particular. Ekena spewed her Dr. Pepper all over the floor as her eyes met the picture and she saw the team.
"You okay?" Mia asked, looking up.
"Uh…can I get a towel, please?" Ekena asked. Mia grabbed a towel and walked around the counter.
"Here you go."
"Thanks. Hey Mia?"
"Yeah?"
"Who are they?" Ekena asked, pointing at the picture. Mia looked at it and inhaled.
"That is the team before…nothing. That's my big brother, Dom. And that's Vince, his best friend." she explained, pointing, "And that's Letty and Jesse-he's dead- and Leon and me."
"Who's the blond guy?" she asked.
"His name is Brian O' Conner. He was the cop that didn't turn us in. He's probably still running from the cops for what he did." Mia explained and Ekena choked on her soda again.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Mia asked.
"I'm fine." Ekena choked out. Ekena noticed Mia looking at her strangely and asked "What?"
"Your eyes…never mind. Sorry! You must think I'm a freak now." Mia said.
"Not at all."
"What did you say your name was?"
"Ekena Masters."
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Mia and Ekena looked up from the couch as the door slammed open. A latino woman and a tough-looking man walked into the house. The woman went to the kitchen but the man stopped and looked at Ekena and Mia.
"Don't just stand there stupid." Mia said, getting up and grabbing his arm. She dragged him over to the couch, "Say hello."
"Hello."
"Hi." Ekena said, trying not to laugh. The guy looked thicker than he was wide and she found it extremely funny. "I'm Ekena. Who're you?"
"Uh-"
"This is Vince." Mia said.
"So you're Vince."
"What did you say Mia?" Vince asked.
"What did she say to who?"
Ekena looked behind Vince and Mia and saw the latino woman standing there, holding a Corona. The woman glared at her before turning to Mia and saying "Who is this?"
"Letty, don't be mean. Ekena is my friend-she's new to LA. And she's staying with us until she finds her feet." Mia said. Ekena looked at her in surprise. Letty just looked at Ekena with a spiteful look and stomped up the stairs saying "Whatever." and slamming the door.
"Is she always that-"
"Bitchy? Ever since Dom left, yeah. They loved each other like no man's land." Mia said, dropping back down on the couch. Suddenly she perked up. "You race?"
"Yeah."
"You wanna go to races tonight?"
"Hell yeah! What time?"
"Be ready by nine thirty and meet me down here. I'll show you to your room." Mia said, getting up and leading Ekena to a small bedroom that was unused.
"This used to be Letty's room before she moved in with Dom. You can stay in here. I'm right next to you so call if you need me. The bathroom is the second door on the right coming up the stairs. Dinner's always about sixish." Mia explained quickly.
"Thanks Mia. It's nice to feel wanted."
"I know what you mean." Mia said, leaving Ekena in her room to think.
