Ekena

A/N: Last chapter, when I said Vince was thicker than he was wide, if you don't understand it (it's kinda confusing) it means she thought he looked stupider than he was wide across the chest.

Chapter three-Girly meets Growup

Suki opened her eyes as the phone rang. She pulled the pillow over her head, groaning in annoyance. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and she tried to find the phone. She picked it up and muttered "Hello?" agitatedly into it.

"Don't take that tone with me, girl." said a voice and Suki perked up.

"Ekena?"

"Yeah. Listen-don't tell Brian I called okay?"

"Sure. Where are you, sugar?" Suki asked.

"LA."

"What the fuck are you doin' out there?" Suki asked, dropping onto the couch nonchalantly. She stretched and yawned.

"Brian and I had a fight so I ran."

"Obviously. Why all the way to LA though?"

"I figured he couldn't find me."

"Oh."

"I met some racers here. They're pretty cool but nothing' compared to my crew back home."

"Aw-thanks girl. Who you hangin' with?" Suki asked, taking a drink of the glass on the table nearby. She thought it was some sort of clear soda or something. It was something.

"Some people Mia, uh, Mia…damn! What's her last name?" Ekena asked herself.

"I don' know if I'm all the way out here in Miami."

"Torretto! Mia Torretto!" Ekena said and Suki spat the drink out yelling

"WHAT?"

"What?" Ekena asked.

"Those people are the reason your brother ended up street racing! He was a cop!" Suki said.

"Oh right. I forgot to mention that. Shit."

"You can say that again!"

"Shit."

"Stop bullshittin'-you didn't tell them your last name did you?"

"Not after Mia explained why my brother was in a picture on their wall."

"Good. That way they won't tell Bullitt where you are."

"They don't want anything to do with him. They don't know where he is. Well, Mia wants to see him again…"

"If you bring him out there you're gonna screw everything up." Suki warned.

"I know, girl. Don't bug me about it."

"Tell you what. I'll come out and visit you next week."

"Really?" Ekena asked, touched. Then she realized something and said "What's the catch?"

"I'm bringin' Bullitt and Rome."

"Hell no! Not both of'em Suki, please." Ekena begged.

"You know what?"

"What?"

"Call me when you're ready to see Bri again, kay?"

"Mmhmm."

"But I'm still comin' to see you next week. Where you at?"

Ekena told Suki where she was staying and said goodbye. She hung up and got into her car, unaware of someone's eyes watching her every move.

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"Mia?"

"What?"

"My friend is comin' next week from Miami and she needs a place to crash. You think she could stay here?"

"We got room."

"Thanks, girl."

"Right."

Ekena went to the kitchen and grabbed a Corona. She didn't care if she was underage and, really, neither did they.

Ekena and Vince had become fast friends, acting like brother and sister, sneaking up on each other and getting into fights. Vince usually won, with him on top, straddling her waist and pinning her arms above her head to keep her from fighting back. Then she would just stop moving altogether. The first time she'd done that Vince had freaked out. He thought she'd, like, had a heart attack and died, or something like that.

Mia and Ekena would always talk long into the night. The subjects varied from family history to sex to whatever had happened that day at the garage to what was going on over in some foreign country. Ekena loved it-she felt like she belonged and for once she wasn't held back.

Letty and Ekena were another story. Ever since Ekena had arrived, Letty seemed to take a particular dislike to her. Letty would give her hateful glares as she walked by or tease her behind Mia and Vince's backs. Finally, one day Ekena just snapped and ended up punching Letty, who punched back. Mia and Vince had struggled to separate them and keep them apart. Mia was left to interrogate Letty while Vince took Ekena into the office to question. In the end, Ekena's story won out and Letty was pissed.

Occassionally, Ekena would jolt awake in the middle of the night and hear someone weeping. She was unsure if it was Mia or it was Letty. It sounded feminine so she assumed it wasn't Vince.

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The week blew by for Ekena and she paced the store all day, waiting for Suki's bright pink S2000 to pull up. Finally, at three in the afternoon, Ekena's head snapped up as she heard familiar music. She walked out from behind the counter and out onto the street. A bright pink car streaked down the road and pulled into a spot in front of the store.

"What's up, girl?" Suki asked, getting out and slamming the door. Ekena nearly knocked the small woman down as she propelled herself into a hug.

"I take it you're glad to see me?"

"Couldn't be more right. I missed ya'll so fuckin' much!" Ekena said, pulling Suki into the store.

"How's everyone back in Miami?"

"Well, Brian's freaking out. Rome's good but he's worried about you though. No biggie. When Brian told Tej that you'd run off Tej just said ' That girl is off da hook!' which made Brian even angrier."

"Oh no- Suki what'd Brian do to my papi?"

"Let's just say that Tej didn't go to the races that week."

"Fuck man. That's messed up."

"Brian screwed him over. Tej ain't too happy with him now."

"I'd expec- MIA! Come meet my girl!" Ekena said as Mia walked in. Mia walked over and sat at the counter.

"You must be Suki. She hasn't shut up about you all week and it was becoming draining. I'm glad to meetcha. I'm Mia Torretto."

"You own this joint?"

"Yep. All mine."

"Damn, girl."

"That your car?" Mia asked, jerking her thumb at the S2000.

"Damn right it is! It's my baby." Suki said, looking at her car lovingly.

"It's nice-did you do the airbrush?"

"All by myself." Suki said, standing up straight.

"Man…we could use someone like you here in LA."

"Naw-I work at a garage back in Miami. I just came out here to visit my girl and get away from crazy Bri-" Suki said and Ekena elbowed her in the gut.

"-anna. My sister." Suki said quickly. 'Damn!' she thought to herself, 'I hope Mia didn't notice that.'

"Oh." Mia said, furrowing her brow. She was unsure of whether or not Suki had almost slipped up about something or not.

"Sorry, Mia. Gotta go. I promised my girl that we'd go out today, check out LA." Ekena said, dragging Suki out of the store and to her car, where she promptly cussed her out in Spanish and Hawaiian.

"Hupo! Usted casi cogió para arriba mi existencia aquí! Lakou 'a'ole 'ike pela 'o au iho no pili io Brian eia ho'i o'au makemake io pa'a 'oia pela! (Dummy! You almost fucked up my existence here! They don't know that I'm related to Brian and I'd like to keep it that way!)"

"Lo siento! Me deslicé para arriba! (I'm sorry! I slipped up!)"

"Mai ho'oko la hou (Don't do it again.)" Ekena said angrily. Suki got in her car and slammed the door. Which really didn't help much because her car was a convo.

"Suki-"

"Go away."

"Suki, 'o au iho no mihi. 'O au ua uluulu (Suki, I'm sorry. I was angry.)." Ekena said.

"No lo hacen otra vez (Don't do it again.)." Suki said, cracking a grin. Ekena opened her mouth in indignance and slapped Suki's arm in mock outrage.

"I can't believe you just said that!"

"Just shut up and get in."

"'Ae, 'ae (Yeah, yeah)."

A/N: If it seems like I'm slowing down it might barbecues I'm having a mild case of writer's block. I have a plotline and everything I just can't find the right words to write it. I'll try to keep updating every few days or every week or so. (Listen to 'Broken' by Seether feat Amy Lee of Evanescence!)