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Chapter 40-The Pool Party part II

Vince dropped his bag at his feet and ran over to Sasha, whose jaw was scraping the floor. She couldn't believe Desmond just spoke his first word. And for the whole party to hear. Vince gently grabbed his son and held his tight to his chest.

"Daddy!" Desmond screamed again, grabbing Vince's beard with his tiny hands.

"He said his first words! Woohoo!" Vince shrieked as tears of joy ran down his face. The whole party cheered. Pretty soon, Sasha was in tears. Vince was spinning in circles he was so happy. He planted wet kissed all over Desmond's face, causing him to giggle.

"Geesh, can I get some of that loving?" Sasha asked, mock pouting. Vince handed Desmond to Hector, who had approached the group. Vince stood staring at Sasha, the memories from his night of infidelity flooding his brain. Sasha's face dropped a little as she twisted her eyebrows up in confusion. "Vince?" Her voice was strained.

"God you're beautiful," Vince said, pulling Sasha into his arms. He inhaled the scent of her hair, which smelled of fresh fruit. Sasha smiled and hugged him back. "I love you Sasha Marie," V whispered into her ear.

"I love you too Vincent Antonio," she replied, the worry in her voice fading.

Rome walked over to Lillian, who was still sitting on the porch. She only smirked as her husband challenged her, his brigh white teeth shinig at her.

"So how many ladies have seen that beautiful body of yours since you left?" she asked as he stood in front of her. He only had on red swimming trunks. His body was glowing and his tattoos looked even more beautiful. He wore a red baseball backwards to match his shorts.

"Nobody but Brian," Brian heard his comment and flipped him off. Roman bent down and kissed Lily. Jeremiah ran over, Roscoe at his feet, and sat next to his mom. "What's up Jerry?" Roman said, holding his hand out. Jerry smacked it. "You been taking your medicine?" he nodded friviously. "That's my boy," Roman said, planting a kiss on Jerry's cheek.

Letty jumped off the porch and nearly tackled Jesse. They had been like sibilings since they first met.

"I missed you punk," Letty said, tossing her arms around Jesse's neck. He spun her around as she burst into a rift of laughter. He planted a big kiss on her cheek. When he put her down, she gave Diana the same treatment. She kissed her cheek, then pulled Diana into a hug. She kissed baby Jessica on the cheek and ran her hands down her hair. "You're gorgeous little mami," she said to her.

She looked over at Dom and smiled wide. She tried her hardest to stay content. I mean, she was carrying his child once again. He stood looking like the almighty Adontis himself. He wore light blue and white floral trunks. and a dark blue wife beater. His facial hair was trimmed, but framed his round face. She ran and jumped into his arms, her legs wrapping arm his waist. They shared a hot, passionate kiss like they had just fallen in love for the first time. The crowd cheered once again, happy to see the King and Queen back together. CJ ran to her father, tugging at his shirt. He put Letty down and crouched to her level, giving her a kiss on the cheek and a fatherly hug.

"Where's Bruno?" Letty's voice was full of worry. On cue, he came running to the back, his curly locks jumping in the air. He was clad in blue floral swimming trunks. He ran straight into Letty's arms.

"I had to pee," he said with so much innocence in his voice. The group of people laughed. Letty let Elijah go as CJ walked to him.

"Was it fun?" she asked him, playfully poking his stomach.

"Yeah. Daddy got to race Unc-" he started, but was interrupted when Dominic lifted him into the air.

"That's enough. You talk way too much Kid," Dominic said, tossing him over his shoulder. He gently tossed Elijah in the pool. He floated back to the top smiling. Dom could feel the looks Letty and Mia were both giving him, but he ignored them. "Isn't this a party? Why we just standing around? Hit that music Hector," Dominic said, trying to get back into the groove. Hector played the loud Spanish rap as people continued socializing.

Dom walked over to his sister, who was standing with her arms crossed and one hip stuck out. He gave her a lopsided smile.

"You miss me?" he asked her, towering over her frame. Her unconditional love for him shone through as she broke into a smile and hugged her big brother.

"Don't think you're getting off that easy. I wanna know about who you raced," Mia smiled, pulling away from him.

"I'll tell you later," Dominic said, wrapping his arms around Mia's waist. She caught the look in his eyes and formed her mouth into an 'O'.

"Dominic Anthony Toretto don't you dare!" She shrieked as Dom picked her up and tossed her into the pool. She made a loud smacking noise as water spewed everywhere. She floated to the top slowly, rising from the pool like a mad woman. Her hair was draped over her eyes and her arms were straight down her side. "You are so dead!" she screamed, jumping out of the pool.

Mia chased Dominic around the house. They were little kids again. He was doing something to piss her off and she was chasing him to either verbally or physically hurt him. Running, Dominic tripped over a stone and rolled down a small incline. Mia caught him, punching and kicking him. He just laughed.

"They will never grow up," Vince said laughing.

It seemed that nobody noticed the mysterious teenage girl who roamed throughout the guest. Throughout the whole party, Jayden tried to steer clear of Vince. She watched him from distances. From what she saw, he was everything she picture he'd be. He was funny, aggressive, overprotective, and caring. She loved the way he cried when Desmond said his first words. She couldn't help but smile. This rough, but lovable beast was the only blood relative she'd have after her mother died. She didn't know how it'd work, but she was hoping it did. She and Sasha exchanged glances. Many times Sasha waved her over, but she just shook her head. She understood. She wasn't quite ready to meet him yet.

For the first half of the party, the crew caught up and joked around. Many people were tossed into the pool, many kids were tossed in the air. The family enjoyed their much needed break from pain and heartache. Nobody mentioned Letty being pregnant, no one mentioned Vince's one night stand, and nobody mention Sasha's fling with Ricky. That is, until she showed up.

Ricky peeked around the corner of the house, searching for one of the girls. She had her hands stuck in her pocket, looking extremely nervous and tense. Behind Ricky stood a spitting image of her in baggy cargo pants and a white tank top. Ricky was clad in slightly baggy jeans and tight white tee. She had a blue and white stripped beanie on. Senia spotted her first, running to her.

"Glad to see you can make it, c'mon in," Senia said, leading her over to the deck, where most of the Team sat. "Look who I found," she smirked, sitting back on Leon's lap.

"And who's this pretty lady?" Hector said, taking in all of Ricky's form. The look on her face turned sour as she tried to keep her composure.

"Hector, back off her. She's mine," Sasha said, walking up behind Ricky. She wrapped her arm around Ricky's shoulder. Only if they knew the irony in that, she thought. "How ya been?" Sasha asked as nonchalantly as possible.

"Good," Ricky's pretty smiled beamed. "Monty couldn't make it but, this is my sister, Chrystal," she said, stepping to the side. Chrys stepped up and waved. She looked content, but displeased.

"How old?" Sasha asked, her arm never leaving Ricky's shoulder.

"Fourteen," Chrys answered politely. "Hey, can I go look at the cars?" she asked the group.

"Look, don't touch," Letty replied sardonically.

"Well Ricky, you know the ladies already, except Di. She's my best friend and my right-hand bitch. The big tan baldy, that's Dominic. The other baldy is Roman. The guy with the toothpick is Leon. The skinny, white kid is my main man, Jesse-"

"Cool beanie girl," Jesse interrupted and complimented. Ricky winked in reply.

"And the surfer is Brian," Sasha pointed to the names, smiling especially at Jesse. She missed the Kid. She stopped on Vince, who was playing with Desmond. "That big scruffy lug is my husband, Vince."

"Nice to meet you all. If you don't my saying, you all are one sexy group of people," Ricky smiled, laughing a bit. The group burst into laughter. Thanks for that babe, Sasha thought.

"Not bad," Dominic laughed, pointing at Ricky.

At that time, Jayden sauntered her way over to the group. She stood back and watched the group laugh. One by one, they all began noticing her standing there. The women of the house all looked at Sasha, who looked at Vince. He had a look on his face as if he knew the girl in front of her, but couldn't remember how.

"Guys, this is my friend Jayden. Jay, these are the guys I've been telling you about. Guys introduce yourselves and your cars please," Sasha said, smiling.

"I'm Rome, I drive the purple Spyder," he smiled straight, white teeth at her. She waved in return. "I'm Brian, I drive a Lancer Evo and a Skyline," he said proudly. Vince rolled his eyes. "Dominic Toretto and I'm pushing a Rx-7 and a Denali," Dominic said, his deep voice rumbling. "Leon Owenz, got me a Skyline," Jayden smiled at them all and said 'hi'. Everyone except Vince, who continued staring at her. Finally, he broke his trance, "I'm sorry. You just look like someone familiar. I'm Vince, I drive the Maxmia," he held his hand out for her to shake. She just looked at it. He shrugged and pulled it back. It took everything in her not to jump on him and hug him and embrace him.

"Let the games began," Mia said, smiling at Sasha.

xxx Vince's POV xxx

I didn't know how and I didn't know why, but something was telling me that I knew this young girl who stood before me. She reminded me of a little Sasha. She was wearing a pair of white capris, a thin short-sleeved hooded shirt, and a white baseball cap backwards. She looked tough on the outside, but her eyes screamed 'help me'. She stood with confidence, but her body screamed 'I need help'. Something made me want to protect this little girl. Her big brown eyes looked so familiar. But I hadn't met her before, have I? I continued to stare at her.

I barely recognized Ricky standing there. I remembered exactly who she was. She was the woman scamming on my wife. I guess I couldn't get that mad since it wasn't a guy, but still, she was scamming on my wife. I know this all happened over a stupid bet, and at the time it was fun. Now it was just annoying. But who was I to say anything, I fucking slept around on Sasha over the trip.

"So Ricky, your girlfriend here?" I wanted to fuck with her a little.

"Nope, no girlfriend," she smirked and shook her head.

"Well I hear there are plenty SINGLE ladies here," I put the emphasis on 'single'.

"Well go find one," she replied, raising her eyebrow. The Team let out numberous ooh's and damns. My fist clenched at my side as I was about to reply, but Sasha interrupted.

"And on that note, how 'bout we go get some drinks eh?" Sasha said, yanking Ricky away from the porch and over to the cooler by the grill.

"Vince why do you have to be so dense all the time?" Mia asked, standing from Brian's lap and pulling him with her to the pool.

I growed inwardly and turned my attention to Jayden, who was still standing awkwardly in front of us. "So where ya from Jayden?"

She jumped at my question and nervously looked down.

"Vegas," she replied, smiling a bit.

"Oh yeah, me too," I replied simply. "How long you been here in California?"

"Well my mom moved us down here when I was about three," she replied, tucking a stray hair behind her ear.

"What about your dad?" I questioned.

"Vince, butt out for Christ sakes. This is a party, not an interrogation," Dominic said, a little humor in his tone.

"No it's okay," Jayden said, all too sudden, "but I actually have never met my dad." I just nodded, deciding to end the questions.

Where the hell do I know you from kid?

xxx Sasha's POV xxx

I pulled Ricky over to the coolers, which were out of earshot of the Team. Her little bickering with Vince was driving me nuts. Plus, I didn't want anyone to slip and say something they'd later regret.

"What the hell was that?" I yelled, remembering to keep my voice low.

"What? He started it," she replied, picking up a beer from the cooler.

"Did you have to play along with it? Geesh," I grabbed two Snapples from the cooler.

"Look, I came here to have a good time. And to talk to you. I can't do that if your husband is on my ass every two seconds," Ricky said, gulping down her beer.

"What more is there to talk about Ricky? I thought we discussed everything that night," I said, starting back for the Team. Ricky grabbed my elbow, turning me to face her.

"No, WE didn't discuss anything. I gave you my story. I wanna hear yours. Why are you with him and not me?" her voice was rising with every word she spoke. I began to get nervous; people were watching us. I pulled her off to the side.

"Ricky, I am married! I was married when I met you. I apologised so many times it's ridiculous. I'm with him because I love him," I answered.

"No you don't. You might love him, but you're not in love with him. I can see that in your eyes. You're in love with me," Ricky responded. I couldn't believe her cockiness.

"Oh don't flatter yourself. I am not in love with you," I replied, attempting to stalk away once more. This time, she pulled me back with force, smashing her lips against mine. For a few seconds, I enjoyed the kiss, until she pulled away slowly.

"Now, tell me you don't love me," she smiled arrogantly, her glance turning behind me. I closed my eyes only wondering who could possibly be standing behind me.

"Go ahead Sash, tell her," I heard Vince's voice say.

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Sorry it took so long for an update. It might be a few days before I update again. Major projects and assignments due. Read&review please.

-Kita