Sorry it took e so long to update. I was deabting ending this story becaus
eof lack of reviews. The writer in me seemed to win however.
I learned that the team was out of the race scene until they got their new cars up, and running. Which was why they spent so much time in the garage lately. Having nothing else to do Jesse, and I mostly hung around the garage, running errands when they needed, and ordering parts. I wanted to get a job, but the team put there foots down, knowing I was still to weak. They did let me do the order forms, freeing Mia enough to go to concentrate even more on her schoolwork. She was in her last year, and really had to buckle down. Eerily enough working on cars came naturally to me. I had the same knack for knowing what was wrong with a car by the sound the way Jesse did earning me the playful title of "little scientist" Which Jesse adored, and I abhorred. It was almost as if me, and Jesse were a couple these days.
"Shy," he said making me look up.
"Huh?" I asked wondering how long he'd been standing there.
" I have to pick up some parts you coming?"
"Yea," I said setting aside my paper work as I took his offered hand.
" Well be right back," he called as he opened the door of the white Jetta they had repaired for him.
" Harry's?" I asked studying his face as he drove. I loved to see him drive, his eyes were so intent on what he was doing, and his lips took on this irresistibly poutty look that secretly drove me wild.
"Yeap," he said nodding making me smile. I sighed leaning back in the seat knowing there was no way he thought the same way about me.
"You going in?" he asked hoping out.
"No, I'm gonna stay in here, and play some CD's," I said pulling out my case that had some how taken permanent residence in his car.
"Ok, I'll be right back," he said giving me a quick peck on the lips. It was a norm for us now, but I can remember the first time he did. We were all standing in line for a movie and my smile had fallen as I spotted some one I used to know.
"Well is that you Shyla?" Ryan my ex asked walking over to me licking his lips like I was lunch.
"Yea, and now that we've established that you can go right back to where ever the hell it is you came from."
"Don't tell me you still have hard feelings about the whole hospital visit," he said making me shiver as he continued to look me up, and down. I was wearing low riding dirty jeans, with a yellow halter, but he made me feel down right indecent.
"In case you haven't gotten the hint you're not wanted here," Letty said stepping up next to me because the guys had just gone to get refreshments .. luckily for Ryan. I had learned very quickly they didn't' take kindly to people messing with us girls.
" Did I ask you bitch?" He asked making Letty take a step towards him.
"Is there a problem baby?" Dom asked making Letty grin like a jack lantern.
"No man, no problem." Ryan said backing off at the sigh to Dom.
"I'll be seeing you later," he said blowing me a kiss.
"Please hold you're breath until you do," I said thoroughly disgusted.
"You ok baby?" Jesse asked looking me in the eyes.
"Yea, " I said sighing deeply. " I don't know how I ever dated that asshole though."
"Screw him," He said smiling as he leaned in , and gently pressed his lips against mine,
" I love ya," he said as we hugged before following the others into the theatre.
The line between friends and more than friends had blurred even more for us since then.
He held me to him at night so closely, and I was beginning to expect things from him I really had no right too.
" I got it!" He said doing a shimmying dance before putting the parts in the trunk, and hoping in.
"Are you guys ever going to tell me what you're working on?" I asked giving him a puppy dogface. They were putting a lot of effort into a car this last month before they would race, and they refused to let me near it. To my surprise, and the team's delight I feel in love with cars. They were my refuge from everything, anger, fear, and memories.
"Awwh I wish I could, you'll see soon enough," he said turning on the car
"We're going to the races tonight," Dom said as we got back.
"Yes!" I said jumping out of the car, and running to him.
"I love you Dom!" I said giving him huge hug, and squealing as he swung me around, and the team laughed. He had turned into the big brother I'd once had, but lost.
"Man baby girl you're putting on a little muscle there," he said as he sat me down, and I beamed up at him.
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I smiled as I watched her with Dom. Those two were so funny to watch. She brought out the old Dom we hadn't seen much of since everything had gone down. For that alone Letty loved her. It made what I was going to do tonight at the races even harder. Things with us were getting way to familiar, and I had to stop it before it went too far. It was getting harder, and harder for me to hide my feelings for her, and I knew she deserved something better than me. She had gotten so gorgeous over the past few months, gaining weight, and muscle from working on the cars. She'd let her long black hair had grown
below her shoulders; and dyed it a red that made her even hotter. The fact that she knew me inside, and out only added to her appeal.
"Come on Add boy," she said interrupting my thoughts.
"We're going to get ready now," She said grabbing my hand, and pulling me to the Jetta Smiling I handed over the keys, and quickly buckled my seat belt. The girl sure did like speed.
" What do I wear?" she asked turning towards me expectantly.
"Uhhh, I can't help you on that one." I said shrugging because I was completely lost.
"You mean I have to go to Mia?" She asked her horrified expression, making me laugh.
"Afraid so babe."
"Oh God," she said as Mia came over pulling her away .
"Help," She mouthed disappearing up the stairs.
"So what's up with you two?" Dom asked arms crossed in a no BS manner.
"We're just really good friends," I said refusing to look him in the eyes. I just couldn't lie to Dom, he was the closest thing I had to a Father for a long time.
" Jesse."
" Alright, I like her, I like her more, but I know that's not what she wants, so I'm just not going to bring it up ok."
"Did she say she didn't like you?" Leon asked.
" No, she didn't have to, just look at her, and look at me."
"Jesse, man you need to talk to her, before you both end up hurting each other."
"Her comes a little motivation for you," Dom said chuckling, as he looked straight up the steps. Following his line of vision my mouth dropped.
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I had the almost uncontrollable urge to pull down the short suede that hugged my skin, and stopped scant inches from my mid thigh. Any sudden movements, and my ass would be shown for all to see. Letty had dressed me in a honey colored skirt with a matching halter that stopped just below my chest, and had fringe that showed glimpses of my toned stomach as I walked. Mia had done my make up, and put me in pair of tan heels. Holding on to the banister tightly I walked slowly down the stairs praying I didn't trip as headed down after the other girls. I smiled as I saw Jesse's jaw drop, finally he noticed me as a woman.
" I can see we're going to have to guard you closely," Dom said smirking as I reached the end of the stairs.
"What?" I asked feigning innocence as I grinned letting my hair fall in my face.
"Come on girl," Leon said putting his arm around my waist as he led me outside were the rest of the team was now waiting.
"Are you coming or what?" I called out to Jesse playfully as I turned my head back towards him smiling.
"uh.. yea ," He said suddenly springing back to life as he shuffled after us quickly.
"You nervous?" Jesse asked as I sat next to him in the back seat of Dom's car.
"No I'm ready to play," I said excited at the chance to see what it was all about. We had all piled ourselves in to the two dark blue Maxima's we used for our every day driving; with the extra kick of NOS inconspicuously added to help us escape from the cops.
"Remember low profiles tonight guys," Dom said as we all gathered around a few seconds later outside the abandoned warehouses swarming with cars of all shapes, and sizes. I felt like a kid in a candy store as I struggled to give Dom all my attention.
"Shyla, guys, one of is will be with you at all times, got it?" he asked locking gazes with me.
"Yeap," I said nodding my head like a rambunctious puppy eager to please.
"Ok guys, split up , you guys to one side, and you guys to another, be prepared Shy," he said knowing it was gonna get crazy when everyone realized they were back. I walked between Jesse, and Leon beaming as we made our way over to the action standing slightly in the shadows we listened to the deal being negotiated by a Hispanic cutie with a goatee. As the racers lined up I frowned at Jesse who was all over the blonde who'd come up to him a few minutes earlier.
"So the mad scientist is back?" She asked in a sexually charged voice that made me want to take her down, and gag at the same time.
"Yea, I'm back did you miss me?" He asked arms around her tiny waist as she ran his fingers through the hair I felt against my shoulder every night. As the anger boiled up in me I stalked off ignoring Leon who was engrossed in the race ahead. I headed towards Dom who I had spotted on the other side of the street freezing as the cars engines begin to race. The blood left my face, and my chest began to feel tight as I leaned against the nearest car as I spotted the person I thought was lost to me forever.
I learned that the team was out of the race scene until they got their new cars up, and running. Which was why they spent so much time in the garage lately. Having nothing else to do Jesse, and I mostly hung around the garage, running errands when they needed, and ordering parts. I wanted to get a job, but the team put there foots down, knowing I was still to weak. They did let me do the order forms, freeing Mia enough to go to concentrate even more on her schoolwork. She was in her last year, and really had to buckle down. Eerily enough working on cars came naturally to me. I had the same knack for knowing what was wrong with a car by the sound the way Jesse did earning me the playful title of "little scientist" Which Jesse adored, and I abhorred. It was almost as if me, and Jesse were a couple these days.
"Shy," he said making me look up.
"Huh?" I asked wondering how long he'd been standing there.
" I have to pick up some parts you coming?"
"Yea," I said setting aside my paper work as I took his offered hand.
" Well be right back," he called as he opened the door of the white Jetta they had repaired for him.
" Harry's?" I asked studying his face as he drove. I loved to see him drive, his eyes were so intent on what he was doing, and his lips took on this irresistibly poutty look that secretly drove me wild.
"Yeap," he said nodding making me smile. I sighed leaning back in the seat knowing there was no way he thought the same way about me.
"You going in?" he asked hoping out.
"No, I'm gonna stay in here, and play some CD's," I said pulling out my case that had some how taken permanent residence in his car.
"Ok, I'll be right back," he said giving me a quick peck on the lips. It was a norm for us now, but I can remember the first time he did. We were all standing in line for a movie and my smile had fallen as I spotted some one I used to know.
"Well is that you Shyla?" Ryan my ex asked walking over to me licking his lips like I was lunch.
"Yea, and now that we've established that you can go right back to where ever the hell it is you came from."
"Don't tell me you still have hard feelings about the whole hospital visit," he said making me shiver as he continued to look me up, and down. I was wearing low riding dirty jeans, with a yellow halter, but he made me feel down right indecent.
"In case you haven't gotten the hint you're not wanted here," Letty said stepping up next to me because the guys had just gone to get refreshments .. luckily for Ryan. I had learned very quickly they didn't' take kindly to people messing with us girls.
" Did I ask you bitch?" He asked making Letty take a step towards him.
"Is there a problem baby?" Dom asked making Letty grin like a jack lantern.
"No man, no problem." Ryan said backing off at the sigh to Dom.
"I'll be seeing you later," he said blowing me a kiss.
"Please hold you're breath until you do," I said thoroughly disgusted.
"You ok baby?" Jesse asked looking me in the eyes.
"Yea, " I said sighing deeply. " I don't know how I ever dated that asshole though."
"Screw him," He said smiling as he leaned in , and gently pressed his lips against mine,
" I love ya," he said as we hugged before following the others into the theatre.
The line between friends and more than friends had blurred even more for us since then.
He held me to him at night so closely, and I was beginning to expect things from him I really had no right too.
" I got it!" He said doing a shimmying dance before putting the parts in the trunk, and hoping in.
"Are you guys ever going to tell me what you're working on?" I asked giving him a puppy dogface. They were putting a lot of effort into a car this last month before they would race, and they refused to let me near it. To my surprise, and the team's delight I feel in love with cars. They were my refuge from everything, anger, fear, and memories.
"Awwh I wish I could, you'll see soon enough," he said turning on the car
"We're going to the races tonight," Dom said as we got back.
"Yes!" I said jumping out of the car, and running to him.
"I love you Dom!" I said giving him huge hug, and squealing as he swung me around, and the team laughed. He had turned into the big brother I'd once had, but lost.
"Man baby girl you're putting on a little muscle there," he said as he sat me down, and I beamed up at him.
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I smiled as I watched her with Dom. Those two were so funny to watch. She brought out the old Dom we hadn't seen much of since everything had gone down. For that alone Letty loved her. It made what I was going to do tonight at the races even harder. Things with us were getting way to familiar, and I had to stop it before it went too far. It was getting harder, and harder for me to hide my feelings for her, and I knew she deserved something better than me. She had gotten so gorgeous over the past few months, gaining weight, and muscle from working on the cars. She'd let her long black hair had grown
below her shoulders; and dyed it a red that made her even hotter. The fact that she knew me inside, and out only added to her appeal.
"Come on Add boy," she said interrupting my thoughts.
"We're going to get ready now," She said grabbing my hand, and pulling me to the Jetta Smiling I handed over the keys, and quickly buckled my seat belt. The girl sure did like speed.
" What do I wear?" she asked turning towards me expectantly.
"Uhhh, I can't help you on that one." I said shrugging because I was completely lost.
"You mean I have to go to Mia?" She asked her horrified expression, making me laugh.
"Afraid so babe."
"Oh God," she said as Mia came over pulling her away .
"Help," She mouthed disappearing up the stairs.
"So what's up with you two?" Dom asked arms crossed in a no BS manner.
"We're just really good friends," I said refusing to look him in the eyes. I just couldn't lie to Dom, he was the closest thing I had to a Father for a long time.
" Jesse."
" Alright, I like her, I like her more, but I know that's not what she wants, so I'm just not going to bring it up ok."
"Did she say she didn't like you?" Leon asked.
" No, she didn't have to, just look at her, and look at me."
"Jesse, man you need to talk to her, before you both end up hurting each other."
"Her comes a little motivation for you," Dom said chuckling, as he looked straight up the steps. Following his line of vision my mouth dropped.
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I had the almost uncontrollable urge to pull down the short suede that hugged my skin, and stopped scant inches from my mid thigh. Any sudden movements, and my ass would be shown for all to see. Letty had dressed me in a honey colored skirt with a matching halter that stopped just below my chest, and had fringe that showed glimpses of my toned stomach as I walked. Mia had done my make up, and put me in pair of tan heels. Holding on to the banister tightly I walked slowly down the stairs praying I didn't trip as headed down after the other girls. I smiled as I saw Jesse's jaw drop, finally he noticed me as a woman.
" I can see we're going to have to guard you closely," Dom said smirking as I reached the end of the stairs.
"What?" I asked feigning innocence as I grinned letting my hair fall in my face.
"Come on girl," Leon said putting his arm around my waist as he led me outside were the rest of the team was now waiting.
"Are you coming or what?" I called out to Jesse playfully as I turned my head back towards him smiling.
"uh.. yea ," He said suddenly springing back to life as he shuffled after us quickly.
"You nervous?" Jesse asked as I sat next to him in the back seat of Dom's car.
"No I'm ready to play," I said excited at the chance to see what it was all about. We had all piled ourselves in to the two dark blue Maxima's we used for our every day driving; with the extra kick of NOS inconspicuously added to help us escape from the cops.
"Remember low profiles tonight guys," Dom said as we all gathered around a few seconds later outside the abandoned warehouses swarming with cars of all shapes, and sizes. I felt like a kid in a candy store as I struggled to give Dom all my attention.
"Shyla, guys, one of is will be with you at all times, got it?" he asked locking gazes with me.
"Yeap," I said nodding my head like a rambunctious puppy eager to please.
"Ok guys, split up , you guys to one side, and you guys to another, be prepared Shy," he said knowing it was gonna get crazy when everyone realized they were back. I walked between Jesse, and Leon beaming as we made our way over to the action standing slightly in the shadows we listened to the deal being negotiated by a Hispanic cutie with a goatee. As the racers lined up I frowned at Jesse who was all over the blonde who'd come up to him a few minutes earlier.
"So the mad scientist is back?" She asked in a sexually charged voice that made me want to take her down, and gag at the same time.
"Yea, I'm back did you miss me?" He asked arms around her tiny waist as she ran his fingers through the hair I felt against my shoulder every night. As the anger boiled up in me I stalked off ignoring Leon who was engrossed in the race ahead. I headed towards Dom who I had spotted on the other side of the street freezing as the cars engines begin to race. The blood left my face, and my chest began to feel tight as I leaned against the nearest car as I spotted the person I thought was lost to me forever.