"Baby girl... baby girl," said a voice seemingly from far away some time
later.
Time had ceased to exisist as I grieved for my brother a second time, and blinking I was surprised to find myself in Jesse's car.
"I'm all right," said the familiar voice of my brother.
"You can stop screaming, I got you," he said as I realized I was nestled in his arms.
"Edwin," I said hugging him tighter as I placed small kisses all over his face. " I love you , I was such a fool... I can't be mad any more, you're the only family I have left, my blood," I said in a jumbled sentence that he barley understood.
IN all the chaos I had missed him crawling out of the car moments before the car exploded.
"Now that we found each other, I won't be leaving you again," he whispered kissing my forehead.
~~~
"How you doing?" I asked as we lay in the bed.
Edwin's crew had partied with us well in to the early hours, and he had made it known that she was his little sister. It was just now that I has a moment alone with her.
"I think I'm still in shock," She whispered moving closer to the warmth of my body as she slung one leg over mine, making me her willing captive.
"I mean, if I had lost him, like my Mom.... It would have been too much."
Nodding my head I realized this was the first time she'd ever really talked about the accident before.
"The night it happened.... we had spent all day shopping for a dress for the fall dance, and it was so late, because we had stopped for dinner at Apple Bees which had been jam packed. One minute we were laughing, singing to the song on the radio, and the next I heard these squealing tires, and felt this intense pressure. I guess I knew in my head we' d been hit, I could feel the glass falling down on to me, but I couldn't move anything, and the next thing I knew I was waking up in the hospital, and they told me the news. "
Pulling her closer to me I kissed her neck gently. I felt so selfish, cause as much as I hated to see her in pain, if it had never happened, she wouldn't be lying beside me right now. As she leaned back in to my embrace I said softly, I had decided tonight was going to be the night I told her my story, but judging from everything that had gone on, now was not the best time to dump anything else on her shoulders. We drifted to sleep a few moments later completely drained by what had happened.
~~~
"Ugh," I moaned dreading getting up because I knew I had school the next day.
"Morning Sunshine," Jesse mumbled making me sneer as he hummed a tune before getting out of bed. A morning person I would never be.
"Its a beautiful day out," he said making me throw a pillow at his retreating figure.
I had almost drifted back to sleep when Letty breezed in.
"Come on girl, get up ," She said jumping on the bed and making me almost bounce right off.
"I give up," I said throwing my hands in the air as I sat up slowly.
"If you had rolled back over I was going to have to douse you wit h water ," She said making me shake my head.
"Leticia!" I said taking in her pj.s
"You hypocrite when did you wake up?"
"About five minutes ago," She said laughing when I hit her with a pillow.
"Now you did it," She said making me hop out of bed when she grabbed the discarded pillow that lay by the door as I ran out.
"You know I'm gonna get your ass," She said as I slid around the corner and almost collided with Leon.
"Gotta go dawg!" I said continuing by him down the stairs.
"Ha Ha, thought you was slick!" Letty said cornering me in the kitchen a few moments later.
"Now Letty, dont' do anything crazy?" I said trying to stall for time as I slid my hand towards the sprayer attached to the sink.
Squealing as she swung her pillow I laughed as she screamed when a few hits later I had the water turned on and was soaking her with cold water.
"You ass!" She said chuckling as she retreated from the spray.
"Yaaah! pay back baby!" I said grinning as the boys came in shaking their heads.
"I think you are a bad influence on her little scientist," Dom said making me crack up laughing as Letty grabbed me in an enthusiastic hug that left me soaked.
"Who me?" I said as we both burst in to giggles before heading up stairs to get ready for the barbeque later that day.
~~
"Its been along time since I've seen her this happy," Mia commented as she walked in to the room behind Vince.
"I know , I was worried when we first came back here, but now... its almost like things are back to the way they were before the heist," Dom said smiling at the family that surrounded him, reborn, in part because of the new addition upstairs.
Time had ceased to exisist as I grieved for my brother a second time, and blinking I was surprised to find myself in Jesse's car.
"I'm all right," said the familiar voice of my brother.
"You can stop screaming, I got you," he said as I realized I was nestled in his arms.
"Edwin," I said hugging him tighter as I placed small kisses all over his face. " I love you , I was such a fool... I can't be mad any more, you're the only family I have left, my blood," I said in a jumbled sentence that he barley understood.
IN all the chaos I had missed him crawling out of the car moments before the car exploded.
"Now that we found each other, I won't be leaving you again," he whispered kissing my forehead.
~~~
"How you doing?" I asked as we lay in the bed.
Edwin's crew had partied with us well in to the early hours, and he had made it known that she was his little sister. It was just now that I has a moment alone with her.
"I think I'm still in shock," She whispered moving closer to the warmth of my body as she slung one leg over mine, making me her willing captive.
"I mean, if I had lost him, like my Mom.... It would have been too much."
Nodding my head I realized this was the first time she'd ever really talked about the accident before.
"The night it happened.... we had spent all day shopping for a dress for the fall dance, and it was so late, because we had stopped for dinner at Apple Bees which had been jam packed. One minute we were laughing, singing to the song on the radio, and the next I heard these squealing tires, and felt this intense pressure. I guess I knew in my head we' d been hit, I could feel the glass falling down on to me, but I couldn't move anything, and the next thing I knew I was waking up in the hospital, and they told me the news. "
Pulling her closer to me I kissed her neck gently. I felt so selfish, cause as much as I hated to see her in pain, if it had never happened, she wouldn't be lying beside me right now. As she leaned back in to my embrace I said softly, I had decided tonight was going to be the night I told her my story, but judging from everything that had gone on, now was not the best time to dump anything else on her shoulders. We drifted to sleep a few moments later completely drained by what had happened.
~~~
"Ugh," I moaned dreading getting up because I knew I had school the next day.
"Morning Sunshine," Jesse mumbled making me sneer as he hummed a tune before getting out of bed. A morning person I would never be.
"Its a beautiful day out," he said making me throw a pillow at his retreating figure.
I had almost drifted back to sleep when Letty breezed in.
"Come on girl, get up ," She said jumping on the bed and making me almost bounce right off.
"I give up," I said throwing my hands in the air as I sat up slowly.
"If you had rolled back over I was going to have to douse you wit h water ," She said making me shake my head.
"Leticia!" I said taking in her pj.s
"You hypocrite when did you wake up?"
"About five minutes ago," She said laughing when I hit her with a pillow.
"Now you did it," She said making me hop out of bed when she grabbed the discarded pillow that lay by the door as I ran out.
"You know I'm gonna get your ass," She said as I slid around the corner and almost collided with Leon.
"Gotta go dawg!" I said continuing by him down the stairs.
"Ha Ha, thought you was slick!" Letty said cornering me in the kitchen a few moments later.
"Now Letty, dont' do anything crazy?" I said trying to stall for time as I slid my hand towards the sprayer attached to the sink.
Squealing as she swung her pillow I laughed as she screamed when a few hits later I had the water turned on and was soaking her with cold water.
"You ass!" She said chuckling as she retreated from the spray.
"Yaaah! pay back baby!" I said grinning as the boys came in shaking their heads.
"I think you are a bad influence on her little scientist," Dom said making me crack up laughing as Letty grabbed me in an enthusiastic hug that left me soaked.
"Who me?" I said as we both burst in to giggles before heading up stairs to get ready for the barbeque later that day.
~~
"Its been along time since I've seen her this happy," Mia commented as she walked in to the room behind Vince.
"I know , I was worried when we first came back here, but now... its almost like things are back to the way they were before the heist," Dom said smiling at the family that surrounded him, reborn, in part because of the new addition upstairs.