Shaking her head in disgust, she stormed past him and out the back door. Of course she didn't have her car here since she rode with Letty. So she settled on the swing that sat in the dark. Pulling her smokes from her pocket, she lit one and inhaled as tears trickled down her cheeks. Her body shook slightly, her heart pumped loudly. She had caused a big scene in the kitchen and now it will make her feel even more stupid because they weren't together anymore. How could he do that to her? But, why did it hurt so fucking much?

"Hey…" She jumped in surprise. It'd been about fifteen minutes that she was sitting there silently. "Look I'm sorry." He said sitting next to her. "But, I did nothing wrong; we're not together anymore." He said lighting his own cigarette with a heavy sigh.

"You don't think I know that?" She stated darkly.

"Ok, but you can't make me feel guilty for it." She rolled her eyes at him. They were silent for many minutes.

"You know," She began looking towards him. "I don't remember much about that night, but, I remember you giving me one hefty goodnight kiss." She said seriously. Vince looked away. "You broke up with ME, why were you kissing me?"

"You kissed me first." He said firmly, meeting her eyes.

"I was drunk! I didn't know what the hell I was doing. But you," She paused. "You knew better… so why?" She asked.

"I don't know why I did it alright? Maybe it was because it was something familiar, maybe because I already missed you. I don't know Delanie but I did." He finished softly.

"Why did you fuck her?" She asked him quietly, looking him square in the eye.

"Why does it matter?" He damn sure didn't want to explain.

"Because, it broke my heart." She confessed. He put his head down. Twice he'd managed to break her heart. "But it's none of my business, like you said, we broke up." She stood up, picking up her smokes before standing in front of him. "You said you missed me; well just remember that YOU let ME go." Then she walked away leaving him with his thoughts, silently hoping he didn't follow and surprisingly, he didn't.

She left the quiet backyard and walked back into the party; feeling so much lighter. Almost as if she had said everything needed to be said to him. Of course she knew that she could go on forever but, that small conversation that they'd just had made her feel better, almost as if it were some sick and twisted kind of closure. Her dimples popped when she found Thea and Letty dancing, remembering when it was her who was dancing with her close friend. The girls grinned when they saw Delanie smiling, feeling some hope that maybe she was okay. Thea motioned for her to join them; Delanie nodded and took the shot out of Jesse's hands.

"Hey, that was mine bitch." He joked. She downed it quickly and handed him the empty shot glass.

"Get me another?" She asked him sweetly. Jesse handed her the bottle, she grabbed it and down a few gulps before she kissed his cheek and walked over to the stereo. Finding her and Letty's song, she blasted the rock/hip-hop song and moved over to the girls. She hadn't felt like this in months. Fun, hadn't been in her vocabulary lately and she was determined to get her life back; with or without him.

"Welcome back baby!" Letty yelled smiling from ear to ear.

"I could never quit you…" She said in a fake flirting voice. Letty grabbed her hand and spun her around before all three girls broke out in dance, of course people started cheering and hooting. People who came to all of Dom's parties expected Delanie and Letty to dance, it had become a ritual for them and they loved it.

Vince stood in the doorway frowning with his arms crossed as he watched her dance. Missing her by the minute wishing he could dance like they had in the past. She looked so happy, so free but, he was also glad she was having fun because he heard all the time from everyone that she secluded herself to her house. He watched as she laid her palms across her hips and rolled her body with the beat of the music. She wasn't the same person when she walked into the house but Vince had a feeling she would be leaving as herself. The one he had fallen in love with so long ago. Then he watched as all three girls put their hands in the air and twisted in sync; he watched her shirt rise; hip bones protruding. His breath caught in his throat, he was a total prick to her because he had caused this whole change in her all along. How could he be so stupid to have both of them suffer for almost two months because he broke up with her when he didn't even really want to in the first place. Physically, Vince didn't show that he was hurting, working really hard to hide the fact that he was heartbroken. Delanie though was different, she didn't hide her depression, she stopped eating, or leaving the house and it showed.

The song came to an end but the girls didn't stop dancing until a short while later. They were laughing their asses off. Letty grabbed Delanie's hand and pulled her into the kitchen; passing Vince along the way. Letty smacked him lightly as she passed before he caught eyes with his ex-girlfriend. Delanie's lips curled into a smile; dimples appearing like sinkholes; leaving him weak in the knees as she passed by and left him standing there as the ladies went into the kitchen to fix drinks. Vince sighed and pushed himself off of the wall; making his way to the front door. Without a word to anyone he got into his car and left. Suddenly, not feeling so up to partying.

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He knew she'd be there but he was fucking hungry. Vince knew very well that Delanie would never attempt to drive home after she'd been drinking so he knew that they all stayed the night at Dom's. Yet, he also knew that Mia cooked breakfast on weekend mornings. After a mind battle with himself this morning in the shower he decided that he'd eat at Dom's. Delanie seemed better after they had a chance to talk some things out last night so maybe they could be civil for their friends' sake.

Pulling into the driveway he exited and walked through the front door. His nose met the smell of French toast as his stomach growled hungrily. Walking into the kitchen he found Mia and Jesse standing in front of the stove cooking.

"Hey…" He said throwing his keys on the counter. "Where is everyone?"

"Around; showering, sleeping, who knows." Jesse said flipping the toast.

"Go and get them for me please? It's ready." Mia asked sweetly. He nodded and headed upstairs. Knowing to never walk into Dom's room without knocking, he just knocked loudly and yelled that breakfast was ready. Next he went to the bathroom and knocked loudly.

"Yeah…" Leon yelled.

"Foods done…" He yelled so Leon could hear him. Leon replied with an okay before Vince walked through Mia's half open door; finding Nat and Thea asleep on the floor. Shaking them; they woke up groggily and nodded when he told them the food was done.

"Where's Dee?" He asked; she obviously wasn't in this room.

"She's in your room." Nat groaned; stretching. Vince nodded and walked back downstairs. Once he passed through the kitchen he walked through the door and walked down the steps slowly.

His heart began to pound. Of all the years he'd been staying in this room no matter what girls he had running though his room they were never allowed to actually sleep in his bed. Hell, he didn't even let anyone of his friends either. But, Delanie was an exception and even though they weren't together anymore; they both silently knew that it would always be like that. Hence why she was in his bed sleeping at this very moment. He paused before turning the knob. Composing himself he twisted it silently hoping not to wake her even though that's what he came down here to do. Taking a few steps in, he closed the door behind him and looked over at her.

Silently gawking; he started missing her by the second. She lay there sleeping soundly in nothing but panties and one of his football jerseys. As usual she had kicked the blanket off of her as she lay on her stomach. He couldn't see her face because her now straight hair was crowded around her face. He missed her wild curls but he knew that they'd be back; hopefully. His eyes raked over her legs until they landed on her backside; it was very much smaller than it used to be and he knew that he'd have a long talk with her about her eating habits. Walking over to the bed he sat down sideways next to her and hesitated before he shook her gently. She adjusted but didn't wake up. He rolled his eyes and smirked. She never was a morning person. He shook her again.

"Wake up sunshine; breakfast is ready." He sang happily.

"Ugh, leave me the fuck alone." She groaned; digging her face into the pillow.

"Come on," He drawled out. "It's French toast." He knew he was annoying her; she hated happy morning people.

"French toast?" She asked; it was severely muffled from the pillow. But that sure got her attention. He laughed.

"Yeah, French toast; get up." He pushed her before standing.

"Fine!" She huffed; sitting up before swinging her legs over the side of the bed. He watched her stumble to the doorway, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. He followed behind, chuckling' French toast was her favorite.

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"Damn Lanie, are you hungry?" Jesse laughed as she put yet another round of French toast on her plate. Inside, Vince was thankful she had her appetite back.

"So what are we doing today? Dad won't be home until tomorrow afternoon." Dom asked. Everyone shrugged and continued to eat; they'd figure it out.

The girls needed a ride home so Mia took them home to freshen up before they all went back to Dom's to hang out. Once everyone showered and changed they all went back to Dom's to do nothing really.

"Oh my God! You know what we should do?" Jesse yelled excitedly.

"What?" A few people asked.

"We should all go get tattoos!" He hollered, clapping his hands together.

"Are you serious?" Mia asked.

"I'm up for it." Delanie grinned. Vince smirked at her; she nodded at him.

"What would we get?" Leon asked.

"Anything you want, or we could all get a matching one like maybe the Chinese symbol for family." Jesse suggested.

"That sounds awesome!" Nat exclaimed.

"You really think I'm letting you get one?" Delanie scoffed. "You're a minor, not until you're eighteen." Nat stuck her tongue out at her sister. The group chuckled.

"I think we should go do it." Vince said standing.

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"You kids got some ID?" The heavily tattooed guy asked skeptically.

Everyone took out their drivers licenses and showed him. He nodded.

"These two minors here are just here for the show." Leon said putting his arm around Mia and Nat's shoulder.

"Who's first?"

"Oh me!" Jesse jumped up; everyone laughed. "If I do the family thing; will someone do it with me?" He asked looking at them.

"Yeah, Jess, I think that's a cool idea, I'll do it with you." Vince said nodding at his close friend. Everyone else agreed.

Jesse followed the man into the room; not a nervous bone in him. The rest of them stayed outside and listened as the gunned turned out. Jesse yelped at the contact.

"You alright Jesse?" Letty laughed.

"Yeah, just didn't expect it is all." He yelled through the closed door.

A little while later he came out and happily put out his raw tattooed forearm that held a foreign symbol that meant family. After he got everyone's approval he went back to the tattoo artist so it could get bandaged up.

"So who's next?"

Thea stood and followed him into the room. This continued until only Vince and Delanie was left. Thea had gotten hers on the inside of her wrist because she felt the wrist was much more feminine so Letty followed her lead and also got hers on the inside of her wrist. Thea had also gotten a nautical star on her right hip. Dom had gone after Letty and put his symbols on his upper forearm like Jesse. Once everyone was done except Vince and Delanie; they debated who would go next.

"Would you just fucking go Delanie?!" Thea yelled smiling.

"Alright already…" She huffed and stood; following him into the room. Sitting down she looked slightly nervous.

"I take it you want the same thing?" The man smirked. She nodded. "The wrist?" She nodded again.

"Yeah, can you put some grey shading in mine though?" She asked him quietly.

"Sure can…" He said; prepping his station.

A little while later Delanie watched as he wiped it clean. The pain wasn't that bad actually and it went quicker than she thought it would.

"There you go," He stated. "Anything else?"

"Yeah, I want another one." She said more confidently this time.

A little while later everyone was getting impatient.

"What the hell are you getting in there Delanie?" Vince yelled.

"I told you I should have gone last." She yelled back chuckling to herself. Finally; over an hour later she came out of the room.

"Christ, girl that took forever!" Thea yelled.

"I got one on my shoulder blade too." Delanie said sitting down as Vince stood and went into the room without saying anything; he just wanted to get out of this place because he was damn hungry. The artist went through the same routine and put Vince's on his forearm like the rest of the guys' did. After he was done he asked the same question he had asked them all. "Anything else?" Vince thought about it.

"Yeah, actually, I want one here." He said pointing to his heart.

I know towards the end the writing got pretty crappy but, I was trying to get to a certain point so I could write the ending as I see it in my head. Anyways... I hope you enjoyed.