"What's wrong, Mist?" Brian asked.
"I couldn't sleep last night cause the friggin nurses kept coming in every firggin hour to take my vital signs. I spent the whole night trying to figure out how I'm going to explain you to Richard and Emily," Mystaya answered.
"Who are Richard and Emily?" Brian asked.
"They are my mother's parents, who live in Hartford. We'll have to see them Friday night," said Mystaya.
"Why?" asked Brian.
"You see, Rory goes to Yale and because Grandma and Grandpa paid her tuition at Chilton Preparatory School, her and mom go to my grandparents for dinner every Friday night, and to be able to give Rory her stuff, we'd have to go to Hartford," Mystaya said, "And I know Emily, she'll never accept that you and I are just friends."
Brian grinned, "Well, we can always tell her that I'm your boyfriend."
Mystaya glanced at him, "Are you suggesting that I lie to my grandmother?"
"Who said it would be a lie?" Brain gently teased.
"Brian, are you asking me out?"
"Why are you saying yes?"
It was Mystaya's turn to grin,"Yeah, I am."
Brian laughed, "Then I'm asking." Mystaya leaned over and kissed his cheek.
"You know, I've been waiting for you to ask me out for three years, Brian," she said.
"But until last year I was afraid your father would kill me if I asked you out. That's why I never did," Brian said.
Mystaya laughed, "Oh, Dad wouldn't have tried to kill you, Vince and Dom, certainly, but not you. He liked you."
"Speaking of Dom, he fixed your car, Would you like to go and pick it up?" Mystaya nodded.
"How much damage was done?" she asked.
"A couple of windows had to be replaced and that's really it," Brian said, "Vince and Dom checked it out inch by inch to make sure there wasn't any other damage."
Brian pulled up in front of the garage and Mystaya climbed out and went inside. She spotted Mia in the office and Dom, Letty, Vince, and Jesse sitting in chairs in the back. She grinned.
"What the hell is everyone sitting around for? Get your lazy asses back to work!" She said, loudly. Everyone looked up at the sound of her voice. Vince jumped up and hugged her tight.
"You gave us a scare, little one," he said. Over the years, whenever Mystaya had needed someone watching her back, Vince had always been there. He was more like a big brother to her than a friend.
Mystaya hugged Vince back, fiercely. "Sorry, Coyote," she whispered, using the team's nickname for him. She looked at Dom as he walked up. "So, boss, what do you got for me today?"
Dom looked at her in disbelief. "Hayden, either you can work in the office today or you can go home and rest and meet us back at my house for the barbeque tonight. But you aren't going to work in the garage."
Mystaya thought a moment, "I'll go home and get some sleep and meet you back at your place for the barbeque."
Dom smiled and handed her the keys to her car. He'd known that she'd go home instead of sitting in the office, because she'd said numerous times that office worked bored her. Mystaya slid behind the wheel of her car and moved the seat back to where she was comfortable, then she rolled down the window. "Hey, Let, thanks for bringing my car back."
"How'd you know it was me?" Letty asked, looking confused.
"Easy, any of the guys would have had to move the seat back not forward and Mia wouldn't have had to move it at all," Mystaya said. She started the ignition and pulled out of the garage. She drove home and walked inside and sat on the couch. After thinking a moment, she decided to call her mother, Lorelai. Checking the time, she concluded that Lorelai would be at the inn and picked up the phone and dialed the number.
"Dragonfly Inn, Michel speaking. How may I assist you?" said a snooty French-accented voice.
"Michel, it's Mystaya. May I please speak with my mother?"
"Just a moment please." Mystaya was put on hold for several minutes before Lorelai picked up.
"Misty? Wow, this is a surprise. What's up?" Lorelai Gilmore asked her younger twin daughter.
"Hi, Mom, I just called to let you know that I'm going to be coming to see you on Friday, so you can tell Grandma to expect two extras for dinner."
"Is your father coming with you?" Lorelai asked.
"Um, no, my boyfriend, Brian is, " Mystaya answered.
"Boyfriend huh? Is he cute?"
"Mom!" Mystaya laughed, "Actually yeah he's very cute. He's five years older than me and I've had a thing for him for about three years."
"An older man. Well I can't wait to see you and meet him. Are you staying in Hartford?"
"I wanted to ask you to hold a room for us at the Dragonfly," Mystaya said.
"No problem, sweets. See you on Friday."
"Bye Mom."
Mystaya hhung up the phone and laid on the couch, watching a movie on TV. As she lay there, she slowly drifted off to sleep.