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LETTY'S POV
My dad was cleaning out our garage when I got home.
I parked, grabbed my things and went into the garage.
"Hello"
"Hey, how was school?"
"Blah. Pete and a few friends are coming over for dinner."
"Pete?"
"Yea the guy I'm with"
"Let's not call him that. Go wash up and help with dinner then."
Later that night everyone started showing up.
Jesse was the first.
"Hey" I opened the door
He walked in "Hey"
My dad walked over "Is this the famous Pete?"
"No, this is Jesse. A friend from school"
My dad shook his hand "Jesse, I'm Letty's father, Miguel"
"Hello sir" Jesse said nervously
"Miguel, please" my father insisted.
The doorbell rang
"Dad, can you take him to the table"
"Trying to get rid of me huh?" my dad laughed "Okay come on Jesse, I'll get you a drink.
You old enough to drink?"
"No" Jesse whispered
"Smart answer" my dad replied, at the door stood Pete and the rest.
Pete kissed me. "Woahh" the rest taunted
"Shut up!" Pete and I said together
"You know I have a gun right?" I heard my dad say to Jesse from the other room
"Dad, don't scar him away" I yelled
I grabbed Pete's hand and walked into the dinning room
"Dad, Jesse! This is Pete, Hector, Kev, Josh, Oscar, Ed and Leo
Jesse shook Pete's hand "Hey, I'm Jesse. Her dad has a gun"
"I do. And don't you guys forget it" my dad said
They stared at each other, no one moved. My dad had his hands in his pockets.
"Am I missing something?" I asked
"Letty, can you get the salad?" my dad asked
"Sure"
Dinner went well, my dad mostly spoke to Jesse.
"So anyone here sexually active?" my dad asked the table
Pete and Leo choked on water, Jesse started to laugh awkwardly. Hector reached for more bread and I started banging my head against the back of chair.
"Letty if your going to do that can you use the chair in the kitchen, these chairs were
expensive" mi abuela joke
"I hope your not having sex with my daughter" my dad said to Pete
"Yes sir, I mean no sir. We have not had sex" Pete said nervously
"So you are sexually active" My dad asked
"What?" Pete asked
"Letty help him out, the kids sweating bullets over here for crying out loud!" Kev said
"Speaking of bullets" my dad took out his gun and rested it on the table next to his plate
"This ones loaded" he smiled
"Dios Mio!(Oh My God!) Can you put that away!" I screamed at my dad
He turned his head and looked at me "Letty, are you a virgin?"
"You've got to be kidding me right?" I asked
"So is that a no" Oscar laughed
"Not your business, that's what it is!" I snapped
"But it is mine" My dad said
"I'm done!" I got up and threw my napkin on the table and went threw the front door.
Pete would of follow but my dad probably scared him off.
I stood under the street light and Dom pulled up in his car next to me
"Need a lift?" He asked
"My house is behind me, I think I can manage"
"It was a joke" he unlocked the door "come on, let's go for a drive"
"Pass"
"Come on"
I thought about it but then everyone started coming out of the house, I guess dinner was
over.
"Hey, baby" Pete said closing Dom's car door
"Hey"
"Everything good?" Pete put his hand around my waist
I nodded "Dom was just leaving"
"Good" He tried to kiss me but I pulled back "And so were you"
I heard Dom chuckle and drive off
"What's up with that?" Pete asked
"My dad's right there. Not sure if you kissing me is appropriate"
"You sure its cause of your dad or Dom"
"Night Pete" I said walking off
Everybody left the house and after helping with the dishes, I went to bed.
DOM'S POV
It was after midnight and I kept getting a phone call from an unrecognizable number.
"Hello"
"Miguel?"
"Dom, can you get Vince and meet me behind El Gato Negro, it's important"
"Yea, we're on our way"
There was no need to ask why he wanted us to meet him at this time. Miguel was like a dad and I knew this had to be about Letty which was an even more reason to rush over there. I snuck out, and raced over to Vince's place. After getting Vince, we drove to El Gato Negro.
We got out the car and started walking around to the back. There were several other cars
parked on the sidewalk.
"What does he want with us man?" Vince asked
"Let's find out" I saw the crowded
"Not for my child. Hector, get Lorenzo and his crew!" Miguel demanded
"You got it boss" Hector said then got on his phone
"Vince, Dominic. Glad you made it" Miguel said to us
We walked up to Miguel
"What's going on?" Vince asked
"Waiting" he replied
"For who?" I asked
"They just pulled up and I got Pete" Hector said
"Pete" Miguel said
"Mr. Ortiz" Pete said shaking his hand
Vince and I kept our hands folded when five guys showed up
"Lorenzo" Hector acknowledged
"Jefe (Boss)" Lorenzo said
"¿Su tripulación? (Your crew?)" Miguel asked
"Sí senior (Yes sir)" Lorenzo replied
Miguel put his hand around Lorenzo's shoulder and walked with him to Pete.
"You recognize anyone?" he asked
"Naw, I don't" Lorenzo whistled to call his crew over. "You guys recognize them?"
"Yea that's that guy who owed us money!" the first guy said
"Yea man, where's his bitch" another asked
"That bitch is my daughter" Miguel yelled and punched the kid "We'll handle this later"
Pete and his friends weren't let of easy
"As for you too. I expect my money by Wednesday. ¿Comprender? (Understand!)"
"Sí" they said
"Me dejan (leave me)"
Pete was the first to start walking when Miguel grabbed him. "Don't forget who's daughter
you messing with. Hurt her and I'll kill you." Miguel let go of Pete
"Yes sir"
"And that's another thing. She doesn't need to know about this little incident"
Pete nodded and the boys left.
It was only me, Miguel and Vince
Vince scratch his head "So why were we here exactly?"
"Boys, welcome to the future" he smiled
"The future?" Vince asked
He looked at me "One day Tony and I won't be around, believe or not you two are the
only ones I trust to take care of Letty" he opened the back doors to El Gato Negro and we
walked in "Guys want a beer?"
"Of coarse man" Vince said
"Sure" I said
We got our beers and drank it
"Listen, I don't know how much Tony told you guys or if you guys even remember. Its a dog eat dog world out there, killed or be killed"
"I hear you on that brotha" Vince exclaimed
"I don't want you guys to be apart of anything excruciating but its time to step up. Racing
alone won't pay the bills. So what's the back up plan?"
"Haven't given it much thought" I said
"Start with something you guys are good at. For me its this"
"Drugs?" I asked
He laughed "That's one way to look at it. I like to look at it as taking charge. Think of
them as little mice lost and running around looking for cheese. I get the cheese and dangle
it over there heads. They pay up, they get the cheese. If they don't...
"Yea, I see what you mean" I said
"Good, so get home, get some sleep. You guys got school in a couple of hours"
We got up
"I don't think I need to tell you boys that this stays between us right"
"Naw we're good" I said
"We better than good" Vince smiled
"Oh and I think its best Letty not know, at least not right now. Want to ease her into this,
can't just throw her in the dog pit you know"
"Yea" Vince and I said
We went home.
The next morning I awoke and found my dad sitting on a chair drinking coffee. "Morning
son, late night?"
"I guess" I said stretching and wiping the sleep out of my eyes
"How did your talk with Miguel go"
"Huh?"
"Don't play stupid with me Dominic! You think Miguel's connected?"
"Dad, I'm well aware you know people but.."
"What? Your gunna run for him?"
"No, he didn't ask"
"Damn straight he didn't ask! I didn't work my ass off for nothing! Don't you see? You
and Mia don't belong here."
"Maybe Mia but not me"
He pulled me up by my shirt "Listen to me! You are my son. Fuck all this bullshit. You are
going to go to school and make something of yourself you here me!"
"Yea" I mumbled
"What"
"Yes! I hear you"
"I'm not gunna to be around forever Dominic"
"I know"
LETTY'S POV
School
It was fourth period and we were in the middle taking a test.
Jesse was the second person to finish I was more in the second half that finished.
The bell rang and we rushed threw the door.
"Seriously who gives a test on the second day of school?" I asked
"Right, it was pretty basic shit though"
"I guess"
"Interesting dinner last night"
"Sorry about my dad, he can be a dick sometimes" I apologized
"Naw, he's straight. At least he's there"
"What happen to your dad"
"He's always in and outta jail"
I laughed "I guess that's why we get along so well, we got a lot in common" I needed to
pee and Jesse and I had just walked by the female restroom "Look man I gotta go, I'll be right back"
"Okay"
I opened the door and saw three barbies dumping a shit load of makeup on their faces. I
ignored them, even having seen the negative glares from the mirror. I went in the stall
peed, flushed then made my way to the sink. I pushed threw the girls who blocked the
sink to stare in the mirror. After washing my hands and drying them I realized an annoying
pitch
"Did you hear me freak?"
"What?" I looked up
She stepped closer "This is my bathroom"
"Your name on it?"
She took out a lipstick and wrote on the mirror Katy
I hand my hands on my waist and watched her write 'Katy' all fancy, then drawing a heart
next to it
"See, my name is on it. We don't allow freaks to use this bathroom, take this as a warning"
"Whatever" I rolled my eyes and turned to the door
"Skank" she mumbled
"Whatchu say to me?"
"SK-ANK! Look girls, she's dumb and ugly!"
I walked up to her, grabbed her by the hair and shoved her head into the mirror where she
wrote her name. The mirror broke, I laughed "And I'm the one who's ugly? You just
broke the entire fucking mirror!"
She fell back on her ass, crying. Her friends went by here side while she cried "Your
freaking crazy!"
I smiled and walked out as if nothing happened. Instinct taught me to be aware of my
surroundings, there were a few teachers near by, so I needed to get lost fast. Jesse was by
the lockers
"Something wrong?" he asked
"Yea, I need to disappear like now" I walked faster
I looked back and saw Katy talking to the teachers then pointing me out
"Oh shit!" Jesse and I tried to make a break for it but a couple of security guards blocked
our path
"Fuck" I cursed out in frustration
NOT A BAD WAY TO END THE CHAPTER HUH? LOL REVIEW PLEASE AND I ALSO WANNA GIVE A COUPLE OF SHOUT-OUTS REAL QUICK.
JARNAC50- Glad to know you still love n read and also, I think you're the first person to hate my Dom lol. I really hate reading about Mia and Letty being best friends and Mia being so perky. Everytime I read a story like that I'm like ugh, I wrote her to be extremely friendly cuz out of the entire "team" she was the one to make friends with Brian (a cop) first, the others mostly stuck with each other or other racers that they grew up with, like Hector. And yea best friends fight and with a brother like Dom, Mia needs a backbone so shes gotta fight back eventually lol!
ANON- yes, yes he is ;) Oh boy is right, there's A LOT in store for everybody
PRINCESS OF DARKNESS17- dinner with Letty's dad? Yeah I had to make it awkward for the boys.
LAYALI86- you my friend, thought right! Hope it wasn't obvious, cause I tried to put a little mystery in it =]
FIVEALIVE123- wanted to make things more interesting so I went with the gangs lol n also I know her schedule sucks, it was my 9th grade schedule :/ (I loved culinary though so I guess it wasn't all bad)
YEAHMENDES- thanks for the compliment! Every review I get, I use as inspiration for the next chapter so when I checked and saw "where are you? update, please!" I was like, you got it! =]