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Chapter 7

I closed my eyes as I put my hand on the key to start the car, the engine roaring to life. I was five years old again, sitting on my dad's lap with his arms wrapped protectively around me, his feet on the peddles as I steered the car, Dom smiling proudly in the passenger seat at me while he waited for his turn. I put the car in drive and glided out of the garage and onto the street before I opened my eyes.

"Don't think about it," Dom commented simply as he looked out his window at the passing houses.

And I did just that, I cleared my mind of everything that had happened in my life, every horrible memory and fear and just drove. I didn't have to think about what to do, the movements were automatic like I had never stopped. By the time I shifted into fourth and was weaving in and out of traffic I glanced over to my brother who was smiling proudly like he had done so many years ago. I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and a new sense of control washed over me.

General Point of View - Back at the House

"Mads?" Mia called out frantically as she barged through the front door after Brian had filled her in on what had happened on the ride home and she needed to make sure her sister was alright, "Where is she?"

"Dom and her left in the charger about fifteen minutes ago," Letty answered trying to calm Mia down, though she couldn't help but wonder herself where he had taken her.

No one had really moved since the two had left, Vince was still standing in the same spot, Leon was still on the floor where he had been comforting Madison and Jesse and Letty were both slouched into the couch. Brian sat down in one of the chairs and pulled Mia onto his lap all just waiting to see what was going to unfold.

"I've never heard her say anything like that before," Leon confessed quietly with a new sense of concern. He and Madison had talked about everything from cars to what they thought was up in space and he didn't want to admit how much it scared him to hear her say she was dying inside and how pissed off he felt at himself for not picking up on it.

"She's not exactly the sharing and caring type," Jesse added as he picked at his chipped black nail polish before bumping his knee into Letty's, "I wonder where she gets that from," trying to lighten the mood a bit.

"I should have made sure that asshole couldn't walk before he left the house," Letty growled cracking her knuckles in anger. Even before her and Dom had become an item, it was Madison that she hung out with being the only other girl in town that would rather change the oil in a car than play with dolls. They were as close as two friends could be and always watched out for each other though recently Letty felt she hadn't been doing a very good job.

"We need a plan on what we are going to do about Tran and James," Brian spoke up.

"They aren't going to lay a finger on her," Leon stated angrily remembering the promise he had made to her several times about keeping her safe.

"Agreed," Vince nodded. No one messed with his family, especially his 'kid'.

Silence fell over the room again as they were all lost in thought, wrapped up in their own guilt on things they should have done or said in the past year as well as trying to come up with some master plan. After awhile Jesse popped a movie in the DVD player unable to stand the quiet anymore and they all stared at the screen without really watching it.

"God, where the hell did they go?" Mia questioned as she got up for the fifth time in the last twenty minutes to look out the window, "If they aren't back by dark, I'm going to look for them."

"She's with Dom," Brian said pulling her back down, "he's not going to let anything happen to her."

"Unless they are going blow for blow," Vince muttered thinking about the two of them in a small enclosed space with tempers flaring.

Madison's Point of View

The sun had started to set but after not being behind the wheel in what felt like a lifetime I didn't want to head back to the house but I knew Leon and the rest of the team would be worried so I found a place to turn around. I backed the car into the garage an hour later and tossed the keys to Dom as we headed for the front door. I walked a little taller; not feeling trapped anymore, as I went into the living room and was instantly pulled into a hug by Mia.

"Are you ok?" she asked and I could hear the waver in her voice as she tried not to cry.

"Yeah," I nodded and hugged her back as Dom went to sit with Letty on the couch.

"Don't scare me like that," Mia scolded hitting my in the arm and pulling me back into another hug. I hated how much I had scared her and silently vowed to myself that I would make things better, she deserved to live her life worry free, we all did.

When I finally got away from her death grip I walked over and straddled Leon taking the toothpick out of his mouth and smashing my lips against his, the adrenaline from the drive still coursing through my veins. I traced his lower lip with my tongue before we started making out like sex crazed teenagers.

"Alright, Maddie, let him breathe," Dom said shaking his head.

"What was that for?" Leon questioned clearly surprised at the hello he had received but the growth in his pants told me he enjoyed it.

"I had a good night," I smirked looking up at Dom who gave me a small wink as I replaced the toothpick in his mouth.

"Don't you want to tell them?"

"Tell us what?" Leon asked his smile falling from his face and a look of worry replacing it, his hands slightly tightening around my waist.

"I don't know if I can take anymore news today," Mia mentioned from her spot on Brian's lap.

"Ok," I shrugged and got off of Leon's lap and went to walk for the hallway.

"Wait, what happened?" Jesse called out like an anxious little kid.

"I don't know…if Mia can't handle anymore news today, I guess I should just wait until tomorrow…" I drew my words out joking around with them and couldn't help but laugh as they all got more anxious for my news. They were too easy to tease and I loved every second of it.

"Shut up," Mia groaned crossing her arms.

"It's not a big deal really, I mean Dom and I just drove the coast for awhile," I replied nonchalantly trying to hide the smile that played on my lips.

"That's it?" Jesse questioned with an eyebrow raised.

"Oh, I didn't mention that I drove down the coast," I clarified and watched as what I said sunk in.

Shockingly it hit Vince first as bear hugged me and spun me around, "That's my girl!"

"Chica, that's awesome," Letty nodded as the rest of the team congratulated me.

"I had help," I smiled over to Dom before turning my gaze to Leon, "I'm going to go take a shower," knowing he would get the hint.

I practically skipped up the stairs, blaring the radio in the bathroom and peeling my clothes off as I waited for the water to get hot. I was only in the shower long enough to get my hair wet before Leon came in the bathroom locking the door behind him.

"Took you long enough," I laughed as he slipped into the shower behind me. He instantly began nibbling on my shoulder and made his way up to my neck as his hands massaged my breasts. I couldn't help but let out a satisfied moan and I could feel his erection growing by the second.

I turned and sucked on his bottom lip before biting down with my teeth. He entangled one hand in my hair pulling my face closer to his as his other hand ran up and down my back finally landing on my ass. He easily lifted me in his arms and I wrapped my legs around his waist slowly grinding on him, and pulling back slightly every time he was about to enter me just to tease him at first.

"Madison," he growled in my ear as I tilted my hips enough so that I could continue teasing him without him being able to penetrate me.

"What?" I smiled innocently waiting for him to take control as he forcefully grabbed onto my hips and moved so he was inside of me. I let out an excited moan as his hands cupped my ass and controlled the force and speed. I leaned back bracing myself with one hand on the tiled wall and the other fisted around the shower curtain so that he could get deeper inside of me.

Thank God for the music or I would have woken up the neighborhood with the scream that erupted from deep inside of me as I climaxed.

"Shit," I cursed as I tugged too hard on the shower curtain making me lose my balance, Leon easily catching me in his arms before we both tumbled to the ground. I leaned over and turned the water off before we soaked the bathroom and looked over to him with a devilish smile, "I drove tonight."

"I know," he smiled back pulling me into another knee weakening kiss.

We dried off and he put back on his clothes expect for the jersey he had been wearing that I threw on like a short dress and we made our way back downstairs.

"Nice shower?" Letty smirked as Leon's eyes shut the second he sat down in the chair with me curled up on his lap.

"Better than a massage," I replied sitting up slightly so I could throw my hair up in a messy bun.

"Finally," Jesse exclaimed seeing Leon and I in the chair together as he walked into the living room from the kitchen, "I wanted to shower." He made his way upstairs and a few seconds later you heard him yelling, "You've got to be fucking kidding me?!" before a few steps and a slamming of his bedroom door.

Vince, Letty and even Dom looked over to Leon and me with questioning looks wondering what Jesse was talking about.

"I don't want to know," Brian said quietly shaking his head as Mia slept peacefully in his arms but the rest stared at us wanting some kind of explanation.

"I need to buy a new shower curtain tomorrow," I stated simply resting my head against Leon's shoulder letting the events of the day finally catch up to me as I yawned.

"What happened to it?" Letty asked clearly trying to get details out of me to watch Dom squirm as Vince laughed knowing full well what had happened.

"Precious thought she was a spider monkey," Leon answered half asleep causing everyone to sit up a little straighter.

"You ass," I growled in his ear for calling me precious in front of everyone and hit him in the chest.

"Aww, that's cute…precious," Vince drawled out the word.

"Knock it off, scruffy bear."

A few more comments were made before Brian carried Mia up to their room and Letty told Dom she needed a massage since apparently there wasn't going to be any more hot showers that night. Jesse never reappeared after his little discovery and Vince grabbed a few beers before heading down to his half of the basement. Sitting in the living room I thought about what had happened earlier, no doubt if James didn't pay Lance he would be coming for me and he wouldn't hesitate to go through anyone that stood in his way.

With a new sense of strength I tiptoed down the stairs and peeked into Vince's room to see him messing around on his guitar before going into the room Leon and I shared, getting dressed and sticking his gun in the small of my back. I wrote out a quick note to Leon leaving it taped to the television, gave him a soft kiss on the cheek before carefully taking his keys out of his pocket and walking out the front door.

I slid into the front seat of his car and had to take a few deep breaths remembering I was doing this to save the people I cared about. I knew once the engine started someone might hear it, so the second I turned the car on I sped down the road in the direction of the apartment I used to go to and often run away from.

I looked around for a spare key and almost laughed that he still kept it in the mailbox. I unlocked the door and strode into the apartment effortlessly making my way through the apartment in the dark until I got to the bedroom. I pulled the gun out from the small of my back and kicked the door open.

"What the hell?" James exclaimed shielding his eyes from the light I had just turned on.

"Honey, I'm home," I smiled.