Chapter 2: Meeting new
people
"Mia, Dominic lets go!!" Diana shouted up the stairs, her husband, Anthony Toretto was already downstairs. Her children ran down the stairs, one after the other. "We're ready," Mia said as she stood next to her mother. Diana picked up the cake and they walked out the door and across the street to the new neighbors house. A women of about twenty-seven was standing outside, she had no a pair of light blue jeans and a basketball jersey. She had a basketball in her hand. A man of about twenty-nine walked out of the house, her had on a pair of baggie black jeans and white T-shirt. "Hello, we're the Toretto's. You must be the new neighbors."
"Yeah, we're the Gonzales. Osvaldo, where are the girls?"
"Playing basketball."
"Girls get over here!!"
"Alright we're coming mom!!!" They shouted. Three girls came running towards their parents. "You called mom," Shakira said as she looked at her mom.
"Where'd ya get the hat?"
"Dad gave it to me."
"Thought so."
"Well what do you wanna? I was kicking their asses."
"These are our new neighbors the Toretto's."
"This is my son, Dominic he's thirteen, this is my daughter, Mia she's twelve, and this is my husband Anthony."
"This is my youngest daughter, Shakira Leticia but we call her Letty, nine years old. The middle child, Lissette Faye or Lisa for short, ten years old. My oldest daughter, Anais Ruby Anais for short, eleven years old and this is my husband Osvaldo."
"Nice to meet you all. Well there will be a party at our house, across the street and a few houses down, tomorrow to welcome you to the neighborhood."
"Do you want to go Danny?" Osvaldo asked as he looked at his wife. "Sure why not?"
"Your name's Danny?" Mia asked looking at Danny.
"Well actually it's Danielle but my team mates call me Danny."
"Team mates?"
"Yeah, I'm in the WNBA, my husband is in the NBA."
"Wow! You both play basketball professionally."
"Yes."
"Well I made you this cake. I'll have my son come by at noon tomorrow to take you to the party."
"Okay, then we'll see you tomorrow."
The next day.
"Mom, who gets the other room!?!!?" Letty shouted down the stairs.
"Lisa!"
"Why does she get the room?!?!"
"Cuz both you and Anais have had your own rooms!!!"
"Okay, that's fair! Lisa the room is your."
"So me and you are sharing a room Letty?"
"Yeah, why you have a problem?"
"No, it's just you and I've never shared a room."
"True but there's a first time for everything."
"Yeah there is. SO lets get our stuff moved in."
"Okay." The girls walked into their rooms, their father had already put the furniture in their rooms, "Okay, girls you three are sharing a bathroom. The bathroom connects yours and Letty's room to Lisa's room," Osvaldo said as he walked out. "Okay!" they said together. They started to unpack their stuff, Letty was the first one to finish, then Anais and finally Lisa. Their mom came up the stairs and walked into Lisa's room, "Girls, girls get in here." The girls came into Lisa's room and said, "Yeah mom." Danny sat down on the bed and said, "I want you girls to get ready for the party."
"Alright, so what should we wear?" Lisa asked moving towards her closet. "Well I was thinking, a skirt or dress." Letty's mouth dropped opened, "I'm not wearing a dress or a skirt!!! No way in hell am I wearing a dress," Letty shouted, she hated dresses and skirts, tomboy, and you can't change them. "I'll buy you a new backboard," Osvaldo said as he stuck his head in the room. "It better not be any cheap shit either," Letty said, as she looked her father square in the eyes. "Alright, I promise, so will you wear the dress or skirt?" Letty looked up at the ceiling a sign that she was thinking. Hmm.I wear the dress or skirt and u get a new backboard. "Hmm.alright I'll do it." Osvaldo nodded his head and said under his breath, "it's only gonna cost me money." Letty walked to the frame of the door and shouted as him as he walked down the hall, "I heard that!!" Osvaldo just turned around and shook his head and continued down the hall. Letty walked back into the room and sat on the bed next to her mom, "So where am I suppose to get a dress or skirt if I don't own one?"
"You can barrow one of Lisa's," Danny replied as she walked over to Lisa and looked through her closet. "But her clothes are too big for me." Danny turned around and looked at her daughter and said, "Well she's the smallest one besides you." Letty looked around then said, "Fine."
A few minutes later.
Letty came down the stairs in a baby blue skirt that went above her knee, a white tang top and a pair of white sandals. She answered the door to find Dom standing on the other side, she had a lollypop in her mouth, "Dominic, right?" she asked as she looked at him. "Yeah, that's me, and your Letty right?" Dom asked looking at her. "Uh huh. Come in, you want candy or something?" Letty asked as she picked up a basketball and started to bounce it. "No, I'm fine." Letty nodded her head and walked to the bottom of the stairs, "You people ready yet?!?!?" Danny appeared from one of the rooms and ran down the stairs and said, "Their coming, I think." Letty shook her head and sat down next to Dom. She changed her shoes while her mother wasn't looking; she had on a pair of Nikes. Her sisters and father came down the stairs one after the other. Dom got up, "Hello Mr. Gonzales, Mrs. Gonzales," he said. Letty rolled her eyes and walked out the door followed by Dom and her family. Dom led the way to his house, when they arrived Diana led them to the backyard where the party was. Mia had invited some of her girl friends and Dom invited his boys; Vince, Johnny, Lance, Edwin and Hector. Letty walked up to Dom not really wanting to hang with Mia. "Hi," Letty said to the guys. "Why don't you go play with your dolls with Mia and her friends," Vince said pissing Letty off. She would have decked him right then and there but her father asked her not to, she had an advantage over them.she was a boxer. "I don't own any dolls, you asshole!!"
Lisa and Anais turned to look at their sister, they knew she was close to breaking. "why did dad let her take boxing?" Anais asked. Lisa looked at her sister and said, "Cuz she asked if she could." Anais shook her head, they walked over to their sister with Mia and her friends close behind. Anais looked at Letty then at the guys, "Which one of you said the stupid thing?" Letty pointed to Vince and then ran her finger a cross her neck. Anais shook her head and Letty narrowed her eyes. "How 'bout we play some basketball to settle this?" Lisa suggested. "Why would we want to play basketball against a bunch of sissy?" Letty swung at Vince's head and hit him square in the eye. "Letty!!" Anais shouted at her sister. "What? Violence is the answer." Osvaldo and Danny walked over to their daughters, Danny looked at her daughter and said, "Why did you hit him Letty?"
"He was being an asshole."
"What did he say?"
"Why would we want to play basketball against a bunch of sissy girls."
"Well, you still shouldn't have hit him."
"Sorry, but I had a good reason."
Danny shook her head and helped Vince up, "I'm sure my daughter is very sorry, aren't you Letty?" Letty looked at her mother then at Vince, "No, not really. I meant to hit him." Danny shook her head as Osvaldo walked over, "What she do?" Danny looked at her husband and said, "She hit this boy cuz he said she was a sissy."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"No, she is standing up for herself. Well I guess you're not in trouble any more Letty."
"Thought so," Letty said as she hugged her dad.
"Lets play basketball," Dom said as he grabbed a basketball, "Before you hurt anyone else."
"Like you?" Letty replied.
"Hey be nice or you're not getting the backboard," her father said.
"Fine."
They started to play, Letty, Lisa, Anais, Mia and two of Mia's friends against Dom, Johnny, Vince, Lance, Edwin, and Hector. Every time Letty would throw the ball to one of the girls she always try to hit one of the guys in the head. Letty was shooting three pointers just to piss the guys off cuz they couldn't do anything to stop her.
Two hours later.
"C'mon one more game," Johnny said.
"Dude we've play nine games and you lost them all, so why should we play again when we know we're gonna win?" Letty asked.
"C'mon don't be like that."
"Why not we already know your gonna lose so why waist time."
Now this ready made Johnny think, "Cuz you like playing basketball."
"Sorry, I believe your argument is not working."
"Huh?"
"Never mind."
"So, how bout it?"
"For the last time no!!"
"Fine be that way."
"I will."
"Come on girls lets go home," Danny said as she walked over to them.
"Okay mom, bye guys, Mia," Letty said as she walked over to her mom.
"Bye everyone," Lisa said as she ran over to her dad.
"Bye guys, see ya tomorrow Mia," Anais said as she walked over to her sister Letty.
They walked back to their house and the girls walked up to their rooms. Letty and Anais were in their room when Lisa came in. "Hey you guys asleep?" Lisa asked as she walked into the room. "No, we're not," Anais said as she sat up in her bed. "You asleep Letty?" Letty sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes and said, "Well not any more." Lisa sat on Letty's bed next to Letty. Anais sat down next to Lisa on Letty's bed. "Hey you remember when we lived in Hawaii and we use to all sleep in the same room most of the time." Letty smiled and said, "Yeah, I had my own room since I was a year old and you two use to come in the room cuz you thought I'd be scared." Anais nodded her head and said, "But you never were, always the strong one. Never scared of anything even when the guys told you that there were monsters in the ocean. You said, 'so that can't be any uglier the you'." Lisa smiled and put her arms around Letty, "That's our sister strong, independent and ready to kick ass." Letty smiled and hugged her sister back and Anais hugged he sister too. "How bout we all sleep here tonight?" Anais suggested. "Yeah," they both said. Each girl grabbed a blanket and laid on the floor and fell asleep.
"Mia, Dominic lets go!!" Diana shouted up the stairs, her husband, Anthony Toretto was already downstairs. Her children ran down the stairs, one after the other. "We're ready," Mia said as she stood next to her mother. Diana picked up the cake and they walked out the door and across the street to the new neighbors house. A women of about twenty-seven was standing outside, she had no a pair of light blue jeans and a basketball jersey. She had a basketball in her hand. A man of about twenty-nine walked out of the house, her had on a pair of baggie black jeans and white T-shirt. "Hello, we're the Toretto's. You must be the new neighbors."
"Yeah, we're the Gonzales. Osvaldo, where are the girls?"
"Playing basketball."
"Girls get over here!!"
"Alright we're coming mom!!!" They shouted. Three girls came running towards their parents. "You called mom," Shakira said as she looked at her mom.
"Where'd ya get the hat?"
"Dad gave it to me."
"Thought so."
"Well what do you wanna? I was kicking their asses."
"These are our new neighbors the Toretto's."
"This is my son, Dominic he's thirteen, this is my daughter, Mia she's twelve, and this is my husband Anthony."
"This is my youngest daughter, Shakira Leticia but we call her Letty, nine years old. The middle child, Lissette Faye or Lisa for short, ten years old. My oldest daughter, Anais Ruby Anais for short, eleven years old and this is my husband Osvaldo."
"Nice to meet you all. Well there will be a party at our house, across the street and a few houses down, tomorrow to welcome you to the neighborhood."
"Do you want to go Danny?" Osvaldo asked as he looked at his wife. "Sure why not?"
"Your name's Danny?" Mia asked looking at Danny.
"Well actually it's Danielle but my team mates call me Danny."
"Team mates?"
"Yeah, I'm in the WNBA, my husband is in the NBA."
"Wow! You both play basketball professionally."
"Yes."
"Well I made you this cake. I'll have my son come by at noon tomorrow to take you to the party."
"Okay, then we'll see you tomorrow."
The next day.
"Mom, who gets the other room!?!!?" Letty shouted down the stairs.
"Lisa!"
"Why does she get the room?!?!"
"Cuz both you and Anais have had your own rooms!!!"
"Okay, that's fair! Lisa the room is your."
"So me and you are sharing a room Letty?"
"Yeah, why you have a problem?"
"No, it's just you and I've never shared a room."
"True but there's a first time for everything."
"Yeah there is. SO lets get our stuff moved in."
"Okay." The girls walked into their rooms, their father had already put the furniture in their rooms, "Okay, girls you three are sharing a bathroom. The bathroom connects yours and Letty's room to Lisa's room," Osvaldo said as he walked out. "Okay!" they said together. They started to unpack their stuff, Letty was the first one to finish, then Anais and finally Lisa. Their mom came up the stairs and walked into Lisa's room, "Girls, girls get in here." The girls came into Lisa's room and said, "Yeah mom." Danny sat down on the bed and said, "I want you girls to get ready for the party."
"Alright, so what should we wear?" Lisa asked moving towards her closet. "Well I was thinking, a skirt or dress." Letty's mouth dropped opened, "I'm not wearing a dress or a skirt!!! No way in hell am I wearing a dress," Letty shouted, she hated dresses and skirts, tomboy, and you can't change them. "I'll buy you a new backboard," Osvaldo said as he stuck his head in the room. "It better not be any cheap shit either," Letty said, as she looked her father square in the eyes. "Alright, I promise, so will you wear the dress or skirt?" Letty looked up at the ceiling a sign that she was thinking. Hmm.I wear the dress or skirt and u get a new backboard. "Hmm.alright I'll do it." Osvaldo nodded his head and said under his breath, "it's only gonna cost me money." Letty walked to the frame of the door and shouted as him as he walked down the hall, "I heard that!!" Osvaldo just turned around and shook his head and continued down the hall. Letty walked back into the room and sat on the bed next to her mom, "So where am I suppose to get a dress or skirt if I don't own one?"
"You can barrow one of Lisa's," Danny replied as she walked over to Lisa and looked through her closet. "But her clothes are too big for me." Danny turned around and looked at her daughter and said, "Well she's the smallest one besides you." Letty looked around then said, "Fine."
A few minutes later.
Letty came down the stairs in a baby blue skirt that went above her knee, a white tang top and a pair of white sandals. She answered the door to find Dom standing on the other side, she had a lollypop in her mouth, "Dominic, right?" she asked as she looked at him. "Yeah, that's me, and your Letty right?" Dom asked looking at her. "Uh huh. Come in, you want candy or something?" Letty asked as she picked up a basketball and started to bounce it. "No, I'm fine." Letty nodded her head and walked to the bottom of the stairs, "You people ready yet?!?!?" Danny appeared from one of the rooms and ran down the stairs and said, "Their coming, I think." Letty shook her head and sat down next to Dom. She changed her shoes while her mother wasn't looking; she had on a pair of Nikes. Her sisters and father came down the stairs one after the other. Dom got up, "Hello Mr. Gonzales, Mrs. Gonzales," he said. Letty rolled her eyes and walked out the door followed by Dom and her family. Dom led the way to his house, when they arrived Diana led them to the backyard where the party was. Mia had invited some of her girl friends and Dom invited his boys; Vince, Johnny, Lance, Edwin and Hector. Letty walked up to Dom not really wanting to hang with Mia. "Hi," Letty said to the guys. "Why don't you go play with your dolls with Mia and her friends," Vince said pissing Letty off. She would have decked him right then and there but her father asked her not to, she had an advantage over them.she was a boxer. "I don't own any dolls, you asshole!!"
Lisa and Anais turned to look at their sister, they knew she was close to breaking. "why did dad let her take boxing?" Anais asked. Lisa looked at her sister and said, "Cuz she asked if she could." Anais shook her head, they walked over to their sister with Mia and her friends close behind. Anais looked at Letty then at the guys, "Which one of you said the stupid thing?" Letty pointed to Vince and then ran her finger a cross her neck. Anais shook her head and Letty narrowed her eyes. "How 'bout we play some basketball to settle this?" Lisa suggested. "Why would we want to play basketball against a bunch of sissy?" Letty swung at Vince's head and hit him square in the eye. "Letty!!" Anais shouted at her sister. "What? Violence is the answer." Osvaldo and Danny walked over to their daughters, Danny looked at her daughter and said, "Why did you hit him Letty?"
"He was being an asshole."
"What did he say?"
"Why would we want to play basketball against a bunch of sissy girls."
"Well, you still shouldn't have hit him."
"Sorry, but I had a good reason."
Danny shook her head and helped Vince up, "I'm sure my daughter is very sorry, aren't you Letty?" Letty looked at her mother then at Vince, "No, not really. I meant to hit him." Danny shook her head as Osvaldo walked over, "What she do?" Danny looked at her husband and said, "She hit this boy cuz he said she was a sissy."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"No, she is standing up for herself. Well I guess you're not in trouble any more Letty."
"Thought so," Letty said as she hugged her dad.
"Lets play basketball," Dom said as he grabbed a basketball, "Before you hurt anyone else."
"Like you?" Letty replied.
"Hey be nice or you're not getting the backboard," her father said.
"Fine."
They started to play, Letty, Lisa, Anais, Mia and two of Mia's friends against Dom, Johnny, Vince, Lance, Edwin, and Hector. Every time Letty would throw the ball to one of the girls she always try to hit one of the guys in the head. Letty was shooting three pointers just to piss the guys off cuz they couldn't do anything to stop her.
Two hours later.
"C'mon one more game," Johnny said.
"Dude we've play nine games and you lost them all, so why should we play again when we know we're gonna win?" Letty asked.
"C'mon don't be like that."
"Why not we already know your gonna lose so why waist time."
Now this ready made Johnny think, "Cuz you like playing basketball."
"Sorry, I believe your argument is not working."
"Huh?"
"Never mind."
"So, how bout it?"
"For the last time no!!"
"Fine be that way."
"I will."
"Come on girls lets go home," Danny said as she walked over to them.
"Okay mom, bye guys, Mia," Letty said as she walked over to her mom.
"Bye everyone," Lisa said as she ran over to her dad.
"Bye guys, see ya tomorrow Mia," Anais said as she walked over to her sister Letty.
They walked back to their house and the girls walked up to their rooms. Letty and Anais were in their room when Lisa came in. "Hey you guys asleep?" Lisa asked as she walked into the room. "No, we're not," Anais said as she sat up in her bed. "You asleep Letty?" Letty sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes and said, "Well not any more." Lisa sat on Letty's bed next to Letty. Anais sat down next to Lisa on Letty's bed. "Hey you remember when we lived in Hawaii and we use to all sleep in the same room most of the time." Letty smiled and said, "Yeah, I had my own room since I was a year old and you two use to come in the room cuz you thought I'd be scared." Anais nodded her head and said, "But you never were, always the strong one. Never scared of anything even when the guys told you that there were monsters in the ocean. You said, 'so that can't be any uglier the you'." Lisa smiled and put her arms around Letty, "That's our sister strong, independent and ready to kick ass." Letty smiled and hugged her sister back and Anais hugged he sister too. "How bout we all sleep here tonight?" Anais suggested. "Yeah," they both said. Each girl grabbed a blanket and laid on the floor and fell asleep.