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Summary: "Do you remember that time I fell out your window and you came jumping out after me?" There was a twinge of humour to her husky voice and Leon smiled for her benefit. For three years he let himself believe that he would always save her from everything, until he was the reason she was in that ambulance, a broken back and their baby was gone.
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Playlist:
More Bounce in California – Soul Kid
Gasolina – Daddy Yankee
She's My Cherry Pie- Warrant
Heartbeats- Jose Gonzales
August 1998- Well Hot and heavy, pumpkin pie
Nicola rested her head against the window as the wind whipped her hair around her face. There were heat waves coming off the vast desert around them as they made their way along the asphalt towards the abandoned army base.
Letty and Mia were singing along to the radio as they pulled into the dirt track behind Dom and Vince.
The convoy had left LA early that morning to get out to Race Wars, Dom practically shoving them all in the car with excitement. Nicola had slept most of the way after her and Leon had sat up the night before watching a movie because Jesse and Vince were playing video games downstairs and Nicola couldn't sneak down to Leons room.
Letty turned around and said something to her but Nicola didn't hear, making her look at Letty staring at her with a smirk on her face.
"Huh?" She said before Letty handed her an ice cold beer.
"Something on your mind Lala?" Letty asked smiling deviously and Nicola rolled her eyes.
"Just trying to figure out where I can find a smaller bikini so I actually fit in." Nicola replied as they came through the gates and there was a large crowd gathering out near the starting line, many women in barely-there swimwear.
"Trying to impress someone?" Letty pressed and Nicola rolled her eyes.
"You clearly want to say something so say it." Nicola took a long sip of her beer and saw Mia glance at Letty with a risen eyebrow.
"When are you and Leon going to admit you're together?" Letty finally said.
"Leon and I aren't together." Nicola replied, staring back out the window. It was true, there hadn't been any talk of them being a couple since the first night they'd kissed.
"Right." Letty replied and turned back to look out the windshield as Mia pulled in next to her brother and the white Jetta pulled up beside them, Leon and Jesse getting out before the girls had even thought about getting out of Mias car.
"Yeah they're not together at all." Mia finally spoke and Nicolas eyes snapped in the same direction as Mias as a racer chaser walked over to the newly arrived Torretto team and stroked Leons arm. He had said something and shrugged her off before glancing over to the turquoise car with the three girls sitting inside staring at them.
"Come on." Nicola said huffed and pushed the back door of the car open and stepped out into the heat.
Padding over to where the rest of the team were Nicola glanced back at Mia and Letty who were deep in conversation and sighed. There was no stopping them now.
"You girls take this van, and we'll have that one over there." Dom said to her as he reached inside his car and pulled out his sunglasses. Nicola nodded and threw a glance at Leon before pulling the trucker cap out of her pocket and putting it on and pulling her aviators from the collar of her shirt.
"Thanks." She said before turning on her heel and making her way to the bar.
The sun had gone down when Nicola had seen Leon and the team again. Her, Mia and Letty were standing on top of the bar, beers in hand as they shouted down at the crowd the words to "Got more bounce in California."
When the boys were standing in front of them Nicola jumped down and wrapped her arms around Leons neck who instinctively put an arm around her waist before she was grabbing Jesse and holding them in a group hug as she jumped up and down singing.
"We got more bounce in California, than all y'all combined!" Jesse soon joined in, hanging onto Leon as well.
Suddenly the music cut off and there was a voice over the speakers.
"Everyone make your way to the bar for the finals of the wet t-shirt competition." The voice announced and Nicola let go of the boys, much to Leons dismay.
He watched her go confused until she was standing in front of them on the bar. That's when he realised she was wearing a white wifebeater and tiny blue shorts.
"She's not!" Jesse laughed and Vince was beside them, whistling loudly as they started up the hose and the music again and five girls, three blondes, a red head and another brunette as well as Nicola stood on the bar. Nicola being the most dressed out of all of them.
Leons jaw dropped as Nicolas shirt was soaked through and he could see the bright red lace bra underneath the white fabric. Her tiny shorts rode up as she danced before taking off her tank causing an uproar.
"Fuck." Leon muttered and she caught his eye and winked.
The blonde in the tiny pink bikini and gold platform heels won, but Nicola wrapped her red silk runner-up ribbon around her shoulder like a sash as she walked off the bar.
She didn't see Leon follow her as she made her way to the van. Just as she was walking towards the door she felt a hand snag her arm and pull her into their arms.
Looking up at Leon she smiled, biting her lip.
"How drunk are you?" He asked softly and Nicola leaned into him.
"There's only one of you so far." She rested her head against his chest and soaked his warmth up as she started to shiver.
"You cold?" He kissed her head and she nodded before he had her hand and was leading her towards the van.
When they were inside he slowly eased the wifebeater over her head and she let him lead her over to the bed in the corner and sit down, pulling her onto his lap.
"I can think of one way to warm up." He said softly as he placed kisses along her collarbone before looking up at her, a sexy smirk on his face making Nicola smile. Leaning down she kissed his lips hard, feeling him pull her closer.
Almost an hour later the couple emerged from the van. As they walked down the stairs Leon pulled her around again and pushed her against the side of the van, his hands snaking down the back of her denim shorts as he kissed her.
"Leon…Uh…" Leons head shot up and he looked over to see Jesse, Vince and Letty standing a few metres from them.
"Is that La?" Vince shouted and Leons hand quickly snapped back from her pants as he stepped away from her and stuck his hands in his pockets.
Nicola was leaning against the van still, biting her lip as the other three looked between the two of them.
"I should have known." Jesse finally said and laughed an awkward laugh.
"How long has this been going on?" Vince asked still shocked and Leon stole a glance at Nicola but it was Letty that answered.
"Since just after Lala got back." Nicola shot Letty a glare and Letty just shrugged as if to say 'What?'
"Three months? And you never told us?" Vince was still yelling when Dom and Mia appeared.
"What's going on?" Dom asked as Mia caught Nicolas eye and Nicola glowered at her and Mia clicked.
"Oh dear."
"What?" Dom looked at Mia who shook her head and looked away from her brother.
"Leons been sleeping with Lala." Vince said before looking between the two of them, "You're sleeping together right?" Under the light Leon could see Nicola go a bright shade of red before pushing herself off the van and walking away.
"Thanks man." Leon said turning to Vince.
"You kept shit from us." Vince replied.
"What happens between Lala and I is between us, it's none of your fucking business." Leon snapped and pointed a finger in his friends face.
Vince was quiet, he knew he'd crossed the line. Leon was right- it had been him and Nicola a long time before the team were involved.
"You hurt her…" Vince finally said and Leon nodded.
"I know the drill." His anger evaporated a bit and glanced at Dom who was shaking his head. He'd deal with him later Leon thought and turned to go in search of Nicola.
He found her sitting on the ground, leaning against the side of a tent watching as other street racers did circle work out on the flat, their dust floating up into the night sky.
Her knees were drawn up to her chest and she looked up at him as he approached and sat down in the dirt beside her.
"I'm so embarrassed." She muttered, resting her chin on her knees.
"Why?" Leon asked softly. He didn't really mind that they'd been caught, it meant they could stop sneaking around. It wasn't like they were doing anything wrong.
"They probably think I'm a huge slut now." Leon laughed and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into him.
"They're your family, La, they would never think that. They're just protective."
"And you're the slut." She added and Leon laughed.
"Smartass." He placed a kiss on her head and pulled her closer to his side. "And I don't think you can call me a slut if I've only slept with one person in the last three months." Leon added and Nicola pulled away from him and looked up at his face to see if he was lying.
"What?" she asked confused.
"Well, La, despite what you may believe, I actually do like you- a lot." He laughed before adding, "And it helps a little bit that you're hot and good in bed." His joking tone still didn't bring a smile to her serious face.
"Leon…"
"Come on La, we've been over this- I asked you to stay. I think its pretty obvious that I'm in love with you." He leant his head back on the tent but looked back down when she lifted his arm up and scooted back under it, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"I love you too, Leon." She smiled up at him and placed a kiss on his exposed shoulder.
They sat there until the sun came up, just talking to each other and making the most of the quiet.
When the sun was peaking over the horizon Leon helped Nicola up and holding his hand out to her he rose an eyebrow.
"Ready to face the music, Baby?" he asked and taking his hand she leant into him and placed a quick kiss on his lips.
"Bring it on boyfriend." Before she could get away he had his other arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her into him.
"No more wet t-shirt competitions, La." His breath was on her lips as he spoke, running a hand down her back.
"Don't get all authoritative on me now." She rolled her eyes and he kissed her gently to get the point across and Nicola melted into him, damn that green eyed boy she thought as all her resolve drifted away.
"Come on." Leon took her hand again and dragged her towards the vans.
Vince was just walking to the van when he spotted the couple.
"Dom's in the girls van, Mias elsewhere…" His eyes drifted back to the party that was still raging, "''M sorry Lala, Leon." He nodded to them and opened the door, gesturing them in.
Vince followed them in and fell down onto a bed in the far corner as Leon led Nicola towards the other end of the van. Nicola glanced over at Vince but his snoring was soon filling the room.
Leon sat down and pulled his boots of and then unbuckled his belt and shucked off his jeans and after pulling off his jersey he crawled into the bed and Nicola pulled off her shorts and climbed in after him, hooking a leg over his hip and burying her head in his chest and falling asleep.
"Woo!" Nicola and Letty were jumping up and down on the sidelines in the heat as two cars lined up at the starting line. The drivers side door of the red car opened and Leon stepped out, patting Dom on the back as Dom climbed into the car.
The green cars driver had the window down and everyone in the crowd could see the expression on the drivers face as they watched Dominic Torretto climb into the car. A look of pure determination.
It was completely different to the one that he wore when he cross the line at the end of the quarter mile and Dom led the way back to the start.
"Here you go." Nicola looked over her shoulder as Leon passed her a beer before handing one to Letty.
"Thanks." They said in unison as they watched the next lot of drivers pull up to the starting line.
"So are you guys together now?" Letty hissed to Nicola as the crowd let out a loud cheer as another car won.
"Ah, yeah, we are." Nicola chanced a look at Letty who just smiled knowingly. "What?" Nicola asked.
"You guys are so cute." Nicola flipped her off and took a long sip of beer as Jesse and Leon reappeared behind them. Nicola leaned her back into Leons chest as they continued to watch the races and she realised she felt better now that they weren't hiding anything.
The drive home was a long one as everyone was hungover and ready for a long hot shower.
As the front door was pushed open Letty and Mia raced each other to the upstairs bathroom while Vince and Jesse shot downstairs to theirs, Dom followed Letty and soon it was just Nicola and Leon.
"So, maybe you want to move down to my room?" Leon threw a glance at Nicola who smiled and nodded.
"Sure. I don't have that much stuff."
"Yeah not much stuff." Leon said as he pulled her bags down the stairs twenty minutes later.
"Well if I told you the truth I knew you wouldn't help." Nicola replied, throwing another bag on her shoulder and stepping cautiously down the staircase.
"What are you doing?" Letty appeared at the bottom of the stairs and crossed her arms across her chest.
"Moving all Lalas shit." Leon replied gruffly and kept moving.
"Wanna help?" Nicola asked not bothering to wait for an answer before dropping a bag on Letty and gesturing for her to follow them.
It was the first time Nicola had been into the room during the day since she'd gotten back. Dropping all the stuff on the floor she turned to Letty who was watching Leon exit to get the rest before turning back to Nicola.
"I'm so happy for you guys Lala." She said and pulled Nicola into a hug.
When Leon dropped the rest of the stuff on the ground Letty excused herself and Leon shut the door behind her. Nicola took in the entire room, her eyes landing on the photo frame beside the clock on the bedside table. Walking over she picked it up and rose an eyebrow.
"I was wondering where this got to." She held up the picture of them before she went to her prom.
"I didn't think you'd want it." He shrugged and walked over to her.
"Well I did. I love that picture." She smiled up at him and he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Thank you Lala." He said softly and Nicola smiled.
"What for?"
"For being you." The unpacking was forgotten as they christened their room together.
A/N: Oooh so the secrets out! And Leon said he loved her…aww. Let me know what you think! REVIEW x