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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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Okay I realise these updates are getting later and later everyday and I apologise. Now that my boss is back we have like fifty horses to work and my lunch breaks are getting shorter and shorter! I also got kicked by the biggest horse today and now have a massive bruise on my thigh. I am hoping to use this for some time off…not likely though. As always thank you all so much and I hope you enjoy. Probably in the next few chapters stuff will start to fall into place.
Playlist -
Infatuation- Christina Aguilera
Second Chance – Shinedown
August 2000 – Nothin New is sweeter than with you
Stepping out of the yellow Skyline Nicola looked around at the desert. The old army base was slowly starting to fill with street racers. Putting on a pair of sunglasses she looked over at Leon and smiled as he climbed out of the car. There was loud music blasting from the bar area and there were people doing circlework on the large plain, dust spiralling up into the sky.
"It doesn't change." Nicola shouted over at Leon who nodded as he slammed the door of the Skyline closed and watched the rest of the team file in. "It's exactly the same." She muttered to herself and walked over to the vans where everyone was gathering. Letty looped an arm around her shoulder as they listened to Dom talking about the draw.
"You're sure you don't want to race?" Nicola asked Letty quietly and Letty shook her head.
"Nah, I just want to have fun with my girls." She giggled and reached down to the cooler at her feet and handed Nicola a Corona. Nicola took a long sip of her beer before Leon snatched it from her hand and drained the rest, giving her a smug smile as he handed the empty bottle back to her.
"Fuck off." She sniped and gave him a glare, but ended up laughing when he just laughed at her and grabbed another out of the cooler and handed it to her.
"Come on, chica, lets leave these boys to their toys." Letty grabbed Nicolas arm and waved Mia over.
"I swear this happens every year." Jesse said as the girls headed towards the bar.
"Hey!" Nicola was standing at the bar a few hours later when she heard someone yell to her. Turning around she saw Tyson Little standing in front of her, his blonde hair falling in his brown eyes as he looked her over.
"Hey Tyson!" She said brightly and leant forward to hug him as Leon appeared by her side and handed her a bucket of fries.
"Thought you might be hungry." She took the fries gratefully and gestured to Tyson.
"Oh, hey man." Leon stuck out his hand and Tyson took it warily and Nicola could see the look Leon gave him, it said, I won.
"Hey Leon." Tyson replied as Leon released his hand and looped an arm around Nicolas shoulders possessively making her look up at him with an amused look on her face.
"You racing this weekend?" He asked, ignoring Nicolas look and Tyson nodded.
"Yeah, you? You still got that Chevy?" Tyson stuck his hands in his pockets and looked around awkwardly.
"Nah man, I've got a Skyline now." Leon replied and Tyson winced.
"Yeah, anyways. It was good to see you La." Tyson waved at Nicola and disappeared into the crowd and Nicola looked up at Leon.
"You're an ass."
"Fuck you're hard to please." Leon teased and Nicola rolled her eyes, placing a kiss on his cheek before turning back to the bar to order a drink.
Leon wrapped his arms around her waist and waved to the bartender who walked over and served them. When she had the beers she handed Leon one and cocked her head at him, turning in his arms to face him.
"How long are you going to hang around like this?" She asked sweetly and Leon grinned.
"As long as it takes for Tyson Little to stop staring at you." He said softly and kissed her lips quickly. Nicola saw over Leons shoulder Tyson walk away and looked back at Leon.
"Happy now?" She raised an eyebrow and he let her go, nodding and taking a sip of his beer.
"Very."
"Go already." He went to walk away but she snagged his arm quickly and pulled him back to her, wrapping her arm around his neck and pulling his head down to hers and kissing him deeply. When they pulled apart he was the one to raise an eyebrow.
"Come find me later?" He nodded and disappeared into the crowd, Nicola watching after him.
Hours later Nicola was on the dancefloor with Letty and Mia and was swaying to the music as she felt arms wrap around her waist and pull her into their hard body. She looked up to see Leon looking down at her with so much lust it made her smile. He spun her around and pulled her closer to her, his nose skimming her shoulder as his hands gripped her hips and Nicola leaned back before she was pulled into his chest again and she grew warm as his hand ran down her leg and back up again as her fingers ran over his exposed shoulders and down his arms, feeling the ridges of his tattoo on under her fingertips as she gripped them tightly.
She felt his breath on her collarbone and moaned as lips grazed the skin. They moved easily to the music and his fingers guided her hips in the right direction, not paying any attention to the world around them. Nicola could feel her heart pound harder and harder as he dipped her back before pulling her tight against him. Two years since he'd told her he loved her and he still made her body tingle in all the right places. He pulled his head up. His fingers left her hips and placed them on either side of her face and looked down at her, his green eyes boring right into hers. He smiled a sexy smirk and Nicola felt like a child as all the breath left her and she gripped his arms even tighter, her blunt fingernails digging into muscle.
"Aye mami." He whispered into her ear as she slipped a leg between his and pressed up against him. It took all of about five seconds for him to drag her from the dancefloor and slam her against the side of the empty van, his lips pressed up against hers roughly.
Nicola pulled the yellow Skyline up in the line as she looked around for Leon. Her sunglasses pushed up on her head as she turned the music up and tapped her fingers on the steering wheel. She was going to kill him if he didn't turn up in the next three cars. The next two cars ran and just as she was pulling up there was tap on the window and she looked up to see Leon reaching down to pull the door open, puffing.
"Sorry Baby." He said as she unbuckled her seatbelt and climbed out of the car.
"Better win me some money, Palermo." She pulled him down for a quick kiss before he climbed in the car. She looked over at his opponent seeing a silver Camero on the left hand side of the Yellow Skyline. Tyson was opening the door of the car as another blonde haired guy climbed out of the car and Tyson looked over at his opponent, seeing Nicola standing beside the Skyline. He smiled and nodded.
"Muscle beats import everytime." He yelled and Nicola rolled her eyes and dropped her sunglasses onto her nose.
"In your dreams, princess." She yelled back before walking back over to the sidelines just as the two cars were pulling up to the line.
It was the longest ten seconds of her life as Nicola watched the two cars surge forward on the line and head towards the end of the quarter mile, her heart in her throat the entire time. She'd never seen Leon race and she knew that because Tyson was his opponent Leon would be even more determined to win. As they shot across to the line she inhaled sharply and jumped up and down as the Skyline crossed the line a length in front of the silver Camero.
"Oh my god! Did Leon just win?" Letty came running forward and Nicola looked around at her friend.
"Yep, he kicked Tysons ass." Nicola grinned and Letty raised both eyebrows over the top of her sunglasses.
"Tyson? As in…Tyson?" Nicola nodded as the two cars pulled in behind them and she pulled Letty towards them.
Leon stepped out and ran a hand through his hair as he looked over at the Silver car, a triumphant smile on his face. Nicola ran forward and jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist and he gripped her tightly.
"You won!" She cheered and looked over at Tyson who was climbing out of his car and she slid down Leons body to stand beside him, looking over at the blonde.
"Skylines dust taste nice Tyson?" She asked sweetly and he smiled over at her.
"Alright, alright." He walked over and held out a roll of money to Leon which he took before shaking Tysons hand like a good sport.
"Good run, man." Leon said and Tyson nodded before making his way to the bar and Nicola looked up at Leon.
"Were you just nice to Tyson?"
"I think he's lost enough to me." Leon said quietly and pecked her on the cheek as he stuck the money in his pocket. Nicolas eyes widened but he dragged her over to the rest of the team who were watching Dom over under a tent talking to a tall asian guy.
"Is that Johnny Tran?" Leon asked as he approached and Vince looked over at him.
"Yeah…" Nicola looked around Leons arm to the two talking figures and wondered what the hell Dom was doing talking to Johnny Tran. "Hey, saw the skyline run. It looked good." Vince added, stealing all their attention away from Dom.
"Yeah it was a bit slow of the mark, but she runs alright." He replied before looking down at his watch. "You guys nearly ready to go?" they all nodded before making their way towards the vans to pack.
It wasn't until two weeks later that Nicola discovered what Dom had been up to that day at Race Wars as he handed her a wad of cash and asked her to go and get the groceries. Raising an eyebrow Nicola flipped through the pile of fifties before looking up at Dom.
"Where'd this come from?" She asked.
"I did what you said." He replied and opened the fridge to pull out a can of cola.
"No you didn't." Nicola replied, slapping down the pile of cash on the table and putting her hand on her hip. "I am in that shop everyday and I have not seen a single non-modified car so much as come up the driveway."
"Look if you don't want the money don't take it." Dom said and Nicola shrugged.
"Fine. I don't want the money." She went to walk out of the kitchen but he called after her making her turn around.
"I don't get it Nicola, you complain when we don't have enough money, then you complain when we do. What's your problem?" He took a relaxed sip of his soft drink and Nicola took a deep breath to calm herself down.
"I won't live in a house paid for with dirty money." She hissed and Dom shrugged.
"Pack your shit and get out then." He sneered and Nicola felt her heart stop. A lump rose in her throat as she stared at the man that had been like a brother to her for years.
"Are you kicking me out?" She asked.
"You don't want to be part of this house, get the fuck out." Dom answered and Nicola lifted her chin up, trying not to let him see how easy he'd hurt her.
"Hey! What's going on?" Leon shouted as he walked in on the scene.
"Your girlfriend was just leaving." Dom said and gave Nicola a pointed look.
"What?" Leon turned to face Nicola. "La, what is going on?"
"Dom's kicking me out because I refuse to take his dirty money."
"Wait, what money?" Leon looked over at Dom, his face growing warm with anger.
"I made a business deal that's all. And we came into some easy cash." Dom tried to explain to Leon but Leon knew him too well, knew it was a lie.
"Fine, go pack your bags La." Leon turned to Dom. "You call when you realise you've fucked up your best chance at getting on the straight and narrow." With that he guided Nicola down to the basement and pulled out his black duffle bag and started throwing clothes in it as she stared at him. "Aren't you going to pack?" Leon asked and Nicolas brow furrowed.
"Where are we going to go?"
"We'll go to De-De's. Come on Baby. Lets go." He found one of her bags and packed it for her as she stared at him sadly. "What?" He asked softly and walked towards her.
"It's my fault, I don't expect you to come." She said quietly and Leon rolled his eyes before picking up the bags and grabbing her hand not saying a word.
When they came into the kitchen Letty, Dom, Mia and Vince were sitting around the table and all of them looked up as the couple walked in.
"Where're you going?" Vince asked gruffly at the sight of the bags slung over Leons shoulder.
"We're going to stay at De-De's until we find a place to live. Then we'll come and get the rest of our stuff." Vince stood up quickly and looked over at Nicola who shrunk into Leons side.
"Lala, what's going on?" He asked, hurt.
"Dom kicked her out." Leon answered when she was quiet and Vince turned his attention to Dom.
"You're kicking her out? Are you fucking stupid?" Vince growled and Dom remained silent.
"We better go." Leon said and headed towards the door. Dom finally spoke, calling out Leons name.
"Where are you going, Leon?" He growled and Leon turned on him his finger jabbing at him.
"I'm going with her, because the moment you kicked her out, you kicked me out!" Leon shouted and Nicola shrunk back at the sight of such anger.
"You're choosing her over your family?" Dom boomed while Letty and Mia stayed quiet.
"I will always choose her over any of you!"
A/N: and Boom! Anyways what did you think? Please review and tell me what you think! REVIEW x