UPON REACHING THE toretto residence, they observed numerous vehicles parked in front and loud music playing throughout the home. "big party?" smirking, johnny took the helmet that elliot had offered him.
"dom likes to celebrate after a win," elliot said, looking back toward the house.
"so, i'll see you later tonight?" trans asks nevertheless. "nah, jesse is spending the night," elliot said to him, "i promised him after ditching last night,"
"right," johnny groaned, turning his head to look away from the other man. "look, if dom finds out, he'll murder us both. this is better," elliot informed him.
"i know," johnny responded. "tomorrow maybe?" elliot nodded.
"i'll text you," elliot said, nodding. trans smiled and put his helmet back on. "i'll see you, handsome," johnny smirked before driving away.
when elliot entered the house, he saw the team scattered around the living room, seemingly unconcerned by elliot and dom's absence. vince strummed his guitar in the corner, surrounded by a group of girls in revealing outfits. letty lay on her stomach on the floor in front of the TV, playing a video game. leon murmured in the ear of a random female seated on his lap, causing her to giggle.
elliot met eyes with letty, who smiled, relieved he had returned home safely. he ruffled her hair as he moved over to where vince was. "yo man, you seen jess?" he asked the male, who shook his head.
without even looking at him, vince assured him, "nah bro, he was looking for you earlier though,"
"okay, if you see him, tell him i'm here," he said, nodding and beginning to walk away when vince spoke out and stopped him in his tracks.
"why'd tran bring you home?" he glanced up, assessing the man. "what are you talking about?" said elliot, attempting to act dumb.
"i saw you get off tran's bike before coming in," vince responded. "anybody can tell that's tran's bike, so answer my question, why'd tran bring you home?"
"stay out of my business," elliot muttered, observing the male.
"it is my business when you fraternize with the enemy," vince growled, pushing out his chest. "yo you sleep with him? man, don't do this to jess,"
elliot scoffed and pointed his finger at him. "no i'm not sleeping with him, it's none of your business vince, stay the fuck out of it,"
"tell tran to stay away from here; this ain't his block," vince argued, continuing to strum his guitar. "and i better never see you with him again,"
elliot scoffed. "what the fuck are you going to do, vince? your a fucking bitch boy, you ain't gonna do shit, hell you can't even get the girl you want. mind your own fucking business and worry about yourself, yeah." elliot spat, grabbing vince's beer and striding off to locate jesse.
as he sought for his not-so-boyfriend, his brother stormed through the door. "yo, dom, hey man, we were just about to go looking for you brother—" dominic cut leon off as he knocked the beer from his hand, dumping it all over him and the girl on his lap. he then stormed up to vince. elliot didn't seem to heed what his brother vince had to say and instead proceeded to find jesse.
when he eventually spotted the man, he was drinking beer and talking with a girl. elliot didn't care enough not to be impolite, so he moved up behind the other and placed his hands on his hips.
"hey," elliot said, planting a kiss on the outer part of his ear. turning away from the person he had been speaking to, jesse smiled and turned to face the man. "where have you been?" wondered jesse.
"looking for you," elliot muttered, reaching down to kiss his face and then his jaw. "you want to go upstairs?" he asked, kissing the others neck.
"but the party," admitted jesse. elliot shrugged and withdrew. he grinned, "so let me make up for leaving last night,"
"yo einstein, go upstairs," dominic informed the two that "you can't detail a car with the cover on" before glancing behind them in the direction of the blonde who had entered the residence.
"yo! dom! why did you bring the buster here?" vince asked over the music.
"because the buster kept me out of handcuffs, he didn't just run back to the fort!" dom responded back to him. "the buster brought me back," dom turned around and approached the buster.
"you can have any beer you want, as long as it's corona," dom said, showing him the two drinks.
"thanks, man," brian said as he accepted the beer. brian tried not to reveal his anxiousness and sipped his beer while moving his gaze among the partygoers. he eventually focused his gaze on elliot and jesse making out against the wall.
while he and jesse were making out, elliot sensed that someone was watching him. as soon as elliot noticed brian, he made eye contact with him. when elliot observed this, he grinned, and soon after, brian averted his gaze from the two. with his eyes fixed on brian, elliot planted a kiss on his jaw and extended down his neck. brian gulped down the remainder of his beer while trying not to give him any indication that he liked it. he observed elliot murmuring something in jesse's ear, and the two moved towards him.
"i appreciate you helping my brother, blondie," grinned elliot as he and jesse walked by. brian gave a nod and observed the pair go down the steps. after reaching the top of the stairs, elliot looked around and winked at him before the two vanished from his view.
