𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲

𝟏] 𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭

"Morning Dom," I greet Dom, grabbing his Corona from next to him and walking into the café.

"Morning Maddy, Happy birthday!" Mia waves at me kindly.

"Morning Mi, any show from lover boy yet?" I tease her while siping Dom's beer.

"Shut up and, no it's only 11:20, he comes in at 25." She mutters, wiping down the counter.

"That's adorable." I smile and Dom plucks his beer from my grip, making me giggle and continue walking into the garage.

I flick on the radio and Let Me Blow Ya Mind by Eve and Gwen Stefani starts to play loudly. I don't do the engines and all that jazz, that's Dom, Letty, Vince and Leon's type of thing. I do the paintings, designs, wraps and decals because I do all my work by hand it brings in a lot of work and money. I mean, I could do the engines but I'm better at art.

Setting up my things for the day, I hear the cafe bell ring and I check the time it's 11:25, perfect, blondies here. After a bit of chatter from them both, I walk out with a pleasant smile.

"Hey Mia, can I have some newspaper, please?" I ask leaning on the counter next to her crush.

"Yeah, sure." Deciding I want to annoy Dom a bit more, I walk into his office without knocking.

"Hey Dom, I'm just gonna, yeah, thanks." I grab a beer from his fridge with a cheeky smile as he watches me with an amused glint in his eye.

"Why couldn't you get one from Mia?" Dom questions leaning back in his chair.

"I don't know why but they just taste better when they're yours." I shrug innocently with a smile, twisting the cap of the beer.

"Get out of here, Maddy." He laughs profoundly shaking his head.

"Ok, ok. Te amo, adios Dom." I chuckle and go to close the door but Dom stops me.

Translation "I love you, bye Dom."

"Maddy." He calls out.

"Yeah?" I open the door again fully and look at Dom.

"Feliz cumpleaños, mi amor." Dom smiles at me happily.

Translation "Happy Birthday, my love."

"Thanks, Dom." I return the smile as my cheeks heat up. Closing the door fully I chug my beer noticing my sister, Vince, Leon and Jesse walk in.

Jesse and Leon start fucking around at the back of the café, throwing random things at each other.

"Hey, Dom you want a drink?" Letty asks standing in the doorway of the office making Dom raise his beer nonchalantly.

Vince slides a container of sugar towards the blonde man, hitting the side of his plate.

"I like his haircut," Leon admits.

"Vince," Mia hollers.

"Nah it's those eyes for sure." I joke while sniggering.

"Vince!" Mia yells.

"What?" He finally pays attention to her.

"Can I get you anything?" She asks leaning against the counter.

"You look good." Vince compliments her while eyeing her up like a hawk.

"Knock it off, she's not a slab of meat." I hit Vince around the back of his head and grab the newspaper Mia left out for me.

"Thanks, Mia, see you tomorrow." Mia's loverboy stands and throws a couple of notes on the counter.

"See you later." She smiles blushing lightly.

"Tomorrow? Yo, try Fatburger from now on. Get yourself a double cheese with fries for $2.95, faggot." Vince follows him out of the café but me and Mia stay inside and watch them start throwing punches at each other.

"Jesus Christ, Dom. Would you get out there, please? I'm sick of this shit." Mia shouts at her older brother.

"What'd you put in that sandwich?" Dom jokes humorlessly, finally seeing what they are doing.

"Haha, Dom we aren't fucking around. Get out there." I roll my eyes and follow him out. Dom pulls Vince off the guy and throws him on the hood of Vince's car.

"Hey, man, he was in my face!" He tries to defend himself.

"Now I'm in your face." Dom quips back at him. Vince lunges for the blonde guy but Dom pulls him back.

"Don't push it, you embarrass me." Dom looks Vince up and down.

"Jesse, give me the wallet," I demand as Jesse chucks me the mystery boy's wallet.

"Brian Earl Spilner, Jesus you even sound like a serial killer." I read off his I.D.

"Don't come around here again, Spilner," Dom demands pointing a finger in his face

"Hey, man you know this is bullshit right?" Brian calls out to Dom when he starts to walk away.

"You work for Harry, right?" Dom turns around harshly.

"Yeah, I just started." Brian shrugs.

"You were just fired." Dom continues marching into the cafe and rings Harry.

"Gracias por el periódico, Mia. Necesito terminar mi auto para esta noche. Si me necesitas solo grita." I tell Mia before making my way back to my car.

Translation "Thanks for the newspaper, Mia. I need to finish my car for tonight. If you need me just shout."

My car is a beautiful Aston Martin 1-77 that Dom got me for my 20th birthday and was a pristine white but I'm putting a wrap on it that is a bright, blood red. Dom's helping me put in a nitrous tank and new spark plugs, you know all that lovely stuff.

"Want me to put in that tank for you?" Dom asks from the doorway of the garage making me jump.

"Yeah, I just finished the wrap so we're good to go." I stand up from my stool and dust my hands off.

"Ok, pop the hood for me," Dom instructs as he throws the tarp off the engine I obey and then help him lift it.

"Ok, lift on three. One, two, three." We both grab an end and lift, grunting at the initial weight.

"I need to get ready for tonight, can you finish my car off? Pretty please?" I beg, clasping my hands together with an innocent look in my eyes.

"Yeah, of course, go get ready." Dom dismisses me.