fires and floods. | dominic fike

06

Dominic placed both his board and Celeste's board in the trunk of the small car, a Chevrolet Cavalier that belonged to Jessica but was now used by the boys. Dominic went around to the passenger side, opening the door. "M'lady," He smirked, curtsying while extending an arm to welcome her into the Fike family car. Celeste laughed a bit, shaking her head dismissively as she got comfortable in the passenger seat. Dom reached in her seatbelt, pulling it over Celeste's body and buckling it into its spot. Celeste gave him a look of confusion. "I saw my grandpa do this shit for my grandma." Dominic shrugged, closing the door gently before walking strolling over to his side. Celeste felt her cheeks warm at the silly gesture. It was so random, but she appreciated where he come from about it.

Dominic situated the seat to his preference, changing the settings that Alex had adjusted when he used the car earlier that day. Dominic plugged handed the aux cord to Celeste, allowing her to happily plug in her phone. She immediately went to Spotify, searching for the perfect playlist to play with Dom in the car. She settled on one that had 90's rap, and r&B, like the Pharcyde and Aaliyah, which were Celeste's current obsessions.

Celeste could feel Dom start to feel the beat of the song playing. "Doofus, your brother needs help! We can't spend our time boppin out to this shit." Celeste scolded the boy, causing him to scramble for the keys and put them in the ignition. The car roared to life, and Dom let the windows go down a little to let the warm Florida air in. He reversed out the driveway, and soon they were out on the road.

Dominic drove towards the town of Moorings, heading in the general direction of where his brother was. He tapped his long nimble fingers against the steering wheel to the songs he knew, and Celeste took notice of how quick he could pick up on the beat of songs he didn't really know. "You've never shown me your music." Celeste stated, lowering the music a little. "You wanna hear my stuff?" He smirked at her, his smile going to the side. He adored her curiosity. "Well, yeah. Show me something." Celeste looked at him with pleading eyes, and he couldn't say no. "Okay. After we get Alex. I'll think of which songs to show you." Dominic smiled at the girl, and she smiled back, looking off to the distance in front of her.

"You know, Alex makes music too. I'my gonna get him to show you one of the songs that him and I did. It's really good." Dominic smiled, earning a nod of approval from the girl. "Can't wait. I'll force it out of him if i have to." Celeste joked, fixing the laces of her converse. Dominic pulled up to a Hampton Inn, assuming it was the one he needed to be at. He spotted three cop cars in the car corner of the parking lot, an automatic sigh leaving his lips at the sight. "3 fucking cars.." Dom mumbled to himself, parking the car and turning it off. "I want you to stay in here. I'm gonna leave the keys with you, okay?" Dominic looked Celeste in her eyes, taking note of how elegant her lashes looked as they curled towards the sky. He smiled warmly at her before stepping out the car. He mouthed Lock it to Celeste, prompting her to do so. Dominic heard the shift of the locked doors, making his way to the scene.

Alex stood leaning against a cop car, his hands in front of him held captive by handcuffs. Dominic sighed, approaching the cops and his brother. "Hey, I'm Dominic, his brother." Dominic made his presence known, causing all the cops to face him. The closest cop to Dom had his hands on his hips, and it was evident that he was the lead guy in this moment. "Listen, Dominic," The officer started, "I'm fucking tired of catching you wimps doing this shit. Your mom is already in there. I'm fucking taking him in. You're both done." Officer Consuelos began to scold Dominic. To say that Officer Consuelos and the Fikes had history would be an understatement. He knew this family like the back of his hand, they were the biggest headache of his life. Somehow he was always there whenever the boys were doing shit they weren't suppose to be doing.

The officer turned to Alex, "You're done. I'm fucking done with the both of you. He's going to the detention center where you can bail him out."

"No- Cmon- you know I can't do that. I don't have the money for that." Dominic began to plead with the officer , trying to maintain eye contact with the man. Officer Consuelos refused to look Dominic in the eye, ignoring his figure as he pushed him out from in front of Alex. "Dom, it's fine." Alex sounded defeated, he had already accepted his consequence. "Why do you do the shit that you do!" Dominic shouted at his little brother, beginning to feel enraged at the predicament he got them in. Officer Consuelos suddenly became silent, escorting Alex into the cop car and getting into the drivers seat himself.