Chapter Fifty-Two

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�You are a fucking miracle worker, you know that?� I said to Mia a few minutes later as we walked out of the bathroom and went downstairs.

�Yeah, I know,� Mia laughed. �Just remember, you owe me!�

�Whatever, girl,� I grinned, rolling my eyes at her as she walked away. �Okay Jamie,� I went on, turning to her. �Now just�find Vince, and ask him to� Well, ask him to take you out and show you his car again or something. He never gets tired of showing it off�you�d think it was a Diablo or something.�

�Diablo?� she asked, looking at me kinda strange. �His car�s a devil?�

�No�� I groaned. �Lamborghini. You have heard of those, right?�

�Oh�yeah, I think so�� she said slowly as we walked into the kitchen. �Hey, I�m hungry.�

I just looked at her. �You sure �bout that?�

�Yep,� she nodded.

�Okay,� I said, pulling her over to the pantry. �Here�re some crackers�you should be able to eat them okay.�

�Oh, look!� Jamie cried, interrupting me. �There�s Vince! God, could he be any hotter?�

�Well��

�Do I look okay?� she asked, flicking her hands through her hair.

�You look fine,� I reassured her. �Mia does good work. Never be able to tell you were puking your guts up just twenty minutes ago��

�Okay, I�m gonna go talk to him,� she said, starting to walk away from me.

�Wait, hold up�� I muttered, pulling on one of her belt loops to keep her there. �Don�t leave without your crackers. You�re hungry, remember? And no more beer! Just water. Okay?�

�Right,� she echoed. �Water. Okay.�

She took her crackers and walked over to where Vince was sitting in the dining room, and I went out into the living room to see about kicking someone�s ass on the Nintendo.

�So, you wanna go one on one?�

�You need to update your shit, Miguel,� I laughed, not even looking away from the tv screen. ��Cause that line ain�t gonna get you anywhere��

�I meant the game�� he said, sitting down next to me on the floor.

�Sure you did, man.�

�So�you gonna let me get in there?� he smirked, leaning over me.

I just looked at him, rolled my eyes, and threw the second controller at him. Unfortunately, he caught it - I�d been hoping it�d smack him in the face or something.

�Damn, girl�� Miguel groaned, almost two hours later, after I�d kicked his ass on every racing game Dom owned. �Do you have to be so fucking good at everything that has anything to do with cars?�

�Yeah,� I laughed. �Actually, I do. You know, you should just be glad we didn�t have any money on this��

�Whatever�� he said as he stood up. �Hey, I�m gonna take off�Hector�s havin� some people over tonight. You wanna go, get some food or something?�

�Nah, man�I�m just gonna chill here. Wait for Leon, see if anyone else is dumb enough to want to play me.�

�Okay then, I�ll see ya at school Monday I guess,� Miguel said before turning and walking out the door.

I shut off the Nintendo, got up, and walked over towards the kitchen, thinking I�d check on Jamie. Never got there, though, �cause Dom reached out and grabbed me around the waist as I walked by, pulled me into the dining room.

�He never quits, does he?� Dom asked, leaving his arm around me.

�Yeah�Miguel loves to rag on me�� I said, leaning against him.

�What?� Dom laughed. �He�s into you�he�s flirting with you.�

�Yeah, right,� I said, rolling my eyes.

�He is flirting with you,� Dom insisted. �I should kick the shit out of him��cept it�d be a waste of time �cause he wouldn�t know what I was doing it for...�

�Oh, come off it, Dom,� I laughed. �It�s just Miguel� And even if he were really into me - which he totally isn�t - nothing would happen. We�re just friends. And we were just talking.�

�Talking�yeah, right. That�s not all he was doing��

�Yeah, he was also getting his ass kicked at Nintendo��

�That�s not what I meant, Letty, and you know it,� Dom sighed. �I just wish we didn�t have to hide any more.�

�Yeah, I know,� I said quietly, running my hand down Dom�s side. �Me too. But it�s almost over�Julie should be having that kid any day now, right?�