Hecate
Dom cocks his head to one side, his
broad chest heaving, the pattern Lettie's and Vince's blood left behind moving
with every intake of breath. He
listens quietly to the sound of the
approaching police cars, pupils dilated and his whole body rigid. He knows that
it's over. And I have to think about
his words :I will never go back into jail And now they come to take him back.
He's scared. Desperate, angry, left
alone...Things he isn't used to. And I know what I have to do, what I will do.
Because this is Dom for Christ's
sake.
The man taking you into his family,
into his team without hesitation. The friends you betrayed. I can still turn it
around, still give him another chance.
And I will.
His eyes show surprise when I give
him the car keys. And I force a smile on my lips and shrug. "I'm still
owing you a Ten- Second-Ride." He smiles
now, too. God, this wonderful
smile. Barely there but saying so much more than words could ever do. He takes
the keys and turns around to go.
But then, he stops.
"Come with me" I hear the
words, I understand the meaning but still I can't believe them. I can't believe
Dom asks me that. That he wants me to come
with him. I betrayed him ! He lost
his woman because of me. He lost his family, his friends, everything. And he
wants me to come with him.
My heartbeat quickens at this idea,
the image of us floating my mind. Dom and me escaping, driving through the
country at high speed, always moving,
never looking back. It's exiting me.
God, Brian ! How can you even think
about this ? You can't do that ! The consequences it will have. My career would
be over. Spoil that, it already is.
But I still have a job, I'm still
free. If I run with him, I can really be charged, I can lose all. Me of all
people should know that. But Dom, Dom is standing
there and waits for an answer. Dom.
Being with him and the others felt so much better, felt so much more like family
than being with the LAPD ever did.
And what about Mia ? Sweet, lovely
Mia ? The woman you love ? Remember this Brian, she's the woman you love ! Your
Woman ! But how can I love
her, when I have to remind myself I do ?
God ,Mia. I promised I would never
hurt her. Well, I did. I hurt her, I hurt her brother. And somehow the latter
one seems to be so much more important
to me now. I hurt Dom.
He's really like gravity Mia. You
were right about that. He pulled me in like everybody else. And I don't want to
change that, don't want to escape his
pull. I guess I like it. I
shouldn't but I do.
"Brian ?" His voice is
questioning now, his eyes searching mine.
The police cars are closer now and if we want to use our chance we have
to go now.
I have to decide. Fast and for the
rest of my life. Because if I go with him, I can't go back. It's forever then.
Dom and me. Me and Dom.
And his eyes demand an answer now,
urging me to come with him. And I feel like falling, caught by gravity, a whole
universe spinning in front of my
eyes. Different roads to take and I
have to make a choice.
I told Mia that she's the Number 1,
not her brother. I told her, I loved her.
I was lying.
End.
Everybody falls in small degrees
Everybody falls in small degrees
- it's gravity
"Gravity" Josh Joplin
Group
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