CHAPTER 3


	Tori and Tai smiled back at Dom as he gave them a grin when his 
car pulled up along side them. The competition pulled up beside him, closer 
to the two and looked over at Dominic's companions, teasing Dom's anger by 
making a kissing face at Tori, who simply smiled before throwning him 
the bird. He frowned then looked to Dom and reved up his engine in 
inimidation. Dominic simply rolled his eyes and turned back to the stretch 
of dirt road before him. The signal went up for the cars to prepare, 
then the arms went down and the two cars, one, Dominic's Supra and 
the other guys Camero took off down the half-mile course. 
	
	Tori and Tai started screaming out for Dom to win. Sure enough, 
less than fifteen seconds later Dominic had crossed the finish line far 
out in front of the other guy who was cussing furiously a his bad 
luck, though it was really just his bad driving skill and knowledge. Noone 
could hold a candle to Dom, and everyone knew that.

***

	The group had just gotten back from Race Wars and everyone was 
extremely tired. During the rest of the course, Tori remembered, her and 
Dominic had gotten closer over just those few days. It had been incredible 
how close they had grown in so little of time.

	Tori flipped on the radio casually as the tunes of Aerosmith's 
'Fly' waifed through the room. Running a hand through her hair, she sighed 
before laying down on her bed. Spreading her left hand out to her side and 
the other above her head, she closed her eyes, trying to calm her nerves 
and tensions from the previous evening. She heard a soft knock on the 
door and even attempt to move as she spoke, too tired to walk to the door.

	"Come in."

	Dominic walked in and shut the door quietly. Tori's head went 
up to look at the visitor, twisting her neck in an odd fashion. "Ouch." 
she murmered before laying her head back down.

	"Hey." Dom said as he came to sit down beside her on the right 
side of the bed. "How you doin'?" He asked running a hand through her 
hair, playing with a few strands before pressing his palm down on by 
the right side of her head and leaning toward her on it to better see 
her face.

	"Alright. Tired I guess. More so mentally than physically. Today 
was rough, but I guess I should have expected nothing else." She sighed 
again, a little louder than when she was alone and ran her hand that was 
above her head over to Dom's hand placed just inches from it, running 
her fingers over his skin. 

	Dominic gently took her hand in his, twining his fingers with 
hers, then leaned over to take her other hand and do the same, lifting 
that one above her head as well. He leaned down and kissed her softly, 
running his tongue along her lips before she opened her mouth to him 
and he swept through her warm mouth with it. He gently teased her tongue, 
pulling it into his mouth to suck on it lightly. Tori moaned trying to 
pull her hands free to wrap around his head, but Dominic put a 
gently pressure on her hands, not allowing them to leave his. Tori 
caught on and let him have his way, keeping her hands above her head 
even as his left them to travel down her face, neck and chest to her 
stomach. Sliding his hands up underneith her shirt, Dominic began 
lifting it above her chest and then slid it over her head, Tori lifting 
up to help him get it off.  He lifted from the kiss, looking into her 
sky blue eyes before trailing his gaze slowly down her body to her now 
exposed bra covered breasts. 

	He tossed her shirt off the bed over his shoulder, causing 
her to giggle, before she gasped as his head dipped down to lick the 
line above the top of her bra. He laved her skin with his soft tongue, 
lingering here and there before his hands crept around her back to unfasten 
the two snaps from the material keeping his mouth at bay. He pulled one 
strap at a time down her arms, staring into her eyes the entire time, 
then pulled the bra off to look down at the creamy flesh now exposed 
to him. With an almost inaudible growl, Dom dipped his head once again, 
this time wasting not a moment before baring in on his target. His tongue 
slicked over Tori's hardening nipple, before taking it into his mouth to 
suckle. Tori moaned and could no longer agree to keep her hands where 
they were, locking them onto his neck and running her hands over his 
head as he paid each breast equal attention. All the while, his hands 
stroked her thighs, hips and waist, stroking sweetly as he felt her 
responding eagerly to his attentions.

	Tori closed her eyes as Dominic increased the suction against 
her breast. He never made either one feel left out, licking and sucking 
equally at each. She was rubbing his head lightly with her fingers before 
clenching at his neck and sighing out his name. She felt him leave her 
breasts, which became cold instantly in the air and she shivered before 
she felt his lips on hers again. Tori pulled him closer, pulling his 
black tank top from his black pants and lifting it up off of his perfect 
carmel skin. Pulling away from him to pull the tank over his head, Tori 
took the opportunity to lean up and lick at his flat nipples, making Dom 
grunt and struggle to get the tank off even harder. Tori laughed as he 
ended up ripping it and throwing it, too off the bed to join her shirt, 
however it landed on the other side of the room. Dom pressed a ferocious 
kiss to her lips once more before sitting back on his knees and placing 
his hands on her sides, telling her silently to stay in place. 

	Tori held her breath as Dominic's fingers ran over her skin, 
giving her shivers down her spine. He ran them down her sides, then 
back up and across her abdomen, down her stomach to the top of her 
jeans. Placing one hand on the top of her jeans to hold them in place, 
he took the zipper between the fingers of his other and slowly, 
teasingly pulled it downward, letting each click sould like forever 
before the next. Finally the zipper was completely undone and Dominic 
slid off the bed, letting his hands trail down her pants to her feet. 
Pulling off her black socks, seeing as how her shoes had already been shed 
the minute she had gotten in the room, he threw them haphazardly behind 
him, like every other article of clothing gone. Tori again giggled, then 
laughed as he grabbed her jeans and pulled, only succeeding in 
pulling her down, while the jeans stayed in place. She began to wiggle to 
try and help him get them off.

	"Don't." he said quietly. "I can do it, just may take a few tries, 
but they'll come off." he laughed. Going back to his task, he pulled more 
carefully, holding her other leg in place while he pulled the left pant 
leg down. It started to slid off her body without any problems and he did 
the same for the right leg. Finally getting them loose enough, he pulled 
the jeans slowly off of Tori before letting them drop to the floor. She 
now lay before him in only a pair of black panties. Dominic smiled at 
her with an undisguised lust she had never seen before. She began 
to lift and crawl backwards, but only got a foot before Dominic had 
grabbed her ankle and stopped her.  

	Running his hand up her leg until he got to the side band of 
her panties, Dom leaned over her, kissing the same path up her leg, 
then running his tongue across the top of her thigh. Tori moaned and 
clutched the bed, still lifted up on her elbows to watch as he looked 
up at her, then closed his eyes again to work his mouth across her 
hips. His other hand joined the first and gently tugged at the 
waistband, pulling the last garment off of her. It slid easily down 
her legs and was also, of couse, thrown casually across the room. 
This time it landed on the doorknob and Tori burst out laughing. Dominic 
looked over and laughed as well, then leaned down and blew on her now 
exposed flesh. Tori gasped and looked back down at him.

	"Lay down, Tor. Close your eyes." Dom whispered to the 
panting Tori. 

	She did so then moaned his name as she felt a very warm and very 
wet tongue slide along the slit of her pussy. She groaned and pressed 
up into his mouth when the very tip of his tongue came into contact with 
her clit. Dom spread her lips with his fingers and leaned in, licking 
gently at her engorged clit. After a few moments of torture, he slid 
his tongue down to her opening and quickly thrust it in, causing Tori 
to moan even louder, grasping at the back of his head. Searching within 
her for a few moments, Dom moaned into her pussy, feeling her hands 
on his head and the vibration sent Tori bucking up into his mouth. 
Lifting his mouth higher again, Dominic took her clit into his mouth and 
began a sucking motion, pulling the soft bud into his mouth more and 
more. Tori was now panting and moaning louder and louder and Dom was 
thoroughly grateful they were alone in the house. His right hand slid 
down, tracing along her open lips to her entrance and then thrust a 
finger carfully in. He could feel her beginning to move more and more 
against his face and began to work her clit faster, applying his tongue 
to it, licking as he sucked in a quick, gentle rhythm. Rolling her hips 
benieth his mouth, Tori groaned feeling her orgasm suddenly building 
quicker than before. Dominic's finger moved faster in her as she thrashed 
benieth his expert mouth and fingers. He heard her groan and grasp harder 
at his neck as she came. Licking softly at her as she came down, twitching, 
Dominic licked his lips then crawled up to kiss her deeply.

	Tori sighed accepting the kiss and deepening it. Smiling to 
herself, Tori pushed at him, taking him by suprise as he rolled onto his 
back with her straddling his pants. Lifting to her knees, Tori moved 
down, not taking much time to strip him naked, following his example 
and throwing the clothes whereever they may land. She looked down at his 
erection and smiled. He was certainly healthy. Taking him in her hand, 
Tori stroked his length until he groaned and leaned his head back, 
closing his eyes. Leaning down, she cautiously licked over the head of 
his hard cock. Dom moaned and grabbed her upper arms, looking into her 
eyes to let her know not to tease him.

	Tori crawled up and straddled his hard penis, taking it in her 
hand and leading it to her entrance. Placing her hands on his abdomen 
as his rested on her hips, Tori groaned as she slid slowly down his 
length. Dominic gave a tremendous groan and gripped her hips with 
more pressure, flexing against her skin. His eyes came slightly open 
and he looked up into her eyes. Tori smiled then threw her head back as 
she began her motions, sliding back and forth. A moan of her name came 
from his lips, his deep voice echoing inside her and making her shiver 
with excitment.  She lifted her legs, pulling her hips up and then lowered 
herself again. 

	"Oh god, yes." Dominic moaned, panting almost loudly as she began 
to lift and fall on his cock, rocking back and forth as well.  Running 
his hand down her side, he reached his thumb in to rub pressured circles 
over her eager clit. Tori moaned nearly the same as she felt her insides 
melting and the incredible feeling of her second approaching orgasm. 
Dominic could feel the same. He was becoming incredibly hot and 
could feel himself tightening up into her as her insides flexed 
against his. This is where he wanted to be. Inside her. For a very, 
very long time. It felt so right. And in the end that's what sent 
him over. Not the heat, not the erotic electriflying motions her hips 
were making apon his, not even her moaning his name as her orgasm took 
over with an incredible intensity, though had he not had the realization, 
that certainly would have done it. It was the fact that he realized 
in that moment that he wanted to feel this forever, not just the sex, 
but the emotion. It felt right, it felt like home, even had they not 
been home. It was the fact that he realized he loved her that sent him 
over the edge and into the most incredible orgasm of his life. He groaned 
loudly, pumping quickly up into her even as she fell on to his chest, 
panting.

	"Oh, god, Tori...." he whispered as he filled her with his warmth. 
Tori sighed at the feeling and clutched at him tighter, still 
rocking lightly against him, even as she lay apon him, sweat from their 
bodies mingling as their lovemaking came to a slow and gentle end to which 
they both drifted off to sleep.

***

	Loud voices arguing, though muffled by the door, awoke Tori 
the next morning. Looking over at the still sleeping Dominic, she smiled 
and ran her hand along the arm so casually draped about her waist as she 
remembered the night before. Dominic and her had made love at least three 
times that night and she felt incredibly tired but wondered what the 
yelling was about. Listening closer, she didn't have to wait long to find 
out. 

	"Tai! You can't just go in there. Trust me, I walked in this 
morning, you don't need to be going in there-" Mia's voice sounded 
through the wood before Tori heard Tai cut her off.

	"Listen, I don't care what they did, she needs to see this-"

	"Tai, listen to me, you can't-"

	"It's my responsibility to let her know since she-"

	"-and I'm sure they don't want to be disturbed-"

	"-probably too busy fucking to notice that anything-"

	The voices mingled togather so that Tori could hardly make them 
out. She had only moments to realize that Mia was loosing this battle 
and Tai was coming in whether she liked it or not. Turning to Dom, she 
gently shook him to wake him before Tai decided to break down the door. 
Just as he was rousing, she heard her brother say something along the 
lines of 'screw this' and the door was opened with a very upset Tai and a 
very protesting Mia entering through it. Tori sat up, holding the sheet to 
her chest. She didn't have to explain herself to her brother. If he had a 
problem, he would deal. Dominic looked extremely tired as he too attempted 
to sit up, before settling on propping up on his elbow to look at Tai.

	Before she could get a word out though, Tai put a hand up. 
"Listen, Tor, I don't car about whatever you and Dom did last night, 
ok. That's not what I'm here for-"

	"Then what's wrong?" Tori asked, interupting her brother.

	After a moments pause, he spoke. "I think you should see it for 
yourself." and with that cryptic message, left to wait for his sister who 
had just given Dominic a look that said, 'What in the world is going on?'

***

	Dominic stood with one hand on his forhead, his eyes closed as 
a massive headache came on. Tori was rounding the wreck of a car again, 
her mouth still dropped open in shock. She came around to him with tears 
starting up in her eyes. But she wasn't going to cry. Her expression 
quickly turned angry, but the anger he knew was not directed at him, 
but at the offenders.

	"Who in the hell would do something like this? After all of our 
hard work. The time and money that Tai and I have put in on this have 
been priceless. The parts of ourself we have put into this car.....and 
now it's gone!" she turned back to the once beautiful RX-7. Now it lay a 
rubble, riddled with bullet holes and smashed by objects now unknown. 
It had been mutilated to the point where the tag was needed to identify 
it, had Tai not immediatly known it was his. He had been devistated to 
wake up and find his prize baby smashed to nothing. When had it happened? 
Was it one of the passing cars in the night? How had they not heard it, 
not known someone was there beating it to death? Perhaps it had been 
towed away before the mutilation and brought back before dawn. The 
possiblities were endless, and so was the pain it seemed. Things were 
at the lowest Tori had ever experienced, and they didn't look to be 
getting any easier. 

	Turning back from the car into Dominic's arms, she made a silent 
vow to herself and her brother to get whoever had done this to them. They 
would pay. Whatever the cost...

***

	As it turned out, the RX-7 was a total loss, and having no 
insurance on the car, since it was technically illigal to own the car 
for racing purposes, the two were out of luck as for their car. Som 
had tried to offer his services to help out paying since he still 
had those thousands of his share in a swiss account, but Tori would 
have none of it, saying she felt like she were stealing from him, 
using his money and Tai simply said it wouldn't be the same.

	"Tell you what. I'll let you race the Supra next time and you 
can probably get someone to bet slips on it. Your sure to win in that 
thing, so no prob. Win the car, keep the pride." Dom said, patting Tai's 
knee. It was his last olive branch he had to extend. He wasn't sure what 
else he could do to help.

	Tai took a moment, watching his feet, shorter than Dom's dangling 
off the edge of the high porch. He then looked up to Dom's face, squinting 
from the sun, even in the little shade he had. "Really?" he raised 
his brows.

	Inside Dominic sighed. "Yeah really." he smiled, raising his 
hand to Tai's shoulder. "I know what it's like, Tai, pride always in the 
way, happens to everyone,whether they want it or not, but this way you can 
keep that high horse of yours and get a new car. Who knows, may just end 
up a really good import we can upgrade."

	"So...so you'll help me upgrade it then when I get it?" he asked 
sure of his ability to win.

	"Course."

	Tai looked back down for a minute before standing up so that 
Dom was the one looking up at him. "One problem, Dom. We may not be around 
for it. Tor is sayin that we're probably gonna leave soon." he paused, 
turning to leave, before talking to Dom over his shoulder. "You know, 
I really thought this was it....we were finally gonna stop running, 
finally gonna have a REAL home, with REAL friends. I should have known 
it was too good to be true." he whispered the last, running off the 
porch and around the back to be alone.

	Dominic sat for a moment taking in all that Tai had said before 
sighing and standing up and walking around to the side of the house that 
he had had Tori park the trailer. It had only been about two weeks ago, 
just before Race Wars that she had agreed finally to let Mia and Dom 
house her and Tai. She spent very little time in her room though, except 
when she was sleeping or with Dom. Suprisingly he stayed with her 
almost every night since that special night a week ago, but they had 
not made love again, due to the stress surrounding their lives at 
that point in time. Now Dom wished he had attempted to, maybe she 
wouldn't even be thinking of leaving then. But no, she had done it before 
in different places. Tai was right, it had been just a little more than 
a month and already she was ready to run. Well, he wasn't having it.

***
	
	The knock on the door brought Tori out of her trance. She had been 
packing up a few things in her and Tai's few suitcases they owned. It was 
time to go. They had stayed too long already and things were getting 
to complicated....people were getting too....close. She couldn't let 
that happen now. Things were just not the right time, but then they never 
seemed the right time.

	"Come in!" she yelled to the door behind her, assuming it was Tai. 
He was supposed to help her pack some more.

	The door opened then shut. But noone spoke.

	"Tai, could you hand me the pair of shoes in the closet? The red 
ones?"

	"Tai's outside." came the deep voice.

	Tori swung around in suprise, looking into the face of Dominic Torretto. 
He was only about 3 feet from her and she blushed and turned back, pushing the 
clothes further down into the suitcase as if they would dissapear from 
his sight if she pushed hard enough. "Hi Dom. What's up?"

	"Tori, what are you doing?" he asked, his voice low and she 
could tell he knew. She paused a moment before answering and 
continuing putting things in her case.

	"What's it look like I'm doing Dom." she didn't even try to 
disguse her voice with a happy tone. "I'm packing up some of me and Tai's 
things."

	"Why? Why are you leaving? Did something happen?" he asked, 
now concerned that maybe he hadn't seen something going on behind the 
scenes in Tori's life, though he thought he was part of that 'behind the 
scenes' area.

	Tori turned to him with an exasperated look. "Look, Dom. You knew 
this day would come. We have to leave."

	"Why? Is it like last time Tor? Something BETTER out there? 
Nothing left here for you? Or did you simply get tired of the setting..or 
maybe it was me? Did I get boring Tori?" he asked, now starting to get 
angry.

	Tori paused. "How did you know about those things? I never told 
you the reasons I left those places..."

	"Tai told me! Tori, that's not the point-"
	
	"..tai..." she whispered, her hand rising to her mouth as Dom 
continued.

	"and you know it makes no difference. Why do you really leave 
like this? Does what we have mean nothing to you??" he asked, the watched 
in confusion as she sank down to sit on the edge of the bed, tears 
welling up in her eyes.

	"T-tori, I....I didn't mean to-"

	"Dom..." she whispered loud enough to stop him. He sat down 
beside her and carefully put his arm around her shoulder as she 
leaned forward to rest her head on his chest as she cried.  Placing 
his chin on top of her head, he sighed. 

	"Tori...what is it? What's so wrong that you have to run away 
from it..from us...from me?" he nearly whispered.

	She sat up with tears in her eyes, almost gasping. "Oh Dom, 
Dom it's not you....it's just, "she looked down," everytime we get 
too comfortable, something like this happens. I mean, someone get hurt 
or something goes completely wrong. I mean, you saw what happened to 
the car....I'm just so afraid that........"

	"What Tori? What is this really about?" he asked as she stood 
up out of his arms and walked three feet away from him, before turning 
back to look into his eyes, hers red and puffy from crying.

	"It's about Tai. I just know one of these days that temper and pride 
of his is going to get him killed. He's my responsibility and 
if he dies....my parents would never forgive me. I'm so afraid I'm gonna 
screw it up so badly and everything is gonna go wrong and....." she started 
to sob again.

	"So that's what this is all about." he murmered more to 
himself than to her before standing and taking her into his arms while 
she heaved her tears out in streams, wetting his shirt. "Now listen 
to me Tori. Tai is getting older and he can pretty much take care of 
himself and I know you feel like it's your responsibility, but 
god girl you have to let this go. Your parents would never hate you or 
condem you if something happened, and you know what,no matter how far you 
run Tori, if something is going to happen, it's going to find a way of 
happeneing, regardless of where you are or how safe you may be. And 
your just gonna have to accept that and try and live your life, not 
keep running like this. Your one of the strongest women I've ever 
met and I just can't see you ever loosing to this, but by god Tor if you 
run...I'm gonna follow you until you see you can't get away from yourself 
this time." 

	The two stood there for what seemed like hours before Tori finally 
pulled back with a sniffle and a small smile. "I look like hell, don't I?" 
she whispered causing Dom to chuckle.

	"Yeah, but hey, think of the upside, my shirt just got washed and 
I didn't even have to take it off." he laughed. Tori gasped and touched 
his tear soaked shirt.

	"Oh lord Dom, I'm sorry, I didnt' mean to-"

	"Tori, don't worry about it." he smiled and leaned down to kiss 
her salt stained lips, tasting the tears that had flowed onto them. 
That afternoon, they made love till sunset and as Dominic slept, Tori 
made the decision that she wasn't going to run this time. She did have 
something to stay for, she thought with a smile.

***

	Three weeks had passed and they had been racing regularly 
with Dominic and the others, nightly, Tori taking her private life deeper 
and deeper with Dominic, though niether of them had professed love yet, 
the other knew it was true. Tai had taken to his new car he had won not a 
week after Tori had told him she had decided they were going to stay longer, 
to which he had jumped up with a whoop and ran around, hugging Mia and almost 
Dom before regaining his composure and shaking his hand to which Dominic 
laughed, then took Tori back in his arms to kiss her fervently. The group 
had become like family and Tori had even moved completely into her 
new room, Dominic of course moving some of his things into the room with 
her.


	That afternoon, Tai had gone off on a walk around the block, 
having a grand time just kicking the rocks on the sidewalk. He was 
going to check out the old abandoned warehouse, little bit of child that 
still reigned in him. Tori had simply nodded her head from her spot in 
front of Dom, who was leaned over behind her looking into a car they 
were repairing, his hands on hers. He was showing her some new tricks 
and information on fixing cars. His fingers moved over and between hers 
as he helped her twist on the top of a particular part in an old Dodge.

	Both had smiles plastered on their faces as they moved the part 
togather. Tori laughed brightly. "Sorta reminds me of the movie Ghost."

	Dominic paused and got a thoughtful look on his face. "Except 
I doubt they were working with car parts and had this much oil on them." 
he said as she laughed and kissed her ear before helping her move her 
hands further on the cars insides.

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