Chapter Fifty-Eight

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“You gonna stick by me?”

“Maybe….”

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“Yo, dawgs,” Leon said as Vince and I walked into the garage. “What up? You get tired of waiting for the girls to get back?”

“Yeah, whatever,” I laughed as I started working on a Mustang, trying not to think about Letty talking to Wes and any other guys there.

“So V, uh…what up with you and Jamie?” Leon asked a few minutes later, trying to sound casual.

“What?” Vince asked, surprised.

“Uh…you know, you seemed kinda into each other, so I was just wondering…” Leon stammered.

“Amber put you up to asking, didn’t she…” I said, laughing.

Leon turned red, shrugged his shoulders. “Well…she might have…”

“Yeah, I got the same talk from Letty and Mia,” I complained.

“So?” I asked a few minutes later when Vince hadn’t answered.

“What?” he asked. “Shit, Dom…you really want an answer?”

“The girls would kick our asses if we didn’t tell them something,” I said, “and you know it. So c’mon…”

“I dunno…” he shrugged. “She’s a cute girl…and pretty cool…not the little goody two shoes I thought she was first time I saw her, y’know?”

I nodded, “Yeah…so…you into her? Enough to keep her around for a while?”

“I…no…yes…shit, I dunno…” Vince muttered. “She’s kinda hot…but… Why the fuck would she want me? She’s all smart and shit…prolly go to Harvard or something like that… What the fuck would she want with a guy like me?”

Leon just laughed. “If you figure out how women think, dawg…we’d never have to work another day in our lives.”

“C’mon V,” I said, tossing a rag at his chest. “You’re a good guy…a dumb guy, sometimes, but good all the same. Don’t take a genius to see that. And girls love that shit…the good guy who looks like a bad boy…”

Leon and Vince just stared at me.

“Dude, you been reading Mia’s Cosmos again?” Leon asked, grinning at me.

“You need to shut the fuck up before I beat your ass,” I said, pointing my fist at Leon. “Besides, anything that keeps me even half a step ahead of Letty’s brain…”

“You’ve got a point there…” Leon laughed.

We all went back to working on the cars, and it was pretty quiet until we got ready to head back to the house.

“So, uh…” Leon said as we were walking out the door, “what should we tell the girls?”

“Why don’t you tell them to mind their own damn business and leave me the fuck alone?” Vince shot back.

“They just want to see you happy…” Leon started.

“’Sides,” I added, “I don’t think Mia’s capable of minding her own business…”

“Yeah…whatever,” Vince said, shaking his head. “Tell them…tell them I kinda dig Jamie, but I just wanna see what happens with it. I don’t wanna rush anything, or force it… Whatever happens will happen, right?”

“Damn, V,” Leon laughed, “that’s almost deep…”

“Yeah,” I said, grinning. “You sure you haven’t been reading Mia’s Cosmos?”