Dominique Toretto sat at the breakfast table waiting with the rest of the team while her parents fought in the other room. This happened often but nobody ever spoke about it, they just accepted it then moved on with life. Her best friend Carolina fidgeted in her seat and started to complain but was hushed by her mother Mia O'Conner. Silence was bearing down upon the family as they waited for her parents to stop their fighting. Just when she thought they'd go on forever they re-entered the room and took their places at the table.

"Who's sayin' grace today?" Came the deep voice of her father, Dominic Toretto as he gazed at the gathered people at the table. Seeing no volunteers he turned his eyes to her. "'Nique, your turn." She nodded her affirmative and thought about it for a second.

"Father God thank you for my family, the peace between us, for the wonderful cars that go really fast and for the most delicious food prepared for us by my Aunt Mia." Chuckles followed her prayer because of her audicity but she just shrugged off the looks she received. Looking over at her father she saw that he was smiling at her and she smiled back. No further waiting was done as they all dug into the food and helped themselves. Idle chatter filled the silence, mostly about the garage and the cars they were working on this week but Dominique and Carolina talked about other things.

"Who was that boy that you were talking to at school yesterday 'Nique?" Carolina asked. Her brown hair curled around her face making her look years younger than she was at the ripe age of fifteen.

"His name's Alexandro Carter 'Lina, he just moved here from Beverly Hills." Carolina snorted at Dominique's answer. They lived in the lower part of Los Angelos (A/N: spell check!) and Beverly Hills was definately not a good starting point for the kid. This place was gang central, he'd get picked on this year for sure.

"He's from Beverly Hills?" The younger girl giggled at the thought. "Oh boy! He's gonna get teased a lot this year!" Tossing a strand of wavy black hair over her shoulder Dominique thought about it for a moment while she took a bite of food.

"Who's gonna get teased this year?" Asked Carolina's mother Mia, hearing his wife ask that question Brian turned his attention to them as well.

"The new kid at school, he's from Beverly Hills." Carolina brushed impatiently at her short, curly, brown hair as she talked to her mother. "From pampered brat to mexican public schooler, oh that's gonna be fun!" Dominique picked at her food as her friend chatted animatedly about the new boy.

"Somethin' wrong 'Nique?" She lifted her eyesight from her plate full of food and looked at her father's chocolate brown eyes with her own.

"No Papa, I just don't have much of an appetite today I guess." Dominique hoped her excuse would be okay with her father and that he wouldn't question further. He nodded his head, the sun light reflecting off of his by choice bald head. "May I be excused?" Her father stared at her for a moment and then nodded.

"Yeah, go get ready for school if your not gonna eat." The sixteen year old pushed away from the table and scraped the remainder of her food off into the garbage can and dropped her plate in the sink where it would be washed later. Going upstairs to her room she grabbed her backpack and made sure her homework was in it. Grabbing the outfit she picked out last night she pulled it on quickly. Not one to dress to impress Dominique pulled on her tight and ragged blue jeans that was accompanied by a tight black tank top. Pulling her long wavy, black hair into a high ponytail she looked at herself in the mirror. Deciding it was enough for today she grabbed her favorite sneakers, pulled them on and tied them tight. She started going downstairs just as Carolina was going upstairs.

"Dominique, you ready to go?" She nodded her head at Carolina's question and they grabbed their backpacks and went back down the stairs to say good bye to the family before leaving. Dominique kissed her mother's cheek and hugged her father before yelling good bye to the rest of the family. Exiting the house they started on their way to school and almost didn't hear the yells to wait from a friend.

"Girls! Yo! Wait up!" Dominique and Carolina stopped in unison and turned to look back at Leon's son Michael-Xavier. "Jeez girls, ya leavin' without me?" The older girl rolled her eyes at his question.

"Of course Mikey, why should we wait?" The boy sighed dramatically at Carolina's sarcasm.

"Because you just can't help but looove me." The young brunette launched herself into his arms and kissed his cheek.

"Yeah, I know." Dominique continued to walk even as the couple began to make out. Carolina and Michael-Xavier had been dating off and on for a year and they disgusted her with their constant public smooching. Seeing as she was THE Dominic Toretto's daughter people figured she was used to this but she always shied away from kissing people. If she was being honest with herself though the real reason she stayed away from the young couple was because she had a crush on Michael. He had brown hair with hints of red in it and his beautiful blue eyes that he inherited from his mother made her want to melt everytime she looked into them. He was very tall, standing over his father at six feet and three inches. He was well built, muscles rippling at everything he did. Dominique had a crush on him for a long time but she never confronted him about it because she didn't want to destroy her friendship with her best friend.

"Whoa girl! Slow down!" Hearing Michael-Xavier's voice calling for her, Dominique halted her quick steps and instead took slower ones. Carolina looked at her with worry in her eyes once she caught up with her.

"¿Estas bien amiga?" Michael watched with a blank face as the girls began to converse in spanish, they were obsessed with leaving him out of it so he let them talk.

"No se." Dominique replied to Carolina's question. "¿Por que pregunta?"

"No te ves tan bien." Dominique made a little 'O' shape with her mouth at Carolina's answer and continued to walk in silence then after. School went by slowly as her thoughts drifted around her best friend's boyfriend. He was cute no doubt, but the way he acted around Carolina made her sick. Even though she was pretty she'd never had a boyfriend because most guys were afraid to get close for fear her father would get mad. It was nice having a father who would protect you no matter what the consequence but sometimes it was a little too much attention.

Dominique headed straight for home after the last bell rung, she didn't even wait for Carolina or Michael-Xavier she just kept on walking. When she reached the house she was sent several questioning glances from her parents but she went up to her room and shut the door. Dressing into something more comfortable she pulled out her journal and began to write. Time flew by as she wrote in her journal, it was the only time she ever really had to herself. She loved her family and the team to death but sometimes she needed her space. Hearing a knock at the door she opened it up to reveal Michael-Xavier.

"Hey Unique Dominique!" He exclaimed using her annoying nickname he had thought of himself. "Time for dinner." His goofy grin spread across his face as he saw what she was wearing. "But you might wanna change first."

"Get your eyes back in your head Michael-Xavier!" She stated as he eyed up her almost transparent white tank top that only had a black bra under it and her ripped up short shorts. Closing the door in his face Dominique changed her shirt to a blank tank top with spagetti straps so her dad didn't have a 'spaz attack'. Opening the door again she realized Michael hadn't moved from his spot and he still had his goofy grin on his face. Pushing her way past him she went down stairs leaving him to watch her go.

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Michael-Xavier stood on the top of the stair case and watched Dominique go downstairs. Her black hair bounced side to side in his ponytail with every step she took. Turning back towards her room he wondered what she had been doing. Entering her room he saw the book lying open on her bed where she had left it. Looking closer he realized it was her journal. Part of him wanted to see what she was writing about while the other part was telling him it was her personal business and he should keep his nose out of it. Curiousity beating his respect for her he picked up the journal and started to read.

May 5th

Today was just like every other day. School, meals and that crap. Carolina and Michael made out on the way to school again. Normally I can take it but today it just hurt all the more. How did she get so lucky? I mean, I'm older I know I'm not ugly so why don't I have a boyfriend? It's not fair!

Everybody avoided me at school today. Sometimes it's cool, other times it's not. Being a Toretto has it's advantages, I don't get bullied by anybody 'cause my dad would so whip their butt's if they did bully me. But I also don't make any new friends often. The only friends I have are Carolina and Michael, not counting the team 'cause their my family. I guess life isn't meant to be fair.

Michael seems to have gotten larger in the past few weeks. Either he's working out more or I'm shrinking but he's getting pretty big. I wish he knew how I feel. I wish I could tell him but I just can't! I want to tell him how much I...

"Michael-Xavier! I'm gonna kick your frickin' butt!" Michael shot up from the bed and turned to the doorway where Dominique had yelled at him from. "How dare you read my journal! You are so dead!" Deciding he didn't want to die early he ran from the room and ran all the way down the stairs. He could hear Dominique's angry steps as she ran behind him, trying to catch him. Seeing the door open he ran outside and through the yard. He might've made it if he had seen the large root protruding from the ground, but alas he did not and tripped on the root and fell face first into the dirt. Dominique leapt at him and flipped him over. Her fists began to hit him everywhere she could, face, chest everywhere.

Michael was trying to push her off but she was angry and strong, her father wouldn't have it any other way. He saw Dominique's father come up behind her and pull her off of him and he wanted to thank that man but his jaw wasn't functioning right. He could hear words coming out of her father's mouth but he couldn't understand them he was so far out of it. Dominique answered her father and suddenly she was on him again, pounding his face in with her fists. More yelling was heard, but everything went black in Michael's world.

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"Dominic! Do something!" Yelled Dominique's Aunt Mia, but she was hardly aware of them as she continued to beat on Michael-Xavier even though he was unconscious. She felt her father's arms wrap around her again and she tried to fight him off but he pulled tighter and lifted her from the unconscious boy. She was pulled against her father's chest but she still fought but this time it was weaker, she was tired from her momentary adrenaline rush that had now left. Her arms felt like lead and she relaxed in her father's grip. She watched in silence as Leon went over to his son and got a cloth to wipe off the blood.

She felt herself being pulled away from the scene and was plopped into a chair where she was surounded by family members. Her father and mother were closest, she took her eyes from them unable to hold their gaze as they stared at her. Behind her parents was her Aunt Mia and Uncle Brian watching her with a critical eye. And past them was the rest of the group, Jesse and Vince. Looking over at where Michael-Xavier was lying she saw Carolina and Leon wiping away the blood and putting ice on his bruises. Her attention was pulled back to her father who had cleared his throat.

"Why did you attack Michael?" His deep voice shook her to the bone, leaving her feel guilty and so wrong about what she'd done. When she didn't answer he put his fingers under her chin and lifted her head up to look him in the eyes. "Dominique, why did you attack Michael?"

"He read my journal." Her voice was soft and no more than a whisper but it was heard and understood. Her father nodded slowly taking in these piece of information.

"Is that it?" She nodded her head at her father's question. "Go up to your room, I'll be up there to talk to you later." She nodded again unable to speak and rose to her feet and went to her room.

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Dominic sat down on his bed and sighed as he pulled his boots off. Beside him Letty watched him with concerned eyes. After removing his boots he placed them next to the bed like always and ran a hand over his bald head. He tried to rub the stress away but it wasn't working. Letty came up to him and rubbed his shoulders soothingly.

"Why'd she have to go and beat up Michael like that?" Dominic was so tired of conflicts between the family. "And he's twice her size he should be able to fight back better than that." Letty chuckled at his statement.

"Dom, you and I both know that our daughter can do whatever she wants to when she puts her mind to it, you trained her to be like that. And besides, to add to the fact, she's on her period." The revelation hit Dominic like bricks.

"Maybe I shoulda trained her a bit less?" Letty chuckled again and kissed him on the cheek.

"But then she'd be so available to be hurt by all the creeps."

"Never." Letty climbed into his lap and kissed him passionately on the lips.

"Let's worry 'bout Michael and Dominique later okay, but right now," She rubbed her hips against his suggestively. "Let's worry 'bout somethin' else." More than happy to oblidge her Dominic kissed her and pulled her back into the bed where he proceded to show her just what he wanted to worry about.

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translations

¿estas bien amiga? Are you okay girl friend?

No se I'm not so sure

¿Por que pregunta? Why do you ask?

No te ves tan bien You don't look so good

(A/N) This is my first Fast and the Furious fic. I fell in love with Dominic, cuz well, I love Vin Diesel so yeah. Review or else! Somebody tell me what Brian's last name is, I only got to see the movie cuz I borrowed it and I didn't pay much attention to Brian cuz I was too busy starin' at Dom... :-D -Sabeybaby