This is my version of the real Dom and Letty relationship. From when they we're teenagers to Fast and Furious 6, with the thought of how Fast and Furious 7 is going to finish off. I hope you enjoy.
I do not own Fast and Furious.
Letty POV:
August 1988.
Growing up in Los Angeles, California is the best thing on earth. With the hot weather, beach, good food, and everywhere you look fast cars. From Ford Mustangs to Dodge Chargers, it is such a high to see them go by you in a blink of an eye. Being only 10 years old living in Echo Park of Los Angeles, that's all you see was teenagers racing their cars. I could just sit in front of my house and watch the boy from down the street race his friends until my parents called me to get ready for bed. Even after I ate, shower and pray. I will still look out my window and watch the races until the group took their party to another site.
"One day, I'm going be apart of their crew." I vowed to myself as I drifted off to sleep.
I wake up to hearing my parents singing off-tune to some Mexican song. I quickly get up and get dress to find out what is making them so happy. It has been a trouble couple of months, with my father losing his job at the factory and my mother returning to work to keep the bills flowing. My father had to shallow his pride and let her do what she needed to do, so we did not lose everything. But even with him sucking up his ego, he was still a little grumpy around the house not doing anything. So to hear him and my mother so happy this morning was a surprise.
"What's up with y'all singing this morning, I could have sworn I heard the dogs barking at the house because it's that bad" I said as I sat down as my mom came over to give me my breakfast and a kiss on the head.
"Baby can't we be happy and just express are happiness without being criticize" my mom said as she walks over to my dad and plants a kiss on his lips.
"Yea, Leticia. I and your mother are celebrating me finding a new job and things are going to turn around for the good. Your mother is going to keep her job and now with two incomes coming in, we are going to have anything we ever needed." My dad said with a hug smile on his face.
It was nice seeing my dad smile the way he did, he has been miserable for the past 6 months. It was sad just looking at him sometimes.
"Yay daddy, where are you working at?" I asked as I ran around the table to give him a big hug.
"Thank you, baby, I'm working for Toretto's Auto body. The owner lives down the street and one day I was walking by and seen him working on his car and had to stop because it was such a beauty. A '70 Dodge Charger R/T, I stop to admire the car and as we was discussing different type of cars. He offers me a job as a mechanic. So I start tomorrow at the shop, but have to go down there today to complete paperwork." He said as he was clearing his plate to put in the sink.
"Papi, can I come with you, I won't cause any trouble. I just want to see the cars and see where you work. Please Papi." I begged with my hands together as if I was praying.
"Yeah, baby, hurry up and get ready, I'll be leaving in 10 minutes." Dad was saying as I was already up the stairs to get my shoes.
I was downstairs within 3 minutes, jumping up and down ready to go. My dad just laughed as he walked toward the door. We both waved goodbye to my mom as we shut the door to go. As we drove over to the auto body shop, I couldn't control my excitement. I have always been in love with cars, from the first time I seen a '70 Roadrunner drive by me. The sound of the engine gave me butterflies and the cherry red color hypnotize me. I swore that car would be mine. Just thinking about all the cars that could be at the shop is more exciting, then my father getting the job. I am happy for my father, but being a mechanic is the best thing next to being the president.
As we pull up to the shop, I almost jump out the car before it came to a full stop.
"Hold your engine little girl" my dad said as he holds his arm over my chest. "You need to not touch anything when you are here; you are not to speak to anyone unless they speak first. This is my new job and as happy you are about me being a mechanic. You need to make sure you do not cause any trouble that would jeopardize it, do you understand." He said with a little stern voice, but a slight smile across his face.
"Yes papi, I understand." I said as he and I both got out the car.
As soon as we was walking up to the garage, a little girl around my age came running out the garage up towards me and held out her hand.
"Hi, I'm Mia and you are Leticia" She said holding out her hand for me to shake.
"Hi Mia, you can call me Letty" I said as I shook her hand.
"Good you made it" A large built man came walking up to me, my dad and Mia. "I see you already meet my daughter Mia, and this is my son Dominic. And you are Leticia; your dad told me all about you, it is nice to meet you."
"Dad call her Letty" Mia cut her dad off as he reached for my hand.
"I am so sorry, nice to meet you Letty" He quickly corrected himself. "My name is Manny Toretto."
"Hi, Mr. Toretto, I love your garage, I such a huge fan of cars." I said looking around at the cars in at the garage.
"You probably only know about the type of cars that come with Barbie playhouse" I heard, Dominic say under his breath, but his father and Mia both turned towards him given him a mean look.
"Letty doesn't mind him, let's go and look at the cars if you want too" Mia said pulling on to my arm.
"You girls be good. And Mia you know your limitation. Please let Letty know them too." Mr. Toretto yelled as we walked away and he was leading my father into the office. Dominic went in the opposite direction of all of us. I recognize him as soon as I seen him, he's the boy from down the street. The one always racing his friends, the one always winning and the one that have the hurdle of women around him. He looks more attractive in person than from afar. He looks like he's 18-year-old, but I might be wrong. I know I am way out of his league, even though I'm not looking a boy any age. There is just something about him that is an instant attraction. His attitude approach, his deep voice, his love to race cars. Not just any cars, but muscle cars, that are only meant for speed. While I was picturing him racing, Mia snap me back to reality.
"So where do you live" Mia asked as she led me toward the garage.
"Echo Park, 1262 Delaware Ave." I said as I scan all the cars.
"Oh wow, I live in Echo Park too, my address is 1327 Delaware Ave that is right down the street from me, oh wow, and we are neighbors. Now I have someone to play with and talk about boys, makeup, clothes and…"
"Car" I cut Mia off from talking, she started to sound like my mother with all the girly things. My mother always says "such a waste of beauty for a girl who would rather play with cars and dirt like a boy, instead of dolls and clothes".
I'm close with my mother, but not as much as I am with my father. I rather build an engine, than build my wardrobe. And, that drove my mother crazy.
"So what are the limitation that you father was talking about" I asked as we looked at some mechanic work on the cars.
"This is it, you are not allowed to touch a car, only look at the cars that's being worked on. If you want you can play with the cars that the owner just left and my father feels it's a waste to fix up and not get paid for. But who wants to do that" Mia said in a not caring about way.
"So what's your background mama" I asked as we sat and looked at the mechanic.
"Nothing much, I live with my father and brother. My mother died when I was younger, so being the only girl in a house full of mechanic is boring. I had to rely on magazines and television for inspiration on being a girl. But my dad is a part-time racer and a full-time mechanic and father. Dominic is the same way, except for the father part. But sometime I think he feels he is my father. He is so over-protective. So what is your story Letty?" She said looking at me with excitement.
I don't know if it is the way she looks at me, or the way she was so happy to see me at first sight. But I have a feeling, that no matter what I do, she a friend to the end.
"Nothing much, I lived with my mother and father, my dad had a hard hit 6 months ago when he lost his job. But ever since this morning he is back to his old self. I'm not a girly girl; I'm more of a tomboy. I love cars and everything about them. I'm not into make-up, fashion or boys. I'm just into doing guy things." I said.
Mia looked at me with a confuse look, "That's ok, your still young, thing will change." She said as if she could predict the future.
We sat there for an hour watching the worker work. We talked about what school we go to, type of friends we have, and what we like to do on the weekends. I could really see myself becoming friends with Mia, she was easy to talk to and it would give me an excuse to come see her brother race. My dad appears saying it was time to go. As I parted ways with Mia, I said I will be down to see her tomorrow. This made her jump to excitement knowing she had a new friend to hang out with. As me and my dad was walking toward the car, I stop in my tracks as I notice Dominic talking to a couple of girls. More like shanks in my book. They were hiding nothing for the imaginary mind, but Dominic didn't care. He had his arms around them, smiling and laughing. Deep down it made me jealous, but I couldn't do anything about it. He was way older than me. And, it would have to take more than me being the daughter of the man his father just hired to get his eye. But I am determine to make him notice me on way or another.
Thank you in advance for your review. I not going to make this a long drawn out story. It will jump about 6 years in the future in the next chapter, but I will feel in the blanks of what happen within them 6 years. The chapter will have shorter gaps each chapter after that. I just wanted to get their first introduction out-of-the-way and finally get to the spark of their relationship as teenagers.
