Okay so in 'Until Tomorrow' Letty was 21 going on 22 in the end of 'Everything happens for a reason' being that a year had passed so naturally she had to age as well. This one takes place a year after the last. Michelle's kid is somewhere around the 2ish mark.
Dom's POV
"She's going to kill you." I explained to Mia as I sat watching her make a birthday cake for Letty.
"She's turning 24, if she's not going to do presents she needs a cake at least." I laughed as I heard Letty swear from the other room.
"Mia you better not be doing what I think you are." She warned. I smirked at Mia as she frowned.
"How did she know? She's in the lounge room." She whispered.
"It's Letty Mia, she knows everything." I said as I left Mia to it and walked out to see Letty.
"She is isn't she?" I smiled.
"Let her have her cake." I said as she sighed.
"Fine but no one sings happy birthday." She compromised. I nodded and kissed her hard on the mouth.
"Deal." She smiled satisfied with my answer as she cuddled into my side.
As promised we only did her cake and we didn't sing happy birthday. Mia was a little annoyed but she got over it quickly enough.
"You okay baby?" I asked as I got into bed that night Letty was sitting up still.
"Fine I just don't feel well." She sniffed. I frowned worried I'd missed something.
"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.
"No nothing I just feel stuffed up and I haven't felt well since after dinner. Do you feel okay?"
"Yeah I feel fine. No one else seems to be sick."
"Maybe I'm just coming down with something." I put my hand on her forehead and noticed she did feel a little hot but nothing major. I waited as she settle down against me and I wrapped my arms around her.
"Sounds like you're coming down with the flu." I said as I listened to her breathe.
"Urgh great." She said curling me tighter and I kissed her head softly as she relaxed both of us falling asleep rather quickly.
"Let?" I called from the other side of the bathroom door as I heard Letty throwing up in the bathroom. We were at the garage working and Letty had been sick for a couple of days but she said she wanted to come in today. I wasn't for it but I wasn't about to argue with her either so I let her come but now she was locked in the bathroom throwing up again.
"You okay?" I asked as I tried to open the door but it was locked.
"Mmmhmm." Looking around quickly I found a piece of wire and picked the lock managing to get in. I rushed to her side as she started throwing up again and I held her hair back and rubbed her back.
"Baby are you okay?" I asked quietly as she finished and I got up to get her a cup of water. Handing it to her she washed her mouth out and took a couple of small sips.
"I feel horrible."
"Baby I told you not to come in today. You need to rest." I said as I helped her stand.
"I was going crazy at home." I looked at her through the mirror carefully before reaching behind me shutting the bathroom door.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked quietly as she turned and leant against me as I held her.
"Baby when was your last period?" I asked quietly and she looked up at me startled.
"Why? Dom it's probably just food poisoning…" I silenced her with a look and she stopped and sighed.
"I'm late." She said truthfully and I sighed.
"Letty why didn't you tell me? I thought we agreed to no longer keep things from each other." I said softly as I smoothed back her hair. She smiled sadly and nodded.
"Yeah I know we did, I just… I kind of freaked out." She said sadly.
"Are you?" I asked kissing her head.
"I don't know, I'm too scared to take the test." I pulled her close and held her.
"Then we'll do it together okay?" I felt her nod and I tilted her head up and placed a gentle kiss on her lips.
"It'll be okay Letty." I whispered to her.
"Dom what if…" I hushed her and rubbed the back of her neck soothingly.
"You can't think like that, it's going to be different this time." I promised.
"You don't know that."
"Letty listen to me. This isn't going to be like last time, I won't let it happen again." I said taking her face in my hands and I my heart sunk as I saw the frightened and sad expression on her face.
"Letty I love you, we'll get through this okay?" She nodded and she gave me a small smile which I returned.
"I love you too."
"Come on the boys can look after the work load today. You and I have somewhere else to be." I said pointedly and she hesitated but nodded.
"Yeah okay."
Five weeks later
It had been five weeks since Letty and I had spoken and in that time we had found out she was pregnant again. It had been a scary process for the both of us but we had decided not to tell anyone just yet. It was early days and the doctor had sat us both down and explained everything in detail when we had gotten the test results back. Although we were both scared about the pregnancy I made it my job to make sure Letty stayed as calm as possible and out of harm's way, which meant no working at the garage and just for my own piece of my mind I banned her from the shop too. No one had said anything but I often caught the curious looks from the boys and Mia.
"Is everything okay with Letty?" Vince asked for what felt like the millionth time in the past five weeks.
"Letty's fine. I told you it's just doctor's orders for her to take it easy." I said as I wiped my hands on a cloth.
"For five weeks?" Leon piped up. I sighed and threw the rag down.
"She's fine, she's just been sick that's all." They shared another look this time it was Jesse that spoke.
"Dom we're just worried about her and you."
"She hasn't had a relapse has she? About the miscarriage." I shook my head slowly.
"No." I said quietly and I turned away a bit. The silence in the garage was tense after that but I caught their worried looks.
We shut up shop and went home early and I was happy to see Letty lounging on the couch watching TV. Walking up to the lounge I leant over the back of it and gave her a kiss on the head as she looked up and smiled at me. Smiling down at her I gave her another kiss this time on the lips before pulling away a bit.
"How do you feel today?" I asked quietly.
"A little queasy." She said softly.
"Listen the boys are getting really worried…" I started and she nodded.
"Yeah so is Mia." We stared at each other for a moment and I glanced to the kitchen where everyone's voices would be heard.
"I think we have to tell them." I said carefully and she nodded slowly.
"Yeah we probably should." I reached for her hand and she stood up slowly keeping a tight hold on my hand as we walked upstairs.
"Where are we going?" She asked quietly as I wrapped my arms around her.
"You're going to lay down right here while I have a shower and then after dinner we're going to tell them." She smiled and nodded.
"I can't join you?" I shook my head.
"Let you know we have to play it safe." I said gently and she sighed.
"I know."
"Give it a couple more weeks baby, then we'll go from there." I said placing a kiss on her head.
"Okay."
We were all sitting around in the lounge room talking and watching TV. Letty was leaned up against me both of us spread out on the lounge as she rested her head against my chest sleepily and our hands intertwined resting lightly near her stomach. Looking at the clock I knew we had to tell them soon before Letty fell asleep. Letty looked up at me realising the same thing and we looked around the room.
"Hey guys." I called out quietly and everyone turned to look at us.
"What's up?" Vince asked.
"We have something to say." Letty said quietly.
"What's wrong?" Mia asked worriedly and I smiled a little.
"Nothing's wrong Mia." I said calmly.
"Then what's going on. You guys have been acting weird for weeks." Jesse stated and I nodded.
"Let's going to need a lot of time off for a while." I said quietly.
"Are you okay Letty? What's going on?" Mia demanded and Letty squeezed my hand telling me to stop playing mind games with them.
"Letty's pregnant." The silence in the room was deafening for a moment before Mia's squeal made us all cringe.
"Mia." Letty whined quietly.
"Sorry but this is big. I can't believe you guys didn't tell us." She stated excitedly.
"Wait does this mean no more parties?" Vince asked.
"And early quiet nights?" Jesse added.
"Crying at all hours of the morning?" Leon asked and I frowned, I could feel Letty tense against me but it was short lived as the boys suddenly started yelling excitedly and I laughed moving my hands to protect Letty's stomach as they threw themselves at me. Letty giggled and placed her hands on one of mine as I used my free hand to push the boys away.
"Hey hey hey careful guys." I said as they finally settled down.
"Sorry Let." Jesse laughed.
"Brother we're family. Why didn't you guys tell us earlier? We were all getting really worried." Vince said patting me on the back as he lent down giving Letty a kiss on the cheek.
"We weren't planning on telling you yet but you guys have been riding us wondering what was going on."
"Why didn't you want to tell us?" We were silent for a moment.
"It's early days, we're just trying to be cautious." She said quietly and Mia reached over giving both of us a hug.
"No more stress we promise."
"Thanks Mia." I said as she gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Congrats guys, we're happy for you." Vince said.
"Yeah guys congratulations you're going to be great parents."
"So are you guys going to be able to handle the crying all night?" Letty asked and I relaxed as they grinned.
"For a baby Toretto? You bet." Vince stated happily.
"How far are you?" Mia asked.
"Nearly nine weeks." Letty answered.
"I'm so excited I'm going to be an aunty." We laughed and while the rest were talking I looked down at Letty and smiled as she looked up at me. I leant down a little and she met me half way as we kissed both our hands resting on her stomach.
"You two ready for bed?" I asked grinning as she laughed quietly.
"Yeah we're definitely ready for bed." I nodded and we said goodnight to everyone getting one last round of congratulations before we headed off to bed.
My hand immediately went to stroke her rounded belly and I smiled. Letty was just over eighteen weeks and though she wasn't very big I liked touching her stomach. I enjoyed feeling the slight gentle thumps beneath my hand as the baby moved around and kicked. We'd gotten past the tiredness and we thought we had gotten past the morning sickness but it had come back over recent weeks which made me concerned until Mia told me it was normal. We had also moved on to the mood swings and late night cravings, which were interesting at times.
"Ultrasound's this afternoon." I stated as she leaned back on me so I could wrap both my arms around her, softly rubbing as I felt the small thump against my hand.
"Yep."
"I still say it's a girl."
"You just want a daddy's girl." I smiled.
"Maybe, she'll still learn about cars though." I promised.
"I have no doubt."
"You still want a boy?" I asked.
"I don't care either way. But I think you're right, I think it's a girl." I grinned as she rolled her eyes at our bet we had going.
"We'll find out soon enough and settle it once and for all." I said as the team came and sat down as well.
"Ten bucks says it's a boy." Jesse said as Vince agreed while Mia and Leon agreed with us that it was a girl.
"What times the appointment?"
"Three." I looked at the time and saw we had an hour and a half.
"Better start drinking this then." Mia said as she waved a water bottle in front of Letty's face.
"I forgot about that." She groaned.
"Just think about the outcome of it." Mia said.
"Yeah…me trying not to pee my pants." she glared at the offending bottle of water I took from Mia placing it on her small bump laughing a little at her stubbornness.
"Come on baby you gotta drink it." I whispered in her ear and she groaned.
"What do I get out of it?" She asked quietly and I looked up to make sure no one was listening. I had been really uneasy about sex while she was pregnant even after her twelve week mark. She hated me for it because going into the second trimester she seemed to be horny nearly all the time but I refused to give in to her advances. I was scared it would hurt her and the baby but even my self control could only last so long with her teasing and pleading.
"I'll think about it okay? We'll ask the doctor."
"Dom…" She whined but I shook my head.
"I just want to be careful Letty." I pleaded and she sighed leaving the subject alone, for the time being anyway.
"Okay everyone ready?" the nurse asked. We nodded, all the team had come in today to find out the sex and we were all anxiously waiting.
"Okay let's have a look first…." My eyes flitted to Letty as she watched the screen nervously. We got like this with every ultrasound, it was more or less just a reaction to the last time everything had gone so wrong.
"Sorry just trying to find the heart beat so you can hear it." She said and Letty looked at me frightened again. I rubbed my thumb over her knuckles trying to calm her down even though I was panicking inside myself.
"Have you felt any movement lately?" She asked and I got a really uneasy feeling about her question.
"Yeah pretty much all day." She said quietly and the nurse nodded. There was a pause of absolute silence before a sudden thumping filled the room and I let out a breath I hadn't known I was holding and Letty squeezed my hand.
"There we go." I smiled down at Letty a little embarrassed she saw the tear that escaped. The nurse was silent as she looked and I started getting worried again. We could still hear the heart beat so that was slightly calming. And the monitor showed that the baby was moving but nothing got said as the nurse gave us a small smile before getting up.
"I'll just go grab your doctor and she can have a chat to you." I frowned I didn't like the sound of that.
"Dom…"
"Shhh it'll be okay Let." I said softly. I shared a look with Mia and she too looked worried as she stood silently in the corner with the boys.
"How's everyone doing? Letty how do you feel?" Dr Sawyer asked as she stepped into the room and sat down picking up where the nurse left off.
"I feel fine. Is something wrong?"
"Not wrong as such, it's just something we'll have to keep an eye on. How often have you been having ultrasounds?"
"Every four weeks like you asked." Letty said.
"Okay the baby's a little smaller than what it should be and the amniotic fluid is on the low side. While it's nothing really to worry about it is something we need to start addressing."
"Addressing how?" I asked really concerned.
"Drinking lots of water for a start. That will help raise the amniotic fluid and laying down more will help as well. As for the baby's size you're going to have to start eating a lot more. Make sure you're eating healthy foods but at the same time you need to be eating foods that will help you put on weight. Or eighteen weeks you shouldn't be this small." Everyone in the room was silent as we processed the information.
"Don't look so worried it's something we can easily address and fix. I just want you to be aware."
"Okay." Letty said quietly.
"Have you been having a lot of morning sickness?" she asked and I nodded.
"Yeah she has, it died off for a bit but the started back up."
"That could be why as well. I can give you something for it if it gets really bad so just monitor it. So do you want to find out what the baby's sex is?" She asked and we nodded.
"Okay lets have a look." I smiled a little when the baby started wriggling around.
"Okay it's a…it's girl." She announced and I grinned down at Letty as she rolled her eyes at me but I could tell she was just as happy.
"I do still want to monitor you so I still want every four week ultrasounds." The doctor said as she handed Letty paper towel to wipe her stomach off with. I turned to look at the team and nodded towards the door.
"Give us minute." I said quietly and they got the hint and left waiting for us outside.
"Have you got a question?" Doctor Sawyer asked.
"Yeah."
"Dom's paranoid when it comes to sex. He wants to know if it's safe?"
"Well from where I'm sitting I see no reason as to why not. You just have to be gentle." Letty looked smug about it and I nodded still a little edgy about it.
"You won't hurt her Dom, either of them. The baby's completely protected." I nodded and relaxed a little.
"Thank you." I said as I helped Letty down as she pulled her shirt down and fixed her pants.
"No problem, see you again in four weeks."
"See I told you so." Letty said quietly as we walked to the door and I wrapped an arm around her waist.
"I wanted to be safe." I defended and she grinned and nodded reaching up as I dropped a kiss on her lips.
"You owe me Toretto." She warned and I laughed a little as we met back up with the rest of the team.
"Come on Letty one last push and your daughter will be here." The doctor encouraged. I stood by Letty's side holding her hand tightly as she gripped it. Letty's contractions had started days ago as I had just recently found out after being tracked down by Mia's boyfriend before I raced off to the hospital. Her waters had broken a couple of hours ago and I had just made it in time.
"Come on baby, one more." I pleaded softly worried at how tired she seemed to be.
"I can't it hurts Dom." She cried and I wished I could take away the pain.
"I know baby I know. You're doing so well Let just a little more." I begged as I pushed the hair off her face and placed a kiss to her head.
"Come on Letty one more, ready?" Letty whimpered but nodded and gave one last push before relaxing against the bed. I smiled and leant down kissing her soundly as we heard the cry of a baby.
"You did it baby. You did so well Letty." I whispered to her as she lay exhausted and panting still holding my hand.
"It's still a girl." The doctor joked as she placed the baby down on Letty chest for a moment as Letty held her carefully before she was taken away again to get cleaned up. The nurses helped Letty clean up and I was called away from Letty's side for a moment. I looked unsurely at her but she nodded letting go of my hand and I made my way to the doctor's side.
"Do you want to cut the cord?" I nodded and cut where she told me to before she was wrapped up in a blanket and passed over to me. I smiled as I looked down at the baby in my arms. She was tiny, especially in my arms but she was perfect. She had Letty's skin tone, nose and hair colour but the rest of her was me. She was beautiful. Carefully I walked back over to Letty and laid our daughter in her arms carefully. I kept one of my arms around them both as we stared down at the little pink bundle.
"I love you Dom." She whispered tiredly as I pushed back her hair again kissing her gently.
"I love you too baby, I love you both so much." I said quietly.
"She needs a name." Letty said quietly.
"Yeah…"
"Which one?" She asked referring to our two choices.
"Elara." I confided and she nodded.
"Yeah I think so too."
"Elara Rose?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yeah." I said as I rubbed her cheek gently with one hand while my other stayed on Letty's shoulder.
"Welcome to the big bad world Elara." Letty said quietly and we shared a smile.
I'm thinking about doing a part two of this from Letty's POV using her POV to fill in some of the gaps. Let me know what you all think.
R&R
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