A/N: So I am currently in school and I know how annoying and stressful it can be so this story idea was sticking in my cranium for some reason haha so enjoy!

Letty POV

"What happens to the economic value of the companies assets, Ortiz?" I heard the older gentleman call on me while I gazed out the window.

"It'll drop below the equilibrium price level, in turn causing a shut down." I responded.

"Because?" He challenged

" Because the marginal revenue is below the average variable cost."

"Excellent, and what will happen to the fixed costs? Peterson?" He said calling on another student while I continued to gaze out of the window. Dom would be home tomorrow and I was ecstatic, and nervous all at the same time.

Never in my life did I think me, Letty 'Hates School With a Passion' Ortiz would be freshly 21 and sitting in university but here I was sitting in yet another boring lecture. I was a good student, I picked up the curriculum but I also learnt stuff I didn't know before and that's why I was here.

My father was a lawyer and always wanted me to become one too, I told him there was no way I would ever I just wanted to work on the cars with him like I usually did as a kid growing up on the days that weren't consumed by cases and court. After he passed away I was broken and rebelled against everything and everyone especially my mom I moved into the Torettos at 15 and although my mother kept trying, I blamed her, even though it wasn't her fault I was just mad. He was hit by a drunk driver on one of their 'date nights' and it was the worst pain imaginable. Dom and I got closer and by the time I was 16 we were dating, he convinced me to talk to my mom because he said one day she will be gone just like his mom and my dad and I needed to make this right while I had the chance to. Of course we fought and I told him to stay out of it but eventually I agreed and talked to her.

Today my mother and I have a great relationship and even though I don't see her as much as I would like I am happy that Dom convinced me to do what I should've done long ago. About 2 years into our relationship Doms dad died. I knew his pain and I just did whatever I could to be there for him. He watched his dad die that day and I knew he would never be the same again. That day we had gotten into a huge fight because he was flirting with girls all the time in front of me and then he pushed me over the edge and kissed one. I completely lost it and went to my moms for a few days to get away but as soon as it happened I had no idea and he needed someone to hold him and tell him it was ok and that wasn't me.. It was my mom. After Doms mom had passed my mom had always been a second mother to him and at that moment he needed her to hold him the way only a mother could. I was woken up by my mom telling me what happened and to go back to my home with Dom and be with him in the only way I could be. I spent every minute with him, not always talking, just being there having each others presence was enough. A few days later Dom and I were out in the garage and we had seen Kenny Linder and he saw red. He beat him so bad putting him into a coma the only thing that made him stop was me. I screamed his name and he dropped the wrench and stepped back looking at his bloodied face and body. I ran to him but he pushed me away knowing what he just did.

"Dom. Baby, don't do this, don't shut me out" I said standing behind him holding his waist comfortingly.

"Letty, what did I do" He said with a broken voice. I grabbed him to turn him around and held him tight to me knowing I was know also covered in the same blood of a man who killed a man who was like my second father. I knew the police would have to be involved and that Dom would be going to jail for attempted man slaughter, I was the daughter of a lawyer after all. How they would trial him was a different story..

Eventually he was charged for attempted man slaughter in the second degree with chance of parole and as much as I hated Kenny Linder, thank god he didn't die or Dom would be there easily for twenty five to life with no chance of parole. I watched him being taken away in cuffs and he gave me one last sad smile, I tried to be strong for him, Mia, the guys and my mom but I was breaking.

I would visit him as much as I could and it pained me to see him in there, seeing him with bruises on him in the beginning made me curious. Dom got into fights before but never really ended up with bruises it was always the other guy which led me to believe he wasn't fighting back he was trying to have good behavior. I was proud of him for trying so hard, but I know my man and he so badly wanted to hit someone but refrained from doing so.

After about 6 months of him being gone the business was struggling, one night Mia suggested we sell and I lost it on her. I remember screaming at her with tears running down my face. "How could you eve say that! This was your dads baby! This is Doms baby! And you're going to be so selfish and sell it!" I remember saying to her.

"Letty, I have an opportunity at one of the best schools in the Country for nursing how selfish are you being by telling me to stay here and keep a place running that was never my dream! Nursing is, not cars. I love my parents and my brother and you Letty but please understand this isn't my dream it's yours. We're losing money on this and I can't handle this anymore. I have a scholarship and I'm not wasting it." I understood where she was coming from but it hurt.

"Let me buy it"I said.

"What?" She looked at me confused.

''Please, Mia. I will come up with a way to get the business running again just please don't sell it to a random person that will never love this place as much as they did" She came and sat beside me and put her arm around me.

"I will transfer it into your name tomorrow, you're not buying it, you can have it if you buy me Chinese food tonight. But I will transfer everything into your name if that is what you really want." My eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas day I hugged her tightly and thanked her.

"It's what I want" I said confidently.

Now here is why I am now sitting in a boring lecture hall learning about economics and business law. I knew nothing about the logisitics of running a business, I worked on cars and knew some legal matters from my father. But, running a business was Mias thing and she wasn't here to do that anymore. So I told my mom my plan and she smiled at me and put a hand on mine and said she has something for me. She handed me a letter from my father that read;

'My little grease monkey,

I know how much you love cars and you may never become a lawyer and I'm ok with that baby girl, just live your own dream. But, if you ever happen to change your mind I have set aside an account at UCLA that pays for all of your schooling for any course you may want. I mean anything. It is good until your 25th birthday and after that the money will be donated. Your schooling is paid for as well as all of your textbooks just give them my name and they will see the credits on your account towards any school supplies you may need. Do anything you want. I love you Letty.

Love,

Dad'

That was my dad, a brilliant, brilliant man. I smiled and thanked my mom and enrolled into school to learn how to keep this business up and running. I didn't tell the guys, and I didn't want to tell Dom either so I kept it a secret. It was a lot of work but I would never let this place go down. Now I was in school full time, working full time, taking care of the house, and trying to have an ounce of freedom. But all that would soon change when Dom was back.