1 How We Live Our Life
SUMMARY: 2 months after the last truck heist, things are returning to normal, but can Dom and Letty make it through some new challenges.
DISCLAIMER: You recognize someone, I don't own them. I make no profit.
AN: I am not the best writer, so you will just have to deal. Thanks to Doc and Strawberry Delight for helping me, I love ya. Please R&R ~Michelle
Letty's POV
I blankly stared at the underside of my Nissan 240 SX. 'What was I just doing?' My mined drew a blank. I was getting hard to concentrate with the constant pounding of a headache pressing at my eyes. Sighing, I rolled out from under the car and sat up. My vision blurred for a second before returning to normal.
'Man what was that all about?' I thought to myself. 'It must be all of the stress of the past couple of months catching up with me.'
It had been two months since Jessie and Vince were shot and taken to the hospital. Vince was let out three weeks ago and Jessie just ten days ago. They were already back under the hoods of the cars at the shop after much protest from Mia.
Dom had been quite the last couple of months, not really sitting down and talking to anyone for longer then ten minutes at a time, not even me. Every Saturday he raced. I think it is good for him. It keeps his mind off of all the shit that has happened. Maybe he will open up and talk to someone about it in time.
After that fateful day that Brian gave Dom the keys to his Supra, Brian laid down his badge and turned over his life as a cop. He refused to tell the cops anything that had happened so no one from the team was arrested. And I thank god, I don't know what I would do with out my family and Dom, but I would never let them know I feel this way. I have to keep up my image after all.
Brian had showed Dom that he had chosen his family and Dom welcomed him back to the team. Vince, I think, had gotten over hating Brian, mostly to do with the fact that he saved his life.
I have a hunch that Brian is going to ask Mia to marry him sometime soon. Woman's intuition. He just still has to build up the guts to ask. I know Mia will say yes. She loves him as much as I love Dom. I hope he knows that.
I got up and stretched my back out. Leon looked over at me with a questioning look.
"What the hell are ya lookin at?" I said in my usual upfront manner. "Cant I do anything without someone starin at me?" I snapped.
Leon shrugged, "Ya, I just happened to look up at the same time you were getting up. Shit girl…. I'm sorry for having eyes."
Giving him the death glare, he shut up and went back to his work. 'I'm not in the mood to deal with this shit right now. I think I'm getting paranoid or something.'
Bang, I snap my head around to see Vince shout his car door. 'God, I'm jumpy too. I think I need to take a break.'
It is about 1:00 in the afternoon and I decide that I am going home to get something to eat. Walking over to where Dom was working in his office I say, "Dom, I'm gonna head home to get somethin' to eat, be back'n a bit."
He looked up from his paper work and studied me for a second. "Ya, sure. I'll see ya in a bit." Not wanting him to ask any questions, I turned on my heals and left. I could tell that he felt that I was not feeling well.
I got into my car and left, my tires screeching down the road.
Dom's POV
"Dom, I'm gonna head home to get something to eat, be back'n a bit," Letty said. I look up and stare into her eyes. I can see the pain behind them. She looks so pale. Something's wrong.
"Ya, sure. I'll see ya in a bit." I could tell that she did not want to be pressed because she left before I could say anything. Staring after her, I get a feeling that something was wrong.
I know I have been a bit closed off to everyone lately, but I don't know what to do. Everyone looks to me for guidance. Who can I look to? I know Letty would listen, but I don't want to dump my problems on her at the moment. She has enough to think about.
Maybe I'll talk to Letty tonight. Find out what's up with her and maybe take some worries off my mind. She's just not acting herself lately.
I turn back to my paperwork. Why do I let all of this pile up? Maybe I should get some of Mia's habits of cleanliness and organization, things would run smother then.
Time seemed to fly by. I hear the sound of cars driving up to the front of the shop. Curious I get up and head to the front. There sitting in the front of my garage is Hectors silver Honda Civic. Somebody's put in the rich time for that car.
Hector stepped out followed by one of his buddies in the passenger side.
"Hector," I said. "And what do I owe this pleasure?" Not knowing why he was here, I decided to play it cool. Hector isn't Johnny Tran after all. He races fair and I respect that.
"I thought ya be off tryin ta get into the pro circle."
"Well I just thought I'd give ya the low down. There's some new kid thats been goin around showing off his fancy lookin cars all over town. I hear he says that he could beat anyone if they dare," Hector said.
"He does, does he? What do you want me to do about it?" I said. Brian had gotten up behind me and was listening to the conversation. I don't mind, I value his opinion on the racing side of things. The kids a natural, he can feel what's going to happen.
"Well I kind of said I would try to find him some people to race this Saturday, and I was wondering if any of your people were interested."
"I will," Brian said before I could say anything. I shot him THE look and he started to explain himself. "I have not gotten to test out the Supra yet in a real race. I think that is as good of a time as any."
"The Supra still needs fixing up Brian, and there aint that much time to do it before the race," I said. I know Brian is ready, but I just want to see what his reaction would be to me saying that.
"Oh, come on. You know it could be ready and Saturday is 4 days away. We'll get it done," Brian said in a frustrated voice. I knew that this is how he would react. I know all.
"What's he running?" I ask Hector.
"Mazda RX7, a nice peace of machinery if ya ask me."
"You racin?"
"No, but Orien Negler will be the third racer if your boys in. Is he in?" Hector asked.
I look up at Brian, "What's the buy-in?"
"So many questions, its 2 G buy-in," Hector said.
"Brian, you in?" I ask.
"Hell ya!!"
"Well that's that, I gotta jet. See ya Saturday night," Hector said before getting back into his car and speeding off down the road.
The smell of tires hit my nose and I turned to go back inside.
"Hey, what time is it?" I asked Brian.
"7:30, Why?"
"Nothin," I said. My mind screamed 7:30. Letty's not back yet. Where is she, I thought she was going to come right back. I should've asked her what was up. I hope she is ok. "I'm headin home now, tell the boys to lock up when they're done." I get into the car and speed off towards the house.
SUMMARY: 2 months after the last truck heist, things are returning to normal, but can Dom and Letty make it through some new challenges.
DISCLAIMER: You recognize someone, I don't own them. I make no profit.
AN: I am not the best writer, so you will just have to deal. Thanks to Doc and Strawberry Delight for helping me, I love ya. Please R&R ~Michelle
Letty's POV
I blankly stared at the underside of my Nissan 240 SX. 'What was I just doing?' My mined drew a blank. I was getting hard to concentrate with the constant pounding of a headache pressing at my eyes. Sighing, I rolled out from under the car and sat up. My vision blurred for a second before returning to normal.
'Man what was that all about?' I thought to myself. 'It must be all of the stress of the past couple of months catching up with me.'
It had been two months since Jessie and Vince were shot and taken to the hospital. Vince was let out three weeks ago and Jessie just ten days ago. They were already back under the hoods of the cars at the shop after much protest from Mia.
Dom had been quite the last couple of months, not really sitting down and talking to anyone for longer then ten minutes at a time, not even me. Every Saturday he raced. I think it is good for him. It keeps his mind off of all the shit that has happened. Maybe he will open up and talk to someone about it in time.
After that fateful day that Brian gave Dom the keys to his Supra, Brian laid down his badge and turned over his life as a cop. He refused to tell the cops anything that had happened so no one from the team was arrested. And I thank god, I don't know what I would do with out my family and Dom, but I would never let them know I feel this way. I have to keep up my image after all.
Brian had showed Dom that he had chosen his family and Dom welcomed him back to the team. Vince, I think, had gotten over hating Brian, mostly to do with the fact that he saved his life.
I have a hunch that Brian is going to ask Mia to marry him sometime soon. Woman's intuition. He just still has to build up the guts to ask. I know Mia will say yes. She loves him as much as I love Dom. I hope he knows that.
I got up and stretched my back out. Leon looked over at me with a questioning look.
"What the hell are ya lookin at?" I said in my usual upfront manner. "Cant I do anything without someone starin at me?" I snapped.
Leon shrugged, "Ya, I just happened to look up at the same time you were getting up. Shit girl…. I'm sorry for having eyes."
Giving him the death glare, he shut up and went back to his work. 'I'm not in the mood to deal with this shit right now. I think I'm getting paranoid or something.'
Bang, I snap my head around to see Vince shout his car door. 'God, I'm jumpy too. I think I need to take a break.'
It is about 1:00 in the afternoon and I decide that I am going home to get something to eat. Walking over to where Dom was working in his office I say, "Dom, I'm gonna head home to get somethin' to eat, be back'n a bit."
He looked up from his paper work and studied me for a second. "Ya, sure. I'll see ya in a bit." Not wanting him to ask any questions, I turned on my heals and left. I could tell that he felt that I was not feeling well.
I got into my car and left, my tires screeching down the road.
Dom's POV
"Dom, I'm gonna head home to get something to eat, be back'n a bit," Letty said. I look up and stare into her eyes. I can see the pain behind them. She looks so pale. Something's wrong.
"Ya, sure. I'll see ya in a bit." I could tell that she did not want to be pressed because she left before I could say anything. Staring after her, I get a feeling that something was wrong.
I know I have been a bit closed off to everyone lately, but I don't know what to do. Everyone looks to me for guidance. Who can I look to? I know Letty would listen, but I don't want to dump my problems on her at the moment. She has enough to think about.
Maybe I'll talk to Letty tonight. Find out what's up with her and maybe take some worries off my mind. She's just not acting herself lately.
I turn back to my paperwork. Why do I let all of this pile up? Maybe I should get some of Mia's habits of cleanliness and organization, things would run smother then.
Time seemed to fly by. I hear the sound of cars driving up to the front of the shop. Curious I get up and head to the front. There sitting in the front of my garage is Hectors silver Honda Civic. Somebody's put in the rich time for that car.
Hector stepped out followed by one of his buddies in the passenger side.
"Hector," I said. "And what do I owe this pleasure?" Not knowing why he was here, I decided to play it cool. Hector isn't Johnny Tran after all. He races fair and I respect that.
"I thought ya be off tryin ta get into the pro circle."
"Well I just thought I'd give ya the low down. There's some new kid thats been goin around showing off his fancy lookin cars all over town. I hear he says that he could beat anyone if they dare," Hector said.
"He does, does he? What do you want me to do about it?" I said. Brian had gotten up behind me and was listening to the conversation. I don't mind, I value his opinion on the racing side of things. The kids a natural, he can feel what's going to happen.
"Well I kind of said I would try to find him some people to race this Saturday, and I was wondering if any of your people were interested."
"I will," Brian said before I could say anything. I shot him THE look and he started to explain himself. "I have not gotten to test out the Supra yet in a real race. I think that is as good of a time as any."
"The Supra still needs fixing up Brian, and there aint that much time to do it before the race," I said. I know Brian is ready, but I just want to see what his reaction would be to me saying that.
"Oh, come on. You know it could be ready and Saturday is 4 days away. We'll get it done," Brian said in a frustrated voice. I knew that this is how he would react. I know all.
"What's he running?" I ask Hector.
"Mazda RX7, a nice peace of machinery if ya ask me."
"You racin?"
"No, but Orien Negler will be the third racer if your boys in. Is he in?" Hector asked.
I look up at Brian, "What's the buy-in?"
"So many questions, its 2 G buy-in," Hector said.
"Brian, you in?" I ask.
"Hell ya!!"
"Well that's that, I gotta jet. See ya Saturday night," Hector said before getting back into his car and speeding off down the road.
The smell of tires hit my nose and I turned to go back inside.
"Hey, what time is it?" I asked Brian.
"7:30, Why?"
"Nothin," I said. My mind screamed 7:30. Letty's not back yet. Where is she, I thought she was going to come right back. I should've asked her what was up. I hope she is ok. "I'm headin home now, tell the boys to lock up when they're done." I get into the car and speed off towards the house.