It was two days later and things were a little tense. Letty and Dom hadn't really spoken. Dom was spending most of his free time with Stacey and not around the house like usual. It was Friday and it was family movie night and it was Mia's pick. Which meant it was usually a romantic comedy. But Mia's pick surprised everyone tonight,
"X Men First Class"
We all looked at her and she smiled,
"What? I thought it looked good. If not I'm sure the notebook is around here somewhere"
They laughed as she put in the movie. Letty was laying on her stomach flipping through a magazine on the floor, Vince was on the couch surfing the internet and Tony was sitting in his recliner reading some old book he claimed to be inspirational. But Dom was nowhere to be found. Vince asked first,
"Are we waiting for him?"
He looked around and they all looked at Tony. No one has missed a movie night since the day Letty's dad was arrested. It was a ritual, it was a night to just relax and be together. Mia put the movie in and it was on the menu screen. She sighed and sat next to Vince laughing at some of the pictures he was looking at. Letty sighed pushing herself off the floor.
"I'll call him, see if he's coming"
Everyone nodded as she walked into the kitchen and dialed the number. Grabbing a water bottle and hoping on the counter. When the phone answered and it was Stacey she rolled her eyes,
"Dom's phone"
"Can I talk to Dom Please?"
Letty could hear her roll her eyes,
"He's a little busy"
"Stacey, I don't have time for your crap. Just put him on"
Letty heard her mumbled bitch as she passed the phone. Dom answered the phone now,
"Hey"
"Glad you know it's me just because she called me a bitch"
"Let come on"
Letty rolled her eyes and asked him the simple questions,
"Mia has the movie picked, you coming or not?"
There was silence so Letty quickly added,
"No"
He knew she meant he couldn't bring her. But there was more silence. Letty sighed as she hopped off the counter,
"Dom, come on I need an answer. Either you are coming or you aren't"
"Fine, I'm coming."
Letty smiled and replied,
"Alright, how long until you get here?"
"Fifteen"
"Okay, it's your turn to pick up snacks"
"Alright, twenty five"
Letty laughed and replied,
"Alright"
She hung up and so did Dom as he went to explain to Stacey he was leaving,
"Babe I have to get home. Some family thing"
She smiled,
"Alright I'll come"
Dom shook his head,
"You can't, just family."
She rolled her eyes,
"Alright, I'll sit here and be all alone"
"Babe"
She put on the water works,
"No it's fine. I'll spend my Friday all alone"
"We'll spend tomorrow together"
She stood up and poked him in his chest,
"It just hurts that they don't think of me as family"
"Can you blame them? You don't really treat them nicely"
"You could tell them what a good person I am"
"You need to show them that on your own."
Dom walked out and hoped in his car driving to the convince store to pick up snacks for everyone. He rushed in to the house but the movie was already started.
"Thanks for waiting"
Letty looked up,
"Yes, BBQ chips"
Dom rolled his eyes and threw them at her sitting beside her on the floor. He passed the bag to Mia and she grabbed what she wanted and passed it along. Dom grabbed a blanket and spread it across Letty and himself. She smiled and kept watching the movie. Dom's hand travelled to Letty's leg drawing circles.
Both didn't know why they didn't stop it. It felt nice. Half way through the second movie Letty put her head on Dom's shoulder yawning. Mia was asleep with her feet in Vince's lap. By the end of the movie and Tony had gone to bed before the first movie had even finished. Vince laughed a little as he tried to wake Mia up.
Dom and Letty looked up and shrugged, Letty suggested
"Take her bed and let her sleep there"
"I guess that will work"
Letty nodded and smiled, but then Dom asked,
"Where are you going to sleep?"
Letty shrugged,
"I'll just go home"
She stood up stretching and smiled. Vince shrugged kissing the side of her head walking up the stairs leaving Mia asleep under the blankets on the couch.
"Let, maybe you shouldn't stay alone"
"I'm a big girl I can take care of myself"
Dom nodded but put his arm around her shoulders,
"Let me walk you at least"
Letty shrugged underneath him as they walked out of the house. Letty opened the front door and Dom walked in with her.
"Let can we talk for a second?"
She nodded and kept walking up the stairs to her room pulling her hair up into a bun on the top of her head. Dom sat on her bed as she sat beside him,
"What's up?"
"I just wanted to apologize for the other day. What she said about me telling her you weren't a friend. Wasn't true, you are part of the family Let."
Letty nodded and looked at her fingers. Dom put a finger under her chin and made her look at him.
"Let you are my best friend"
She smiled,
"I know. If you want my personal opinion…"
Dom nodded and waited for her to keep going,
"I know you and I know you want to see the good in her but she might not have any"
"What if she was just intimated by the family?"
Letty shrugged and kept going,
"I mean if she doesn't get along with us, eventually it's going to be us or her. You would have to make the choice, and you would lose someone"
"I guess"
Letty nodded,
"And I would hope you would pick us because we are awesome."
She held her hands up in a fake praise and continued,
"But we can't tell you what to do. We support you, and if that's what you want. Stay with her, we'll try. I will make sure everyone tries. But she needs to stop her comments or I am going to break her nose"
Dom laughed and nodded,
"Alright I'll tell her. Just maybe not that last part"
Letty smirked as a piece of hair fell into her face. Dom brushed it aside and as he touched her cheek, this spark that they both had been denying came up again. Without thinking they both leaned in to kiss but when Dom's phone went off to the sound of Stacey's caller ID they pulled apart pretending like nothing happened.