A/N: Ok so I got a couple messages from people saying this chapter looked encrypted or something, that it was only showing symbols? So I'm re-uploading it. Hopefully this works, I know some people were able to read it so for those who got to sorry it's not a new chapter!
Letty POV
I woke up the next morning feeling content, I slept the whole night so Dom must've checked on Leo and let me sleep. I went to his room and saw him laying there kicking his feet in the air.
"There's my boy!" I said happily as I went over to his crib to pick him up. I wasn't normally a morning person but he was making me one.
"Did you sleep good, bubba?" I asked him and he started to cough and I started to panic at first and just patted his back till he stopped.
"You ok?" He smiled and grabbed my lips with his fingers making me laugh.
"I'll take that as a yes" I carried him down the stairs and started the pot of coffee and put him in his highchair and went to the cupboard to grab a jar of food.
"You want banana, bubba?"
"Gah" He said slamming his hands on the tray with a smile.
I grabbed the baby spoon and sat in front of him putting some food on the spoon and held it up to his mouth. He took the first two bites without any problems but then he started to turn his head and not opening his mouth. Stubborn.
"You want the race car? Open wide!" I said as I pretended to drive the spoon into his little mouth
"Vroooom, vroooom!" I said and he opened his mouth taking more bites than last time.
"Hey, I remember when you used to get me to eat by doing that." Dom joked as he poured both of us a cup of coffee from the pot I just made.
"Yeah, wasn't that last week?" I teased
"She's funny isn't she? She's a comedian! But you like that don't you? You think she's so funny, you like mama more than you like me? You never cry for her, only me. She's your favorite" Dom teased, but I don't think he realized that he called me 'mama' to his son. He's never referred to me as 'mama' to him before. I felt I should correct him, but I didn't want to. I was really starting to like the sound of that. Biologically I was still not his mother, and as much as it pained me, I did have to respect that. I found out when I was 12 years old that the man who raised me with my mother, was actually my step father. My biological father told my mother he didn't want children so a month into her pregnancy she met who I refer to as my dad and he raised me since birth. Although, I hated who my biological father was, I still wish I knew.
"I'm going out for a bit but I'll be back soon." I told Dom as I kissed his cheek and started to make my way upstairs
"Oh, where to?"
"Just have some things to do" I said with a smile as I went upstairs to change. 10 minutes later I was back downstairs and was about to leave till Leo started to cry so I turned around.
"Oh baby, I'll be back. You and daddy are going to have fun together. I promise he's not mean. He might look scary but hes a big Teddy bear" I said nudging Doms side.
I made my way out and got into the car making my way to my desired destination. Once I got there I got out and knocked on the door waiting for the person on the other end to answer.
"Hey Let"
"Hey Luke" I said hugging Hobbs
"You sure you want to do this?"
"Definitely"
I got in his truck and we made our way to an apartment. As soon as the truck stopped I sat in the truck now contemplating if I should do this or not.
"Let, if you can't it's ok. We can do it another time, or not at all. It's your call"
"I want to do this, Luke" I said more sure this time. We both got out of the truck and slowly walked up to the apartment. Luke must've sensed my nerves so he took my hand as we got closer to the door. Once we stepped inside I saw how beautifully it was decorated. I felt nervous being in here, but I wanted to do this.
"Wheres the bedroom?" I asked him
"Down the hall"
"I'll meet you in there" I said as I made my way down the hall and opened the door to the nursery.
"Your mom made sure you had everything didn't she Leo" I said outloud to no one just looking at all of the things Elena had gotten for Leo when she was alive.
I moved to his crib and grabbed a baby blanket that looked like it had been quilted specifically for him, so I put that in the box. I grabbed toys and clothes that he would grow into. I tried to find everything that would have had any sentimental value to Elena or Leo. I put 3 boxes outside of the door for Luke to grab when I heard him approaching.
"You get everything you needed to, Let?"
"Uh, yeah but I want some pictures"
"I found some pictures of Leo when he was born and I grabbed those already"
"No, I mean pictures of Elena."
"Oh, I would uh, check her bedroom. I can do it if you don't want to"
"No, it's ok. I can" I told him as I made my way to the only other bedroom in the apartment. The bed was made and there were a couple of pictures of Elena and Leo on her nightstand so I sat down on her bed and looked at them sadly.
"I wish I was his mother, I hate that Dom had a child with you. And I'm so sorry this happened to you. I'm sorry you don't get to see him grow up, it doesn't seem fair, but none of this is. I promise I will always protect him, and I will make sure he knows who you are" I whispered to the picture in my hands. I opened her night stand to find any more memorabilia and something caught my eye. It was a folded up piece of paper with my name on it.
I picked it up and started to read it.
'Letty,
I have been waiting for the day my secret would come out. I want you to know, I never wanted to hurt you or make Dom forget you. How could I? You were and are the love of his life. I know you're wondering why I kept Leo a secret for so long, and it's because once I saw how much it meant to Dom to bring you home, to bring you to him I couldn't ruin that and keep you two apart. Not that you could be. When I saw you again at the house and you told me how much of a good woman I was, I just wanted to scream. I had this secret that I feared could break you two apart. I know it was wrong to hide him from Dom, he deserved to know. But I know if I was in your position and I had just gotten my husband back, I wouldn't want anything to ruin that. Dom and I never even talked about kids, he told me marriage and children was something he only wanted with you. I took that seriously, I never pressed for marriage because I truthfully didn't want that either, not after losing my husband. But, having kids with a woman who wasn't you, I had my worries that he may blame or not want Leo and that would have been worse. I hope that now you know we can be friends, because you are truly an amazing woman. I have no doubts that you will love Leo like your own, and accept him as part of your family. I have no worries with you being around my son, I don't want you to fear about being the step parent because you won't be treated like one. I will always treat you like Leos other mother, and I want us to have an open relationship on that. I can't understand how much pain you must be feeling right now, and I am sorry. I can't say that enough. I will keep my distance and always respect yours and Doms relationship, only on one condition. You must be present for every holiday, birthday, school concert, soccer game, and anything else this little guy might get into. I have no doubt that you will be amazing with him, I've met you twice but the way Dom spoke about you, I just know. Everything in Leos life involves you too, you will never be 'just a step-parent' you will be his other mommy, and I'm ok with sharing that title. As long as you take it seriously, and really try with him. Raise him right, and protect him. I hope to see you soon and please remember that YOU are truly an amazing woman.
Elena'
I held the letter in my hands feeling so many emotions run through me. I wanted to hate her, but now I couldn't help but feel this wave of sadness and amazement run through me. She never wanted to hurt me, and she wanted me to be apart of Leos life which put this into a whole new light for me. It was in some way her giving me her blessing. She obviously wrote this in hopes of being alive when this happened, but now that she was gone, I had a life long promise to fulfill to her, and that was to love and protect Leo just as she would have.
"Let you ready?" Hobbs asked and I wiped a tear from my eye shoving the letter in my pocket.
"Yeah, let's go" I smiled as I grabbed pictures of Elena and Leo
I texted Dom but he told me him and Leo were at the park which was perfect. I brought the boxes inside and added them to Leos room.
I hung up pictures of Dom and I, Dom and Leo, me and Leo, and of course, Elena and Leo. I put his baby blanket in his crib and put the clothes away. I was sitting on his floor going through his baby book when I heard Dom come home.
"Let?"
"Up here" I said and I heard him come up the stairs
"Let?"
"Leos room" I heard Dom walk over to me and start to talk. "He is definit-" He stopped mid sentence looking at the pictures on the wall
"How did you-?"
"I had Luke take me to Elenas today... Look, I'm ok with stepping up and taking on a motherly role to him, I'm ok being his other mom. But, I wasn't ok lying to him when he got older. He has to know his real mom too, and he deserves to know what a wonderful woman his mother was. And no matter how I felt about Elena, the only person that mattered in this whole thing was Leo. It's not about anyone else's feelings or opinions, it's just about him." I told him honestly and he pulled me into a hug.
"There is no one more amazing than you, do you know that? I don't even have words to describe the feeling I have for you right now, because it seems like perfection isn't even a good enough word to describe you."
"You're an amazing father, Dom. He's going to thank you for not keeping Elena a secret from him one day."
"I'm still going to knock you up" He whispered and I laughed
"Let's let this little one get a bit older first" I said starting to feel open to the idea of kids again.
We walked out if the room hand in hand and went to the living room where Leo was playing in his playpen his eyes lit up and his arms extended as soon as he saw me and I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face.
"Did you miss me, baby? Did you?" I said kissing his cheek as Dom and sat down to eat dinner as a family. I felt Dom reach his foot across and start to play footsies with me and I looked up at him and smirked. Once we finished all three of us went to the living room Dom sat on one side of the couch and I laid against him with Leo laying on my chest, 15 minutes later Leo was asleep. I felt Dom move but stayed in my spot, I looked up once I heard the click and saw Dom had snapped a picture of a sleeping Leo on my chest with my arm securely wrapped around him.
"It was cute" He said shrugging his shoulders.
"Mhmm, anyways I'm going to put this sleepy boy to bed. I'll meet you upstairs." I said giving him a quick kiss. I carried Leo upstairs and put him in his crib leaving a kiss on his forehead and turning on the baby monitor.
"He's still asleep" I said as I crawled in bed to lay with Dom
"I love you" Dom said as he pulled me close to him
"I know" I joked as I kissed him, we still hadn't been intimate since Cuba, the most action was some heavy makeout session and believe me that can leave a girl wanting more, but, I was unsure to go further. I felt like it was me giving in and saying all was forgiven, when it wasn't. Dom has been amazing these last few months, and Leo, well he's just a light in my life.
"Are you happy?" Dom asked me
"I am."
"You can tell me, Let"
"I just did. I'm happy, Dom. I have my good days and I have my bad days, but generally I'm happy"
"As long as you and Leo are happy, then that's all that matters to me" He said as he leaned over to give me a quick kiss but I surprised him and myself by pulling him back to keep kissing me. I continued to kiss him each time I was going deeper and deeper letting my hand grab his cheek as Dom pulled me to sit on his lap his hands wrapped around my back one grasping my ass tightly and the other gripping onto my hair. I could feel Doms arousal coming up and that gave me the motivation to gently gyrate my hips over him creating a friction between us.
"Dom" I said in a breathy moan as he started to kiss my neck and squeeze my ass tighter.
"You and me" He promised in my ear and I pulled back and looked at him searching for truth to his promise, and I saw it in his eyes. I looked down at his face that was shining from the moonlight as I raised my arms up. He looked at me with hesitant yet eager eyes and swallowed hard as he silently asked 'Are you sure?' to which I nodded yes. He lightly grabbed the hem of the shirt I wore and pulled it above my head to reveal my naked breasts to him and his eyes went wide as he guided his hands up my stomach and rest upon my breasts as he used his thumbs to caress my now hard nipples. I started to roll my hips to gain more friction as the pleasure started to build, I lowered my body and took his lips in mine as I grabbed the hem of his shirt and pulled up leaving us both naked from the waist up. As I continued to kiss him I felt his grip on me get tighter like he never wanted to let go and that felt good. Before I had a chance to think again I felt us being flipped over with Dom staring down at me and smiling.
"God, you're amazing" He said as he slowly kissed his way down my body making me squirm with the anticipation. Most of the men I had been with were not good at oral at all.. I never had an orgasm, I mean not many women do, but at least give me a clitoral orgasm. But with Dom, he was the only man who ever went down on me who gave me an orgasm without my assistance, and has been known to give me multiple orgasms. So, knowing what that mouth and those fingers could do it heightened the anticipation. I was moving my hips, curling my toes and squeezing the sheets between my fingers before he had even touched me.
"Please" I begged with a moan.
"Please what, baby?" He teased while kissing the inside of my thigh as he rested my legs on his shoulders.
"Touch me"
"I am touching you, where do you want me to touch you?" He blew a soft breath of air on my slit making me shiver.
"Th-There"
"How do you want me to touch her?" He teased using only the tip of his tongue to toy with my clit.
"I don't-ugh-I don't care, eat me or use your fingers, I don't care just touch me" I moaned
"As you wish" He said as he took my clit between his teeth lightly and started sucking hard while using his tongue to add more pressure"
"Ugh fuuu-fuck, Dom!" I moaned as I pressed his head further into my dripping core.
"Mmm, baby just like that, oh god" I moaned again as I felt the familiar tingle start to rapidly increase.
"You like that, baby?" He whispered against me and I just moaned in response. He continued to eat me out till he knew I was ready to come then he pulled away despite my please.
"Do you want to keep going?" He asked, genuinely willing to stop If I said no and didn't want to even though he was hard as a rock. I didn't say anything I just flipped us over so I was on top, I pulled his briefs off of his hips and kissed his neck making my way down his chest, I licked and kissed the V-Lines on his lower abdomen that led me to the prize. I gave him one lick from base to tip but he pulled me up so I was face to face with him, I kissed his lips as I felt him slowly line up with my entrance, I lifted myself slightly to welcome him into my body and I winced at the pressure when I did.
"Just let me adjust" I whispered as I kissed his neck. Once I was comfortable I rocked my body on top of his as we were chest to chest. I felt Dom bend his legs and start to thrust into me at a rapid pace making me shake with each thrust. I moaned into his ear which I knew he loved because he gripped my ass tighter upon hearing the sounds.
"Yesyes ungh fuck, right theeeere" I moaned as he hit my G-Spot over and over. My nails gripped into his side as I felt my first orgasm approach.
"Com-AH- Coming!" I screamed as my eyes rolled back as I felt my body convulse. He kept thrusting in and out of me at the same pace. I pulled my body up so I was riding him, something he always loved. I ran my hands through my hair as I bounced on top of him. I grabbed his hands from my ass and placed them on my breasts as he squeezed and toyed with them to bring me to my high.
"Fuck, Dom. So close baby, Ungh God baby, yesyes ye-" I moaned but was interrupted by a cry. I stopped bouncing but Dom didn't hear it as he continued to thrust into me.
"Ba-baby"
"Feel good baby?" He asked me
"N-Yes oh god yes, baby"
"I'm gonna make you come." He promised
"Stop stop" I said hoping he heard me and he did
"You okay baby?"
"Leo, hes crying" I said while my lower half was still shaking and my body exhausted and out of breath.
"And it's starting already." We laughed as I pulled myself off of him immediately missing the feeling of him inside me. I bent down to give him a kiss as I pulled on his shirt and a pair of shorts.
"I'll do it babe" He offered and I just looked at him and smirked
"With that?" I said pointing at his erection and he laughed.
"You got this mama"
"You bet your ass papa" I said as I gave him another kiss before checking on Leo
"What is the matter my love" I said picking him up and holding him to me, when I did I could feel that he was warm which was a worry.
"Baby, you're burning up" I said as I took him out of his onesie and brought him to the bathroom. I held is tiny little body against mine softly rubbing his back as I filled the tub with water but he continued to scream.
"Dom" I shouted and he was at the bathroom within seconds, "Can you call Mia, ask her to come here"
"Why, what's going on?" He asked worriedly.
"I don't know he's burning up, I'm gonna try and give I'm a cool bath to bring down his temperature." I said as I tried to calm the screaming boy in my arms.
"Baby, shh shh shh, it's ok" I placed him in the tub and held him up as I used a cloth to drip water on his back.
"Let, what's his temperature?" Dom asked in a panic
"I don't know, Dom. I can't find the thermometer."
"She doesn't know Mia, what else do we do!"
"Let, can you hear me?" Mias voice rang through as Dom put her on speaker
"Yeah"
"Has he gotten sick?"
"No, but he had a cough this morning"
"Dry?"
"No"
"Okay, did he ha-"
"K, no I'm not waiting, I don't like his color at all, I'm bringing him to the hospital, you can meet us there if you want" I said hurriedly as I pulled Leo out of the bath because he seemed to be getting paler right in front of me and his lips were turning a paler pink.
I grabbed his bag and any random onesie I could find while Dom grabbed the keys and Leo we quickly made our way down the freeway to get to the hospital. I sat in the back with Leo while Dom weaved through traffic.
"Dom how far?"
"Three minutes, what's going on?"
"He's just not looking good" I said with worry, please god let him be ok.
Finally, we pulled up to the hospital Dom let me and Leo out to check in so he could park I quickly ran to the emergency.
"My son he- he's sick or something I don't know but he's burning up and he was coughing earlier and he's getting so pale I don't know what's wrong"
"Okay mam you need to calm down" The nurse tried
"No, my son needs a doctor, now!" I said in a panic
"Okay mam we're bringing him in but you need to wait here for just a minute to answer the questions for him"
"No, I can answer in there, or later, right now I need to be with my son and have him get looked at!" I said as I followed the doctors who placed him on a gurney and wheeled him down to the pediatric ward.
"Please be okay baby, I love you so much, please be ok." I cried while his little fingers held mine. It was in this moment how much I had loved this little boy who held my fingers tightly while he cried. As we were going down the hall we saw Dom, who ran after us. They brought him in the room and started to ask me questions and started to check him over.
I explained what had happened and the doctor reassured me that things like this happen and it's not uncommon to panic.
"He has the flu so he's going to be cranky for the next little while but to keep him hydrated if his temperature spikes again to bring him in, but there is no immediate danger to him. Just keep an eye on him, ok?" Dom and I nodded our heads and thanked him.
He wrote a prescription for some medicine and Dom and I thanked him again as we made our way out of the hospital. The medicine they gave Leo at the hospital made him sleepy so he fell asleep in my arms while Dom put his arm around me. I placed Leo in his car seat and covered him up while I got in the front seat. I pulled my legs up as I sat in my seat looking out of the window with worry.
"You did good, mama" Dom said placing his hand on my bare knee.
"I was so scared" I said with a whisper, I really loved this little boy.
"I was too, but god you amazed me. You didn't even hesitate you just did what you had to do and got it done, no bullshit, no questions. You make me so proud. He is so lucky to have you in his life to look up to. I'm lucky to have you, there was no way I could have done that or any of this without you." Dom said and I grabbed his hand and held it tightly as I gazed out the window occasionally looking back at Leo while he slept.
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