A/N: I realise Letty is slightly OOC, however, she is three years older and it is only a temporary thing. In the coming chapters, she becomes the old Letty. Anyway, hope you are enjoying reading this as much as I am enjoying writing it. I have a good idea where all the characters are going, although there is one storyline that is set in stone (i.e. its all most written). Apologies for two alerts that this chapter had been uploaded. Had a little issue with fanfiction. Hopefully it is sorted now. As always, comments would be lovely and chapter 14 should be with you soon. And I will shut up now...

Chapter 13

It had been such a long time since Jesse had died, since their lives had been thrown into chaos, it felt weird to be having his 'funeral'. But she knew they needed to, especially Dom. Herself and the boys had talked about him in the past, but Dom had never had the chance to. As she pulled up at their house, he was sitting on the porch.

"Hey you. You good?" She asked breezily, trying to lighten the mood on what she knew would be a bad day. He nodded and stood to follow her as she went into the house, "So what's the plan?"

"We're gonna drive up to Neptune's Net, have some dinner, Jesse's favourite of course, and then just chill out on the beach. He wasn't exactly a complex guy." Leon joked, though it was clear that bringing up his best friend hadn't been easy. Everyone agreed it was the most Jesse like way to celebrate him, "Vince can ride with me, if you take Dom, Let?" Letty glanced at Dom before agreeing. 'It was fine', she assured herself, 'just two friends sharing a car together.'

"Nah, I'll ride with you Leon." Dom stated quickly, "I need to talk to you." Vince shrugged his shoulders before placing his hand on Letty's shoulder and pushing her out of the door.

"What was that about? You can't avoid her all your life."

"Who said anything about avoiding Let? You ever think I do want to talk to you?" Leon didn't like where this was going, but he left the house with Dom regardless. Letty and Vince had all ready screeched off by the time they were ready to leave. Both ambled to the car, "What is up with you?"

"What do you mean, bro?" Leon asked, cocking an eyebrow in his direction as he placed the key in the ignition.

"Le, you keep having nose bleeds, you have stopped wearing anything that doesn't have long sleeves and you are sleeping like a narcoleptic. I'm surprised Letty hasn't found you unconscious under a hood."

"Its nothing, dawg. The nose bleeds are seasonal, too much pressure. The long sleeves are just more comfortable and I've been busting my gut thanks to Letty, that is why I am sleeping so much." Leon wasn't convinced that his reasons would be valid. Dom refused to believe him, but didn't want to push it further. Not yet, not today. It was bad enough that they were spending the day thinking about Jesse, thinking about the past, let alone going off on a tangent that something might be wrong with Leon. He remained silent for the rest of the journey.

When they arrived at Neptune's Net, Letty and Vince were already sitting waiting, impatiently.

"What took ya?" She questioned grinning. Even if they had left at the same time, Letty would have still left Leon eating her dust.

"You ready to order?" They nodded enthusiastically. The waitress came over and asked for their order, "Sometimes I wish the kid had a less random taste in food." Dom shook his head in mock seriousness.

"Can we have four large cokes, and four noodles with tomato sauce, corned beef hash, mustard and cheese. You do still serve that, right?" Letty asked the young brunette waitress after seeing her bemused face.

"I'll just go check." A short while later she returned with an older guy.

"When Diane told me your order, I nearly died of shock. No one has ordered that in years. Where's Jesse?" Karl asked in his usual friendly manner. The four smiled briefly, before letting him know that the answer would not be an agreeable one.

"Hey Karl. Jess died a while back, over three years ago now. We're just here to celebrate him." Leon replied. Karl's face dropped and it was clear the words had shocked him.

"That's a shame. He was a good kid. Crazy, but good. Tell you what, its on the house. I'll have it to you in no time."

As the rest of team ate their way through the most random meal they had ever eaten, they reminisced about the 'mad scientist'. He never had a bad word to say about anyone. Leon would always regret letting him race Tran, but he wasn't to know. He'd thrown down and once you're in, you're in, no backing out. It didn't mean that it made losing him any easier, not by a long shot. Letty tried her best to stomach the weird concoction, but mustard had never been her friend. After several mouthfuls, she was rushing to the bathroom. Dom and Vince laughed as they shovelled the food into their mouths.

"Kind of thankful it is free now." Letty pondered as she returned to the table, "That guys obsession with mustard was just sick." She sipped back a large gulp of the coke and watched as the guys finished off, Vince helping himself to her leftovers.

"What now?" Vince asked as they left the restaurant and crossed the road towards the beach.

"We chill. I'm sorry, despite the fact Jess spent his life either in the garage or eating, I'm not spending a second there today. We racing tonight?" Leon kicked the sand as he sat down, pondering Letty's question.

"I'm up for some." he replied as Vince nodded his head in agreement as well, "Dom? Great way to honour him."

"So he didn't get to work on that one," Letty remarked glancing back at her second baby, "but still."

"We only have the two cars." Leon and Letty both shrugged.

"Vince rides with Leon all the time." Conceding to the pressure, Dom agreed, "I'll come round to yours at about ten." The four of them sat down in the sand for a while longer, all strangely quiet, reflecting on the last three and a half years. It seemed odd how they had ended up here. For something that had seemed like the perfect way to make a quick buck or two, it sure didn't work out as well as planned.

"Let's roll."

Ten o'clock rolled around quickly. John realised that the day was Jesse's day so didn't dare argue when Letty informed him that she was going out with the boys.

"I'm sleeping over at theirs. I am not sure what time we will be back, and I don't want to wake you or Maddie." He gave her a look of something, she couldn't decipher whether it was anger or fear.

"I have to be at work for 10 a.m. tomorrow, so you'll have to be back for Maddie."

"Why are you working on a Saturday?"

"Keith needs all hands on deck at this site. The clients are wanting to move in by next Friday." She smiled before picking up her keys and heading out. John watched from the window as she drove to her ex's house.

Arriving shortly afterwards, the guys were all ready to leave. Vince jumped into Leon's before Dom could raise protestations. Slowly skulking his way to Letty's car, she scraped her hand through her hair, smiling as he came closer. 'Did she have to look so fucking good tonight?', he thought as he climbed in.

"You look like someone shit in your chips." She offered up happily. He returned with a weak smile, to which she rolled her eyes and slipped the car into first.

"How's John?"

"Fine. Pissed that I am out tonight, but gives him time with baby. Though she has a habit of falling asleep on him. I think she thinks he's boring." Both laughed. Letty at the musings of her little family, Dom at the perceptiveness of a six month old. As they approached the alley, Dom sensed a strange feeling course through his body.

"You nervous?" Nerves, so this was what it felt like. Yeah, he was nervous. He hadn't been around this crowd for years. He doubted they would respect him in the same way, even wondered if the same crowd would be there, "There are a lot of new people. But Hector is still around, and Edwin shows his face every now and then." It was like she could read his thoughts. As she pulled up next to Leon's car, she squeezed Dom's hand and gave him a smile. It felt weird to her that he was so nervous, but understandable.

They both got out and began to walk towards Vince and Leon. The noise of the crowd descending into a low muttering of shocked voices. Whispers as to whether they were seeing what they were actually seeing. Letty spotted Hector pound over towards them,

"You're shittin' me?"

"Hector, good to see you." Dom smiled, the nerves slowly subsiding, "I thought you were going legit?" Hector shrugged as if to say 'things didn't work out.'

"Your girl racing." He questioned glancing at Letty who was busy talking to some random female.

"She's not my girl." He retorted firmly. Hector gave him a knowing smile before laughing, "But yeah, Let's racing."

"Letty, buying in?" She handed him a wad of cash. They found three others to race against her, one other girl and two guys.

As they filtered into the street, Dom got out of the car and wandered over to Hector.

"You back for good then?" He questioned as they milled around waiting for the go ahead.

"Yeah, though I won't be round here much. Promised Mia I would stay the boring side of the law." Their eyes scanned the crowd. Vince was talking to Leon, as Letty got herself ready, "She's gonna smoke them, ain't she?"

"Always does." A guys voice announced that they were clear to go over the two-way, and within seconds the race was underway.

"Seems like the party is at our house tonight." Hector grinned at him

"She still with that moron." Dom looked at him as though he was holding back on some information, "John, is it?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Nah, he's just too, I don't know, boring. Can't see what Letty sees in him."

The crowd cheered as the cars returned. Letty pulled up and walked over to Hector to retrieve her winnings.

"Party at yours?" She grinned, though you could sense that she had won a little too easily. Sure, she knew she would win, but it was less fun if she hadn't actually had to try. "Drinks for Jesse."

For once, the proceedings weren't interrupted by the mad dash to escape the cops. As they pulled up outside the house, Letty turned to Dom.

"I'm taking my room back tonight. You can sleep on the sofa."

"Yeah? What if I want to sleep in my bed tonight?"

"Not gonna happen. Because that was mine first, and I ain't sharing." Dom glanced at her with a mischievous glint in his eye, "Yeah, whatever. Come on."