Letty POV
"What do you mean it's not ready!" I yelled into the phone "The party is at 12:00, and it is 8:30am figure it out and get it done how I want and on time!" I saw Dom walk into the kitchen carrying Leo, normally whichever one of us got up first would go and get Leo so it alternated, but today I really wanted to give Dom his moment with Leo and I wanted him to be the first one that got to see him so I was really hoping Leo wouldn't throw a fit and I would have to get him first.
Dom came over and kissed me on the cheek while Leo did the same and I instantly smiled at the gesture from my two men, even though I was extremely annoyed by the person on the phone. Dom sensed my annoyance and he placed a cup of coffee in front of me to try and ease my troubles.
"Look, you have been paid for a job and we have been promised a cake, this is my sons 1st birthday and I will be damned if you and your pathetic excuse for a company will ruin that. Get it down. NOW!" I said hanging up the phone and slamming it on the table.
"All that for a cake" Dom said smirking at me as he sat beside me at the table lifting my feet into his lap as he started to massage them.
"It's not just a cake, it's his FIRST birthday cake, thats special."
"Coming from the woman who hates birthday celebrations, and who threatened to cut my junk off if I let Mia plan a surprise party for your 18th birthday"
"Well thats different, I had years to decide that I hated celebrating my birthday. But, I still have the picture of me at my first birthday with my birthday cake and I always want to keep that memory, so I want the same for him"
"The party is going to be great, everything is going to go as planned, and he is going to look back at all of this and think what an incredible job his mom did for his very first birthday" Dom smiled at me as he took my hand and held it gently.
"I just want everything to go right" I told him with a sigh
"It will, I know it will"
"Oh really? And how would you know?" I smirked waiting for his answer
"Simple. You, my fantastic and all around amazing wife, you are Letty Toretto, you will never let anything ruin his day, and if something even comes remotely close to ruining it, well my love, you may be a Toretto but you always got that Ortiz fighter in you" Dom chuckled and sipped his coffee again. He really did know how to make me smile.
"You gonna have a good party today, baby?" I asked Leo who was sitting in his highchair by Dom and I and he just smiled and clapped.
"Mama!" He yelled happily. Although I was overjoyed that he had said his first word last month, he still hasn't said anything else except mama, I wasn't sure how long it took for him to start saying more words after the first but Dom and I were both trying with him and so far all he could say was mama.
"Happy birthday, bubba" I said picking him up and kissing his cheek and he giggled and clapped.
"I'm gonna head out back and start to set up, you got it under control in here, mama?"
"Sure do, papa" I sat at the table sipping my coffee with Leo on my lap while I scrolled through my laptop doing another check to who was all coming and that everything was ordered and confirmed. Today was a special day and Dom and I were going to make sure nothing would ruin that. I put him in his chair and opened the jar of food and gave him his spoon, he was eating on his own so while he ate I started to tidy up the kitchen. I was putting dishes in the dishwasher when I heard silence. That was not good when you had a one year old in the house. I looked behind me and knew there was a reason for Leo's silence, it was the same reason he wore a smirk on his face that matched Doms. He had dumped his food on top of his head and proceeded to rub it in his hair while it dripped down to his shirt. He looked at me with a toothy grin knowing I could never be mad at that face.
"You just know I can't be mad at you" I joked as I started to wipe him off but it was useless he was covered, I needed a shower still and now he did too.
"Dom" I said while coming into the backyard with Leo on my hip
"Yeah, bab- Oh well someone got a bit messy" He smirked
"He gets that from you, I have no doubt. Can you give him a bath, I have to shower soon"
"Just take him in with you, I'll clean up the kitchen and finish out here" I had gotten a bit more comfortable with taking baths with Leo, Dom and I would switch I just never wanted it to be wrong of me to shower or bathe with him since I wasn't his biological mother, Dom assured me every time it was fine.
"Ok, be out soon" I said as we kissed him and made our way upstairs to the bathroom.
I set Leo on the floor and started to get undressed then I undressed him and turned the water on to a luke warm careful not to burn him although I preferred it hot.
"Why do I feel like you're gonna need another shower after your party. I have a pretty good feeling that cake that I'm stressing over is going to end up in your hair by the end of the day" I joked to him while he giggled and reached up for me. I wrapped a cloth under him so I had a better grip on him and I proceeded to shower. I avoided putting him under the spray so it didn't bother him I allowed the spray to hit his feet and chunky legs while he laughed and kicked at the water. I put the baby shampoo in his hair and with one hand I washed the baby food out of his locks, it was difficult to shower with one hand but I seemed to get the hang of it. I lightly tipped him back and poured water from a cup on his head to wash the soap out while I quickly put shampoo in my hand, again, with one hand.
"You are so silly" I said to him as he put his hand over his mouth and took it off while make an 'ah' sound he kept doing it at a rapid pace and discovered the new things he could do.
"Someone sounds like their having fun" I heard Doms baritone voice say as he came into the bathroom he pulled the curtain back and looked at my naked body up and down licking his lips.
"Say hi to, daddy" I said with a 'baby here' tone and a smirk. He ran a hand over the back of his neck and shrugged his shoulders.
"What, you're sexy" Dom said and I blushed
"Can you take him while I finish rinsing this soap out of my hair" I said handing him to Dom to which he happily extended his arms to accept him.
"Did mama get you all nice and clean?"
"Mama!"
"Yeah buddy, that's mama. Now let's get your dressed for today, real Toretto men like us have a reputation to uphold, and we gotta look good"
"Ya!" He said clapping and Dom and I looked at eachother again.
"Second word, I'll count it" I said
I finished my shower as Dom and Leo got ready, I finished setting up what Dom didn't and grabbed the keys to go pick up the cake that better be ready. I drove down the 5 and I had this odd feeling I was being watched, I looked behind me and no one had looked suspicious or after me, so I let it go as my own paranoia from mine and Doms past. Once I arrived at the cake place they apologized and gave me the cake that was thankfully all done.
"Thank you" I said as I made my way out and back to the party. When I arrived I saw Mia, Brian, and the kids along with the rest of the team and some of my family had already arrived. The small table we set up out back for gifts was already covered that the were now placing the gifts underneath and around the table.
"Already spoiling him I see" I joked looking at all the gifts
"Damn right, baby girl" Tej said kissing my cheek
"Wheres Dom I asked not seeing him or Leo around
"Dom said they'd be right down" Mia said and as she said that Dom came out with Leo on his hip.
"The birthday boy is here" Dom said with a smile that made me melt.
Dom was wearing dark jeans with a tight white t-shirt and a pair of Timberlands, and Leo, well he was wearing dark jeans, a tight white t-shirt and Timberlands. My smile reached my eyes as I watched my two boys smiling in their matching outfits.
"Mama!" Leo yelled as soon as he spotted me in the backyard, I walked over to them and Dom wrapped his arm around me while I tickled Leo's tummy.
"Look at my handsome boys!" I told him and Dom kissed the top of my head. "You are such a handsome, boy, bubba! Looking just like daddy"
"Ya!" He yelled and clapped his hands. Dom put him down so he could crawl on the grass like he usually does, he still wasn't walking yet, and along with the talking thing that had us a bit worried, but the doctor assured it some babies take a bit longer to get the hang of it.
Leo reached for me and I picked him up while everyone came over to say Happy Birthday to the birthday boy.
"You know, lil' man, you just wait till Uncle Rome takes you out and shows you how to pick up all the fine hunnies" Rome said while nudging his little arm, I started to laugh hysterically when I watched Leos once happy face turn into a look of fear as soon as Roman said that, Leo turned to latch onto me tightly.
"Mama" He said and I cradled him closer to my body putting a hand on his head.
"Guess he's not all Toretto after all" I joked to Dom who started laughing too
"Nah, baby, that's all Toretto, only has eyes for the best woman out there" He said touching my butt lightly.
"Easy Cheesy"
We all sat down and started to do presents, there were plenty of toys, and lucky for us many loud toys.. yay. One gift in particular was from Mia and I started to tear up. The photo the older woman at the zoo took of Dom, Leo and I, Mia had gotten enlarged and placed in a beautiful frame. She of course gotten a gift for Leo specifically too, but this was special. I hugged her tightly as did Dom as we said our sincerest thank yous.
"Cake time!" I said as I lit the candles and held the cake as I brought it over to Dom who now had Leo on his lap while everyone sang happy birthday. Dom helped him blow out the candles and everyone clapped.
"Let go sit with them" Mia said as I sat on Doms lap with Leo now on mine as Mia took our picture. We moved the cake and put Leo in his highchair. Dom and I each smeared icing on Leos nose and kissed his cheek at the same time and thankfully Mia, my trusty photographer captured the moment. We continued to enjoy this time together with the ones we love most and while Leo crawled around I was talking to my brother.
"It's amazing" My little brother Carlos said to me while I watched Leo play with Jack
"Yeah, he really is" I said in awe
"No, you" He told me and I looked away from Leo and at my brother
"What?"
"Seeing my bad ass big sister, fighting guys twice her size, hijacking trucks, lipping anybody and everybody off, getting kicked out of clubs for fighting, committing some of the worlds bigg-"
"Ok I get it" I laughed stopping him
"Nah, it's amazing to see that my tough tom boy big sister be so calm and dare I say feminine" He joked while nudging my arm.
"Hey, I've always been feminine, I just chose when to show it"
"Yeah right"
"It's true, just ask Dom all the lacey feminine things I used to do when we were teenagers" I joked making my little brother cringe
"Ew, that's sick, Let"
"Don't say I'm not feminine then, shithead, and I could still kick your ass." I told him with a smile
"Seriously though Let, it's amazing watching you like this. Mom and dad would be proud" My brother said while he put an arm around me I looked at him and smiled, I was extremely close with my parents before they died, and I took it pretty hard. So hearing my little brother tell me that they would have been proud made me feel really good.
"We're getting way too mushy" I joked bumping him with my shoulder as I turned back to Leo and my eyes went wide, he was standing up which he had done before but this time it looked like he was going to walk.
"Dom!" I yelled as I crouched down on my knees and everyone turned to look at me and then to where I was looking. Dom rushed over to me and knelt on the ground beside me while Mia started to record.
"Come on, bubba! You can do it!" I cheered him on as he lifted his little foot and put it down.
"Good job, bub, come to mama!'
"Come on buddy, you got this bub" Dom cheered right beside me and we watched as he took another step.
"He's doing it! He's walking! I said wrapping my hand around Doms forearm as we watched our boy walk for the first time on his fiorst birthday.
"Come on bubba, just a few more steps!" I encouraged.
"Bubba, look at mama! Look at mama!" Dom said as he encouraged Leo to walk to me. Leo flashed his toothy smile and started to walk a bit faster towards me.
"That's it baby you got it!" I said as he came faster and fell into my arms as I hugged him tightly.
"Oh my big boy!" I said as I stood up hugging him while Dom kissed his head.
"You did so good, bub" Dom said as he kissed his cheek
"Ya ya ya!" Leo said excitedly and I laughed as tears started to fall from my eyes
"That's right, baby, ya ya!" I said as I kissed his cheek
"We are so proud of you" I told him and I looked at Dom who smiled at me.
Once the party finished Dom and I cleaned up and we were exhausted.
I went upstairs to change and get Leo in his pajamas and I started to blow raspberries on his tummy and before I knew it I was laying in bed holding Leo.
Dom POV
I couldn't believe today, my son took his first steps and I couldn't have been prouder, I guess this was the feeling my dad was always telling me I would get. The most beautiful moment was watching Letty, watching her get excited about the big and little things Leo does just makes me fall more in love with her. I got the happiest feeling watching Letty and Leo interact. I've put Letty through so much, and I hated that I put her through this situation, but I am happy she is happy now, and I made a promise to myself to keep it that way. Watching my tough, dirty fighting, big talking wife become like a bag of mush around our son was amazing. Seeing that side of Letty I always knew was there, but it's different seeing it in person every single day. She will always be the one who fights by my side, physically and emotionally, but seeing this woman transition to the role of a mother is just breathtaking and I can't wait till I get her pregnant, I can't wait to experience all of that with her, and I can't think of a better partner to have by my side. Seeing that my son can love her so easily without any fear just tells me that her perfection goes beyond farther than being my wife, but as a mother too. I cleaned up downstairs and went upstairs to go see Letty and Leo and my heart stopped when I opened the door to see Letty passed out on the bed with a sleepy pout on her lips, her hair wild and mascara slightly smudged while she cradled Leo's sleeping body as he laid on his back with his arms up, she was sure to keep enough room between them so she didn't roll over and hurt him, but she kept him close enough that she could hold him to make sure he wouldn't roll off even though she placed some pillows on the other side of him. She was exhausted and to most women they would say she doesn't look like perfection because her messy hair, smudged makeup tired eyes, milk dripping from Leo's bottle onto her arm that he kept close, and to me, she looked perfect. There was no woman in the world that could look more perfect than the beautiful woman laying in our bed who I am lucky enough to call my wife everyday. Everything about her was perfect. I grabbed my phone from my pocket and snapped a picture of the two loves of my life and I kissed Letty on the cheek as a small gesture of ' I love and appreciate you' I picked up Leo quietly, careful not to wake Letty as I placed him in his crib and kissed him goodnight.
"Happy birthday, little guy" I whispered as I turned the nightlight on and shut the door leaving a crack open. I went back to mine and Lettys room and began to undress her so she could sleep comfortably. I was gentle so I didn't wake her but she did stir from her sleep.
"Mmm, baby"
"He's in his crib, I'm just getting you into something comfier"
"No, you baby" She whispered and I smiled, we never knew which baby either one of us meant sometimes.
"Oh"
"I love you" She said as she let me finish getting her undressed and I slipped my oversized shirt over her small frame.
"I love you, more than you'll ever know" I told her as I too got into bed and pulled her tightly to me letting sleep take over the both of us.
R&R - Lot's of drama to come!