A/N: The rating on this fic is gonna have to go up to an M. I think I have been bending the rules slightly with the amount of swearing I have and the T rating, but in an up-coming chapter there is material that would warrant a M rating. Anyhow, I will change it when I post the next chapter, which should be soon. Hope you are still enjoying this story. As always reviews are appreciated. Cookies to be distributed to those who do review.

Chapter 26

Leon hung up the phone and glanced at Vince.

"V, Roxy is racing tonight. You fancy it?" Without having to say another word, Vince was eagerly nodding his head,

"Hey Vince, I thought you two kept things light?" Letty questioned as she saw his enthusiastic response.

"We do, its just I haven't been racing for a while, so you know, I am up for anything. So anyway, Le, cop off last night?" He added, quickly changing the subject. Letty gave him a knowing smile before continuing to feed Maddie. Leon shook his head before wandering out of the kitchen, "Boys losing his touch." He replied, before glancing at Letty. Her face displayed a concerned emotion and it puzzled him.

"Vince, can you sort Maddie out for me?" He agreed and moved over to seat himself in front of the little girl. Letty stood up and followed Leon, who had walked into the living room.

She found him sitting on the sofa, messing with the remote, constantly flipping through the channels. Perching herself next to him, she watched the television change incessantly. A second of a cooking programme, a brief glimpse of a rap video, a tiny segment of a basketball game. After a while, she sighed heavily, trying to indicate her annoyance. It failed.

"Leon, quit it would ya?" She yelled shortly afterwards. He turned to her, "You want to tell me where you ended up last night?"

"Don't be my mother, Let." He responded as he set the remote down on the table.

"I'm just asking." Letty replied. He looked at her, noticing how her face displayed worry, "You going out tonight as well? You've got to be careful, Leon. I don't want you to end up," She was cut off.

"What? Killing myself?" Leon spat at her. He spoke quietly, but the venom was there lingering in his tone, "Newsflash Let. I'm already dying."

"Leon, shut up. That may be the case, but what, you want to bring it round sooner? You go out, get drunk, come back, go out, get drunk. Planning on doing that till you do actually die."

"Well, its not like I have to worry about cirrhosis of the liver." He asserted back at her. Their voices were barely raised above a whisper, but the intensity of emotion was palpable.

"Look Leon, I know its hard, but don't do this."

"No Let, you don't know how hard it is." Leon said as he went to leave. She grabbed his arm and pulled him back down on the sofa. Staring at each other, neither one of them wanted to say anything. She glanced briefly into the kitchen, noticing that Vince was well and truly preoccupied with feeding her daughter. Letting a small smile appear on her face, she soon returned it to its serious mode and looked at Leon once more. Still holding onto his arm, she took a pause but before she could speak, Leon beat her to it, "Nothing has changed."

"Le, everything has changed." Letty scolded him.

"For you, yes. But before you knew, I was doing exactly everything I am doing now. I can handle this." Leon affirmed before wrestling his arm from her grip. He resumed watching the television before Letty stormed out of the room. Dom passed her on her way out and could sense her anger.

"What's up with Let?" He questioned Leon, wishing to avoid her wrath.

"Don't know man, you said something wrong?" Leon responded. Dom sighed as he ran his hand over his head before shaking it. 'I know what this is about,' he thought to himself before walking through to the kitchen.

Dom climbed into bed and settled down. Letty still hadn't said a word since she had stormed out of the living room earlier and he was hoping she either stayed quiet or had chilled out a little. She pushed open the door and slid into the room. There were some things Dom was thankful for, and Maddie was one of them. After putting her to bed, the Letty that entered the room was a lot more placid and even had a smile on her face such was the calming effect the baby had on her mother. She stripped off and wandered over to the chest of drawers. Selecting one of Dom's t-shirts, she slipped it over her head and made her way back to the bed.

"I was a dick today." He uttered. Letty glanced at him, her left eyebrow arched ever so slightly. Her look confirmed his statement.

"Yeah, you were." She stated abruptly.

"Roxy, she's alright. A little odd, but alright." He uttered again. Letty could sense an apology lurking somewhere behind his statement.

"Yeah, she is." Letty replied, her tone softened slightly. She slipped in between the sheets and began to snuggle down. Silently, she was thankful that Dom had taken her silence as a thing of his doing. He moved his body closer to her, realising the angry barrier had dropped a little. Sliding his hand up into her hair, he gently nipped at her neck, "don't get any ideas Dominic." She warned emphasising his birth name. She was still mad at him but it soon became clear she wasn't going to protest too much as she let his hands slip off the shirt she was wearing.

Dom stared down at Letty. His breath ragged and heavy. He looked down at her and smiled before a slight smirk began to cross his face.

"Forgiven?" He said with a slight laugh. He was still slightly breathless, and combined with his deep burr, Letty felt powerless to stop the shiver of delight course its way through her body. 'Damn him,' she cursed silently. After a pause to regain her composure, she spoke.

"How many women did you sleep with whilst you were gone?" Looking slightly dismayed, Dom moved to lie beside Letty. He glanced up at the ceiling for a while, before looking back at her. Her face was a picture of innocence.

"Please tell me you weren't thinking about that all this time?" He questioned.

"Hell no," She replied defensively, prompting Dom to smirk even more, "No, it just came to me."

"Why is it important?" He asked as he positioned his body on his side. She turned to face him, feeling his hand brush her hair away from her face.

"Just because. Well, you aren't a monk Dom and you know, if I am gonna marry you, I think I have a right to know." Letty stated as she shuffled slightly, loosening the sheet that was position awkwardly around her body.

"Against your one, anything I say will be a lot."

"Who said it was just one person for me?" Letty said before realising it. She rolled her eyes, knowing that her statement would prompt questions.

"There were five women. You?" Dom asked, his intrigue having been raised by Letty's confession.

"Three." Taken aback slightly, Dom looked at her with interest. Three guys in three years wasn't a bad figure. Yet, as far as he was aware, there had only been three guys in all the time he had known her. Himself, John and the Puerto Rican guy she used to run around with before Dom got with her and who's name he never cared to remember. Letty, realising he wasn't about to drop the subject, resigned herself to telling him, "After you left and before I met John, me and Vince went out one night and I ended up with this guy." Dom nodded and shrugged.

"Fair enough. Same with the other guy?" He asked, his hand having moved from her face to being positioned on her waist.

"Not quite. Roxy is the only other person who knows this. About eighteen months ago, we went out racing. John was at home, Leon was with his girlfriend at the time and Vince was somewhere I don't know. Anyway, I raced, won, and we went back to Roxy's. There were about fifty of us, packed into her house." Letty paused for a second and looked Dom straight in his eye. Suddenly she felt completely exposed in front of him. Not just physically, which was a given, but emotionally. The sensation shocked her. It wasn't as if she was confessing to cheating on him nor was it like he was Mr. Innocent himself, "Anyway, long story short I slept with this guy there. So five women? Less than I thought."

"You said you'd never cheat on John." Dom said without missing a beat. Letty recoiled, wishing she had never brought up the subject. She groaned and rolled on to her back.

"And I never did after that. It was one night, I was drunk and that was that. It happens. You of all people should know." She said it and she didn't know why she had said it, but there it was. Leaving her mouth so instantaneously that she didn't have time to catch it before it was floating in the air. She hesitantly glanced at Dom. His face was unmoved.

"Yeah, I know." He uttered without any emotion in his voice. She didn't crave his acceptance, she hadn't even planned on telling him and not because of what he might say, just because it wasn't relevant to their life. Yet in that moment, everything felt right. "And it was six, not five." He uttered as he lay next to her. Dom's head descended on her stomach and slowly he drifted to sleep. Lying in the quietness of their room, Letty gazed at the ceiling. She could feel his breath against her bare skin. She was relieved that he had taken it so well, but as she said, he should know how these things happen. They'd all changed over the past three years, and he was still moody at times but he had matured. There was a level of respect and understanding between the two of them that wasn't there before he left.

Before it had been so easy for the both of them. She knew she could walk away from him any moment he screwed up. Wait, that wasn't true. He always knew that she wouldn't, couldn't. If she didn't stay around for him, she would always be there for the others and for the cars. Maybe that was what made him constantly try her. Knowing that she would be in his life, regardless. She sighed softly as she recalled their past, how turbulent it had been but how they both knew that deep down they loved each other. It always made her so confused then when he would flirt with those other girls in front of her. But after that one night, that one instance of infidelity, she made it perfectly clear that if he did it again, he would lose her. He could flirt all he wanted, but if he went any further, there would be no Dom and Letty anymore. She liked the new Dom though, still grumpy, still possessive at times, but a little more refined. Telling him about her own unfaithfulness had been so easy, surprisingly so. Yet, in the back of her mind, the one thing she knew he had to know was the one thing that he could never hear from her. She let her head fall back onto the pillow as she gently stroked Dom's head.

The morning came around rapidly. Letty was convinced she had only shut her eyes mere minutes before the alarm had begun to scream in her ear. Dom slammed his fist against it, the force causing it to fall off the table and smash on the floor. The noise prompted Letty to jump clear of the bed. The noise also caused Maddie to wake up and proceed to scream the house down. Noticing Dom had fallen back asleep, she sighed and wandered out of the room.

Once she had successfully calmed her daughter, she walked down into the kitchen. It was quiet, which wasn't surprising given the hour. She glanced at the clock, twenty after seven. Signs of life would not emerge for at least another two hours. She turned on the faucet and let the cool stream of water fill the glass. Staring out of the window as she took a sip, she was oblivious to the body skulking in behind her. It was only when he spoke that she became fully aware. For the second time in less than half an hour, she visibly jumped from her original position.
"Ooh, someone's jumpy this morning." Vince uttered as he pulled the chair out from under the table.

"You're up? I thought you would be in bed till, well, this afternoon."

"Only just got back in." He sighed, trying but failing to suppress a yawn. He put his arms on the table and let his head fall ungraciously onto them, "Wake me up in a bit. Just gonna close my eyes for a while." He mumbled, the noise slightly muffled by his arm. Letty laughed,

"Hey V. Did you leave Leon again? Or is he in bed?" She asked. Rising from the table he looked at her.

"He left early on. To tell you the truth, he looked pretty shitty. He raced last night and thank god it was only a small bet. 1 G by in. I thought he had it in the bag, but he lost. Like not even close to winning, came in third. Is everything alright with him, Let?" She tried to conceal the emerging worry on her face. Turning swiftly to face outside, under the pretence of emptying her glass, she uttered a small reply,

"Ask him. I don't know." She placed the glass on the counter and walked out of the room, leaving Vince thoroughly bewildered but he was too tired to question anything. Letting his head fall back on his arms, he was soon snoring away peacefully.

Letty opened the door to their bedroom and sneaked back in. Dom was stirring slightly. Slipping back into the bed, she tried not to wake him up. With Maddie asleep once more and it being a Sunday, she wanted at least another hours sleep. Unfortunately, Dom had other ideas.

"Morning," He whispered seductively in her ear as he slid his arm around her waist. She twisted her body round to face him, catching the glint in his eye. Realising sleep was most definitely off the cards, she pushed him on to his back as she straddled his torso.

"Think you can just get your way with a look, eh?" She asked as she brought her hands down to his groin. Her eyebrow arched ever so slightly.

"Looks that way to me." He smirked as he felt her hands slowly caress him. He sat forward slightly, and cockily placed his hands behind his head.

"Is that so?" She questioned as she gazed up at him. Her head slowly descended and she could tell from his moans of delight he wasn't expecting her to do that.