Nightlight

Disclaimer: I own nothing associated with the Fast and Furious franchise, I'm just a fan.

I thought it was about time that Mia and Letty had their own moment together, it's been way too long, hope you enjoy.

"Letty?" Mia said as she pushed a sleeping Letty. Letty groaned and rolled over to look at her clock.

"God Mi, it's 3 in the fucking morning, you've known me since we were kids, and you know that I'm a bitch in the morning." With that Letty lied down in her bed attempting to sleep again. Then suddenly she felt Mia get into her bed. She sighed and rolled over to see Mia with tears in her eyes, this caught Letty off guard. "What's the matter Mi, why are you crying?" Letty asked as she pushed strands of hair out of Mia's face, but she just kept crying. Letty, at a loss to do, got up and pulled on a red sweater over her tank top and put some Ugg boots on, tucking her pajama pant legs into them. She then held her hand out to Mia. "Come on baby girl let's go get some grub." Mia nodded her head and took Letty's hand as they both got up and walked out of the door.

The girls walked across the street that separated their hotel with a 24 hour coffee shop across the street. They walked in and sat down at a table as Letty sat with her arms crossed and on the table as she looked at Mia. Mia was sitting up straight, back against the chair, her hands in her lap, and her head lowered, focusing on something that Letty couldn't see. After a while a waitress came around.

"Can I get you girls anything?" She asked in a chipper voice Letty deemed too happy to be used this early in the morning. Mia just kept looking down. Letty looked at her and then back at the waitress with a small, small smile on her face.

"Just two coffees please." Mia just kept staring at the ground.

"Ok I'm on it." She said as she walked away, Letty smiled and said a quick thank you before turning her attention back to Mia.

"Are you going to tell me what's wrong Mi? Or are you just going to sit there and keep having a staring contest with the table?" Mia looked up and smiled slightly at Letty, then fidgeted in her chair for a minute.

"Letty I'm scared." Mia finally admitted, Letty just looked at her confused for a second.

"Well what are you scared of?" Letty asked as the waitress set two coffees down on their tables.

"I'm scared for our family Letty." Mia said finally meeting Letty's eyes as she took a sip of coffee and then continued. "I have this feeling that we're only going to be happy for a little while longer and then it's all going to go downhill." Mia started balling again. Letty reached across the table and held her hand.

"It's only a feeling Mi. Our family's strong we'll always make it." Mia started shaking her head as she cried and her voice broke.

"No, Letty I had a dream. I had a dream where I saw Jesse dead and there wasn't anything I could do about it. Then I saw Dom I ran to hug him but he said he had to go and then he disappeared. I saw Vince, he was bloodied but he smiled at me and told me to take care of myself, then he disappeared. I saw Leon and he just gave me a quick smile and said "Make sure Lett doesn't get in too much trouble," and then he disappeared. Then I saw you smiling at me and holding your arms out to me, I ran and hugged you but then you stopped holding me and I looked up, you were dead. I screamed and that's when I woke up and woke you up." Mia relayed the story through tears. Letty shivered, that dream scared even her. She didn't know why but it scared her. She put on her brave face though.

"Mia I know that dream must have spooked you, but we're a family. We're strong apart but invincible together." Letty said while she smiled and held Mia's hands. Mia just started to cry again.

"That's the thing Lett. You guys think you're invincible but you're not, and this dream I think it means that we all leave each other, in some way or another." Mia said as she held Letty's hand so tight, Letty felt her hand ache but didn't stop Mia. Nothing had changed since that day they had become friends, Letty still couldn't refuse her. Letty took Mia's hand and kissed it.

"Mia sssshhhhh ssshhh ssh sh, why would we leave you, or each other for that matter? We love each other more than anything." Letty said as she held Mia's hand. Mia just kept crying.

"You tell me Letty. What's going on? I can tell you are keeping something big from me." Mia said looking Letty in the eye, conveying for her to tell her the truth. Letty sighed and rubbed Mia's hand.

"It's something that the less you know about it, the better." Letty said calmly, Mia just pulled her hand back and crossed her arms over her chest. Letty sighed, Mia always had this effect on her, one movement and Letty would tell her everything.

"Dom's found a way to pay for all of our bills and just general costs." Letty said while she messed with the ketchup on their table, refusing to look Mia in the eyes.

"Tell me how Letty." Mia said with a raised eyebrow and tear-stained cheeks. Letty sighed while she put the ketchup down and folded her arms on the table, while she looked Mia in the eyes.

"We're hijacking trucks, with electronics and things like that on them and then we sell them." Letty said while she shrugged and awaited Mia's reaction. Mia just watched Letty for a second and then shook her head.

"Letty this is going to hurt us more than it's going to help us, I can feel it." Mia said, hoping to knock some sense into Letty, but Letty wouldn't hear it.

"Mia we need the money or else we're going to die, and our shops and the street-racing aren't going to cut it." Mia looked at Letty like she was crazy.

"You're kidding right Lett? Street-racing was already pushing the limit. This is just setting a match to gasoline it might seem cool for a second but then your whole house will burn down!" Mia whispered but yet yelled at the same time. Letty just kept her composure and looked back at Mia calmly.

"Mia I know what we're doing and how stupid it is, so does Dom, but we're a family of five high-school dropouts, and one prospering high schooler, and we all want the best for you. Don't you want to go to college?" Letty asked looking at Mia, Mia just sat back and looked at Letty with a furrowed eyebrow.

"Not if it's going to tear our family apart." Mia said while she looked out the window, Letty sighed.

"Mia I'm not perfect, I've done millions of stupid things and this probably tops it all off, but it'll only be for a little while, like in year intervals. They'll never figure it out." Letty said while she reached across the table and pulled Mia's hand into hers." "And Mi, if you have a bad feeling about one of the heists I promise that me and Leon will do everything we can to stop Dom." Letty smiled at Mia, who still looked at her with a furrowed eyebrow but then she leaned forward and stuck her pinky finger out at Letty.

"Pinky promise?" Mia asked, Letty chuckled and took Mia's pinky in hers and squeezed it.

"Pinky promise." Letty said as Mia flew across the table and hugged Letty tightly to her. Letty held her back while Mia remembered their most important pinky promises.

"Letty?" A sniffling five-year old came walking into Letty's room, Letty was sitting there sketching out her dream car when she looked up to see the crying five-year old.

"Mia what's the matter?" Letty asked as she walked up to the five year old who just threw her arms around her and began crying into her shoulders. Letty rubbed her back, and held her.

"Letty, Vince and Dom said you liked hanging out with them more than you liked hanging out with me." The little Toretto pouted Letty, just shook her head at those two idiots.

"Come on you know not to listen to them your my best girl, you always come first." Letty said as she pulled Mia away from her to look at her and smile at her. Mia smiled slightly then held her pinky out to Letty.

"Pinky promise I'll always come first." Mia said as Letty looked at her a little confused and a little bit embarrassed but then she wrapped her own pinky around Mia's an looked the little Toretto in the eyes.

"Pinky promise."

Letty held a crying Mia in her arms; apparently her 6th grade romance hadn't worked out that well.

"I hate him." Mia said as Letty stroked the 6th grader's hair. "I hate all guys, they don't care about us, we're just arm candy to them. Letty looked up a little confused.

"Since when do you know what arm-candy is?" Letty asked looking down at her. Mia looked up at her a little angrily.

"Don't change the subject Lett, you've got to promise me that it'll always be you and me and we'll never leave one another, no matter what." Mia said while she held her pinky finger out to Letty, Letty smiled at her and squeezed Mia's pinky back.

"Pinky promise."

"Mia what the hell happened?" Letty asked as she cupped Mia's cheek to get a good look at the bruise on it. Mia just let out a slight sob.

"Drake didn't take the break up very well." Letty pulled Mia to her as she looked around the school. Then she saw Drake talking to some racer chaser whore. She pulled away from Mia and walked right towards him, once he saw Letty that cocky grin of his fell off of his face. Letty wasted no time she punched him in the face, he was a real pussy, so he felt right to the ground.

"That was for being a dick-head and cheating on my best friend." Letty said while she kicked him in the groin, causing him to cry out in pain.

"And that was for hitting her in the face." Letty started to walk away but stopped and turned around landing one last kick to his face, causing his nose to bleed. He looked up to her while he held his nose in his hands.

"What was that for?" He asked Letty just shrugged.

"That was for being you." Letty walked back to the tear-stained fifteen year old. She gave her a hug.

"I've always got your back, I promise." Mia looked up at her smiling and held out her pinky.

"Pinky promise?" She asked. Letty chuckled and squeezed her pinky.

"Pinky promise."

Mia was brought back to reality when Letty pulled away and stood up holding out her hand to Mia.

"Should we go back to the hotel, and try to get some sleep?" Letty asked Mia while she took her hand and stood up. "We could go get some tacos and watch some sappy romantic comedy, my treat." Letty said as they began walking back to the hotel.

"Hey Letty?" Mia asked as she bit into her taco. Letty pulled her gaze away from the TV. to look at Mia.

"Yeah?" She asked as she too bit into her taco.

"Tacos aren't even Mexican are they?" Mia asked as she carefully looked at her taco. Letty nodded.

"Yeah they were invented in America now Tamales that's a real Mexican food." Letty said while she watched Mia and bit into her taco again.

"I want to go to South America, Germany too." Mia said while she wiped her hands on her old sweatpants and chewed the last of her taco. Letty looked at her a little confused.

"Why?" Letty asked finishing off her taco as well. "I've been to South America, the best things there are the wildlife." Mia smiled at Letty.

"South America because that's where my mom's from, and Germany I don't really know I just want to go there." Mia said while she shrugged her shoulders. Letty smiled at her.

"Hey I promise I'll take you to both of those places just you and me." Letty smiled at Mia. Mia smiled back.

"Seriously?" She asked, Letty just nodded.

"Even if it kills me." Letty said while Mia held her pinky out to her.

"Pinky promise?" She asked Letty just laughed and squeezed Mia's pinky with her own.

"Pinky promise."