Chapter 5 Chris and China Get Together/Letty has a Surprise
No One's POV
When China and Chris got home Letty and Dom were the only ones awake. And Dom wasn't too happy that they were getting back as late as they were.
"Chris! I trusted you to get her home safely!" Dom yelled at Chris as soon as they walked into the living room.
"Dom! I wanted to go to the beach! So don't blame it on Chris. He was only doing what I asked him to do. So, if you're going to blame someone, then blame it on me." China said taking up for her friend. Dom calmed down, but only a little bit.
"Dom, look I'm sorry. I was bringing her back home when she asked me to take her to the beach. You should know me well enough by now to know that I wouldn't let anything happen to either Mia or China or even Letty, for that matter. I wouldn't let anyone hurt your girls, Dom. When are you going to learn to trust me?" Chris said sitting on the stairs.
"I know you won't let anything happen to my girls. When am I going to trust you?! Never boy, never if you're going to be with China!" Dom yelled.
"Dom! Stop yelling before you wake everybody up." Letty said sternly. "Come in here. Now, all of you." Letty said walking back into the living room. The three of them, grumbling and mumbling, followed her. "I have something to tell you. I wasn't going to tell anyone until I thought everyone was ready to hear this." Letty said hesitating.
"Tell us what, Let?" China asked sitting between Chris and Letty with Dom on Letty's other side.
Letty's POV
I took a deep breathe cause these were the people to whom I was closest to.
"I - I'm pregnant." I had closed my eyes and couldn't see their shocked faces.
"What the fuck?!" that sounded like China. "Dom! Did you know?!" China yelled at Dom. When I opened my eyes and looked around and saw that Chris had disappeared, Dom was sitting next to me stunned with shock. "C'mon, Dom. Did you know about this?" China asked again, this time calmer than before.
"No. No, I didn't know about this. How long have you known?" Dom asked turning his eyes on me.
"Three months now." I said looking down at the floor. I was expecting Dom to yell why I kept this from him...and all that good stuff. But he didn't yell at me, for that I was relieved.
"I'm going to go to bed and let you two talk. Since that's what you both seem to want to do now." China said as she went upstairs to her room.
"I don't want to know what's going on between China and Chris." Dom said shaking his head. Then turning to me. "Why didn't you tell me when you found out?" He asked hurt in his eyes.
"I don't know Dom. I guess I felt that you weren't ready to know. Mean, I was still trying to figure out what to do and I vowed to myself that I wouldn't tell you or the others until I figured it out." I said looking Dom in the eyes. We talked about everything, bout names, where to put the baby, what to do about racing and all that good stuff.
China's Room
China's POV
"Wow. That was just... weird. You know what I mean? Mean, how could Let just land that on us? By us I mean Dom and me. It's been what? Almost three years since the last time I've seen the team, the crew. Mean, I just skipped town without saying a word to the crew, not mention the team! God! How could I have just walked out on everyone who was close to me. How could I have just ran away as if I just didn't care? How could I have just ran to Dallas? How could I?" I said bursting into to tears in Chris's arms.
"Shhhh...It's alright Angel. It's alright." Chris said trying to calm me down without much success.
"Why don't you go home and get some sleep Chris, I'll see what I can do." Mia said from the door.
"Alright." Chris said heading for the door. He stopped just outside the doorway and said, " Mia, don't tell her or anybody else, 'specially Dom cause he might kill me, but...I really like her. I've liked her for a very long time. Um...Better get going before Dom decides to kill me before I can get out of the house. Bye Mia, see you at work tomorrow." Chris then disappeared down the hall and out of the house.
Mia sighed and sat next to me on my bed.
Mia's POV
I sighed and sat next to China on her bed and just held her until she stopped crying hysterically.
"Baby sister, what's wrong?" I asked in hopes of trying to find out what was going on.
"Do you think it was selfish of me to run away?" She asked meekly looking away.
"No. You were feeling like you were being suffocated cause of Dom and other things that were happening back then." I said trying to calm her down.
"Yea but mean, I left when Dom was starting to lighten up with shit. My friends are out having fun while I'm here spending time with my family and my crew while they're out racing in the valley and having the time of their lives." She said feeling really depressed.
"No, I don't think they are. I think they're downstairs with Dom and Letty." I said hoping to cheer her up.
"I think I hear Skylar and Tyler." She said getting off the bed and heading for the door. "Oh no!" And then she took off down the hall and down the stairs.
Living Room
Dom's POV
Chris just left after me and Let finished talking about having the baby and going about telling the others who don't know about it, when C's friends from Dallas and two other people walk through the door.
"Dom. Letty. We just stopped to tell Rain, I mean, China that we're going to head up to the Valley for a little while and wanted to see if she wanted to come along." Trick said walking to the bottom of the stairs to call for C.
"Don't think so buddy boy." I said sternly.
"Why not?" Little Emerald said from her spot by a guy's side.
"Cause little one, China is my baby sister and I'd rather die than see her go to the Valley. The Valley is a dangerous place to be at night. 'Specially for a five-year-old girl." I said pointedly.
"That can be arranged!" Trick yelled. At that moment China appeared, running down the stairs and stopped short of running into Trick.
"What the fuck is wrong wit you two?!" China screamed forgetting about her previous problem, when she stopped next to Trick.
"Whoa! What the hell is up with you girl?" Letty asked from behind me.
"Dom is doing exactly what made me leave in the fucking first place." China said bending to pick up Emerald who had walked over for some attention.
"That hurt C." I said pain in my eyes.
"Sorry, but it's the damn truth. Dom, I'm 18 now. I can hold my own. I proved that after I left two and a half years ago. I held my own big brother. Now, what's all this about the Valley?" China said turning her attention to her friends, noticing the two new arrivals for the first time. "Oh. My. God. Sky! Ty!" China set Emerald down before running over to her two best friends. She hugged each of them in turn. "What are you two doing here?" China asked her friends.
It's a relief to have her happy, specially after that fucker killed dad, mom dying not soon after, me going to Lompoc for two years leaving Mia and China with Letty and Vince. I'd rather die than go back. I thought as I watched them.
"C'mon Letty, I feel like giving you a massage tonight." I said putting my arm around Letty's shoulders.
"A real massage bro, I might not have been here for two and a half years, but I do know what you two do when she says 'massage'. And don't forget, me, you, Chris, and her are the only ones who know about her," China said looking warily at her friends, "condition." She said to me before we passed her to go upstairs.
"I know C, and a 'real' massage is what I meant." I said shaking my head at her.
"Night Letty, night Dom." China said before we disappeared into our room.
No One's POV
When China and Chris got home Letty and Dom were the only ones awake. And Dom wasn't too happy that they were getting back as late as they were.
"Chris! I trusted you to get her home safely!" Dom yelled at Chris as soon as they walked into the living room.
"Dom! I wanted to go to the beach! So don't blame it on Chris. He was only doing what I asked him to do. So, if you're going to blame someone, then blame it on me." China said taking up for her friend. Dom calmed down, but only a little bit.
"Dom, look I'm sorry. I was bringing her back home when she asked me to take her to the beach. You should know me well enough by now to know that I wouldn't let anything happen to either Mia or China or even Letty, for that matter. I wouldn't let anyone hurt your girls, Dom. When are you going to learn to trust me?" Chris said sitting on the stairs.
"I know you won't let anything happen to my girls. When am I going to trust you?! Never boy, never if you're going to be with China!" Dom yelled.
"Dom! Stop yelling before you wake everybody up." Letty said sternly. "Come in here. Now, all of you." Letty said walking back into the living room. The three of them, grumbling and mumbling, followed her. "I have something to tell you. I wasn't going to tell anyone until I thought everyone was ready to hear this." Letty said hesitating.
"Tell us what, Let?" China asked sitting between Chris and Letty with Dom on Letty's other side.
Letty's POV
I took a deep breathe cause these were the people to whom I was closest to.
"I - I'm pregnant." I had closed my eyes and couldn't see their shocked faces.
"What the fuck?!" that sounded like China. "Dom! Did you know?!" China yelled at Dom. When I opened my eyes and looked around and saw that Chris had disappeared, Dom was sitting next to me stunned with shock. "C'mon, Dom. Did you know about this?" China asked again, this time calmer than before.
"No. No, I didn't know about this. How long have you known?" Dom asked turning his eyes on me.
"Three months now." I said looking down at the floor. I was expecting Dom to yell why I kept this from him...and all that good stuff. But he didn't yell at me, for that I was relieved.
"I'm going to go to bed and let you two talk. Since that's what you both seem to want to do now." China said as she went upstairs to her room.
"I don't want to know what's going on between China and Chris." Dom said shaking his head. Then turning to me. "Why didn't you tell me when you found out?" He asked hurt in his eyes.
"I don't know Dom. I guess I felt that you weren't ready to know. Mean, I was still trying to figure out what to do and I vowed to myself that I wouldn't tell you or the others until I figured it out." I said looking Dom in the eyes. We talked about everything, bout names, where to put the baby, what to do about racing and all that good stuff.
China's Room
China's POV
"Wow. That was just... weird. You know what I mean? Mean, how could Let just land that on us? By us I mean Dom and me. It's been what? Almost three years since the last time I've seen the team, the crew. Mean, I just skipped town without saying a word to the crew, not mention the team! God! How could I have just walked out on everyone who was close to me. How could I have just ran away as if I just didn't care? How could I have just ran to Dallas? How could I?" I said bursting into to tears in Chris's arms.
"Shhhh...It's alright Angel. It's alright." Chris said trying to calm me down without much success.
"Why don't you go home and get some sleep Chris, I'll see what I can do." Mia said from the door.
"Alright." Chris said heading for the door. He stopped just outside the doorway and said, " Mia, don't tell her or anybody else, 'specially Dom cause he might kill me, but...I really like her. I've liked her for a very long time. Um...Better get going before Dom decides to kill me before I can get out of the house. Bye Mia, see you at work tomorrow." Chris then disappeared down the hall and out of the house.
Mia sighed and sat next to me on my bed.
Mia's POV
I sighed and sat next to China on her bed and just held her until she stopped crying hysterically.
"Baby sister, what's wrong?" I asked in hopes of trying to find out what was going on.
"Do you think it was selfish of me to run away?" She asked meekly looking away.
"No. You were feeling like you were being suffocated cause of Dom and other things that were happening back then." I said trying to calm her down.
"Yea but mean, I left when Dom was starting to lighten up with shit. My friends are out having fun while I'm here spending time with my family and my crew while they're out racing in the valley and having the time of their lives." She said feeling really depressed.
"No, I don't think they are. I think they're downstairs with Dom and Letty." I said hoping to cheer her up.
"I think I hear Skylar and Tyler." She said getting off the bed and heading for the door. "Oh no!" And then she took off down the hall and down the stairs.
Living Room
Dom's POV
Chris just left after me and Let finished talking about having the baby and going about telling the others who don't know about it, when C's friends from Dallas and two other people walk through the door.
"Dom. Letty. We just stopped to tell Rain, I mean, China that we're going to head up to the Valley for a little while and wanted to see if she wanted to come along." Trick said walking to the bottom of the stairs to call for C.
"Don't think so buddy boy." I said sternly.
"Why not?" Little Emerald said from her spot by a guy's side.
"Cause little one, China is my baby sister and I'd rather die than see her go to the Valley. The Valley is a dangerous place to be at night. 'Specially for a five-year-old girl." I said pointedly.
"That can be arranged!" Trick yelled. At that moment China appeared, running down the stairs and stopped short of running into Trick.
"What the fuck is wrong wit you two?!" China screamed forgetting about her previous problem, when she stopped next to Trick.
"Whoa! What the hell is up with you girl?" Letty asked from behind me.
"Dom is doing exactly what made me leave in the fucking first place." China said bending to pick up Emerald who had walked over for some attention.
"That hurt C." I said pain in my eyes.
"Sorry, but it's the damn truth. Dom, I'm 18 now. I can hold my own. I proved that after I left two and a half years ago. I held my own big brother. Now, what's all this about the Valley?" China said turning her attention to her friends, noticing the two new arrivals for the first time. "Oh. My. God. Sky! Ty!" China set Emerald down before running over to her two best friends. She hugged each of them in turn. "What are you two doing here?" China asked her friends.
It's a relief to have her happy, specially after that fucker killed dad, mom dying not soon after, me going to Lompoc for two years leaving Mia and China with Letty and Vince. I'd rather die than go back. I thought as I watched them.
"C'mon Letty, I feel like giving you a massage tonight." I said putting my arm around Letty's shoulders.
"A real massage bro, I might not have been here for two and a half years, but I do know what you two do when she says 'massage'. And don't forget, me, you, Chris, and her are the only ones who know about her," China said looking warily at her friends, "condition." She said to me before we passed her to go upstairs.
"I know C, and a 'real' massage is what I meant." I said shaking my head at her.
"Night Letty, night Dom." China said before we disappeared into our room.