Okay I know this installment is pretty short but my theory is you should be glad you got an installment at all. If it had't been for Vins_Gurl, and her constant... reminding ;-), I wouldn't have got this out. So it's short but sweet, and it takes the story were I've planned it to go... so it all works out!
A/N: Lookit! Lookit! No Letty's real name is NOT Leticia. I just got sick of everyone writing ff's and assuming Letty was short for Leticia... just a pet peeve, besides I think her name in this story suits her better. Espically if you read like an analyse of what her name means, there's a lot of Letty-ism's in there.
Kelly (Filly).
Chapter 3
Diana pulled her knee's to her chest looking around the room, a few boxes still littered the corners of the room, showing that Letty hadn't completely vacated her room. Diana looked through her back pack, pulling out a creased picture of Tiny, Marisol, and her, taken before she had left.
Staring at it for a long moment... Diana quickly stuffed it back into her backpack, and jumped off the bed... slipping her backpack, back onto her shoulders and picking up her carry-all, wondering why the hell she had even come all the way to California and to a 'family' she'd never really known. She should be back in New York... she could handle her shit there.
Opening the bedroom door, Diana nearly toppled her cousin over. Resisting the urge to hug herself and run, Diana casually stuck her thumbs in the back of her pockets and gave Letty a distance, mild scowl. "Hey..." She mumbled quietly, simply because Letty feel into a select group of about 3 that Diana at least, TRIED not to have attitude with.
"Hey. Mami want's to see you know." Letty said slowly, eyeing off her cousin, who... for some strange reason looked like she was ready to run away. Strange that. "You can put your shit down... we don't expect you to be a pack mule." Letty shared, as she turned towards her mothers shouting.
"SCARLET WILLIAMS! What's taking so long. Bring her in here. Let me see her." Ele William's shouted impatiently.
"We're coming!!" Letty hollered back at her mother. Turning to her cousin, Letty jerked her head in the direction of her mother's room.
Diana dropped her bags again reluctantly... crossing her arms as she trailed behind Letty catious of what may be waiting for her in that room. Wondering what her mother's sister looked like... what she'd think of her... it wouldn't matter to Diana... if she wasn't her... mother's sister... she never knew what her mother thought of her... the closest thing to finding out... was that woman in that room. Her aunt.
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Letty stood against the door frame watching her mother fuss over Diana, smitten. "Ohh look at your hair! It's so long. Letty never lets her hair grow to long. She has her image and repuation to keep up, you know. Ohh but you both look so alike. I could have told it was you from a mile away!" Ele gushed happily.
Letty's arms crossed instantly defensive even if her mothers jab's were supposed to annoy her, even if they weren't directed at her. She flicked her hair and thought mutiniously that it was actually pretty long. Least she didn't have a crew cut. Letty took a moment of pleasure in imagining the horror her mother would feel if she did come home with a crew cut.
Letty watched Diana manage a semi-stretch of her lips, supposed to be a smile, Letty figured. "Thanks." Diana muttered gruffily, pushing her hair behind her ear, after Ele had disparagingly gotten rid of the bunch that held it up away from her face and neck.
"Mami... Mia and the guys wanna met up with me and Di. We gonna go up there and chill a while, so you can rest ?" It was an order more so then a request, but Letty knew enough to never order her mother around if she wanted to get... anywhere!
"Scarlet!" Ele started with a dissapproving frown, her hands gesturing expressively. "Diana does not want to be trapizing around the neighbourhood on her first day here. She wants to stay here and relax and chat with her Aunt Ele." Ele explained.
Letty gaped, "It's hardly trapizing to go five houses up the street mami. Besides you have to rest anyway. You know what the doctor said, if you don't, you go back to hospital. And we know how much you love it there." Letty jabbed at her mother, watching her pull of a pout of a 5 year, even though she was mid-forties.
"Scarlet..." Ele started in her serious tone of voice, as Letty shook her head firmly.
"No mami... your gonna rest. I bring her back in one piece alright? Bring you back some of Mia's cherry pie?" Letty bartered. Mia's cherry pie was an all-round favourite, espically with Vince. "Come on Di... lessgo, before she demands a foot rub." Letty said, with a smirk, waiting for Diana to move quickly out of the room following quickly closing her mothers door behind her, daring a cute little wave at her bed-ridden mother, tauntingly.
"You might wanna grab a jacket it gets chilly at nights. "I'll meet you out in the car... I gotta take it everywhere so Mami doesn't go joy-riding." Letty quipped straight-faced, as Diana detoured into her new room, and Letty headed out to the car, she had a closet full of jackets at the Toretto's.
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A/N: Lookit! Lookit! No Letty's real name is NOT Leticia. I just got sick of everyone writing ff's and assuming Letty was short for Leticia... just a pet peeve, besides I think her name in this story suits her better. Espically if you read like an analyse of what her name means, there's a lot of Letty-ism's in there.
Kelly (Filly).
Chapter 3
Diana pulled her knee's to her chest looking around the room, a few boxes still littered the corners of the room, showing that Letty hadn't completely vacated her room. Diana looked through her back pack, pulling out a creased picture of Tiny, Marisol, and her, taken before she had left.
Staring at it for a long moment... Diana quickly stuffed it back into her backpack, and jumped off the bed... slipping her backpack, back onto her shoulders and picking up her carry-all, wondering why the hell she had even come all the way to California and to a 'family' she'd never really known. She should be back in New York... she could handle her shit there.
Opening the bedroom door, Diana nearly toppled her cousin over. Resisting the urge to hug herself and run, Diana casually stuck her thumbs in the back of her pockets and gave Letty a distance, mild scowl. "Hey..." She mumbled quietly, simply because Letty feel into a select group of about 3 that Diana at least, TRIED not to have attitude with.
"Hey. Mami want's to see you know." Letty said slowly, eyeing off her cousin, who... for some strange reason looked like she was ready to run away. Strange that. "You can put your shit down... we don't expect you to be a pack mule." Letty shared, as she turned towards her mothers shouting.
"SCARLET WILLIAMS! What's taking so long. Bring her in here. Let me see her." Ele William's shouted impatiently.
"We're coming!!" Letty hollered back at her mother. Turning to her cousin, Letty jerked her head in the direction of her mother's room.
Diana dropped her bags again reluctantly... crossing her arms as she trailed behind Letty catious of what may be waiting for her in that room. Wondering what her mother's sister looked like... what she'd think of her... it wouldn't matter to Diana... if she wasn't her... mother's sister... she never knew what her mother thought of her... the closest thing to finding out... was that woman in that room. Her aunt.
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Letty stood against the door frame watching her mother fuss over Diana, smitten. "Ohh look at your hair! It's so long. Letty never lets her hair grow to long. She has her image and repuation to keep up, you know. Ohh but you both look so alike. I could have told it was you from a mile away!" Ele gushed happily.
Letty's arms crossed instantly defensive even if her mothers jab's were supposed to annoy her, even if they weren't directed at her. She flicked her hair and thought mutiniously that it was actually pretty long. Least she didn't have a crew cut. Letty took a moment of pleasure in imagining the horror her mother would feel if she did come home with a crew cut.
Letty watched Diana manage a semi-stretch of her lips, supposed to be a smile, Letty figured. "Thanks." Diana muttered gruffily, pushing her hair behind her ear, after Ele had disparagingly gotten rid of the bunch that held it up away from her face and neck.
"Mami... Mia and the guys wanna met up with me and Di. We gonna go up there and chill a while, so you can rest ?" It was an order more so then a request, but Letty knew enough to never order her mother around if she wanted to get... anywhere!
"Scarlet!" Ele started with a dissapproving frown, her hands gesturing expressively. "Diana does not want to be trapizing around the neighbourhood on her first day here. She wants to stay here and relax and chat with her Aunt Ele." Ele explained.
Letty gaped, "It's hardly trapizing to go five houses up the street mami. Besides you have to rest anyway. You know what the doctor said, if you don't, you go back to hospital. And we know how much you love it there." Letty jabbed at her mother, watching her pull of a pout of a 5 year, even though she was mid-forties.
"Scarlet..." Ele started in her serious tone of voice, as Letty shook her head firmly.
"No mami... your gonna rest. I bring her back in one piece alright? Bring you back some of Mia's cherry pie?" Letty bartered. Mia's cherry pie was an all-round favourite, espically with Vince. "Come on Di... lessgo, before she demands a foot rub." Letty said, with a smirk, waiting for Diana to move quickly out of the room following quickly closing her mothers door behind her, daring a cute little wave at her bed-ridden mother, tauntingly.
"You might wanna grab a jacket it gets chilly at nights. "I'll meet you out in the car... I gotta take it everywhere so Mami doesn't go joy-riding." Letty quipped straight-faced, as Diana detoured into her new room, and Letty headed out to the car, she had a closet full of jackets at the Toretto's.
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