16. Thanksgiving

On thanksgiving the whole team had a huge party in the backyard. Mia had been cooking for days with more or less help from the others. They all sat down at the table. The amount of food was rediculous, they were never gonna be able to eat all of it, not even with the help of Vince.

"Before we eat everyone has to tell what they are grateful for right now." Dom commanded.

"I'll go first, I'm hungry!" Vince said "I'm so happy that we are all back together, Jess, it's good to have you at the table again. I wanna thank Mia for being the only one with her head on straight in this household, you always keep us in check and take care of us. You know how I feel about you Mia, you havn't just responded to my feelings – yet." Vince laughed "I guess you need a little more time, but I won't give up! Letty...it's been a bumpy road for us this year...just want you to know I'm fuckin' glad you are back in Dom's arms where you belong. Oh, and Dom, thanks for not killing me when you beat me up... no seriously thanks for not kicking me out of the team, God knows you had a good reason to." Vince looked down, he wasn't the emotional type but he really wanted the team to know how much they meant to him. "Leon, you are my dawg, you are one crazy mother fucker, but you're still my brotha."

"Now it's my turn!" Mia smiled. "I agree with V, about being grateful for you guys. I love you all and you are always here for me. Letty, girl I truly love you. Jesse, I love you too. Dom you are the best brother I could ever have, love you. Leon, V you are a constant pain in my ass, but I'd never wanna be without you, I love you too!" Mia laughed. Everybody smiled at her, she was always too sweet.

"Thank you for waking up Einstein!" Leon said and pointed at Jesse. "Mia, thank you for this dinner and the dinners you cook every evening" he continued.

"And breakfast and lunch!" Vince added.

"Yeah." Leon laughed. "Good to have you back Letty. You are a true friend, you just need to learn to keep your ass out of trouble! Dom, V, you my brothas, thanks for always watching my back!"  Leon smirked and added "I'm also grateful for the enormous amount of fine bitches that come to our parties!"

"No shit! We know you are, you OHB!" Letty teased.

"OHB?" Leon looked confused.

"Yeah, Old Horny Bastard!" Letty and Mia shouted and cracked up.

"Well ladies, that I am and I'm damn proud of it!" Leon declared.

"I'm just happy... to be alive... and awake... thanks for not giving up on me." Jesse mumbeld and the rest of the team nodded.

"I have a lot to say..." Dom stood up and cleared his throat. "You guys are my family and the fact that we are all here right now proves that there is nothing that can tear us apart. We have been through hell and back, but we are still here, stronger than ever. Letty, I love you."

Letty froze when she heard Dom say those words in front of everyone. They all knew he loved her, but he wasn't big on talking about his feelings. The fact that he said it now meant that he really was over all the shit she had put him through.

"You are one wild, rude and fierce girl Letty!" he continued laughing. "You are the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. I know you are not the marrying kind, so I won't ask you to marry me. You are too much of a free spirit to settle down, at least yet. I just want you to know, that in my heart you always have been and always will be my wife. Without you I have nothing. Thank you for coming back to me, thank you for loving me." Dom said seriously and looked Letty deep in the eyes. She was so touched by his beautiful words that she felt tears coming up in her eyes. Dom took her hand and stroked her gently over her cheek, wipeing away her tears. Dom was right when he said Letty was a free spirit, she never wanted to be thought about as any man's property, but she was never going to leave Dom either.

"Dom...I don't know what to say..." she started. "You are the only man I could ever love. I know I'm not always good at showing my feelings, but you are my whole universe. Thank you for forgiving me even if I don't deserve it..." She looked down. "I love you Dom." She leaned forward and kissed him deeply and passionately. The team started cheering and laughing.

"I'm not done yet!" Letty shouted and continued. "Mia you are my best friend, you are completely unselfish and always there for me when I need you. Luv ya girl! Jesse, I never lost hope of your return and here you are now... Leon, you're my boy! You always look out for me even if I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself." Letty smiled at him. "Vince, I'm happy everything is cool between us again, now I can get back to bugging the shit out of you by being a pain in your ass!" Letty chuckled. Vince smiled at her and the rest of the team were happy to see them getting along again.

"Now let's eat some grub!" Dom said and reached for the turkey. Dinner was delicious and afterwards they all sat out on the lawn drinking beer and laughing. Letty and Dom had obvious difficulties keeping their hands off each other.

"You guys are hopeless, get a room already!" Leon yelled and playfully punched Letty in the arm.

"You shut the f!" She shouted and jumped up and chased him over the lawn. She grabbed some left over sallad and threw it at Leon.

"Chica! You are really begging for a punishment! Aren't you?!" He chuckeled and threw some back at her. They ran around chasing each other, knocking some chairs over and laughing so hard, the whole block could probably hear them. The others just shook their heads and smiled, everything was truly back to normal.

"If you don't surrender I might just have to hurt you!" Letty chuckeld as she grabbed a corn-cob and waved it at Leon with a dangerous look in her eyes.

"Hurt me? Yeah right, you and what army?! He mocked and ran after her.

Leon finally caught Letty, picked her up, threw her over his shoulder and carried her to Dom, all the while she was kicking and screaming for him to put her back down.

"Dom! You really need to put your woman on a leash... or at least give her some to calm her down." Leon laughed and handed Letty over to Dom.

"I'll have to take your advice on that one dawg!" Dom smiled and smacked Letty on the ass.

They were all cracking up, but Letty was still trying to act pissed. "I'll get you for this Leon!" She yelled as Dom carried her inside. He carried her all the way to their bedroom, threw her down on the bed and landed on top of her.

"You really are somethin' else." He smiled and started kissing her.

She could feel her body responding to his kisses, she kissed him back and started to unbutton his pants. He slid his hands under her top and pulled it up over her head. He kissed her breasts and she moaned with pleasure. This was what life was all about, love passion and friends. Right now they had all of that. They knew that what they shared was special and so precious. No matter what happened the team would always be their family and Letty and Dom would always belong to each other.

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That was my first fanfic. I'm such a sucker for happy endings as you can tell :)

I wanna thank you for taking the time to read it and write reviews.

Special thanks to DevilishlyDiesel (Laura), Katie, China, Liz, LoVe107, Nikita, LPY, Chelsea and Liza.

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