Ch. 10 Letty stood at the kitchen sink washing potatoes.
Mia walked up beside her, "Need some help with those?"
"Sure, here. So, what's up with you and Brian?"
Mia laughed, "You don't beat around the bush do you?"
"Well, before we moved you guys were really close, now you guys barely talk. What's up?"
"After you guys moved, we kinda got sick of each other. Now.it weird. I guess we're getting closer because we go out on errands together."
"So you want anything to happen?"
"Sure."
They walked over to the table and began peeling the potatoes. Brain walked in along with a cloud of smoke from the barbecue.
"Hey Let." As he walked past Mia, he massaged one of her shoulders, "Hey Mia." He reached into the fridge for some beers for the guys. Letty and Mia both watched him leave.
Letty shoved Mia, "Hey! Closer? I think so!" They both laughed.
After the peeling was done, they dumped them into a pot to boil and walked outside. The guys were sitting at the picnic table, cuttin up. Dom nudged Brian and he got up and walked over to Mia.
"Hey.uh.you wanna go for a walk or something?"
Mia glanced over his shoulder at Letty who gave her a smile and an encouraging wink.
"Sure."
Everybody watched them walk down the driveway and Leon felt it absolutely necessary to whoop.
Mia blushed slightly, "So, what's up?"
"Oh, nuthin much."
"Oh."
There was silence.
Mia broke it, "Well, this is awkward."
Brian looked relieved, "Thank God you said it!"
They both laughed a little and grew silent again.
"Um.Mia?" He stopped and turned towards her, "I know it's been really weird lately, but would you mind having dinner with me?"
Mia smiled, "A date?"
"Yea."
"I'd love to."
She slipped her hand into his and they continued down the street.
~~~*
Letty sat on her bed folding clothes. Dom walked in a sat next to her.
"How are you? We haven't talked really."
"I'm fine. What is there to talk about?"
"Let."
She looked up with tears in her eyes, "Why did it have to happen to us?"
She leaned forward and cried in Dom's arms, "Maybe we're not ready."
"But it's not fair! I mean, I had names picked out and everything!"
Dom pushed her off and looked in her eyes, "Names?! Why didn't you say anything?"
"I didn't think you'd care."
"Let! Of course I would care! It's my baby too! What else have you thought of?!"
"Please don't raise your voice at me."
"Fine, just tell me, what else have you been planning?"
"Just little things, like the baby room, clothes, toys."
"And you've mentioned nothing to me?! What the fuck, Letty!" He stood up and looked down on her.
"What are you freakin out about? I'm NOT pregnant! We don't have to worry about it!"
"You mean you don't want to try again?!"
"And break my heart again?"
"You don't think it didn't hurt me too?!"
"You never said anything!"
"I was there through the whole thing!"
"Ya know what? Forget it! I'm not talking to you when you're like this!"
Letty began to open the door but Dom grabbed her wrist and pulled her close.
"Let go of me."
Dom glared at her, "Don't tell me what to do."
Letty looked up into his eyes, frightened and furious, "I said, let go."
She jerked away and walked out. She made her way down the stairs and heard Dom behind her, "You can't stay away forever!"
Leon met her at the bottom of the stairs. She was crying. He came forward to put his arm around her but she slipped right under it and walked out the door. She slid into a car and squealed off. Dom looked out the window, fuming, and watched her go.
Mia walked up beside her, "Need some help with those?"
"Sure, here. So, what's up with you and Brian?"
Mia laughed, "You don't beat around the bush do you?"
"Well, before we moved you guys were really close, now you guys barely talk. What's up?"
"After you guys moved, we kinda got sick of each other. Now.it weird. I guess we're getting closer because we go out on errands together."
"So you want anything to happen?"
"Sure."
They walked over to the table and began peeling the potatoes. Brain walked in along with a cloud of smoke from the barbecue.
"Hey Let." As he walked past Mia, he massaged one of her shoulders, "Hey Mia." He reached into the fridge for some beers for the guys. Letty and Mia both watched him leave.
Letty shoved Mia, "Hey! Closer? I think so!" They both laughed.
After the peeling was done, they dumped them into a pot to boil and walked outside. The guys were sitting at the picnic table, cuttin up. Dom nudged Brian and he got up and walked over to Mia.
"Hey.uh.you wanna go for a walk or something?"
Mia glanced over his shoulder at Letty who gave her a smile and an encouraging wink.
"Sure."
Everybody watched them walk down the driveway and Leon felt it absolutely necessary to whoop.
Mia blushed slightly, "So, what's up?"
"Oh, nuthin much."
"Oh."
There was silence.
Mia broke it, "Well, this is awkward."
Brian looked relieved, "Thank God you said it!"
They both laughed a little and grew silent again.
"Um.Mia?" He stopped and turned towards her, "I know it's been really weird lately, but would you mind having dinner with me?"
Mia smiled, "A date?"
"Yea."
"I'd love to."
She slipped her hand into his and they continued down the street.
~~~*
Letty sat on her bed folding clothes. Dom walked in a sat next to her.
"How are you? We haven't talked really."
"I'm fine. What is there to talk about?"
"Let."
She looked up with tears in her eyes, "Why did it have to happen to us?"
She leaned forward and cried in Dom's arms, "Maybe we're not ready."
"But it's not fair! I mean, I had names picked out and everything!"
Dom pushed her off and looked in her eyes, "Names?! Why didn't you say anything?"
"I didn't think you'd care."
"Let! Of course I would care! It's my baby too! What else have you thought of?!"
"Please don't raise your voice at me."
"Fine, just tell me, what else have you been planning?"
"Just little things, like the baby room, clothes, toys."
"And you've mentioned nothing to me?! What the fuck, Letty!" He stood up and looked down on her.
"What are you freakin out about? I'm NOT pregnant! We don't have to worry about it!"
"You mean you don't want to try again?!"
"And break my heart again?"
"You don't think it didn't hurt me too?!"
"You never said anything!"
"I was there through the whole thing!"
"Ya know what? Forget it! I'm not talking to you when you're like this!"
Letty began to open the door but Dom grabbed her wrist and pulled her close.
"Let go of me."
Dom glared at her, "Don't tell me what to do."
Letty looked up into his eyes, frightened and furious, "I said, let go."
She jerked away and walked out. She made her way down the stairs and heard Dom behind her, "You can't stay away forever!"
Leon met her at the bottom of the stairs. She was crying. He came forward to put his arm around her but she slipped right under it and walked out the door. She slid into a car and squealed off. Dom looked out the window, fuming, and watched her go.