'DOM HURRY UP! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!' Vince yelled up the stairs as he, Mia,
Letty and Leon waited in the living room. V turned around, ready to pull
out his hair, it seemed. 'Damn, if it's not you chicks, it's Dom!' he said
under his breath, but loud enough so Mia could justify punching him in the
arm.
Finally Dom came down the stairs and Letty felt a dull ache in the hollow of her stomach. He looked amazing. So handsome. He was wearing a black muscle shirt and a black pair of pants. He had a deep blue collared shirt in his hand, as if ready to put it on. But Letty took it from him. He looked up at her and frowned. She shook her head.
'You don't need it.' She said simply, running her small, callused hands over his firm, rippling chest. He closed his eyes and she thought she could hear a small groan escape him, as her hands dragged down to his lower abdomen.
'Fuck, great, now we gotta break the lovers apart.' V said as Mia and Leon headed out the door. Letty laughed at him before taking Dom's hand and leading him out the door, though he pleaded with her to stay there.
'No way, big man.' She said teasingly, 'We gotta make some money off yo ass!' she said as they walked down the front steps. Suddenly Letty stopped. Dom stopped too and looked at her, questioningly. She smiled mischievously before curling her finger and beconing him to follow her. He did, toward the driveway, a gray sheet covering his dad's old car. He stopped suddenly. She looked back at him as she grabbed the sheet.
'I can't Lett.' He said in hoarse voice. She smiled a sad smile.
'Do you trust me?' she asked, and Dom frowned. Of course he did. But that had nothing to do with his Dad's Charger. With his dad's death.
'You know I do, Letty but - ' before he could say another word, Letty pulled the gray cover away and Dom felt his heart almost explode. There, in the drive, sat a fire red Mazda Miata. Dom just stood there as Letty grinned at him. 'Letty - ' he choked out.
'Your baby, Dom.' She said placing a gentle hand on the hood of the car. He finally found the strength to walk forward and place his own hand on it. He stared at it, as if it weren't real.
'How..?' He managed to say as he continued to walk around the car that was now allegedly his. Letty shrugged but kept grinning at the awe in Dom's eyes.
'We all pitched in... Thanks to Carla, we made payment.. And then we supped it up for you, put big ass ghetto blaster in, and NOS installments...' she said reeling off everything they'd put in the car. Dom simply turned, not really hearing what she was saying. Letty and the team had bought him a car. Letty continued talking as she touched it with gentleness and caring. Dom couldn't take anymore.
He swooped down on her and snaked his hand around her neck and waist, planting his lips on hers. She obviously hadn't been expecting it, but her eyes quickly closed as she closed her arms around him. She'd never turn down Dom's kiss.
He finally broke away, breathing raggedly and looking deep into her chocolate eyes. 'You didn't have to - ' he said still in shock of the new car. She smiled at him and rubbed her hands up the sides of his head.
'You deserve more.' She said. They stared at each other a few moments longer, before Dom felt something small and cold being placed in his hand. It was the key. 'Come on.' Letty said walking over to the passenger door. 'We're gonna be late.' Dom shrugged and smiled. The way things were going, it looked like it would be his lucky night.
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Letty sat on top of the hood of Leon's car, her arms crossed, a scowl on her face. She had been sent to Leon after she knocked some racer skank on her ass, and Vince had told her to go cool off by Leon. She fought with him, yelled at him, in the end Leon had to actually carry her off. It was not pretty. She was especially pissed because Dom had given her the look that said cool it.
COOL IT?! Her mind screamed. She'd just gotten him a car, was now, sorta, his girlfriend and when that racin hoe was patting his chest, as he oozed masculinity in front of her. Letty was beyond pissed. And Dom was mad at HER? For those few minutes before Letty lost it, it seemed like the old Dom was back. The flirty, conceited, dick that she found so disgusting.
So she was banished to Leon's little corner as everyone cheered on the racers. Hector had two announcements, that there was a party at his place after the race and Cresswick turned out to be sick that night, so Dom got in. He was racing Tran, Donavon and Deryck. Letty didn't really NEED to watch to know who was gonna kick ass.
She stared up at the sky, wondering what she was going to say to him that night, when she would tell him the truth about Johnny and her. She wondered if he'd yell, if he'd cry, if he'd leave. There were so many possibilities, so many bad outcomes; Letty could barely keep her dinner down.
Finally the crowd exploded and Letty knew it was over. She glared even harder at the pavement. Now Dom would be getting out of his car, and like a magnet, all the whores will attach themselves onto his arm. Letty felt like spitting. He was her man. Wasn't he?
Finally Letty got up and walked toward the crowd swarming Dom's car. She saw over the heads as Hector handed Dom the money. The two exchanged a quick banter before Dom handed the money to Mia and started talking to Vince. And just as Letty had suspected, there were two skanks waiting to latch onto Dom, once he was finished with V. Letty felt her anger flare up again. Who the fuck did he think he was, she thought angrily as she turned on her heel and began to walk away. But suddenly someone grabbed her elbow and twisted her around.
'Johnny?' she said a little taken aback by his sneering face. Then she covered her surprise with a fresh glare, as she ripped her arm from his grasp. 'What do you want, Tran?' she said, her voice dripping with disdain. His grin widened.
'What's going on here?' Letty turned to see Dom, his arms flexing as though he were itching to find a reason to deck Johnny. He turned his eyes to her. 'Letty?' he asked. Letty opened her mouth, not knowing how to tell him, especially with everyone watching.
'We were discussing you, Dominic.' Tran said coolly, still smiling, which amazed Letty. He knew Dom could beat the crap outta him. Even if he were big and muscular, Dom was still packing some serious rage against him. Dom's eyebrow rose.
'Were you?' he asked, his voice low as he crossed his arms over his chest. Finally Letty found her voice.
'Yeah, you wouldn't be interested in what we were saying though - '
'Enlighten me.' Silence. All three stood in a triangle. Dom was glaring viciously at the two others, Letty was looking pleadingly at Dom and Tran just smirked. For him this was entertaining. 'Well?' Dom boomed, making quite a few women jump. 'What about me?' He repeated. Letty felt her chest grow tight and almost like she couldn't breathe.
'We were discussing a business deal.' Johnny said. Both Letty and Dom's eyes snapped to him. Johnny shrugged. 'I wanted her opinion on whether you were up to it or not.' He said casually. Dom glanced at Letty, who was trying to look as if this wasn't new to her. He then looked back at Johnny.
'What kinda deal, Tran?' he asked walking so that he could stand next to Letty. She felt as though she should let out a sigh of relief. Johnny continued to smirk.
'Just want someone to put in some spoon engines for me. I don't have the time and rumor is, Torretto's is the best.' He said matter-of-factly. 'I'll come by tomorrow to talk more about it.' Without another word he turned around and motioned for his crew to follow. They all walked away and left the crowd to disperse at leisure. For once in the history of their scene, cops hadn't been called, and they all went home with no problem.
Letty and Dom sat in silence as they followed V's car to Hector's. As they pulled up to th curb, Dom took the key out of the ignition and sat back in the beige leather seating. He managed to bring his eyes up to look at Letty. She was sitting still, her arms crossed, scowling out her window. He let out a heavy sigh.
'Lett, I'm sorry.' He said, waiting for her to acknowledge his apology. 'Well?' he finally asked. She turned her head to him.
'Well what Dom?' she asked in an icy voice. 'You expect me to forgive you? You know what, I bet you don't even know what you're apologizing for!' she said raising her voice slightly and turning all the way around to face him.
'I know I shouldn'ta thought you and Johnny were up to something, but Mai told me you two fucked and all I could think about was you and him and...' he looked at Lett who had her mouth open a tiny bit. 'Lett?' he asked, seeing her look of shock.
'I meant the skanks, but you're right.' She said turning in the seat. 'Your reason is better.' She said before throwing the door open and getting out. Dom frowned.
'Lett come on! You know I want you! Only you!' he said. She hunched down to face him.
'Yeah? Tell that to the whores who run their hands all over you! For the first fuckin time, Dom, since I fell in love with you, I think I really hate you!' she shouted before slamming the door and walking quickly toward Hector's. She kept walking, just had to get away from him and his fuckin retardedness. But as she was nearing Hec's she heard running footsteps behind her. 'Go away Dom!' she said not turning around.
'Lett... Lett PLEASE!' he said before taking her and turning her around and then pinning her to the blue car beside them. He hunched over her, and again, Letty felt the pit of her stomach turn to goo. She looked up into his eyes as he searched hers and felt all her anger ebb away. 'Is that true?' he said in a low, husky voice. Letty swallowed.
'What? That I hate you?' she asked, her mouth feeling dry all of a sudden, as Dom frowned. He shook his head.
'That you're in love with me?' Letty frowned and then realized what she'd said to him. She said she'd fallen in love with him. Oh shit... She took a deep breath.
'Dom, I - I can't really say I - '
'That truth Letty!' He said, bending down so that he was level with her. She felt her breath hitch. He blinked and his face instantly softened. 'Do you love me?' Letty tried to speak but the words wouldn't come out. How could she answer him?
'Leticia Garcia, do you, or don't you love me?' he said desperately. She looked down, then back into his eyes.
'I always have.' She said in a rasping voice. She was finding it very hard to force the words out, without choking herself. But after saying it, she felt her throat untightened. 'I love you Dom.' She said again, a little stronger, so that he really knew. She looked at him a moment, afraid that he would let her go and leave. But he stood there. And then he smiled before leaning down and kissing her cheek, working up her jaw line, to her left ear.
'I love you too.' He said quietly, feeling her stiffen at his words. He released her arms and leaned back to look at her face and cup it in his huge hands. 'I love you so much.' He said to confirm it to her. She shook slightly as her breath escaped her. She sniffled and smiled.
'You mean it?' she said teasingly, though she felt like jokes held nothing at that moment. He nodded and leaned his forehead against hers.
'I do.' He said taking her hand in his. He began to walk back to his car, when Letty pulled him back. She smiled at him and shook her head.
'Hector's is that way.' She said motioning toward the green house with the music blaring. Dom closed the distance between them and leant down.
'I know.' He said before pulling her toward his car again. And then she understood. And she smiled. He was finally hers.
Finally Dom came down the stairs and Letty felt a dull ache in the hollow of her stomach. He looked amazing. So handsome. He was wearing a black muscle shirt and a black pair of pants. He had a deep blue collared shirt in his hand, as if ready to put it on. But Letty took it from him. He looked up at her and frowned. She shook her head.
'You don't need it.' She said simply, running her small, callused hands over his firm, rippling chest. He closed his eyes and she thought she could hear a small groan escape him, as her hands dragged down to his lower abdomen.
'Fuck, great, now we gotta break the lovers apart.' V said as Mia and Leon headed out the door. Letty laughed at him before taking Dom's hand and leading him out the door, though he pleaded with her to stay there.
'No way, big man.' She said teasingly, 'We gotta make some money off yo ass!' she said as they walked down the front steps. Suddenly Letty stopped. Dom stopped too and looked at her, questioningly. She smiled mischievously before curling her finger and beconing him to follow her. He did, toward the driveway, a gray sheet covering his dad's old car. He stopped suddenly. She looked back at him as she grabbed the sheet.
'I can't Lett.' He said in hoarse voice. She smiled a sad smile.
'Do you trust me?' she asked, and Dom frowned. Of course he did. But that had nothing to do with his Dad's Charger. With his dad's death.
'You know I do, Letty but - ' before he could say another word, Letty pulled the gray cover away and Dom felt his heart almost explode. There, in the drive, sat a fire red Mazda Miata. Dom just stood there as Letty grinned at him. 'Letty - ' he choked out.
'Your baby, Dom.' She said placing a gentle hand on the hood of the car. He finally found the strength to walk forward and place his own hand on it. He stared at it, as if it weren't real.
'How..?' He managed to say as he continued to walk around the car that was now allegedly his. Letty shrugged but kept grinning at the awe in Dom's eyes.
'We all pitched in... Thanks to Carla, we made payment.. And then we supped it up for you, put big ass ghetto blaster in, and NOS installments...' she said reeling off everything they'd put in the car. Dom simply turned, not really hearing what she was saying. Letty and the team had bought him a car. Letty continued talking as she touched it with gentleness and caring. Dom couldn't take anymore.
He swooped down on her and snaked his hand around her neck and waist, planting his lips on hers. She obviously hadn't been expecting it, but her eyes quickly closed as she closed her arms around him. She'd never turn down Dom's kiss.
He finally broke away, breathing raggedly and looking deep into her chocolate eyes. 'You didn't have to - ' he said still in shock of the new car. She smiled at him and rubbed her hands up the sides of his head.
'You deserve more.' She said. They stared at each other a few moments longer, before Dom felt something small and cold being placed in his hand. It was the key. 'Come on.' Letty said walking over to the passenger door. 'We're gonna be late.' Dom shrugged and smiled. The way things were going, it looked like it would be his lucky night.
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Letty sat on top of the hood of Leon's car, her arms crossed, a scowl on her face. She had been sent to Leon after she knocked some racer skank on her ass, and Vince had told her to go cool off by Leon. She fought with him, yelled at him, in the end Leon had to actually carry her off. It was not pretty. She was especially pissed because Dom had given her the look that said cool it.
COOL IT?! Her mind screamed. She'd just gotten him a car, was now, sorta, his girlfriend and when that racin hoe was patting his chest, as he oozed masculinity in front of her. Letty was beyond pissed. And Dom was mad at HER? For those few minutes before Letty lost it, it seemed like the old Dom was back. The flirty, conceited, dick that she found so disgusting.
So she was banished to Leon's little corner as everyone cheered on the racers. Hector had two announcements, that there was a party at his place after the race and Cresswick turned out to be sick that night, so Dom got in. He was racing Tran, Donavon and Deryck. Letty didn't really NEED to watch to know who was gonna kick ass.
She stared up at the sky, wondering what she was going to say to him that night, when she would tell him the truth about Johnny and her. She wondered if he'd yell, if he'd cry, if he'd leave. There were so many possibilities, so many bad outcomes; Letty could barely keep her dinner down.
Finally the crowd exploded and Letty knew it was over. She glared even harder at the pavement. Now Dom would be getting out of his car, and like a magnet, all the whores will attach themselves onto his arm. Letty felt like spitting. He was her man. Wasn't he?
Finally Letty got up and walked toward the crowd swarming Dom's car. She saw over the heads as Hector handed Dom the money. The two exchanged a quick banter before Dom handed the money to Mia and started talking to Vince. And just as Letty had suspected, there were two skanks waiting to latch onto Dom, once he was finished with V. Letty felt her anger flare up again. Who the fuck did he think he was, she thought angrily as she turned on her heel and began to walk away. But suddenly someone grabbed her elbow and twisted her around.
'Johnny?' she said a little taken aback by his sneering face. Then she covered her surprise with a fresh glare, as she ripped her arm from his grasp. 'What do you want, Tran?' she said, her voice dripping with disdain. His grin widened.
'What's going on here?' Letty turned to see Dom, his arms flexing as though he were itching to find a reason to deck Johnny. He turned his eyes to her. 'Letty?' he asked. Letty opened her mouth, not knowing how to tell him, especially with everyone watching.
'We were discussing you, Dominic.' Tran said coolly, still smiling, which amazed Letty. He knew Dom could beat the crap outta him. Even if he were big and muscular, Dom was still packing some serious rage against him. Dom's eyebrow rose.
'Were you?' he asked, his voice low as he crossed his arms over his chest. Finally Letty found her voice.
'Yeah, you wouldn't be interested in what we were saying though - '
'Enlighten me.' Silence. All three stood in a triangle. Dom was glaring viciously at the two others, Letty was looking pleadingly at Dom and Tran just smirked. For him this was entertaining. 'Well?' Dom boomed, making quite a few women jump. 'What about me?' He repeated. Letty felt her chest grow tight and almost like she couldn't breathe.
'We were discussing a business deal.' Johnny said. Both Letty and Dom's eyes snapped to him. Johnny shrugged. 'I wanted her opinion on whether you were up to it or not.' He said casually. Dom glanced at Letty, who was trying to look as if this wasn't new to her. He then looked back at Johnny.
'What kinda deal, Tran?' he asked walking so that he could stand next to Letty. She felt as though she should let out a sigh of relief. Johnny continued to smirk.
'Just want someone to put in some spoon engines for me. I don't have the time and rumor is, Torretto's is the best.' He said matter-of-factly. 'I'll come by tomorrow to talk more about it.' Without another word he turned around and motioned for his crew to follow. They all walked away and left the crowd to disperse at leisure. For once in the history of their scene, cops hadn't been called, and they all went home with no problem.
Letty and Dom sat in silence as they followed V's car to Hector's. As they pulled up to th curb, Dom took the key out of the ignition and sat back in the beige leather seating. He managed to bring his eyes up to look at Letty. She was sitting still, her arms crossed, scowling out her window. He let out a heavy sigh.
'Lett, I'm sorry.' He said, waiting for her to acknowledge his apology. 'Well?' he finally asked. She turned her head to him.
'Well what Dom?' she asked in an icy voice. 'You expect me to forgive you? You know what, I bet you don't even know what you're apologizing for!' she said raising her voice slightly and turning all the way around to face him.
'I know I shouldn'ta thought you and Johnny were up to something, but Mai told me you two fucked and all I could think about was you and him and...' he looked at Lett who had her mouth open a tiny bit. 'Lett?' he asked, seeing her look of shock.
'I meant the skanks, but you're right.' She said turning in the seat. 'Your reason is better.' She said before throwing the door open and getting out. Dom frowned.
'Lett come on! You know I want you! Only you!' he said. She hunched down to face him.
'Yeah? Tell that to the whores who run their hands all over you! For the first fuckin time, Dom, since I fell in love with you, I think I really hate you!' she shouted before slamming the door and walking quickly toward Hector's. She kept walking, just had to get away from him and his fuckin retardedness. But as she was nearing Hec's she heard running footsteps behind her. 'Go away Dom!' she said not turning around.
'Lett... Lett PLEASE!' he said before taking her and turning her around and then pinning her to the blue car beside them. He hunched over her, and again, Letty felt the pit of her stomach turn to goo. She looked up into his eyes as he searched hers and felt all her anger ebb away. 'Is that true?' he said in a low, husky voice. Letty swallowed.
'What? That I hate you?' she asked, her mouth feeling dry all of a sudden, as Dom frowned. He shook his head.
'That you're in love with me?' Letty frowned and then realized what she'd said to him. She said she'd fallen in love with him. Oh shit... She took a deep breath.
'Dom, I - I can't really say I - '
'That truth Letty!' He said, bending down so that he was level with her. She felt her breath hitch. He blinked and his face instantly softened. 'Do you love me?' Letty tried to speak but the words wouldn't come out. How could she answer him?
'Leticia Garcia, do you, or don't you love me?' he said desperately. She looked down, then back into his eyes.
'I always have.' She said in a rasping voice. She was finding it very hard to force the words out, without choking herself. But after saying it, she felt her throat untightened. 'I love you Dom.' She said again, a little stronger, so that he really knew. She looked at him a moment, afraid that he would let her go and leave. But he stood there. And then he smiled before leaning down and kissing her cheek, working up her jaw line, to her left ear.
'I love you too.' He said quietly, feeling her stiffen at his words. He released her arms and leaned back to look at her face and cup it in his huge hands. 'I love you so much.' He said to confirm it to her. She shook slightly as her breath escaped her. She sniffled and smiled.
'You mean it?' she said teasingly, though she felt like jokes held nothing at that moment. He nodded and leaned his forehead against hers.
'I do.' He said taking her hand in his. He began to walk back to his car, when Letty pulled him back. She smiled at him and shook her head.
'Hector's is that way.' She said motioning toward the green house with the music blaring. Dom closed the distance between them and leant down.
'I know.' He said before pulling her toward his car again. And then she understood. And she smiled. He was finally hers.
