A/N: Okay so I have been lacking. a LOT when it comes to updating I have been having many personal issues that I have been dealing with plus a general lack of motivation. Writers block people. I have a new chapter up, it's un-beta'd because I am truly impatient and although my beta does a FABULOUS job, I am the worlds most impatient person, must have instant gratification!!

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Chapter 6

"Letty!" I called jogging after her as she headed down the street towards my house. Towards Vince un-doubtedly.

She sparred me a look backwards before she took off in a sprint.

I followed at a dead sprint as well... finding myself easily worn out, not used to expending that much energy.

I tackled her around the waist as I kept running, only slowing when I realized I'd actually managed to catch up to her and had her held firmly in my arms. Quiet a statement considering the struggle she was putting up.

"Letty! Letty stop!" I demanded slowing from my sprint, to a jog, to a walk and finally to a stand still.

"Let me go." The string of cussing that came from her full kissable lips was enough to make me pull at my collar nervous, that was if I had been wearing a collar. And Ele, I knew, would have taken the 17 year old over her knee and spanked her to hear them.

The very corny, romantic movie theme, that I still insisted I had never seen, even though Mia had regularly forced girly movie nights on me, started to swell in my head and the equally corny need to kiss her. shut her up, so she knew exactly how I felt nearly over-came me.

But Letty wouldn't take to that very well. I'd probably get slapped. No. I'd probably get the beat put on me for the 3rd time in 24 hours.

"Scarlet!" I put her on the ground and demanded in a dark voice I hadn't summoned since getting out of Lompoc. It scared her I could tell. It scared me more.

"Letty. I'm sorry. I'm sooo sooo damn sorry. Look my head has been really messed up since I." No she wasn't looking for excuses. She wouldn't except them. "I've been a real grump to everyone. It's no excuse. the things I said to you." Who would have thought an apology could be so hard? For the proud man that I was. this was the definition of torture.

"I shouldn't have said any of it." I forced my eye's too hers. "I didn't mean any of it. ANY of it. It. this.. it's all my fault. it's not yours." I said nobly. Albeit truthfully.

"I know." Letty said her arms folded openly defensive, and apparently un- moved by my noble declaration. "I know it's all about you Dom. It always has been. Always will be as far as I can see. Poor you. It must suck having everything, everyone else wants, and yet still you can't be happy with it. Ohh I know it's your fault Dom. I still don't like it." Letty laid down honestly.

Right so not everything about the voluptuous new Letty was different. She was still into telling the truth bar any feelings it might raise. "Everything I want?" I repeated shaking my head newly amazed. She thought I had everything?

I looked down at my feet, musing that for a total of three seconds before speaking fast at the thought she may take the chance to run off. "I only want 2 things. Mia is one of them. The other. I thought I had. but I don't. And I wish I did more then anything." I looked at her. "That's why I can't stand to be in the same room as Vince. He stole it. While I was in jail." That was the worst part. It hadn't even been a fair fight.

I watched her take a step back, as realization dawned on her, and she instantly stepped forward, her hand touching my fore-arm. "Stole her?" Now she knew. I was half-way relieved. I nodded silently.

"Dom." She paused when I was sure she had been about to apologize. "I know I'm his girlfriend and I'm biased. but I know he would never have done it on purpose. So. why don't you try for her Dom? Vince is with me. so he ain't seeing anyone else. he better not be." She scowled for a moment, and I shook my head in amazement. How could she not see it was her?

"I know your proud Dom, but it's not like your second choice or anything. Lots of stuff happened while you were in jail. maybe Vince dated someone he wouldn't have if you were around, but we all make mistakes. and maybe. hey maybe she would have chosen you if she had known you were interested."

'Would you?' I very nearly demanded. That was all that mattered to me at this point. My obsession with the girl next door. The little tomboy with greasy overall's and a face too full of character for her young years. Now the sexiest, most un-aware female I had ever known.

She watched me with sympathetic Letty eye's and I knew that we were going to be okay. she may still be angry for a while. but we were good again. She apparently knew something about wanting someone you couldn't have.

She said nothing else so I finally nodded, "Yeah. you're right Let. thanks. Your right." It was all I could manage against my throat that was drying too fast for me to stop it. She was right. Right for me. Not Vince.

"Let's go have some breakfast, and wake up Vince." Letty said with a devious, wholey Letty like smile, that made a pain radiate all through the left side of my chest.

"I've had breakfast. Twice." I said forcing a smile. At least we were talking again. That's what I had planned. So it wasn't a failure. Yet why I was being over-whealmed not only with a feeling of failure but also BEING a failure, I didn't want to answer.

"Well then we'll go back to your place and you can watch me have breakfast. But maybe you better not watch me wake up Vince." She chuckled with a sexual knowledge I tried to ignore the second I realized it. That was the last thing I wanted to be thinking.

"Alright. I think I have a few more apoligize to make." It was time to get over this. I'd tried to make her see and she didn't. I had to get over it. I'd rather be friends with Vince then enemies while he was under my own roof. Besides I wasn't too sure if I'd have to many people on my side if I took it that far.