"halfcrazy"

Author: Sush (and I have to give credit to all my beta readers and their suggestions and comments ^_^)

Rating: NC-17 (very strong language)

Disclaimer: I do not own "The Fast and the Furious" or any of the characters in "The Fast and the Furious". They belong to Universal Pictures. However, I do own Mari and all other characters. Please don't sue.. I don't get money from this so you won't.

Summary: Letty's best friend Mari, who's also close friends with Dom, has fallen in love with Letty. Both Letty and Mari thinks it's okay to cross the line, but what would happen if Dom finds out? After Letty and Mari decides on taking their friendship another step, things happen, and their "relationship" doesn't work out the way they expected it to.

*AN: The lyrics used in this chapter are from "Falling" by Nsync (which I think is a beautiful song)*

Chapter Six

It's been a few days since Mari had visited the team. Vince and the others have been wondering where she's been.

"Hey Let?" Dom said.

"Yeah?" Letty replied, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Ya know where Mari's been? I haven't seen her for the past few days," Dom said.

"Uh, no," Letty answered. "I haven't seen her either."

"It's weird, cause she's like here every single day," Dom responded. "Maybe we should go visit her today."

"Uh, yeah, that'd be a great idea," Letty agreed and forced a smile.

They all decided to go visit Mari after work that day. When they got there, they saw a whole line of cars in front of her house and music blasting from it.

"Mari's having a party and we weren't invited?" Dom said, surprisingly.

They walked in and saw Mari on the table dancing. There were people, mostly men surrounding the table, cheering and hollering.

"Look at this bitch," Dom smirked. "She's crazy."

"Aye bitch," Dom shouted. "I'll pay ya $200 if ya take yo' top off."

Mari looked to see where that came from and saw Dom and the others.

"How 'bout I pay you 2 G's to lick my clit?" Mari joked.

"Sorry I have to pass up on that offer, sista," Dom chuckled.

Mari then broke up the crowd and jumped off the table to go greet the team.

"Hey guys," Mari greeted.

"How come we weren't invited?" Dom questioned.

"I called Jesse and he said he'll let y'all know," Mari answered.

"I forgot to tell em," Jesse said, embarassed.

"That's ok Jess," Mari said, patting his shoulder.

"Where have you been, dawg? We miss seein' ya at the garage or at the store," Dom said.

"I just needed some time to myself," Mari replied.

"C'mon, just go to a party and you'll find someone," Dom said. "You don't need to stay home and touch yourself, or whatever the fuck you do," Dom joked.

"Fuck you, Dominic," Mari playfully punched him in the arm.

"Just tell me time and place and I'll be there," Dom grinned.

"Don't get yo'self souped up," Mari said.

Dom's cellphone rang and he picked up.

"Hello?"

After about a one minute conversation, Dom hung up.

"It's Tran. I gotta go," Dom said.

"Johnny or his skank-ass sister?" Letty questioned.

"Either or, why do you 'have to go'?" Mari asked.

"I have business with Johnny, okay?" Dom explained.

"Yeah, sure, whatever," Letty flatly responded while walking past Dom.

"Let, why you always gotta be like that?" Dom asked, but Letty ignored him. "I'm sorry. Letty's been acting up these past few days," Dom said to Mari. "She wouldn't tell me what's bothering her."

"That's aight. Maybe I can talk to her," Mari offered.

"Look, I really gotta go," Dom said. "Leon and Jesse's coming with me too."

"We are?" Leon asked. "But I didn't even pick up a girl yet."

"Leon, there's plenty of chicks to go around. By the time you come back, you won't need to pick one up. They'll pick you, aight?" Mari said.

"Right," Leon replied with a goofy grin and nodded.

"See you later girl," Dom said before leaving with the other two.

Mari followed Letty into the kitchen.

"Hey Letty," Mari greeted. "What's up?"

"Nothin," Letty answered.

"Let, you can't lie to me," Mari said. "I know when you're hiding something."

"Dom's always gotta go some place," Letty complained. "He's either gotta talk to Tran, but I think he's lying, unless he's going to see his fuckin' slutty-ass sister fo' some ass, or he'll make up some excuse."

"He's a business man," Mari replied.

"Only when it comes to hoes and money," Letty shot back.

"Here, why don't I make you feel better?" Mari suggested, wrapping her arms around her waist from behind and nuzzling her neck.

Letty giggled at her touch.

"That tickles," Letty laughed.

*I don't know how

I don't know why

but girl it seems

you've touched my life

you're in my dreams

you're in my heart

I'm not myself

when we're apart*

"These past few days, I've really missed seeing you," Mari said.

"Me too," Letty softly replied.

"I couldn't stop thinking about you," Mari whispered, sucking on the spot right behind her earlobe.

"I couldn't stop thinking about you either," Letty sighed as she let her head fall back to rest on Mari's shoulder. "I couldn't concentrate on my work at the garage or do anything at all."

"I thought maybe I can stop thinking about you by not seeing you," Mari said. "But I guess it made me think about you more." Mari added as she slipped her hand up Letty's shirt.

*What am I supposed to do

if I can't get over you

and come to find that you don't feel the same*

"Mari," Letty stopped Mari, turning around to face her.

"What?" Mari asked innocently.

"As much as I like to take advantage of the fact that Dom's not here, I already told you that I'm not ready," Letty said.

"Letty, I really wanna be with you," Mari responded, looking straight into her dark brown eyes.

"I really wanna be with you too, but sometimes not everything works out the way we want it," Letty replied.

*Cause I'm falling falling

girl I'm falling for you

and I pray you're falling too

I've been falling falling

ever since the moment

I laid eyes on you*

Mari pulled away from Letty and walked away.

"Mari, where ya goin'?" Letty asked, following her.

Mari ignored Letty and continued walking towards the front door. Letty kept following her until Mari sat herself on a bench on the front porch.

"What are you doing?" Letty questioned cluelessly.

"You know how I always just sit by myself somewhere quiet and peaceful when I'm upset?" Mari asked, pulling her knees up to her chest.

"Uh huh," Letty responded, sitting next to her. Mari just gave her the "that's-why-I'm-here" look.

"Mari, I'm sorry you're upset, but you have to put yourself in my shoes," Letty said. "Ya know, after spending all this time with you, and after all this thinking, I did realize that I really want to be with you and that first kiss we had really made me realize that I have strong feelings for you too. So don't think that I just don't want to do this because I don't feel the same way."

*I lose my step

I lose my ground

I lose myself

when you're around

I'm holding on for my life

to keep from drowning

in your eyes

Girl what have you done to me

to make me fall so desperately

and how am I supposed to live

if I can't get over this*

"Sometimes I wonder to myself why I get these weird feelings around you. I get butterflies in my tummy and I can't help but put a smile on my face everytime I see you," Letty explained. "I guess I know why now."

"But we can't be together cause of Dom, right?" Mari asked.

"Yeah," Letty replied.

"Think imma hafta kick his ass then," Mari joked. "But he's like my brother. He's my boy. I can't have his girlfriend cheat on him with me."

"I'm glad you understand," Letty said.

"But honestly, if you were single, would you?" Mari asked.

"Of course," Letty answered, resting her chin on Mari's shoulder.

"Ya know, if you weren't so taken, I would fuck you right now?" Mari said. "But I'm sure this wouldn't hurt."

"What wouldn't hurt?" Letty raised an eyebrow innocently.

Mari leaned down and captured Letty's lips for a sweet, meaningful kiss. When they pulled apart, Letty grabbed Mari's face and kissed her again.

"Ya know? What Dom doesn't know, can't hurt him," Letty mischieviously smiled.