Nothing but shout outs today…the full A/N is at the end. ^_^

CiCi- *British accent* Oi!  Say, old chum (not that you're old, but...w/e) damn nice of you to review, but…shouldn't you be using that British accent in POACO? There seem to be a lot of Brits in there :-P j/k, lol

Lazy Slothy- Hehehehe, prepare yourself for more twists and turns! I'm on a roll like a coaster and the ideas are just coming in, one after another! :-D lol

Mickael MM- looks like you don't have to wait any longer, huh? :-P Enjoy!

Fallen Angel/Corrupted Dreams- *snort* Hiding behind Jesse after the things you wanted to do to him in the crossover! Tsk, tsk tsk, lol, j/k. Anyway, aren't you glad I finally updated? Now you guys don't have to wait an extra week! Woo!

Foxyboxer- Thank you! Hope you enjoy the new one!

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~ ~ At Night ~ ~

Dominic passed the doors of the top floor of his house lazily, hands in pockets, thinking of the possibilities that awaited him in his own bedroom. He loved the fact that he had Melanie all to himself, and he loved it even more that she was nothing at all like his previous heart's desires'. She loved him for him, not for his status as King of the Streets, and that was important to the half-asleep man who now stood in front of the door to his own bedroom. He shook his head clear of his thoughts and shuffled quietly into the dark room, where Melanie was clearly already asleep.

He sighed, No need to wake her up now…I'm too tired to do anything anyway. The day had been tiring, for when he'd returned to work, he found two more cars in need of some sort of help. Dominic closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief as he began to pull off his clothes, dropping them with light little noises on the floor. He unzipped his pants and stepped out of them, now wearing nothing but boxers and a pair of socks, and gently pushed the blankets to the side so as not to disturb Melanie as he lay down. The mattress sank a little bit underneath his weight and he turned over and placed an arm around Mel, closing his eyes. Beside him, Melanie turned around and pushed him away, on to the ground and yelled, "PERVERT!!!"

Dom snapped back to consciousness immediately as the lights flicked on around him. What the hell? He thought as he saw Letty glaring at him from beside the door. "Letty! What are you doing in my room? Where's Mel?" he asked, looking around wildly.

"You perv, you're in the wrong room! Put your damn clothes back on, I'm married for God's sake! Get out!" she hissed, opening the door to usher him outside.

I'm in the wrong room? Oh my God, I walked into the wrong bed! I almost slept with Letty! Dominic choked as his throat dried up at his thoughts, and he grabbed his clothes and rushed out, only to meet head-on with Leon, who wasn't looking too pleased.

"You just can't keep your dick in your pants, can you, you asshole?" he growled in a dangerously low gruff voice. He clenched his hands into fists and swung, catching Dominic right underneath the right eye.

"No man, you don't understand!" Dom shouted in a muffled voice as Leon swung away at the poor, frazzled man in front of him. Letty reached for his arms to pull him away from Dom.

Finally, Melanie appeared at Dominic's side asking what in hell was going on. Leon growled at her as well, and answered, "YOUR boyfriend just got into bed with MY wife!"

Melanie pulled away, shocked to the core. "Dom? Tell me that's not true! How could you do that to me? With Letty, for God's sake!"

Letty looked at her, hurt, "What's wrong with me, chica?"

"Ugh, it's not you, it's the fact that you're my friend and Dom would cheat on me with my friend!"

Dominic watched the three of them, extracting looks of annoyance, anger, and hurt. He hissed menacingly at the pain of Leon's punches and spoke loudly to get the others' attention. "I didn't cheat on you! I didn't try to sleep with Letty! I'm just tired, and all I wanted to do was to get some sleep. I'm sorry, okay? It was an honest mistake! Can I just go now?"

He pulled himself to his feet and stumbled off to get ice from the kitchen. "You people are all crazy and sadistic," he muttered under his breath as he held onto the door for support.

"I heard that," said Melanie as she followed him out of Leon and Letty's room, quickly apologizing on his behalf for the mix-up.

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Letty chuckled as the couple left her room, turning around and snuggling up to Leon.

"So, tell me the truth. Was he better than me?" asked Leon, displaying a look of mock hurt on his face.

"Much better, Le," she giggled, poking Leon's stomach with an index finger.

Leon looked away from her for a second and concentrated on the folds of white sheets surrounding him. He played with his thumbs and looked back at her, opening and closing his mouth as if to speak. "Let, I've been thinking about things," he told her, looking her right in the eye.

She gazed at him solemnly before asking, "What's wrong, honey?"

"Nothing's wrong, it's just that…well, we're married now, and… I think we should move out. We need a home of our own where we can raise our kids together. I think we should start looking at homes that are up for sale around here."

Letty absorbed this revelation and nodded her head, clearly agreeing with her husband. "I was wondering when we'd start considering that. I'm for it, except for one thing…"

"What's that?"

"I want to stay in this neighborhood. You know that the rest of the team's going to stick around here when they start families, and I want all of us to be together, and I want our kids to grow up with each other, just like we did when we were young."

Leon took her hand in his and replied, "Of course, Let. We'll start looking tomorrow, but let's not tell anyone about it yet, 'kay? I don't want them to start getting involved and all of that, you know?"

"I think it's just that you don't want to see Mia get all emotional and shit," Letty smirked, leaning over to kiss Leon.

"Exactly," he mumbled, giving way to Letty's advances. If he made her happy now, then maybe she wouldn't mind too much that he'd already began his search for a house. Not to mention the fact that he'd already found a rather nice looking potential home the other day…

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Dominic held an ice pack grudgingly to his eye where he'd been decked quite a few times. He sighed when Melanie- the real one- appeared behind him and placed light fingers on his shoulders. "You okay, Dom?"

"Peachy," he replied, shrugging her hands off of him.

She moved to sit on the chair next to him smiling wryly as she inspected his injuries. "Dom, it's alright. We know you made a mistake, don't worry." She kissed him gently where a bruise was already forming underneath his eye. "I take it you had a rough day, huh?"

Dom nodded, looking very much like a child under the careful, meticulous inspection of a mother. "I need a break really bad from all of this shit, you know? The shop, the garage, bills…racing… everything," he watched her face hesitantly for a reaction to his last word.

"How about- instead of making a big thing of race night next time- we just get together as a team and go out? Maybe we can see a movie, or go to dinner, something like that. You don't need to race, we have enough money to do without it once in a while," proposed Melanie, letting Dom take her hand in his.

"That sounds great for us, but…the rest of the team… they're not just going to accept that I don't want to race. They're going to think something's up. What am I going to say? 'I don't feel like it'?"

"You're only thinking of the guys, Dominic."

"What?"

"Think about it. Do you think that Mia, Kat, Letty, and I are happy when the cops come? Or when some idiot starts a fight that can become a riot? If you called off race night for us just once, we'd be pretty damn happy, because then we'd know that our men are safer than they would be on some crowded, dangerous street. Besides, if the women don't go, what makes you so sure that you guys would still want to?"

Melanie sat back in her seat to watch as Dominic's face slowly gave away realization to her whole statement. He grinned slowly at her and stood up, bringing his ice with him. "It's settled then. We're not going next week," he declared firmly, looping his arm around Melanie's waist.

She rested her head against his chest and nodded while asking, "Sounds good…but can we go back to bed now? It's two in the morning."

"Yeah, but let's make sure that we get into the same room this time, aiight?"

Mel giggled as she returned the sudden kiss Dom had planted on her. She pulled back and smiled as they kissed again, a little dance of longing in both of them. Dominic carried her slowly to their room and placed her on the bed, kicking the door shut behind him as all thoughts of sleep were quickly discarded.

~ ~ Morning ~ ~

Kat wandered through the top floor of the Toretto home, languidly searching for Jesse, who seemed to have gone missing over the course of fifteen minutes. She stopped in front of the door to Leon and Letty's room, realizing quickly that Jesse may have gone in to speak to his best friend. Turning the knob to enter, she was welcomed with an empty room. Well, almost empty. Hoarse singing was coming from the small bathroom to the side of the room.

"Jesse?" Kat asked the walls around her. She twisted suddenly to face a half naked Leon still singing rather badly coming out the bathroom. Her eyes dropped to the towel wrapped around his waist.

That's probably the only thing he's wearing, she thought, absentmindedly stepping forward rather than back.

His voice brought her back to her senses as he asked, "Kat? What are you doing in here?"

"I'm…I'm…um…Jesse," she replied, reaching for the door from behind her back. She missed and grabbed a pair of Leon's boxers, which had been hanging on the knob. Kat looked at the piece of cloth in her hands and dropped it quickly, stumbling on another piece of clothing that had been on the floor. Grasping Leon's leg, she tumbled to the soft carpet below her with the undressed man in tow.

"Ooooerrrghhh," she moaned, lifting her head from the floor beneath her. She gasped and shut her eyes tightly when she noticed a tunnel made out of a white towel and two legs staring straight at her from it's own disgruntled spot on the carpet. Leon looked down between his legs at the nearly comatose girl in front of him and stood up, hastily pulling clothes on.

Kat blinked once, twice and ran out the door, desperately searching for something to take the previous image from her eyes. "Jesse, where are you?" she called, bumping into the familiar thin form of her boyfriend.

"I'm right here, girl. I was looking for you! You just went off somewhere after I came out of the bathroom!" He studied her face carefully and hugged her. "What's wrong, sweetie? You look like you've just seen a ghost!"

Kat stared at him with hollow eyes and answered, "Believe me, Jess, what I just saw was definitely alive…"

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Hehehe, poor Kat and Dom- things just went wrong on their behalf! Although I must say that Dom's luck improved, lol. I've got some bad news, after which you can go and review (^_^).

Bad news: I'm leaving! Sorry, people (and beloved fans) but I'm going to be gone for a week (vacation), so that means no updates for a little while! I know, I know, I'll miss you all as well, but if you get separation anxiety, you can always just read any of my other fics O.o, particularly the new one.

In any case, goodbye for now! ^_______^

Mel