Hey guys! Thanx for coming back to read more of my fic. I'm really glad that you guys like it, even though I kinda think it's crappy. But whatever. If you guys like it, I'll keep writing. =)

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'I really miss Vince' was the only thing she said for a long time. Dom was patient, he didn't want her to close up and end up not telling him anything. So he stayed quiet as well, holding her hand, and waited for her to continue.

Finally she spoke again, it was barely a whisper, and Dominic had to strain to hear it. "You know, I don't think I know how to get through this. When V was taken away in that helicopter, I was sure that I would see him again in a few days. But then he never came back, and I never even got to say goodbye."

Her voice started to crack, but she went on, "Then we left, and I felt like everyone just acted like…like nothing happened. I got so angry. I was angry with myself for not understanding what was going on and being so lost. And I was angry at all of you for being so controlled, and acting like you knew exactly what to do and say."

Dom felt like crying and taking her into his arms, Why didn't she just tell me this before?

Letty still continued, "I didn't know what to do or where to go, I didn't want anyone to see me vulnerable." She suddenly started to cry then quickly it turned into sobbing.

Dominic couldn't take it anymore, he got up and hugged her, letting her cry on his shoulder. He cried because he knew that he was lost too and he wanted more than anything to help Letty.

They stayed there for a long time, just holding each other. "Yesterday," Letty said in between sobs, "I went to a tattoo shop near the house. I got something to remember Vince by. I think it helped me a little, knowing that he would forever be a part of me."

"Where is it?" Dom asked.

"It's behind my left shoulder."

"Can I look?"

Letty nodded, while Dom went to look, she explained what it was, and why it was in that specific place. "Vince was left handed, hence the placing. It's a coyote with 2/15/72-7/23/00 at the bottom. The dates of his life." By this time, Letty had calmed down some, and was only suffering from little hiccups caused by the crying.

"I think it's great that you did this for him. I wanna get one too, maybe we all should, you know as a remembrance. We all get a tattoo of something that reminds us of him."

"That would be nice," Letty replied.

Now it was Dom's turn to speak, "Last night the whole team, even Brian, came in here to talked to you. So you could know how much they love you and want you to get better." He looked at her with sincere eyes and said, "We're all here for you baby, always, no matter what. We're family and that's what family is for."

"I know."

He kept going, "I love you Letty. I'll be with you through thick and thin. I realized that I've loved you since the first time I met you. I remember looking into your deep brown eyes and seeing their sincerity and innocence, but I also saw hurt. Ever since then I wanted to protect you. From anything that could ever hurt you, and I know that I totally fucked that up. But I promise to make this up baby, I promise to help you through this."

Letty was dazed, Dom had never really opened up to her completely about his feelings. When she looked into his eyes there was always that mask that clouded what he was truly feeling. But now when she looked in his eyes she could see love and sincerity. For her, and that made her want to get through this and get better, for him.

There was a slight knock on the door, they both looked over, and saw the doctor that had treated her; Dr. Starita; waiting, "Mr. Toretto, may I speak to you out here?"

Dom got up, kissed Letty sweetly, and walked into the hallway, closing the door behind him, "What's up doc?" he immediately asked.

"Well I just want to make sure that you know, Leticia is not going to recover from this any time soon. It takes time to get over the depression and get completely back to normal. She's going to need all the love and support she can get."

"I know doc. All of us are more than willing to help. Letty means so much to all of us, we'd do anything for her, and we know that she'd do the same for us. How long do you think it will take for her to get better?"

"Well that depends on her progress, but if what you say is true, it will probably only be a few months. Maybe less. However, that also depends on what happened to get her in this position in the first place." Dr. Starita looked at Dominic expectantly.

"Well, about two weeks ago, a friend of ours, Vince, died in the hospital after an accident. Letty was in the car too, so she was in hospital and didn't get to see him. She told me that she was upset because of that. Vince had been a part of our family since like forever because we grew up together, and all of us had screwed up families, so we kinda stuck."

"I see, well than taking that into consideration, the process will take just a little longer, considering that you were all so close. I would like her to see a therapist, in hopes that it will spur her progress."

Dom shook his head, "No I don't think that would do anything because Letty doesn't talk to strangers about her problems. Hell she barely talks to us about stuff like that. The only people she has ever trusted is us. She will not talk to a therapist."

"Well then she needs to see the therapist at least every few weeks, to see how she's doing."

"I guess so, but you'll have to ask her for her consent."

"Very well," the doctor walked into Letty's room, closely followed by Dom. Letty quickly gave the doctor her full attention.

"Ms. Rodriguez, I came in here to ask if you would consent to going to a therapist so that they could record your progress every few weeks or so."

"Fine doc, whatever it takes."

Dominic was shocked at how easily she had complied, She really wants to get better, he thought, for us, for our family.

The doctor wrote something on his clip board and said, "Ok, you will be released the day after tomorrow. I will be giving you your appointment and prescription then." Having said that, he walked out of the room leaving Dom and Letty alone once again.

Dom went to Letty's side, and kissed her passionately, yet softly. He pulled away, and found her smiling, it made him feel so good inside he felt like his heart was going to overflow with love for her. No, I could never love Letty too much.

"I love you Letty."

"I love you too Dom."

They heard another knock on the door. They looked over and all they could see was an insanely huge bouquet of white, yellow, and pink roses. But they could see 4 pairs of legs under it.

"Hey guys!" Letty said.

They walked into the room and set the flowers down on a table by her bed. "They're beautiful, thank you so much. But they musta cost you a fortune. There's so fucking many."

"Well it doesn't matter how much they cost, how you feeling honey?" Mia said, in her motherly tone.

"Better I guess, but my body hurts like a bitch."

"You won't be able to do things on your own for a while then huh?" said Leon.

Letty grumbled, "Yea…right, you know I don't like people waiting on me and all that shit. Imma do all my shit on my own."

"Leticia Kalista Rodriguez stop being so damn stubborn, we're gonna help you whether you like it or not, we do not need you to get even more hurt. You got me?!"

Letty muttered something under her breath.

"What did you say?"

"I said ok Mia."

"That's what I thought you said."

The guys laughed. "What the hell are you laughing at?" Letty barked. The sudden movement sent shooting pains up and down her body and she cringed.

"Stop laughing! Look you made her hurt herself," Dominic said defensively. He put an arm around Letty and kissed her.

"Thanks baby," she whispered in his ear.

"So when we get back, will we find the house still in one piece?" Dom said jokingly.

They all laughed, but Letty soon found out that laughing hurt her like hell too, the hard way.

"Fuck, I can't do anything without my body hurting. Well except kiss." She kissed Dom again.

"Oh get a room," Jesse joked.

They laughed again, but Letty made it a point to laugh with the least amount of movement possible.

The next two days went by without incident, and finally it was time for Letty to go home. Her ribs and her head felt better, but they hurt her when she moved around too much. Emotionally she was still feeling like crap, but talking to Dom really helped. Dom had even told the team about the tattoos and they all thought it was a great idea. They were going to surprise her when she got home after dinner.

Dinner went great, Mia made her specialty, Lasagna with salad, and she made Letty's favorite for dessert, cannolis. Nobody drank that night, because Letty wasn't allowed to drink alcohol for a while, so they just drank soda and juice.

After dinner they went to the living room on the third floor, since it was smaller, and more comfy. The living rooms downstairs were more for parties and get togethers, tonight it was just the six of them.

"Okay, so Dom told us about the tattoo thing, and we all decided it was a good idea," Mia said excitedly.

"I'll go first!," Jesse said sounding even more excited than Mia, if that was even possible.

"Okay Jesse, lemme see what cha got," Letty said happily.

Jesse showed her his left arm, there was a picture of a chicken leg, and on the bottom there were dates, just like Letty's.

Letty laughed, Jesse always thought of the funniest things. He was such a sweetheart. That's why she loved him so much.

Next came Mia, she had a picture of guitar on her left ankle and at the bottom were dates, "I remember when Vince first started to play, we all laughed at him because the guitar was too big for him."

Leon came up after Mia he had a picture of a shark on the left side of his lower back, the same shark from Vince's car, and the same dates.

Then Brian, she was surprised that he actually got one, but figured he was part of the family, so he missed Vince too. He got a tipped over Corona, with the dates underneath in the middle of his back, on the left side.

Last but of course not least, came Dom, he knelt down in front of her, her facing his back. "Lift up my shirt," he said. Letty did as she was told, and gasped at what she saw. It was a picture of Vince's car, below his left shoulder, like her. He had the dates, but the car was so full of detail, it must've taken hours…many hours of pain.

"Oh my god Dominic! That musta hurt like a bitch baby. Does it hurt now?"

"No it doesn't hurt anymore," he replied.

"Good, hey you guys, would you mind if I crashed? I'm really tired."

"Of course not Let, I think we'll go to sleep too, it's been a long day," replied Mia.

They all went down to the second floor, and into their rooms. Dominic had picked Letty up, and she was already asleep in his arms. On his way to their bed he knocked over her purse, I'll pick it up when I put her in bed.

He took off her clothes, and put on a pair of his boxers and one of his wife beaters, then layed her down and tucked her in. She was totally knocked out, I might as well pick the stuff up, I don't wanna do it in the morning.

He went to the couch, the content of her purse was spilled all over the floor in front, but something caught his eye, What the hell is that? It's not a…no it can't be…a plane ticket?

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I know that was mean, but I told you there would be surprises coming so hold on tight! =) Thank you so much for your support.

-Zuleyka