Okay well since I got so many good reviews so quickly, I'm putting this up in only one day! See what a little encouragement can do? LOL. I wanna thank everyone who reviewed with alllll my heart! You guys are so sweet. It's nice to know people like my story. I promise I'll do my best till the end.

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There was a brief moment of silence after Dom's short comment, and finally Leon (of all people) spoke.

"Wow Letty…you look great," he said sincerely.

"Thanks," Letty replied sheepishly.

She was wearing a small slinky black dress with navy blue flowers embroidered into it. Her skin seemed to be glowing, because she had used a glitter powder that Mia had given her one Christmas. The dress was a long way from the usual jeans and t-shirt or all leather that she usually wore. It was…innocent looking, something that Mia might wear, only it looked a lot more to the extreme. It was like the exact opposite of the Letty they knew and she looked positively beautiful.

Dom stood up from his place on the couch and went to her, "You look beautiful baby." He hugged her tightly, and kissed her gently. Then he led them all to the dining room, where Mia had their whole meal on the table.

"You guys didn't have to do this you know, I woulda settled for pizza or somethin'" Sandy said when she got into the massive room.

"No, it was absolutely no problem Sandy. I've been wanting to cook a big meal for a while, we don't get many chances to, you know," Mia said quickly.

"Well what are you all waiting for? Let's eat some grub!" Letty exclaimed.

They sat down and made idle conversation while the food was passed around. Everyone was so engrossed in the food and mindless chatter that they didn't notice how little Sandy said about herself.

"So Sandy, when did you move here?" Brian asked.

"Umm, about 5 years ago." Was her simple reply.

"How long have you been working as a therapist?" Jesse continued.

"Well I got my degree in psych back in New York, but I started working here about 3 years ago."

The rest of the meal was met with similar unimportant questions, no one really wanting to probe. They didn't want to have to answer questions that she might have about them. After they were finished, they decided to go to the game room, and leave Letty and Sandy to catch up.

"Come on Sandy, let's go outside, it's a beautiful night," Letty said after the others left.

Sandy nodded and followed Letty out of the house and onto their deck. Letty sat down in one of the patio chairs and motioned for Sandy to sit.

Letty immediately got down to business, "Okay so spill, why are you really here?"

Sandy looked pensive, "Why are you?" she retorted.

"Well you know most of my story, now it's your turn to tell me."

"I got into some trouble back in Jersey, I wanted to get away until the heat died down so I moved down here. I was into street racing, I got involved with the wrong guy, and he got in trouble with drugs and went to jail. Then I made some really bad choices…and ended up here."

They didn't say anything to each other after that, each of them reliving the events that brought them there. Sandy and Letty sat in silence watching the ocean crash against the shore, the pain from their pasts resurfacing for a split second before being buried once again.

"I missed you after you left."

"I missed you too Cheerio," Letty called her by her childhood nickname, bringing back even more memories.

"I got into so much trouble."

"Me too, even though Mia didn't let me do anything too bad most of the time," Letty replied with a laugh.

"Remember that time when we put a frog in Kristen Drewski's lunch? She was mad at us for a long time after that."

"Yea, but I moved to LA soon after. What ever happened to her?"

"I don't know, she moved a little while after you did."

Pausing for a few seconds, Sandy decided to go on, "So what did you do after you moved?"

"Well my dad was always working so I practically lived at the Torettos's house. They were my family, then Mr. Toretto died and my dad took care of us because Dom was…away. Two years later when he came back, my dad told us he had cancer, he died a few months later. Our family grew over the years, Vince was there from the beginning, Jesse and Leon came later. Brian came a few months ago…"

Letty didn't mention the accident or anything of the sort, she also made sure to leave the part about Dom being in prison…out. It was too soon to say anything like that, maybe later.

Sandy didn't really say anything in response, just sat there…listening. She was always the listener, Letty thought.

"So what's been up with you Cheerio?"

"First off, don't call me that. And…pretty much nothing. After you left I kinda took to the streets. I didn't do drugs or anything…well not like addictively. I had lots of very short relationships. My mom died when I was 16, so I lived with my grandmother for a long time. I made it to college and got my degree, I moved to New York soon after that. I got into the racing scene, and well…here I am."

"It's getting a little cold out here, let's go inside…I think it's time to get drunk!" Letty laughed.

"I told you I don't get drunk."

"You will tonight."

Letty led Sandy back into the house and walked to the game room where the others still were.

"Hey guys! I'm ready for some liquor…anyone else in?" Letty said as she walked inside.

The guys smiled big, and all said, "Hell yes!"

"Okay, okay, but if you spill anything your ass is mine," Mia said leaving to get drinks.

"Cool! Let's get this party started!"

"Wow Jesse, could you get any cornier?" Dom said laughing.

"What? What? Who's horny?" Leon said snapping out of his video game trance.

Letty rolled her eyes and smacked him on the head, "Hey! What was that for?!"

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I know I know, very short! I'm sorry, but I'm trying to get to the good part, so bear with me. Let me tell you this: Letty is not the only one not telling the whole truth. And I got some HUGE surprises coming soon! The fun is just starting with this one… Thanx again for the support! =)

-Zuleyka

PS. I included one of my challenges, which was to put the name "Kristen Drewski" in. =) Watch out for more soon.