Okay next chapter…I'm not gonna blabber…here goes.

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Dom immediately pulled Letty and himself under the large comforter, and Mia came walking in, "Letty I'm sorry I took so long Brian—oh I'm sorry I didn't know—I'll just get the skirt and go," Mia said quickly when she saw them, she had a huge grin plastered on her face.

"Don't sweat it," Letty replied with a grin of her own.

Dom started tickling her under the covers and she wiggled around until they were both completely under. "Hey stop that!" Letty whispered through muffled laughs.

Instead of stopping he tickled her even more, and she could barely control her laughter when Mia spoke again. "Thanks again Let, see ya later."

Letty's head suddenly popped out from under the comforter, her hair was disheveled and she still had a huge smile on her face. "No problem Mia, see ya." When Mia was gone she turned to Dominic, "Now you…stop tickling me and get dressed, we're gonna be late!"

"Let, we have 4 hours before the races start."

"Exactly! Just four hours for us to finish!" she replied, then got up and started running around the room picking up Dom's clothes. When she was finished she threw them at him and ran into the closet. "Get dressed and go downstairs to see if the guys are ready. Me and Mia'll be down in a few," she yelled out at him.

"Hours?!" he yelled back laughing.

"Shut up! Just get dressed and go!"

"Fine fine…but you better not take forever!" With that Dom put on his clothes quickly and walked into the hallway. He was dressed casually, a black muscle tee and black slacks. As always, he was wearing his silver cross, and decided to wear his black boots.

Letty couldn't decide what she wanted to wear, Pants or skirt? Long or short? What kind of shirt should I wear? Damnit I have too much damn clothes…okay no I don't…but still… she thought. She finally decided on black leather pants that tied all the way up on each side, and had red and orange flames coming up the legs. Letty chose to wear the matching halter top, which left her stomach bare and had flames coming up from the bottom. And of course she couldn't forget her favorite boots, she was finally going to get to wear those again. Now all I have to do is put these on and do my hair…and put on a little make-up to get Mia off my ass. Letty let out a small laugh, then shook her head and walked back into the room.

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It turned out that Dom was right, Mia and Letty came parading down the stairs just about two hours later. He had his back turned to the stairs and only heard them talking as they descended. "I will never understand what the hell you do that takes you so damn long," he said turning around. But as soon as he saw Letty, Dom stopped talking and his mouth hit the floor.

Leon came up behind Dom and took a look at Letty, "Daaaaaaaamn baby girl, you outdid yourself this time." Leon had been calling Letty "baby girl" forever, so no one misinterpreted his intentions. Vince and Leon had been like Letty's brothers, and they both called her "baby girl."

"Thanks Le," she replied with a smile. Letty was never one to wear much make-up, so she was just wearing a little eye shadow and cherry lip gloss. Her hair was a totally different story, she had asked Mia to curl her hair and the glossy ringlets framed her face perfectly. It looked like she had a million little diamonds in it because Mia had used a glittery gel to hold the curls together.

Dom was still speechless and on the verge of drooling all over the marble floor. "You can pick up your jaw now Dominic, you wouldn't wanna swallow a bug," Mia said with a smirk. Then she made a lifting motion from the floor to his jaw, and closed his mouth.

"Oh shit!" Letty yelled smacking herself in the forehead, "I totally forgot to call Sandy and Giovanni!"

"Don't worry about it, I figured you would be…um…busy, so I told Leon to call them when he called Jen. They'll be here in a few minutes," Dom finally found his voice.

"And the bug man finally speaks!" Brian said laughing.

"Shut up Brian, he was just so mesmerized by me that I took his breath away," Letty said with a smile, and went to kiss Dom. "Right baby?" she asked when she pulled back.

He laughed, "Uh huh."

The doorbell rang after their little "scene" and Jesse went to open the front door, "Welcome to Casa Toretto," he said with a grin.

"Hey Jess," Sandy said, then walked inside with Giovanni and Jennifer trailing behind her.

Leon had obviously briefed them on the "attire" that was appropriate, because Sandy and Jennifer were both wearing something leather, and Giovanni was dressed in black and navy blue. Jennifer walked over and looped her arm through Leon's and gave him a shy kiss. "Hey," he said softly. The others continued with their conversations, unaware of Leon and Jennifer's conversation.

"So when are we gonna leave?" Giovanni asked impatiently.

"Right now," Dom said getting his keys. "Sandy can ride with Letty, Jennifer with Leon, Giovanni with Jesse, and Mia with Brian. You guys know the deal, let's roll."

They all filed out and got into their respective cars, ready to go to the races for the first time in weeks. Everyone was excited, and the nerves were strung high, but no one was going to back out now. All of the racers were going to meet at an alley about thirty minutes from the house, but the way Dom was driving everyone was sure they'd get there in ten.

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Just as they had anticipated, they arrived at the place about ten minutes after they set off. The team knew the routine so well that it was second nature to settle into their usual "V" formation. Now it has another meaning too, Letty thought remembering Vince. She knew that her tattoo was clearly visible in her halter, and she was proud.

When Dom drove closer to the alley he saw Wally motion him over, he had saved parking spaces for Dom and the Team. They all parked and got out to greet Wally, who had some fake blonde racer skank hanging off his arm. "Hey Wally," Dom said shaking his hand.

"Hey guys, I'm glad you came, the races will be starting as soon as the queen gets here," he replied with a laugh.

"Who's the queen?" Letty asked curiously.

They heard three engines purring from behind, and everyone turned to see who it was. The windows were tinted, so they couldn't see inside, Wally spoke from behind them. "See for yourself."

Three cars pulled up in the middle of the alleyway. One of them, which obviously belonged to the leader, was a deep crimson color, with a large panther decal on each side, it was black, with crimson eyes. The car on the left of the red one was royal blue with white tigers on each side. The car on the right of the red one was jet black with leopards on each side.

The blue car and the black car came to a stop behind the crimson one, making a small "v" formation. They didn't make a move to come out of the cars, until the lead car's door began to open. A red leather clad leg came out of the car, when what to their wondering eyes should appear, but a scantily clad Priya and her two racer friends.

"She's the queen?" Letty hissed at Wally, low enough so no one else could hear.

"Yea why?" Wally asked, confused.

"Because I'm out for her blood," Letty replied with the same hiss.

Priya was dressed in all deep red, from head to toe, matching her car. Her two friends, one they had seen before at the club, and one they hadn't, were also dressed to match their cars. Priya hadn't spotted them yet, and the team deemed it best not to make a scene.

Dom pulled Letty closer to him and put his arm around her waist. "Don't," he whispered.

"I won't," she whispered back.

The "queen" as they called her, took notice of them then, and she walked over to where Dom and Letty were standing. "Well what do we have here?" she said in her silky whore voice. "I didn't know you guys came to the races," she continued.

"Yea well Wally invited us so we decided to pay a visit," Dom said coolly.

"Interesting," Priya replied, sounding like a cat getting ready to pounce. "Well meet my girls, this is Julie," she said pointing at the girl dressed in blue, "And this is Paola," she finished, pointing at the girl in black.

"Nice to meet you," Dom said politely. Everyone else on the team was oddly quiet, as if they were waiting for Letty to do or say something. Dom nudged Letty lightly, urging her to say 'hello'.

"Hi," she said tightly.

There was a tense moment of silence, so Wally decided to change the subject onto something…lighter. "So who's racing tonight?"

"We are," Priya said, meaning herself and her team.

Letty almost laughed out loud, Priya?!?! Racing?!?! She has got to be out of her damn mind. That girl can't race for shit, she thought. Back when Priya was still Dom's girlfriend he had tried to teach her how to race, but she had never caught the hang of it. "So who are you gonna race?" Letty blurted out.

Dom looked like he was about to have a heart attack, he did not want Letty to start another fight. Priya on the other hand stayed cool, and started walking around them, to take a look at Letty's car.

"Well my dear Leticia, I was thinking my girls could race two of yours, you know just for fun. No hard feelings."

"And who are you gonna race," Letty insisted.

"I have a proposition," she purred. "I want you to race me," she said in the same silky smooth tone.

"What's the catch?" Letty asked, knowing her too well.

"No catch," she answered.

"What we racin' for then?"

"Him," Priya said pointing at Dom.

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OMG, you guys better get to reviewing because I wanna get the next chapter up soon!!! I'm so excited. But if I don't get enough reviews, I won't put up the next chapter. That's just how it goes. Sorry to leave you there but the next chapter is gonna be so good I just HAD to keep you in suspense. Please review!!! Remember, the more reviews I get the faster I put chapters up! Thanx for all the support! Love all of you!

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PS. Sorry about the "Twas a Night Before Christmas" reference, but I just thought it would be cute comical relief, LOL.