The promised longer chapter…I will not dilly dally, LOL.

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"Letty, Dom's been looking for you, he came back like two hours ago asking for you," Mia told Letty as she walked inside the house.

"What'd you tell 'im?"

"I told him you went out, then he asked if you went alone," Mia told her.

"And then what'd you tell 'im?"

"I told him you went out alone."

"Fuck!"

"What?"

"Nothing, where is he?"

"He went to the pool."

"Aight thanks Mi, I'll catcha lata." Letty walked upstairs to her room and got her bikini, then changed and went to join Dom in the pool. She walked outside, and he was swimming laps in their Olympic-sized pool. "Hey Dom," she said.

Dom stopped swimming and looked at her, smoothing back hair that wasn't there. "Hello Leticia."

Oh shit, he called me Leticia, I'm in big shit now, Letty thought. "What's up? You mind if I join you?" she asked, walking closer, making believe she didn't notice his use of her full name.

"Yea sure. I need to talk to you anyway."

"Now I'm really getting' it," Letty muttered, and got into the pool.

"What was that?"

"Nothin'…so whatchu wanted to talk to me about?"

"Where do you go when you're not home?"

"Why?" Letty asked, then decided that was the wrong thing to say and just answered him, "I don't know, sometimes I go to Sandy's house. (Most of the time I go there.) Or sometimes I just go out for drives." Letty wasn't telling Dom the whole truth, but she couldn't seem to get it all out.

"Is that it? You just go out for "drives" all the time?"

"Yea," Letty's voice cracked. "Why?"

"Because I wanna talk to you Let, it's like you're never there. You're always "out" or some shit like that. All we do is fight and fuck."

"That's not true Dom."

"Yea it is, and you know it."

Letty looked sheepish, then consented, "What do you wanna talk about Dom?"

"A lot of shit Letty. Like why you're never around anymore. Why you're so secretive. Why you don't trust me."

"What are you talking about Dom?" Letty asked, looking a little confused, like he was overloading her brain with foreign information. This was the last thing she expected, Dom was completely calm, he wasn't yelling like he would usually be.

"Exactly what I said."

"Don't be a smartass Dom," Letty said, getting defensive.

"I'm not being a smartass, I'm serious, I just wanna talk to you about stuff, I want you to be around more," Dom replied, seriously.

"I…I…I don't know what to say Dom," Letty stuttered.

"Don't say anything Let, just forget it, just forget it," Dom said tiredly, giving up. He swam to the edge, and lifted himself out of the pool. "I'm going inside."

"But Dom…" Before Letty could finish her sentence Dom was inside the house. "Aghh, fuck." Letty got out of the pool and layed on one of the beach chairs, soon after, she was asleep once again.

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"Letty…Letty…Letty wake up," Mia prodded, poking Letty's sleeping figure in the shoulder.

She stirred, "Mi—Mia? What the hell? What time is it?" she asked groggily.

"Around six, you been asleep out here all this time?"

"Yea, I think I'm gonna go inside and take a shower." Letty slowly got up from the chair and walked towards the house, with Mia in tow.

"You okay Let?" Mia asked, her tone concerned.

"Yea Mia, I'm fine," Letty replied, without offense.

"Okay girl, Imma go start dinner okay? Sandy, Giovanni, and Jen are coming over. I think they might be movin' in soon," Mia said laughing, then walked into the kitchen, bopping her head to a song on the kitchen radio.

Letty went upstairs and when she walked into her room found that Dom wasn't there. He must be in the game room or somethin', she thought. She went into the bathroom and took a quick shower, to get the chlorine smell out of her hair.

She heard the door open and someone walk inside, "Letty? Are you in here," a deep gravelly voice asked.

"Yea Dom, I'm taking a shower," Letty replied.

"Oh, okay," was all he said before she heard the door click shut once again. For a moment she thought he was still inside and coming to join her, but then she realized he had left. Gone back to wherever it was he came from.

She signed heavily, and got back to her steaming shower, "This is going to be a long night," she muttered.

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"Dom! Let! Dinner's ready, and you better hurry up and get your asses down here before the guys eat everything!" Mia yelled up at them about an hour later.

After her bath Letty had joined Dominic in the game room and sat down on one of the couches with her legs tucked underneath her. Her and Dom hadn't said anything to each other the whole time. The silence was starting to drive Letty crazy, which is why she sprang up when Mia called for dinner. She ran out of the room and skipped down the stairs, plopping herself down on a chair.

Dom came into the dining room a few minutes later and sat down at the head of the table, as always. The table was bustling with conversation, but Dom and Letty were quiet. No one noticed though, because they were wrapped up in their own worlds. Jesse had gotten Julie's number at the party and he had invited her to dinner, she was supposed to be arriving soon.

The doorbell rang a few minutes later and it turned out to be Julie, she greeted everyone with a big smile, and they all greeted her warmly in return. Everyone except Dom and Letty, who were still silent. They ate Mia's three-course meal and talked about cars and racing the whole time. Julie told them that she actually wanted to lose her race against Jennifer, because she was tired of Priya's conceit.

When dinner was done, they moved their conversation to the living room. Dom decided to go upstairs, and Sandy stopped Letty before she went anywhere. "We have to talk," she said. Then Sandy led Letty to the deck, and Letty looked at her blankly. "What's been goin' on with you girl?"

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I told you this chapter would be longer. I would like to thank everyone for their reviews, and for being so patient with me. Thank you so much, cuz reviews make my world go 'round! Oh yea, I know this chapter wasn't very exciting, but it was full of information you'll need later. Again, thank you for being patient with me, but one of the things I always say: There's a method to my madness! =)

-Zuleyka