OMG, it's been so long, I feel estranged. But at last, I'm writing the next chapter to WLA. So here you go!

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Letty looked at Sandy like she didn't know what was going on. "What are you talking about?" she asked.

"I'm talking about the way you've been acting lately. You and Dom are forever fightin' and you're always leaving to go…to wherever. You don't talk to anyone anymore. You just been actin' weird."

"I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just fine," Letty replied.

"You are not just fine. Where the fuck do you go all the time?" Sandy asked, exasperated.

"For drives," Letty said simply.

"For drives?!?!" Sandy exclaimed. "What the fuck?! You go for drives?!"

"Yea," Letty said, with a dazed look.

"Letty are you high?" Sandy asked, her face masked with serious concern.

"What? Huh? Oh…no I'm not high," Letty still looked dazed.

"Yea…well when you decide to tell me the truth, just come to me, otherwise don't bother. Cuz I'm not believin' it. I just want you to know that you're pushin' Dominic away, he loves you, and he's hurtin', and if you keep this shit up, he's gonna go to someone else." After she finished she walked back into the house, leaving Letty alone to ponder.

It was cold, and Letty was wearing nothing but a white wifebeater and jeans. Yet she didn't notice the cold, she was completely lost in her own world. Drifting away from everything she knew, because of something she never expected.

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Weeks passed by, and not much changed, Letty was still completely in another world, coming back as if nothing had happened here and there. Dom got more distraught with everyday that passed by, but he kept going. He had found more things that were not his, things that were not Letty's either, but somehow she had. Dom didn't tell anyone about the things he had found, but he found himself going to Priya for comfort. He knew that she wanted him, he knew that she would do anything to have him, but Dom never went further than friendly visits. Priya was only his friend, and it was going to stay that way no matter what Letty did.

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"Hey Dom," Priya said smiling when she opened her apartment door. "What brings you 'round here this fine Sunday afternoon?" she asked, although she knew that answer. All Dom ever came over for was to talk about Letty, Letty this, Letty that, Priya was getting so tired of it.

"I'm not staying long," he replied, surprising Priya. Dom looked tired, but he had a smile on his face.

"Oh," she answered, her tone a mixture of relief and disappointment.

"Yea, I just came by to ask if you were coming to the races tonight."

"You couldn't have called?" Priya blurted out, then redeemed herself when she realized what she had said. "I mean…yea sure. What time?"

"'Round ten. Aight I gotta go, I'll see you there." Having said that Dom left and was in his car less than two minutes later.

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"Mia!!! I need my skirt back, I wanna wear it tonight," Letty yelled across the hall. Race nights were one of the few times that she was "there" technically speaking. If the team wanted to have a real conversation, they knew race nights were the time to do it. Other than that, their words would fall on deaf ears.

"What skirt?" Mia yelled back, poking her head out of her door.

"The one you borrowed a few weeks ago remember? The first time we raced?" Letty said, exasperated.

 "Oh yea, hold on," Mia scurried back into her room, then came back a few minutes later and handed it to Letty, who had made her way to the front of Mia's door.

"Thanks," Letty said before turning to go back to her room. Although officially, she still shared a room with Dom, Letty had taken to sleeping in another room some nights. She had been in a pretty good mood the past few days, so she had been sleeping with Dom, and things were going better than they had in weeks.

When Letty got into her room, Dom was getting dressed by their bed, he smiled at her, and for once, she smiled back. She continued on to the closet, off to find a nice top to match her skirt. Letty quickly set her eyes on a white spaghetti strapped tee, that was cut off to show off her muscled stomach. At the top left corner, there was an outline of a small heart, made by little clear rhinestones. She snatched it off the rack and went back into her room to change.

Unlike other days, Letty dressed quickly, only taking more time to do her hair and put on her make-up. She straightened her hair, and left it out, then put on a glittery caramel lipstick, it almost blended with her skin, but it made her face glow. She put on glittery white eye shadow and a glittery powder on her cheeks. The powder matched her skin and only made her face glow more. Although all of her make-up was glittery, you could barely make it out, unless you looked really close.

After putting her black knee high boots on, she went downstairs to wait with the guys while the other girls got ready. Jennifer, Sandy, and Giovanni had all but moved in, but they did practically live there. And Jessie and Julie had taken a liking to each other, so she was well on her way to moving in too.

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Letty walked into the game room, to find the guys glued to a car racing game on the big screen. She cleared her throat, "Can I play?"

They turned around and Leon whistled, "Damn baby girl. You lookin' fine tonight. Dressed for anything special?" Leon started laughing, and Letty punched him. "Oww, that fuckin' hurt Let." Now it was Letty's turned to laugh, she walked over to where Dom was sitting and plopped down next to him.

She saw that he was hesitant to touch her, so she got closer to him. Dom took this as reassurance, and put an arm around her. "You look great," he purred into her ear.

"Thanks," she whispered back.

"DOM! Un-pause the game, we're tryin' to play here," Jessie said impatiently, comically ruining their moment. Dom gave Jessie the "death" look and Jessie stopped in his tracks. "Fine," he said indignantly, "I'm gonna go play with the pinball machine."

Dom and Letty got back to their moment and he kissed her, tenderly, softly, the kiss was brief. His wounds were still fresh and open, hurting too much to let her in all the way again. But she seemed satisfied, and they got back to playing the game, Letty taking Jessie's control.

They played for two hours, and the girls still hadn't come down. "Will you go get them baby girl?" Leon asked Letty.

"Ugh, why do I have to do it?"

"Cuz you're a girl, if we went up there, they would chase us away and take more time," Jessie reasoned.

"Fine," Letty consented. "S'not like it'll work anyway," she added muttering. Five minutes later, Letty came back into the room with only Jennifer behind her. "Mia's doin' some shit to Sandy's hair, she said she's almost done," she said shrugging.

Dom got up, and this was the cue for everyone else to get up, he walked into the parlor and screamed up the stairs. "Mia! Sandy! If you two aren't down here in five minutes we're leaving without you! We're gonna wait in the cars! I mean it, we are leaving in exactly five minutes, with or without you!"

Everyone went outside to their cars, and Mia and Sandy were out less than two minutes later. Dom had a satisfied smile on his face, he knew it would work, and it did.

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The race went by uneventfully, Dom won, as he always did, and they had a raging party afterwards. Most of the team went to bed early, because they had to go to the garage in the morning. Even though they opened late on Mondays, booze, and a little sleep did not make for a good day.  They had learned that the hard way, and they would not make the same mistake again.

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Priya didn't go to the party after the race, even though Dom favored her, the rest of the team hated her. She made a wise decision and went home, falling asleep quickly, knowing she was going to have a lot to do the next day.

She awoke the next morning to the annoying buzz of her alarm clock, it was nine in the morning. Quickly, she got up brushed her teeth and got dressed, then made her way to the phone, her big day had come.

"Hi, good you're home. Today." Priya said simply, then waited for answer.

"At twelve." She answered, then awaited a reply again.

"I'll be waiting," she said and hung up the phone. "Yep, today is going to be a great day indeed!"

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Well I know yall hate me right now, and yes I deserve it. But come back! I beg of you! The next chapter is going to be EX-PLO-SIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guarantee it! I love you all too much to do this again. I truly am sorry, I've been volunteering at the Salvation Army and I haven't had a whole lotta time to write. So I made an effort and finished this today. I thank you all for being so patient. And I promise to have the next chapter up TOMORROW. =)

-Zuleyka