You know…I don't even have an excuse for how awful I've been. I guess I can attribute it to CLS (Chronic Lazy Syndrome). Or I can blame the escaped muse, like most writers do. In any case, on with the story.

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She was awakened by a light rapping on the door of the room, Letty opened her eyes slowly and looked that way, she didn't sleep as deeply as she had two years before; an adaptation that was a result of Josh. She saw Mia and a great big smile broke out on her face, "Hey you," she whispered, not wanting to wake up Dom who was still fast asleep by her side. Letty motioned for Mia to come inside and sit down on the opposite side. When she did so Letty threw her arms open and hugged her tightly. "It's been so long…" she said, one hot tear making its way down her cheek.

"Too long," Mia replied softly, caressing Letty's long black hair and hugging her back just as tightly. "How are you feeling?"

"I don't know…physically: like shit; emotionally: ecstatic and yet confused."

Mia frowned, "Ecstatic and confused? What have I missed?"

Letty sighed and pulled back to look Mia in the face, "I'm pregnant Mi…"

Her confession caused Mia to grin and let out a huge squeal, "Oh my god!!! Pregnant? Pregnant? Oh my god!" After a couple more 'oh my gods' Mia suddenly quieted down and frowned again, "Wait…is it—"

"Of course it's his!" Letty exclaimed, causing Mia to start grinning again. Somehow through all the racket Dom managed to stay sleeping, but Letty looked down at him and lowered her voice again, not smiling any longer. "He asked me to marry him."

"And?!" Mia asked, not understanding why this would be a bad thing.

"I said no."

"But…why?"

She sighed again and shook her head, "I don't feel like going through it again," Letty was quick to change the subject, "Where are the others?"

Not really wanting to drop it, but knowing Letty wouldn't tell anything she didn't want to tell, Mia reluctantly complied, "They stayed at the house; they thought maybe if we all came together you'd be overwhelmed again."

"Oh," Letty replied shortly, teams of thoughts running through her brain and rendering her unable to say anything else.

There was a mind-numbing silence in the room for a couple of minutes until Mia started to get up, "Well, I guess I should be heading back," she said quietly and slipped out the door, closing it behind her, hearing a faint and unfocused 'bye' from Letty.

After the initial excitement of seeing each other once again had gone, a deep tenseness settled in its place. Mia was reminded of how sudden Letty's departure had been, and even though she knew it wasn't completely Letty's fault, she couldn't help but feel a little hostility, as did the rest of the team. Their quiet inability to fully forgive Letty for leaving; without even so much as a phone call over the two years that she had been gone, to let them know she was still alive; was the real reason they had not come.

Almost completely oblivious to the fact that Mia had really gone, Letty was snapped out of her daze by Dom sitting up and kissing her cheek. She jumped and he looked at her, concerned, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Then why'd you jump just now?"

"I was just thinking."

"About?"

"Everything." Over the past two years Letty had become an expert at changing the subject when questioning from someone had become too intense, and so she continued without letting Dom ask her anything else, "Mia was here, you know." Her voice was dull, as if Dom still didn't have her full attention.

"Oh…when?"

"She just left." Letty looked towards the door offhandedly, Dom was silent and she continued, "So, you guys bought a house up here…"

"Yeah," he answered and took her hand, "You sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine," Letty looked back at him, "I'm hungry."

Dom couldn't shake the feeling that Letty was less "fine" than she was letting on, especially considering her blank expression and tone of voice, but he decided to let it go…for now. "Okay, I'll go tell the nurse to bring you something to eat."

"Ugh, I don't want any of that nasty hospital food. You think you could go get me some Mickey D's?"

He was a little reluctant to leave her there alone, and the sudden change in character was not helping the nagging feeling that something was wrong. "I don't think you should be eating that with the—"

"Are you gonna get it or not?!" she snapped, cutting him off.

Okay, what the fuck is going on? Dom thought, staring at her with a startled look on his face. She'd just gone from fine, to dull, to dazed, and now to yelling in less than two minutes. Something was definitely going on, the only thing he could attribute it to was pregnancy mood swings…it was the only logical explanation, the only other option was that Letty was going insane, or maybe she was Bipolar.

"Hello? Dom?" she said, calm again, and waving her hand in his face.

"Yeah, sorry…" he started.

Letty's toned softened when she noticed the stricken look on his face, "Sorry I snapped at you, I don't know what got into me. But I'm really craving some fast food…"

"Well, she's not crazy at least," Dom muttered to himself.

"What?" Letty asked, thinking he was talking to her.

Dom shook his head and started to get up, "Oh, nothing, just talking to myself. What do you want?"

"Nuggets…and fries…and a vanilla smoothie…and one of those parfait things…" she said, obviously just beginning her list.

"How 'bout I buy one of everything?" he replied with a little laugh.

She smiled and rolled her eyes, "Ha ha, very funny. A Coke, one of those Caesar salads; see, I want some healthy stuff too," she added quickly, and then continued, "A bottle of water, and 3 sugar cookies. Oh, and on your way back stop at a BK and get me a Hershey's Sundae Pie."

His eyes were bugging out by the time she had finished, "Okay, now…please…care to share where the hell you're gonna put all that?" he said, motioning to her body.

"Phffft, you just get me the stuff, I'll worry about that when you get back here."

"Okay, whatever. I'll be back soon," he replied, grabbing his jacket and walking out of the room.

Letty laid back against the bed once she was alone again, and was about to fall asleep when the doctor knocked on her open door. She looked at him and forced a smile, she didn't like doctors, but he seemed nice enough, "Hi, come in."

He smiled back at her, "How are you feeling Mrs. Toretto?"

She was quick to correct him, "Oh, sorry, we were too stunned to correct you before but Dominic and I aren't married. It's just Ms. Rodriguez. Well…not even, just Letty."

"Alright…how are you feeling Ms. Rodriguez?"

"Letty."

"Right, Letty."

"I'm fine," she answered, shrugging her shoulders slightly. "My head hurts a little but I guess that can be expected. When can I leave?"

The doctor nodded, "Well, it seems like all your tests are in order, all the results have come back and things seem to be fine. I need to prescribe you some iron supplements and refer you to an OB-GYN for prenatal care. But I can do that all today and you can be released in a couple of hours if you'd like."

"Yes, that would be great." The doctor smiled again and walked out of her room, closing her door behind him. Letty sighed and closed her eyes, suddenly very tired         , things had gotten very crazy very fast and even though she had just woken up a few minutes before, it seemed like she needed a nap again. Her thoughts slowed and Letty drifted off into sleep, knowing Dom would be back when she awoke.

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More soon, and not ORP soon, I promise.

-Zuleyka