There's No "I" in TEAM
Summary: How the team came to be-the past and all that shit, how I want it or think it was.
Rating: Will vary from chapter to chapter but mainly PG-13
Disclaimers: I own nothing except Letty's best friend, Adrian Cortez, her father, Mikhael Rodriguez, her mother, Lena Rodriguez and her adoptive parents, Jake and Ande McCune(that is my Best Friend's last name so don't you DARE say it's stupid or desperate measures will be taken!)
Chapter Two-Loss
Nine months-and many chocolate cravings later-Leila gave birth to Mia Annette Torretto on July 17, 1980. Mia, while being a few ounces underweight, was perfectly healthy and giggled as the nurse showed her to Tony through the window.
Leila, however, was another case.
FLASHBACK
Tony grinned from ear to ear as the nurse held Mia up to the window and she looked at him. Her toothless gums showed as she broke into a grin and her eyes lit up. Tony was so preoccupied with Mia that he'd almost forgotten about his wife.
"Mr. Torretto?"
"Yes?" he asked, not taking his eyes off Mia.
"Mr. Torretto this is a matter of complete seriousness. I must ask you to step away from your daughter for a moment." the doctor said monotonously, as if he'd done it a million times before. Tony looked away from Mia and followed the doctor down the hall, wondering what could've happened. The doctor stopped abruptly and turned to him.
"Mr. Torretto-"
"Tony, please."
"Tony-I'm sorry to say that, though Mia is alive and well, your wife is in critical condition from loss of blood."
"What?" Tony asked quietly.
"She's a hemophiliac, Mr. Torretto. When she gave birth to Mia, her uterus ripped, causing extreme loss of blood. Put that with excessive effort and...Mr. Torretto, your wife is in Intensive Care on the Fourth Floor. She's in room 413-I suggest you go upstairs and bid your wife farewell, Mr. Torretto. She's not going to last the night, sir. I'm sorry-for you and your family." the doctor said, nodding and walking away to give another young woman the news that her mother had died of cancer.
Tony walked slowly down to the nursery window and watched Mia sleep for a few moments before walking listlessly to the elevator and pressing the button.
'What am I gonna tell Dom? She's his world.' Tony thought to himself, 'And what about Mia? She's never gonna know her mother. And Lena and Mikhael and Letty. And what about-'
The elevator dinged and Tony was knocked out of his line of thought. He got on the elevator, pressing 4, and waited. He studied his appearence in the silver doors until they opened and he got off the elevator, wandering the halls until he found room 413 and knocked. No one answered so he opened the door silently and walked in. His heart smashed into a million pieces when he saw Leila hooked up to many machines. He dragged a chair to the bedside and sat, looking at her for what seemed like forever. He reached out and slipped Leila's fragile, pale hand into his, stroking the back of her hand. He put her hand to his lips and kissed the back, resuming stroking it, and sighed.
"Leila...I..." he spoke brokenly, "I love you so much, sweetheart. Mia's beautiful-just like her mother-and I'm grateful for both of them."
A tear streaked down his cheek slowly.
"I'll try to teach them the right way to live-get their priorities right the first time-make you proud of them...I don't know how Dominic's going to take this at all-you were always good at telling him things-you made sense...I just...don't know how to...I love you, Leila Natalia Torretto. Rest in peace, love." he finished, resting his head on his hands on the bed and drifting to unrestful and troubled sleep.
The next morning....
"Mr. Torretto." said a soft voice. Tony ignored it, thinking it was Leila.
"Mr. Torretto, please wake up. Your wife is dead, sir." said the voice and Tony's eyes snapped open and his head shot up. "I'm sorry I had to wake you like this, sir. It's just..." the nurse said nervously, "I thought you'd want to know..." she whispered.
Tony broke down crying in front of the nurse, who bent down next to him.
"I'm sorry about your wife, sir..." she whispered, "But you have a brand new baby girl to love."
"Well, why can't I have both?" he asked on a whim.
"Sometimes..." the nurse began, hesitating, "Sometimes in order to recieve one gift you must give another. In truth, sir, you still have both wife and child-watch her as she grows and you'll see."
END FLASHBACK
Summary: How the team came to be-the past and all that shit, how I want it or think it was.
Rating: Will vary from chapter to chapter but mainly PG-13
Disclaimers: I own nothing except Letty's best friend, Adrian Cortez, her father, Mikhael Rodriguez, her mother, Lena Rodriguez and her adoptive parents, Jake and Ande McCune(that is my Best Friend's last name so don't you DARE say it's stupid or desperate measures will be taken!)
Chapter Two-Loss
Nine months-and many chocolate cravings later-Leila gave birth to Mia Annette Torretto on July 17, 1980. Mia, while being a few ounces underweight, was perfectly healthy and giggled as the nurse showed her to Tony through the window.
Leila, however, was another case.
FLASHBACK
Tony grinned from ear to ear as the nurse held Mia up to the window and she looked at him. Her toothless gums showed as she broke into a grin and her eyes lit up. Tony was so preoccupied with Mia that he'd almost forgotten about his wife.
"Mr. Torretto?"
"Yes?" he asked, not taking his eyes off Mia.
"Mr. Torretto this is a matter of complete seriousness. I must ask you to step away from your daughter for a moment." the doctor said monotonously, as if he'd done it a million times before. Tony looked away from Mia and followed the doctor down the hall, wondering what could've happened. The doctor stopped abruptly and turned to him.
"Mr. Torretto-"
"Tony, please."
"Tony-I'm sorry to say that, though Mia is alive and well, your wife is in critical condition from loss of blood."
"What?" Tony asked quietly.
"She's a hemophiliac, Mr. Torretto. When she gave birth to Mia, her uterus ripped, causing extreme loss of blood. Put that with excessive effort and...Mr. Torretto, your wife is in Intensive Care on the Fourth Floor. She's in room 413-I suggest you go upstairs and bid your wife farewell, Mr. Torretto. She's not going to last the night, sir. I'm sorry-for you and your family." the doctor said, nodding and walking away to give another young woman the news that her mother had died of cancer.
Tony walked slowly down to the nursery window and watched Mia sleep for a few moments before walking listlessly to the elevator and pressing the button.
'What am I gonna tell Dom? She's his world.' Tony thought to himself, 'And what about Mia? She's never gonna know her mother. And Lena and Mikhael and Letty. And what about-'
The elevator dinged and Tony was knocked out of his line of thought. He got on the elevator, pressing 4, and waited. He studied his appearence in the silver doors until they opened and he got off the elevator, wandering the halls until he found room 413 and knocked. No one answered so he opened the door silently and walked in. His heart smashed into a million pieces when he saw Leila hooked up to many machines. He dragged a chair to the bedside and sat, looking at her for what seemed like forever. He reached out and slipped Leila's fragile, pale hand into his, stroking the back of her hand. He put her hand to his lips and kissed the back, resuming stroking it, and sighed.
"Leila...I..." he spoke brokenly, "I love you so much, sweetheart. Mia's beautiful-just like her mother-and I'm grateful for both of them."
A tear streaked down his cheek slowly.
"I'll try to teach them the right way to live-get their priorities right the first time-make you proud of them...I don't know how Dominic's going to take this at all-you were always good at telling him things-you made sense...I just...don't know how to...I love you, Leila Natalia Torretto. Rest in peace, love." he finished, resting his head on his hands on the bed and drifting to unrestful and troubled sleep.
The next morning....
"Mr. Torretto." said a soft voice. Tony ignored it, thinking it was Leila.
"Mr. Torretto, please wake up. Your wife is dead, sir." said the voice and Tony's eyes snapped open and his head shot up. "I'm sorry I had to wake you like this, sir. It's just..." the nurse said nervously, "I thought you'd want to know..." she whispered.
Tony broke down crying in front of the nurse, who bent down next to him.
"I'm sorry about your wife, sir..." she whispered, "But you have a brand new baby girl to love."
"Well, why can't I have both?" he asked on a whim.
"Sometimes..." the nurse began, hesitating, "Sometimes in order to recieve one gift you must give another. In truth, sir, you still have both wife and child-watch her as she grows and you'll see."
END FLASHBACK
