Bree had barely fallen asleep when the shouting coming from across the hall woke her. It took a second for her groggy mind to realize it was Dom and Letty. She listened to them arguing for a few moments before she decided to get up and intervene. She knew she had to squash whatever emotions she thought she had for Dom. She had to do the right thing and help straighten it out. It really bugged her when anyone she was around was fighting. She had always been that way, ever since she was little; her parents would end up arguing and it would drive her crazy.

She didn't know exactly was she was going to do but she was going to do something. Figuring she was okay in her oversized shirt and shorts, she left her room and padded quietly to Dom's, the yelling growing louder as she got closer. She didn't know whether she should knock or just walk in. Guessing that they wouldn't let her in if she knocked, she tapped on the door and quickly opened it. She found a fully clothed Letty standing in the middle of the room with her hands on her hips. Dom was standing to the side of her with only his pants on.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Letty yelled before Bree had a chance to say anything. "Come in here to rub it in my face?" She asked with a sneer.

"Letty, I thought we had already talked this over. I came in here because you're screaming that Dom's cheating on you with me when we both know that's bullshit. You and I had a talk just this morning. Why the hell do you still think I'm sleeping with Dom?" Bree asked, her anger making her voice sharp.

"Excuse me, I don't know you so let me not apologize for not believing you." Letty said, attitude coloring her words.

"So you're telling me that you were pretending this morning?" Bree asked with raised eyebrows.

"No, but-" Letty started to argue but Bree cut her off.

"There are no buts Letty. I explained to you everything. How my boyfriend cheated on me with my best friend. It's not something you just get over and forget about in a day. You really think that after the crap that I'm going through, I would turn around and start sleeping with someone else's boyfriend? Do you really think that I would do that when I know how it feel to be betrayed?" Bree said, her voice was calm but you could hear and feel the rage behind it. Dom stood silently and watched as Letty's hard expression softened.

"I didn't…I mean… I didn't think about it like that. I…" Letty watched as the tears that had accumulated in Bree's started to waver.

"I know that I might not be the best person and I know I make mistakes, but that will be something I would never do." Bree said before turning and leaving. They heard her door close with a soft click.

Letty turned to look at Dom. His expression was unreadable as always but it seemed more distant than usual.

"Dom…" Letty started but stopped when Dom shook his head.

"It's my turn. I think we should take a break." He said after a pause, his conversation with Bree echoing in his mind.

"What?" Letty asked, shock written on her face.

"I think we should break up, for a while." Dom said again, more to convince himself of it than out of need of repeating it to Letty.

"I can't believe…why?" She asked as suspicion filled her eyes and Dom resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

"Because…" He stopped, trying to grasp the words he wanted to say. This was the first time he was the one to say they need a break; usually it was Letty who did this. "Because I need to figure some things out."

"You need to figure some things out?" She asked in disbelief.

"Yeah." He said, knowing it probably sounded as corny as he though; but it was true, there were some things he needed to figure out. He needed to know how he truly felt about Letty and what this thing with Bree might be. She was a lot different than Letty and he couldn't help but feel drawn to her. She brought out his instinct in him to just gather her in his arms and protect her from everything and he liked that feeling. With Letty he didn't have to be that was because she tough and didn't want anyone's help. He was always confused with Letty, when he felt like protecting her, she didn't want it and when he didn't help her, she complained about it.

"So that's it, we are just breaking up because you need to 'figure things out'?" Letty asked with a glare.

"That and how are we suppose to be together when you don't trust me." Dom said, sadness evident in his eyes and voice.

"I wonder why?" Letty snapped back cynically, her voice full of scorn.

Dom took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He needed to do this. Opening them again, he took another deep breath before saying, "And, I think that you owe Bree an apology."

Letty's eyes might have fallen out of their socket if they could have gone any wider. She couldn't believe him. She really wanted to hit him. She knew he was right and that just pissed her off even more. Letty out a frustrated growl, she began to pick up the few items she had in his room. For as long as they had been together, she didn't know why she had never moved her stuff into his room but was grateful for it at the moment.

Dom watched as Letty packed. Once she left his room, he flopped down on the bed with an exhausted sigh. It had taken everything in him not to just grab her and make up with her. He knew it would have been easy. She had just stood there in shock, her brown eyes showing the pain she would never voice. Sure, they could have made up, but then what would have happened the next week, or month: the same crap that had just happened, and he was sick of it.

After pulling off his pants, he climbed underneath the blankets, turning off the lamp. He stared at the ceiling as his eyes began to adjust to the darkness. His last thought was hoping that Bree was okay before sleep overcame him.

Bree woke up the next morning feeling like crap. Her eyes were puffy from crying and her chest still ached from holding and muffling her sobs. She took a quick shower and that made her feel a little bit better. Dressing in an old pair of sweats and a shirt, she went downstairs and sat down on the couch next to Vince, who was the only one up.

"Hey." He said his voice low. His hair was a mess and his disheveled look led her to believe he had just woken up and thrown some clothes on.

"Hey." She said in an equally quiet voice. She stared at the TV but didn't really watch it, the events of the night before replaying in her mind. Vince didn't try to talk to her as if he sensed her need to think. She combed her fingers through the wet hair that lay on her shoulder as she thought. She was still mad at Letty. After their talk yesterday, she thought that they had come to an understanding but last night proved that wrong. She didn't know what was up with Dom since he hadn't said one word last night. Her mind chose then to remember what Dom had said to her before going into the bathroom and her cheeks flushed slightly at the thought of Dom watching her dance.

Vince sensed her need for a distraction and started to talk.

"So you get any sleep last night?"

"Some. How 'bout you?" She asked looking over at him.

"Same here." He said turning his blue eyes towards her.

"You hungry?" She asked trying to figure out something to keep her occupied.

"Yeah, why you willing to make something?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Sure." She said getting up and heading to the kitchen. Making breakfast kept her busy for a while and she had just set everything on the table when Vince, Leon, Jesse, Brian and Dom came flooding into the kitchen.

"Sure smells good." Leon said grabbing a plate and sitting down. They all piled food on their plate and sat down, all thanking Bree through a mouth full of food. Bree grabbed a plate, served herself a small portion, and sat down at the end of the table. Mia came in a little bit afterwards, thanking her for making breakfast. They all started eating again when Letty came in. Vince noticed the angry look that came to Bree's face and everything clicked into place. He had heard a third voice last night and thought I had been Mia but it was Bree's. He then knew that Letty had been accusing Dom of sleeping with Bree.

Everyone must have felt the tension that formed when Letty entered the room and the talking ceased. Dom looked strained and Bree just looked pissed. Mia, being very observant, also noticed the change in Bree and Dom and figured out what was going on. Letty couldn't really care what was going on and grabbed a plate of food and sat down.

"Mmm, this is good Mia." Letty said trying to get everyone to talk.

"Thanks but Bree made it." Mia said quietly. The food in Letty mouth refused to taste bad, but she still pushed the plate away, and put a sour expression on her face. Bree looked at Letty, anger at her pushing at the surface. She abruptly stood up and banged out the back door and to the shed before anyone could say anything.

A pleased look came over Letty face and everyone stared at her. Dom made a move to get up but Vince shook his head at him before getting up himself and heading out after Bree. Dom understood that if he went after Bree it could just make it worse and sat back down. Mia gave his hand a squeeze underneath the table and gave him a comforting smile. Dom gave her a grim smile before everyone started eating in silence. Letty was pissed at the face that no one was glad she had managed to get rid of Bree and was even more pissed that Vince went after her.

Vince saw the shed door bang shut and entered. It was dim but he could see Bree giving the punching bag her all, her grunts of effort echoing in the room. Her actions sped up and Vince edged slowly towards her. As he got closer, her realized her grunts were a mix of force and words.

"Stupid (punch) Letty (punch)." She said giving the bag a final punch, making the bag's hook groan under its strain from swinging.

"Easy there tiger." Vince said. Bree turned her eyes towards him, raw with anger. Vince held his hands up in surrender. "Hey, I just came to see if you're okay." Bree let out a breath, knowing that there wasn't a reason to get upset with Vince. The only person to be mad at was still inside the house.

"I know." She said, her chest heaving from exertion.

"You okay?" He asked cautiously.

"I have to be." She said emotionless.

"Did you really have to do that?" Leon asked setting his fork down. Vince had told them all what was up with Bree and they all shared sympathy for her. Bree was trying to help by making breakfast and Letty had been nothing but rude. It was true that they didn't know Bree well but she hadn't been anything but nice while she had been at the house.

"You're mad?" Letty asked.

"I think everyone here is somewhat mad. What the heck did she do to you to deserve that?" Leon asked.

"How about being a complete bitch?" Letty said with a sneer.

"I don't think anyone is being a bitch here but you Letty." Leon said standing up. Letty copied him and stood up too, knocking her chair down.

"How about you say that to my face?" She asked aggressively.

"I just did." Leon ground out.

"Whoa, you two need to calm down and sit down." Mia said getting up. Leon sat down, everyone shocked at the aggressiveness he had just shown, it was unusual for him to get like that. Mia came around and tried to get Letty to sit. Letty pushed her back and managed to knock her against the counter, and Mia banged her head against the ledge. Brian automatically went to Mia and Dom stood up. Letty stood in horror at the knocked out Mia.

"Get the hell out of my house." Dom said through gritted teeth. Letty could feel the tears pulling at her and looked up at Dom in fear. She saw his anything but calm look and took off out the door. The door opened again and Dom, thinking it was Letty, turned back to it ready to yell. He calmed down when he saw it was Vince with a reluctant Bree behind him. Bree took one look at Mia and came running forward.

"Oh my god." Bree said kneeling down next to Mia's limp body. Brian already had an icepack on her head and was trying to wake her.

"Mia, Mia, come on baby, wake up." He said shaking her lightly. Mia's eyes slowly fluttered open and she groaned.

"Ow, my head." She said grimacing from the pain.

"Mia, look at me." Brian said. Mia opened her eyes and focused on his face. Her eyes weren't dilated so he knew she didn't have a concussion. He checked her out though and was satisfied that she was okay.

"I'm okay, let me get up." She said trying to get up. Dizziness came over her, making her sway and Brian caught her.

"You sure she's okay?" Dom asked eyeing Mia warily.

"Yeah. I'm going to move her to the couch." Brian said as he cradled an arm around her back and her knees. Dom held open the door for them and the trio disappeared into the living room.

Bree sat in a boneless pile on the floor, guilt filling her. The three remaining guys looked down at her and could tell she was feeling bad.

"It's not your fault." Leon said coming over to her.

"How is it not my fault? If I hadn't come here, there wouldn't have been a problem and Letty would have never pushed Mia." Bree said her voice sounding small even to her.

"Hey, it is not your fault." Jesse said sitting down next to her.

"Thanks for saying it but I think it would just be best if I packed my stuff and left." Bree said getting up. The guys voiced their protests but were helpless to stop her, knowing they couldn't exactly keep her here. Bree crept through the hall and up the stairs to her room. She began to pick up her stuff and pack it in the bags she had. She had one bag packed of clothes when Dom stormed in the room.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"I'm packing my stuff, what does it look like." Bree said continuing to pack.

"Why?"

"Dom, you know why. I can't be here; I just cause trouble, just like I always have. I'm not going to stay around so Mia can get hurt and everyone can get into fights." Bree said exasperated.

"No one is asking you to leave." Dom said his voice sounding almost frantic.

"I know that." She said still stuffing the bag with her stuff.

"Please don't." He said as she started on another bag.

"Why?" She asked as she spun around and looked at him.

"You already have a part of the rent paid. Plus, where would you go?" He said as he crossed his arms.

"I don't know, somewhere. I shouldn't be here and you know that." Bree said with her hands on her hips.

"Who said you shouldn't be here? You're going to let Letty knock you down? If you leave, you let her win." Dom said, his voice strong. Bree just stared at him; he did have a point. She wasn't one to quit and there was no way in hell she was going to let Letty beat her. Bree let out a defeated sigh and rubbed a hand down her face. Dom crossed his arms over his chest and stared her down. "So what's it going to be: are you going to stay or you going to leave?"

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