The next couple years flew by Letty swiftly. Her time was well spent at the garage and with the Torettos at their house. She constantly followed Dom around and was pushed away as he regarded her as just another little girl who was a friend of Mia's. A few days after her fourteenth birthday a tragedy befell the family. Ray died in a car wreck at the races when he was bumped by a guy in his own car. As if the wreck was a calling to trouble Dominic met the guy who caused his father's death in the garage and nearly beat him to death with a wrench. He was sentenced to Lompoc for two years, leaving Vince to watch over the girls. The two years he was gone was hard on them all as they struggled to cope with both Ray's death and Dom's absence. Letty's sixteenth birthday came and went and still Dom wasn't home.

Letty was currently working in the garage tuning up an old mustang when Vince entered followed by two other boys. The first boy was medium height with brown hair with redish high lights in it, he was wearing a white wife beater and jeans that hung low on his hips. His skin was slightly browned from working outside and he walked with a swagger. The next boy was smaller than the first and he was pale. He was wearing a beanie on his head and a black wife beater with low slung jeans as well. His blue eyes stood out to Letty brightly as he saw her under the car.

"Hey Letty, come meet your new coworkers." Vince ordered her even as he grabbed her ankle and yanked her out from under the car she was working on. Swatting at his hand she stood up and shook both the guy's hands.

"Hey." She greeted them while wiping the grease off her hands.

"Names Leon." The first guy introduced himself to her. The second guy shied away and started looking at the car she was working on. "And the little dude is Jesse." His gravelly voice was pleasant in Letty's ears but reminded her of Dom's deep voice.

"I'm not little Lee." Jesse spoke for the first time as he rose from the engine he was looking at. "I'm vertically challenged." A broad grin spread across his face and Letty found it infectious.

"Whateva little man." Leon said as he rubbed his hand over Jesse's beanie covered head. Jesse shot Leon a nasty look before readjusting his beanie letting Letty see a glimpse of dirty blonde hair.

"So you guys are gonna work here now?" Letty asked as she leaned against a nearby car. Leon eyed her body like she was a piece of meat before nodding his head.

"Yeah, I'll be happy to work with such a pretty girl." Leon's gaze was half lidded as he undressed her with his eyes. Vince saw his gaze and stepped next to Letty protectively. Letty smirked and pushed Vince lightly on the shoulder as if she was agitated. Strolling over to Leon with a smirk on her face she got up close to his face.

"And I'll be happy to beat the crap outa ya if ya try anything stupid." She whispered in his ear before walking out of the garage and starting on her way back to their house. Part way to the house she heard footsteps behind her and she sped up slightly. When she felt the heavy hand on her shoulder she spun around and landed a right hook into her follower's jaw. He stumbled back from her punch and she turned to run. When she was several lopes away she heard the deep voice that had haunted her for the last two years.

"Letty, babe, wait up!" His voice was like music to her ears and Letty stopped running abrubtly to turn around and look at him. Seeing Dom standing several yards behind her with a bloody lip she couldn't believe it. She walked towards him now, needing to touch him to see if he was real she placed a hand on his cheek and cradled his bloody lip with her thumb.

"Dom?" She whispered as she wiped the blood away. Tears flooded her eyes and blurred her eye sight. "Oh my God, Dom!" She exclaimed before throwing herself into his arms. Wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist Dom lifted her up in a bear hug. Still unbelieving of his presence Letty kissed him all over his face, avoiding his lips. Dom halted her kisses with a hand on her cheek. She stilled and stared into his chocolate brown eyes with her own brown ones.

"I missed you so much Leticia." He said before pulling her tighter into his arms. They stood together in eachother's embrace for several minutes before Dom let her down. He didn't let her go though, instead he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and walked with her back to the garage where she had walked away from. As they stepped into the garage the once loud chatter about cars stopped and they stood together in silence as Vince gawked at Dom.

"Dom!" Vince yelled in surprise before launching himself at his best friend. They embraced eachother tightly and just stood together just happy to be reunited again. After a while they pulled apart and just stared at eachother in disbelief. "Dang Dom, you look great! What didja do? Pump iron behind bars?" Vince smirked and Dom nodded his affirmative. Not wanting to be apart from Dom any longer Letty went back into Dom's arms and he pulled her back into a hug.

"Leon, Jesse I wantcha ta meet my best bud Dominic." Vince said as he pushed the guys towards Dom. He shook both their hands in greeting as he inspected them. "Dom, Leon and Jesse are workin' here now." Vince said it in more of a questionary tone to see if Dom would approve. He eyed them up a bit longer making Jesse squirm uncomfortably before nodding.

"Aight." He said in his deep voice. "Now I wanna go back to the house, I need ta see my baby sis again."

"She's at the store right now Dom, she's workin' it now." Dom cocked an eyebrow at Vince's statement.

"My babysister is workin' the store V? Does she have somebody there with her?" His tone was accusatory as he stared at Vince.

"She's been workin' the store for a year now Dom, she's got it handled." Dom looked doubtful even if Vince had faith in Mia. "Yeah, you'll see."

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The whole way to the store Dom held Letty under his arm. She wasn't complaining though, she was quite happy for him to hold her. It had been her dream for a long time to just be held by Dominic. When they arrived at the store Mia wasn't in sight and there was a sign on the counter that said, 'Be right back.' They waited patiently on the seats for Mia to return. When she exited the bathroom she was tying her hair back into a ponytail but she stopped when she saw Dom sitting at the counter.

"Dom!" She yelled as she ran to him. Dom grabbed her and pulled her tightly into his arms. He stood up and spun her around. He'd never looked so happy before, Letty stared at the embracing siblings with a smile on her face. When they finally released eachother Mia had tears in her eyes and she was staring lovingly at her brother. "I can't believe your finally home." She whispered as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I missed you Mia." He said as he kissed her gently on the forehead. Letty noticed Jesse and Leon squirming uncomfortably at the public emotion being shown by the family and she smirked.

"You should've known they'd be attached like this when he first mentioned going to see his sister." Her smart mouthed comment made Leon glare at her while Jesse just started looking around the store.

"Dom c'mon! I wanna show you the back room!" Mia's excitement was bleeding off on her brother and Letty chuckled as Dom was led into the back with a broad smile on his face. The group followed the siblings and watched as Mia showed her brother all the changes in the store that she had made while he was gone. "I just knew you'd like the little porch since I know how much you like to be able to keep an eye on me and now you can whenever you want!" Mia was talking a mile a minute and Dom chuckled.

"It's great Mia." He praised his younger sister as he hugged her again. Mia sighed happily in her older brother's arms as he held her. As a group they started walking back towards the house with Mia on Dom's left and Letty on his right. He held them both under his arms and he would occasionaly hug Letty tightly or give Mia a kiss on the cheek or forehead. Both the girls cuddled into his arms as they made their way back to the house. As they neared the house Letty looked across the street to her old house and gasped. Her brothers were home, and something was clearly not right. Her brother's Diego and Roberto were in the yard beating the crap out've several girls from the neighborhood. Dom stopped in his tracks when he heard both Letty's gasp and the girl's screams.

"Oh my God." Mia whispered as she gazed at the sight before her.

"C'mon." Dom ordered the guys as Mia and Letty followed behind in their wake. Vince walked at Dom's right with Leon on the left while Jesse stayed back with the girls. His size would be a disadvantage and they all knew it. "Watch and learn Leon." Dom ordered him as he and Vince stalked up to the siblings.

"Well lookie here, the little boy's returned from Lompoc." Diego, the eldest brother said sarcastically. The younger of the two Roberto chuckled at his brother's comment. Both the boys released the girls and they staggered away bleeding and bruised.

"What did those girl's do to deserve such treatment?" Dominic asked, anger laced his words as he adressed them.

"They wouldn't sleep with us, so we made them." When Diego admitted to raping the girls Leon's eyes widened to the size of saucers.

"You raped those girls!" Leon asked angrily.

"Yep, had a great time too, they won't deny us anymore." Roberto said in affirmation.

"They've learned their lesson." Diego said with a smug look on his face. Dom didn't waste anymore time and punched Diego as hard as he could sending the older boy to the ground. Dom leapt onto the boy and started pounding his face in, blood was everywhere from the brutality. Roberto tried to stop Dom but Vince punched him away from his best friend. The fight was brutal and Leon could only stand next to the fighting people with his mouth hanging wide open.

"C'mon Leon, they've got it handled." Letty said as she walked over to him and pushed him away from the scene. "Dom, Vince, enough!" She commanded them as she pulled Dom away from her brothers. The fighting stopped and Dom and Vince rose from her brothers with bloodied fists.

"Hello Letty, come to join the girls?" Her older brother Diego asked. She glared at him before punching him so hard in the stomach that he buckled over and fell to the floor.

"Sure, my numbers 1 800 You Wish." To emphasize her point Letty kicked him hard in the balls before walking back across the street with Dom and Vince. Mia was staring at her with surprise written clearly on her face.

"Wow, Letty... wow." The girl was baffled and gave Letty a half smile.

"Thank you." She said before Dom pulled her into a tight hug.

"Nice job Let." He whispered in her ear so that only she could hear him. His deep voice made his chest rumble pleasantly against her back as he held her. "How 'bout we go celebrate your victory later hm?" Letty was at a lack of words after Dom's last sentence and she meekly nodded her head as her throat went dry. He pulled away then and the boys followed him into the living room so they could play ps2.

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Mia and Letty were washing the dishes after dinner since Letty wanted to help for once with the chores. They were talking mainly about the events earlier and Dom's homecoming but Letty's thoughts were far away from the subject.

"So you and Dom got somethin' goin' on now?" Mia's question caught Letty off guard and she gaped at her friend stupidly for a moment.

"Me and Dom?" She asked stumbling over her words slightly. "I'm really not sure." She said before remembering the whispered words in her ear earlier. "Well, maybe I am." She hadn't realized that she had said it out loud until Mia turned her towards her.

"Alright girl, spill." Mia commanded as she pushed her down into one of the chairs. Letty was surprised at how forward Mia was but remained strong.

"What goes on between me and your brother stays in between us." She said with her chin up high.

"Oh please, I can tell that you're bursting with information and besides he's my brother for God's sakes." Mia said with a smirk on her face. Letty gave up then and told Mia everything, from her crush on Dom to his whispered words earlier.

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(A/N) Well that chapter was definately fun to write! Hope yall liked it, don't forget to review and don't flame please. I'm down on my knees begging you NOT to flame. -Sabeybaby