Summary: Before TFATF. Before the racing, the heists, and the hype. This is the story of the team, and how they became the team they ended up as. This is the story of the blossoming relationship between Letty and Dominic, the friendship between everyone, the introduction of Jesse, Leon, and Vince.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters… but if I did I wouldn't be writing a story, I'd be living it. Hehe.
Author's Note: I am aware that it clearly states in the movie that Vince and Dom have been friends since the third grade, but are you aware this is my story? P I'm just writing what I want to, and how I want to. Don't nitpick the things that don't agree with the movie because if everything was the same as it is in the movie, it'd be like reading the script. ;-) Constructive criticism is nice when it comes down to my writing, but not about what doesn't go along with the movie. Thanks for the reviews though.
Chapter Three. Happy Birthday.
The car containing Dominic and Letty lead the pack, followed by Mia's, Jesse's, Vince's, Leon's and over thirty other cars, to Letty's house. They arrived at about 10 o'clock and people were already there, as the music was blaring and the lights were all on. Dominic parked in the driveway and walked around the car to open Letty's door. The two stood on the porch as everyone gathered around. "I have one thing to ask of you all," Dominic said to the crowd. "Respect the people, and respect the house." Everyone nodded their heads and Dominic grinned. "Let's get this party started – shall we?" he said as everyone cheered and followed Dominic and Letty into the house.
The beer and liquor was flowing freely throughout the rooms of the house. "Anything you want," Letty whispered into Dom's ear as she stood on her tiptoes and kissed at his neck. "You name it – you got it."
Dom smiled at her and licked her lip before kissing her mouth sweetly. "I want you. Now."
Letty pulled away from Dom and put a few feet of distance in between them. "That… well, you're just going to have to wait a little while for that one," she said as she sauntered away into the kitchen.
Dominic looked at a man seated in a plush black chair in front of the glass table and television. He looked at him and shook his head with a slight laugh. The guy jumped up and moved, offering Dom the seat he'd just been sitting on. Dominic took the seat without hesitation as Letty came back holding two open Coronas. "Wow, thanks baby," he said as took a long, hard swig. Letty sat on his lap, straddling and facing him, and took a swig of her own.
"You did well tonight, baby," Letty whispered as she moved her face away as Dominic tried to kiss her.
"Thanks," he smiled. "I think that deserves a kiss though," he said as he moved in for a kiss again. Once again, Letty moved her face away from the line of his attempted kiss. Dominic looked completely and utterly confused and just all out annoyed. "The fuck, Letty?"
Letty grinned wickedly and she clicked her tongue. "The more I frustrate you right now – the more you'll have to get it out later," she whispered into his ear as she flicked her tongue across it.
"Why's it gotta be later, why not now?" he said with even more frustration becoming apparent in his tone of voice.
"Because… there are still a few more surprises to come," Letty said as she kissed Dom's forehead and got off his lap. She smiled as she walked away and disappeared into the sea of dancing bodies.
"Damn that woman," Dominic mumbled as he chugged the rest of his beer.
Jesse walked over to Dominic with four beers in his hands. He handed two to Dom, one opened – one unopened, as he swigged his half empty bottle of Corona. He sat down on the couch next to Dom's chair. "Quite the victory party you've got going on here."
"Yeah, not my doing though. My woman sure knows how to throw me a victory slash birthday party, regardless of how frustrating and aggravating she is – she sure can throw one hell of a party," Dominic said as he took a long hard swig of the new beer Jesse had brought him.
"Birthday? How old are you… twenty one, twenty two?" Jesse asked.
Dominic laughed a deep and hearty laugh. "Eighteen," he replied as he swallowed the rest of the beer in one gulp.
Jesse started choking on his own beer and wiped his mouth as he looked at Dom. "You're shittin me."
"I shit you not," Dominic replied with another laugh. "Come 'round the store Monday. We'll have us a couple of beers, a nice lunch, and we'll talk about business."
Jesse nodded. "First we party… then we'll eat, then we'll do business. I like how you work, Mr. Toretto."
"Please, call me Dom. Mr. Toretto is only for those on my shit list," Dom said as he and Jesse shared a secret smile.
Mia walked over and sat down next to Jesse as she sipped on her first beer all night, and it was now nearing half past eleven. "Hi Jesse," Mia said with a flirty and playful smile. "I see you've met my brother."
"Hi Mia," Jesse said with a hint of flirtation behind his voice… and then realized that it was Dom's sister and eyed the two cautiously. "Yeah, I guess I have."
"How old are you, Jesse?" Dominic asked him as he eyed the slight blush spreading across Jesse's face.
"I just turned seventeen. Leon is twenty one, and Vince is twenty," he replied uneasily.
"According to that grin spreading across your face, you've got a little bit of a crush on my kid sister. Keep your hands off her and you'll be just fine," Dom said, and then grumbled the last part.
"Oh, Dom, stop it," Mia giggled – already light headed off her one beer.
"Mia, lay off the Corona, ok? I…" Dom's sentence was interrupted by the singing coming from in front of him. He looked up to see Letty carrying a huge cake with 18 candles and everyone singing happy birthday. A wide, but embarrassed, smile crossed Dom's face.
Letty put the cake on the table in front of him. "Blow," she mouthed seductively and grinned.
Dominic sat there for a minute smiling, and then blew out the candles. Everyone applauded and clapped him on the back. "Happy birthday, old man," Mia said as she kissed her older brother lovingly on the cheek.
After a few minutes of munching on a piece of cake, Dominic excused himself to find Letty. After searching the entire party, he went upstairs. "Letty?" he called into the bathroom. No answer. He walked to her bedroom, where he'd been many times before throughout the course of their friendship. "Letty?" he said as he knocked on the door lightly. The door creaked open, and what a sight Dom was greeted with.
The room was dimly lit by candles scattered about the room. There was a sheer red cloth covering the lamp – which set the mood of the room perfectly with a soft red glow. Letty lay on the bed with red satin sheets rolled down to her feet. She was dressed simply in red panties, a red bra, with a sheer white lace robe wrapped around her.
The minute she saw Dom, she smiled and her chest heaved up and down with her increased breaths due to her growing anticipation of what they both knew was to come. Dominic took a minute to burn this moment into his mind. "Happy birthday, baby," Letty said as she smiled at Dominic standing at the door.
Dominic closed the door and locked it as he walked into the room. He slipped his shoes off as he climbed onto the bed and hovered over her. "Thank you," he whispered as he kissed her softly. "You are gorgeous, Leticia," he growled as he ran his fingertips down the length of her stomach.
Letty smiled and arched her body up to meet Dom's and pull it closer to her own. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down on top of her. They began kissing passionately as Dominic rubbed his crotch into Letty's. A gentle moan escaped from her lips as Dom kissed down the length of her neck, down her half covered chest, then down her bare stomach, as Letty cooed.
"Baby," Dominic said in between kisses. "Baby," he said more aggressively and ceased the kissing. He looked into Letty's eyes as she looked at him, obviously puzzled. "Are you sure?" he asked softly. "I mean… it's your first time, do you really want it to be me?"
Letty ran her hand down Dom's cheek and smiled. "Why wouldn't I be sure? And of course I want it to be with you, Dom."
"Well, we're not even dating," Dominic said as he rolled off of Letty and lay to the side of her. He propped himself up on his elbow and looked at her face, still caressing her stomach with his other hand. "I was going to ask you tonight, ya know, if you'd be my girlfriend – but I didn't want you to think it was to try to get in your pants. I want to be with you because…" Dom paused and looked down at the sheets and breathed in deeply. As soon as he exhaled he looked Letty straight into her eyes once again. "Because I love you."
A tear rolled down Letty's cheek and a gasp escaped from between her lips as she heard the words she had desired to hear for so long come from his mouth. Dominic raised his hand to her face and wiped the stray tear with the fingertip of his thumb. He cupped her face in his hand. "Oh Dominic," Letty cooed as she kissed his hand. "I love you. So much. And I want nothing more than to be your girlfriend, and," Letty paused as she rubbed her free hand across Dominic's shaven head. "I want nothing more than to give myself to you tonight," she whispered, and pulled him back on top of her.
The two began kissing passionately as Letty ran her fingers up Dom's sides underneath his black wife beater. She gently tugged it upwards and Dom stopped kissing her so she could slip the shirt off up over his head. She shifted her weight underneath him, and he moved – thinking she wanted to stop. Letty licked her lips and pushed Dominic back onto the bed with a smile. She started kissing his lips and then kissed to his chin. She left a trail of kisses down his chest and belly and stopped at the top of his pants. She looked up at him coyly and unbuttoned the button. She then unzipped the zipper… with her teeth, and tugged at the pants, taking them off. She grinned and slipped her robe off, discarding it on the floor with Dom's pants. She lay on top of him and continued kissing his mouth sweetly as his hands reached behind her and unclasped her bra. She moved and let it fall onto his chest; he threw it onto the ground into their growing pile.
Gently but forcefully, Dominic lifted Letty off of him and lay her underneath his own body. He kissed her chest as his hands gently caressed her thighs. He kissed down her chest and stomach, until he too reached the top of her underwear. He looked up at her. "Are you really sure?" he asked one more time as he hooked his thumbs on the sides of her panties.
"Baby," Letty cooed. "I've never been any surer about anything in my life."
Dominic nodded and smiled at her as he slowly and gently slipped her panties down her legs, kissing the path before the panties went down. Letty looked at him with a shyness in her eyes, but a smile widened across her face. "You're beautiful, Letty," he whispered as he saw her whole naked body for the first time. Dominic flicked his tongue across her thighs as he moved his face closer, his fingertips gently gliding over her vagina, sending shivers up Letty's spine. Dom looked up to see the look on Letty's face and make sure she was enjoying his every move.
'It may be your birthday,' Dom thought to himself. 'But she's your woman now; make her feel how much you love her.' With that thought in his head, Dom ran his tongue across her love button and grinned when she arched her body back and moaned. Loving her reaction, he flicked his tongue over the length of her, varying his speed. In seconds, Letty's breathing increased as Dom continued, her whole body shuddering with ecstasy.
Dom slowly kissed up her body, hovering over top of her once more. He grinned as Letty panted and caressed his face with her fingertips. She reached her face up and kissed him more tenderly than he'd ever been kissed before, and it took his breath away. "Letty…" Dom whispered hoarsely.
Letty lifted her finger to his lips and hushed him with a gentle, "Sh…"
Dominic nodded and slipped his boxer's off and discarded them into the pile of clothing already bunched on the floor. He gently pushed open Letty's legs as he scooted himself in between them. Letty smiled up at him nervously and wrapped her arms around his neck. The two embraced in a passionate kiss as Dom tenderly and slowly slid into Letty for the first time. Letty broke the kiss with a gasp as he entered her fully. "You okay?" he whispered as he stroked back out and in again. Letty nodded her head and bit her lip through a smile. "I love you," he whispered and he caressed her skin with his fingertips and lips.
"I love you," Letty whispered back as she clawed at his back and arched her body to get closer to him; to take in as much of his body as hers could handle. "So much."
After two hours of making passionate love, Dominic and Letty finally collapsed onto the bed in bliss; their bodies covered in sweat and their chests heaving with their panting breaths. Dominic rolled and lay to the side of Letty, who cuddled up on top of his chest. He slid his arm around her and pulled her even closer. With his other hand he brought her hand to his face and kissed her finger tips. For a while, the two sat in silence, catching their breath and caressing one another. Dom looked down at Letty's face and noticed a smile creeping across it. He smiled back at her and kissed her lips gently.
"I love you," Dominic whispered into Letty's ear as he pulled the covers up against his chest. "I could stay like this forever."
As if he spoke too soon, someone banged on the door. "DOM! WE GOT TROUBLE!" Mia screamed.
"Shit," Dom grumbled as he threw on his pants. Letty threw on some shorts and a tank the two scrambled out the door.