Bima – Sorry about the bomb dropping. I told myself I wouldn't wait a week until I write the next chapter like I did for the last. (I sat there, literally, for five minutes trying to figure out how you know I got an F in art. Lol. The first two quarters I did nothing, I did everything the third, still got an F so the last quarter I figured I couldn't pass the class with three F's so I gave up.)
Takerlover21 – Sorry for the confusion. Craig and Casey got it on. He didn't rape her. She probably lied because she had been lying to herself about it for so long. I'm not sure. (Maybe she was trying to make her mom sound like a hero when she explained the story to Dom. Make sense?) I loved my cliffhanger.
Jada91 – Yes, it could be Deke's or Dom's. I'm not sure who the dad is yet. Maybe I'll ask on here and see what people say. I mean I'd rather it be Dom's but then there could be some serious drama if it were Deke's.
Lonnie – I'm sorry you're confused. Letty didn't kill Craig. Tony would be Letty's son. (The one she was pregnant with when she got put in the hospital by that ass hold Craig.) He's not dead and neither was that baby.
StreetRacinChiki – Odd twist? Yeah, that's me. Glad you like it though.
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Dom stared at me for almost five minutes before saying anything. It kind of freaked me out. What if he didn't take this so well as I was planning he would? What if he reacted the same way Craig did when I told him I was pregnant. When I told Craig I was pregnant, he smacked me and called me a whore, then left. He came back a few hours later, drunk off his ass.
"What?" Dom asked snapping me into reality. I looked over at him and smiled a little.
"I'm pregnant." I said quietly. I wasn't sure how he'd react. He just nodded, was that a good sign? "Dom." He looked up at me with a straight face. "You're going to leave, aren't you?"
"I just… is it mine?" Wow. That was a question I didn't expect from him. It was actually a question I had yet to consider myself. I looked at him and swallowed hard. I didn't know.
"I. I don't know." I looked down and sighed. He nodded and moved off the bed. "Where are you going?" He stopped in the door and looked at me. "Do you want to take this?" I asked holding up my hand, showing him the ring he got me less than two weeks ago. He shook his head and I dropped my hand and watched him walk away. I sighed and shook my head, lying on my back.
My mind started to fill with questions. What if it was Deke's baby? How would Dom react to that? Shit, what if it was Dom's? Would he still have reacted the way he did? I sighed and closed my eyes and thought about it. I rolled over onto my side and sat up on the edge of my bed. I looked at the clock, eleven o'clock. I rubbed the back of my neck and yawned. I was tired but I didn't want to sleep. I stood up and looked around for a clean shirt to put on. I pulled on a baggy shirt that was old and wrinkled.
"Your home." Two words that caused me to go flying into the air. I turned toward the door and glared. "Sorry."
"Shit, Casey, I thought you were asleep."
"I was. Dad woke me up to say bye. He had to go to Jade's." I started to play with the bottom of my shirt and looked up at her for a second when she mentioned the name.
"Why'd he go there?"
"Didn't say." I nodded and looked at her, stepping closer. "You going somewhere?" I nodded again and she looked around the room. "Can I come?" I shook my head quickly and she nodded a little.
"I'm just going to walk around the block. I can't stay here."
"Is something wrong?" I looked at her and shook my head. "Why'd dad leave?" I shrugged and tried to step passed her but she stuck out her arm and stopped me. "You're lying."
"I'm pregnant." I said with a smile. She nodded and chuckled a little.
"Really. I came here to tell you the same thing." I lost the smile and she chuckled louder. "I'm kidding."
"Damn, Casey, that's not funny." She laughed and nodded. "It's not. I should put you on birth control." She shook her head and smiled a little.
"I'm not having sex." I nodded and smiled a little. "Jason's never had sex and he's made it clear he doesn't want to any time soon and I understand him on that. I'm not going to force him to have sex with me. I feel like that with him, I don't need to wow him with sex." I chuckled a little.
"Sorry. I'm going to go for a walk. You should get some sleep." She nodded and dropped her arm.
"Yeah."
"Your Aunt Mia is having a thing tomorrow and your dad said we'd go. Interested?" She smiled and nodded. "Good." We were both quiet. "Go to bed. I'll be back in a few." She nodded again and turned toward her room. I started down the steps when her door closed. I opened the front door and pulled it closed behind me after I stepped out. I didn't know where I was going, I didn't care right now.
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(Nobody's POV)
Casey jumped when she felt somebody shaking her roughly. She grumbled and rolled onto her side. The shaking didn't stop so she sat up and glared evilly at the person who was shaking her.
"What?" She asked before registering who it was. She blinked a few times and realized it was Dom. "Oh, hey, what are you doing here? How long have you been here?"
"Twenty minutes. Where's your mom?" She rolled over to face him and rubbed her eyes, looking at the clock.
"It's six in the morning and you woke me up." She rolled back over and closed her eyes, trying to go back to sleep. "Go away. Let me sleep." He grunted and started to shake her again. "Go away." She whimpered.
"Casey. Where's your mom?"
"She's probably in bed."
"No, I already checked."
"Ask Jason."
"I did. He said she never came home last night. Then he said you talked to her before she left." Casey sat up and looked at him.
"She didn't come home last night?" She asked in a confused tone. Dom nodded his head and she frowned. She suddenly felt concerned for her mom. "Mom?" She asked getting out of her bed and walking out of the room. Dom followed as she walked into her mom's room and looked around. "Mom?"
"She's not here, Casey. Where did she say she was going?"
"She just said she was going for a walk around the block. She said she'd be back in a little bit." Her bottom lip quivered and Dom looked at her. Casey sat down on her mom's bed and looked around.
"I have an idea." Casey looked up at him and she frowned. Casey took a deep breath and looked down at the floor. Dom sat down next to her and looked at her. "Why did you lie?"
"Huh?"
"Why did you tell me that Craig raped you?" She winced and looked down. "That's not something to lie about. I considered killing him, honestly. Your mom told me she shot him because you two were having sex. Is that true, that you lied?" She sighed and looked over at him.
"I didn't want you to hate me or my mom for what we've done in the past." He nodded a little and sighed. "Maybe if I told you that he was raping me when my mom walked in then it would have made her sound like a better person then just shooting some random guy. I was ten; I didn't know what I was doing. It hurt."
"I'm assuming he was your first?" Casey nodded.
"I don't really feel comfortable talking to you about this." He nodded again and frowned. "I don't even feel comfortable talking about this with my mom or with Jason. I've had a lot of crazy things happen in my life and none of them are glamorous."
"Now, that, I understand." She nodded sadly. "You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to. I'm not a mean guy; I won't force you to do anything you don't want to. I'm not Craig." She swallowed and looked at him.
"Yeah, he was my first. That time was my first. He said he would be gentle and he wasn't." She hadn't told anybody this information; she wanted to keep it to herself, until now. "It hurt so bad when he first put it in me, I cried so hard. He told me to stop crying, but I couldn't."
"You didn't tell him to stop, did you?" She shook her head. "If you did, do you think he would have stopped?" She shook her head again.
"He seemed pretty dead set on what he wanted from me." Dom nodded and looked over at Casey. He leaned over and kissed her cheek softly. "What was that for?" He shrugged and did it again. She chuckled nervously.
"I'm sorry for everything bad that's happened to you and your mom."
"None of that was your fault."
"Yeah, it was. Her first jail sentence was all my fault." She made a funny face and looked at him. "Business that went sour. She'd probably kick my ass for telling you about it so I won't go into details."
"You can't tell me what happened?"
"We hijacked some semi trucks." Casey chuckled shaking her head.
"Guess you can't tell me." Dom knew she wouldn't believe the truth, even if he told her. He nodded and smiled a little.
"I'm going to go look for your mom."
"You want me to come?" He shook his head and she nodded.
"No, stay here. If she comes home or she calls, call me." He walked over and pulled a piece of paper out of a notebook that was sitting on the dresser. He scribbled down a number and walked over to Casey, handing it to her. "Call." She nodded and put the paper in her pocket. He started toward the door but Casey stopped him by whispering something. He had to stop to listen.
"Dad." He looked at her. "Find mom." He nodded.
"I will." She smiled and he nodded.
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(Letty's POV)
I sat up and looked around the room. It was dark but not really quiet. I heard a noise from the kitchen and got looked at the door. I had fallen asleep on the couch and had been covered with a blanket. I didn't feel like getting up but I had to when I heard the same noise from the kitchen again. I got up and slowly walked to the kitchen. I leaned in the door and looked around. A man in a wheelchair was trying to put away dishes on the top shelf of a cabinet. He grunted stretching as far as he could and still not being able to reach it.
"Hey." I said walking toward him. "Let me help you." I took the dishes and stretched to put the dishes away. He looked at me and sighed. I stepped away from him and he glared at me. "I thought you could use the help."
"I was fine." He snapped. I nodded and put my hands in my back pockets and sighed a little. "Why are you here?" I shrugged a little. "To grovel?"
"I'm not groveling."
"Well, I'm assuming you want forgiveness." I felt my jaw clench but he was right. That's what I wanted. "You slept with my brother, how could I forgive that, huh Letty?"
"Yeah, well, you slept with my daughter. You shot me. Ever heard of karma?" I questioned loudly. He sighed and looked down at his lap. I ran the tip of my tongue over the back of my front teeth. I didn't know what to say. "I'll leave." I said sighing and turning toward the door.
"Wait." I stopped but didn't turn around. "I'm sorry for sleeping with Casey. I don't know why I did it." I turned and looked at him, leaning against the door crossing my arms over my chest.
"Were you mad at me?"
"Huh?"
"Were you mad at me, is that why you slept with Casey?" He shook his head. I nodded a little and sighed. "There's something I should tell you." He wheeled his way over to me and I looked down at him.
"What is it?"
"Anthony."
"What about him?"
"He's not your kid." He wheeled himself back a little and looked at me. I took a deep breath. I felt like a little kid when I talked to him even though he was only a few years older. Maybe it was the height difference.
"I knew that. Deke told me." I nodded and took a deep breath. I heard a knocking on the front door and I was probably the most mobile that was awake so I turned to answer it. "I'll get it." He said wheeling his way through the door behind me. I sighed and let him pass me. "It is my house."
"Yeah." He got to the door and turned the knob then using one hand wheeled back pulling the door open. I sat down on the couch and squeezed a pillow.
"Is there a Letty Ramirez here?"
"Who are you?"
"Dominic Toretto. Letty's my fiancé." He nodded and I looked over the back of the couch.
"She's here." Dom nodded down at him and I sighed.
"Where?" He questioned. He looked around and I poked my head up higher.
"Letty?"
"Right here." I said waving an arm in the air. He nodded and looked over at Dom. "I'm right here." He nodded and looked around the room from the outside. "Do you need anything else?" I asked toward the wheelchair guy.
"No, I'm cool. If I need anything I'll call Deke's cell and he'll be down in no time." I nodded and smiled a little. I got up off the couch and walked around to the door. I looked at Dom and he knew who the guy was. He shook his head and turned to walk down the sidewalk.
"Dom!" I yelled after him. "Shit, he knows who you are. He's pissed at me for being here. Damn. DOM!" He didn't turn. I shook my head and frowned.
"It's okay, Let."
"No, Craig, it's not okay." He must have been able to see the hurt in my eyes because the next thing I know, he's out the door and making his way down the sidewalk after Dom.
"Dude!" Craig yelled after him. I heard footsteps on the steps behind me; I turned quickly and looked to see Deke.
"Damn." He said sitting about halfway down so our eyes were level. "You know my brother loved you. He never meant to hurt you."
"But he did." He nodded and looked at his hands.
"I'm sorry about last night."
"Me too."
"No, not the park. After that, what I said to you. I didn't have the right."
"You reacted the same way your brother did when I told him I was pregnant." He frowned and shook his head.
"And I'm very sorry. I got to thinking about it after you fell asleep. What if I were you, what if I was the one that was pregnant and I didn't have the father around? How would I feel?"
"I told you I didn't know if you were the father or not. It could be Dom. I won't know until the baby's born I get a test done."
"Letty, I have a kid and I didn't even know until last night. I want to be in his life. Would you let me?" I looked at him and shrugged. "I mean, I wouldn't expect you to but it'd be nice."
"I'll think about it." I looked out the door and Dom and Craig were talking. Dom looked like his head was going to pop off, although I knew it wouldn't. I knew Dom couldn't bring himself to hit a crippled person, no matter how much they pissed him off. "I should get out there before they rip each others heads off."
"Yeah." He stood up and I started toward the door. Deke stood quickly and grabbed my wrist. I turned and looked at him. He put a hand on my hip and pulled me closer to him. He pressed a soft kiss to my lips and I couldn't help but smile and lick my lips when he pulled away. "I love you." WHAT? I tried not to show the shock in my eyes as I slowly backed away.
"Yeah." I said nodding. I turned and ran right into Dom's chest. "Hey baby." I said with a smile. I wanted to kiss him, but I couldn't. Dom moved aside and Craig wheeled himself into the house. "Let's go home."
"Yeah." He said taking my hand in his. I turned and waved bye to Deke and Craig and Dom pulled me by my hand down the sidewalk. Dom slowed as soon as we walked around the corner. "Tell me something, Letty."
"Huh?" I asked looking up at him.
"Tell me that kiss you and Deke shared meant nothing to you."
"What?" Shit, he saw that? That means he heard what he said too. I took a deep breath and stopped, looking at his back.
"Honestly?" He stopped and looked at me. "It meant something to him."
"What about you?" I shook my head and he smiled.
"Tony's his kid." He stepped toward me and put his hands on my shoulder. "I told him last night when I saw him at the park." Dom nodded. "He said he didn't want anything to do with him. Then just a few minutes ago he said he wanted to be in his life." My eyes went up to meet his. "I need to know how you feel about that?"
"Why?"
"Because we're going to get married. Tony loves you and he doesn't even know his dad." I sighed and looked down for a few seconds. "Do you want Deke around?" He shrugged his shoulders and sighed.
"If this baby isn't mine, I'm not staying around." With that he turned and started back toward my house. I clenched my jaw and swallowed hard.
"Shit."
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This was the longest chapter I've written for this story. I'm so proud.
Okay. Here's a poll. Who do you want the baby's dad to be? Dom or Deke. That's in your hands. And then I'll need to know what you guys think the sex of the baby should be. Boy or girl. So…
1.) Who should be the father of Letty's baby? A.) Deke B.) Dom
2.) What should be the sex of Letty's baby? A.) Female B.) Male
You'll most likely have a few chapters to get back to me on that but please, ASAP. THANKS.