"If you tell anyone Letty.. I swear.."

"Relax Dom, nobody will know. Just.. let's do this before somebody sees."

"Hold on Letty, I have to make sure everything is…"

"DOM!" Letty whispered harshly. "your dad!"

Jerking his head up Dom jumped, wrapping his arms around Letty to tackle her as he went. They landed somewhat noiselessly; Mr. Torretto walked by their hiding place without a second glance.

"Shit that was close." Dom breathed into her ear, his arms still clamped around her small frame.

"Are we going to be able to do this or not?"

"Shh..I think I hear Mia."

Letty huffed, but remained quiet. He kept his arms around her; determined to make her stay still. Not caring how bad she wanted it, he needed to make sure they didn't get caught.

"Why don't we just leave then?" Letty asked, agitated and still sore from being tackled.

"I'm trying, but if Mia sees us go… she won't want to be left behind. We have to wait."

"You better be as good as you say you are." Letty whispered harshly, turning towards Dom.

"You don't have to worry about that. Trust me on it.. Okay.. I think everything's clear."

"Finally." Letty breathed. Dom smiled mischievously, took her hand, and led the way running to his car.

Letty's nerves were thrumming as Dom drove through the lamp lit streets of LA that night. He had the music loud and booming; he was preparing for what was to come. To Letty, Dom seemed completely calm about everything that was about to happen.

"Where are we going?"

"Relax, You'll see. I guarantee you'll have a great time."

"I have no doubt of that."

Dom smiled again, "We're here."

"This is it?"

"Come on."

Nodding, Letty opened the door. What met her, she hadn't really expected. Cars over every color and make lined either side of the alley; each one seemed to have one purpose, to race. Letty was in a daze as she walked around to the front of Dom's red Mazda. A little beyond her, Dom already had several girls attached to his side. He was smiling and flirting with them all, a beacon of popularity.

"Letty."

She turned; Vince was approaching. "Hey V."

"You racing tonight, Let?"

"Nah, just came to watch the master at work."

"Vince!"

"Speaking of." Letty muttered.

"Keep an eye on her! Don't let her out of your site!" He ordered, then disappeared into the crowd.

"What the hell? Is he serious?"

"He certainly didn't look like he was making a joke." V said, staring at the spot Dom just left.

"Fuck this." Letty said, turning to walk in the opposite direction where another throng of people were crowded.

"Letty, I'm supposed to be watching you." He called after her. "Dom's going to shit when he finds out about this!"

"He's going to shit one way or another." She smirked, then turned around, waved him off, and disappeared into the crowd.

"Fuck." Vince declared, losing sight of her. "Dom's going to kill me."

"Who's Dom killing?" Jesse asked, walking up behind Vince.

"Me. I lost Letty, got pissed off and stormed off somewhere over there." He said, gesturing at the crowd of people and the supped up cars.

"Damn man, Dom's going to kill you."

"Thanks, you're a regular mad scientist."

"We're about to leave for the race site.. what do we do? Assume she has a way there?"

"Shit."

"Damn girl needs a cell phone." Leon muttered, raking his hand through his hair.

Vince, Leon and Jesse were all nerves as Dominic lined up to race. Not only were they apprehensive about Dom racing, but how he would react when he found out that they had managed to lose Letty in a throng of racers.