Behind Closed Doors
I don't own any of the cast except Casey Toretto and Jessica O'Conner
Well here we go…..
Chapter 6: Fear
It had been six weeks since Letty had broken down and finally let go of her demons. Dom had sat with her under the stars and simply held her. Long after the tears had gone, they'd sat, feeling their baby move and lost in each other's eyes.
Now that she'd come to accept her past, Letty Toretto was looking forward, to her future with Dom and their child, to making new memories, something she'd never take for granted ever again.
She was however unprepared for her waters breaking at 3am, nowhere near her due date. Apparently, a child made of her and Dom didn't like to wait. Seven and a half months pregnant, and Letty was terrified.
With a shove, she'd woken Dom who'd immediately called Mia's cell then the hospital. Letty had to give him credit, he was calm, not a complete mess like she was feeling.
"It's too early Dom….." she said, voice choked with tears.
"Baby, I'm sure our baby is gonna be just fine, ok? I mean look at everything we've been through, I refuse to believe that this story doesn't have a happy ending"
And with that, they'd left the house and headed for the hospital.
By the time they reached the emergency doors Letty was having full contractions and it was killing Dom to see her in pain. They had been moved up to the labour and delivery ward and Letty was holding onto Dom's hand, and a gas and air pipe for dear life.
The doctors explained that the NICU team were on standby, she was scanned to see baby's position, and a midwife was in their room taking constant notes.
After another contraction had passed, Letty turned to Dom
"Dom, I'm sorry"
"Sorry? Sorry for what?"
"For not protecting our baby longer"
"Angel, you don't get to choose when a baby arrives, ok? You couldn't have prevented this"
"I'm scared" Letty's voice was small and low.
Dom looked her in the eye.
"Leticia Ortiz Toretto, you aren't scared of anything, and I refuse to let you be scared to have your baby"
"Our Baby"
"That's more like it"
Hours later, when Baby Toretto decided to make it's world debut, Letty forgot all about her fears as she pushed her way through pain, tears and sweat, conforming to doctor's orders, listening to Dom whisper encouragement in her ear, and concentrating on holding her baby at the end of it all.
It took a full hour, but the cry that broke through the room as Letty flopped back against the bed, was all she had to hear. Cries were good, right?
She looked up to find her baby being handled by a NICU doctor and her world zoned out. Dom seemed to talk in slow motion, and everything went black.
She willed herself to open her eyes, but nothing happened. She tried to move her hand as she heard Dom beside her but again her body seemed unwilling to co-operate.
She heard snippets of conversation
"Why isn't she waking up?"
"She lost a lot of blood, Dom" it was Mia
Blackness swallowed her again
"Baby, if you can hear me, and I NEED you to hear me, I need you to come back to me, to us. We have a daughter Let, a beautiful little girl who looks just like her mom, and we need her, so you wake up for us ok?"
She heard Dom's words but as much as she tried her eyes stayed closed, her body still. A daughter?
More blackness followed
She heard Dom's voice once again…what day was it? How long had she been like this?
"Let, I need you to fight for me angel. Open up those beautiful eyes for me….. Our daughter….she's amazing and we don't have a name…she needs a name." Dom's voice was filled with unshed emotion
"Casey, ok? Her name is Casey"
Was that her voice?
"Let?! Aw god, thank you, thank you for coming back to me " He stood up and kissed her on the forehead , her hand still gripped in his.
"I'm gonna get the doctor, ok?"
"No….. where is she? I wanna see her before doctors"
"Letty?" it was Mia who'd walked in
Letty turned to look at her and smiled slightly, there were tears in the young Italians eyes.
"Hey Mia…."
"Welcome back…..you wanna meet your new favourite girl?"
"Is she here?"
"Yeah" Mia nodded and she disappeared back out the door only to return with a small, dark haired bundle.
"Here she is…."
Letty shifted on the bed and Mia lay the little girl in the crook of her arm. Tears pooled in her eyes as she looked at her daughter, she was ok.
"She's ok? Even though she's early?"
"She's perfect, it was her mom that gave us all a scare" Dom said kissing her hand
"What happened?"
"Later Let, just….your both ok that's all that matters"
Letty looked into Dom's eyes and never felt more loved than she did in that moment. She looked back down at her daughter and kissed her head.
"Yeah, we're ok. We're gonna be just fine"
It was a few more days before Letty was allowed home, but as she stepped over the door threshold of 1327, Dom behind her with baby Casey strapped into a Recaro car seat.
Dom had told her she'd been out for three days, due to blood loss after delivering Casey.
Letty shook her head to clear it as Dom set down the car seat, and Dom wrapped his arms around her. She closed her eyes and gripped on to his tshirt, the full weight of everything that had happened hitting full force. Letty was just glad to be back home, safe, with her family, behind closed doors.