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Chapter 6: Time for Racing!

Letty's POV:

I walk out of the garage after the team had given me my present and looked out at the race track, it looked so final like he moment one of us wins the whole world will change, and it will I know that it will. I was ready. But I didn't look it I looked like I had just woken up, I ran straight back and got changed. I wanted to look hot, and show off a little, I have a body why not flaunt it. I put on some extremely tight leather pants that are black and hooked a chain onto the belt loops. I also put on I half way top jacket thing like Rihanna's on her Shut up and drive film clip, it is denim, leather and looks like a racers jacket with the chequered flag and silver studs on it and it shows off what cleavage I have. I left my hair down and curled it a little; I was dressed to kill. I walked into the garage and saw the whole room look at me, and then I heard catcalls and whooping. Obviously I AM dressed to kill. I grab Maddy and change her into all black, wife beater and black leather pants. She's my daughter so I'm making her look the part. I once again place my dog tags around her neck and tell her I'll always be there for her. We walk out and we decided to play with team Toretto's heads a little, first Tej, then Suki, then Rome who had Jimmy in his spyder and Brian would drive up and get into the 4 sign, which is like the number 4 on the side of a dice " : ". Then I'm going to drive up the middle and park in the middlethey have their V sign so we have our own. It was time! Time to see Dom. Time to Race the King. Time to prove myself as queen of the east coast.

We waited until we saw Dom's team drive up, "V shape gee original" I thought to myself and chuckled. There was one small difference the spot next to Dom, my spot, was empty. Aw how nice, make me feel guilty much? We drive up exactly how we planned to, and we got some looks. I stayed in my car for a moment and let Maddy get out first, now its m turn!

Dom's POV:

I woke up earlier than usual this morning, I was nervous or anything, but I was worried all week I'd had been waiting to see Letty; she didn't come. The biggest damn race in America and she didn't come. A race set up just for her and she didn't come. Now It's about 10 to 12 and I'm ready to race. I have been working on the lambo all morning, its not like I'm going to lose it so why should I try to hard, right…WRONG! Apparently Brian got smashed at his party last night and they have some chick in to race for him. She's meant to be the best on the east coast, beats both male AND female, so forgive me if I'm slightly nervous! I'm trying to rack my head around who it could be, I mean if she's that good maybe I have met her. I walk over to the team who are into the V shape ready to drive up. Ever since Letty left we never filled her spot so Mia drives in with Leon. They all give me the good luck's and slap m back, it's now or never. Time to end the races and score some cars. We drove up, and waited. It was probably three or four minutes before they did but then I saw team O'Connor come up, Brian was going extra slow, well that'll teach him to get drunk. Then I saw who was racing me, it looked like a Nissan 240sx from a distance, and then when it pulled up it hit me, it was Letty's car! I sighed with relief, I had found her, finally. Each member of their team stepped out and sat on Brian or This guy called 'Rome's ' hoods. Then from the passenger side of Letty's car came a small girl, she ran over to Brian and hugged him, what are Brian and Letty together or something? And had a kid? Then she stepped out. DAMN SHE LOOKED HOTTER THAN WHEN SHE LEFT. She walked over to Brian and I guess he made a smart comment because she decked him, right hook. I watched her for while but then the small girl took my attention. She was about 3 I'd say and was dressed almost identical to Letty and fro what I could tell, was a lot like Letty. She was running our way, she ran straight up to Vince and he picked her up. How did he know her?

"Vince, how the f-ck do you know her?" I said huskily, which was the step before I yelled. He could've known Letty was here and let me go mad with insanity because I thought she hadn't come.

"Uhhh, she's" Vince began but then the small girl looked at me, she was the girl form last night. And the strange resemblance that I saw was Letty. She's Letty's Daughter. She had Letty's Dad's Dog tags around her neck; then she spoke. Her voice was deep like Letty's but for a Hispanic girl she had these deep, deep blue eyes that were almost black.

"This is My Uncle Vince thank you very much, and I've known him for 4 days, and that's my Aunt Mia" she said matter of factly. She had so much confidence and so much strength about her, but I quickly diverted my attention. FOUR DAYS. They have known for FOUR DAYS!

"So you two knew Letty was here and didn't TELL ME!" I was yelling now, they looked petrified, but Letty's daughter didn't she just laughed. She was so small but still so much like Letty. Mia came up and explained the whole thing to me, and while she did I saw Letty go and talk to V and the boys. After she'd finished, I walked over to Letty, she looked at me and then at the ground. Is that shame in Letty Rodriguez? She has never had shame in her eyes: never!

"Hello Letty" I said calmly. She just replied with Hi, then trust Hector to get on with it by saying, "Come on Its Race time!" Letty got into her Nissan quickly after kissing her daughter on the cheek and muttering something in Spanish. I got into my Lambo, and then it hit me. She has beaten me before and if Brian Has improved then she would've too, ad she could quite easily beat me. We drove up the starting line; our cars were in arms reach of each other. I wound down my window as she wound hers down; she looked me deep in my eyes, I saw hurt and sadness. She looked so beautiful but her eyes were dead, she mouthed, "I'M Sorry" and looked back to Hector. I started playing 'Rollin' by Linkin Park, everyone cheered, it had happened. I'd found Letty. She aint getting away from me now. I heard her start blasting Shut up and Drive by Rihanna and it shocked me a little because she's more into heavy kinda stuff like stuff that would make you sing along of bang your head, she used to play furious by Ja rule or Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Greenday! But that song suits her, its sexy and tough. Hectors arms flew into the air and down, I shifted into first and turned on my NOS, from what I could tell Letty did the same, then his arms came down. It was on.

Letty's POV:

I wasn't ready. I didn't know what I was doing. Hectors arms flew down and I took off. This wasn't like our course in Miami, it was an up and back. Up to the marker and back. Altogether it was half a mile, quarter mile up and quarter mile back. The blood was pumping through my veins; it felt good. Dom was half a car in front of me, and I was gaining. We got to the marker and I drifted around, Brian would kill me for drifting when I got back because of the tyres he put on my car but he'll get over it. Now we are right next to each other, I can feel myself holding a breath. I can practically taste the victory corona in my mouth. Then before I can react I see it. Some random Bitch has walked onto the track I swerve to miss her but being in Nevada there are cliffs everywhere. Unfortunately for me when I swerved the cliff just appeared in font of me, I went over. Everything went black. I yelled out for Maddy, for Dom for anyone. It was too late though; I was over the cliff. I don't remember much dust looking back over my shoulder and Doms car screech to a halt, I was gonna marry that man; Whether he knew it or not. I remember crawling out of the car, I don't remember how far I got but I laid myself down on a rock and fell in an out of consciousness only two people bugging my brain. Dominic and Madelyn. The two loves of my Life.

Dom's POV:

Racing Letty gave me adrenaline that I've never felt before. It was like walking on Fire or swimming through thick Ice. Impossible, or deadly, but amazing. She'd caught me after she drifted around the marker; she drifted! I know that I did too but that's not how we do it in LA; we sprint not drift. Anyway we were almost at the finish line when a stupid chick walks out straight out in front of Letty, she swerved and went over the cliff. LETTY! I didn't think, I slammed the breaks on; I lost her once and I just got her back I aint gonna lose her again! I run over and meat our team and Letty's at the edge, her daughter is yelling out to her and trying to run down, Vince is holding her back. Her daughter is so young too young too lose her mother. I can't even see her car its just a massive cloud of dust; that's it, I aint waiting for someone else to do something I have got to be the one to do this; me!

"Call 911" I yell at Leon and the team as I slide down the cliff, and I feel every single bump that her car would've taken. I hear Mia yell for me not to do it. She doesn't understand though. Letty is my life. She is the only girl when we were in high school not to fall all over me. She was the only one who understood what prison was like and the only one who really understood me. The only one that I loved like my Dad loved my Moms, the only love of my life. Heck she was more important to me than racing, and that's saying something. I get to her car; she's not in it. But lots of Blood is. I Scream her name and hear her groan and see her lying on a rock about 20 feet away, blood everywhere. I run over to her, and for only the 3rd time in my life I saw her cry. She didn't cry at the heists. Or when Her Dad died, or even when my Dad died. Only when I cheated on her and when Her moms went jail. I picked her up bridal style and I heard her mutter 8 words: I. LOVE. YOU. LOOK. AFTER. MADELYN. FOR. ME. I told her I loved her and I'd look after Maddy, whom I'm guessing is her daughter. I felt her head fall on my shoulder and I carried her as far as I could up the steep rocky cliff, she was so still and pale, not like herself at all. She was weak and I felt like I was hurting her by holding her. I met the fire fighters half way and they carried us the rest of the way up. We reached the edge of the cliff. People were everywhere. They took Letty from my arms; she was still so still. They placed her gently in the ambulance, I went to get in and then realised what she said LOOK AFTER MADELYN FOR ME! I frantically searched for her little girl she was gone. I called out to Brian and asked him where she was.

"Don't know man, she'll come back. Always does." He said quickly, still in awe of what had happened. I called out to Mia and asked her. She said the same thing as Brian, that slightly worried me. I sat down on the front of Vince's Maxima and held my head in my hands.

"Dom, I'll go with Letty. She'll be okay Letty is strong, Dom." She cooed softly.

"Yeah, uh I gotta…..find Madelyn" I began

"Don't call her that she'll kill you if you do, she likes Maddy" Mia said trying to lighten he mood up, not succeeding. She got into the ambulance and left with Letty. I walked around for about 10 minutes before seeing to small black leather covered legs poking out from the opened door of my Lambo, Maddy! I walked over to her and sat down in front of her. Using my index finger and my thumb to lift her chin up and look her in the eyes. She must be the strongest one of the two of us because she is the first to speak.

"Is Mommy gonna be ok?" she asked me wiping her tears away.

"I hope so baby girl, I really do" I then realised that I too was crying. I lifted her up and sat down placing Maddy on My knee and rocking her back and forth.

"Dom, do you want me to look after Maddy for ya Dawg?" It was Brian he and Vince were getting ready to go to the hospital; I looked at them.

"NO! Letty asked me to look after her," I said slightly to harsh, but MY Letty could die, and I don't feel like being nice.

"Maddy, do you" Began the guy who's name I think was Paris or London, Rome that was it.

""NO" She yelled at him." IM staying here, I don't want to go with you I wanna stay with DOM!"

She had Letty's Temper, but she reminded me a little of me, kinky huh? She looked at me and smiled a very sad smile. " I'm sorry, it's my fault my Mommy wasn't in LA with you," I couldn't speak. She hugged me close, she needed me and as much as I hated to realise it, I needed her too.

I pulled my legs in and started the lambo up. "You wanna go see you Mom" I asked her, not taking her off my knee. "Yeah, go fast." She said falling asleep on my knee, OH I'll go fast; I'll go real fast.

When we got to the hospital, it was in Las Vegas, it was the only Hospital close enough, Maddy had woken up when I drove in, Brian and his guys and Vince, Luka, Leon and Jesse weren't far behind Me and Maddy. I picked her up and carried her on my chest with her head on my left shoulder and her legs around my waist. I carried her in to the ER, I asked the lady at the desk about Letty and she pointed to Mia over in the corner of the waiting room, asleep.

"Mia, Mia come on girl wake up" I said quietly, twisting Maddy around so she could rest her head on my chest. Mia woke up and said that Letty had been in surgery since they got here. I turned around and saw everyone walk in. we waited for hours. Luka was asleep on Letty's friend Suki and Maddy asleep on me. I paced the room holding her, how long did it have to take. I saw a surgeon heading our way.

"Are you Letty Rodriguez's Family?" He asked.

"Yes, is she okay?" I hastily asked as he nodded his head and shushed me.

"Letty will be fine, she is currently in a medically induced coma, but we have set it so she could come out at any time. She suffered severe internal bleeding but we managed to contain it. She also suffered from a punctured lung, liver and Bladder but luckily her heart and brain have not suffered at all, and everything has been repaired. But there is one problem, we are unsure if the lung will heal so when she wakes up we will then know."

"Can we see her?" I asked, this was all a little too much JUST LET ME SEE HER.

"Yes but I need you either to all go in at once or not go in at all, her condition is fragile and we realised that the more people around made her comfortable." I nodded and woke up Maddy and Suki woke up Luka, we all headed in quietly. No one game enough to make a noise. She was so pale. I didn't want Maddy to see this but she wouldn't go back. I held her right hand as Maddy held me tightly, I could feel her tears through my wife beater. WE all spoke to her and we held conversations around her. We sat there for hours, which then turned into days, which turned into weeks and Letty still wasn't awake.

Letty's POV:

I could hear everyone talking and felt them all around me but I just could wake up. I didn't know how. I heard Dom, Brian, Tej and Jimmy then Mia and everyone else. Maddy from what I had heard was on Mia's lap. It must have been weeks until I found the energy I have now to wake up. I can hear Dom talking to Maddy, and Mia and Brian seem to be getting along. Vince is on the phone; I think he's talking to my cousin. That's my cue to wake up.

"Dom, why hasn't my mommy woken up, did I hurt her when I touched her hand? I heard Maddy ask him, I chuckled in my head. But Doms response shocked me slightly.

"No Baby girl, Mommy isn't very well and I think its my fault not yours, baby?" Baby Girl? His fault? Okay I need answers.

"Its Letty fault is whose fault it is!" I said opening my eyes. Maddy looked older, and tired. Whereas Dom looked as handsome as ever but tired as well, they were all cuddled up in the seat I the corner. Mia was sitting on brains lap and Luka was asleep on Suki's Knee. Vince was on the phone to my cousin and Jesse was asleep on the floor next to my bed. Leon was arguing with Rome and Tej and Jimmy were asleep on the couch.

'MOMMY!!!!" Maddy screamed lifting her head from doms Shoulder. I Smiled.

"Hey Baby" I said as Dom put her on the bed and sat down on the edge. I hugged her close as I sat up. I heard Jesse spluttering on the floor then mutter something and scream.

"Jesse man, calm down," I said making a small chuckle vibrate through everyone in the room.

"Letty, damn girl don't you ever scare me like that again", Jesse said trying to be mad at me. I just laughed and Held Maddy closer. Everyone began talking and I scanned the room. My eyes finally landing on Dom. HE sat there looking at me with such care in his eyes. I stared him in the eyes. We just sat there. Staring at each other. The doctor came in moments later to take out all the now unneeded cords in my arms. I can now talk to my friends and family in peace.

"So," I began, making sure everyone was listening. " What happened about the races?"

Vince answered this one for me. "We rang up and told Hector to call it off."

"Okay then and um, how long have I been here?"

Tej took the honour of talking this time. "4 weeks 3 days Latino Momma, you were sleeping for ages."

"Yeah, well I got my reasons." I replied harshly but with a sarcastic tone to it.

'Mommy" Maddy said causing everyone including Dom and Me to look at her while she walked around my bed to the drawer and pulled out a small box. " Happy Birthday. "I looked at her. My little girl was growing up, which is weird when you think about the fact that she is 3, but it's the truth.

"Thanks Baby" I said as I took it and helped her up onto the bed and let her spoon up to me on my left side. I unwrapped it and looked at it. It was my sunglasses from my 240sx. They must have gotten my car out of the valley thing. I smiled and hugged her closer as I saw everyone else smile.

Days went by and I found out what had happened. I could tell that Dom was protective of Maddy. I knew it was because I asked him to be. But, he didn't yet know that he was her father, I could tell. I asked Mia to be certain if he knew, she said that no body had said anything. I knew I had to talk to him. He had found me. I promised him I'd come home. I had to tell him bout Maddy, and I had to do it soon.

I woke up early this morning, hoping no one was there so I could work out what I would say; unfortunately for me Dom was there. Sitting in the corner, nursing Maddy on his lap. They looked so right. Dom must have noticed I had woken up because he lifted Maddy off of his knee and onto the couch, placing a blanket over her shoulders.

"Thank you," I said not really knowing what for I just knew I had t start conversation.

I was a little worried when he didn't respond for a while but when he did it was a plain and simple 'you're welcome'.

Dom's POV:

Watching Letty become stronger and yet still feel so weak around her was hard. Every time that she would try to create small talk I'd cut her off. I didn't know what else to do. But, I knew we had to talk. I needed her back. It was the 23rd of April and we had been in the hospital for ages, that's when she tried it again.

I had Maddy on My Knee nursing her to sleep; everyone else was in the motels we had booked for them to stay in. I noticed her breathing become more ragged and I knew from experience that she was waking up. Just because it had been 4 years since she left, it's not something I could forget. I picked Maddy up and put her on the couch, placing a blanket over her motionless body. I heard Letty say 'thank you' and I responded with 'You're welcome'. I knew I had let her down by doing this, but I'm not sure I'm ready to hear the truth about everything.

"Dom?" Letty's voice cut through me like a knife on butter. I turned around and looked at her, she may be still all bruised and battered but she still looked beautiful.

"Yeah?"

"We need to talk" I knew it was coming. I sat down in the chair the Mia had almost permanently occupied next to Letty's Bed. "I'm sorry, Dominic, I am so sorry but nothing I can or will say is gonna change what I did." I looked into her eyes she was being 100 honest with me. She meant it.

"Why didn't you come home Letty? You promised!" I asked her harshly, but she knew that we would probably end up yelling; it's just how we function.

"It's a whole lot of History."

'I got more than enough time Let!"

"Okay, I left Baja and went to my cousin Jimmy's, Brian was just there. He kept our Asses out of Prison so I couldn't really beat the crap outa him!" she said, It made me chuckle slightly. "I was there about 3 weeks and ready to come home when I found out I was…" She hesitated.

"Whatever it is Letty, I gotta know!" I said lacing my fingers through hers. She winced at my gesture but didn't pull away: same old Letty.

"I found out I was pregnant…with Maddy" Well no duh? I know she is holding something back, but what is it?

"Well, Maddy didn't just fall from the sky, you had to be pregnant with her Letty. But what are you holding back?" I asked her in a softer than usual voice.

"She's…. Maddy she's um…fine ill just say it"

That would be a good Idea," I said chuckling slightly.

"Maddy is you Daughter, Dom. Her name is Madelyn Toretto!" Her words hit me like a brick wall. I have a daughter?

""What?"

"She's your daughter, that's why I couldn't come home."

"So Instead you just hide the fact that I have a daughter, I had the right to know!" I am yelling at her and I know I shouldn't but I'm a little confused at the present moment.

"You never wanted Kids Dom so don't blame this on me!" well at least I'm not the only one yelling now that Letty is too.

"BUT…that's…this is different!" I said trying to work out why it is different?

"How Dom, HOW?"

"I DON'T KNOW!"

"WELL YOU GOTTA WORK IT OUT DOM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TELL HER THAT SHE FINALLY HAD HER DREAMS COME TRUE BY FINDIN YOU AND NOW TO HAVE HER HEART RIPPED OUT BY HER KING OF THE STREETS FATHER!" Letty yelled. I felt sick now; everything she was saying was true. I couldn't argue anymore.

If we had argued like this before she left I probably would have left the house and gone and made out with some random racer chaser come home and begged for her forgiveness. I couldn't do this to her. Then the thought hit me when Maddy and I were in my Lambo before we went to the hospital, she said " I'm sorry, it's my fault my Mommy wasn't in LA with you," That's what Maddy meant. It was because of Maddy that Letty felt she couldn't come home. Maddy knew I was her dad!

"I'm sorry Letty," were the only words I could form in my mouth, but the anger still clouded her eyes.

"Sorry aint gonna cut it Dom, sure I love you Dom I always have but I cant just up and leave"

"I know Letty, and I love you too but we should talk about this when we get you the all clear."

She had calmed down slightly, "I can't leave with you…" was as far as she got because Maddy had woken up from our Yelling.

"Mommy? Dom? What's going on?" she was so innocent and trapped in this battle between Letty and I. Then I saw it. Maddy was MY daughter. This small girl standing in front of me belonged to me. I never knew what it was like to love someone else other than Letty, well there is Mia because she is my sister and the guys 'cause there family but in the exact second I looked into her deep blue eyes (that are just like my grandma's) I fell in love with my daughter. My little Puerto Rican/Italian Daughter, damn she's gonna have a temper!

"Baby, Dom and I are just working some stuff out," Letty said not as calmly as she probably should have.

'Yeah, just getting some stuff out in the open" I sad helping her up. And brushing the hair out of her eyes.

Letty's POV:

Arguing with Dom is the last thing I wanted to do but it happened. But then I saw him help Maddy up and brush the hair out of her face; he cares for her. I just sat there watching my beautiful baby girl for a moment but then she spoke and brought me out of my daze.

"Well I can fix that, Dom loves you Mom and Mom loves you Dom. See easy fixed!" She said clapping her hands and smiling wildly.

"Not that easy Baby" I said smiling, her smile was infectious. There is no crap when Maddy is around. Every time there was an argument around the garage Brian used to go get Maddy and she would yell at us, or just smile, you cant fight her smile, or her yelling!

"Why not?" She just wants it to work but it's a little more complicated, like the fact that I live in Miami and Dom lives in LA!

"Because I made some mistakes Maddy, so your Mom is a little angry at me" Dom said trying to reason with her.

"Look okay. Mommy…" She said as she climbed onto the bed and sat on my lap. "I know you hate it in Miami, you always have. And if you wanted to stay there you wouldn't have a bag of clothes in the 240! And Dom, you made a big race to find my mom! Just coz I'm 3 and a half don't mean I'm stupid I notice things!" she said crossing her arms across her small chest and shaking her head; making Dom and I turn a light shade of pink.

Maddy hopped of me and walked out the door shutting it behind her leaving Dom and me alone. We didn't talk after she left but the strange silence made me realise some things that I never usually think about. So I ask him.

"Dom, why do you suddenly care so much?"

"Letty, what's that supposed to mean?"

"Dom don't answer a question with a question. I mean before the heists you acted like you didn't give a damn. I had to be a colder harder bitch than I was usually to get you to look twice at me, so why do you suddenly care so much?"

"I've always cared Letty, I was just worried bout the heists" he said shyly; that means he's lying!

"Don't even try to lie to me Dom, I can tell when you do. Now tell me the truth, I deserve to know!" I was being harsh but I had my reasons!

"Let, Its was just..." he began again in the same shy tone while sitting down where Maddy was sitting moments before.

"I said DON'T LIE TO MEE DOM!"

"FINE LET, Damn I was scared! OKAY BIG DOMINIC TORETTO WAS SCARED CAUSE I…" I looked at him in shock; he was scared?

"You what Dom?" I said quietly shifting my legs over the edge of the bed and dangling them gently before getting out of bed and sitting beside him.

"I…. Was scared of it going wrong! I knew it would how long could we go around boosting semi's for crying out loud! I knew that eventually something would go wrong"

"You couldn't have known that Dom, sure you could've had the feeling Le, Vince and I had but you couldn't have fully known that Vince would get stuck on the Semi, you couldn't have known my car would flip. No one could know that!" I cooed into his ear rubbing his back gently, I know that for my cause I should've stayed in my bed but it was instinct to go and sit with him.

"I wouldn't have done it If I knew you would get hurt Let, I really wouldn't have!" he whispered looking deep into my eyes; he was being truthfully. Whoa!

We sat there for a while and Dom fell asleep on my lap before I knew I had to go back to bed; I didn't want him to get the wrong Idea by me falling asleep on him. I stood up and slipped in. About 3 minutes later everyone flocked in, waking Dom up. I looked around at Mia, Brian, Rome, Vince, Jesse, Jimmy, Tej, Suki, Leon and Luka. They are all so different, how do 10 people who live basically on opposite ends of the country get along so well together? 1 word, cars!

Maddy run sin about a minute later, and heads straight for Dom, sitting up on his lap I watch them for a moment, He has his legs spread out in front of him on the couch and he is leaning against the arm of the couch. Maddy runs up and snuggles into his chest and he hugs her tightly; am I really gonna take my daughter from her father by making her go back to Miami? Or will I take her to LA?

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