I'm back! Sorry it's been a while since I've updated the story. I finally got situated in my new house. Well thanks for the good reviews and the one exceptional review. Yes, Vince is a lot older then Sasha but age shouldn't matter. It's how you feel about a person. And yeah it is kinda cliche how they all find someone, but it's fiction remember? Thanks anyways guys.

Well here is number 25 ...

Chapter 25-No Such Thing As Secrets

Dominic's POV

"Dom, this is Lily. Lily this is my brother, Dominic. And you remember Letty." Mia introduced us. Lily had the most incredible pair of eyes I've seen before. She was a looker, I'll give her that.

"How ya livin' Lily?" Letty asked her sweetly, much to my surprise.

"I'm doing good. But I'm ready to grub." She joked, patting her stomach.

"Let's eat then. C'mon everyone." I waved the team towards the table.

Soon, everyone took their seats at the table. Considering there were more people eating, we had chosen to use two tables, one for the ladies and one for the guys. I sat at the head of our table; Brian on the right of me; Jesse on the left; Leon next to Jesse; Tony next to Brian; Vince at the end of the table, across from me.

At the ladies table, it was Mia at the head; Letty on the right of her; Sasha on the left of Mia; Diana sat next to Sasha; and Lily was seated next to Letty.

Just like every other dinner, we waited until someone reached into the food. And just as I expected, Jesse reached first.

"Jess, you know the rules." I reminded him. He nodded and dropped the chicken back into the bowl.

"Thank you Lord for allowing me to get better at these prayers. I'm not too happy about doing them all the time but it's okay. Thank you for bringing me these beautiful people and beautiful cars. And thanks for Diana too. She's an amazing girl and I promise you I'll do right her. Amen." He prayed.

"Amen." Everyone repeated.

"Jesse, you...?" I asked, pointing to him and Diana. He nodded. How could I didn't know about them too? I guess I wasn't looking hard enough.

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Halfway into the dinner, I noticed the weird looks Brian and Lily exchanged. They hadn't said a word to each other -- just glances.

"Brian, you alright?" I asked him. He broke his menacing stare with Lily and turned to me. He shrugged his shoulders and continued eating his meal.

I noticed someone else staring at Lily too -- Leon. It wasn't the way Brian was looking. Le was staring like a little kid in a chocolate factory.

"Quit drooling in your food Leon." Jesse teased him. Leon snapped out of his daze and frowned at Jesse.

"Whatever." He responded.

While the men started up a conversation on how to improve their rides, I slipped off into the ladies conversation.

"So you like cars huh?" Mia asked Lily.

"Yep. I've been around them as long as I can remember." She replied.

Great, another car freak, I thought to myself.

Something didn't seem right with her. I needed to find out more.

"Jesse, I need you to check out Lily for me." I whispered, making sure the ladies didn't here. Mia hated when I had Jesse check out every person we met. But it's for our protection.

"NO!" Brian yelled loudly. Everyone's head turned to him. He had his mouth open, with a look of worry on his face. "I'll check her out." He insisted.

"It's alright O'Conner. Jesse will do it." I turned him down.

"But I insist." He continued. I was becoming annoyed. Brian was up to something.

"It's okay Brian. I got it." Jesse replied, not having a clue what Brian was doing. Finally, Brian gave up and went back to eating.

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-Later that night-

"So Jesse what'd you find out?" I asked Jesse, approaching him on the stairs of the front porch. He had been sitting out their alone for awhile. Everyone else, including Lily, Brian, and Tony, had been watching Kung Fu movies since dinner was over.

"This chick is a nutcase Dominic. She's just completed 2 years in the pen for grand theft auto and arson. She was locked up when she was 17 for trespassing and ... guess what? She's an O'Conner." Jesse read off the files he printed from his computer.

Oh hell no. Not another O'Conner. Brian just lost his meal ticket.

I could feel my face wash over in anger. I was heated. But I didn't wanna let Jesse know that just yet. But Brian will find out soon enough.

"Dominic ... Dom you alright?" I barely heard Jesse speak to me.

"Yeah. Thanks. So what's the deal with you and Diana?" I asked him, changing subjects to calm me some.

"Aw Dom she's great. She makes me feel so complete, ya know? Like it's a part of me that's been missing for so long and I think I found it." He explained, his face lighting up with happiness.

"Do you love her?" I questioned.

"Yeah .. well, no. Not yet at least. I mean I like her a whole lot, yeah. But I don't think we're old enough to love just yet. Give it some time though." That was the most mature thing I've heard Jesse say.

"That's good. Just be careful. Girls can be cruel." I explained to him, reminiscing how Letty used to be cold-hearted towards me.

-FLASHBACK-

"Dominic, go get the girls from Letty's. It's time for dinner." My dad, Anthony, said to me from the kitchen.

We were having another regular dinner in the Toretto house; salad, chicken, and Letty. She is always here. Can she not stay home for once, I thought to myself.

I nodded and walked out the door. I started down the street for Letty's house, which was two blocks away from ours. When I arrived to the house, I saw Letty and Mia swinging on the porch swing. Letty's brother, Jonah, was playing with his toys on the steps.

"Mia it's time for dinner. Letty I guess since you have no life, you'll be coming too?" I said rudely. It's not the fact that I didn't like Letty, she was just annoying. But we had that brotherly/sisterly bond.

"Wow, I guess you do know how to use that giant thing in your head other then learning bra sizes. So sad, if only you could count to five..." She spat back hastily.

"Whatever. Let's go." I scowled at her.

We all walked down the block together, me behind the other two.

"Why is your brother such an asshole?" I heard Letty ask Mia.

"Because her brother wuvs you sooo much." I teased her, hugging her from behind. I could feel her tense up, like she didn't wanna be touched.

"Don't touch me Dominic. I don't want cooties." She teased me back, giving me a cold-hearted smile.

"You already have cooties." I replied in the 5 year old voice I had been using for the whole conversation.

-FLASHBACK-

I was so caught up in the past that I didn't hear Jesse calling my name.

"Dominic .. Dom you alright?" He asked me, waving a hand in front of my face.

"Yeah. What were we talking about?" I asked him, completely spaced out.

"I just got threw telling you about Brian's sister and you asked me--" He started but I cut him off.

"O'Conner." I bellowed in a whisper. "I'll be right back Jesse. Go inside and watch movies with the family." I excused myself into the house.

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"O'Conner. I think we need to talk!" I growled at him, yanking him by his shirt collar and dragging him outback.

"What is it Dom?" Brian yelped, fixing his shirt.

"Is there anything you wanna tell me? Like, I don't know, somethings I might need to know." I quizzed him. He shrugged his shoulders, like nothing was wrong. "Last warning. If there is anything I need to know, tell me now. If I find out anything later, I'll let Vince beat you to an inch of your life like he so desperately wants too. Secrets are not kept in my house, capesh?" I whispered, his such harsh intensity in my voice.

"Yeah Dom. I get it." Brian agreed, treading off into the house.

XXX

I walked in the house and sat in the recliner I always did when I was stressed. Letty walked into the kitchen from the den to toss away Corona bottles. She noticed me in the chair and decided to join me.

"What's wrong Dom?" She asked, sitting on my lap

"Why were you so cruel to me back then Let?" I wrapped my arms protectively around her waist.

"Simple. Because you were a dick then and you're an even bigger dick now. But I love you." She smiled that beautiful smile I've loved for years.

"I love you too. You wanna go upstairs so I can give you a massage?" I grinned devishly. She grabbed my hand and pulled me up the stairs, where we stayed the rest of the night.