[Our Watermelon Baby]
Dom's POV
I was working on the new Honda that we got when Alex came up to me. He was really excited about something. "Daddy, daddy! Auntie Mia said mama's gonna be a wa-er melon!" he laughed to himself. I looked at him confused. I knelt down to his level. "Okay buddy, say that again but slower." he stopped laughing. He took a deep breath. "Oh I think I forget a part. Auntie said mama is gonna be the size of a wa-er melon." Watermelon? Why would Letty be the size of a watermelon? Suddenly, I realized what Alex had just told me. "Isn't that funny daddy?" He jumped up and down before running to Jesse. I stood up and looked in the direction of Letty's office. She looked at me scared shitless. That pretty much confirmed what I thought. Letty was pregnant…with my second kid.
Letty's POV
"Mia, he's coming over! What am I supposed to do?" I asked frantically. "How bout you start with telling him that you're pregnant?" I looked at her. I wasn't ready for this yet. Mia looked at me and could tell I was scared. "Listen girl, it's not gonna be like before. He loves you and Alex. I don't think he'd ever walk out on you again." Mia comforted. I nodded. Suddenly, there was knocking on my door. I looked up and saw Dom. Mia motioned for him to come in. "Hey, can I talk to her for a second?" He asked motioning towards me. Mia nodded and began to walk out the door. Before closing the door, she turned around, "Congratulations!" she said before closing the door quickly. I glared at her retreating form.
Dom pulled a chair next to me and sat down. I couldn't look at him, so I busied myself with the car designs. I could feel him staring at me. I heard him sigh. He grabbed my hands and pulled my chair towards him. "Letty….is it true?" I looked up at him. He was looking at me with so much intensity that I felt hot. He was waiting for me to answer. "What are you talking about, Dominic?" I wanted to avoid his obvious quetion. "Quit it, Letty. Can you just tell it to me straight?" His reply was firm. "Yeah, I'm pregnant Dom." I replied. I waited for his predicted response. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" I turned away from him. I sucked in a breath, "I was scared." It was the truth. I looked at him and could tell he was confused. "Scared of what?" "Scared that you might walk out on me again." There I said it. And as much as it hurt for me to confess, I could tell by his facial features that it hurt him too. "Babe, that was 4 years ago. I was young and wasn't thinking straight. I would have never walked out on you." he tried to explain.
"But you did leave Dominic! You don't think I was young? I went through the pregnancy by myself. I gave birth to Alex by myself! Half the time I was expecting that it was you coming through the door, wanting to hold my hand! You have no idea how scared I was being a single mother for that one year. And to top things off, you cheated on me!" I was crying. This was the first time that I had ever said anything bout that lonesome year. I stood up and left the office, leaving Dom to sit there by himself. He didn't sit there for long. I could hear him walking up behind me. He grabbed a hold of my arm and turned me to face him. "Letty, I've told you, I'm sorry. It should've never happened. But I've changed. I've shown you that I've changed." Dom was squeezing my hands. By now, everyone in the garage had stopped working and were watching us intently. "I don't know Dom. I'm just really scared right now." He let go of my hands and pulled me against him, hugging me against his muscular chest. "I'm sorry for everything I've put you through. But I want you to know that I love you and Alex. I'm not the same person I was four years ago and I would never walk out on my family again." At that moment I looked at the sincerity in his eyes and forgave him, for everything that happened in the past. We shared a small kiss, that quickly got intense until Alex came bursting into the garage.
"Mama, are you gonna be a wa-er melon?" Dom and I laughed. I picked him up and set him on my hip. "Yeah, mama's gonna have a tummy bigger than a watermelon!" Dom laughed as he tickled Alex. He giggled and squirmed. "Alex, you're going to have a little baby sister." I said with a smile. "Yay! Is she going to be a wa-er melon or can I play with her?" he asked with cute curiosity. "She's not going to be a watermelon. You can play with her but you have to be careful because she's gonna be really small." "That's good. Cus I taught she was gonna be a wa-er melon, mama." Dom looked at me. "We're having a girl?" He asked. Oh yeah, I forgot that I didn't tell him. I smiled. "Yeah, we're gonna have a little girl." He kissed me again. " We should celebrate after the race." He said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes. "Alright, its closing time. And it's almost time for the race." Dom stood up and looked at me knowingly. I rolled my eyes at him again. "Yeah, we're coming. But you have to stay close to me okay?" I looked down at Alex. His flashed his toothy grin at me before squirming in my arms. I figured i wouldn't be carrying him for awhile so i set him down. "Yay! We're going to the race. Daddy's gonna win first place! And I know how to tie my shoo ace!" Alex rhymed to himself as he skipped alongside Dom. "Who taught you that, buddy?" Dom asked with an amused grin. "Un-cle Jesse. He taught me how to tie my shoo ace and he taught me how the say the words to the song." Dom smiled down at him, then he looked back at me. "Well at least he's teaching him good things." I laughed before getting into the Charger. It's race time.