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Chapter 6

"Dom?", Vince marches to the couch. Dom just looks at him inquiringly.

"Letty is ill, man. You have to give her a few days off." Vince demands.

Dom arches an eyebrow. What the hell?! "Why can't she tell me herself?"

"I don't know. She's too busy being Letty." Vince laughs, but shuts up immediately as Letty hits him hard on the back of his head.

"You better shut the fuck up!" she growls.

Vince strolls out of the room muttering "Crazy Lady". Letty was hitting him far to often for his liking in the last few months.

Dom is still sitting on the couch, unsure of what to say.

I can't ask her what's wrong. She'd just snap at me again. I have to wait till she comes to me.

Letty walks slowly up to him, her gaze down.

What is the matter with me? I trust him! Hell, I love him... Just tell him Letty. He won't freak out.

She thinks as she climbs in his lap and cuddles herself close to him.

Dom puts his arms around her immediately and kisses her temple.

"Baby?", she slurs into his shirt. Wait, what do I even want to tell him? Why am I feeling guilty?

"Yeah?", Dom murmurs quietly.

"I'm sorry about rowing with you. I just don't feel well lately."she contemplates nuzzling his neck.

"Want me to take you to a doctor?" he asks concerned.

"Nah. It's not that bad." Letty reassures him turning to face him and giving him a quick peck on the lips. Go to the Doctor...yeah sure. As if I would ever go...

"Okay. But you'll stay at home at least for tomorrow and tell me if it gets worse. Please."

"Fine." she smiles. See, it was easy. You don't have to be the though girl 24/7. He loves you.

They're sitting there in silence for a few minutes each wrapped up in their own thoughts.

"Letty?"Dom starts clearing his throat; Letty just looks up at him questioningly.

"What I said before...about, you know...Well, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that, you know how hurt I get when we argue."

"Dom.", Letty tries to stop his mumbled speech but without success.

"You know I would never..."

"Dom!" she screeches annoyed and confused.

"Yes?" Dom looks up nervously, Letty is on the verge of laughing.

"I have no clue what you're rambling on about." She chokes out.

Dom stares at her stunned. "What I said about the ring, babe." he explains.

Now it's Letty's turn to have an taken aback look on her face.

After several moments without anything said Dom's expression turn's from bewildered to hurt.

"Let's go join the others. Lunch should be ready by now." His voice sounds contorted even to himself.

It means not that she doesn't love me. It means NOT that she doesn't love me. She just doesn't want to marry me. It's not a big deal. I can handle that.

"Dom..I...", Letty starts hesitantly.

Oh no, now she'll tell me she doesn't love me. Dom turns back around cautiously.

Just in that moment Jesse pops his head through the door.

"Lunch is ready you two. Come on."

"Okay." Letty replies. Dom keeps looking at her, but she strolls around him without lifting her gaze and enters the kitchen.

Dammit.

"So...What about the deal with Tran?" Vince asks Dom while everyone is eating.

"I think we should do it.", Leon interrupts. "We would've enough money after this for getting all our cars ready. We would get big in the racing scene. Make ourselves known. Win, win, win – even more money." he drifts of in his daydreams and falls silent.

Mia scrunches her nose.

"I don't like them. And I don't like the way you say -deal-. What is this deal?"

"It's nothing Mi.", Vince assures her, earning himself another punch from Letty.

"Cut the shit Vince. Mia has to know about this. Even if -we girls-"Letty throws Dom a nasty scowl

"aren't allowed to help."

"Letty is right. Everyone has to know what's going on. We are a family. No secrets." Jesse points out.

"Fine." Dom growls. "Johnny Tran wants us to shift stolen car parts for him."

"Oh." Mia's voice is low. "And you think it's a good idea huh? You're just becoming a bunch of thugs, why bother tell Mia. Isn't as if this could destroy her family. You're such a jackass Dom."

With this she stands up and goes to her room.

"We are doing this aren't we?" Jesse asks nervously.

"Yeah. Yeah we are doing this." states Dom before getting up and dumping the dishes in the sink.

Letty and Dom are the last ones in the living room, anyone else is already 're watching TV in silence.

"I'm going to bed. You coming?" Letty yawns and gets up from the couch.

Dom just grunts and makes no move to get up.

"Baby?" Letty touches him lightly on the arm.

"I think I'll better sleep on the couch tonight. You're ill. You have to rest and I don't want to set the alarm and wake you up tomorrow morning." he says with an icy tone.

"You're angry with me?" Letty asks disbelievingly.

Dom doesn't respond.

"Is this about the -ring thing-?" Letty asks, quoting him the second time this evening.

"No." Dom answers morosely.

"Baby." Letty's voice is softer this time. She sits down on the couch table in front of him.

"I love you. You know that." She states.

"Yeah I know." Dom pouts. "But I want everyone to know."

"Why?" Letty laughs a little.

Dom lets out a heavy sigh. "I don't know. I just want it. I want to make sure you're gonna stick by me."

"Maybe I am." she leans in and kisses him.

"So maybe you say yes?" Dom asks as he pulls away from her "Just maybe?"

"Dom" Letty leans further away from him. "I don't need a ring on my finger to know that I'm with you."

"Alright. I got it." he snarls as he stands up and leaves the house.