Disclaimer: Still not a Fast and the Furious owner, nor do I own Parker Brothers Monopoly Cards.

Being with Letty that night was amazing. Everything about it was amazing. She was amazing. She had grown up a lot in two years. I could see how much she had changed. But, she was still the same person I had left. She was wild and crazy but controlled and even sweet when no one was looking. And that night, no one was looking but me. We had sex, fucked, made love- we did all of that. It was awesome. The best part was watching her sleep in my arms. I had missed that most of all. I knew that we would get through the Tran mess. I didn't doubt that she would give me hell about it in the morning, but I knew we would make it past that. I know that I would have to try really hard not to mess up what we had, though. I don't think she was handing out very many 'get out of jail free' cards. I wanted to be honest with her. I wanted to talk to her about things. I wanted to make sure that she knew how much she meant to me. Essentially, I wanted to do everything better than I had before.

Despite how tired I was that night, I couldn't sleep. I felt like I'd been hit by a bus, continuously, these past few years. It doesn't rain, it fucking pours. But, I was beginning to realize that all of that could be over. I had another chance. I had another chance with Letty. I had another chance to not fuck things up. So many things ran through my head. I wanted to make plans. I wanted to have goals, something to work towards. I needed to take my responsibility as head of the family, head of the team. I felt bad that my little sister had been trying to run the businesses. Granted, she had a lot of help. But, it was not her job. She was young. She needed to be young.

I felt Letty start to wake up. I didn't know what time it was, but it was still pretty early.

"I'm glad you're here this morning. I don't like waking up alone," she said, looking up at me and stretching.

"Try waking up to a cellmate. I would probably have preferred solitude to that," I joked.

"I don't know, was he hot?" she mocked.

"Yeah, you want me to hook you up? He'll be out in about six months. I know how much you dig ex cons," I said smiling at her. She looked even more beautiful in the morning.

"Oh yeah! I hope they let you bring home the jumpsuit. Those are pretty sexy," she said, laying her head on my chest.

"Yeah, I thought I'd wear it on job interviews," I suggested.

She started laughing.

"What? Bad idea?" I asked.

"I can't see you on a job interview!" she laughed.

"That's the part you're laughing at? I think I may be offended," I said.

"You're not," she stated.

"Okay, thank you for letting me know," I said, rubbing her arm.

"What was it like? Being in prison?" she asked. I could tell that she was hesitant to ask.

"It was awesome!" I lied. She just gave me an irritated look. " Nah, Lompoc…it was the most boring place ever. Everyday was the exact same as the next. Nothing ever changed. You could go fucking nuts just reliving the same day over and over."

"Did you make nice with others?" she asked in a joking manner. I've never really made nice with a whole lot of people.

"Huh, nah, I didn't really make a lot of friends. They weren't guys you really wanted to be friends with. A bunch of cowards covered with muscles and tattoos," I started.

"Sounds like Vince," she joked.

"Well, it's really the fear in all those guys that made them so hard to deal with," I said, thinking of a few in particular.

"Fear?" she asked.

"Yeah, you can see it in their eyes," I told her.

"Are you scared?" she asked curiously.

"Of what?" I asked. I couldn't imagine what in the world she thought I would be scared of.

Letty just shrugged, "whatever they were scared of."

"They were scared of life. They had nothing to live for and they were scared to death of dying for it," I said, staring up at the ceiling.

"So?" she pressed.

"I've got something to live for," I said.

"And what's that?" she said even though she knew what I would say.

"The Charger," I joked. "I've got to get it fixed up."

Letty punched my arm. I turned over on my side so that we were facing. I looked directly in her dark eyes. "You're what I live for. And, damn, I don't think I could have made it through Lompoc without you."

"Because we had so much contact?" she asked, sarcastically. I would never let them come to visit me very much. But, Letty and Mia would usually show up with little warning.

"You're the only reason I haven't thrown it all away Letty. After my Dad died I felt like there wasn't shit else in my life. But, then I knew that I had you. It gave me that reason," I admitted. So far I was well on my way to being open and honest with her. I needed one of those charts with little gold stars to keep track of my progress.

But, then she busted the bubble of a moment that we were having by asking, "So, Tran?"

Damn. So close to avoiding it all together.

"Yeah," I sighed, turning back over on my back. I didn't want to look at her when we talked about it. I felt too bad. The idea seemed even worse this morning than it had last night. God, I hate hindsight.

"Why don't you tell me the whole story instead of bits and pieces of it like you did last night. You're 'get out of jail' card is expired," she said, still laying on my chest. I had figured as much. Talking about what I did last night for Tran was not really where I had hoped our conversation would go. I had been hoping for something slightly more raunchy. Which, clearly, would not happen now.

"I told you what happened," I said, trying to stay truthful- I had.

"Bullshit, why don't you tell me everything that happened. Somebody's not just going to start shooting at you for nothing," she said. Good point.

I bit the bullet and just started from the beginning. I told her the entire story, despite my personal preference to leave out most every detail. When I got to the part of the story when I made it back to the house I stopped. She knew the rest. And, I waited for her reaction. I felt like I was about 10 and about to get grounded by my Mom.

"So all you did was punch him?" she asked. Her reactions never ceased to amaze me.

"Yeah," I shrugged.

"At least that part is unlike the old you," she said turning over on her back. Ouch! What was I supposed to say to that? I didn't respond. I didn't want to fight with her. I wanted to ameliorate the situation as quickly as I could. Besides, I had no defense. What I did was stupid. I knew that. And, if I wanted to patch things up between us I had to let her know that she could trust me.

"You can't fault me for being pissed. That was really dishonest," she continued.

"I don't. I'm sorry," I replied. "You have every right to be pissed."

"Well, good," she said. I guess my agreeable attitude took her somewhat by surprise. "You can't just go do shit like that."

"You're right," I finally said. "And, I'm not going to. We're a team and I don't want to disappoint you again."

"I just got you back," she said.

"But, listen, I realized that what I did last night, the person that did that, that's not who I want to be," I said.

"Well you can't just talk about it, Dom, you have to do something about," she protested.

"Letty, I can't change what I did last night. Trust me, if I could change the past a lot would be different with our lives. But I can tell you that I'm not going to keep things from you. And I'm going to be the man that I need to be," I said, pulling her back over towards me. "Will you stand by me?"

"Maybe," she said solemnly. But, she couldn't hold it in. She let out a smile. Letty had a lot of different smiles. This was my favorite one. This was a smile that she only gave to me.

"Maybe?" I said sarcastically, pulling her on top of me.

"Maybe," she replied again but while kissing me.

Perhaps the morning would be better than I had expected, I thought, pulling off Letty's shirt.

I just hoped that I wouldn't have to tell Mia about last night. Fat chance.

TBC

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AJ