A/N: part of this chapter will be from Tony Toretto's PoV, and Mia's. This will be one of the few times that we will here from a character other than Dom and Letty.
Translations:
Tesoruccio: cute little treasure-Italian
Chapter 4: Making Letty's Room
Letty's PoV
When we got home from school, we found that Tony had been to the hardware store that day. He had bought everything we would need to put make a small room for me down in the , Vince, and I all ran upstairs to change while Mia meandered up after us. As soon as I stepped into mine and Mia's room I quickly pulled my school sweater over my head and tossed it into the corner, my skirt and blouse followed it. Quickly I pulled my jeans over my hips and fastened them before sliding into my combat boots. I quickly realized that I didn't have a shirt that I could use to work in the basement without Mia flipping shit. Sighing I walked out to the hall way and knocked on Dom's door.
"Yeah what's up?" Dom yelled from the other side.
"Dom I need to borrow one of you beater to work in, Mia will flip if I use any of my new shirts from Wednesday." I said through the door in annoyance.
"Come on in me and Vince are decent." He said and I could hear him pulling a drawer out from his dresser. I pushed the door open to find Vince pulling a shirt over his head looking out the window, and Dom was digging through his drawer. My breath caught at the sight of him. He had on a pair of old worn jeans that hung low on his hips, his belt hanging open. His chest was bare and you could see the faint our line of a six pack that was the result of the time he had been putting in with the weights he had bought on his last birthday, and his arms were starting to bulge just slightly also. "Here ya go." He tossed a shirt at me as he brought his head up to look at me. His eyes moved up my body and only when they met my eyes did I realize that I had forgotten to put a shirt on and was there in only my bra and jeans. My face turned bright red and I quickly turned and ran back to Mia's room.
Dom's PoV
I was just popping the button of my jeans into place when there was a knock on the door. "Yeah what's up?"
"Dom I need to borrow one of you beater to work in, Mia will flip if I use any of my new shirts from Wednesday." Letty's said, and I could hear the annoyance in her voice.
I glanced over my shoulder to see Vince digging for a shirt in his pile of clothes that was in the corner of my room. "Come on in me and Vince are decent." I yelled walking over to my dresser and starting to dig through my dresser for one of my old beaters. I heard her walk in the room just as I found an old black beater buried at the back. I stood up and tossed the shirt at her, "Here ya go." I turned to look at her and froze. She was wearing one of the pairs of jeans we had gotten only two days before, and already had faint oil and grease marks on the knees and along her thighs where she wiped her hands almost constantly. As my eyes roamed up over her stomach I noted that it was completely flat and toned, showing the tendons along her sides faintly, she had on a black satin bra, and for the first time I realized that Letty at only the age of 12 was already nearly a B, and I was sure of that. I mean even at 15 I had more experience then some. Finally my eyes met her wide oil colored eyes and I watched as the emotions flipped through her eyes, flying from confusion, to realization, and settling into embarrassment before she turned and ran out the door. I flopped back onto my bed trying to picture the steps to disassembling and reassembling an engine, trying to keep the images that didn't belong there from flooding my head. My heart caught when I heard Mia's door slam next door.
"Well she didn't stick around very long." Vince commented turning from the window making me shake my head in disbelief of my best friend. "Well dude you ready to get this project started? I wanna get back to the garage."
"Yeah lets go." I grabbed one of my white beaters and pulled it on over my head and ran down the stairs. I slipped on my scuffed up shop boots and headed out side to get directions from dad.
Letty's PoV
I closed the door to Mia's room and fell against it, clutching the black shirt in my hands.
"What's wrong with you?" Mia asked form her bed where she had her school books spread out.
"I went to ask Dom if I could borrow a shirt to work in and, well, I kinda forgot to put one on before I went in there."
"I'm sure he didn't even notice." She said continuing to flip through her reading book.
"I'm pretty sure he did, he looked right at me." I groaned sliding down the door.
Mia looked up from her book with a worried expression on her face, "DO NOT tell me you have a thing for my brother Letty."
"WHAT!?, No never." I pulled Dom's shirt over my head and stood up walking over to Mia's dresser and looking into the mirror. I pulled my hair out of the pony-tail and ran my fingers through it, "Hey Mia I think I wanna cut my hair." I said pulling it back up into its pony.
"Oh god you do like my brother," she rolled over onto her back and through her arm over her face.
I rolled my eyes at my over dramatic best friend. "Jeeze Mia could you be anymore dramatic? And what does me wanting to cut my hair have anything to do with your brother? It's a pain in the ass when you're in the middle of helping to put in a motor and your hair is in your face." I said turning to face her.
"Uh-huh sure that's the reason, just promise me you will never date Dom."
"Oh geeze, come on Mia that would be like dating a brother or something yuk." I walked out the door and ran down the stairs sliding my feet into my worn combat boots, and followed the sound of voices in the basement. When I got down there Dom, Vince and Mr. Toretto had already moved everything into the basement that we would need to finish off a section to make it into a bedroom. The current basement was one large open room that was about 50'x 50'. In the corner across from the stairs was the washer and dryer.
"Ok Letty where do you want us to put your room?" Mr. Toretto asked handing me a large piece of chalk. I took the chalk and turned in a circle.
"could I put my closet in under the stairs?"
"sure."
I beamed up at him and walked over to the wall and stood under the stairs, quickly I counted out about 15 paces which was about 10' and made a mark, then I turned and walked to the end of the stairs drawing a line on the ground before turning and drawing it to the bottom of the stairs. I handed the chalk to Tony and turned to look at the square I had made on the floor, the room was about 10'x 15' and looked to be just the right size. Dom gabbed the chalk from his father's hand and walked to the wall where my first line I drew. I watched him walk another 5' down the wall before bending down and drawing a line straight down and turning it to meet the corner of my own two lines.
"There." He said dusting his hands off and handing the chalk to his dad.
"Dom that's way too big for me." I said trying to smear his line with my foot.
He slid his arms around my waist lifting me up and moving me away from the line, "Ah but Let, its about midway across the basement, so we can put in a room about the same size next to it. See, so not thinking about you here."
"Dom you are such a pain." I said punching him in the stomach. He grabbed his stomach making an oomph sound and I grinned in triumph.
"Oh I cannot wait till you two get older." Tony said chuckling and shaking his head.
"What's that supposed to mean?" me and Dom asked at the same time before turning to glare at each other.
"Oh you'll see."
For the next four hours the four of us worked on building the walls up in the basement. We had just finished putting up the first sheet of drywall when Mia came meandering down the stairs. "Daddy what are we having for dinner? I'm hungry." She said sitting on the stairs.
Vince, Dom and I all rolled our eyes at Mia, she was my best friend, really my only female friend, and yet sometimes I wondered if we had anything in common.
"You three don't do anything while I run and put dinner in the oven, we're having lasagna for dinner tonight, I made it while you kids were at school." Tony said walking over and helping Mia up "Come on my Tesoruccio, dinner will be done in exactly one hour after I put it in the oven. You could help me out and set the table if you want"
"OK."
As they trudged up stairs me and the boy all slumped against the wall and slammed a bottle of water each.
"So Letty, you dating any guys yet?" Vince said slapping Dom on the arm.
"Bite me V, " I couldn't believe I put up with him some times.
"Eh sorry you're not my type."
"Yeah, you and Dom go for more of the balloon tits and sleep with every guy in school type."
"Hey why am I getting dragged into this?" Dom asked from the other side of Vince, "Drop it V, besides any guy who even thinks of getting near Letty or Mia, is going to have to get through me and when they get out of the hospital if they are still willing to go out with them I'll approve…. Till they fuck up."
"Wow Dom, way to make sure, I never let you meet any guy I ever like." Tony chose that moment to come back down shaking his head.
"Ok kids, lets try to get another 3 sheets up before dinner and we can finish the rest of the walls tomorrow and lay down the carpet, and Sunday we will put up your door and closet and move you in ok kiddo?"
"Sounds good." I said smiling up at the man who had helped me out so much already as he ruffled my hair. And true to his word we had just finished putting up the third sheet of drywall when Mia hollered down the stairs that the oven was beeping. We all made our way up the stairs flipping the lights off in the basement. While me and the boys took turns washing up Tony pulled supper out of the oven and set it on the table. We all took what had become our normal seats around the table as Tony washed up. We all took hands and he said grace before serving each of us a hearty slice of the lasagna. As we all ate, I looked around at the family that had become my own. Even as things with my own mother had I had found refuge with the Torettos and Vince, even if he was a pain in my butt. The four people sitting around the table had become my family, and I knew that even if we fought like cats and dogs, or even if we didn't understand each other we would always be there for one another, we would never hurt one another and god help anyone who hurt any of us. Dinner went as usual, me listening to Mia drone on about the newest fashions, and Dom and Vince compare girls, then Mia would slowly be drowned out by Vince, Dom, Tony and I as we talked about the garage, and Mia only butted in occasionally to actually ask questions about what we were talking about. It might be the same every day but to me it was the best thing in the world. After dinner Dom and Vince cleared the Table while me and Mia washed dishes, and Tony put dinner away.
"Ok Dom it's your turn to pick a movie, but please make sure it's not something that will give your sister nightmares."
"Yes Dad, come on V you can help me." The boys ran into the living room and me and Mia finished Dishes. Like true Dom form the movie was an action packed film that was almost solely about cars. Mia jumped on the couch across from Vince, both putting their feet up resting them on each other leaving no room for me and Dom. I rolled my eyes and plopped down on the floor stretching out on my stomach, Dom grabbed a couple of pillows from the blanket chest, along with a blanket. He tossed them both on the floor next to me before fluffing the pillows and resting his back against the couch. Tony started the movie, before sitting down in his chair.
Dom's PoV
As the movie started, I let myself stretch out along the floor, within a few minutes of the movie starting I could hear my sisters breathing level out as she fell asleep on the couch above me. About half way through the movie Letty turned and pulled one of the pillows out from behind me and curled up on her side with her head up by the couch. At some point I heard Vince start to snore as he fell asleep. I slid down so I was fully stretched out on the floor. I was starting to doze off when I felt someone snuggling up next to me. I opened my eyes to see Letty fast asleep trying to worm herself into my side. I smiled at the small girl who had found her way into all of our hearts and lift my arm and slid it around her shoulders, surprised to find her skin cool. I pulled the blanket from the back of the couch and wrapped it around her shoulders before letting myself follow the rest into sleep.
Tony's PoV
I looked up from the papers I had been looking through when I heard the credits start rolling. All four kids were fast asleep; Mia and Vince were passed out on the couch trying to kick each other off even in their sleep. Then I looked to the floor and felt a soft smile touch my lips. Letty was curled up next to Dom with her head on his chest; he had his arm around her shoulders and had pulled out a second blanket to pull around her shoulders. Even asleep anyone could see that she would always be special to him, even if the two of them couldn't see it yet. I knew that one day my son would make Letty a part of the family in name and legally. I only hoped that they didn't hurt each other to much before they realized what they had in each other, they were in for a long and bumpy road. I stood up turning off the TV. I grabbed two more blankets from the chest and tucked one over Vince and Mia and one over Dom and Letty. While I could almost guarantee that Dom and Letty would have a long future, however the two on the couch I still wasn't sure about. I shook my head as I headed up the stairs toward the bedroom, on the table in the entryway I saw my wife's old camera, which sparked an idea. I picked the old camera up and snapped a couple shots of the four children that had filled my life. I set it in my coat pocket to take to the store to have it developed after I had dropped the children off at school on Monday.
Letty's PoV
I felt warm, safe. I snuggled my face into the pillow that I had cuddled myself into only to find it hard. I suddenly realized that my arms were trapped to my sides with my hands by my face. My eyes shot open and I could feel my heart start to race. I lifted my head up, however I was not lifting my head off a pillow rather I was lifting it off a chest, Dom's chest. I tilted my head up to see that he was still sleeping. He looked so peaceful; his face was softer, so much less guarded, and he had a small smile on his lips, not his usual cocky grin. I felt my pulse slow I snuggled myself closer into his side, his arms tightening around me even more. I let myself drift back to sleep feeling safer than ever.
Mia's PoV
When I woke up I felt a foot pushing into my lower back. I stretch my hands over my head and pushed my legs out straight letting my back arch. Moments after I felt one of my feet connect with something I heard a yelp from the opposite end of the couch. My eyes shot open and the first thing I saw was my brother and my best friend cuddling on the floor.
"Jesus Christ Mia, you kicked me in the balls." I sat up slapping Vince in the arm.
"Shut up and look on the floor," I hissed.
"What? Why" At this point in time he still had not gotten the hint to keep his loud mouth shut causing me to hit him again.
"What the hell…." This time I slapped my hand over his mouth and turned his head toward the sleeping couple on the floor before removing my hand. "OH MY GOD, HE SLEPT WITH HER."
"You dumb ass he didn't sleep with her, they're cuddling." I said rolling my eyes at his stupidity.
"Your brother doesn't cuddle with someone unless he gets in their pants first." He said crossing his arms.
"Will you two shut up?" Dom snapped from below us, I peered over the edge of the couch just as his eyes popped open and he looked down at the small girl in his arms.
Dom's PoV
I could hear Mia and Vince arguing above me. Next to me I could feel a small woman curled into me and I thought that my dream wasn't actually a dream. "Will you two shut up?" Then I opened my eyes, why would Mia and Vince be above me if I had a woman in bed with me, and for that matter when had a bed been this hard? I looked down to see Letty sleeping on my chest with her fingers curled in my shirt. Shit had I slept with Letty? No wait that wasn't right I still had on both my shirt and my jeans, and Letty was still fully clothed. So no we hadn't slept together, but we had slept together. I pulled my arms back around me and tried to sit up only to find her clinging to me.
"Dom don't wake her up whatever you do, Letty is a bitch when she first gets up.," Mia said before getting a thoughtful look on her face, "Unless she smells food. Just lay there and I'll go make pancakes." Mia jumped off the couch and ran into the kitchen.
"Vince go help Mia so she doesn't burn down the house." I growled at my shocked best friend, "Now would be great."
"Yes boss." He jumped off the couch and ran after Mia. I lay back on the floor, secretly enjoying the feel of having Letty in my arms. Then what Vince had said the night before came rushing to my mind. Was Letty dating anyone? Had she ever been held by another guy? Just the thought of anyone else touching Letty at all made my vision blur in rage. Again I tried to pull away from Letty, this time though instead of just clinging to my shirt she tightened her grip and threw her leg over my waist, quickly bringing my attention to a new problem. Her lower thigh was pressed against my groin, and I realized that I had yet to get up to take care of morning business. I wanted to slam my head against the floor in frustration, however I didn't want to move too much and wake her up before I had food to distract her from my predicament. I lay very still trying to think of anything except the rapidly maturing girl in my arms, while waiting for Vince and Mia to finish breakfast, and praying my dad didn't wake up. Soon I could smell bacon and sausage in the kitchen and knew my torture should be over soon. Within minute Mia was walking in with a plate piled with a stack of pancakes surrounded by bacon and sausage. I could feel Letty stirring next to me. As Mia walked closer Letty rolled away from me.
"Is that sausage I smell?" she asked sleepily sitting up and blinking.
"Yes it is and pancakes and bacon." Mia said handing Letty the plate.
"Have I ever told you that you are my best friend?" she asked as I quickly stood up and made my way toward the bathroom.
"All the time."
Letty's PoV
After Tony woke up, me and the others took turns in the shower while he ate and checked Mia's homework from the night before. Soon we were all traipsing down to the basement leaving Mia in the living room to watch TV. The rest of the morning we finished putting up the drywall. We all traipsed upstairs around one because Mia was complaining she was hungry. After having a quick meal of sandwiches and chips we headed back down to start the plastering and putting together my closet while it dried. After the plaster was dry we all picked up paint brushes and started painting on a primer. When we had just one wall left Tony said he was going to leave us to finish up and head upstairs to start on dinner. While I lined the outlet and the door the boys worked on filling everything else in. it took us about 30 minutes to complete the wall before we all headed out and washed our brushes. As I waited for Vince to finish I whipped a drop of sweat from my forehead.
"Um.. Let, you just,.." Dom said from next to me.
"I what?"
"Here." He stuck his thumb in his mouth before whipping it across my forehead and pulling it away covered in primer. I felt my face turn red.
"Oh jeeze, how much is there?" I asked lifting another of his borrowed beaters and whipping at my forehead frantically.
"Wait a minute," he grabbed one of the many shop rags that were thrown into a pile, and pushed Vince out of the way to get it wet from the faucet before turning back to me. He took my chin in his head and held my face still has he whipped the paint of my forehead. "There all gone." He said smiling down at me.
"Thanks." I said before slipping around him and quickly cleaning off my paint brush and my hands. "Catch ya up stairs." I ran up the stairs before I could do anything completely stupid. When I got up stairs Tony was loading sandwiches into an old picnic basket that we had used a couple time over the past summer. "What's up?"
"I thought we could go down to the beach for dinner and all of us could relax, so run upstairs and throw a suit on we leave in 15 minutes."
"Yeah sounds good." I ran up the stairs and made it about halfway up when I realized I didn't own a bathing suit. I was turning to go back down to tell Tony that when Dom started up the stairs, "Hey do you by any chance I have an old pair of swim trunks? I don't own a suit."
"Sure one second." He darted into his room closing the door behind him. I stood in the hallway for a few minutes before he came out again already changed into his suit with a thin white beater on, "Here you can wear this one." He handed me a pair of army camo swim trunks and a white beater like his own, "To put on over whatever god awful top Mia lends you."
"You're the best." I said smiling before dashing into Mia's room.
"Hey Letty do you need a suit?" Mia asked as she dug through her closet.
"Just a top." I said quickly changing into the shorts that Dom had given me. Suddenly I was hit in the face with a black bikini top.
"There you go."
"Mia what are you looking for?" I asked tying the top behind my back and neck before pulling the beater on over top of it.
"My lime green swim suit."
"Why."
"Because it's Vince's favorite color."
"Do you like Vince?"
"Maybe." She said turning to look at me timidly.
"Oh my god girl." I sat back on the bed in shock, "But he's just so….Vince."
"He can be really sweet I swear he can be."
"Hurry up and find a suit so we can go I'm going down stairs." I walked out of her room shaking my head and headed down the stairs. Ten minutes later I found myself wedged between Dom and Vince, Mia, being the last one out of the house, was in the front wearing her green suit with a black cover up. When we got to the beach we call scarfed down our food before running into the ocean. We all splashed around a little bit before the guys suggested a game of chicken. Dom lifted me onto his broad shoulders while Mia and Vince struggled to do the same. The first game was over in a matter of minutes with Mia pushing me backwards off Dom's shoulders. Dom pulled me from the water and demanded a rematch. Again he easily swung me onto his shoulders this time instead of holding my knees he had me lock my feet around his back before sliding his arms around my knees and reaching behind his back to clasp a hand around each opposite ankle. Again me and Mia locked hands laughing. As I pulled her forward after a few minutes of struggling Dom hooked his foot around Vince's and pulled forcing Vince backward at the same time I pulled Mia forward into the water.
"Cheaters" Both Vince and Mia sputtered as they broke the surface.
"All's fair in love and war." Dom and I shouted back laughing.
Soon we were herded back into the car completely worn out from our day of work and fun. When we got to the house we all quickly showered before promptly passing out in our perspective rooms. The next day Tony woke us up early in the morning with a full layout of breakfast. We all ate quickly before descending down into the basement for another long day. As I swung the door open into my new room I was surprised to find it fully painted. Three of the walls were a silvery grey while the one long wall that the door was on was a bright fuchsia pink. I squealed before turning around and launching myself at Tony wrapping my arms around his neck.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." I said hugging him tightly.
"No problem kiddo." He said chuckling and hugging me back, "Now lets get this carpet laid and start moving your stuff in." soon we were all helping to lay down black carpet tiles and within an hour the whole room was completely carpeted. Next Tony pulled out four large boxes, inside were a bed, nightstand, desk, and bookcase We each took one piece and started assembling them. By the time Mia came down to complain about being hungry we had completely finished my room. All the furniture was an ebony wood finish and he had found me new Fuchsia and black bedding, with two matching table lamps, one for my nightstand and one for my desk. We all went upstairs where Tony made us pizza for lunch. After lunch Mia helped me move all my stuff from her room down to my new room and get it all put away. While Mia and I had put the finishing touches on my room Tony made the boys help him prepare dinner, which was steaks and twice baked potatoes. Again we ended the night with a movie picked out by Mia before Tony drove Vince home and the rest of us headed to our perspective rooms.
A/N: hey everyone sorry for such a long wait, shouldn't have an issue from here out though I now have my own personal slave driver to help me finish the story, which is nowhere near done. Brownie points too all of you who can find the reviewer who is my slave driver.