Chapter 6: The After Math
Tony's PoV
I woke up to my alarm going off and sat up. I walked to Mia's room and knocked to wake her up. I stood outside her door for a few minutes and when I didn't hear anything I opened her door. Her room was empty and her bed was made. Confused I walked over to Dom's room hoping he would know where his sister was. I pushed his door open, knowing just knocking would be about as affective has throwing a feather at a bear. There on my son's bed, on my son was a blond girl I had never laid eyes on before and both were clearly naked.
"DOMINIC ANTHONY TORETTO!"
Dom's PoV
"DOMINIC ANTHONY TORETTO!" I sat straight up at the sound of my father's voice. Simultaneously I heard a thud on the floor followed by groan. My mind flashed back to the night before and I realized I had fallen asleep before I could send Monica packing. I looked up at my father knowing I was in deep shit. "I don't know who you are young lady but you have two minutes to get out. Dom you have a minute to get your shit together and tell me where your sister is."
"What do you mean?" what did he mean where Mia was she came home with us the night before I know she had.
"I mean you sister is not in her bed and this slut is in yours, now get your ass out of bed and help me find your sister, and your keys and that money are mine, and if I ever find out that you were street racing again, I will dismantle your car and sell the parts."
"Yes dad." Quickly I pulled on a pair of jeans before I had a thought, "did you check Letty's room?"
"Not yet lets go missy your times up." I followed my dad and Monica as he dragged her down the stairs by her arm. After he slammed the door behind her he led the way to the basement. He knocked lightly on Letty's door.
From the other side we heard the bed move followed by a thud and a groan." My dad opened the door to reveal Letty sitting on the floor still in the close from the night before and her face was tear stained. My immediate thought was to pull her into my arms and comfort her, but then I realized that I was the cause of her tears, and that felt worse than any punishment my father could ever do to me.
"Letty, honey, where is Mia?" dad asked from next to me.
"She stayed in Vince's room last night, I just didn't want the company." She said looking solely at the floor.
What the hell was she doing in Vince's room? Before my dad could even move I was throwing open my best friends door and storming in. however I hadn't made it even half way into the room before I fell over a large lump in the floor. Then the room was flooded with light and I found that the lump on the floor was Vince and Mia was on his bed sitting up looking down at the two of us.
"Well now that everyone is up time to get ready for church we leave in an hour." Dad said before walking back up the stairs. I heard him pause on the landing." And Dom I'm serious about both the keys and the money and it better all be there."
Letty's PoV
I stepped out of the shower and wiped the mirror off. I turned on Mia's hair drier and quickly used Mia's hair drier to dry my hair. Once my hair was dry I wrapped my towel around me and opened the bath room door. I went to step out when I bumped into Dom's chest. I put my hands up to catch myself before feeling my towel falling. I clutched the towel back to my chest and darted my eyes up to Dom's before looking away.
"Sorry," I mumbled, walking around him and back toward the basement stairs.
"Letty, …" Dom
"I have to get ready for church Dom." I said walking down the stairs to my room.
I pulled on the white sundress that Mia had gotten for me for my birthday and pulled on my pink tights. I tied the white silk scarf that Mia had given me with the dress into my hair with a large bow set to the side. I slipped on the white flats I had found and made my way back up stairs. As I walked into the living room Mia launched herself at me wrapping her arms around my waist.
"OMG Letty you looks so pretty, why can't you dress like a girl more often?" she squealed.
"Mia get off me, I am only dressing like this for church."
"You do look like a young lady Letty." Tony said with a soft smile.
"Thanks, Papa Tony." A few minutes later Dom walked down the stairs dressed for church with Vince coming up from down stairs dressed as well.
"Well everyone looks half way presentable, let go." As we all filed out the door Tony put his hand out for Dom, who promptly handed him both his keys and the wad of cash from the night before.
Dom's PoV
After Church we all, minus Mia, ran into the house and changed into our preferred clothing, jeans and tank tops. Letty hadn't said more than 10 words to me all day, and already I missed her cocky smirk and her entrancing laugh. I didn't know what I had done, but I knew it was something I had done the night before, I knew that whatever I had done had caused her tears and her to not talk to me. I had to figure out what I had done, and fix it if I could.
I walked down the stairs and headed out side. Dad was at the grill cooking the chicken, burgers, and all the other food. Behind him running around with a bunch of the other girls was Mia. A bunch of the guys were standing around in the driveway by the garage and I headed over toward them.
"Dom," Dad called from the grill I looked toward him, "No garage."
"Yes sir." As I hit the driveway Vince appeared out of the door but still there was no sign of Letty.
"So what did you do that the garage is off limits?" Hector asked as Vince walked over.
"Dad caught me with Monica and the winnings from last night."
"Ouch, what he do?"
"Kicked her out and then took my keys and winnings." As I finished my sentence I heard squealing tires before looking up and seeing the beat up Barracuda from the night before whipping into the drive way. No way that this was going to be good.
Letty's PoV
I changed into my jeans and one of the tank tops I wore around the shop before heading out to the yard. Just as I closed the door to the house I heard squealing tires followed by a door slamming and then a second door slamming. I leaned over the rail and saw Jimmy heading toward Dom with Leon running to keep up. Jimmy hit Dom across the face before pushing him against the house, and starting to hit him repeatedly. Vince and Hector grabbed Leon and held him back from the fight.
"DADDY!" I could hear Mia screaming behind me as I jumped the railing on the porch before launching myself onto Jimmy's back and locking my arms tightly around his throat.
"Get the fuck off me you little cunt." He growled before grabbing my arm and throwing me onto the drive way. As my back hit the concrete, I couldn't help the yelp that escaped me as the concrete grated my back. My head slammed back into the concrete and I felt the world spin as all the air left my body, and I was left there gasping.
Dom PoV
Jimmy was still turned away from me when Letty hit the ground. So help me if he had hurt her I would put him in his grave. Just as I went to tackle him to the ground my dad was there stepping between us, and the twerp from the night before was trying to push Jimmy to the car.
"Get off me," Jimmy pushed the kid away from him.
"Jimmy let's just go, I told you.." but before the words left his mouth Jimmy had socked him across the jaw sending him flying to the ground.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Everyone in the yard froze at the sound of my father's voice, "Who the hell do you think you are coming to my home and hurting my family?"
"He humiliated me!" he said pointing at me.
"I assume you mean he beat you in that abomination called a street race?"
"He cheated, and I almost had him too."
"Ask any racer, any real racer, it doesn't matter if you win by an inch or by a mile, winning is winning. Now take your defeat like the man you are trying to be and leave."
As Jimmy got his car the kid who he had knocked to the ground was trying to scramble to his feet and run towards the car. As he reached for the door Jimmy tore away leaving the kid standing at the end of the driveway while wiping away the small line of blood from his chin. "Fuck." He kicked at the ground and started walking in the direction that the older guy had driven off in. Suddenly I felt something hard bounce off my head and turned to look at Letty who was trying to prop herself up. I ran over to her hoping she was ok.
"Did you just throw that at me?" I asked sliding my arm around her waist to help her sit up and lean against the garage.
"Go get him, he just got stood up to his only family for you." She wheezed out shoving at me.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean he just stood between you and his brother and got knocked for it, go get him and see if papa Tony will let him stay for at least the night, tell him to take the cost out of my wages from Toretto's." suddenly she leaned her head back against the garage and closed her eyes clutching at her side.
"DAD!" I yelled hoping nothing had been seriously damaged. When my dad, Vince, and Mia all ran over I stood and ran after the kid. I might not like the fact that Letty obviously had a thing for him and he obviously had a thing for her, but if what she said was true then I owed him for just trying. "HEY!" I grabbed his arm just before he turned the corner.
"Hey man, I'm sorry, I tried to convince him that it was a bad idea going to your place, especially because you did win fair and square.
"Well of course I did, but that's not the point Letty said that was your brother?"
"Yeah, is she ok? I mean he didn't hurt her did he?"
"She's fine, or at least she will be. She is one tough cookie." I said with a chuckle, "You wanna come back to the barbeque and you can stay the night, I'm sure my dad can drop you at home tomorrow."
"So you and Letty close?"
"She's like a sister to me, so if you hurt her I'll kill you."
"Whoa dude, don't get me wrong thought she was pretty hot at the track last night, but after seeing her today I think I'd rather someone a little softer. Doesn't mean I wouldn't like to get to know her as a friend, she does seem pretty kick ass."
"Yeah she is." When we got back to the yard everything had gone back to normal except dad, Mia and Letty were missing. Vince and the guys were all hanging around the garage, "Hey guys this is Leon he's cool, V where's Letty?"
"Pops and Mia took her down stairs they were talking concussion and possibly a few bruised ribs."
"Shit, I'm going to go check on her and be right back." I ran toward the house hoping she was ok. When I got down to her room dad had her sitting on her desk and her shirt was off as he checked her ribs over.
Letty's PoV
After determining that I most likely had both a concussion and few bruised ribs, Papa Tony lifted me into his arms and walked me into the house before I could argue. When we got down stairs he sat me on my desk and helped me pull my shirt off before instructing me to holding my arms up and away from my sides. As he started to feel along my ribs I let out a small squeak of pain. "OWIE"
"Sorry dear I just need to make sure that nothing is broken and it's all just bruised." Tony said as he continued to feel each of my ribs individually. I bit my bottom lip to keep anymore squeals inside when Dom opened the door.
"Dom get the hell out," I said realizing that I didn't have a shirt on.
"Watch your mouth Letty." Tony said from in front of me.
"I was just coming down to check on you."
"She's fine son, just a few bruised ribs and a concussion, Letty one of us is going to have to stay down here with you and wake you up every other hour."
"I'll do it." Dom said from the door.
"No way and didn't I tell you to get out?"
"It's my fault that you got hurt Letty, please let me help and make sure you're ok."
"Fine."
"Thank you, dad can Leon stay the night and can we give him a ride home in the morning?"
"Who's Leon?"
"The kid that Jimmy left here."
"Is he going to start any problems?"
"No, he's cool." I said as I pulled my shirt back over my head letting out a low hiss of pain.
"Well then ok." I got up and started heading back upstairs.
"Where do you think you're going?" both Dom and Papa Tony said at the same time.
"Back to the barbeque I'm hungry."
"Just take it easy ok?" Papa Tony said as he helped me back up the stairs. When we got out side I grabbed a chair and headed over to where all the guys were sitting.
"Hey chica, how you feelin?" Hector said popping down next the chair as I slowly lowered myself into it.
"Better than your face looks." I retorted, "Hey Leon, so have these guys corrupted you yet?"
"Naw I've been telling them about NOS." he said dropping to the ground across from me. I saw Dom and Vince whispering to each other a few feet away.
"Hey baboons get over here!" I shouted before wincing in pain.
Later that night I was lying in bed trying to get comfortable with the constant ache in my side. Dom was lying on the floor using a flash light to flip through an old issue of some magazine.
"Dom?"
"Yeah Let?" he answered softly.
"Will you lay with me? I can't get comfortable, and I'm cold."
"Sure." I slid over in my bed against the wall as he slid in next to me. Slowly I rolled onto my side and curled against him, one of his arms under my neck and his other hand sitting on my hip above the covers. Soon I was fast asleep.
A/N: Sorry everyone that it took so long, hopefully I will be able to write most of the rest of this story in the next month before I start my second job (yay to 60 hr weeks), move, and get my new horse. Next chapter will be up after I finish writing it and you guys give me 5 reviews on this one. Much love.