Chapter 11: Another Graduation

Dom's PoV

I had never felt prouder than I did when I watched Lety walk across the stage to get her diploma. I lifted my ingers to my lips and let out a peircing whistle as our growing family cheered for this years graduate.

I looked down at my baby sister and knew all we had left was her and Jesse for our graduates, before the whole family had grown up. I knew Mia would be going away to college, but me and Letty had talked and she had decided to just go local for engine repair. I had been tempted to sign up with her just to see the faces on the guys in her class as she soared past them to top of the class.

Letty's PoV

I grinned out at my family as I held up my diploma. I could see Dom from the stage and my grin grew into a huge smile. I sat back down in my seat and waited till the rest of the class went through. By the time we were dismissed i had alread jumped two rows of chairs and was racing to my Familia. I was just about to through my arms around Mia when I was lifted of my feet. I turned to see Dom smiling at me. My first thought was damned with the nuns and I kissed him, wrapping my arms around his shoulders.

"I am so proud of you baby." He whispered.

"I love you Dominic."

"I love you too."

"Alright Dom, put her down so the rest of us can congratualte her." Mia demanded. My feet had just touched the ground when Mia quickly was squeezing my waist.

"Congratualtions Letty."

"Thanks Mia, I couldnt have one it without you." I said hinking back to all of our studdy sessions over the last several years.

"Please you would have been fine."

"Good going Let." Vince said hugging me.

"Thanks Coyote, you ready to share the arage with me now?" I asked punching him in the arm.

"Do we really have to let her work in the shop Pops?" Vince asked looking a Papa Torreto.

"Of course Vince, She's a Torreto." He said pulling her into a hug, "I always knew you could do it Letty. Your father would be so proud of you right now."

"thanks." I smiled up at him, whiping the tears from my eyes at the thought of my dad.

Dom's PoV

I grabbed Letty's hand and gave it a squeeze, knowing no matter ow much she loved this family she still missed her father dearly. I couldnt blame her I couldnt imagine what I would do if I lost dad.

"Come on, Mia's been planning this party all year." I said looking down at her.

"Mia, I am not wearing this dress all day." Lett warned.

"nope, I have a perfectly you outfit all set at home." Mia said with a smile.

Mia was right the tight jeans and fishnet top paired with the combat boots was exactly Letty's style. Dom was starting to hate his sister a little more every time she dressed his girlfriend. As per usual in the Toretto house, dad was at the grill and the yard was full of people. The whole neighbor hood had been invited to Lett's graduation, no official invite ever went out, but then this wasnt all that unusual either. Every one knew when it came to Sundays and Holidays the Toretto's was the place to be. Dom sat on one of the many chairs, surrounded by all of the people he had grown up with, Letty Perched on his lap, thouroughly enjoying the current converstation between her, Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Hector about NOS.

"Alright Dom, whats your thoughts?" she asked turning to look at me.

"hmm?" I hated to admit it but I had zone out of the convesation awhile back.

Letty glared at me befroe doing a quick look around, "Hector said they are starting to see more NOS on the street circut and that we should all beef up on it." She said quietly, knowing that if dad heard her we would all be in deep.

"I think that while in all honestly I would love to juice my baby up that dad would kill each and every one of us i he ever even got wind of NOS in that garage." I pointed out. Ever since Letty had gotten her car up and running we had been hitting the streets every chance we got. And so far we were nearly unstopable, neither of us loosing more than once in the last year.

"you know he actually has a point, dad would kill all of you and me for letting you do it if he ever found out." Mia said wondering over.

"yeah but whsoe going to tell him." Vince said with a shrug.

"You guys keep flashing those mods around and no ones going to have to tell him." Mia said slapping V's head.

"she's got a point Dawg." Leon said. So far they had been keeping things simple but every one of them had been asked atleast once how they had afford one thing or another.

"unless we start getting jobs out side of the shop we are going to have to slow down on the upgrades." Letty agreed, "what the hell are they doing here?" she said standing up. Every one turned to look at the drive way to see her Mother and step father walking into the back yard.

"don't do anything rash Let," Mia said moving to stand on the other side of her. Before any of us knew what was happening Letty was half way across the yard and we were all jogging to catch up.

"what the hell do you want?" she spat at her mother.

"cant I come and conragradulate my Mija?" she said.

"I told you i never wanted to see you again, especially with this bastardo."

"you watch your mouth when you speek about your father."

"he is not my father and he never acted like one."

"closest thing you have to a father, a least he never would have let you dress like such a slut." Suddenly Letty's hand flashed out smacking her mother across the face.

"Tony Toretto is the closest thing i have ever had to a father since papa left, atleast he never tried to rape me."

"Dom take Letty inside, I will handle this." I nodded before placing my hands on Lett's shoulders trying to stear her inside.

"So do you fuck all of them Perra?" Benicio asked. Before i knew what was happening Lety had launched herself at the drunk. It took me and Vince to pull her awy from him and into the house.

"I'm going to fucking kill him." Letty screamed as she began to pace the kitchen, trying to get out aound us.

"Baby, dont let him get to you." I said trying to calm her down, "Lets all go to the basement, we can turn on one of our racing games." I suggested.

"can we just go for a drive Dom?" she asked stopping to look a me, "Can we just go drive fast some place?"

"yeah babe," I nodded my head. As we went out the ront I thanked my lucky stars that Lettys car was the one farthest in the drive way. I opened the passenger side and let her in closing he door behind her and walking around the front of the car, behind me was Vince with Mia in the passenger seat, and behind him I coul see Leon and jess in Leons car. I heard Hector fire is up on he street. "dad we're gonig to go out for a drive." I called out, knowin dad would unerstand.

Once we were all on the road I took the lead, moving us all towward some of the cliffs. We all drove for several hours, every one staing together. "You okay?" I asked squeezing her hand.

"yeah I guess it just through me seeing them after all these years." She said with a shrug.

"they had no right showing up like that or talking to you that way."

"Was she right?" she asked looking at me through the dark, "so I dress slutty?"

"naw, you dress Letty." I said with a smile, "anyone who knows you knows that this is just your own kick ass style."

"youre right, come one lets finish this party off at the beach." She said, her smile as dazzling as ever.