It was almost seven-thirty when Mia started pounding on the door, yelling for us to get our asses moving if we were still planning on going to the races.

I almost didn't want to go – wanted to just stay with Dom, keep him all to myself a little longer. Even though we'd been lounging around in bed all day, it didn't seem like enough. It exhausted me – thinking about having to go through another night of acting like I didn't care what Dom was doing or who he was talking to.

"Well," I sighed as I stretched, "I guess it's time for another show."

"What're you talking about?" Dom asked, his voice low and gravelly.

Then I remembered. All the shit with Julie was settled…we didn't have to hide any more. "Shit," I laughed, "I must be trippin' – I forgot!" I almost started giggling as I slid my hands over Dom's chest, I was so giddy. "I am gonna be all over you tonight!" I told him before getting up and pulling on some clothes.

"Is that a promise?" Dom asked, smirking at me as he climbed out of bed.

"You know it!" I laughed, grinning at him while I sat back down on the bed to pull on my boots.

Two hours later, we were just pulling in to the race location. Kind of ironic – we'd ended up having to wait around with Mia for almost an hour. I was almost literally bouncing in my seat as I drove up behind Dom. I was that excited to show off our relationship to everyone.

When I climbed out of my car, Dom was standing there waiting for me. I couldn't keep the grin off my face as I stepped into his arms. Holding me close, he kissed me just the way I like him to – our bodies pressed so close I could feel his dick starting to harden.

"What the fuck, holmes?" I could hear Hector drawl as Dom pulled back from me a little. "With her, not with her, make up your damn mind already!" The boys grinned at each other as they bumped fists.

"She's mine, bro," Dom answered, "get used to it." I felt like I was gonna pee my pants or something, I was so happy – I was fighting, pretty unsuccessfully, to keep a huge grin off my own face.

"Cool, man," Hector replied, "just make sure you take care of her." He stepped in a little closer to Dom, lowering his voice so that I only just heard him add, "Your pops would be happy to see you two together."

I felt so exhilarated in that moment – it was better than when Dom first came back from Lompoc and we started talking, better than racing even. That validation from Hector meant so much to me. It's not even that he was that close of a friend or anything…just that here was someone outside of our little group acknowledging that Dom and I were good together.

The exhilaration didn't last too long, though – all it took was catching a look at Jamie's expression as Dom, Hector and V walked over to Edwin to get the terms of the race hammered out.

"What the fuck, Letty?" she hissed at me, smacking my arm lightly. "What's the deal? I thought Amber was supposed to be one of your best friends!"

I just gaped at her for a second, trying to figure out what I was gonna tell her. "Uhm…Amber's really with Leon. Dom's mine. Look, it's a long-ass story…"

She actually cut me off before I could finish. "Well, you'd better start tellin' it then!" she said. I could hear the confusion in her voice, but this was not the time or the place to lay it all out for her.

"Not now!" I replied, trying to get her to lay off.

I don't know if Jamie even heard me…it almost seemed like she was somewhere else, trying to process everything. "So you've basically been lying to me the whole time I've known you?" she questioned me.

"Jamie, chill," I hissed. Now I was startin' to get pissed – why couldn't she figure out that I would explain everything later? "Just 'cause you're crushin' on V and hangin' around all the time don't mean you get an all-access pass into our private lives! He's not even all that into you!"

"Whatever," Jamie said, tears coming to her eyes. "I didn't realize I was only hanging around with you 'cuz I like Vince, but if that's what you wanna think, fine. Fuck you, Letty."

I had to get away from Jamie – I felt like shit that she was so upset, but what could I do? Weaving my way through the crowd, away from her, I headed towards where Hector was collecting money for the race.

"Count me in," I said, locking eyes with Dom before digging my wad of cash out of my bra and handing it to Hector. "I need to blow off some steam."

"You okay?" Dom asked me, moving to stand beside me.

"I'm fine!" I snapped. "But Miss Goody-Two-Shoes seems to think seems to think that she should know everything about our damn personal lives," she continuing, gesturing between the two of us. "Bitch has another thing comin', flippin' her lid just 'cause she didn't know all the fine print. She needs to check herself! Fuck…I'm over this shit…when's this damn race start anyway? I'm ready to go!"

Dom sighed, dragging his hand across his forehead. I could tell he was stressed, but he didn't say anything more about Jamie. "Cool," he replied instead, nodding towards Hector. "Let's do this, then."