Letty had slept in on her Sunday off from the garage; it was family dinner later tonight. Sunday dinner was a tradition; she was walking around her apartment in one of Dom's old shirts she had stolen years ago. Her hair falling out of her braid, she had her music turned up a little too loud but at this point she didn't care. She was dancing around the kitchen making herself breakfast. She didn't notice her visitor until she turned around singing in to the spoon. And she stopped and put the spoon to her side, cheeks going a little red,
"Dom, what are you doing here?"
Dom laughed,
"Watching the show"
Letty smiled at him,
"Glad you enjoy it"
Dom laughed as he turned the music down. Letty rolled her eyes as she sat down on her couch,
"Make yourself at home"
Dom smiled as she sat beside him cross legged eating her fruit salad. He scrunched his nose at the bowl,
"Why do you have green grapes?"
Letty laughed and ate one,
"I like them; you are the one that likes red"
"Because they are so much better"
Letty rolled her eyes,
"My house, my rules"
Dom shrugged taking a piece of her watermelon, she looked at him,
"So why aren't you at home?"
He shrugged,
"Bonnie's mad"
Letty raised an eyebrow,
"And why is that?"
Dom laughed,
"Well last night after the party…Vince and I may have went to a strip club"
Letty laughed,
"Not as understanding as me?"
Dom shook his head,
"Not a bit"
It was just after Dom's twenty first birthday party, Vince and him had snuck out of the party early and Dom had texted Letty not to wait up. She rolled her eyes at the text message, knowing he was drunk. She had made sure the party was almost over before retreating upstairs, and having a shower.
She had slipped on one of Dom's shirts and crawled in to bed. It was late when she heard him open the door and throw his shirt and pants to the ground. He crawled in next to her, and kissed her neck.
Letty groaned,
"It's like three am. Go to sleep"
"You don't want to know where I went?"
"Well considering the booze and skank smell on your skin, I would assume a strip club"
Dom laughed,
"Are you mad?"
Letty shook her head,
"Why would I be mad?"
"Other women dancing in no clothing, giving me a lap dance"
Letty laughed and replied,
"Then I don't have too"
Dom groaned as he pulled her closer to him. Letty rolled back to face him and stroked his cheek,
"I'm not worried. You didn't go home with them, you came home to me. As long as you do that, we're good"
Dom smiled and kissed her but Letty pushed him away and he gave her a look,
"I want birthday sex"
"I want you to shower first"
Dom laughed and nodded and got up kissing her hair. Letty turned to watch him walk in to the bathroom,
"Dom"
He hummed as he turned to look at her,
"I love you"
Dom smiled
"I love you too"
Letty smiled as she closed her eyes she told him,
"But if you ever let another woman that isn't me give you a lap dance, we're going to have to adopt our children"
Dom laughed,
"Message received"
"You should go talk to her"
Dom shook her head,
"She needs her space"
"Well dinner tonight will be fun"
Dom nodded,
"You're telling me"
Letty drummed her fingers on the couch and Dom looked at her,
"What's on your mind?"
Letty looked at him,
"Nothing"
He smiled,
"Leticia Ortiz you are not telling me something"
Letty gave him a tight smile as she glared at him,
"Well Dommy, I don't have too anymore"
Dom laughed at her, and nodded his head,
"Yes you do. I have best friend status"
Letty shook her head,
"Nothing you need to worry about"
"Let"
She stood up shaking her head,
"You can't do this anymore"
Dom gave her a look,
"DO what?"
"Come over here and pretend like all we've ever been is friends"
"We've always been friends"
"And each other's whole world. We were in love"
Dom sighed,
"Let, I just don't want to lose you"
"Then you should have stopped me before I got on that plane. It broke my heart that you let me go that night"
Dom stood up now,
"And you think finding you in our bed with some guy wasn't heart breaking?"
"We broke up"
"Because of you"
Letty sighed,
"What if I made a mistake?"
Dom creased his forehead and looked at her,
"What are you talking about?"
Letty shook her head looking down,
"I think that if we had both fought harder we would be getting married right now"
Dom stayed quiet for a little while, he knew she was right and somewhere in his heart he knew that's what he wanted too. Letty kept going,
"Why didn't you give her your mom's ring?"
Dom looked at her,
"What?"
"I know you have it in the night stand back left hand corner. You keep everything that is special to you there. You told me it was there once in case anything happened. Which was stupid, what would happen to you?"
Dom shook his head,
"She didn't want it"
"Bullshit"
He sighed,
"Fine Let you win. I thought one day it would be yours. Is that what you want to hear? Every time I look at that stupid ring I see you. I couldn't give it to her because it's not hers"
Letty couldn't help but ask him,
"Then why did you ask her to marry you"
Dom shook his head,
"That's none of your business"
Letty breathed loudly and he met her eyes,
"The answer should have been, because I love her. But you don't. You don't love her, something made you propose"
"That's none of your business either"
Letty tilted her head,
"Dom"
He shook his head grabbing his jacket,
"We're not talking about this anymore"
He started walking out of the door and she screamed at him,
"Dom"
He turned around and looked at her,
"You were right we can't keep doing this. I won't come by anymore, you stay away from the house. We'll be polite at the garage. If that's the only way to make this work then that's what we have to do. So you can move on like I have, I want that for you. You deserve to be happy"
"What if I don't want to be happy without you?"
Dom shrugged,
"You learn that sometimes life doesn't work out the way you planned"
With that Dom walked out and shut the door behind him. Letty sunk into the couch, what just happened. She lost everything that made her, herself. She sighed and shook her head, and for the first time in years the silence was comforting.
last one for the night, kind of wrote itself. Maybe more tomorrow. Reviews are nice.