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Day of the baby shower. Casa De Toretto.

Dom's POV

"It'll be fine, you're overreacting. Just entertain some of the girls' friends for a while. You might like it." I knew she not only hated entertaining a crowd she didn't know, but I knew she hated entertaining a bunch of woman she couldn't relate to even more.

She gives me a dirty look, as she slides on a light pink blouse that mia bought her a few months ago. She told her every woman needs a little pink in her closet. Letty disagreed and shoved it to the back where it has been ever since, until now.

"It had to be pink." she complains smoothing down imaginary wrinkles.

"You look great and I'll be there soon." I promise,

"You better be Toretto."

"Come on, you're going to be late. The guest are going to get there before you do." Brian and Leon took Leah and Mia out for breakfast early this morning, to give us time to set up and surprise the two very large expecting mothers.

Making our way out to our cars, we could hear car engines approaching at a fast speed. Right as we reach the end of the drive way we see Nat fly past us with Adrien not far behind.

"Well at least someone's enjoying themselves." Letty complains.

I look a few doors down at the two young adults who are completely oblivious to the rest of the world around them, and what I see is not only unexpected but somewhat upsetting.

"A little too much." I reply.

"Ha-ha" there it is, the sound that can make any amount of anger or sadness go away. My body instantly started to relax I could listen to Letty laugh all day if only she would.

"What?" I ask, curious as to what she was laughing at.

"It's just all so familiar .It takes me back when you were on Mia's case about boys, all protective."

I brush it off with an eye roll and open her car door for her. Right before she ducks inside she gives me a quick kiss on the lips. "I kind of like it, just do me a favor?"

"Hmm?"

"Don't drag this one into any junk yards." she winks at me, referencing the time Vince and I interrogated Brian. Then she climbs in and pulls out of the driveway.

After she's gone I go inside to finish cleaning up breakfast and start to get ready. Most of the stuff Leon had picked up from Nat and Adrien's last night. So we only had a few things to load up in the car, and while we did that Nat was to pick up the cakes.

I wasted a little time knowing that the two were occupied at the moment and found myself making my way out to the garage.

Once there I start to finish up some paper work I had taken home from the DT's. About an hour goes by and I decide the kids have had more than enough time than I would like, to get themselves together. And I begin to head on over to help Adrien load up.

*Knock knock*

"Come in." I hear Natalia yell.

Walking in I am meet with a quick hug from Nat, as she finishes tying her hair back, her keys dangling from her teeth and her wallet sticking out of the back pocket of her jeans with one combat boot on.

"Suhy, huuh uhh." She reaches down pulling on her second boot and smooths the back of her hair and pulls the keys from her mouth.

"Sorry. I'm running late and I have to go get the cakes. Age should be down in a second. I'll see you there." and with that she was gone.

I was only waiting for about 2 minutes when Adrien came down his arms filled with boxes of pink party bags with sparkling tissue paper.

"Hey Dom."

"Hey. What's all this." referring to the boxes he held in his hands.

"Uh, Letty and Nat made them. Apparently their some type of gift bag. They saw it on one of those craft shows."

"I see, you need help?"

He looks around making a mental checklist to make sure he hasn't forgotten anything.

"I got these, but if you could go in the kitchen and grab the food. It's the round dish in the fridge and the container that's in the oven. Leah's sister dropped them off this morning."

After loading the car up with food, gift bags, and some forgotten decorations we're finally ready to hit the road.

Letty POV

This is why I don't hang out with bitchy woman. I've been here for over an hour and only about 10 girls have showed up, but it feels like more.

"Dom, this is Letty. Your wife. But not for long, unless you get your bald headed ass over here now!" I threaten leaving the message on his phone.

"So Letty, is it? What do you do?" asked one of Leah's friends, her hand on her slightly swollen belly. I take a moment to look around and see two more pregnant woman and a few others with babies in their laps.

A throat clears breaking me from my revelation.

"Oh, I work down at DT's with Leon."

"Is that how you meet him?"

"No. Actually we grew up together."

"Oh. Wait, you're Letty?" another woman asks with a southern drawl. I'm glad to see she's not pregnant.

"Yeah." I reply already annoyed.

"Aren't you and your boyfriend like fugitives or something? I mean, I know your criminals right? I remember it all happened around the time that I moved here from Georgia. Your faces were everywhere." she said calmly while taking a seat with her drink in hand.

There was a sudden roar of gasps and chest grabbing. Then, complete silence and a sea of wide eyes.

"Hey, Mary-Ann how's your second divorce coming along? You still sleeping with that doctor?" I turn around to see Nat with two cakes in her hand, giving me a quick wink as all eyes turn to the blonde woman.

"How dare you? Didn't your momma raise you with any class?" the woman gets up and grabs her purse.

"I guess not. But I guess we have that in common." Nat answered. "And sit your ass down you know you're not leaving."

"I am, and when Leah asks why her best friend wasn't at her shower you can tell her about your terrible behavior. Besides I thought you were out of the country. Out following in this ones footsteps. Huh? Why are you even here? Shouldn't you be out in that dump you call a garage?"

I didn't like the girl or he fact that she was taking jabs at the bad decisions in my life, but she needed to stay. I didn't need to be the reason for Leah being upset. Not today.

"Mary-Ann? Look, Leah is going to be here in a minute. Just sit down and I'll get you another drink. Alright?" she hesitated but sat down with a nod.

"Mary-Ann, Letty and I might have had our problems with the law, but even Letty's been with the same guy for 20 years. Isn't that longer than both your marriages? Combined." I hear Nat whisper as she makes her way over to the living room.

I turn to see Mary-Ann's expression as she points an accusing finger at Nat. I can't help but laugh as I hand her, her drink.

"Here and Nat come on, leave her alone. I need to talk to you for a minute."

I drag Natalia into the foyer.

"Thanks. You saved me, how did you know all that?" I ask shocked, not only did she know some scandalous information on the woman but she had used it against her.

"Oh Mary-Ann. Yea. She's not even Leah's best friend. She lives up north and Leah brings the broad around every once in a while. But everyone, including Leon, hates her. She's a bitch."

"No kidding. I'm going to kill Dom if he doesn't get here soon."

"Well Age txt me before I got here. They're about 5 minutes away and a lot of the guest are gathering in the back."

I peek my head around the corner and see the guest greeting each other, finding a comfortable spot to sit. I have to admit, from this view, the party doesn't look half bad.

"Who needs a beer?" I hear Adrien yell from behind the crowd. Some women turn up their noses as their eyes roam over him and Dom.

"I do." Nat and I say at the same time, walking up to greet the guys.

Not everyone understood our lifestyle, or at least what they thought it was. They made their own assumptions and didn't care to learn fact from fiction. But today I would let all that slide, because today wasn't about me, or Dom, or any of our drama. It was about the two little angels that would soon join this big crazy family. So I grab a cold one and go sit down to relax.

As I look around at all the decorations and people I realize it's kind of funny how Leah and Mia are so similar. Neither belonged to "the life". Not really. They just flirted with it a little and often times found themselves caught in the crossfire. But they were truly meant to be mothers. And you could tell that the women that surrounded us with their round bellies fit just as well into their lives, as the people at the garage did.

Dom and Adrien got everything set up and come sit at a table we had saved for our family (although most of us weren't actually blood related).

Roman, Tej, Hobbs and even Elena showed up.

Just in time too, because right as Dom and Adrien took their seats. Leon and Brian lead in Leah and Mia.

The look on their faces was priceless and of course Mia cried.

"You know you're not off the hook for leaving me here." I whisper to Dom my hand roughly gripping his thigh.

"I'll make it up to you" he says kissing my temple and draping an arm over my shoulders.

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