The following weeks passed and they settled into a routine. Letty's belly grew larger. There were days Dom could have sworn she had doubled in size over night. Her mood swings also grew. There were times Letty could not stand him. His breathing pattern would even annoy her. However, there were those moments when she felt she could not be without him, and would follow him everywhere he went. There were also those times when Letty grew hungry for him, and had a labido that was high off the charts. It did not matter where they were or what time of day it was. Letty would demand sex and Dom would deliver. Nonetheless, pregnancy had caused her to experience fatigue more often which led to her cutting back on her hours at the garage. Fortunately, she was a month away from finishing her school credits, but had yet to speak to her mother about their falling out.

Letty arrived to the garage after her last ultrasound appointment. Dom had not been able to go because the garage was swamped which upset him because it would be the last ultrasound before Letty made it to thirty-seven weeks. Dom thoroughly enjoyed watching the baby's silhouette on the monitor and hearing it's heart beat. The ultrasound appointments were the only times he could confirm that his baby was real because Letty was only twenty-three weeks pregnant and had yet to feel any fetal movements.

"So how was it?" He asked her.

"Good." Letty answered making her way to him.

"So do we know what it is?"

"Yes, I do." Letty told him with a smirk.

"So you're just not gonna tell me?" Dom inquired.

"Nope, you can guess. Here's a picture." She said handing him her sonogram and walking away. Dom excitedly took it and gawked at it.

"Yo Pops, come look at this." He said calling his father over. Dom wanted to confirm he was not seeing things.

"What is it?"

"I don't know. She won't tell me. What do you think it is?"

"There seems to be something between it's legs." Tony said with a smile holding the picture away.

"Oh shit! I see it."

"'Ey, watch your mouth. You're gonna have a son now. That's not the example you want to set." He said slapping him upside the head. "Congratulations."

"Guess he's gonna be a shower not a grower." Dom remarked.

"You were." Tony said in an amused tone.

"It must run in the family." Dom said with a chuckle.

"What are you two so smiley about?" Mia asked coming up beside them.

"It's a boy." Dom told her proudly as he handed her the sonogram.

"No way!" Mia said grabbing it. "Aww, I'm going to have a nephew! Congratulations big brother."

"Thanks." Dom told her as they met in an embrace. "Shit just got real."

"Didn't I just tell you to watch your mouth?" His father reminded him.

"Sorry."

"What's all the fuss about?" Vince asked as he saw all the Torettos huddled together.

"It's a boy." Dom informed him with a smile.

"The kid?" Vince asked. Dom gave him an affirming nod. "Damn bro, congratulations!" Vince said bringing him into a large bear hug. "Where's medusa?"

"In the office I think." Dom answered.

"Why isn't she out here?"

"She's probably tired, and needed to sit." He told Vince with a shrug.

"Alright, that's enough. All of you get back to work." Tony said to all of them before heading into the office to check on Letty.

"Hey kiddo, how's it going?" He greeted her when he went inside.

"Good." Letty answered turning around to face him.

"So you're giving me a grandson?"

"Yeah, crazy huh?" She said with a sad smile.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She lied. "Why would anything be wrong?"

"Maybe because you've had sad puppy dog eyes for the last month. What's going on? Is it the baby? Are you having second thoughts?"

"No it's nothing like that."

"Then what is it?"

"I'm good Tony. Believe me."

"I could just ask Dom." Tony warned. "But I would hope you'd trust me enough to tell me. Has he been acting up?"

"No, he's been wonderful." Letty answered her eyes welling with tears.

"Come here." He said pulling her into a hug. "You know that if you don't tell me what's wrong I can't help you."

"You can't help me. It's not really something that can be helped."

"Would it really hurt if you told me? Why are you always closing everyone off?"

"I got into a fight with my mom, and we haven't talked in a month. I told her I hated her and that I didn't want her in my life, but I didn't mean it. I was just mad. You know? And now I find out I'm having a boy and I can't even tell her."

"What were you fighting about?"

"Dom." She sobbed. "I just wanted her to be there for me, and for the first time since I can remember she was. She would cook for me, and get me all this random pregnancy stuff, and tell me what not to do. We'd fight about what the baby would be, and how I wasn't eating enough. It was nice." Letty cried. "But Dom wanted to move in together for the baby and I agreed. My baby deserves a family, and I can't do that living with my mom. She just doesn't get that."

"Letty it's gonna be ok."

"I just want my mom!" She cried.

"Have you tried talking to her?"

"No because I know there's no point."

"Well if you feel this strongly about it maybe you should."

"You don't get it Mr. T. She's not reasonable like you."

"Yeah, but she's a parent like me. You'll learn this in a few months, but when you have a child they're all you care about. There's no love like it. Even chickens give their lives for their young, and those things run from everything." Letty gave him a faint chuckle as she sniffled. "Children change you. You'll never be the parent you want to be and they'll never be the children you want them to be, but it doesn't mean the bond between you is any less. So why don't you try and talk to her? I'll even go with you if you want."

"No, it's ok."

"Are you sure?"

"Yea, I'm sure." Letty affirmed.

"Ok, well I'm here if you need me." He reminded her.

"Thanks Tony." She said settling back in her seat.

"Don't sweat it kid." He said before leaving the office. Letty turned back to organizing the garage's financial records for the rest of the workday.

"I thought you'd be more excited. Isn't it what you wanted?" Dom asked Letty as they closed up the garage a few hours later. Most of the staff had already left including Vince and his sister.

"I am excited. It's just now that we know it's a boy it's like he's a real person; a real person that's gonna need me. It's just scary. You know?"

"Yeah I guess." Dom said not fully convinced. "Sorry I couldn't go today."

"Don't worry about it. You didn't miss much."

"I wonder what he's gonna look like. Now we have to choose between Alexus and Jensen, and buy a whole bunch of blue shit." Dom said excitedly. Letty smiled at his enthusiasm.

"There's still time." She told him putting her things in her bag. "I'm feeling kinda tired. I'll meet you in the apartment."

"Ok." He told her though he could sense something was wrong. "I may be late. Vince wanted me to meet him at the bar."

"Sure, have fun." Letty waved off.

"I don't have to go." Dom told her cautiously. He did not want to risk upsetting her by staying out too late. There were days that she cared, and then there were days she could not wait to get rid of him.

"No, you should go. I'm just gonna sleep anyway, or at least try to." Letty had been suffering from extreme insomnia. She had always been a night owl, but her brain had been in overdrive and it was difficult to find comfortable positions.

"You sure?"

"Dom stop. I'm fine. Just behave, and don't do anything stupid."

"Stupid, like what?"

"Like the last bar fight you got into three weeks ago, and I don't want hoes calling our phone." Letty warned.

"Baby I don't even know how that chick got our number." He defended alarmingly. The fight they had engaged in when a random girl had called their phone had been one for the record books.

"It doesn't matter, she got it and she called. She's bold I'll give her that." Letty said coldly.

"Maybe I shouldn't go."

"Do whatever you want just don't bother me." Letty told him before heading to her car. Dom watched her walk away, and did not know if he should give her her space or go after her. She all, but chewed his head off whenever he tried to coddle her.

"Pops, did Letty tell you anything today?"

"Maybe, why?"

"She seems off, but I never know when it's the hormones or if something is really wrong."

"She misses her mom. A little girl is always in need of her mommy." Tony told him.

"I'm surprised it's lasted this long, and that she's taking it this hard." Dom admitted.

"She's just a kid playing grown up Dom. She's not ready for all this, no matter how hard she tries to prepare." His father told him wisely.

"What should I do?"

"It's a tough call. Go with your gut on this one." Tony said patting Dom's shoulder in reassurance. "I'll see you tomorrow son." Dom stood alone in the garage for a moment and then decided to take action. He drove to Ana's apartment and knocked on the front door hoping she would be there.

"Que quieres?" (What do you want?) Ana asked him harshly when she opened the door. Dom wordlessly handed her the sonogram Letty had given him earlier that day.

"It's a boy. I just thought you should know." He told her. Ana struggled to speak, and looked between Dom and the picture of his child. "It's ok. You can keep it. Maybe you can see him when he gets here, but that's up to you." He told her before leaving a stunned Ana at her door. He met up with Vince at the bar as planned, and when he got home he found a melancholic Letty sketching in her notebook.

"What are you up to?" He asked her casually sitting beside her.

"Nothing, I couldn't sleep. Did you have fun?"

"Yeah, but I missed my baby mama." Dom told her pecking her lips.

"Are you trying to get some?" She asked with a grin.

"Maybe." He told her cheekily as he leaned in to kiss her deeply.

"Well maybe you will." Letty said softly pulling away, and abruptly felt a feeling she had never felt before.

"What's wrong?"

"I think I felt him move." Letty revealed rubbing her belly. It had been the first time she had felt her baby, and it made him more than just the intruding entity she had believed him to be. It was her son, and she for the first time in her pregnancy felt a connection towards him.

"Really?" Dom asked excitedly.

"There it is again!" She exclaimed.

"Where?" Dom asked

"Right here." She said grabbing his hand and putting it to her side. "Do you feel it?"

"No" Dom said disappointedly.

"There, right there!"

"Oh my God!"

"He's kicking." Letty beamed.

"Do it again." Dom told her stomach and Letty giggled.

"I can't control it Dom."

"Damn that was cool, though."

"I'm sure he'll do it again."

"There it is again!" Dom said wondrously. Letty laughed at his reaction.

"You're not gonna leave me alone, huh?"

"Probably not. It's not fair you get to experience everything." Dom told her, and she laughed.

"You wanna be pregnant? Go ahead, and do it because I'm so ready to go back to being normal."

"Nah, I think I'm good. I just want to feel my baby." He said putting his face to her belly and caressing it with one hand. Letty looked down at him and smiled. She had never felt so lucky to have him. It amazed her how their love had grown so much in such a short period of time. It was giving her what she had always wanted, a family.

A/N: Baby shower coming up next...