We're leaving here tonight

There's no need to tell anyone

They'd only hold us down

So by the mornings light

We'll be half way to anywhere

Where no one needs a reason

Forget this life

Come with me

Don't look back you're safe now

Unlock your heart

Drop your guard

No one's left to stop you

Anywhere -Evanescence

Dom's POV

As if life wasn't already hard enough, it decided to throw another curve ball at us. I guess that's why life's a bitch, because if it were easy it'd be called a slut. Letty's grandmother passed away. Letty wasn't there when it happened and I think that's what tearing her up the most because all her cousins, aunts, and uncles, were there. She wasn't though. She couldn't because of the distance. If there's one thing I know about Letty, it's how much she loves her abuela.

Letty is her carbon copy. Maria was always a strong woman. She would do anything for her children and grandchildren. Whatever her family needed she would go to the ends of the world to get it for them. She always stood up for what she thought was right. She always stood up for the ones that couldn't stand up for themselves. She was amazing. Now she was gone. It's like there's a hole in us. She wasn't just Letty's grandma. She was the team's too. She was a big part of our family.

Maria would take care of Letty all the time when she used to live here in LA. When we weren't at the fort we were at Maria's. We'd always find her with lottery tickets. Most people thought it was because she just liked to gamble. Don't get me wrong she did. But she always told us it was because she was setting up her family for the future. Whenever we visited, Letty immediately went and gave her a hug and a kiss. Maria always mentioned Let was the only grandchild that did that as well as she was the only one that wanted to spend time with her.

I guess you can imagine why it hurt Letty 10 billion times as much knowing she was the only one not there. She never got to say goodbye. Letty had gone to visit her grandparents in the Dominican a couple of months ago and she didn't think when she said bye that was going to be the last time she was ever going to talk to her or see her again.

Now here we are in the Dominican at the burial service. Life sure has a funny way of playing jokes on you. The day we bury her was supposed to be the day Letty was visiting her. We hadn't seen much of her after she told us about Maria's death because she was trying to get everything in order for the trip here. Letty hasn't said much since we got here. She also hasn't shown any emotion. That's Letty though. Always trying to be strong through everything for everybody. Too stubborn to admit when she's hurting. But I know better. I know her. I can see it in her eyes. She's been through so much shit already in her life, we both have, and this is another thing we'll get through together. She won't admit it, but she needs me. I take Letty's hand and she looks up at me. Yup. It's there in her eyes. She won't admit it, but she doesn't need to. She needs me.

After the reception I take Letty aside while the rest of the team goes back to Maria and Jose's house.

"What is it Dom?" Still no emotion. She's crying out for my help.

"Let's get out of here. Just you and me. Let's go for a drive. Forget this life for awhile and come with me." My eyes bore into hers and that's all it takes as she nods her head.

I had no destination in mind and now we're halfway to anywhere. There's no reason to tell anyone, they'd only hold us down. They'd try telling me Letty should be with family. I am her family. After everything those people put her through her whole life, this is the best place she could be right now.

We ended up at an isolated beach about 2 hours away. We got out of Jose's Jeep and walked to the shoreline. We just sat there. We didn't need to say anything. We could feel the love and comfort between us.

After about an hour Letty moved to snuggle into my side and I wrapped my arms protectively around her. She laid her head in the crook of my neck and I could feel the first tear run down my chest. I tightened my grip around her showing her I was there for her. This was the same position she held me in when my father died. I knew this wasn't the last time we'd be like this. The difference though, is that next time we'd experience this under better circumstances. I'd make sure of it.

For hours I held her, just whispering into her ear to let her guard down. In this moment something changed. She was unlocking her heart. She only ever did it for me, but it felt different this time.

"Don't look back, baby, you're safe now."

A/N: I just dont know what to say. Its been awhile. I know. This was inspired by my grandmother's recent death in late July. Thats why I haven't written anything new in awhile. I just couldn't. I basically wrote about my grandmother and her personality and everything she was. This is all her. In this chapter Letty is all me. I'm just like my abuela too. My cousin looks like her and I act like her. I wanted it to be longer but I feel like it's short and sweet. For those of you who read it, hopefully I'll have a new chapter to Right Here Waiting up soon. Oh and tomorrow's my cousin's birthday and for the first time in years I won't be able to be with her so this is dedicated to her. My sister. Oh there's was one difference. I had seen her two weeks, instead of a couple of months, before she passed.