Letty's POV
I spent easily two hours awake in bed next to Dom just watching him sleep. I knew I should have gotten up and tried to speak to the others now that I had calmed down but I couldn't bring myself to see them again just yet.
Sighing quietly I looked at the time and frowned. It was really early in the morning but I needed to get out of here for a while. I took one last look at Dom as I carefully got out his grip tightened for a moment then went slack again. It was just enough to escape from without waking him.
I dressed silently and ran a hand through my hair before I walked out and downstairs. There were no lights on so I assumed everyone else had gone to bed. It was probably better that way, I couldn't be held responsible for my actions if they said something wrong.
I walked out the front door closing it quietly behind me. I walked down the road a bit towards my car where I had left it the night before. I didn't want them to see or hear my car pull in, I wanted the element of surprise and I think I successfully achieved that. I smirked as I thought of Leon's face after I punched him. To be honest I wasn't really sure at the time who it was, it could have been Mia for all I knew but I still took the chance.
Unlocking my car I got in sparing a glance at the house. Dom would probably be frantic when he woke to find me no longer there and not in the house.
'Good. About time he realised how I felt all those times.' I thought bitterly.
I drove with nowhere in mind at first until I passed the beach and I stopped. Turning around I parked and got out. I slipped my boots off placing them back in the car before I rolled my jeans up as much as they would go. I locked the car shoving my keys in my pocket so I wouldn't lose them before making my way onto the sand.
From what I'd heard from Dom's messages this was the place it had all started. The races had been one sided, hers, and though he didn't tell me I didn't hold that night against him. From the night he asked her to meet onwards that's what I held against him. Looking down the beach I smiled lightly thinking of all the good times Dom and I had had here but now the memories just seemed tainted. For all I knew they could have done it right where I was standing and the thought had me feeling ill again.
I sighed straightening as I made my way further down the beach ignoring those thoughts. The moon was the only light I had to guide me and I could just see where the waves were rolling in. The sound of them crashing on the rocks up ahead was loud breaking the silence of the night.
I came across a life tower and walked up the ramp to overlook the water. I leant against the railing for a long time before I got tired of standing so I sat down, my legs hanging over the edge.
I don't know how long I stayed there for but it was long enough for me to see the sun rise fully. I breathed in deeply and closed my eyes resting my head on the railing for a couple of minutes before I opened them again. I looked down the beach as I heard voices and watched intently as a young couple laughed and mucked around with one another in the shallow surf. I found myself smiling as I watched them.
The guy chased the girl a little further before he caught her picking her up spinning her around a bit before he put her down keeping a grip on her as he leant down and kissed her. I shook my head as I watched her dodge his kiss and run off up the beach back onto dry sand. He caught her both of them falling into the sand as they laughed. I smiled sadly as I watched what was unraveling next. It was such a tender moment between the two lovers kissing in the sand and talking quietly to each other. I looked away as I stood up feeling the need to leave the two lovers in privacy. I walked away unnoticed to my car where I dusted my feet off slipping back into my boots before unrolling my jeans. I got in the car with one last look down the beach just catching a glimpse of the couple sneaking off behind the rocks for privacy.
I longed for times to be like that again but I knew they'd never be the same as they were when Dom and I first started dating. We'd make it work but it would be different. I didn't know whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, but we'd see.
The team had a lot of making up to do and I only hoped they could manage it. As much as I missed my mum and I liked living back with her it wasn't home. This was home and I hated to be parted from it again.
Getting home I unlocked the door using my key I didn't want to use last night. I heard frantic voices in the kitchen and I smirked hearing my name tumble frantically from Dom's lips. Deliberately I made my way slowly to the kitchen resting against the door frame as I took in the scene in front of me.
Dom's POV
I woke feeling exhausted still but a little better than I had in a while. I smiled remembering later parts of last night, I knew the fighting was far from over but I was willing to do whatever it took. I reached for Letty remembering she had agreed to stay but all I was met with was air and a cold spot where she had laid at one stage. I sat up quickly scanning the room for any sign she was still here but I didn't see any. Her clothes were gone and I began to panic. She had said she was staying but it seemed like she had left yet again.
I got out of bed quickly pulling on the first set of clothes I saw before making my way down stairs. I heard voices from the kitchen but none of them were Letty's. Walking in everyone turned to look at me knowingly and I rolled my eyes realizing we may have been a bot loud the night before.
"Surprised to see you awake." Mia said and I frowned when I noted her red cheek.
"What happened to you?" I demanded.
"Your girl." Vince ground out and I turned to look at him wincing as I saw his bruised face, Leon looking very much the same.
"Yeah Jesse and Mia got off lightly." Leon muttered.
"Where is Let?" Jesse asked.
"Yeah we figured we'd all sit down and talk this out now rather than later." Mia said handing me a plate of toast with a look to say eat it.
"I was hoping she was here." I said worriedly and they all paused and shook their heads.
"Great." I snapped putting the plate on the table no longer in the mood to eat once again.
"She said she'd stay." I sighed sadly as I collapsed in a chair with my head in my hands.
"Don't get upset just yet she might just be in the bathroom." Mia comforted me but it didn't work. I heard Leon get up and walk out of the room.
"Her car's gone…it was there last night." He said quietly coming back into the room and I couldn't help the tears that fell.
"I need to find her." I said frantically.
"We'll help." Vince said and I nodded gratefully.
"Where do you think she might have gone?" I ran a hand over my head thinking.
"Um there's the lookout point she found it's about two hours away…. The beach maybe? But I don't think she would have gone there."
"Why not it's the closest?" Leon said and I shook my head.
"She knows that's where…" I didn't need to finish my sentence for them to get what I meant.
"What about the cemetery?" I thought about it.
"Maybe… I don't know." I said getting worked up.
"I'll ring Letty, she might answer." Leon said grabbing the phone.
"She hasn't answered any of our calls for three months apart from Mia's the other day by accident. She's not going to answer." I snapped.
"Dom calm down."
"I can't calm down. Don't you get it! I can't lose her." I shouted. A noise behind me had us all turning around to look and I felt immediate relief as Letty stood there looking amused.
"Morning." She said and I looked at her annoyed.
"Where have you been?" I asked taking a step towards her but she took one in the opposite direction. So I sighed taking the hint. Last night was a once off.
"For a drive. You were asleep when I left."
"I didn't hear you leave I've been up since six.' Mia said.
"I left about two. I couldn't sleep." She shrugged and the silence that followed was heavily and tense.
"Thanks for the bruising." Leon muttered to her and she smirked.
"You deserved it."
"Be that as it may… it'll be out of action for a long time." Vince said quietly to her and I got his drift as I looked at Letty, my own painful experience still burned into my mind.
"I'm not apologizing if that's what you're looking for." She snapped and they shook their heads.
"No."
"So we think it's time to talk…" Mia said quietly.
"Talk all you want it doesn't mean much to me right now. You were family and you lied. Your words mean shit to me." Letty said aggressively.
"Then how can we make this right Let?" Leon asked pleadingly.
"If you want it hard enough you'll find a way." She said quietly leaving everyone else silent.
"Where are you staying?" I asked hopefully and she looked at me blankly.
"Not with you." She said firmly and I turned away a little.
"I can make up the spare bed in my room." Mia offered but she shook her head.
"No the couch is fine."
"Letty you can't stay on the lounge… Look Jess can come and stay down in the basement with me again and you can have his room for the time being." Leon offered.
"The couch is fine." She said with an air of finality that left no room for arguments.
"So we working today or what?" she asked and everyone looked at me and I sighed shrugging.
"Guess we better open." I mumbled feeling down again all of a sudden.
'We only have two cars." Vince reminded me and I nodded.
"Why only two?" Letty asked and we all kept silent.
"Well? Someone gunna answer me or am I going to walk out the door and forget about this?" I looked at her frantically and she raised an eyebrow at me.
"I stopped going to the races and it's had its consequences…The Tran's opened a garage and spread the rumour we were closing. We lost business and people started pulling their cars out of the garage and going to Johnny. We're having trouble with payments again, Hector picked up on the rumour and tried to set people straight but its only helped a bit." I said quietly.
"I thought you said you hadn't been to races." She accused.
"I haven't. Vince and Leon race but…." I said truthfully.
"We don't win like Dom. We're having trouble." Leon said truthfully.
"When's the next race?" She asked and I looked to Leon and Vince for the date.
"Tomorrow night."
"Well then you better tell Hector we're going to be back." I looked at her surprised.
"We are?" I asked confused.
"Yeah we are. Got a problem with that?" she asked with an attitude I wasn't used to seeing on her.
"Tran's going to be there." I said quietly and she narrowed her eyes.
"Your point?" She asked blankly.
"This is a test isn't it?" I asked quietly.
"I don't know Dom you tell me." her face told me it was and so did my heart. She wanted me to prove myself and I wasn't going to let her down this time.
I spent easily two hours awake in bed next to Dom just watching him sleep. I knew I should have gotten up and tried to speak to the others now that I had calmed down but I couldn't bring myself to see them again just yet.
Sighing quietly I looked at the time and frowned. It was really early in the morning but I needed to get out of here for a while. I took one last look at Dom as I carefully got out his grip tightened for a moment then went slack again. It was just enough to escape from without waking him.
I dressed silently and ran a hand through my hair before I walked out and downstairs. There were no lights on so I assumed everyone else had gone to bed. It was probably better that way, I couldn't be held responsible for my actions if they said something wrong.
I walked out the front door closing it quietly behind me. I walked down the road a bit towards my car where I had left it the night before. I didn't want them to see or hear my car pull in, I wanted the element of surprise and I think I successfully achieved that. I smirked as I thought of Leon's face after I punched him. To be honest I wasn't really sure at the time who it was, it could have been Mia for all I knew but I still took the chance.
Unlocking my car I got in sparing a glance at the house. Dom would probably be frantic when he woke to find me no longer there and not in the house.
'Good. About time he realised how I felt all those times.' I thought bitterly.
I drove with nowhere in mind at first until I passed the beach and I stopped. Turning around I parked and got out. I slipped my boots off placing them back in the car before I rolled my jeans up as much as they would go. I locked the car shoving my keys in my pocket so I wouldn't lose them before making my way onto the sand.
From what I'd heard from Dom's messages this was the place it had all started. The races had been one sided, hers, and though he didn't tell me I didn't hold that night against him. From the night he asked her to meet onwards that's what I held against him. Looking down the beach I smiled lightly thinking of all the good times Dom and I had had here but now the memories just seemed tainted. For all I knew they could have done it right where I was standing and the thought had me feeling ill again.
I sighed straightening as I made my way further down the beach ignoring those thoughts. The moon was the only light I had to guide me and I could just see where the waves were rolling in. The sound of them crashing on the rocks up ahead was loud breaking the silence of the night.
I came across a life tower and walked up the ramp to overlook the water. I leant against the railing for a long time before I got tired of standing so I sat down, my legs hanging over the edge.
I don't know how long I stayed there for but it was long enough for me to see the sun rise fully. I breathed in deeply and closed my eyes resting my head on the railing for a couple of minutes before I opened them again. I looked down the beach as I heard voices and watched intently as a young couple laughed and mucked around with one another in the shallow surf. I found myself smiling as I watched them.
The guy chased the girl a little further before he caught her picking her up spinning her around a bit before he put her down keeping a grip on her as he leant down and kissed her. I shook my head as I watched her dodge his kiss and run off up the beach back onto dry sand. He caught her both of them falling into the sand as they laughed. I smiled sadly as I watched what was unraveling next. It was such a tender moment between the two lovers kissing in the sand and talking quietly to each other. I looked away as I stood up feeling the need to leave the two lovers in privacy. I walked away unnoticed to my car where I dusted my feet off slipping back into my boots before unrolling my jeans. I got in the car with one last look down the beach just catching a glimpse of the couple sneaking off behind the rocks for privacy.
I longed for times to be like that again but I knew they'd never be the same as they were when Dom and I first started dating. We'd make it work but it would be different. I didn't know whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, but we'd see.
The team had a lot of making up to do and I only hoped they could manage it. As much as I missed my mum and I liked living back with her it wasn't home. This was home and I hated to be parted from it again.
Getting home I unlocked the door using my key I didn't want to use last night. I heard frantic voices in the kitchen and I smirked hearing my name tumble frantically from Dom's lips. Deliberately I made my way slowly to the kitchen resting against the door frame as I took in the scene in front of me.
Dom's POV
I woke feeling exhausted still but a little better than I had in a while. I smiled remembering later parts of last night, I knew the fighting was far from over but I was willing to do whatever it took. I reached for Letty remembering she had agreed to stay but all I was met with was air and a cold spot where she had laid at one stage. I sat up quickly scanning the room for any sign she was still here but I didn't see any. Her clothes were gone and I began to panic. She had said she was staying but it seemed like she had left yet again.
I got out of bed quickly pulling on the first set of clothes I saw before making my way down stairs. I heard voices from the kitchen but none of them were Letty's. Walking in everyone turned to look at me knowingly and I rolled my eyes realizing we may have been a bot loud the night before.
"Surprised to see you awake." Mia said and I frowned when I noted her red cheek.
"What happened to you?" I demanded.
"Your girl." Vince ground out and I turned to look at him wincing as I saw his bruised face, Leon looking very much the same.
"Yeah Jesse and Mia got off lightly." Leon muttered.
"Where is Let?" Jesse asked.
"Yeah we figured we'd all sit down and talk this out now rather than later." Mia said handing me a plate of toast with a look to say eat it.
"I was hoping she was here." I said worriedly and they all paused and shook their heads.
"Great." I snapped putting the plate on the table no longer in the mood to eat once again.
"She said she'd stay." I sighed sadly as I collapsed in a chair with my head in my hands.
"Don't get upset just yet she might just be in the bathroom." Mia comforted me but it didn't work. I heard Leon get up and walk out of the room.
"Her car's gone…it was there last night." He said quietly coming back into the room and I couldn't help the tears that fell.
"I need to find her." I said frantically.
"We'll help." Vince said and I nodded gratefully.
"Where do you think she might have gone?" I ran a hand over my head thinking.
"Um there's the lookout point she found it's about two hours away…. The beach maybe? But I don't think she would have gone there."
"Why not it's the closest?" Leon said and I shook my head.
"She knows that's where…" I didn't need to finish my sentence for them to get what I meant.
"What about the cemetery?" I thought about it.
"Maybe… I don't know." I said getting worked up.
"I'll ring Letty, she might answer." Leon said grabbing the phone.
"She hasn't answered any of our calls for three months apart from Mia's the other day by accident. She's not going to answer." I snapped.
"Dom calm down."
"I can't calm down. Don't you get it! I can't lose her." I shouted. A noise behind me had us all turning around to look and I felt immediate relief as Letty stood there looking amused.
"Morning." She said and I looked at her annoyed.
"Where have you been?" I asked taking a step towards her but she took one in the opposite direction. So I sighed taking the hint. Last night was a once off.
"For a drive. You were asleep when I left."
"I didn't hear you leave I've been up since six.' Mia said.
"I left about two. I couldn't sleep." She shrugged and the silence that followed was heavily and tense.
"Thanks for the bruising." Leon muttered to her and she smirked.
"You deserved it."
"Be that as it may… it'll be out of action for a long time." Vince said quietly to her and I got his drift as I looked at Letty, my own painful experience still burned into my mind.
"I'm not apologizing if that's what you're looking for." She snapped and they shook their heads.
"No."
"So we think it's time to talk…" Mia said quietly.
"Talk all you want it doesn't mean much to me right now. You were family and you lied. Your words mean shit to me." Letty said aggressively.
"Then how can we make this right Let?" Leon asked pleadingly.
"If you want it hard enough you'll find a way." She said quietly leaving everyone else silent.
"Where are you staying?" I asked hopefully and she looked at me blankly.
"Not with you." She said firmly and I turned away a little.
"I can make up the spare bed in my room." Mia offered but she shook her head.
"No the couch is fine."
"Letty you can't stay on the lounge… Look Jess can come and stay down in the basement with me again and you can have his room for the time being." Leon offered.
"The couch is fine." She said with an air of finality that left no room for arguments.
"So we working today or what?" she asked and everyone looked at me and I sighed shrugging.
"Guess we better open." I mumbled feeling down again all of a sudden.
'We only have two cars." Vince reminded me and I nodded.
"Why only two?" Letty asked and we all kept silent.
"Well? Someone gunna answer me or am I going to walk out the door and forget about this?" I looked at her frantically and she raised an eyebrow at me.
"I stopped going to the races and it's had its consequences…The Tran's opened a garage and spread the rumour we were closing. We lost business and people started pulling their cars out of the garage and going to Johnny. We're having trouble with payments again, Hector picked up on the rumour and tried to set people straight but its only helped a bit." I said quietly.
"I thought you said you hadn't been to races." She accused.
"I haven't. Vince and Leon race but…." I said truthfully.
"We don't win like Dom. We're having trouble." Leon said truthfully.
"When's the next race?" She asked and I looked to Leon and Vince for the date.
"Tomorrow night."
"Well then you better tell Hector we're going to be back." I looked at her surprised.
"We are?" I asked confused.
"Yeah we are. Got a problem with that?" she asked with an attitude I wasn't used to seeing on her.
"Tran's going to be there." I said quietly and she narrowed her eyes.
"Your point?" She asked blankly.
"This is a test isn't it?" I asked quietly.
"I don't know Dom you tell me." her face told me it was and so did my heart. She wanted me to prove myself and I wasn't going to let her down this time.