Who Knew (R)

Title: Who Knew
Author: Misundaztood17
Rating: R
Summary: basically a follow up to the reviews of FF4 i've gotten from anonymous sources.
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything except for the idea I had in my head last Saturday morning. Everything you don’t recognize is mine.

Chapter One: Simple Kind of Life

Letty remembered getting angry.

At Dom for sending her home; for thinking he was too dangerous for her to be around him anymore.

At The Cop for fucking up her family; for fucking up their world; for betraying them, even if he did let Dom go…

At Mia for falling in love with The Cop.

Dom, again, for letting him into their world…

Sometimes she let herself wonder just how much of what The Cop told the Team was the truth, an’ how much of it was bona fide bullshit. She guessed it didn’t really matter much anymore. Dom didn’ want her anymore, he’d made that much crystal clear before she’d left Mexico…

Going on almost ten years, they’d been together, and as soon as the cops got really close, he’d sent her packing.

Straight to Him and then into Braga’s drug cartel, that’s where he’d sent her packing. And things had been okay…for a while…until Braga decided he didn’t trust any of his drivers, shot ‘em all. When she’d tried to run, she’d lost control of her car and it burst into flames after Braga’s thug, Felix, turned it into a bullet-riddled tin can.

Then she woke up in a States-side hospital and found herself being interrogated by Feds—and Him—offering her a fresh start if she told them what they wanted to know.

It turned out that even eight years after the fact, they still had no idea who masterminded the truck hijackings. So she’d told them. Every stupid-as-fuck detail…how Johnny Tran had come after them with a bullshit beef saying that if they didn’t pay up, he’d narc them all out for illegal drag racing. Dom had vowed he’d never go back to prison…not ever…so even after all the fighting and arguments with her and Mia, Dom had still accepted the bargain. And like an idiot, Letty’d gone along with it.

After six months in a safe house, constantly surrounded by feds, they’d finally nailed the Trans and the Nguyens for the hijackings, even though Johnny and Lance were both dead and buried.

So here she was, living in the desert, only going as far as the nearest town to restock on food supplies. And maybe see Vince. If he wasn’t still pissed at her at the particular moment she chose to come into town.

His arm had been mangled so badly in the ‘accident’ that the tattoo he’d had there was just barely distinguishable amidst all the scarring. Letty knew he was still pissed at Dominic, but it wasn’t like she didn’t know why.

Leon left in the middle of the night the same day Dom met up with them, no sign of Mia or either of their friends to speak of.

Dom had been in Mexico a week before he uttered the first word about Jesse.

Dead.

Vince was another story altogether.

We’re dead t’him.

The words still rang fresh in Letty's ears, like she’d only just heard them…

God only knew where Leon was now, and Letty wasn’t really sure she cared to find out. Her world now was engines, detailing an’ trying to forget just how different her world was now, from middle-of-the-night races, all-night parties and family barbecues to a legitimate nine-to-five job that kept the bills paid and the cops away from her doorstep.

Sometimes, if she stopped what she was doing long enough and listened hard enough, she could almost swear she heard the purr of engines—their engines—in the distance. But she knew it was crazy. She was alone in the desert…the part of her life devoted to beautiful cars, supped up engines and NOS was over.

This was her life.

Her home out in the middle of the desert, her shop, her life…finally, she had something that didn’t revolve around him…

Here, she was Letty Marciano …not Letty Marciano, Dominic Toretto’s woman. She was her own person, not just somebody’s girlfriend

She was a business woman. She’d learned more than her share of how to run a business from years of watching Tony run the garage to run her shop without too many hitches.

Her life now was taking care of Piggy, Charleyan’ Lucy.

Pig was the oldest of her dogs…she’d found him at the pound, two days from being put down because he’d been there for so long and nobody wanted him…Charley and Lucy had been strays…like Leon and Jesse had been…

I love this part because for the first time Letty know how live without Dominic Toretto

Love it! (And the puppies... awwww!) Nice to see Letty building a life for herself. More soon, please!!

love it can not wait for more its great to see letty living her life for her and not dom they'll always be a team together but you gotta be able to stand on your own sometimes and its great to see her doing that

It's nice to see how well she's doing by herself...... can't wait for more!

I like the idea of Letty on her own. All she's ever known was Dom. Can't wait to read more! Love the pups!! aww

Loves it

Chapter Two: Consider Me Gone

Brian slowly pulled onto the dirt road leading to Letty's place, Piggy and Charley running out to meet him, barking like crazy. He couldn’t help wondering how they would react to him today…depended on Letty's mood, he guessed. It was crazy, how the dogs fed off Letty's energy.

Letty could hear the dogs going crazy, but she was too damn tired to get up from the couch to go see what they were barking at.

Lulu was laying on the couch beside her, the dog’s head in her lap. The little dog thought she was one'a the big dogs, had to be right there in the middle'a everything with Charley an' Piggy…Letty kept telling her she was gonna get run over, trying to keep up with Charley an' Pig, running all over the streets like they owned them or something.

Finally, Brian pulled up to the house and slowly opened the door to his car as Piggy’s pink nose pushing through the narrow space. He must have caught brian’s scent pretty quickly, though, because he moved back, almost like he wasn’t interested anymore since he knew it was Brian.

“Who is it?” Letty hollered towards the door, content in not moving.

“It’s just me…” Brian yelled back, climbing onto the porch and opening the front door. He hoped he wouldn’t come face to face with a pistol like he had the first time he’d come to check on Letty.

“What now? You got what you wan'ed.” Letty muttered. “And fucked my life up in the process.” She grumbled, stroking Lulu’s ears.

“I just…wanted to check on you…” Brian said slowly, shrugging as he stood there, watching her an' Lucy, not quite sure what to do. “He called.” Brian said finally, watching Letty closely for a reaction.

“He who?” Letty retorted, even though she knew full well who he was talking about. “Th’ fuck do I care?”

“Just left a message…he's in Asia…Tokyo…” Brian said, finally sitting down in one of the recliners. “Still looking for Braga.” He laughed a little under his breath, shaking his head.

Christ, when he'd gotten back home and found the FBI questioning her….he'd nearly had a heart attack.

He and Dom had spent all that time, off avenging her death, and she'd been just fine. 'Course, Dom had already disappeared when Brian had tried to call and tell him. Brian knew Dom blamed himself for her death , regretted walking away from her…

“Sayonara, asshole,” Letty muttered, flipping off nobody in particular. Still, the thought that he called Brian, it had her hopeful that maybe Dom was realizin' that he hadn’t had t' leave Letty just t' keep her safe…

“Think he’s gonna end up dead…” Brian said quietly, shrugging. Christ, Dom had been a wreck, drunk whenever they weren't focused on hunting Felix down.

“May he rest in pieces.” Letty mumbled. “He left me, damn near killed Vince, got Jesse shot t' hell…'s either him 'r Mia next…or me…”

“So you really want me to let him keep thinking you're dead?” Brian asked, a little surprised; shit…he knew Dom had fucked up, leaving her like that, for her own protection, but…

“I don’t CARE, Brian.” Letty said quietly.

Shit, they both knew she did care what happened…even if she did wanna kick his no-good, ex-felon ass all the way to Rosarito and back again.

“So I can do what I think is best, then?” Brian asked, eyebrows raising.

Christ…what was best was the two of them back together…neither one of them worked very well on their own, even though Letty had done pretty well for herself, all things considered.

“You bring him here and I don’t know who’d kill him first, the dogs, Vince, or me…” Letty mumbled, shaking her head.

“Didn’t say anything about bringing him here…” Brian said, not quite meeting her eyes. “Shit, he hasn't ever done more than leave a message. Ain't like I’ve got a way to even get back to him.”

“You try callin' the number that left the message?” Letty snorted. “Christ, even Jesse could'a figured that one out.”

“Its unidentified…” Brian told her, rolling his eyes. She still thought he was an idiot. “Asked one'a my guys at the bureau, says he must be using throwaway cell phones, different one ev'ry time he calls…”

“Fucking coward…” Letty muttered, shaking her head. “He calls but won't say where he's at…”

“He did say where he’s at…” Brian told her, shrugging. “It’s just, Tokyo’s a pretty damned big place…”

“So you look for the streetracers, you MORON!” Letty snapped. “How the fuck did you find US?!”

“So what, now it’s my job to go find him?” Brian asked as he shook his head. “Christ, two minutes ago you didn't care if he ends up dead!”

“He LEFT me, Brian! Shit, he might as well have done what you did t' MIA!”

“Yeah, an' he's felt guilty as hell 'bout doin' it ever since!” Brian retorted, wincing a little when she mentions Mia.

“An’ what, I’ve been fucking PEACHY?!”

“I'm just saying… think you came out better than he did…” Brian said, his voice quieter.

“I'm lucky Vince still talks to me!” Letty snapped. “I haven’t seen Mia in god knows how long…and if I have to work on another fucking crotch rocket this MONTH, I’ma scream!”

“C’mon…you know you like motorcycles now…” Brian teased, laughing a little. “You’ve got the shop, an' the dogs, an' this place…all he's got is vengeance an' guilt.”

“You f’rgot a hear that just might be beyond repair.” Letty said off-handedly.

“Think you’ve both got that.” He said, shrugging.

“He broke mine first…” Letty said, not caring how childish it sounds.

“And he thinks you’re dead!” Brian said, knowing it probably wouldn’t make any difference.

“He LEFT ME!” Letty roared, standing up now.

“And he beats himself up f'r that every single day.” Brian said, just as quiet, standing up himself. “Look… I guess I shouldn’t have come. Just thought you'd maybe wanna know he called…”

“I’ll believe that when he gets the balls to come looking for me.” Letty muttered, scooping Lucy up off the floor.

“He thinks you’re DEAD!” Brian told her, shaking his head. Christ, Brian had to find a way to get a hold of Dom…

“I might as well be! I have a house I can't afford to fix up, a roofer who was my ex's best friend and now isn't talking to ME and now I’m spilling my guts to the PIG that caused it all to happen in the first place!”

“Sure, this is all my fault.” Brian muttered, pinching the bridge of my nose.

“YOU were a COP! I mean, sure, you let Dom go, you saved Vince's ass but you also put ALL OF US on the run for the rest of god knows how long!”

“It would’ve ended even WORSE if it hadn’t been me!” Brian retorted, heading towards the door. “Christ, I'm sick of this shit…”

“Bring him back. Let Vince rip ‘im to shreds. See if I give a fuck.”

Letty talked a good talk, but shit…Brian knew Letty was still in love with Dominic Toretto, just like he was still in love with her. He nodded, opening the front door, Piggy an' Charley almost running him over as they pushed their way inside. Brian was gonna fix this…make it up to her, to all of them.

TEAM Brian and Letty Loves it update soon. i love the interaction between them too

Yay!!!... I'm glad Brian still goes to check up on her

I think that Brian and Letty should have revenge sex.

Just throwin that out there... lol

have you LOST your mind?!

LOL

besides, if i did that, it would fuck up what's coming in the NEXT chapter!

well we wouldn't know unless you POST THE NEXT CHAPTER...pretty pl,ease!!!!

Loves it, especially the doggies. I like the interaction between Letty and Brian too, but NO Brian/Letty allowed!

thanks for the back up CATY!