You ride. I ride.

37. Big news

<Letty's POV>

I groaned. Jesus Christ, I always assumed that sex with Dom was incomparable to anything else, and he was the only way who could make me feel like I was in nirvana. But damn, right now, this feeling came pretty close. 

"Fuck," Deckard mutter as he slammed into me from behind while pulling my hair. I didn't even realize when our friendship had turned into a sexual relationship but it happened and in moments like these I was really glad that it did. 

He slapped my ass while continuing to pound into me. We had been too wrapped up into each other to care exactly where we were doing it, which I came to regret as I lost my balance, and fell off the bed. 

"Oh, shit, Letty," he immediately rushed to my side, examining the bump on my forehead. 

"We got to get you to the hospital." 

"Hospital? I'm fine," I lied, ignoring the dizziness and flashing stars in my vision.

"No, I'm serious we're going now."

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After all the routine checks were done, the doctor came in the room with a smile on his face. Phew must be good news, I assumed. 

"So, everything's fine. You have a slight concussion but no internal bleeding. You were really lucky that nothing happened to the baby. So no need to worry. Just be careful." 

Huh? What? "What did you say?" 

"That you're fine, darling," the Asian woman repeated, clearly not understanding why I was reacting so surprised. 

"No, the part with the baby."

"Yes, you're pregnant. Didn't you know?" 

"Does she look like she's in the know?" Dex's voice said from the other side of the room. 

"I'm going to give you two some space, and will come back later," she hurried out of the room hastily, relieved to escape from this situation. I wanted to escape this new information too. 

How can I be pregnant? Deck and I only started hooking up a week ago. Unless. No. It can't be. Dom and I haven't been together in 14 weeks. That's. I would have noticed, right? That's over 3 months. How could I not notice? 

I felt Deckard taking my hand, "Uhm-. Is it-?"

"Yes," I whispered. Of course, it was Dom's whose else would it be? Oh my god. I was pregnant. I can't be pregnant. I don't even know where the father is. I would have to raise them on my own. 

"I can see you spiraling, Letty. Stop." Deckard sat down on the bed, taking my face in his hands, forcing me to look at him. 

"What else am I supposed to do?" I started crying. Dammit, these hormones are making me so emotional. That would explain the rollercoaster of feelings I was experiencing these past few weeks. 

"You'll figure it out. You always do. You can get an abortion. Right?" 

"I don't know, 13 or 14 weeks pregnant, that thing is really grown now. I can't do that."

"Okay, then you'll make another plan. Right?" 

"The babies father is fleeing from the police. I will have to raise it all on my own." 

"Hey, I'm always gonna be here for you. You have Vince, Leon, and Jesse. And Mia is going to make a great aunt. That's for sure." 

"Oh my god, Mia. I can't tell Mia. Mia is going to tell Dom. And I don't want Dom to know." 

"Why not?"

"Because he left. He doesn't have the right to know. He, he abandoned us. He-," I was starting to get hysterical. 

"Okay, okay. Calm down," Dex kissed me on the forehead and just held my hand til the doctor came back and told us that we could go home. 

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The next few days I slept at Deckard's house, avoiding the talk with Mia and everyone else. I had gotten very good at compartmentalizing and procrastination as I found out. 

"Okay, I thought about it. If you really really don't want to tell Mia about the baby, that's fine," Deck agreed. "But let me ask you a question, what is going to happen in a few weeks when you really start to show?" 

Until now, I could hide my belly underneath the baggy clothes, but in a few weeks, the big surprise was inevitable. 

"I don't know." 

"Or what happens when you get the baby. Are you just going to hide her from your family?" He continued: "Letty, you have to talk to them, please." 

"I can't. I know that Mia would tell Dom, and I can't risk that." 

"That's not an argument and you know it." 

"Wait," I had an idea. "What if I told them that it was someone else's baby?" 

"Are you serious? They would never believe that you cheated on Dom." 

"No, I mean, I could have hooked up with someone right after he left."

"That just doesn't sound like you, and Vince would track the guy down to kill him."

"Yeah, you're right." 

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"I hate you so much, right now." 

"I love you too," Deckard replied sarcastically as he parked in the Toretto driveway. I slowly made my way inside, afraid of everyone's reaction to the big news. 

"Letty, where have you been girl?" Leon greeted me. 

"Letty!" Everyone started hugging me as if I had been away for a long time. Only Mia was sitting on the couch a little shyly, hesitant because of our fight from a few weeks ago. We never talked about why she had Dom's number and why she hadn't told me. 

Deckard nudged me in the side, pushing me to finally tell them. I knew I had to. But when I opened my mouth, my mind blanked I just didn't know what to say. It was as if someone had disconnected my brian from my voice. 

"Okay, Letty has some big news to tell, so could you all gather on the couch," Dex took over. 

"What is it?" Everyone started to get worried.

"Do I have to get my knife?" Vince asked, ready to beat some guys together. 

"It's gonna be fine," Deckard whispered to me. 

So I told them. "I am pregnant." 

And no one answered. The silence in the room was deafening, so quiet that I could practically hear everyone's thoughts. How stupid is she? There's no way. That poor girl has to raise that kid on her own. Is it even Dom's? 

"Congratulations," Jesse started to whisper. 

"Don't to that Jesse,"  I replied. He nodded, lowering his head in shame.

"I told you this was a bad idea," I mumbled to Dex and turned around. 

"No wait, Letty," Vince pipped up. "We're your family. We're gonna be here for you every step of the way." He stood up and hugged me. 

"Thank you Vince," I whispered, getting emotional. I was so grateful for his support. I could feel the weights and all the worry get lifted off my shoulders. 

"I love you," he whispered back. 

"I love you too," a few tears were now rolling down my cheeks. 

"Come here Let, we're all gonna be here for you," Leon and Jesse both joined the hug. 

Only Mia didn't move from her spot.