Part 3

Letty ended up in some forgotten little town. She didn�t even know how many miles she had driven. It was like the thrill of the speed and the road had pressed her on. She had driven until her body felt weary and her mind had gone tumbling over. It turned out that the town wasn�t so bad. It was called Saren. Who knows where it even got that name, but it was nice to be somewhere new with a fresh start.

After a couple of days of staying at a local hotel and mostly sleeping or just lying around, Letty decided that it was time to look for a job. She needed something to do. So, she dressed, brushed her teeth, and hauled her sorry ass out under the early morning sunshine. The light was a little much, so she had to pull out her trusty sunglasses --and then she was off.

It seemed that Saren had all the things one needed to get by. There was "Calvario�s" grocery & general store, a hair shop, a barber, a diner, a doctor�s office, and a few little shops of other various kinds, but what grabbed Letty�s attention was the Garage that served as both a gas station and an auto shop. This would be where she might find some work. Letty pushed a defiant lock of rich, glossy deep brown hair behind her ear, pulled her pants up by the belt, took deep breath, and approached the building.

As Letty neared the garage door, she could hear the soft sounds of a husky voice floating from a slightly staticy radio. She could also hear the scuffle of boots on cement. Leaning against the door frame and pulling her glasses down slightly, Letty could see a pair of Jean-clad legs sticking from under an old, beat-up pickup. Not even a moment later, a wrench clattered to the floor and a cursed masculine "Fuck" could be heard as the legs suddenly began to push out from under the pickup revealing a slightly disturbed man. He was looking at his finger, as it was cut deeply and seeping blood. He grabbed a rag from his side pocket and stood up.

Letty took a moment to scrutinize him. He was about maybe 5�9 or just reaching 6 feet tall with broad shoulders and nicely muscled coppery, sun-kissed arms. His hair was a deep brown so dark that it was almost black and it ran down to beneath his shoulder blades tied into a ponytail. His face was chiseled as though he was one of the Earth�s own fierce creations, and his eyes were like obsidian. Yeah-- he was definitely hot, but Letty wasn�t even ready to deal with that shit. She just needed a job. Here was her chance.

"You need help man?" Letty asked walking up to his side.

He looked up startling her a little with his intensity.

"There is a box of Band-Aids over on the shelf," he said pointing to his right towards a work shelf.

He walked over to a sink and started to run water over his cut finger as Letty found the Band-Aids and came up beside him. He washed his hands and dried them, careful not to further upset the damaged finger. Letty pulled out a couple of Band-Aids and he easily wrapped them around his finger.

That done, he looked up and asked Letty, "Is there something I can help you with?"

Letty swallowed and spoke, "Yeah, I was look�in for whoever�s in charge round here."

"Well," the man said, "That�d be Jose, but he just owns the place. He let�s me run it and take care of all the business. My name is Ash Blade."

With that he stuck out his hand in a formal greeting. Letty got the feeling that while Ash was casual and formal on the exterior, that if messed with he might just turn out to be like an animal released from its cage. She shook his hand and could feel the calluses that hard work had brought.

"So what is that you�re needing....." he spoke again and looked at her in question.

"Letty, name�s Letty," she said, "I just got in�ta town a couple of days ago and I was wonder�in if it�s an okay place to settle down for a bit. If I�m a gonna stay, I�m gonna need work."

"Well," Ash replied, "The diner is looking for a waitress seeing as Cindy took of with that boyfriend of hers."

"I�m not really your "waitress" type ya know?" Letty said raising an eyebrow, "And I�m not all that great with people skills, besides I�ve got nadda experience with it --but there is one thing that I have tons of experience with."

"Yeah," Ash asked, "And what is that?"

Letty piped up as she motioned to her side,"Tell me-- what�s this pickup in for?"

A few hours later, Letty and Ash were both covered in grease and dirt and both graced with genuine smiles.

"So Letty, where did you learn so much about cars?"Ash asked.

Letty answered with a laugh, "It all comes from liv�in with the Car Gods man!"

Ash gave a short laugh too, and Letty continued, "Really man, I grew up down the street from a racer. I used to hang �round his shop all the time when I was little. One day when I was maybe ten, eleven or so, Mr. Toretto asked me to help him out. That was the day I fell in love with mechanic work and cars in general. From then on, I was hooked. I�ve never worked anywhere but in a garage."

"Well," Ash spoke, "I figure that I could use a little help on the side. It won�t be a lot, but it�ll be enough for you to get by peacefully around here. So if you�re up to it the day will start at seven a.m. sharp tomorrow?"

Letty beamed, "See ya tomorrow then Boss man!"

"Tomorrow it is." Ash replied as he watched Letty�s retreating form.

Letty made it back to the hotel by about four-thirty in the afternoon --after stopping at Calvario�s for some grab food. She laid her stuff on the small table by the door and kicked off her boots.

"Man," she said, "You smell girl! I think it�s time for a shower."

Letty made her way to the bathroom and turned the water on to warm in the old yellowed tub. She pulled her wife-beater over her head, unbuckled her belt, and pulled her pants off. She then stepped out of her undergarments and into the cool confines of the ceramic tub. She pulled the curtain shut and turned the shower nozzle on. The warm water ran down her back, massaging tired sore muscles.

"Well girl," she thought, "You did it you got a job....you left Dom... Oh God, Dom..."

How was she gonna make it without her rock? She was completely alone for the first time in her life. She was standing on her own --barely.

"No," Letty thought, "You can do it girl. You can make it. It�s time that you learn who you are."

All her life, it had been Dom, from the first time she had met him..... She had been a scrawny little girl with long dark hair and eyes so intense they seemed to burn those whom they touched. She had always dressed like a boy in her older brother�s hand-me-downs. If that hadn�t been bad enough, people were always accusing her of acting like a boy, but hell if she had cared. There had been nothing she had liked more than watching Mr. Toretto and his son working in their garage, and when Mr. Toretto had one day asked her to join them, she had thought that she had seriously died and gone to Heaven.

At first, Dom didn�t speak much to her, but the more time they spent together , the more he would open up. It seemed that at times, he had thought she was a pest, but then other times, he would get this sparkle in his eyes when he was around her. And thus, they had become friends, companions in a sort of way.

She could remember when Mr. Toretto had died. She had cried because he had been like a father to her. He had been her hero, her idol. It was the first time that she had ever seen Dom lose it completely. It had scared her a little to see what he was capable of. That�s also when Dom had been sent away. Two years, it had been two years of torture. All she had wanted was to be in the garage with Dom by her side working on a car to the sound of a radio, with the smells of oil and grease mingling around them.

The time had eventually passed without her ever knowing how, and she had grown up. It had been a couple of weeks after her sixteenth birthday, when she had been under Vince�s car and had heard heavy footsteps near her. She had rolled out from underneath the car thinking it was Vince, and had been taken breathless. There before her was a man built like a God. He was tall, extremely muscular, and beautifully tan. When she had finally looked up at his face, she had been shocked to see the most familiar eyes starring at her in confusion. He had changed, but it was still him there inside those dark chocolate orbs.

"Dom?" She had breathed.

At the sound of her voice, his memory had been triggered and he had looked at her anew. Letty had indeed grown up. She had stood there all soft curves in the body of woman, and she had looked at him with such innocent longing. Then, he had grabbed her up in a gigantic bear hug. They had spent the afternoon catching up. It had been the very day that she had realized that it was more than friendship that lie between them. She hadn�t been sure about Dom�s feelings, but she had known that what she felt was something much more intimate.

Dom had begun to give her much more attention than ever before. The pair of them had become inseparable. It was on her seventeenth birthday, that Dom had made love to her for the first time........

They held a party at the house with Vince and Mia and all, and then they went out for a drive. Dom and her both loved the thrill of speed and so they sped down the side streets entranced by the roar of the engine and the feel of the wind floating in and out of Dom�s car. They went back to the house late that night around eleven or so. Mia and Vince were passed out on the couch, so they went up to Dom�s room for solitude.

They started out talking about cars and racing --and somewhere in between, Dom ended up so close to her face that she was forced to blink. He pulled back slightly, but then seemed to change his mind. Before she even knew what was going on, Dom�s mouth came down upon hers. He was gentle with her, nipping lightly at her bottom lip and seeking entrance. She opened up to him and his tongue searched for her own. She was timid at first, but he demanded attention. Soon their tongues began to dance and Dom�s kiss turned hard and searing. Letty was forced to break contact in order to take a gulping ragged breath. She looked into his passion heated eyes and she knew. There were no words needed between the two of them. She had always been his and he had always been hers. She had known in that second what was about to take place, and she had welcomed it.

All Dom muttered was a husky, "Letty?"

Her answer was a brazen kiss. And he kissed her back fiercely and with fire. He eventually moved to her stomach placing moist, searing kisses along her abdomen. Her shirt came off then, and he fumbled with her bra finding the clasp. Once he had worked it undone and thrown it to the side, he stopped in awe at such beauty. Her breasts rose and fell with the pull of her raspy breath. They were perfect. Her nipples were the color of dark, dusky roses. Thus, he was urged on. He breathed in her intoxicating sent of musk, lavender, and the faint remains of oil and smoke, and brought his lips to her left nipple and drew it into his mouth. Letty let out a hoarse cry at the sudden contact between his fiery mouth and her skin, which only urged Dom on further.

Dom began to tug on the waistband of her jeans with skillful hands, but Letty felt otherwise. She pushed him away and back onto the bed. She then straddled his hips and proceeded to slowly push his T-shirt upwards making sure to make feathery light contact with his skin here and there. Reaching his shoulders, she pulled the shirt over his head with his help. Dom�s stomach rippled with a jolt of pure anticipation, and Letty was forced to draw her hands smoothly down his chest, all the way to his belly button were a small patch of dark hair began. She loved the feel of his golden burning flesh. Letty watched his adam�s apple bobbing as a small trickle of sweat slid down into the crevice of his collar bone. She yearned to taste it, and she did so. First, she started with a simple kiss at the base of his neck and then ran her tongue along the edges of his collar bone eventually coming to that little drop and licking it off savoring his flavor. He tasted salty and a little of something else that she could not quite touch. Then, she mimicked his administrations to her. She slowly kissed her way up his chest, and took his nipple into her mouth, only she bit down slightly eliciting a mighty roar from him.

Dom decided that he�d had enough. He wanted it to be special --to be about her, not him. He rolled her over and half sat above her, and gazed with open wonder at the girl before him. She was breathtaking in all of her innocence and trust in him. She was the force that made him want to be a better person. She was everything decent and pure in his life...

Breaking contact only momentarily, Dom unfastened Letty�s jeans and pulled them down and off her. He gazed intently over her smooth, satiny, honey colored thighs and hips, and up to her crimson panties. He then moved his hands up and along where his eyes had previously roamed. Her skin felt as smooth as silk under his work-callused fingers, and she shivered in response. His fingers curled under the sides of her panties, and he looked up and into her eyes once again seeking assurance. Letty pressed her hips against his hands. That was all Dom needed. He carefully slid her panties down and off her revealing a glistening patch of dark curls. He pressed her lips apart and slowly ran his thumb along her clit making her buck a little, and smiled with the knowledge of the effect that he was having on his girl. He decided that he just had to have a taste, so he lowered his face and went down...

The moment his mouth made contact, Letty lurched upwards with a throaty shocked gasp. His tongue worked her sensitive nubbin making it throb and burn, begging for something, anything... As he continued the pressure kept building, sending jolts of pure pleasure through her entire being until she exploded and was rewarded by warm waves of heavenly bliss. Her juices ran freely and she was wet with desire. Dom was overpowered by the smell of her aroused state and lapped at her like a thirst laden soul.

Letty opened her heavy lidded eyes to find Dom�s intense gaze locked onto her own. She smiled, and he joined her for a passion lit kiss. They melted together forging a whole. With all of Dom�s Length stretched upon her, Letty was able to feel his hardness against her. She looked up to his face and realized that he was trying to hold back for her. She didn�t want him to hold back, she just wanted him. She took a hold of his belt and gave it quite a jerk. Dom stopped his searing kiss and looked into her eyes. In a passion toned voice Letty stated, "Dom, love me..." At her demand, Dom got up and discarded his pants revealing beautifully toned legs. He was so perfect in all his person, that Letty gazed longingly. He took a moment to fumble in his dresser drawer pulling out a foil packet, and moved once again towards the bed. Nearing the edge he glanced at Letty and slowly pulled his boxers down and off. Letty gulped deeply as her gaze took him in, Dom was definitely a big man in all aspects. Her body began to shake a little with nervousness, but she willed it to stop as she knew that she could always trust Dom. She gave a slight nod of her head and smiled up at him. He ripped open the package and rolled the condom over himself, and joined her on the bed.

Pulling himself atop Letty, Dom kissed her with passion anew. He tried to make her join him in all that he was feeling. He became so lost in Letty. It was something new for him, as he had never before made love. Everyone else had just been a short fuck, nothing could compare to what he had with Letty. There could be no words... Dom leaned back and positioned himself at her entrance, sweat clinging to his brow as he tried to be gentle. Letty grasped his forearms for assurance, and he began to slowly enter her. Letty could feel her body start to stretch a little to accommodate him, pressure building as he inched further. Finally, Dom reached her barrier and looked up. He brought his lips down and gave her the most intense, passionate, loving kiss that she could have ever imagined, and then he drove home. Letty felt pain at first, but it slowly faded into a dull ache as Dom rested a moment to let her get used to the feel of having him inside her body. As her breathing hit a shallower pace, Dom began to move slowly out and in. A wonderful pressure began to build and Letty was forced to join him, sliding into his blissful rhythm. They were moving as one being, urged on by something more powerful than they could contemplate.

Letty could feel something growing, spreading along her limbs like roses in full bloom. Her nails ran against Dom�s broad shoulders and down his back marking him as hers. He grunted in approval and began moving faster filling her to the hilt, and warm spasms began to wash over her as her climax lingered just below the horizon. Dom felt her muscles start clamping down on him and started to lose control himself. He thrust deeply, and deeper until.... Letty shattered encompassing him in an utter embrace of pure love. He felt her radiance and need for him bathing his skin like the kisses of the ocean upon the soft shores. His senses went overload and he came, joining her in the journey home. It was a complete fullness that neither had ever before felt. It spread over them as morning sunlight upon the planes of earth, and kissed them with all the emotions of the sky...

Letty�s mind was so far away from reality, yet she heard Dom�s muttered word�s, "...love you..."

Letty�s world was sharply cut, as she was embraced by an arctic coldness. She opened her eyes in shock and found herself leaning against the cool tiles of the old yellowed bath-stall, with icy water running down her back. She stood upon shaking limbs and reached for the knobs to turn the water off. After doing so she stepped out and found a towel wrapping herself in it�s confines and slid to the floor. Hot tears began to flow warmly against the apples of her cheeks. She cried for what had been, for the two who had once been one creature so perfect in love, who were now so very torn apart. She cried for what she felt she had lost, knowing that it was still out there somewhere waiting, sleeping like sleepingbeauty, awaiting it�s kiss.

Long after the room had been embraced by the shadows of nightfall, Letty picked herself up. She had mourned her loss and was now kindled anew. She tossed the towel aside and slipped between the cool sheets of the bed in the outer room. Closing her eyes and surrendering to darkness, Letty was determined not to dream of what had been, but of what would be.........