Chapter Seventy-Three

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�You gonna stick by me?�

�Maybe�.�

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Letty fell asleep again sometime during the drive home�didn�t even wake up when I pulled up to the house.

�Hey, babe,� I said lowly, nudging her arm a little, �c�mon, we�re home��

Letty just kind of grunted, rolled away from me. I knew she wasn�t gonna be waking up anytime soon.

�Okay,� I said, laughing to myself as I got out of the car. I was still grinning when I got over to Letty�s side and opened the door.

�So�� I said, poking her a little, �should I just leave you out here, or you coming in to bed?�

�Bed�� Letty mumbled. I knew she wasn�t really awake, though. She has this weird thing, where she can have a complete conversation with you while she�s sleeping, and in the morning, she won�t remember any of it.

�You know,� I said as I picked her up and started walking towards the house, �I can�t take you anywhere lately�always falling asleep on me. You tryin� to tell me I�m boring or something? Or maybe you just like being carried around or something��

Somehow I got Letty inside, upstairs and into our room without waking Mia up. Laid her down on the bed, fumbled with her boots, nearly drove myself crazy tryin� to get them off of her. And then her jeans - took nearly ten minutes to get those off. The shirt was easy enough�just had to pick her up, pull it over her head and then toss it into the corner with the rest of the dirty clothes.

I stripped down to my boxers and then collapsed next to Letty. She nestled against me, and I just laid there and watched her for a while. I couldn�t believe how lucky I was to have her�couldn�t believe how much I loved her. I never really thought, after Linder, that I could have a normal life�thought I�d fucked everything up.

I kept thinking of Miguel�thinking about the way he�d looked at her, at the party. I should�ve seen it coming, I guess�should�ve known that eventually there�d be some guy who was into her, thinking we weren�t together anymore. Right then, I started thinking of ways to show everyone - especially Miguel - that Letty and I were still together�had always been together, were always gonna be together�

Started thinking, at least until Letty rolled over, pressed her face against my chest. Then, it was just the two of us again.

�Don�t ever leave me, okay baby?� I whispered, kissing her forehead as I closed my eyes.

�Never�� I heard Letty mumble, right before I fell asleep.

�Dom!� Mia shouted as she opened the door, �You�re gonna be late! My alarm didn�t go off this morning or something�so I don�t have time to really make breakfast. I can do toast, maybe an egg� Or I could just bring something by the garage for you later, after my first class�.�

�I�m not going to the garage today, Mia,� I said, interrupting her.

�Wait�what? Why?� she asked, confused.

�Well�Letty has the day off from school, so I thought we�d just hang out together before the race tonight.�

�Oh. Okay,� Mia said, turning back towards the door. �I�ll just�I�ll just leave, then� But�Dom?�

�Yeah?� I asked, sitting up to look at her.

�That�s really sweet of you, what you�re doing. I know Letty�ll love it, that you�re taking time off from work to hang out with her. I�m�Well, I�m really glad things are working out for you guys.�

�Yeah, me too,� I said, smiling as she closed the door.

Within a minute, I was back asleep.