| *Name of Story: New Beginnings *Rated: NC-17 for Language/Sex/Adult Situations *Summary: This is a sequel to my TF&TF sequel �Family Reunion� *Disclaimer: I make no claim to any TF&TF Character. Any character you do not recognize from the movie is mine. *Feedback: Yes please! His orders were crystal clear. He knew exactly what he was supposed to do. Get Johnny Tran. He�d been paid big bucks to make sure Tran lost everything, his honor, and the respect of his family, his livelihood, even his girlfriend. Everything. Somebody wanted Tran to feel the kinda pain that could drive a man insane. Somebody had a huge Jones to make the guy sorry for something. He didn�t know what or why and he didn�t care. He had been paid very well. 1. �Dom?� Letty said his name in that singsong voice of hers that meant she wanted something. Dom struggled to wake up. Was it his turn to feed Jesse again? What time was it anyway? �Do-ooom? Letty elongated his name as she called to him from the pillow beside him. He opened his eyes to find their room still dark. Letty�s hand snaked into his boxers and found him. Dom grumbled. �Dammit, Letty! How many times do I have to tell you, NO monkey business! The doctor said no foolin around until Jesse�s 6 weeks old. Geezus, woman! You just hadda baby for Christ�s sake!� He went to roll away from her but Letty tightened her grip on him. �Dom. Jesse will be exactly 6 weeks old in about 8 hours. Are you gonna make me wait?� Letty�s hand never stopped moving on him and she felt his answer. She pulled her hand away from Dom and smiled in the dark. He rolled over and reached out for her coming into contact with the smooth bare flesh of her stomach. Dom�s hand traveled lower. Letty was completely naked. His fingers found her and slide inside. Letty gasped. It had been a long time for both of them. Practically an eternity. Dom�s fingers stroked her, sliding in and out of her wetness and Letty rocked her pelvis against his hand. Oh God, how he remembered that! That was always Letty�s signal that she was ready for him and that he had better hurry the fuck up. Dom rolled over her and Letty pushed his boxers out of the way, dragging them down his legs as quickly as she could. Dom�s erection sprang free and Letty touched him softly. Hearing him hiss, she laid back and waited. Dom slid his huge hands up her bare thighs and pulled them apart. He positioned himself at her slick core and thrust home. 2. Sunlight streamed through the bedroom when Dom next opened his eyes. Letty was on top of him, still naked and asleep. Her hair was all over the place and he had to spit a few strands of it out of his mouth. God, it felt so good to be with her! She was his wife, the mother of his child and the love of his whole life. She meant everything to him and he held her tightly against his chest briefly before he slipped out from under her and pulled on a pair of baggy sweatpants. Dom leaned over a softly snoring Letty, kissed the top of her head and left the room as quietly as possible. He walked down the hallway, past Mia and Brian�s room to the nursery at the end of the hall. Jesse was awake but hadn�t yet gotten hungry enough to begin crying. Dom scooped the baby out of his crib and kissed him. �Good morning, �lil man.� The baby stretched in the way that all babies do, reaching his little arms up as far as he could get them and pulling his legs up into his tummy, sticking his butt out. Dom carried him over to the changing table and gently laid the baby down. He slipped the onesie over Jesse�s sweet smelling head and tossed it into the hamper. After changing the baby�s wet diaper, Dom sat down with him in the glider that he had given Letty right before Jesse had been born. He put the baby up on his shoulder and patted his back. The baby sighed and made soft mewling sounds. It was heavenly. This was their morning ritual. Dom had done it every single day since they had brought Jesse home. He couldn�t start his day without seeing him first thing. The baby was amazing and Dom was awed and humbled just looking at him. Jesse looked like his mother, but he had his father�s thick fingers, nose and the same small birthmark on his left butt cheek. His eyes had slowly changed from the routine baby blue to a deep chocolate brown and the soft spiky fuzz on the top of his head was the same color as Letty�s inky hair. Dom crossed his legs, brought the baby down and placed him in the nook between his legs. He pulled the baby�s feet up and counted each and every toe, wiggling them one by one. Jesse stared up at his father. His gaze wasn�t clear and Dom knew he couldn�t quite yet make out his face at that distance. He knew that the baby knew him from his voice and smell more than anything else. He had read all of Letty�s what to expect books the week Jesse came home from the hospital. He had never been around babies and wanted to make sure he did everything right. He felt like a failure at first because everything he did seemed to piss the baby off. He didn�t hold him the right way and the baby seemed too fragile in his large hands. It wasn�t until Letty explained that the baby was fussy because he could feel the tension in his father. Once Dom calmed down so did the baby. Dom sat in the quiet nursery playing with his small son. The room was really nice. Mia and Letty had gone all out for the newest Toretto. The crib and all the furniture were white while everything else was done in primary colors. Mia had told him that Letty had picked out all the fabrics and had the bedding and stuff made especially for Jesse. The bumpers on the crib were bright red gingham. The skirt thing that went around it was white with blue polka dots and the little fitted sheet was striped in white and bright yellow. The comforter pulled all the fabrics together. Everything in the room coordinated from the mobile, to the rug, to the lamp. Even the stuff on the day bed that would occasionally be used by the new nanny matched. On the far right wall over the changing table hung a picture of the first Jesse. He was ever present and his name fit Dom�s son well. The baby began to get fidgety. He was ready for breakfast. Letty had gotten an infection after the baby had been born and wasn�t able to breastfeed like she had planned so Dom got to participate in feeding him. He loved it! The baby was such a little pig! He would latch onto the plastic nipple on the bottle and practically inhale the contents. Dom took Jesse and went back to the room he shared with Letty. She had gotten up and thrown on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and then gotten back under the covers to watch the morning news. �Special Delivery!� Dom said softly as he knocked on the bedroom door. �Bring it on in here!� Letty laughed from the other side. Letty�s eyes lit up the minute she saw them. Dom entered the room and handed the baby to his mother. She scootched back up on the bed and laid the baby next to her. He immediately tried to root around for something to eat, grabbing at the fabric of Letty�s shirt. �Awe, I�m sorry �lil man.� She crooned to the baby. �You know mama cant do that. Daddy�s gonna head down to the kitchen and fix something special just for you, OK?� Letty spoke to the baby like she would anyone else. Like she expected him to understand every word she said. Letty wasn�t one for baby talk. She smiled as Dom left the bedroom. She heard his heavy footfalls on the stairs, heard him banging around in the kitchen fixing Jesse�s formula. She smelled the coffee he started brewing, inhaled deeply and smiled. 3. Once the coffee started brewing, Mia and Brian made their way down to the kitchen. Mia grabbed a quick cup and a plain bagel and rushed out the door. She had been accepted into medical school and was intent on becoming a doctor. She made it a priority never to be late for class. Brian hung out around the kitchen table while Dom fixed one of Jesse�s bottles. He watched as the larger man measured formula and water, combining the two in a bottle and shaking it for all it was worth to mix them together. Dom put a small pot of water on the stove, plopped the bottle down in it and set the timer on his watch. He knew exactly how long it took to get the liquid to the temperature that his son liked best. �You�re a good dad, Dom.� Brian studied his friend as he waited for the watch alarm to go off. Dom looked at his brother-in-law and shrugged. �Gotta be better than my old man was to me and Mia. Gotta break the cycle, ya know? My kid is always gonna know he�s loved.� The alarm sounded on Dom�s watch. He took the bottle and wiped it off on a dry towel and headed up stairs to Letty and a now howling hungry Jesse. Brian finished his coffee and rinsed it out in the sink. He always did his own dishes. He grabbed a thermos of coffee and slipped out of the house. He had a new case that he was starting and wanted to get some of the footwork done. Private investigations were much more interesting than police work and for once he was his own boss. Dom took the bottle into the bedroom and found Letty holding Jesse, letting him suck on her finger. She took the bottle from Dom and popped into the baby�s mouth. It only took him a few minutes to consume the entire thing. Letty handed Jesse to his father and Dom put him up on his shoulder to be burped. He walked the length of the room with the baby, patting him on the back. Finally, Jesse let out a burp that would have made the first Jesse proud. The baby tucked his little fist up under his chin and went to sleep. Dom laid him back on the bed and put pillows around him like Letty did to keep him from squirming off the bed. The baby sighed in his sleep contentedly, milk bubbling on his lips. Dom walked over to Letty who was picking out her clothing for the day. She flipped through her side of the closet once, twice before looking at Dom�s side. Not finding anything there either she closed the doors and turned to find Dom watching her. �What?� She cocked her head to one side and stared at her husband. �I missed you, that�s all.� Dom took her in his arms. �You know I love you, right? I love Jesse and you and I�m glad you saved my ass and made a man outta me. Thanks for all that.� He held her close and inhaled the scent of her. He could smell himself still on her from their pre-dawn lovemaking session. Letty hugged him back. �Dom, I did what I had to do. That�s all. And I know you love me and Jess and all that and I love you too.� She leaned into him and kissed him softly. �I always have and I always will.� Letty found a pair of white capri pants and paired them with a light blue baby T-shirt and headed off for a shower. Dom lay on the bed with Jesse and watched the rest of the news. Fifteen minutes later Letty was back in the bedroom wrapped in a towel. She had never been particularly self-conscious, especially around Dom, and dropped the towel as she started to dress. She was aware of Dom watching her change and turned to look at her husband. �Stare much?� She laughed at him quietly so as not to wake Jesse. �You know I do! Damn, woman you lookin fine!� Dom whispered loudly. Letty�s body had taken on even more curves since having Jesse and although she had lost almost all of the weight she still carried a small bump over her belly that Dom loved to run his hands over. He found it incredibly sexy. Letty wasn�t a stick with boobs anymore. �For a woman who just had a baby�� Letty mumbled as she pulled on a pair of cream-colored bikini panties and a matching bra, slipped the capri�s up over her hips and topped it off with the little shirt. She sat down on the bed and started to put on her white old school Adidas when Dom came around, took the shoes from her and sat down in front of her on the floor at the foot of the bed. �That just makes you even sexier. Now I know what your body can really do.� Dom was truly amazed at the fact of that Letty had carried Jesse and given birth to him. He wasn�t around until the very last. She could have just as easily ended the pregnancy and never even told him about it. Dom thanked God she didn�t do that. He took her shoes away from her and put them on her himself, lacing them up and tying them. �Here ya go, Cinderella.� Jesse stirred and his parents came up on either side of him. Letty reached out one hand and stroked the dark fuzz on top of his head. �He looks like you�� She said to a beaming Dom. Dom smiled at her and winked. �You know very well that he looks like just you�� The baby took that moment to fart as loudly as any adult would. A huge smile crept across his sleeping face. �Oh yeah, he�s definitely your son, Dom�whew!� Letty said, pretending to gag from the stench. Dom laughed and patted the baby�s tummy lightly. �Makes a father�s heart proud! That�s my boy!� 4. Tran was gonna be easier than he had thought. The man thought he was smart, keeping a respectable girlfriend that he could parade around in front of his family and the Chinese community. She was the daughter of a government official and was none the wiser to his little side gig. Tran was pimping Asian hookers to American businessmen. He also kept one for himself. He had his cake and was eating a face full of it every chance he got. Tran operated out of the back of the seedy downtown strip club that he was a silent partner in and used the money to fund whatever thing he had going at the moment. Occasionally he would �help� Chinese immigrants get to the states. He would charge them outrageous amounts of money to cross the ocean in shipping containers. The conditions the people were held in weren�t his department. As long as he got the cash, he didn�t care if they lived through the voyage or not. He dabbled in drugs, but it wasn�t very satisfying and he hated dealing with the Columbian scum that he bought his goods from so he gave that up after he made almost a million in profit. After that he had turned to the oldest profession. He made good money selling Asian ass to horny American men so that was what he did. His father thought he was into real estate and since he actually did have the license to back it up, no one questioned him. It was easy to get into the club. He had thrown on the stiffest suit he could find and teamed it with the dorky black-rimmed glasses that carried a mini-cam hidden in the nosepiece. He stuffed his wallet with bills, flashed them at the bouncer and was practically let to a VIP room. They obviously took him for a sucker so his ploy had worked. He asked instead for a table near the bar height runway, ordered a Jack and coke and waited for the floorshow, keeping an eye out for Tran. The music was loud and thumping and the club was full of horny college boys and stressed-out businessmen so he fit right in. He nursed his drink slowly and watched for any sign of Tran, finally spotting him sliding into a booth at the back of the club with his skanky other �girlfriend�. The woman had �Whore� written all over her. There was about a gallon of eyeliner and glossy red lipstick on her face and the fishnets, booty shorts and see-thru top would have clued anyone in to the fact. She crawled onto Tran�s lap and kissed him, letting him run his hands up under her shirt. The hidden camera in the non-prescription eyeglasses clicked away. They made out for approximately 20 more minutes and then left the booth and made their way to one of the private rooms there were also at the rear of the club. They were so busy with each other that they didn�t notice the drunk-off-his-ass car salesman following them a good minute behind. He put on his best swagger and bumped into a few waitresses as he went. He knew he looked like what everyone else saw, just another drunk guy looking for the john. He opened a couple of doors, knowing full well where the actual bathroom was, and made apologies to the parties occupying the rooms. �Ssorry, man. Wron*hiccup*g wrong room�� When he finally found the right room, Johnny Tran and the woman, one Jade Lee, were going at it hot and heavy. The camera clicked silently several times before they noticed him standing there in a pretend stupor. �Fuck, man! You paid for the show out there, not in here! Get the fuck out!� Tran shouted at him. The woman didn�t seem to mind an onlooker. She was probably used to it. He apologized��Sorry�ba bathroom?� He slurred. Click, click, click. The last picture was of Tran pointing down the hall toward the men�s room. 5. At 11:30 am Letty met with the new nanny. Her references were impeccable and Letty liked her immediately. Bridget Mahoney was just barely 21 but had been a nanny since graduating high school at 17. She had worked for a couple of well-to-do families in the area and for one family in Washington, DC. She knew infant first aid and was friendly and funny. Jesse took to her right off, snuggling into her arms and quickly falling asleep after pitching a hellacious screaming fit on his mother. After discussing the job in length, Letty handed her the keys to the small apartment over the garage that came with the job and gave her the grand tour of the Toretto household. Dom and Vince came home about 1:00 to grab lunch. They were in the kitchen when Letty and Bridget came back downstairs. �Good, I�m glad you�re here. Dom, this is Bridget Mahoney. She�s Jesse�s new nanny.� Dom looked around his wife to the obviously shy young woman standing off to the side holding Jesse. She looked nervous. �Come on in here, we don't bite. Well, I don't, V. here might if you ask him real nice though.� Dom snickered as Vince kicked him under the table. Dom had seen him staring at the girl from the minute she walked into the room. Letty grabbed Bridget by the arm and hauled her into the kitchen. �Better get used to it, we�re all a little crazy around here. It�ll probably rub off on you too!� Letty smiled at her hoping she would loosen up. �Bridget, the big bald one is mine and the one with the stupid look on his face is Vince. Dom, slap him would ya, he�s starting to drool�� Vince snapped out of it and shut his mouth. Every thought he had ever had about loving Mia in anything other than a brotherly way was laid to rest. Redheaded, freckled Bridget Mahoney had just knocked his socks off. She was petite, maybe 5�1 or so and had short curly red hair bobbed just below her ears. Vince noticed that for someone so small her chest rivaled that of any centerfold even in the baggy t-shirt she was wearing. Vince was a �boob� man and always noticed details like that. Letty laughed as Bridget smiled at Vince. Letty knew exactly what V. was thinking. �You�ll get to meet my sister-in-law, Mia and her husband Brian soon and then there�s Leon. He took some girl home Friday night and we haven�t heard from him since so he�s probably sleeping it off with a big ole smile on his face somewhere. He�ll show up in a few days.� They all recognized the smell that drifted up from Jesse�s padded rear end. The baby squirmed a bit in Bridget�s arms and with a sigh of relief, loudly filled his diaper. Dom and Vince busted out laughing and Letty smacked Dom on the back of his head. �Geez! Don't worry, they�re not retarded. They just act like 15 year olds. Freakin Beavis and Butthead! Come on, I�ll walk up to the nursery with ya.� Letty told Bridget over the noise of Dom and V. doing bad impersonations of the cartoon characters. Bridget smiled, �That�s Ok, Mrs. Toretto. I can manage.� At hearing Letty called �Mrs. Toretto�, Dom and Vince lost it again. Bridget looked more than a little confused until Letty cleared it up for her. �Mrs. Toretto was Dom�s mom. I�m just Letty and Dom�s just Dom. We don't go in for formality around here, got that? And besides, I�m just a couple of years older than you!� Bridget nodded, her short red curls bobbing with her head. �I got it, Mrs. Tor�I mean, Letty. Thanks.� She turned and took Jesse up stairs for a diaper change. Letty turned to Dom and asked, �Well? Whadda ya think?� Dom looked from his wife to Vince who was still staring at the space Bridget had occupied before taking the baby upstairs. �I think she�s gonna fit in just fine, Lett.� 6. The crew got together for dinner that night a 5 star seafood restaurant. They were celebrating several things, Mia�s acceptance to medical school, Jesse turning 6 weeks old, the sky being blue, the grass being green and Vince was celebrating his newfound love of freckles although he didn�t mention it. They were having a great time. Getting rowdy and loud, they weren�t the restaurant�s usual crowd. Neither Mia nor Letty wore pearls and the guys certainly weren�t the polo shirt and khakis kind. They were thoroughly enjoying themselves, chomping on steak and lobster and chatting about Dom�s plans for the garage and the scholarship Letty was setting up in the first Jesse�s name for ADD kids who wanted to go to college. Mia started talking about a gross anatomy class and got shushed, loudly. Leon, who had found his way out from under the blonde he had taken home the past weekend made puking noises and drew the attention of the restaurants other patrons. Letty slapped him on the back of the head and he tossed a dinner roll at her playfully. �Ok, people can we act like we have some manners, here?� Letty asked. Just then a rather snooty looking waiter in a white shirt and black vest and pants came up to their table. �Some of our other guests have made complaints about the noise at this table.� He motioned over his shoulder. �Mr. Tran is celebrating his son�s engagement. If you could please keep it down it would be appreciated.� He was about to leave the table when Dom grabbed his arm. �Did you say Tran?� Dom asked the waiter. The noise at the table died immediately as the waiter nodded. �Listen to me carefully, man. I want two bottles of Dom Perignon. One for us and give the other to Mr. Tran�s son and future daughter-in-law with our complements. Just bring ours out first. We�d like to be ready to toast the happy couple. And I�d like to go ahead and take care of the bill if that�s ok.� Dom slipped the waiter his brand new Platinum Express card, which the man briefly stared at wide-eyed before taking it. �Yes, sir! Mr. Toretto, sir. Two bottles of Dom Perignon coming right out.� The waiter left and returned in record speed with the bottle for their table and glasses for each of them. They stared at Dom wondering what in the hell he was doing wanting to toast Tran. �Living well is the best revenge, right?� Dom said �Everybody remember how to toast?� Dom shot knowing looks all round. Vince piped in, �You mean like how we used to toast each other when we were being smart asses or something?� It always took Vince a little while to catch on and Dom smiled. �That�s exactly what I mean, bro.� Letty poured the liquid Dom and everyone took a glass. When the Tran�s bottle was delivered, the waiter filled their glasses and Dom cleared his throat loudly. They turned to the corner where the Tran�s were celebrating and lifted their glasses. Each of them gripped the glass around the stem sticking out their middle finger at the same time. As they tilted back their glasses to drink, they shot the entire Tran clan the bird. They finished their toast as the waiter brought Dom his credit card back. He signed the slip while the others applauded and cheered. The Tran�s could only sit there outraged, not having a clue as to why the group of people had been so rude. Johnny Tran gave Dom a look that could have killed, his lip snarled, his temper barely in check. Their feud wasn�t over yet. 7. Back at the fort, Bridget and baby Jesse were cuddling on the couch. She had just finished feeding him when the crew came in. They had obviously had a great time. Dom carried Letty in on his back piggyback style and Vince was right behind them. He smiled at her and her heart skipped several beats. Bridget thought Vince was the most gorgeous man she had ever seen, tattoos and all. Another dark headed woman, a blonde guy and a brown haired guy came in afterward. Bridget correctly guessed them to be Mia, Brian and Leon. Leon came to stand beside Vince and elbowed him in the ribs, silently saying, �Who�s the babe?� Vince turned and looked at Leon and mouthed one word��Mine.� Leon threw his hands up and stepped back. He knew off limits when he saw it and he wasn�t about to tangle with one of his best friends over a chick. Letty climbed down off Dom�s back and sat down next to Bridget on the couch. She took the baby and kissed him gently. �We had a great time! How was your night?� She asked Bridget. Jesse yawned and passed it to Bridget who gave a small yawn herself. �We had two bottles, two dirty diapers, a nap and a bath so we had a pretty full evening ourselves! Jesse was wonderful, he�s such a good baby.� Dom and Letty said in unison, �He gets that from my side of the family.� Everyone cracked up. Letty introduced Bridget to Mia and Brian. �B. This is Mia and Brian O� Conner. She�s Dom�s sister and Brian is, well he tried to put us all in jail one time, but that�s a story for another night. Anyway, Brian is her husband.� Leon pushed past Vince just to irritate the hell out of him. �Don't forget me!� Letty laughed as she saw the look on Vince�s face. �B., you don't mind if I call you that do you?� Bridget shook her head. �Ok, B., that�s Leon.� Letty said as Leon ducked his head in Bridget�s direction. Bridget smiled at him. �You�re the one who disappeared with a girl over the weekend?� Leon laughed. �I see my reputation precedes me.� �You�re such a dawg, man! Love �em and leave �em!� Letty handed Jesse to Mia who blew raspberries on his tummy when the little shirt he was wearing rode up over his belly. Dom, Bryan and Leon started barking and howling. The scene was too funny and Bridget couldn�t help but laugh. She notice Vince wasn�t barking or laughing. He stood off to the corner watching her. �B., its getting late girl, if you wanna head on out that�s fine. If you wanna crash on the daybed in the nursery you�re more than welcome.� Letty told Bridget after she noticed her yawning again. �I think I�ll go on home. I�ve still got some packing to do. I gotta be out of there in two days and I really should take some of my things over to the new place before I go to bed tonight. I�ll see you in the morning. Good night, everyone!� Everyone told her goodnight and Bridget made her way to the front door. Letty stopped her just as she was about to leave. �Why not let one of the boys follow you home just to make sure you get there safely.� Letty said. Vince took the opportunity before Leon could open his mouth. �I�ll do it.� He said grabbing his keys. Bridget didn�t say anything she just looked a little dazed and then headed out the door with Vince hot on her heels. Letty closed the door behind them and went back into the living room where the rest of the crew sat looking dumbfounded. Mia was the first to speak up. �Does this mean he�s forgiven me for marrying Brian?� �Forgiven you! Girl, V.�s forgotten he ever had a thing for you in the first place!� Letty started laughing. The noise level in the room grew as everyone laughed till their sides ached and they only settled down when Jesse started to cry. |