This is the final chapter! So sad :(
Things felt a little strange, almost as though normal life was the unrealistic part of Letty's life, not the concert and all the crazy that had come with it. Monica told them all that they needed to take a break after the concert finished, and put them on mandatory leave for a few weeks. Letty had fun. She spent most of her time with Dom, and at the garage. He showed her some of the basics with cars, and she distracted him for about fifty percent of the time from what he was meant to be doing. The rest of the time was split between spending it with Luke and his family, and with her boys.
Three months went by, and Brian and Mia had decided to move in together.
The expression on Dom's face when they officially announced it over dinner had been classic, and Letty was actually concerned that the blood vessel that was pulsing in his neck was going to burst. She had gripped his hand under the kitchen table and waited until he had looked at her before raising an eyebrow.
"You know they're already fucking, right?" She had asked him bluntly.
"No they're not," Dom had snapped back. "No they're not, not on my watch they ain't."
She had laughed in his face at that point.
He had come around, or at least, sort of. On the day that everyone was helping Mia move her things to Brian's place—she had turned down his offer to pay for moving people—Dom was glaring and huffing and stomping around like an elephant with a thorn in his side.
When they had gone back to work, Letty had been nervous. Owen and his band lived in LA, just like them, and the main way that she had managed to avoid them before was because he and his recording studio were on one side of the city, and they were on the other. But now he was with her label and they would be using their studio, and that meant the risk of running into each other was a lot higher.
It hadn't happened yet, though, and a large part of the thanks for that belonged to Monica and Jesse, who organized their meetings and time in the studio.
A lot of Letty's writing was done at home, in the home based studio she had. Leon, Brian and Han worked out the music to go with her words, just like they used to, and it felt good. They had already worked out two new songs for their albums, and Monica and Hernan both liked the sound of them. Monica organized for them to put on a couple of smaller concerts, to keep up appearances, and they had a couple of signing gigs throughout the city. They played alongside a couple of other acts at a Big Day Out that was held, and Letty had dragged Dom along with her, making him come out to mingle with the crowds afterward with flowers in her hair and glow sticks wrapped around her wrists.
Luke and his family—especially his girls—loved Dom. And given, apart from her boys, they were all the family she had, the way they felt about her boyfriend was important. Dom was great with the two girls, probably from the practice that he had had with Vince and Rosa's twins, but it definitely made her mind drift to things that had been the farthest thought a year ago.
About kids of her own.
It was nothing that either of them were ready for now, but now it was something that teased the edges of her mind.
With everything that had been going on in her career—with everything that had been going in both of their careers, given Dom had recently opened a new DT's—they had both been looking forward to today.
The wedding.
Vince and Rosa had been together for a long time, but while Fixing With Ecstasy was on tour, he had officially gotten down on one knee and popped the big question. Rosa had cried and her face had gone all patchy and red, and she had practically sobbed out 'yes'. They hadn't wanted anything fancy, and they had both just wanted to tie the knot as soon as possible, given how long they had been waiting.
So here they were.
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, in a church, and Letty couldn't help if she was feeling a little teary eyed. Dom was the best man, and Mia was the Maid of Honor, and Nico and Rebecca both looked absolutely darling in little fancy tuxes and dresses as the page boy and flower girl. Rosa was wearing a flowing ivory dress and Vince looked a little uncomfortable in his suit, but the love in his eyes was absolutely clear.
When they said their vows, Letty reached out for Brian's arm and squeezed hard. He managed to tear his eyes away from his girlfriend and look at his friend.
"How long before it's your ass up there?" She whispered to him.
"I'm pretty sure that aneurysm that was pending with Dom when I asked her to move in with me would finally take hold if I asked her to marry me," Brian replied back in a whisper.
"Aw," Letty taunted him. "Is widdle Brian scared?" Brian gave her a look of mock horror.
"Are you kidding?" He asked her. "Have you seen your boyfriend? He's scarier than you when he's got that whole death glare going on! Of course I'm scared!"
"You two need to shut up," Gisele hissed over at them, her eyes were looking damp and she had been sniffling through almost the whole ceremony, but she looked pretty pissed off right now. "Pay attention."
"Yes, mum," Letty mocked her, but the two of them obediently closed their mouths and turned their attention back to the stage. Vince and Rosa exchanged rings, and when they leaned in for a kiss, both Nico and Rebecca let out a collective 'ew' and covered their eyes. Letty, and almost all the rest of the audience, let out out laughs at the children's antics, and then she let her eyes move over to Dom, who was standing between Vince and Nico.
He was looking directly back at her, his mouth curved up in a smile.
Vince and Rosa didn't have too much money to splash out on the wedding and then the reception after, so they had opted for an afternoon tea rather than a dinner. That didn't mean there was a shortage of alcohol though, they boys had made sure of that, bringing in crates at their own expense. Which was for the best, really, because they would be the ones drinking a majority of it. Both Mia and Dom had given speeches, and then Rosa's uncle had gotten up and drunkenly claimed that he would kick Vince's ass if he dared to taint his little rose.
It might have been a little more intimidating if the man was taller than five foot two and didn't have a walking stick, but it was endearing all the same.
Both Nico and Rebecca had sugar highs from the amount of chocolate cake that they had consumed, and spent most of the afternoon running in between the tables until finally, sometime around six, they both crashed out behind the long wedding parties table, curled up on the ground.
Dom, Letty, Mia, Brian, Han and Gisele were sitting around one of the tables near the back door, that was looking out over the back garden. Han and Gisele were off in their own little world, leaning in close to each other and mumbling sweet nothings between the pair of them. Leon had disappeared a good twenty or so minutes ago, along with one of Rosa's cousins, and Letty doubted that they would be seeing him again.
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
"Oh my god!" Mia gasped out as she saw Vince and Rosa step out onto the makeshift dance floor to the song. It wasn't the Elvis Presley original, and Dom would never admit it out loud, but he actually preferred the UB40 version that was playing. "I love this song!" Vince and Rosa had already had their first official song, to a Ricky Martin song, so there was Mia didn't need to give them a few respectful minutes before dragging her boyfriend out onto the dance floor with the newly married company.
"So..." Letty began, chewing down on her lower lip with a cute little quirk of her lips. Dom looked over at her and couldn't help but grin.
"Let me guess," he said with a tilt of his head. "You love this song as well?" Letty nodded her head frantically and he shook his head. He got up and adjusted his suit jacket before holding out his hand to her. "Milady."
"Good sir," Letty smirked back at him, taking his hand and letting him pull her to her feet, leading her out to join the others.
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
"You look beautiful," Dom murmured into her ear as he pulled her in close to him. Letty couldn't stop the smile that creased her face as she laid her head against his sturdy chest.
"You don't look so bad yourself," she replied softly. She looked over at Vince and Rosa, once again enjoying watching the couple together. Everything that Letty had seen with Vince had painted him as a gruff man who had never really grown up. But when he was with Rosa, she smoothed over his edges and made him look like he belonged in a suit, with a ring on his finger and holding her in his arms. "Dom?" Letty pulled her head back to look up at him, her straightened hair falling over her shoulders.
"Yeah, baby?" Dom asked, the term of endearment easily rolling off his tongue as he brushed away a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her eyes.
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
As the river flows
Gently to the sea
Darling so we go
Some things were meant to be
"That last concert that you came to," she began. "You didn't say it, but you mouthed it." Dom knew exactly what she was talking about, but he didn't say anything, letting her take point on the conversation. Letty rolled her eyes and huffed. "You know exactly what I'm talking about."
"I do," Dom grinned at her.
"Jackass," Letty jerked back her hand and punched him lightly in the arm. Dom caught her hand and laced his fingers together with hers.
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
I can't help
Falling in love with you
I can't help
Falling in love with you
I can't help
Falling in love with you...
"I meant it, Let," Dom whispered, lowering his head down towards her. "I love you." The smile that spread across her mouth lit up her face and made her eyes sparkle. She almost started bouncing as the words left his lips.
"I love you too," she squeaked back before she smothered his mouth with her own.
And that's it.
The final chapter.
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