Here is another multi-chapter story. Through the teen years of Gabby and how she handles with her Mom at work all the time and her father gone. PM and review ideas I could incorporate into the story. Reviews and PM's are very muchly appreciated. Xo
A/N: I have not forgotten about The Ball: Rewritten or Interrogations and Meetings. This story just came to me one day while I was working. Hope you all like it xo
"Hey Antonio," 14 year old Gabriela Dawson said into her mobile.
"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked, as he sat at his desk in Vice.
"I need you to pick me up from school." She replied, sitting out the front.
"Where's Mom?" He asked, standing up and grabbing his keys.
"She's still at work. Told me to ring you." She replied, looking at her feet.
"I will be there five. Does she know its raining?" He asked, slamming the door to his car.
"Probably not. I'll see you soon." She said before hanging up.
Five minutes later
"Hey, you can come back to the station with me. I will ring Mom." He said, as she got into the car.
"No point. She won't answer my calls or messages." Gabby said, wringing out her hair of water.
"You know she has a busy job." Antonio said, looking across at her.
"She works every day and night. And weekends." Gabby said, looking back at him.
"I know, its been hard ever since Dad died. You know that." Antonio said, referring to when their father was killed two years ago.
"I don't want to talk about it anymore." Gabby said, shutting off from him.
"Come on kid." He said, getting out of the car and walking towards the precinct.
"Which level did Dad work on again?" She asked as they climbed the stairs.
"Vice." He replied, as they climbed the stairs towards Vice department.
"Can't I wait downstairs until you finish?" She asked, as they walked through the doors and towards his desk.
"No. What homework do you have?" he asked, grabbing the chair from the desk next to him which was his partners.
"Maths and English. And Studies of Social Environment assignment." She replied, sitting down and dumping her bag next to her.
"When does your report card come out?" He asked looking at her.
"Its in my bag. Here." She said, handing it to him.
"This is last terms?" He asked, looking at the grades.
"Yep." She replied, pulling her textbooks and pencil case out.
"You did good. Does Mom know?" He asked, handing it back to her.
"Nope. I only got it today. She won't care anyway, she's busy at work remember." Gabby said as Laura, Antonio's wife, texted her.
"Who's that?" He asked, pulling up a file on his computer.
"Laura. Eva in her ballet tutu." She said, turning the phone to show him. "And Diego is teething."
"He's been teething for the last few months." Antonio said, smiling at the picture of his daughter.
"The kid's cute but he drools like a puppy." Gabby said, laughing a little.
"Laura would agree with you." He said, laughing with her.
"Yeah, you sure I can't wait downstairs?" Gabby asked, looking aroud nervously.
"No, why do you want to wait downstairs so much?" He asked, as he filled the paperwork in front of him.
"Don't worry," She replied, as another text came through, this time from her best friend Leslie Shay.
S: Hey, where are you?
G: Sitting at Vice with Antonio. Wbu?
S: Sitting at home, why are you at the district?
G: Will tell you at school. Gotta go. Antonio is deathstaring me. Damn homework. Talk to you later.
S: Ahahaha. Talk to you later.
"What was that about?" Antonio asked, watching as Gabby started on her assignment about Solar energy.
"Nothing, just Shay." Gabby said, sending him an reassuring smile.
"Come one, I've had enough for one day." He said, standing up and grabbing her bag.
"Just drop me off at home if you want." Gabby said, as they walked downstairs to his car.
"You sure? Mom works all night tonight remember." He said, getting into the driver's side.
"I'm positive. I can look after myself." She said, as they stopped at a red light.
"You ring me if there is any problems alright." Antonio said, as they turned left.
"Yeah sure." Gabby replied, as they came to another red light.
Dawson household
"I will text you later. Love you." Antonio said, walking her to the door.
"Okay, love you too Antonio." Gabby replied, kissing his cheek before closing and locking the front door.
'What to do..' She thought as she put her books away in her desk.
Antonio and Laura's house
"Hey baby, I'm home." Antonio called as he walked through his front door to hear two screaming kids.
"Hey baby." Laura replied, walking out of the kitchen holding an obviously teething 1 year old Diego.
"Hey little man, you being good for Mommy?" He asked, taking the one year old into his arms.
"Dada." Diego said, giggling at his father.
"Where's Eva?" He asked, walking towards the screaming three year old.
"Having a temper tantrum." Laura replied, picking up their eldest child.
"Why you screaming Eva?" Antonio asked, kissing the little girl on the head.
"Daddy no." She said, wriggling to get free.
"No what Eva?" Antonio asked, placing Diego in his high chair for dinner.
"I don't want tutu off." She said, sniffling as she sat down on her booster seat at the table.
"You can put it back on tomorrow for dance class." Laura said, placing her plate in front of her and kissing her head.
"Pwomise?" Eva asked, looking up at her mother.
"Promise sweetie." Laura replied, as the doorbell rang.
"I will get it," Antonio said, kissing her before walking into the main hallway near the door.
"Antonio, have you seen Gabriela?" Their mother, Daniella said walking into the hallway.
"Yeah, I just dropped her off home. Is she okay?" Antonio asked, immediately worried about his baby sister.
"I just went home, she wasn't there. I've tried ringing her but she won't pick up." Daniella said, pacing worriedly around the living room.
"Mom, we will find her. I'm going to try ringing her." He said, taking his cell phone out of his pocket.
Lake Forest Cemetery
"Hey daddy," Gabby said, kneeling in front of her father's tombstone, just as her phone was ringing. "Hello?"
"Where the hell are you?" Antonio yelled through the phone as he grabbed his car keys.
"I had to go for a walk to clear my head. Why?" She asked, sitting down between the leaves.
"Where?" He asked, walking out to the car with Eva, Diego, Laura and Daniella.
"Does it matter Antonio?" She snapped, looking at her feet.
"Don't talk to me like that young lady." He said, putting her on loudspeaker as he got into the car.
"I have to go Antonio. I will call you later." Gabby said, looking at the tombstone next to her.
"Don't you dare hang up this phone until you tell me where you are. Otherwise I will track your phone down at the precinct and drag you there in the back of a patrol car." Antonio snapped, as they drove towards the precint. There was a pause before Gabby responded.
"I don't need to tell you everything." She said, before hanging up.
"Gabriela!" He said through gritted teeth as he snapped his phone shut.
District 21
"I need you to track this number and tell me where she is." Antonio said to Jin, the IT guy.
"Sure thing. When do you want it done?" He asked, looking at the number.
"Immediately. As in right now." Antonio said, shifting Eva to his other hip.
"Sure thing. Lake Forest Cemetery." Jin said, locating the phone.
"Great thanks." Antonio said, before heading back upstairs where the others were waiting.
"Did you find her?" Laura asked, as they walked towards the car.
"Yeah, Lake Forest Cemetery." He said, as they got in.
"That's where your father is buried," Daniela said, as they drove off.
"I know." Antonio replied, looking at her in the review mirror.
Stay tuned for Chapter 2. PM/Review of what you would like to see in this story. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter XD xo