"You'll never amount to anything!" She flinched severely as her father's hand came into view. When he didn't hit her, she closed her eyes and held them closed tightly, so that she would be prepared for the slap when it came. She knew it would, eventually. He never threatened to hit, and then never brought himself up on it. That just wasn't the kind of person he was.
She opened one eye when she heard him turn around, and slowly let out a quiet breath. Then she held in all her air and opened both eyes in fright when she saw her father grinning mischievously down at her baby brother. He ran his knuckles down Christian's cheek as sweetly as possible. "You'll never be special like your brother here, Gabryelle."
She gasped so loud when she opened her eyes, that the car she was sitting in came to a sudden halt. Two heads whipped around to look at her as she slowly sat up, rubbing her face with both of her hands.
"Sorry." She mumbled into her palms, "Just a dream."
Rude turned back and began driving again, but Reno kept looking at the girl for a moment. If someone looked hard enough, they might've been able to see worry buried deep—very deep—in his aquamarine eyes. He turned back around when she lowered her hands, and he lit up a cigarette.
The black car the three of them were sitting in made its way through the cluttered streets, very quickly; too quickly, to someone who lived in these streets their whole life. Gabryelle held her eyes closed so she wouldn't have to see them almost hitting the many boxes and make-shift homes of the people living out on the streets of the slums.
Gabryelle had seen those kinds of people her whole life, and was forever grateful she never had to live that way. And she was so glad she had taken money from her mother's dresser before running away. The busted up apartment she spent her time in had to be better than a cardboard box. It's not like her mother needed the money, anyway. She was withering away already, as is. Just going through life's necessary acts for oneself, not knowing what happened to her family, and not really caring.
The car came to a sudden stop, flinging the girl forward before she caught herself on the front seats with both hands. She opened her eyes, and let out a surprised squeak when she realized how close her face was to the redheaded Turk's. He was just looking at her curiously, his cigarette loose between his lips. She slid back slowly, then looked outside the car's window. They were in front of the biggest building in all of Gaia; ShinRa HQ.