Gionna opened her eyes, finding it was about 11:15 in the morning. A familiar mix of scents caught her attention as Michael walked in with three cups of coffee as well as breakfast for him, Gionna and Franklin, who was still asleep.
"Hey… you didn't have to do this." Gionna says as she completely wakes up, having not eaten strawberry pancakes in a long time.
"Trust me, it's better than the food here on campus… hey Franklin, wake up!" Michael says, jolting Franklin out of his sleep.
"I didn't order a wakeup call, man!" Franklin grumbles, sitting up as Gionna got out of her bed, Michael setting the food out and Franklin stumbling over to Gionna's bed as she set the folding tables up, Michael setting the food out.
"Too bad, buddy, ya got one." Michael says jokingly as the three ate. Gionna then grabbed some clean clothes and headed into the bathroom to get ready for the day. It was about 20 minutes later that Gionna emerged from the bathroom, her long curls in a ponytail and her usual makeup, a smokey eye look and nude blush and lip gloss, Michael and Franklin noticing the scent of orchids, Gionna's favorite perfume.
Gionna's phone rang, her answering it… it was what Terry had said that made Gionna's expression change from calm to panicked.
"What happened?! Is John alright?!" Gionna asks, Michael and Franklin looking at each other in slight worry. Gionna hung up and shoved her phone into her skinny jeans pocket before pulling on her leather jacket.
"Hey, what happened?!" Franklin asks.
"Someone shot Johnny and put him in the E.R, I have to go!" Gionna says, running out into the hallway and outside, Michael and Franklin following the frantic 15 year old and stopping her in the parking lot.
"You're not in a good mindset to go there by yourself, we'll take you!" Michael says, the three getting in his newly bought Obey Tailgater and speeding off to Bullworth General. Gionna ran into the E.R as soon as Michael stopped outside and ran into the room Johnny was in as he was pulling his clothes back on.
"Kiddo, I'm okay. It just grazed my shoulder." Johnny says, Gionna seeing the outline of stitches in Johnny's right shoulder through his long sleeved black shirt before the two hugged.
"You had me scared to death, John." Gionna says as Johnny rubs his hand up and down her back, Johnny knowing why… last time he has gotten shot was just after Gionna was attacked.
"Compared to the pedestrian, I got off lucky… the bullet that grazed me hit someone right in the head and killed him." Johnny says, Gionna's eyes widening in shock.
"This is really getting out of control." Gionna says before the two leave. They eventually ended up at the beach, Johnny asking Gionna how the Halloween dance turned out and Gionna telling him what she did to Steve Haines.
"You kicked his ass?!" Johnny says.
"Yeah. I wasn't gonna let him beat up his ex, especially after…" Gionna says, trailing off again as she tried not to think back to when Trevor ambushed her and held a knife to her throat. Gionna's phone chimed, her looking at it.
'Can you meet me at the docks?- Tao'
"I'll be okay, kiddo. Go on ahead, have fun." Johnny says, him and Gionna hugging.
'On my way, I'll be there soon.' Gionna replied before putting her phone in her pocket and walking to the docks.
At the same time, Trevor and Billy were walking out of the police station and Trevor walked towards the docks, also having gotten a text from Tao. Billy was on his way back to his newly rented apartment when he and Gionna collided with each other, Billy reaching out and stopping her from falling.
"Oh, sorry." Gionna says, looking up and seeing Billy.
"Hey… what, no hug for your old friend?" Billy says before he and Gionna hug. "Still a tiny thing, I see… I missed ya, kid." He says as they let go.
"I missed ya too, Billy… can't believe it's been four years since we saw each other." Gionna says.
"You've gotta be going crazy in this quiet town." Billy says.
"It's… not as quiet as you think. I hate to rush off but I've gotta get going, got to meet up with someone." Gionna says.
"Alrighty, tiny. Have fun." Billy says before they go their separate ways.
Gionna eventually reached the docks, seeing Tao, Wei and Franklin… but she was not too thrilled to see Trevor and it was clear he felt the same way.
"Aw, for fuck's sake! Who's idea was it to bring in this scrawny bitch?!" Trevor says angrily.
"Oh, you're one to talk after you held a fucking knife to my throat! No wonder Johnny shot you!" Gionna says, Trevor trying to lunge at her but Tao and Franklin stopping him.
"Settle down, kids." Wei says before approaching Gionna. "You were just a little kid last time I saw you, Miss Cipriani… you've really grown up." He says, Gionna nodding as she tried to remember the last clear memory of seeing Mr. Cheng. She had blocked off most of her childhood memories from before her dad had died… it hurt too much to remember him sometimes.
It was after the meeting that Gionna made it back to Bullworth campus… she had gotten back into her room when she noticed the opened window.
"Damn it… I know that was closed before I left." Gionna mutters as she walked over to it. Just as she moved to close it though, she felt someone trying to shove her out of it and turned around, fighting back… but the tiny teen lost her grip and was pushed out the second floor window, hitting the windshield of an Infernus.
The last thing Gionna heard before losing awareness of everything around her was Franklin shouting "Lamar, call 911!", Franklin running over and checking Gionna for a pulse, sighing when he found one.
"Keep fight, tiny one… keep fighting." Franklin whispers after pulling his jacket off and pressing it against Gionna's cut open right hip.