AN: Thanks you guys for all the reviews and messages! I cannot believe the movie is coming out next weekend! I am dying to see it and so ready to see it. I know i am going to bawl my eyes out but i am ready! Hope you guys are enjoying the story still! Let me know what you guys think!

Gabriella sat outside her house on the swing hanging by the door. She looked out in the yard as Jesse began washing his car. She smiled to herself as she brought her knees up to her chest. She loved that boy. She loved him so much. She couldn't imagine her life without him. The Desert was coming up. Brian's car was almost ready. Everyone was growing fond of him, except of Vince. Vince literally hated him and she didn't know what to do about it. He wasn't coming around much anymore. She had tried calling him multiple times but he wouldn't answer her phone calls. She was beginning to really miss him. It was Sunday, her favorite day of the week. She waited for Jesse to begin to hose his car off before walking over to him.

"Hey." She handed him the towel.

"Hey, what's going on? You looked lonely up there?" He smiled at her.

"Nothing, I was just thinking about Vince. I really miss him."

"He will come around, I promise. You know he has jealousy issues. He thinks Brian is a cop."

"What?" Gabriella began to laugh. "Why would he think that?"

"I don't know, he has this notion that he comes around right when the trucks were taking off.

I mean we knew that the heat would be coming down once it started but he just thinks that with Dom's record that the cops already know who is doing it. He is just being paranoid as usual."

"There is no way that Brian is a cop. Have you seen him?"

Jesse began to laugh. "We just need to stay on the down low with this truck shit before it gets out of hand."

"Yeah, I heard Mia is getting upset about it now."

"Yeah she has said some words. Dom is thinking about doing one last job and it be done with. Everyone is getting too antsy about it. I will be happy when it's done with."

"You tired of doing it?"

"I am just tired of risking our lives for this money. I say we race and win it that way."

"Well with Johnny being a douche bag, we have to protect the diner and the garage. We can't show him that we are slipping or he will take it from us."

He threw down the hose and walked over to her. "I talked to Brian the other day, he came to the garage to check out his detailing I created for him and he told me something very interesting."

"I'm not saying a word." She replied.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I am still not saying a word." She crossed her arms over her chest.

"He kept the turbo for you. What if Dom finds out?"

"Well it's not my fault he kept it so he can't be mad at me. I haven't even touched it. I know what is going to happen if Dom looks in my car and sees the turbo. All hell is going to break loose. I told Brian I would just keep it at the store until Dom says it is okay."

"What else are you keeping from me?" He eyed her. She bowed her head refusing to speak. "Oh no, you better speak."

"You can't say anything okay…just promise me you won't say anything. Dom would be pissed and it was handled."

"You saw Tran." He threw the towel down on the ground.

"Not by choice."

"Hey!" Dom yelled. "Let's go. It's time to eat."

"Jesse, I am begging you. He came by the store. Brian told him to leave. He just wanted to talk and I told him no. That was it. I swear to you, I didn't do anything."

"Why not tell Dom?"

"Because I really wanted to go back to work there. He would make me quit again if he knew."

"Hey! Did you guys not hear me?" Dom walked over to them. "What's going on?"

"Nothing." They both answered at the same time. Gabriella rolled her eyes knowing they were caught.

"Let's go. Someone needs to speak up." Dom crossed his arms over his chest. There was silence. "Really?"

"I still have the turbo you told Harry to send back." Gabriella spat out. Jesse's eyes were huge surprised she told him. "I saw it in the office on my first day back. I didn't touch it. It's still at the shop."

"Brian told me." Dom replied. "I am considering it."

She nodded her head. "Okay, so there we go. Can we go now?"

"Sure." She knew that he knew she was lying but he didn't press the issue. The truth would come out soon enough, it always did. She walked ahead of them knowing Dom stopped Jesse is his tracks. Dom couldn't find out about Johnny it would ruin everything. She shook her head as she walked over to the grill and cut it on.

"You cooking?" Dom asked as he approached her. She laughed as she stared down at the grill. "Jesse won't tell me what is going on. I will find out Gab. So you might as well just tell me."

"There is nothing else going on. You are just paranoid."

"Just go help your sister. Everyone should be here with the rest of the food in a few minutes."

"Have you talked to Vince?"

"He's coming. Now go!"

She smiled as she began to walk away. She heard the sound of doors closing when she looked down the driveway. Vince was walking up with Leon and Letty.

"Hey Gab!" Brian replied coming out of the house with Mia behind him. She smiled and waved at him before skipping down the driveway to Vince.

"Hey…" She stopped as he tossed the bag to Leon and turned to walk away.

"Vince!" Gabriella yelled.

"Yo Vince, come give us a hand!" Dom yelled.

"Looks like you got all the help you need brotha!" Vince yelled back. He climbed into his car, slamming the door and speeding away. Gabriella stood in the driveway in disbelief,

"Gab, come on. He will be back." Dom sounded annoyed. She rolled her eyes as she walked over to the table and sat down. She was sad. She really did miss him. Why did he hate Brian so much? He wasn't a bad guy at all. She looked over at the guy who was just staring at her. She nodded her head at him.

"Jesse, since you were the first to reach in and grab some chicken, why don't you say grace?"

Gabriella began to laugh as Jesse looked confused and caught. He put the chicken down on his plate and brushed off his hands.

"Um, dear Heavenly…uh…"

"Spirit." Leon chimed in.

Gabriella tried to control her laughter as she closed her eyes. "Spirit. Thank you. Thank you for providing us with the direct-port nitrous... uh... injection, four-core intercoolers, an' ball-bearing turbos, and... um... titanium valve springs. Thank you."

"Amen." Mia had a smile on her face.

"Very nice."

"Praying to the car gods man." Letty replied. Gabriella laughed grabbing Jesse's hand when she heard a door close again.

"Look who is it! Old Coyotes 'R' Us! I thought you weren't hungry sweetheart?" Leon jumped up.

"I gotta eat."

Dom looked over at Brian then back at Vince. "Grab a seat." Vince kissed the top of his head before moving over next to Mia. The tension was high.

"Hey Mia." He rubbed her shoulder. Gabriella wouldn't take her eyes off of him as everyone remained silent.

"Let's eat some grub man!" Letty slapped his shoulder. "We have chicken. Salad."

"You need to eat that salad." Gabriella replied. "I made it."

"Hm, I don't know about that." He was trying. That's all that mattered. They all sat around the table and ate as a family. She was just happy he was home.

After dinner everyone decided to go into the house and watch a movie as Mia and Gabriella washed the dishes. They were laughing when Brian walked in. "Hey what are you doing in here?" Gabriella asked.

"Just thought I could help." He smiled.

"We got it, you can go join the guys in watching the movie." Mia handed Gabriella a dish.

"You see where I come from the cook washes the dishes." Brian walked closer.

Mia began to laugh. "Yeah, not in this household."

"How about I go watch the movie and you two can finish." Gabriella moved pass them and into the living room with a laugh. She shook her head knowing Brian was about to pop the question of asking her sister out on a date. She stepped on everyone on the floor until she found her a spot on the couch next to Vince.

"Me and you need to talk." She whispered.

"Why?"

"Oh I don't know, you just up and left."

"Shhh!" Dom whispered. Gabriella rolled her eyes.

"You guys want some popcorn? I am going to get some." He jumped up from the couch.

"Vince!" Gabriella whispered. He was avoiding her.

She crossed her arms over her chest, she didn't even want to watch the movie. She sighed as she stood up from the couch and walked away. She was tired, she didn't know why. It was Sunday. They didn't work on Sunday. She walked outside and sat on the swing. The night was clear. She could see all the stars in the sky. She closed her eyes as she kicked her legs letting the swing take her. The wind was blowing and she felt at peace.

"I remember when your mom would come out here and sit on this swing. She would do the same thing you are doing. Kick her legs as hard as she could and then just let it take her in the air. I knew she was going to take this thing off its hinges she swung so hard. You remind me more and more of her everyday Gabriella."

"When she died were you with her?"

"Yes, I was there."

"Was Mia and Dom?"

"Dom was, Mia didn't want to be. You two stayed at home with your uncle."

"I miss her."

"I do too sweetheart. I do too." He brought her into his arms and kissed the top of her head as they swung until the sun went down.

The sound of the door slamming made her jump back into reality. She looked up at an angry Vince. 'Can I sit down?" He asked.

"Sure, are you okay?"

"No." He took a sip of his beer. She hadn't noticed her had on until he put to his mouth.

"Want to talk about it?"

"Nope."

She nodded her head as she brought her legs up to her chest and leaned her body into his. He kicked his legs just how she liked it and she closed her eyes again. "I am still in love with your sister." He blurted out.

"Johnny Tran came by the store the other day." She opened her eyes but didn't look at him. "I want to him to go away Vince. I want him to go away forever."

"I don't know if I believe that."

She didn't reply. She just played with the end of his shirt. "Mia just asked Brian to take her out."

"I'm sorry Vince." She sighed. "Why the hell did she ask him?"

Vince began to laugh. "I don't know."

"You alright? You aren't going to leave again are you?"

"I don't know Gab. I just don't trust him. I know you all do."

"Are you jealous?"

He sighed. "You can tell me. Dom is jealous of you."

"Why the hell would he have any reason to be jealous of me?" Vince sat up.

"Because of you and me. He thinks I love you more than him."

"That is ridiculous."

"Vince, you are my best friend. You are more than that, you are my brother. I need you here with me okay. No matter who comes and who goes, I need you here. Brian doesn't mean anything to me at all. You mean something to me. You, Mia, Dom, Letty, Leon, Jesse….you all mean something to me. Me and you are closer I get that, so please if something is bothering you then come to me. Don't leave. I can't stand it when you are gone."

He nodded his head at her. "Jealousy is an ugly form of expression. No one needs to be jealous of anyone. I love each and every one of you guys."

"Let's talk about Johnny. Does Dom know?"

"Nope. I made Brian not say anything to him. He came into the store. Brian yelled at me to go into the office and shut the door. I did but then I knew I had to stand up to him sometime, so I did. I walked out there and told him to leave. Brian wouldn't let him pass the counter so he didn't come near me. But I was so scared Vince. He scares the crap out of me. I don't know what to do about him."

"He is going to pay one day f or what happened to you. He will pay for everything that has happened to you since you were sixteen."

"Sometimes I don't know how I did it Vince. I don't know how I made it this far."

"You made it because you are strong. You are the strongest person that I know Gab. You also have me here with you. Your brother too. I know how much you love him. He has a strong hold on this family."

"Can I talk to you about the trucks?"

He nodded his head. "I don't want you guys to do it anymore. I know Mia is having a hard time with it too."

"Dom said this next one is the last one for a long time. Let us get through this and I promise you that I will talk to Dom about finding another way."

She nodded her head. "When is this?"

"After the Desert. We race that Saturday and then we have the trucks later that night. We go home on Sunday. It's easy. We just get in and get out."

"That easy huh?"

"Yeah, it's really not as bad as it seems. We don't kill anyone. We just put them to sleep, drive the truck to where we need to go, then we get dump the truck. No one gets hurt."

"What happens if one of you does though?"

"Then we take it and we deal with it."

She nodded her head. "We need a vacation from our lives."

"I agree with you on that."

He leaned back again letting her rest her head on his chest as he began to swing again. "What were you thinking about when I came out here?"

"My father. I miss him so much."

"I miss him too."

Gabriella decided to stay later at the garage that Monday night. She knew no one was doing the paperwork while she was working at the store so she decided to get caught up. Her music was playing when she heard a noise outside in the garage. She stood up and opened the door. "Hello." She called out but no one replied. She shook her head as she closed the door again peering out of the window. She was making herself paranoid. She needed to stop it. She walked back over to the desk and sat down and began working on the paperwork. She heard the sound again. She jumped up and walked over to the door but didn't open it. She wasn't about to be scared by one of her family members. She peered out the window but didn't see anything. She grabbed her phone off the desk and dialed Dom's number.

"You are really funny!" She yelled into the phone. "You can stop now, I am trying to get this done…" She looked out the door again. "You aren't here? I just heard noises….you are right its probably some animal….Alright well I will be home in a few. You left me a shit ton of work to do Dom…Okay, I love you too. Bye." She hung the phone as she opened the door and walked out. She began looking around as she walked over to the main door and closed it. She was locking herself in. It was better safe than sorry. She made sure it was locked before turning around. "NO!" She screamed as she ran straight into someone's body. Her heart stopped beating when she felt hands on her arms stopping her.

"Shhhh." He whispered in her ear. She pulled away from him.

"Johnny!" She growled. "What are you doing here?"

"I told you I needed to talk to you."

"I don't care what you told me, get out!"

"Will you just listen to me?"

"No!" She ran to the door but it was locked of course. He stopped her with his hand pulling her back towards him. "You let two guys beat me until I was black and blue. You want to talk about that? I don't care what you have to say Johnny because you let it happen. You, like a coward, just stood there and watched. You should have done it yourself."

He bowed his head. "You think I wanted to do that?"

"Yes."

"No!" He yelled causing her to jump backwards. "I never wanted to hurt you. I wanted you. That's all I have ever wanted, then you come to Tokyo. They saw you before I did Gab. What was I supposed to do?"

"Done it yourself." She snapped.

He shook his head. "Do it right now Johnny. Go ahead, hit me! I dare you!"

"Stop it."

"No!" She yelled shoving him backwards. "You do it!"

"I never wanted you to get hurt!"

She shook her head at him as she backed away towards the office. "Don't do it." He told her. She kept her mouth shut as she took off towards the door but he grabbed her by the waist as she let out a scream. "DOM!" She screamed out. He jerked her backwards throwing her to the side. She got up off the floor and went running to the backdoor of the garage. "HELP!"

"Stop running!" He yelled. "I am not going to hurt you."

She ran to the door but it was locked. She began banging on the door as Johnny grabbed her waist pulling her back towards him. He wrapped his arms around her waist holding her arms in place where she couldn't move. His lips were on her ear. Tears sprung to her eyes as he tightened his grip on her.

"I am not going to hurt you. Please stop running from me."

"Leave." She cried. "I don't want to see you or be near you."

"I know and I deserve that."

"Just let me go." She bowed her head as he released her. She wiped her face from the tears. "I won't do this Johnny, I won't. I don't know who you are anymore. You scare me so bad. I don't ever want to see you again. You let people beat me up Johnny, that wasn't you. You are evil and I don't want anything to do with you. Leave Johnny, leave and don't come back."

"You are serious?"

"I am serious."

She moved back against the door and slid down at it as he nodded his head. "I can't do this anymore. I have grown to hate you. I don't hate people Johnny, but you made me hate you. You drove me to it. And now you want to fix it. You can't fix it. It's not fixable. You ruined that. So get out. Get out and don't think of me ever again."

"Okay." He whispered. "I will do that."

She wrapped her arms around her legs and cried as he walked away from her. This was life now. This was the change that had to come. They were enemies. They needed to remain enemies.