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"Where have you been?" Mia asks worried as Letty go back to her "Where's Brian?"
"He went down to the cafeteria." Letty replies
Mia's eyes grow wide "Cristina!" She exclaims "I should call home make sure she ate." She picks up her cell phone but Letty stops her
"They're not home."
"Who?" Mia asks pausing
"No one is home." Letty replies as the elevator opens down the hall. Vince and Leon step out.
"Why isn't anyone home?" Mia asks spotting Vince and Leon
"Cause your sister went into insulin shock." Letty tells her quietly "Jesse found her seizing and they brought her here."
"Is she all right?" Mia looks scared
"They don't know yet….they don't know how long it was going on before anyone realized." Letty looks away "You can't tell Dom, Mia."
Mia stops "What are you talking about?"
"The doctors said his heart attack was stress related if he finds out what happened no one in this hospital will be able to keep him in that room." Letty explains as Mia brushes past her and goes to the elevator, she pauses
"What floor?…..Vince!"
"Four" Vince replies as Mia presses the button and the door shuts "You told her?"
"I didn't have a choice, she knew something was wrong." Letty answers
"What are we going to do?" Leon asks
"I don't know but we're not telling Dom, why don't you guys go see him? Just say your his brothers I don't know, say anything." Letty takes a seat.
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The elevator opens and Mia steps out she spots Jesse and Brian down the hall
"Brian" Jesse motions
Brian turns as Mia approaches them "What are you doing here?"
"What happened? Is she all right?"
"Mia calm down." Brian tells her
"Jesse?" Mia asks
"Her blood sugar levels got really low, they're having trouble getting them back up." Jesse replies quietly
"Did they find drugs in her system?"
Jesse shakes her head "Nothing."
Mia looks slightly relieved.
"Mia you didn't tell Dom did you?" Brian questions
"No, but he should know." Mia says stubbornly
"He can't know Mia." Letty tells her walking over "I know you don't want to believe me but it's for the best."
"It'll break his heart if he she doesn't come visit him, he'll think she's mad at him."
"It'll kill his heart if he knows the one time he isn't there she gets sick." Letty goes on "This has only happened twice before and both times Dom had to come to the rescue cause no one else did. Do you remember?"
Brian and Jesse quietly watch Mia, she takes a deep breath "The first time she was four, she was with mom, but mom was sick and didn't notice, Dom found her. The second time she was like 11 it was during the heists, she did it because she was mad at him and no one noticed."
"What happened after?" Letty pushes
"Dom swore the first time he wouldn't let it happen again and then after the second he wouldn't let anyone tell him to let up with her or trust anyone with her when it came to that."
"Because Dom is the one who takes care of this family." Letty reminds her "He takes it all on as his own responsibility. So today he wasn't there and she got sick. It just proves him right that he takes care of her."
"All right." Mia replies "I wont say anything." She agrees not very willingly
"Ms. Toretto?" A doctor steps out
"How is she?" Mia goes over to the doctor
"She's stable, but she's not clear yet. You guys were lucky you found her, only a little bit more time and she may have not made it." The doctor pauses "Is there another family member in the hospital?"
"My brother, he- he just had a heart attack."
The doctor looks grim for a moment "In your brother's best interest, I would advise you don't tell him yet. We'll keep you updated your sister." He then turns and leaves
"See?" Letty asks
"All right!" Mia exclaims frustrated. "I can't take this." She sits down and Brian goes over to her, rubbing her shoulders comfortingly.
"You'll stick around here?" Letty asks Jesse, he nods "Get me if you hear anything." She sighs and goes back to the elevators.
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"How did you get in here?" Dom asks Vince and Leon as they walk into his private room.
"We said we are your brothers." Leon shrugs, he looks uncomfortable at the sight of Dom hooked up to tubes and wires. A needle in his wrist and more. Monitors around Dom were constantly making sounds. Leon shakes his head
"Did you bring Cristina?" Dom looks behind them
"No she's still at home." Vince replies
"With who?"
"Jesse" Leon says
"Does Jesse know to-"
"Jesse's see you do it a million times, he knows what to do." Vince cuts him off, hoping that didn't really count as a lie.
"Listen Dom, Cristina isn't mad at you. It's more the opposite she's worried this is her fault-" Leon starts but stops when Vince glares at him
"What?!" Dom exclaims "She's blaming herself? You guys should have brought her here I need to straighten this out."
"You need to rest, everything will be fine. You can't go and get sick again you need to get better now." Vince instructs him
"Listen Dom, we'll make sure Cristina knows it isn't her fault." Leon promises
"Can you guys get her here tomorrow, I want to talk to her. I said some things I didn't really mean. I was a little harsh." Dom says in a calmer voice.
"All right man." Vince agrees "We'll be back later."
"Feel better." Leon tells him as they walk out. They go back outside as Letty comes over to them.
"Well?" She asks
"It's not so easy lying to him, it doesn't feel right." Leon tells her
"I don't see how we can tell him." Letty rubs her arm
"How is she?" Vince asks
"Stable but not good enough yet. They said she almost died."
"We have to tell Dom, he's going to flip" Leon takes a seat
"Letty-" Vince starts
"When she's stable, when the doctors think she's all right." Letty cuts him off, taking on the leadership role of Dom.
"All right." They agree.
Letty checks her watch it is a little after nine now. She sighs leaning her elbows onto her knees. Watching people pass her by taking care of their business.
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"I'll go see what I can find out." Brian gets up after checking his watch, it was after nine.
"All right." Mia agrees sitting back.
"I'm s-sorry Mia." Jesse tells her quietly
"For what, you're the reason she's alive." Mia looks at him
"I knew she was here all day, I should have known she didn't eat or anything like that. I should have done something before something happened."
"No, it wasn't your fault. Dom is right, he needs to be watching out for her. None of us can handle it."
"Dom's the reason we stuck together after everything that happened." Jesse says
Mia smiles "He is, he takes care of all of us."
"What are we going to do now?" Jesse asks "He's not going to be able to work for a while, what's going to happen?"
"We'll figure it out, it's just important that Dom gets better we need him." Mia answers
"She was awake." Brian comes back over to them "Only for a little bit, she asked about Dom." Brian smiles
"So she's all right?" Mia stands up
"She's not going anywhere, it was close though." Brian replies "They said we can go in and see her. She's not awake anymore though."
"I'll go tell everyone else." Jesse gets up
"Thanks" Mia replies following Brian to Cristina's room.
Mia walks in quietly, Cristina was lying perfectly still on the bed. Her skin was still pale, she has a needle in her arm feeding her medication. Another machine was hooked up to her monitoring her blood sugar levels. A heart monitor was also hooked up to her similar to the one in Dom's room to make sure her heart rate didn't drop too low or get to rapid.
"You all right?" Brian asks taking her hand
Mia nods "I'll be fine."
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"Where have you been?" Mia asks worried as Letty go back to her "Where's Brian?"
"He went down to the cafeteria." Letty replies
Mia's eyes grow wide "Cristina!" She exclaims "I should call home make sure she ate." She picks up her cell phone but Letty stops her
"They're not home."
"Who?" Mia asks pausing
"No one is home." Letty replies as the elevator opens down the hall. Vince and Leon step out.
"Why isn't anyone home?" Mia asks spotting Vince and Leon
"Cause your sister went into insulin shock." Letty tells her quietly "Jesse found her seizing and they brought her here."
"Is she all right?" Mia looks scared
"They don't know yet….they don't know how long it was going on before anyone realized." Letty looks away "You can't tell Dom, Mia."
Mia stops "What are you talking about?"
"The doctors said his heart attack was stress related if he finds out what happened no one in this hospital will be able to keep him in that room." Letty explains as Mia brushes past her and goes to the elevator, she pauses
"What floor?…..Vince!"
"Four" Vince replies as Mia presses the button and the door shuts "You told her?"
"I didn't have a choice, she knew something was wrong." Letty answers
"What are we going to do?" Leon asks
"I don't know but we're not telling Dom, why don't you guys go see him? Just say your his brothers I don't know, say anything." Letty takes a seat.
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The elevator opens and Mia steps out she spots Jesse and Brian down the hall
"Brian" Jesse motions
Brian turns as Mia approaches them "What are you doing here?"
"What happened? Is she all right?"
"Mia calm down." Brian tells her
"Jesse?" Mia asks
"Her blood sugar levels got really low, they're having trouble getting them back up." Jesse replies quietly
"Did they find drugs in her system?"
Jesse shakes her head "Nothing."
Mia looks slightly relieved.
"Mia you didn't tell Dom did you?" Brian questions
"No, but he should know." Mia says stubbornly
"He can't know Mia." Letty tells her walking over "I know you don't want to believe me but it's for the best."
"It'll break his heart if he she doesn't come visit him, he'll think she's mad at him."
"It'll kill his heart if he knows the one time he isn't there she gets sick." Letty goes on "This has only happened twice before and both times Dom had to come to the rescue cause no one else did. Do you remember?"
Brian and Jesse quietly watch Mia, she takes a deep breath "The first time she was four, she was with mom, but mom was sick and didn't notice, Dom found her. The second time she was like 11 it was during the heists, she did it because she was mad at him and no one noticed."
"What happened after?" Letty pushes
"Dom swore the first time he wouldn't let it happen again and then after the second he wouldn't let anyone tell him to let up with her or trust anyone with her when it came to that."
"Because Dom is the one who takes care of this family." Letty reminds her "He takes it all on as his own responsibility. So today he wasn't there and she got sick. It just proves him right that he takes care of her."
"All right." Mia replies "I wont say anything." She agrees not very willingly
"Ms. Toretto?" A doctor steps out
"How is she?" Mia goes over to the doctor
"She's stable, but she's not clear yet. You guys were lucky you found her, only a little bit more time and she may have not made it." The doctor pauses "Is there another family member in the hospital?"
"My brother, he- he just had a heart attack."
The doctor looks grim for a moment "In your brother's best interest, I would advise you don't tell him yet. We'll keep you updated your sister." He then turns and leaves
"See?" Letty asks
"All right!" Mia exclaims frustrated. "I can't take this." She sits down and Brian goes over to her, rubbing her shoulders comfortingly.
"You'll stick around here?" Letty asks Jesse, he nods "Get me if you hear anything." She sighs and goes back to the elevators.
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"How did you get in here?" Dom asks Vince and Leon as they walk into his private room.
"We said we are your brothers." Leon shrugs, he looks uncomfortable at the sight of Dom hooked up to tubes and wires. A needle in his wrist and more. Monitors around Dom were constantly making sounds. Leon shakes his head
"Did you bring Cristina?" Dom looks behind them
"No she's still at home." Vince replies
"With who?"
"Jesse" Leon says
"Does Jesse know to-"
"Jesse's see you do it a million times, he knows what to do." Vince cuts him off, hoping that didn't really count as a lie.
"Listen Dom, Cristina isn't mad at you. It's more the opposite she's worried this is her fault-" Leon starts but stops when Vince glares at him
"What?!" Dom exclaims "She's blaming herself? You guys should have brought her here I need to straighten this out."
"You need to rest, everything will be fine. You can't go and get sick again you need to get better now." Vince instructs him
"Listen Dom, we'll make sure Cristina knows it isn't her fault." Leon promises
"Can you guys get her here tomorrow, I want to talk to her. I said some things I didn't really mean. I was a little harsh." Dom says in a calmer voice.
"All right man." Vince agrees "We'll be back later."
"Feel better." Leon tells him as they walk out. They go back outside as Letty comes over to them.
"Well?" She asks
"It's not so easy lying to him, it doesn't feel right." Leon tells her
"I don't see how we can tell him." Letty rubs her arm
"How is she?" Vince asks
"Stable but not good enough yet. They said she almost died."
"We have to tell Dom, he's going to flip" Leon takes a seat
"Letty-" Vince starts
"When she's stable, when the doctors think she's all right." Letty cuts him off, taking on the leadership role of Dom.
"All right." They agree.
Letty checks her watch it is a little after nine now. She sighs leaning her elbows onto her knees. Watching people pass her by taking care of their business.
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"I'll go see what I can find out." Brian gets up after checking his watch, it was after nine.
"All right." Mia agrees sitting back.
"I'm s-sorry Mia." Jesse tells her quietly
"For what, you're the reason she's alive." Mia looks at him
"I knew she was here all day, I should have known she didn't eat or anything like that. I should have done something before something happened."
"No, it wasn't your fault. Dom is right, he needs to be watching out for her. None of us can handle it."
"Dom's the reason we stuck together after everything that happened." Jesse says
Mia smiles "He is, he takes care of all of us."
"What are we going to do now?" Jesse asks "He's not going to be able to work for a while, what's going to happen?"
"We'll figure it out, it's just important that Dom gets better we need him." Mia answers
"She was awake." Brian comes back over to them "Only for a little bit, she asked about Dom." Brian smiles
"So she's all right?" Mia stands up
"She's not going anywhere, it was close though." Brian replies "They said we can go in and see her. She's not awake anymore though."
"I'll go tell everyone else." Jesse gets up
"Thanks" Mia replies following Brian to Cristina's room.
Mia walks in quietly, Cristina was lying perfectly still on the bed. Her skin was still pale, she has a needle in her arm feeding her medication. Another machine was hooked up to her monitoring her blood sugar levels. A heart monitor was also hooked up to her similar to the one in Dom's room to make sure her heart rate didn't drop too low or get to rapid.
"You all right?" Brian asks taking her hand
Mia nods "I'll be fine."
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