Chapter 4 China in the Hospital/Dom and Johnny's Heart to Heart
In the Morning
They were getting ready to head to work when the phone rang and Jesse answered the phone.
"Dom! Phone! It's the hospital!" Jesse yelled from the living room.
"Dominic Toretto speaking." Dom said when he picked up the phone.
"Mr. Toretto, do you have a sister by the name of China Toretto?" the doctor said on the other end.
"Yes, yes I do. Is she alright?" Dom asked getting worried.
"She's fine. She's been asking for you and her friends. Could you come to L.A Memorial?" the doctor asked.
"Yes, yes of course we can. We'll be there as soon as we can." Dom said before hanging up the phone. "Guys, there's been a change of plans! We're going to the hospital, we'll open the garage up later. But right now, China's in the hospital! Let's go!" Dom said heading out the door and to his car.
L.A Memorial
"Whoa, Dom. Dom?" Chris asked walking instep next to Dom.
"What?" he growled.
"Why is Angel (China) in here?" Chris asked tentatively.
"I don't know Chris. I don't know but I'm gunner find out." Dom said heading for the nurse's station. "What room is China Toretto in?" he asked.
"She's in room...14, down the hall and last door on your left." The nurse said pointing down a hallway.
"Thank you ma'am." Dom said as we made our way down the hall. "Here we are. Who wants to go in first?" Dom asked looking around at our faces.
"You go Dom." Chris said looking through the window at China. A number of "yeas" were heard.
"Alright, I'll go." Dom said walking to the door and going inside.
Dom's POV
I walked into China's hospital room and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw her face. She was pissed more than hurt if anything. On the left side of her face, a bruise was starting to form.
"Baby sister, what happened?" I asked sitting in the chair next to her bed.
"Johnny Tran. Dom, I'm sorry for getting all up in your face last night. I just needed a drive to clear my head and calm down before I went back to the house. I wasn't paying attention to the area. I didn't know where I was until it was too late." China said with tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm going to kill him," I said and she smiled. "for what he did to you. I promise."
"Dom, my car is at the police impound. I need my car back Dom. Please?" She said the smile fading.
"All right baby sister. But, I'm still going to kick his ass for what he did." I said standing up.
"Don't do anything stupid Dom. And do me a favor, don't kill anyone." She said as I walked toward the door.
"All right baby sister. You want to see Chris?" I asked her, knowing full well that she used to have a crush on him. She smiled and nodded and with that I walked out of the door and Chris walked in.
Chris's POV
I walked into China's hospital room. I was prepared for the worst. When I saw her lying there with her left broken arm and a bruise beginning to form on her left cheek, I began to get extremely pissed off. Mean, no one has ever gone as far as to hurt her. Why did Johnny? I thought wonderingly as I walked up beside her hospital bed.
"It isn't as bad as it looks. It isn't bad at all. So don't look as if I'm in major ass pain right now," China said with a smile on her face. "Cause I am not."
I chuckled. "I wasn't even thinking that C." I said sitting in the chair next to the bed. "How you holding up? Dom and everyone else went to go get your car and have a talk with Johnny Tran's family about what he did to you." I said taking her right hand.
"That's worse than killing him." She said laughing slightly.
"Yea I guess it is." I said laughing myself, just as the doctor came into the room.
"Ms. Toretto, you can go home first thing in the morning, we'd like to keep you for observation." The doctor said.
"What type of "observation"?" China asked using her fingers for quotations around 'observation'.
"Um...oops! Sorry Ms. Toretto. Wrong file. Your file says that you can go home whenever you want, as long as you have a ride." The doctor said pointedly, looking at her clipboard.
"Alright Doc. Chris, go call Dom's cell phone and tell him that you're going to be taking me home while I get dressed." She said sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Okay. See you in a bit." I said as the doctor and I walked out of the room so that she could get dressed in private and I could call Dom. When I was out of the hospital, I dialed Dom's cell phone.
"Dom here." Dom said when he finally answered his phone.
"Dom, its Chris. China can get out right now as long as she has ride. So, we'll meet you guys back at the house later. Hope it's okay." I said heading for the hospital door.
"Yea, alright. See you back at the house." Dom said before we hung up our phones.
"C?" I asked walking back into China's hospital room. I didn't see a soul in the room. China's clothes that she had arrived in were gone. I was getting scared that something awful had happened to her, when she walked through the door. I sighed in relief as she sat on the bed. "Where'd you go?" I asked laughing slightly at the smile on her face.
"Shower." She said simply. We laughed as she put her shoes on.
China's POV
When I walked back into the room Chris seemed to be...scared. Don't know why he was so fucking scared though. I just went to take a shower. I was tempted to ask him why he was scared. But I thought better of it. I had a smile on my face cause it was hilarious. I never had anyone get scared cause I wasn't in a room, well, Emerald doesn't count since she's like five. Chris, well, he looked genuinely worried about me. Man, I'm still crushing on that boy after two and a half years of being gone. I thought as I looked at him from my spot on the hospital bed.
"Where'd you go?" he asked laughing slightly cause I was smiling. God, his voice was awesome, I thought.
"Shower." I said simply. chuckle We laughed as I put my shoes on.
"Ready to go?" Chris asked when I finished.
"Yea. What time did Dom say he was going to be back at the house?" I asked as we got in his car.
"He didn't say. All he said was that he'd see us back at the house." Chris said as we pulled onto the main road.
"Head for the beach Chris." I said without thinking about Dom's reaction. To tell the truth, I really didn't care about Dom's reaction.
"Um...alright." Chris said as he headed for the beach.
At the Beach
Chris had laid out a blanket for us to sit on. I took my sling off cause it was getting annoying, so I was just in my cast, which by the way is waterproof.
"Chris, did you know that I used to have a crush on you the years before I left? Even though you were like three years older than me." I asked looking out over the ocean.
"Yea...the same goes for me. But, I'm still crushing on you girl." Chris said sitting next to me in order to see the sunset.
"I'm still crushing on you too boy." I said leaning against him cause it was what I was used to doing before I left. "It's a beautiful sunset."
"Not as beautiful as you." Chris said leaning his head on mine, just like old times.
I heard car engines and my head snapped up. The cars passed and didn't stop. I went back to leaning against Chris.
"Sorry if I hurt you when my head snapped up without warning." I said looking back out over the ocean.
"Na, its alright. Heard the car engines didn't you?" Chris said watching the sunset. He went on after seeing me nod, "Dom and everyone else hardly ever come here anymore. Well, mean, since you left cause whenever you weren't working or worrying about the races. You were always here, with me and all of our friends. We used to go swimming and surfing here, on this beach." Chris said, I started to cry cause I missed those days. "Awwww...what's wrong?" Chris asked seeing that I was crying.
"I miss those days Chris. I want them back. I want those days back, Chris." I said still crying.
"Want to go home?" He asked standing up. I nodded and he helped me to my feet.
In the Morning
They were getting ready to head to work when the phone rang and Jesse answered the phone.
"Dom! Phone! It's the hospital!" Jesse yelled from the living room.
"Dominic Toretto speaking." Dom said when he picked up the phone.
"Mr. Toretto, do you have a sister by the name of China Toretto?" the doctor said on the other end.
"Yes, yes I do. Is she alright?" Dom asked getting worried.
"She's fine. She's been asking for you and her friends. Could you come to L.A Memorial?" the doctor asked.
"Yes, yes of course we can. We'll be there as soon as we can." Dom said before hanging up the phone. "Guys, there's been a change of plans! We're going to the hospital, we'll open the garage up later. But right now, China's in the hospital! Let's go!" Dom said heading out the door and to his car.
L.A Memorial
"Whoa, Dom. Dom?" Chris asked walking instep next to Dom.
"What?" he growled.
"Why is Angel (China) in here?" Chris asked tentatively.
"I don't know Chris. I don't know but I'm gunner find out." Dom said heading for the nurse's station. "What room is China Toretto in?" he asked.
"She's in room...14, down the hall and last door on your left." The nurse said pointing down a hallway.
"Thank you ma'am." Dom said as we made our way down the hall. "Here we are. Who wants to go in first?" Dom asked looking around at our faces.
"You go Dom." Chris said looking through the window at China. A number of "yeas" were heard.
"Alright, I'll go." Dom said walking to the door and going inside.
Dom's POV
I walked into China's hospital room and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw her face. She was pissed more than hurt if anything. On the left side of her face, a bruise was starting to form.
"Baby sister, what happened?" I asked sitting in the chair next to her bed.
"Johnny Tran. Dom, I'm sorry for getting all up in your face last night. I just needed a drive to clear my head and calm down before I went back to the house. I wasn't paying attention to the area. I didn't know where I was until it was too late." China said with tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm going to kill him," I said and she smiled. "for what he did to you. I promise."
"Dom, my car is at the police impound. I need my car back Dom. Please?" She said the smile fading.
"All right baby sister. But, I'm still going to kick his ass for what he did." I said standing up.
"Don't do anything stupid Dom. And do me a favor, don't kill anyone." She said as I walked toward the door.
"All right baby sister. You want to see Chris?" I asked her, knowing full well that she used to have a crush on him. She smiled and nodded and with that I walked out of the door and Chris walked in.
Chris's POV
I walked into China's hospital room. I was prepared for the worst. When I saw her lying there with her left broken arm and a bruise beginning to form on her left cheek, I began to get extremely pissed off. Mean, no one has ever gone as far as to hurt her. Why did Johnny? I thought wonderingly as I walked up beside her hospital bed.
"It isn't as bad as it looks. It isn't bad at all. So don't look as if I'm in major ass pain right now," China said with a smile on her face. "Cause I am not."
I chuckled. "I wasn't even thinking that C." I said sitting in the chair next to the bed. "How you holding up? Dom and everyone else went to go get your car and have a talk with Johnny Tran's family about what he did to you." I said taking her right hand.
"That's worse than killing him." She said laughing slightly.
"Yea I guess it is." I said laughing myself, just as the doctor came into the room.
"Ms. Toretto, you can go home first thing in the morning, we'd like to keep you for observation." The doctor said.
"What type of "observation"?" China asked using her fingers for quotations around 'observation'.
"Um...oops! Sorry Ms. Toretto. Wrong file. Your file says that you can go home whenever you want, as long as you have a ride." The doctor said pointedly, looking at her clipboard.
"Alright Doc. Chris, go call Dom's cell phone and tell him that you're going to be taking me home while I get dressed." She said sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Okay. See you in a bit." I said as the doctor and I walked out of the room so that she could get dressed in private and I could call Dom. When I was out of the hospital, I dialed Dom's cell phone.
"Dom here." Dom said when he finally answered his phone.
"Dom, its Chris. China can get out right now as long as she has ride. So, we'll meet you guys back at the house later. Hope it's okay." I said heading for the hospital door.
"Yea, alright. See you back at the house." Dom said before we hung up our phones.
"C?" I asked walking back into China's hospital room. I didn't see a soul in the room. China's clothes that she had arrived in were gone. I was getting scared that something awful had happened to her, when she walked through the door. I sighed in relief as she sat on the bed. "Where'd you go?" I asked laughing slightly at the smile on her face.
"Shower." She said simply. We laughed as she put her shoes on.
China's POV
When I walked back into the room Chris seemed to be...scared. Don't know why he was so fucking scared though. I just went to take a shower. I was tempted to ask him why he was scared. But I thought better of it. I had a smile on my face cause it was hilarious. I never had anyone get scared cause I wasn't in a room, well, Emerald doesn't count since she's like five. Chris, well, he looked genuinely worried about me. Man, I'm still crushing on that boy after two and a half years of being gone. I thought as I looked at him from my spot on the hospital bed.
"Where'd you go?" he asked laughing slightly cause I was smiling. God, his voice was awesome, I thought.
"Shower." I said simply. chuckle We laughed as I put my shoes on.
"Ready to go?" Chris asked when I finished.
"Yea. What time did Dom say he was going to be back at the house?" I asked as we got in his car.
"He didn't say. All he said was that he'd see us back at the house." Chris said as we pulled onto the main road.
"Head for the beach Chris." I said without thinking about Dom's reaction. To tell the truth, I really didn't care about Dom's reaction.
"Um...alright." Chris said as he headed for the beach.
At the Beach
Chris had laid out a blanket for us to sit on. I took my sling off cause it was getting annoying, so I was just in my cast, which by the way is waterproof.
"Chris, did you know that I used to have a crush on you the years before I left? Even though you were like three years older than me." I asked looking out over the ocean.
"Yea...the same goes for me. But, I'm still crushing on you girl." Chris said sitting next to me in order to see the sunset.
"I'm still crushing on you too boy." I said leaning against him cause it was what I was used to doing before I left. "It's a beautiful sunset."
"Not as beautiful as you." Chris said leaning his head on mine, just like old times.
I heard car engines and my head snapped up. The cars passed and didn't stop. I went back to leaning against Chris.
"Sorry if I hurt you when my head snapped up without warning." I said looking back out over the ocean.
"Na, its alright. Heard the car engines didn't you?" Chris said watching the sunset. He went on after seeing me nod, "Dom and everyone else hardly ever come here anymore. Well, mean, since you left cause whenever you weren't working or worrying about the races. You were always here, with me and all of our friends. We used to go swimming and surfing here, on this beach." Chris said, I started to cry cause I missed those days. "Awwww...what's wrong?" Chris asked seeing that I was crying.
"I miss those days Chris. I want them back. I want those days back, Chris." I said still crying.
"Want to go home?" He asked standing up. I nodded and he helped me to my feet.