Chapter 20
Three long days had passed since Mia was admitted to hospital. The Doctor had told them that she had passed the stage at which she could slip into a comma, but that she was still unconscious. Waiting on her waking up, the guys had taken turns sitting with her, whilst the others went home and freshened up, or went for something to eat. It was Dom's turn and he was sitting in a chair next to her bed holding her hand. He had been talking to her for about half an hour. "So Mia, you gonna wake up, coz my ass is sore sitting on this chair." He laughed quietly. When he got no reply he looked at the floor, disappointed again. But he stopped himself from thinking on it, looked up and smiled at her. "You know me. If it aint a racing seat, I aint comfy." He had run out of things to say to her. He had already told her that he was gonna ask Brian to come down for a while, that he wasn't gonna race anymore, and was going to look after all of them. The part about not racing wasn't strictly true though. He knew that he couldn't give up the thrill of speed, or the adrenaline rush that went hand in hand with it. But this wasn't the time or the place for it. In the end, sleep beat him and he placed his head next to her hand. A quick look at the clock on the far wall, told him it was almost midnight. Vince would be there anytime to take over, but he was gonna sleep till then. Dom rubbed her hand and fell asleep.
"Dom. Dom wake up" Vince nudged him awake. Dom sat up and looked at Mia, thinking it was her that woke him. But then he noticed Vince standing behind him, and Mia's eyes were still closed. "You fell asleep man." Vince stated. "Go home and get a good sleep man. I'll watch her" he nodded towards Mia. Dom sat for a moment, waiting till he was properly awake. Finally, he moved off the chair. "OK. Is Letty and the guys at the house?" he asked as he headed for the doubled doors. "Yeah!" he told him. Suddenly they heard a groan from the bed and Dom noticed that Mia was trying to open her eyes. He rushed over to the bed, and Vince leaned over her. "Mia. C'mon girl!" they said hopefully with great excitement. Dom sat on the bed and took her hand in his. He felt her move and look at him. "Brian. That you?" she gurgled. She was groggy from the medication that had been pumped into her body. Dom and Vince looked at each other. Both shocked at the fact that her first thought had been of Brian. "Mia. Its Dom." He told her. "Vince is here too". "Hey Mia" Vince put in. She just looked from one to the other. "Dom!" she had something to say, and was fighting the drugs. "Yeah!" he said. He was so excited that Mia was awake. He saw her mouth moving, but she made no sound. "What? Say again Mia!" Mia swallowed hard and screwed up her face. "Get..Brian..for me!" she sounded scared and desperate. Her eyes closed and Dom tried to wake her again, but she was sound asleep. The guys got off the bed and stood in silence. Dom was thinking if calling Brian was the right thing to do. "She asked for him as soon as she was awake. Not for any of us. She wanted Brian" he thought to himself. That made his mind up. "Vince where's her cell phone?" he turned to Vince who had sat back down on the chair. He reached into the unit beside her bed and brought out the phone. He threw it over to Dom, and Dom caught it. "I'm going home" he told Vince. "If she wakes up, call me right away!" he demanded. "Sure." Was all that Vince replied. Dom turned and left the room. Vince knew he was gonna call Brian, and knew it was only because Mia had asked him to. He felt nervous at the thought of meeting Brian again. He wanted to hate him because he had Mia's heart, and coz he was a cop. But on the other hand, Brian had saved his life, and hadn't turned any of them in. He decided to focus on Mia right now, and deal with Brian when he was standing in front of him.
Dom left the hospital and headed for Letty's car. She had left it for him to drive home, and had went home in Leon's car with him. Once he was in the car, he scrolled through Mia's phonebook in her cell, and found Brian's number. Before pressing 'Call' he looked at the number for a minute. He didn't believe he was gonna ask to Brian to come down here, but then it wasn't for him, it was for Mia. He pressed 'Call' and put the phone to his ear.
Brian, Hector, Edwin, and the other guys were sittin' in Brian's apartment.
"So..your gonna fit the gauges and meters, then your good to roll" asked Carl, one of Hector's guys. "Yeah, it's finished. And it only took us 5 weeks. Amazing!!" he stated for the group. They all laughed and continued to drink their Corona's. Brian had put the bottle to his mouth when his phone started to ring. He took it out of his pocket and walked into the bedroom so he could hear above the music and guys talking. As he looked at the phone, he noticed Mia's number flashing. She must want that information quick. "Yeah?" he answered in his deep voice. There was a pause on the other end and he realised that it wasn't Mia calling. She would have spoken by now. "Who is this?" he demanded to know. "Its Dom" an even deeper voice replied on the other end. Brian's face went chalk white out of shock. "Dom...jeeez." he didn't know what to say. "Eeerrmm, how you doin man?" "I don't wanna talk. I got something to tell ya!" he cut him off before he could continue. "Sure. What's up?" he asked, catching onto the fact that Dom wasn't that pleased to be talking to him. "It's Mia. You'd better get down here quick. Were at the Baja Hospital. The Intensive Care Floor". Brian didn't know what to say. The news that Mia was in hospital cut him to the core. "What happened? Is she OK?" he managed to get out between heavy breathing. "I'll tell ya later. Just get down here quick." Dom demanded. "OK. I'll be there in a couple of days." Dom ended the call. Brian stood for a few minutes, taking it all in. Suddenly he dug the phone into his pocket and headed back to the other guys. "I gotta go" he told them. He picked his keys up off the counter. Brian looked at the other 5 or 6 guys. "Can you guys go put the other parts in my car!" he tossed them the keys and the guys quickly filed out of the apartment. Brian turned to Hector and Edwin. "That was Dom" he explained. "He told me that Mia's in hospital and to get down there quick." He looked at them for their reaction. "Did he say what happened?" Edwin was just as keen to find out what happened. "Nah, only that I've to get down to the hospital. I'm leavin' now." He told them. "Sure man. Get going!" Hector encouraged. Brian, Hector, and Edwin made their way down to the garage, and met the other guys. "Parts are in the trunk mate!" they said as they tossed the keys back. "Thanks guys". He opened the door and sat in the car, not believing what he was about to do. "I hope Mia's OK" he said aloud as the engine roared to life. "Tell us about it" Carl pitched in. He looked around at the guys who gave him so much help. "Thanks again for your help. All of you" he said. "Forget it. Just bring Toretto back here with you. You both got races to win man", Hector said. Then he shut the door on Brian, and the green Mitsubishi Eclipse pulled out of the parking lot.
Three long days had passed since Mia was admitted to hospital. The Doctor had told them that she had passed the stage at which she could slip into a comma, but that she was still unconscious. Waiting on her waking up, the guys had taken turns sitting with her, whilst the others went home and freshened up, or went for something to eat. It was Dom's turn and he was sitting in a chair next to her bed holding her hand. He had been talking to her for about half an hour. "So Mia, you gonna wake up, coz my ass is sore sitting on this chair." He laughed quietly. When he got no reply he looked at the floor, disappointed again. But he stopped himself from thinking on it, looked up and smiled at her. "You know me. If it aint a racing seat, I aint comfy." He had run out of things to say to her. He had already told her that he was gonna ask Brian to come down for a while, that he wasn't gonna race anymore, and was going to look after all of them. The part about not racing wasn't strictly true though. He knew that he couldn't give up the thrill of speed, or the adrenaline rush that went hand in hand with it. But this wasn't the time or the place for it. In the end, sleep beat him and he placed his head next to her hand. A quick look at the clock on the far wall, told him it was almost midnight. Vince would be there anytime to take over, but he was gonna sleep till then. Dom rubbed her hand and fell asleep.
"Dom. Dom wake up" Vince nudged him awake. Dom sat up and looked at Mia, thinking it was her that woke him. But then he noticed Vince standing behind him, and Mia's eyes were still closed. "You fell asleep man." Vince stated. "Go home and get a good sleep man. I'll watch her" he nodded towards Mia. Dom sat for a moment, waiting till he was properly awake. Finally, he moved off the chair. "OK. Is Letty and the guys at the house?" he asked as he headed for the doubled doors. "Yeah!" he told him. Suddenly they heard a groan from the bed and Dom noticed that Mia was trying to open her eyes. He rushed over to the bed, and Vince leaned over her. "Mia. C'mon girl!" they said hopefully with great excitement. Dom sat on the bed and took her hand in his. He felt her move and look at him. "Brian. That you?" she gurgled. She was groggy from the medication that had been pumped into her body. Dom and Vince looked at each other. Both shocked at the fact that her first thought had been of Brian. "Mia. Its Dom." He told her. "Vince is here too". "Hey Mia" Vince put in. She just looked from one to the other. "Dom!" she had something to say, and was fighting the drugs. "Yeah!" he said. He was so excited that Mia was awake. He saw her mouth moving, but she made no sound. "What? Say again Mia!" Mia swallowed hard and screwed up her face. "Get..Brian..for me!" she sounded scared and desperate. Her eyes closed and Dom tried to wake her again, but she was sound asleep. The guys got off the bed and stood in silence. Dom was thinking if calling Brian was the right thing to do. "She asked for him as soon as she was awake. Not for any of us. She wanted Brian" he thought to himself. That made his mind up. "Vince where's her cell phone?" he turned to Vince who had sat back down on the chair. He reached into the unit beside her bed and brought out the phone. He threw it over to Dom, and Dom caught it. "I'm going home" he told Vince. "If she wakes up, call me right away!" he demanded. "Sure." Was all that Vince replied. Dom turned and left the room. Vince knew he was gonna call Brian, and knew it was only because Mia had asked him to. He felt nervous at the thought of meeting Brian again. He wanted to hate him because he had Mia's heart, and coz he was a cop. But on the other hand, Brian had saved his life, and hadn't turned any of them in. He decided to focus on Mia right now, and deal with Brian when he was standing in front of him.
Dom left the hospital and headed for Letty's car. She had left it for him to drive home, and had went home in Leon's car with him. Once he was in the car, he scrolled through Mia's phonebook in her cell, and found Brian's number. Before pressing 'Call' he looked at the number for a minute. He didn't believe he was gonna ask to Brian to come down here, but then it wasn't for him, it was for Mia. He pressed 'Call' and put the phone to his ear.
Brian, Hector, Edwin, and the other guys were sittin' in Brian's apartment.
"So..your gonna fit the gauges and meters, then your good to roll" asked Carl, one of Hector's guys. "Yeah, it's finished. And it only took us 5 weeks. Amazing!!" he stated for the group. They all laughed and continued to drink their Corona's. Brian had put the bottle to his mouth when his phone started to ring. He took it out of his pocket and walked into the bedroom so he could hear above the music and guys talking. As he looked at the phone, he noticed Mia's number flashing. She must want that information quick. "Yeah?" he answered in his deep voice. There was a pause on the other end and he realised that it wasn't Mia calling. She would have spoken by now. "Who is this?" he demanded to know. "Its Dom" an even deeper voice replied on the other end. Brian's face went chalk white out of shock. "Dom...jeeez." he didn't know what to say. "Eeerrmm, how you doin man?" "I don't wanna talk. I got something to tell ya!" he cut him off before he could continue. "Sure. What's up?" he asked, catching onto the fact that Dom wasn't that pleased to be talking to him. "It's Mia. You'd better get down here quick. Were at the Baja Hospital. The Intensive Care Floor". Brian didn't know what to say. The news that Mia was in hospital cut him to the core. "What happened? Is she OK?" he managed to get out between heavy breathing. "I'll tell ya later. Just get down here quick." Dom demanded. "OK. I'll be there in a couple of days." Dom ended the call. Brian stood for a few minutes, taking it all in. Suddenly he dug the phone into his pocket and headed back to the other guys. "I gotta go" he told them. He picked his keys up off the counter. Brian looked at the other 5 or 6 guys. "Can you guys go put the other parts in my car!" he tossed them the keys and the guys quickly filed out of the apartment. Brian turned to Hector and Edwin. "That was Dom" he explained. "He told me that Mia's in hospital and to get down there quick." He looked at them for their reaction. "Did he say what happened?" Edwin was just as keen to find out what happened. "Nah, only that I've to get down to the hospital. I'm leavin' now." He told them. "Sure man. Get going!" Hector encouraged. Brian, Hector, and Edwin made their way down to the garage, and met the other guys. "Parts are in the trunk mate!" they said as they tossed the keys back. "Thanks guys". He opened the door and sat in the car, not believing what he was about to do. "I hope Mia's OK" he said aloud as the engine roared to life. "Tell us about it" Carl pitched in. He looked around at the guys who gave him so much help. "Thanks again for your help. All of you" he said. "Forget it. Just bring Toretto back here with you. You both got races to win man", Hector said. Then he shut the door on Brian, and the green Mitsubishi Eclipse pulled out of the parking lot.
