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HOW COULD YOU?
He'd come down to the beach to check on Mia. She'd been looking so sad, so lost these past few days. Ever since everything happened really but especially since Dom got back. He could understand, he'd looked the same way ever since he'd found out about Jesse. But of all the things to see when he came down onto the beach, her crying or running or something, he had not expected to see her body, face down in the water. Making no movement at all.
"Oh God! Dom!! Get your ass down here!"
Leon hoped that his voice carried far enough. Deciding not to wait, he ran down and along the sand. His mind raced. He could tell that she hadn't intentionally gone in for a swim since she was still in her dress. She was too far out just to be cooling her feet off. She'd gone in for a purpose. And that purpose it seemed, to his growing horror, was to end her own life in one crashing moment
He reached her body and hauled her to shore as quickly as possible. He could hear footsteps and two voices yelling as he did. Dom had heard his calls it seemed. He carefully laid her down on the sand just as Dom skidded to a spurting stop beside them
"What happened? Leon what happened?" his voice was rough and frantic
"I found her in the water face down bro" Leon said quietly "she tried to do something stupid"
Dom looked at him in incomprehensible anger then looked down at his silent sister. She was wearing her dress completely wet through. She wasn't dressed for swimming. He was forming some sort of reply when Letty appeared beside them gasping for air and full of sisterly concern
"You two lugs gonna sit here and watch her?"
She elbowed her way through and began CPR. Dom's eyebrows shot up in surprise. He had no idea that Letty could do that, most have been something in her distant past she'd learned. He watched concerned as she muttered numbers under her breath before breathing into Mia's mouth. Suddenly Mia coughed, choked and then leaned over onto her side, spitting out water. Letty let out a deep breath, smiling brilliantly as Mia gasped in air.
Mia could see colours; wildly brilliant blue, soft yellow and shapes she couldn't distinguish. Quickly she blinked several times and shook her head then looked again. The sea, the sand and Dom looking at her, millions of emotions captured in his vast black eyes. Then she realised one horrifying fact. She was still alive.
"Why did you pull me out?" her voice was tired, defeated even
"Why did we putt you out?! Because you were going to die Mia! That's why we pulled you out!" Dom exploded "do you have any idea how dangerous it is to go that far out..."
"I wanted to die!" Mia screamed at him, pushing herself up into a sitting position so that she could look him, her eyes burning with blackened fire "I wanted to get go into that peaceful darkness I was feeling, I wanted to get away ok? So next time don't pull me out"
Dom reeled back like he'd been slapped. His sister had wanted to kill herself. What was so bad in her life that she needed to kill herself?
Mia looked at them all through fiery accusing eyes. How could they pull her out when it was clear she wanted to stay in? Shakily she got to her feet, fighting off help from Leon. Letty remained quiet for once, watching Mia carefully as she struggled to stand.
"I was the one who pulled you out Mia" Leon said quietly "and Letty kept you alive, not Dom, so don't blame him"
Mia regarded him for a few seconds before speaking
"Why?" it was a breathless question "I went out there for a reason, why couldn't you leave me there?"
"I couldn't let you die Mia" Leon said firmly, looking her straight in the eyes "I couldn't let another member of the team go, even if you wanted to"
In his mind, he saw Jesse as he was when he was alive. Programming his computer to help him out with the cars. The way he'd sit for hours in front of the screen, his cigarette burning as he worked regardless of time. Dom calling him for food
"Get your ass outside Mad Scientist before I wreck your machine!"
The way he groped for words but couldn't find them. Then he saw the way Dom described his death, bullets punching him in the chest. Jesse was gone and would never come back
"I did it for Jesse Mia and nothing in my mind is going to stop me from doing that again ok?"
Leon walked off, feeling his temper rising. He didn't like losing his temper; he knew it got ugly so walking away was all he could do. Let Dom deal with her, he didn't understand her as well as he thought he did. Why would she kill herself? Because of Brian? He wasn't worth the effort; she'd never see him again. He'd never know what lengths she'd gone to for him.
"I ain't apologising for putting air back into your lungs either" Letty declared "its my duty as a person to stop you from dying, it ain't right to leave you to drown no matter what you think so deal with it girl"
"But I saw you!" shouted Mia, her feelings welling up "I saw you watching and waiting for Dom to come back, I saw how you felt in your eyes, if you thought you'd never see him again then I know you'd have done what I did, you'd have tried to end it all because you couldn't live without him so don't preach to me Letty!"
Letty looked at her for a few seconds before clamping her teeth together and nodding
"I am so sorry you feel that way girl but drowning yourself is not the answer, you're gonna have to square that with yourself one day"
She turned and walked after Leon. She needed to strip down and fix up a car. That would make her feel a whole hell of a lot better. She couldn't tell with all this shit. Mia tried to drown herself? Life was supposed to be better in Mexico. Mind you, Vince and Jesse were supposed to be with them too.
Dom regarded his sister slowly. She stood defiant; her dress plastered to her skin and her hair a long black mass down her back. Her eyes were full of this desolation he never knew existed inside of her. She was crying out for something, or should that be someone.
"He might never come back Mia"
She looked at him incredulously
"I know Dom, I really do, that's why I took a walk today"
"What? To kill yourself?"
"To try and let him go" she corrected, beginning to shiver "but I couldn't and I can't and I'm going to be hard to be around for a long time ok? You and Letty can be happy but I'm not gonna be until I find him or time has passed long enough for me to completely forget Brian Spilner" she gave a short laugh "probably wasn't even his real name"
"O'Connor" Dom said quietly "his name was Brian O'Connor"
He could remember that phone call so clearly that it felt almost painful. Brian's frantic voice as he tried saving Vince's life and calling for help.
"This is Officer O'Connor..."
Mia nodded suddenly, remembering as well. She bit her lip, more tears filling her eyes.
"So next time you find me, leave me the way I am"
"I promised Mom..."
"Screw what you promised Dom! This is my life now, not one you can control!" she looked furious again "I am going to see this out my way, not your's"
Then she turned and walked back up the beach. Her sandals were lost to the waves and her brother stood there, cursing the day Brian first walked in asking for a sandwich.
*
"Any idea where we're going cop?"
"None at all Vince since you're directing me"
Vince snorted and bit into the greasy burger. They'd driven a long time for a day and were parked in a small layby, eating some cheap shit from a van back a few miles. Brian was sat looking out the window at the sprawling dusty landscape. His thoughts shifting from Dom to Mia. He wanted to see them both. He wanted to repair what he'd had with Dom and continue what he had with Mia. He hadn't touched his burger
"Want me to eat that for you?"
He blinked and turned to Vince who was looking at the food in Brian's hand. Brian smiled slightly; some things really never did change
"No, I think I can handle it" he replied, biting into it
After polishing off the food, he turned to Vince suddenly
"So where in Mexico are the team hiding?"
"Ha! I'm not telling you, I'm just taking you there"
"Did you guys have this planned out years in advance?" Brian pressed
"Something like that, Dom wanted somewhere hot for him and Letty to be together and the team could find new streets to own so we agreed on Mexico and found the perfect place" Vince grinned as he thought about it "great streets to race through, beaches real close by"
"Could be anywhere in Mexico"
"That's the idea and why I'm not telling you"
Brian laughed. There was never going to be much trust or friendship between them but at least he could laugh about it. He started the car up again, wondering how far away he was from Mia and if she ever thought about him at all. Was it with love or hate? Did Dom tell her what had happened with his car or did Mia hate him now? He couldn't wait to find out
HOW COULD YOU?
He'd come down to the beach to check on Mia. She'd been looking so sad, so lost these past few days. Ever since everything happened really but especially since Dom got back. He could understand, he'd looked the same way ever since he'd found out about Jesse. But of all the things to see when he came down onto the beach, her crying or running or something, he had not expected to see her body, face down in the water. Making no movement at all.
"Oh God! Dom!! Get your ass down here!"
Leon hoped that his voice carried far enough. Deciding not to wait, he ran down and along the sand. His mind raced. He could tell that she hadn't intentionally gone in for a swim since she was still in her dress. She was too far out just to be cooling her feet off. She'd gone in for a purpose. And that purpose it seemed, to his growing horror, was to end her own life in one crashing moment
He reached her body and hauled her to shore as quickly as possible. He could hear footsteps and two voices yelling as he did. Dom had heard his calls it seemed. He carefully laid her down on the sand just as Dom skidded to a spurting stop beside them
"What happened? Leon what happened?" his voice was rough and frantic
"I found her in the water face down bro" Leon said quietly "she tried to do something stupid"
Dom looked at him in incomprehensible anger then looked down at his silent sister. She was wearing her dress completely wet through. She wasn't dressed for swimming. He was forming some sort of reply when Letty appeared beside them gasping for air and full of sisterly concern
"You two lugs gonna sit here and watch her?"
She elbowed her way through and began CPR. Dom's eyebrows shot up in surprise. He had no idea that Letty could do that, most have been something in her distant past she'd learned. He watched concerned as she muttered numbers under her breath before breathing into Mia's mouth. Suddenly Mia coughed, choked and then leaned over onto her side, spitting out water. Letty let out a deep breath, smiling brilliantly as Mia gasped in air.
Mia could see colours; wildly brilliant blue, soft yellow and shapes she couldn't distinguish. Quickly she blinked several times and shook her head then looked again. The sea, the sand and Dom looking at her, millions of emotions captured in his vast black eyes. Then she realised one horrifying fact. She was still alive.
"Why did you pull me out?" her voice was tired, defeated even
"Why did we putt you out?! Because you were going to die Mia! That's why we pulled you out!" Dom exploded "do you have any idea how dangerous it is to go that far out..."
"I wanted to die!" Mia screamed at him, pushing herself up into a sitting position so that she could look him, her eyes burning with blackened fire "I wanted to get go into that peaceful darkness I was feeling, I wanted to get away ok? So next time don't pull me out"
Dom reeled back like he'd been slapped. His sister had wanted to kill herself. What was so bad in her life that she needed to kill herself?
Mia looked at them all through fiery accusing eyes. How could they pull her out when it was clear she wanted to stay in? Shakily she got to her feet, fighting off help from Leon. Letty remained quiet for once, watching Mia carefully as she struggled to stand.
"I was the one who pulled you out Mia" Leon said quietly "and Letty kept you alive, not Dom, so don't blame him"
Mia regarded him for a few seconds before speaking
"Why?" it was a breathless question "I went out there for a reason, why couldn't you leave me there?"
"I couldn't let you die Mia" Leon said firmly, looking her straight in the eyes "I couldn't let another member of the team go, even if you wanted to"
In his mind, he saw Jesse as he was when he was alive. Programming his computer to help him out with the cars. The way he'd sit for hours in front of the screen, his cigarette burning as he worked regardless of time. Dom calling him for food
"Get your ass outside Mad Scientist before I wreck your machine!"
The way he groped for words but couldn't find them. Then he saw the way Dom described his death, bullets punching him in the chest. Jesse was gone and would never come back
"I did it for Jesse Mia and nothing in my mind is going to stop me from doing that again ok?"
Leon walked off, feeling his temper rising. He didn't like losing his temper; he knew it got ugly so walking away was all he could do. Let Dom deal with her, he didn't understand her as well as he thought he did. Why would she kill herself? Because of Brian? He wasn't worth the effort; she'd never see him again. He'd never know what lengths she'd gone to for him.
"I ain't apologising for putting air back into your lungs either" Letty declared "its my duty as a person to stop you from dying, it ain't right to leave you to drown no matter what you think so deal with it girl"
"But I saw you!" shouted Mia, her feelings welling up "I saw you watching and waiting for Dom to come back, I saw how you felt in your eyes, if you thought you'd never see him again then I know you'd have done what I did, you'd have tried to end it all because you couldn't live without him so don't preach to me Letty!"
Letty looked at her for a few seconds before clamping her teeth together and nodding
"I am so sorry you feel that way girl but drowning yourself is not the answer, you're gonna have to square that with yourself one day"
She turned and walked after Leon. She needed to strip down and fix up a car. That would make her feel a whole hell of a lot better. She couldn't tell with all this shit. Mia tried to drown herself? Life was supposed to be better in Mexico. Mind you, Vince and Jesse were supposed to be with them too.
Dom regarded his sister slowly. She stood defiant; her dress plastered to her skin and her hair a long black mass down her back. Her eyes were full of this desolation he never knew existed inside of her. She was crying out for something, or should that be someone.
"He might never come back Mia"
She looked at him incredulously
"I know Dom, I really do, that's why I took a walk today"
"What? To kill yourself?"
"To try and let him go" she corrected, beginning to shiver "but I couldn't and I can't and I'm going to be hard to be around for a long time ok? You and Letty can be happy but I'm not gonna be until I find him or time has passed long enough for me to completely forget Brian Spilner" she gave a short laugh "probably wasn't even his real name"
"O'Connor" Dom said quietly "his name was Brian O'Connor"
He could remember that phone call so clearly that it felt almost painful. Brian's frantic voice as he tried saving Vince's life and calling for help.
"This is Officer O'Connor..."
Mia nodded suddenly, remembering as well. She bit her lip, more tears filling her eyes.
"So next time you find me, leave me the way I am"
"I promised Mom..."
"Screw what you promised Dom! This is my life now, not one you can control!" she looked furious again "I am going to see this out my way, not your's"
Then she turned and walked back up the beach. Her sandals were lost to the waves and her brother stood there, cursing the day Brian first walked in asking for a sandwich.
*
"Any idea where we're going cop?"
"None at all Vince since you're directing me"
Vince snorted and bit into the greasy burger. They'd driven a long time for a day and were parked in a small layby, eating some cheap shit from a van back a few miles. Brian was sat looking out the window at the sprawling dusty landscape. His thoughts shifting from Dom to Mia. He wanted to see them both. He wanted to repair what he'd had with Dom and continue what he had with Mia. He hadn't touched his burger
"Want me to eat that for you?"
He blinked and turned to Vince who was looking at the food in Brian's hand. Brian smiled slightly; some things really never did change
"No, I think I can handle it" he replied, biting into it
After polishing off the food, he turned to Vince suddenly
"So where in Mexico are the team hiding?"
"Ha! I'm not telling you, I'm just taking you there"
"Did you guys have this planned out years in advance?" Brian pressed
"Something like that, Dom wanted somewhere hot for him and Letty to be together and the team could find new streets to own so we agreed on Mexico and found the perfect place" Vince grinned as he thought about it "great streets to race through, beaches real close by"
"Could be anywhere in Mexico"
"That's the idea and why I'm not telling you"
Brian laughed. There was never going to be much trust or friendship between them but at least he could laugh about it. He started the car up again, wondering how far away he was from Mia and if she ever thought about him at all. Was it with love or hate? Did Dom tell her what had happened with his car or did Mia hate him now? He couldn't wait to find out