Author: Scorching Reality
Title: Chapter Ten – When Will She Wake Up?
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original characters from The Fast and The Furious. They belong to Universal Studios. I am not receiving anything from writing this story. I wrote this solely so I could have something to do. Otherwise the other characters are MINE.
Summary: Allison has raced all over her life, but when she crashes after a win, she feels like she's lost her purpose in life. This is the story of what happened after the crash.
Pairing: Allison / Dom, Leon / Letty
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Chapter Ten

Dom changed gears and headed down the driveway of Tran's house. He glanced over at the gun that sat in passenger's seat. Dom came to the end and parked his car. The brakes squealed. The front door opened and Tran's father came out.

"Dom what are you doing here? You have no business here," the man said walking up to him.

"Where's Lance?" he asked stepping out of the car. The handgun was in the waistband of his pants.

"He's not here. Why?"

"I owe him a favor," Dom said glancing at the end of the driveway.

Lance's car began to come up it. Dom clenched his jaw muscles and walked towards the oncoming car. Lance parked a few feet from him and got out of the car.

"Well, well, well. What brings you here, Toretto?"

"You know damn well what brings me here. She's in a coma," Dom spat. He stared at Lance.

"I'm afraid I don't," Lance said cockily.

"You beat the shit out of Allison and now she's in a fucking coma. The doctor's don't know when she's gonna wake up. Could be years. All because of you. Refresh you're memory?"

Lance blinked, but kept the death stare with Dom. Dom could see the fear in his eyes.

Dom pulled the gun out from his waistband and pointed it at Lance. Out of the corner of his eye, Dom say Lance's dad run inside.

'Probably to call the cops,' he thought, but he really didn't care.

"You mess with her. You mess with me. And boy did you fuck with me," Dom said turning the safety off and pointing it back at Lance.

He only glanced away when he heard tires squeal. Letty was pulling up the driveway.

'How did she know I was here?' he thought keeping the gun aimed at Lance.

Letty got out of the car and ran up to Dom.

"Dom, put the gun down," she said trying to bring his hand down. Dom tightened his muscles and refused to put his arm down.

"Dom, put the gun down," Letty said a little louder.

"Better listen to your bitch, Toretto," Lance chimed in.

Letty glared at Lance. "Shut the fuck up or I will let him shoot you."

She turned back and faced Dom. "Think of Allison," she whispered.

"What the fuck do you think I'm doing here?" Dom asked raising his eyebrows.

"You're not thinking of her. You're thinking of yourself. What happens when she wakes up and you're in jail for thirty or more years? She probably won't be as patient as I was and wait for you to get out. Do you want that to happen?" Letty asked Dom.

He sighed but tightened his grip on the gun.

"Dom, stop and think before you ruin what you and Allison have. It's too good of a thing to waste. She's going to wake up. Lance will probably go to jail. He'll get what's his. Just not now. Not from you. As bad as this sounds, I think we should do it the legal way. Come on Dom, please," Letty said, once again trying to lower the gun.

This time he let the gun come back to his side. He kept his death stare with Lance. His fear was slowly lowering.

"You will get yours," Dom said before stalking back to his car.

Letty sighed and ran a hand through her hair. She looked at Lance once more before she went to her car. She heard Dom's wheels screech as he pulled down the driveway. Letty got back in her car and started it. She sat there for a second and thought. She just saved Dom's life and his relationship with Allison. She felt a warm feeling inside her heart. She smiled as she back out and headed down the driveway.

'It felt good to help someone,' she thought to herself.

Dom was now back at the hospital sitting at Allison's bedside. Leon walked in and spotted him.

"Hey man. How's it going?" Leon asked sitting down on a couch. Dom shook his head.

"Dom. She will wake up," Leon said sitting forwards resting his arms on his knees.

"I know that. I just wish she would hurry up and wake up. I don't know how long I can go with her like this. I'll go crazy."

Leon looked at Dom and raised an eyebrow.

Dom sighed and gulped. "Allison and I are sort of together. I was over at her house when you called her this morning."

Leon nodded his head slowly. He was happy for Allison, but at the same time sad. He knew what type of person Dom was and didn't know if he would treat Allison the way he did Letty.

"Do you love her?" Leon asked.

Dom nodded slowly. He ran a hand over his head and rested it on his neck.

"You're good for her Dom," Leon said partially lying.

"No, I'm not. You never were good at lying," Dom said with a slight chuckle.

Leon smiled and shook his head.

"So how are you and Letty?" Dom asked.

"Good...wait a minute. You knew?" Leon screeched.

"Yeah. Well no. I guessed that she was with someone. She had just been acting different around me so I knew there was someone else, but I didn't know it was you."

"Oh," Leon whispered, he leaned over and placed his elbows on his knees. He fiddled with his hands for a second or two. "And you're not pissed?" Leon glanced over at Dom, slightly praying that he wasn't.

"Not really. I mean, hell, I took your girlfriend."

"True," Leon replied.

"So, you never answered me. How are you and Letty?"

"Good. She feels really bad. She says that she shouldn't have done this to Allison. I'm sure she felt the same way," he said tilting his head in Allison's direction.

Dom nodded and looked at his friend.

"No hard feelings?" Dom asked.

"No. What's important is that they're happy. I'm sure Allison is," Leon said.

"Leon, she did love you. You two were good together," Dom said trying to make Leon feel a little better.

"But it's my fault," Leon said hanging his head.

"How is it your fault?" Dom asked raising his eyebrows in confusion.

"If I wasn't with Letty that day she would have never turned to Tran. He then wouldn't have..."

He stopped and looked up at Dom.

"Leon, you can't blame yourself. Tran would have gotten to her one way or another," Dom said sitting up in his chair.

Leon nodded and looked up as Letty walked in with Vince and Jesse.

"Can we join?" she asked walking over and sitting by Leon.

"Yeah," Dom said standing up and walking over to Vince.

They slapped hands and said their hellos.

"How is she?" Vince asked in a whisper.

"I'm really not sure. Doctors say that the pain will be gone while she's in her comma, but other than that they really don't know."

Vince nodded and patted him on the back. Leon and Letty were talking to each other. Dom smiled when he saw them. Letty was definitely happy. Dom sat in the chair and Vince pulled a chair up. Jesse stood at the bed looking at Allison.

"Wow, he was pissed," Jesse whispered. He looked deep in thought.

"Yeah, he was," Dom agreed.

Vince turned the volume up a little bit as the news came on.

"This just in. There has been an arrest in the kidnapping, beating, and rape of twenty-one-old Allison Burgess. Twenty-six year old Lance Tran was arrested earlier this hour. Police say that Allison had broken up with him the day before at a street race. He then grew infuriated and kidnapped her at a pizzeria. She was then taken to the downtown area and beaten outside of the Pitch Black warehouse. This is where it is believed to be the scene of her savage beating and rape. Allison is still in the hospital under critical condition. They say that she slipped into a coma about twenty minutes ago. The police are unable to find any close relatives to Ms. Burgess."

The news reporter went on to discuss Allison's past with racing and her parent's death. Vince turned off the TV and faced Dom.

"Well, they got Tran. He'll probably plead not guilty knowing him."

"Yeah. Tran will probably go to trial within the next few months," Leon chimed in.

"I don't know about you, but I plan on going," Letty said resting her hand on Leon's knee.

Dom nodded. "They will probably want to talk to us seeing, as we are the closest thing to family."

They all agreed.

"We are her family," Vince said patting Dom on the back.

Everybody had gone home for the day and Dom was in the cafeteria. But there was one person who chose to stay with Allison. Jesse slowly stepped into the hospital room and watched as Allison took another breath. He made his way towards her, slightly petrified. It wasn't too long ago that he had been in the same position. His fate unknown, hooked up to a gazillion machines just to keep him alive. Jesse took a deep breath and dragged a chair next to the bed. He watched her a little bit before finally speaking.

"Hey Allie. How's it going? I know we never really talked. Hell, I don't think I have said more than two words to you. And I'm sorry 'bout that. I really am. My mom used to tell me that you never really know what you have until it's gone. I used to think it was a load of bull, till now. You're an awesome person. I can see why Dom likes you so much...I know what you must feel like. Scared that the next breath might be your last. I guess no one really ever filled you in on what happened. Truthfully I haven't been able to tell anyone because it hurt. It scares me every time I think about how close..." His voice lowered dramatically. "How close I came to dying that day. If Mia hadn't called the cops when she did, I would be dead. But I guess it's time someone did fill ya in. I know you can't hear me, but I just gotta tell someone..."

Jesse took a deep breath and pick at the chipping black finger nail polish on his nails.

"It started a couple of years..."

Dom was walking down the hall back to Allison's room. He had just gotten him some dinner, and planned to spend the night in her room. He stopped at her door when he heard someone's voice. He peeked in and saw Jesse talking to her. He was telling her about the high-jackings. Dom cringed. He had never heard Jesse talk about it, even to Leon. They took him to a couple of psychiatrists and he still wouldn't say anything.

'Why tell Allison?' he asked himself.

Not that she didn't need to know, just why? Then it hit Dom. Lance, along with Johnny, had almost killed Jesse. He had been hospitalized and they didn't know whether or not he would live. Allison and Jesse now shared a common bond. Dom smiled. He had a feeling that if Allison woke up that she and Jesse would be very close.