I WILL BE GOING INTO SOME OF THE OTHER MOVIES AS WELL. WE CANT JUST LEAVE DOM AND ELI ON BAD TERMS.
After dropping off Ally and Akin, I drove back home. I planned on waiting until Johnny got back so that way he wouldn't worry about me. That and I really wanted to see him. So while I waited, I decided to make some dinner and do a few things around the house. Just as dinner was done Johnny walked in, the moment I saw him my smile dropped.
"Johnny! What happened to you?" Dropping everything I ran over to him. His face was bruised and shoulder was bandaged. "Johnny?"
He just shook his head, pulling me into a tight hug. "I'm fine. A deal went bad and things got out of control."
Wrapping my arms around his neck I held onto him. "Is everyone okay?" He nodded. "What else hurts?"
With a small groan he walked us to the coach, whimpering as he took a seat. "I'm just bruised babe. Don't worry."
Normally I would let it go, but not this time. "No, take off your shirt." Johnny raised an eyebrow. "Now john." With a defeated huff he did as told. I held back a gasp at what I saw. "Oh god." His abdomen was completely bruised up, his chest had what looked like a boot marked on it. looking at his shoulder I removed the bandaged that was just placed over it. I clenched my jaw at the fact that it wasn't even cleaned or stitched up. "Who did this."
Johnny wiped my tears away. "I'm fine. You don't need to worry about this."
"The hell I don't! Here I am thinking all is good, going shopping and having the time of my life. All while my boyfriend is getting his ass kicked!" John flinched. "Johnny I don't care what you do or don't do for a living, but this…" I pointed at his chest. "This I care about. When It's about you physical and mentally I will care about it."
Johnny just sat there with a painful smile. "One of the many reasons I love you."
Rolling my eyes, I grabbed my phone. "I love you too jackass. Now what sucks is I don't know how to stitch you up, so I will have to call Mia."
"Hey…can you come over...Johnny is injured and I can really use your help…Thank you." Looking back at him, I smiled at seeing him asleep. How he could sleep while in pain was beyond me. So in the meantime I took it upon myself to clean out his wound.
Mia arrived about twenty minutes after the call, what surprised me was that Dom and Letty were with her.
"So what's the big emergency?" Mia asked.
Leading the into the living room, I pointed to the sleeping man. "His chest and stomach are all bruised up, he also has a wound on his right shoulder. I cleaned it out, but it needs to be stitched up."
Mia removed the towel, cringing at the sight before her. Feeling around the wound she frowned. "Eli wake him up while I get the things ready."
Walking up behind him I gently ran my hand thru his hair. "Johnny?...love wake up." He stirred a bit, but that was all. "Johnny wake up, Mia is here." Slowly his eyes open, looking up he locked with mine. "Hey sleepy beauty."
"Whose here?" He yawned.
"Mia remember? She's going to stitch you up." Kissing the top of his head, I turned to see my brother and Letty staring at him. "We have two other guests."
Glancing behind me, Johnny's body went stiff. "Toretto."
"Tran." Dom greeted.
Mia walked back in with a bowl of water and towels. "Now what I am going to do with hurt, a lot." She turned to me. "I need you to keep him calm."
"You are just going to stitch him up Mia." I reminded.
Mia nodded. "Yes, right after I pull out the piece of knife they left in him."
"What?" I yelped. How the hell did they break it off? Johnny groaned, with an eye roll.
Mia pulled out a scalpel- as to why she has one, I have no clue- she kneeled beside him on the coach. "Now hold still."
Johnny was not one to show fear or pain, but I could sense it waving off him. His hand had a death grip on mine, which only got worse as Mia cut his skin. Johnny held back any noise from flying out, but the one or two whimpers slipped out.
Once Mia made the incision big enough, she grabbed some pillars and dug them into his skin. I turned my head away, hiding my face in Johnny's hair. Johnny on the other hand was not able to hold back the pain anymore, as he let out a cry.
"It's alright, I got you." I whispered into his ear. I was amazed at the size of the knife. Johnny sagged in relief against me. it didn't take Mia long to clean and stitch him up. "Thank you Mia." I whispered. As of now I was the one being held. Johnny had pulled me into his lap and buried his face in the crock of my neck. I knew how much he hated being seen as weak and powerless. Mia just nodded, giving Johnny's arm a squeeze she left me and him alone.
"I'm sorry you had to see all of that." Johnny said after a few minutes of silence.
I sighed. "Don't be, it's not the first time I see Mia stitch someone I love up."
Pulling back, he jerked him head towards the door. "Go talk to them." seeing my hesitation he pulled me in for a kiss. "I'll be fine."
Giving him one more kiss I walked towards the door, with one last glance at my now sleeping lover. I closed the door, meeting the trio in the kitchen as they waited for me. "Thank you Mia, I owe you."
"No you don't, I'm just happy you called me and not someone else." Mia smiled.
I turned my attention back to Dom. "I was going to go and see you, but with all this."
"It's fine. We can talk here if you don't mind." Dom offered. Taking a seat, I gave him a nod. "First off how have you been?"
"I've been good, happy. Johnny is great, but I would be lying if I said I didn't miss you."
"Eli, look I'm sorry. The way I reacted was not my best performance, but you need to understand that is was a shock for me." Dom began. "Tran and I don't have the best record with each other. When you confirmed your relationship, the first thing that came to mind was his revenge. To be honest I still believe that."
I rolled my eyes. "Well he's not. Johnny is not the cold hearted man you all think he is. Not once has he harmed me, nor has he made me unhappy."
"I don't want to talk about that." Dom growled. Why must it be so hard for him to see that my happiness was with Johnny? "I still haven't accepted this and I don't think I ever will, but you are my sister and I love you."
With a heavy sigh I leaned back against my chair. "Than what did you want to talk about?"
"You coming back home. We miss you, we all do." Letty was to one to answer.
I shook my head. "I won't, I can't. This is my home now. I love living here and I want to build my family here, but if you don't mind I would love to visit once in a while." I noticed the look of betrayal flash thru Dom's eyes. "You are my family for that I have never deny it nor will I ever, but It is time I start looking to build mine."
Dom stood up quickly. "Alright. We must get going." Without even a good bye, Dom walked out of my house and even without knowing yet that would see him only once more for years to come. Letty and Mia each gave me hug promising each other on going shopping this weekend.
Once I watched them leave I sat on the couch going over everything that has happened in my life. From meeting Johnny, falling in love, my brother hating me. damn I was a wreck. I really need to straighten all of this out, but at the moment my focus was needed on my man.
Walking into the room I smiled. He looked so relaxed and peaceful in his sleep, what did I ever do to deserve him? Changing into a tank top and shorts I climbed into bed, only to be pulled into his side with in seconds. Between the sound of his even breaths and thumping heart, sleep came by quickly.
The next day all went well, Johnny was up and moving around. Even though I was on his ass about getting bed rest. Somehow and don't ask how, but he gave me a kiss and bolted out the door. Something about having something to take care of. Oh he was going to hear me when he gets back.
It was about six pm when a car pulled up, thinking it was Tran I thought nothing of it until the banging on the door began. I was surprised to see Mia on the other side, she was a complete mess.
"Mia what's wrong?" Pulling her into the house, I sat her on the couch. "Mia?"
"Dom is gone." Was what she whispered.
I was confused. "What do you mean gone? Mia what happened?"
"Yesterday after we left form here, Dom and the rest of us went to the race wars. All was going good, until Dom and the rest if the crew went for another job." She didn't need to tell me what that job was, I knew and never really cared much for it. "I told him not to go, I knew something was going to happened. Dom had been getting to much heat from all around." Mia whimpered, holding by a cry. "After the guys left, Brian approached me and started asking a bunch of questions. When I didn't tell him, he told me he was a cop! Can you believe that!"
I slowly nodded. "I knew."
"You knew! You knew and didn't tell us!?" Mia growled.
I raised my hand in surrender. "And how the fuck did you want me to tell you! I found out the day he took his friends and arrested Johnny." Mia flinched. "Look what else happened? You said Dom was gone? Gone where?"
"Brian and I drove off towards the direction Dom did. When we got there it was a mess, Dom was racing after the trailer. Leon and Letty were stopped in the road. Vince was being dragged by the trailer, his arm caught a wire all while the driver was shooting at him. He was shot on the side."
I began freaking out. "Is Vince alright? Please he isn't…"
"No! Vince is okay, thanks to Brian." Mia whispered.
"How?" Well he wasn't so much of a bad guy if he saved Vince.
Mia smiled softly. "He called a helicopter, using his statues as cop in front of Dom." I knew my eyes were wide. "Dom was mad, but instead we left him. When we got home I didn't know what was wrong with dom. He was pissed off and pacing like an animal. He knew that they were going to come after him and I knew it as well, but before he could make a run for it Brian showed up. So did Tran."
Now that caught me off guard. "What?"
"Relax he just wanted to talk with Jessie about keeping his car, but at the moment some guys showed up shooting everything in sight. Jessie went down with a bullet in the leg, but is alright. Between Dom, Brian and Tran they went after the shooters." Mia's face became sadden once more. "Tran came back, but Dom and Brian didn't. Tran said Brian had given Dom his car and then was taken by the feds."
Then it came to me. "So he just left? Just like that not caring what happens to you or Letty?"
Mia shook her head. "That's why he left Eli. As long as he is near, the feds will not leave us alone."
Just then Johnny walked in, he was covered in dirt and with a new bruise on his jaw. Jumping up I tackled him into a hug. "I'm fine. Mia."
"Hey." Mia greeted.
Johnny jerked his head towards the door. "O'Connor is outside, wants to talk with you."
I stiffed at the mention of the guy that has brought much of the pain my sister and I are feeling at the moment. "I want him gone Johnny. Now!" Johnny raised a brow at me. "Because of him all of this is happening. Get rid of him."
Johnny glanced at Mia. "So is that a no?"
"It's a no." She responded. Her voice held nothing, but hurt.
Giving her a nod and me a hug he waked back out. I took Mia into a tight hug, it was all I could do for the both of us. Vince was in the hospital, so was Jessie and Letty. Leon was with them. after they get out I didn't know what was going to happen. I reality it was Dom that kept us all together, without him the family was sure to split up. Today I learned the real value of family, they were something you couldn't take for granted. From now on I would do everything to keep Mia and Johnny by my side. I was not going to lose anyone else.
