Gabriella stepped out of the car as the sun hit her in the face. She smiled as Jesse and Vince walked over to her.

"You guys go up in the stand, I will up there in a bit." Dom told them.

"Good luck!" She wrapped her arms around her dad.

"You will be on my mind the whole time." He whispered to her.

"You better share that money with me." She replied poking him in the chest.

"Hm, we will see." He kissed her on top of the head before moving over to Mia. He kissed her and whispered in her ear causing her to smile before releasing her.

"Kick his ass uncle Tony." Vince replied before patting the man on the back.

"Yes sir." Tony saluted him.

"Okay, go up and get a seat." Dom told everyone. Gabriella gave her father one last hug and kiss before moving beside Jesse and following Vince towards the stand.

"Where are you going?" Gabriella asked as she noticed Mia was walking away.

"I've seen this hundreds of times, I am going to go to the food stand. You want anything?" Mia replied. Gabriella shook her head as she looked up at Vince. They walked up to the stands and took their seats.

"You think he is going to win this?" Gabriella asked.

"Oh he has it. Lender is dirty though, so it's going to be tough." Vince replied. "Let's have a little faith please."

"Oh I have faith." Gabriella smiled. She took a deep breath as she looked around at all the faces. There had to be over a hundred people there. She wondered who they were pulling for. She looked ahead as Dom moved the car into position before climbing out. She knew he was giving their father a pep talk, he looked so serious. Gabriella giggled as she looked over at Jesse.

"Don't be nervous, you are making me nervous." He replied.

"I'm not nervous."

"Then why are you shaking your leg." She looked down at her leg and stopped it with her hand. "Okay, maybe a little nervous. I have never been to one of these things."

"They are going to go around the track ten times, it's not like normal racing though. They both have NOs in their tanks. So at anytime they are allowed to use it. Your dad has never used his, that's how good he is."

Gabriella smiled. "He's got this Elle, just calm down."

"Welcome to Turners race track. It's a good day for a race. Today we have Tony Toretto and Kenny Lender racing, this is how it goes. They have ten laps; the first to cross the line with the checkered flag will win. The prize….ten thousand dollars." The crowd went crazy as the speaker announced over the loud system. She could hear the engines revving down at the starting line. Dom appeared beside her with a smile on his face.

"Come on daddy! Whooo!" Gabrielle yelled with her hands covering mouth.

"Racers are you ready?" Engines revved. "GO!" The cars were off. Gabriella grabbed a hold of Dom's arm as Tony was the first to lead.

"So next week, driving test?" Dom asked. "We will practice tonight and tomorrow, you will be good to go on Tuesday."

Gabriella looked up at him and smiled. "Yes." She whispered. She looked back to the track. Her father was still in the lead but Lender was closing in on him. "How fast is he going?"

"Probably one forty, they slow down around the turns. The Charger is a beast though…"

"Are you racing?"

There was silence. She went to say something but the race caught her attention. "Looks like Lender is closing in on Toretto….ohhh!" The front end of Lenders car bumped into Tony's tail end. Gabriella's eyes widened as she saw the Charger begin to spin out of control.

"DADDY!" She screamed. The car hit the wall. Dom was the first out of his seat with the rest of the family behind him. Gabriella jerked her arm away from Vince as he tried to stop her. Just as her feet him the track the car blew up. It was engulfed in flames within minutes. "DADDY!" She screamed. She could hear more screaming behind her, she hadn't realized that she passed Dom who was now running after her. She was almost to the car when she felt arms wrap around her waist turning her body towards them and hiding her face. Tears were flowing down her face as she just stayed in that position. She wasn't fighting she wasn't doing anything. She could feel her body being carried away from the car as she stared straight ahead. The screaming was still happening, but it became distant as they continued to move away. Someone was soothing the back of her head as she felt herself being sat down in a seat.

"Ella…" the voice was distant. She wasn't there.

"What happened?" Mia screamed running over to the car. "Ella?"

"Get them out of here." Dom demanded. Gabriella felt the car move as she stared out the front of the window, the racetrack becoming a blur. She slowly closed her eyes leaning her head back.

"Ella…" The voice came again but she didn't move. She opened her eyes seeing they were at her house, but she didn't move from her spot in the car. She heard doors slam and open, but she didn't move a muscle. She felt her body being lifted out of the car.

"Is she okay?" It was Jesse.

"Jess, get the door." Vince was there. "Mia, you behind me girl?" Gabriella closed her eyes as the tears streamed down her face. She squeezed them shut trying to block out the memory. "Gabby, open your eyes baby. I need you to look at me." Vince had her face between his hands as she slowly opened her eyes and looked up at him.

"Where's my dad?" Her voice was whisper. He sat down next to her bringing her into his lap.

"He got out, I know he did. He got out of the car." Mia was pacing back and forth.

"Mia…" Vince started.

"No!" She yelled. "He got out. Ya'll just didn't see it because you were running."

"Mia sit down." Vince demanded. Gabriella's body began to shake as she felt a blanket being laid over her. She squeezed tight to Vince as if he was the only thing she had left to hold onto in this world. She never closed her eyes, she just laid there staring as everyone around her slowly disappeared.

The day turned into night as Gabriella and Vince stayed on the couch. She never moved until the door opened. It wasn't a happy entrance, not an entrance that made you stand up and smile. It was an entrance that the whole family was dreading. Dom shuffled in, he looked exhausted. His face was stained and red, his hands were by his side as he slowly walked into the living room where everyone was sitting. Mia was the first to jump up.

"Um…" He sighed as he rubbed his hand over the top of his head. "I don't...he was just…" He stopped and looked down at his baby sister who was still in Vince's arms.

"Dom sit down and take a deep breath." Mia told him grabbing his arms moving him over to the couch. He put his face his hands. "Dom…" Mia whispered.

"He's gone." A sob escaped his mouth as he wiped his face with his hands. "He didn't make it." He revealed his face to his family, shaking his head. "There was nothing I could do."

Mia's leg gave out on her as she fell down to the floor. Tears streamed down Dom's face as he looked over at Gabriella who hadn't moved.

"Are you sure?" Mia whispered. "He could have gotten out Dom, are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure." Dom replied. "Elle…"

"I want to see him." Mia jumped to her feet. "I want to see him right now."

"Mia…" Dom sighed. "You can't see him, they aren't letting anyone see him."

"Why not? He is my father, I have every right to see him."

"Mia, please." He begged. "Elle?"

"She hasn't spoken or moved since we got here." Vince responded.

"Gabriella, I need you to look at me." Dom moved over to her kneeling down in front of her face. The door swung open to Letty running into the room.

"What happened?" She yelled trying to catch her breath. Mia was the first in the girl's arms. Letty wrapped her arms around her and stared down at Dom who was moving a piece of Gabriella's hair out of her face. "Mia, what is going on?"

"He's gone." She sobbed. "He was just there and now he's not."

Gabriella shoved Dom's hand out of the way and leaned up from Vince. She wiped her face with her hand before standing up and walking towards the door.

"Gabriella?" Dom moved but Vince stopped him. She didn't turn back she just continued to walk out the door and down the street. Her father's garage was only ten minutes down the road, so she decided to walk there. She had a blank stare on her face as she tried to control her breathing. Her heart was becoming heavy as she finally made it to the driveway of the garage. She leaned over catching her breath before moving to the door. She looked around making sure no one was around before lifting up the pot pulling the key out from underneath. She unlocked the door and walked, letting the familiar smell hit her in the face. She wiped her face of the tears that had fallen down. Everything was the way they had left it the night before. She closed her eyes then opened them again, picturing everyone there. Her father working on a car, Mia and her in the office working on paper work. Letty messing around with Dom, Jesse trying his best to detail as much as he could with an old computer. Vince sitting on the couch eating. They were all there, together, as a family. Her family was now broken. A feeling of anger overtook her as she picked up the wrench her hand was on and throwing it across the room. She stormed over to the toolbox pushing it over causing everything to fall out onto the floor. She screamed as she shoved everything off the table in front of her. Sobs escaped her mouth as felt arms wrap around her body.

"Stop it Ella, stop it." Dom whispered in her ear bringing her down to the floor. Sobs of a child who just lost her father left her mouth. She couldn't breathe as her chest was jumping up and down. The shear pain was shooting through her entire body as Dom tightened his grip on her. "He's gone baby, he's gone."

"Noo!" She screamed. "DADDY!" Her body shook against his as she tried fighting to get away. She dug her nails in his arm bringing blood to the surface. She threw her head back against his chest but he remained still, he remained holding on to her tightly not once releasing not even just a little bit. "He was screaming Dom, he was screaming so loud." She sobbed bowing her head.

"He wasn't screaming baby…"

"I can't do this—I don't know how." She covered her face with hands as the tears flowed freely down her face.

"Gabriella I need you to look at me, I need you to understand something. I am right here okay, we are all here together. We are going to get through this together, as a family."

"Dom…" She cried. "He was my best friend.

He kissed her softly on the side of the head. "He was mine too, he was mine too."

"How do people do it Dom? How do they get through this?" Dom's arm was around the girls shoulders as they slowly made their way back home.

"I don't think they do, I just think with time it just becomes easier."

"What are we going to do?"

He shook his head. "I don't know Gab, I guess just take it one day at a time."

"He wasn't screaming was he?" She stopped and looked up at him.

"No…he wasn't." He had so much sorrow in his eyes. "I thought I heard it too. it was us Gab, it was us who was screaming. The wall….it killed him instantly. He didn't feel anything."

"You promise?" She whispered. Her lips parted as she tried to control the tears but they escaped against her will.

"I promise." He brought her into his arms hugging her tightly. "We are going to close down the garage for a little bit Gab, I think it would be best for all us. Too many emotions are running high right now…and you kind of destroyed the place."

She let out a laugh but quickly covered her mouth. "You listen to me, okay. You listening?" She nodded her head at him. "It is okay to smile, to laugh, to do things as normal but that is life Gabriella and our father would have wanted us to live our lives to the fullest, to keep his memory alive, and to never, never give up. No matter how hard it gets, you live for him. Do you hear me?"

She nodded her head at him again. "Its hard right now…

"Dom, its okay to feel sad too." She whispered to him. He bowed his head quickly turning away from her. He had his hand up to his face, she knew he was crying. He never let anyone see him upset. "You don't have to be tough all the time Dom, its okay to let go."

He turned around jerking her towards him and wrapping his arms around her body. She felt her shirt instantly become soaked from his tears. She felt his body tremble as she was the one to hold him now. She closed her eyes and imagined just for that moment, everything was going to be okay.

AN: Super sad chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed it! Let me know! REVIEW!