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It was moments like these that Vince wished more than anything that he wasn't the head of this family right now. Phone calls like the one he received wasn't something he ever wanted to hear in his life. He was in his room playing on the guitar when his cell phone began to go off. He thought it was nothing at first, but he knew something was wrong the moment he said hello. Now he was standing at Mia's door not wanting to enter it. Not wanting to knock. His heart was beating as his shaky hands reached up tapping hard on the door. "Mia!"
She swung open the door as his face fell. "Vince? What is it?"
"Its Ella…we need to go."
"Is she okay?"
"Mia we have to go now!" He pulled her arm. "Letty!"
"Vince just tell me what happened?" Mia jerked her arm from him. Letty walked out of her room and stood there as Mia glared at him.
"There's been a wreck, Gab was involved. That's all I that I know right now. Leon called and we need to go to the hospital right now."
"What? What kind of wreck?"
"Mia!" Vince yelled. "Please!" He bowed his head.
"It's bad isn't it?" She whispered.
"We need to go." His voice cracked. She nodded her head as she grabbed Letty's hand. They all moved together down the stairs and out the door.
He saw it happen right before his eyes. And there was nothing he could do about it. His feet were running towards the car before he realized he was moving. "Move!" He screamed shoving people out of the way. He threw open the door just as her body fell forward. "Gabby! Gabby!" He yelled slowly lifting her head back to take off the seatbelt. "Come on baby girl, open your eyes! Call 911, someone call a fucking ambulance."
"It's on its way man." Franko replied with the phone to his ear.
"Come on Gabby," he felt her neck. "Oh thank God!"
"Leon, she okay?" Jesse was holding back the crowd.
"She has a pulse."
"Look man, I didn't know. We were just talking today…" Franko started. Leon shot up grabbing him by his shirt.
"You have two seconds to get the hell out of my face…" Leon snarled. "One!"
"Leon!" Jesse yelled. "She's waking up."
The gurney fell down from the ambulance onto the asphalt as Hamilton County Hospital. "What do we have?" A nurse rushed over.
"Seventeen year old street racer, speed was about one hundred, she hit the wall a couple of times. Fractured skull, broken arm, her pelvis is fractured, and I think there might be bleeding in her lungs. We lost her twice on the way over here, but she has a pulse right now. Its weak though."
"Okay, get OR three ready, I need a few nurses with me. Do we have a name?"
"Toretto. Gabriella Toretto."
The nurse stopped. "Antonio Toretto's daughter?"
The paramedic nodded his head. "Okay, let's go!"
"Gabriella, my name is Doctor Houston. I am going to be taking real good care of you. I need you just hang on for me okay, just hang in there."
"Daddy…" Gabriella whispered.
The family arrived at the hospital where they found Leon and Jesse waiting. "Le…" Mia rushed over to him but stopped. Her hands covered her mouth as he saw the blood on his shirt.
"She's alive. Don't freak out, she is alive."
"Is she okay though?" Vince asked.
Leon tilted his head. "I don't think so man."
"What the hell happened?"
"She was racing." Leon told him.
"WHAT?" Vince screamed.
"She has been racing for almost a year now. I just found out last week she promised she would stop…"
"You didn't think this was something to tell me?"
"She promised she was going to stop, I thought she did."
"Where was she?"
"Just off Hudson, I heard about the race and the money tonight so I knew she would try to go that's why I was there. I was too late to stop her though she was already in the line."
"Stupid!" Vince yelled.
"Vince!" Mia yelled. "It doesn't matter whose fault it is, we need to go find her."
"I'm sorry." Leon replied. "I am so sorry man."
Vince nodded his head hitting him on the shoulder. "She is going to be okay, okay? Everyone listen to me, she is going to be okay."
"Toretto?" Doctor Hudson walked into the emergency room waiting area. Mia was the first to shoot up out of the seat.
"She's my sister."
"Come with me please."
"This is my family, can they please come?"
"Just two people please."
Mia nodded her head looking up at Vince. "We will be right back." Vince told everyone before ushering Mia to follow the doctor.
"She is in a serious condition right now, she is stable but she is going to need surgery. She was going about one hundred miles per hour when she hit the wall. We are going to do an MRI on her head, she hit the window a couple of times so we just want to make sure there isn't brain damage or anything like that. You can see her, she is not awake. We need to keep her calmed down right now so we can do the surgery. She has blood in her lungs, one collapsed on us…"
"Is she going to be alright?" Vince asked overwhelmed by all the information being fed to him.
"Her skull is fractured, she has a broken arm, and a broken pelvis. Right now it is touch and go, she is stable right now which is good. We won't know more until twenty four hours have passed."
"Can we stay?" Mia cried.
"Yes, one of you can stay the night with her." The doctor nodded her head. "Her room is right this way." They stopped at the door as Mia grabbed a hold of Vince's hand before they entered into the room. It was dark except for one little light which was around the bed. The monitor hooked up to Gabriella was beeping ever so often. Their eyes fell on the bed where she laid, tubes in her mouth, her eyes closed. Her face had begun to bruise. Vince moved forward as Mia stayed behind him.
"Oh Gabby, what did you do?" He whispered. He bowed his head holding on to her hand giving it a little squeeze.
"She is very lucky to be alive." Doctor Hudson replied. "She can hear you, so just talk to her. She knows you are here. I will let you have some time with her. I will be right outside if you need anything."
Mia nodded her head before walking over to the bed. Tears began streaming down her face.
"She is done, do you hear me? She is done Mia. That car is gone, her license is gone." Vince was trying to be tough but he found it really hard to even breathe right now.
"There is a lot of stuff I think that we don't know about her right now. She has gone through so much and I just think she is trying to find a way to cope with it."
"Gabriella…" Vince sniffed back the tears as he leaned closer towards her face. "You listen to me, you fight this. You do not give up no matter how hard it is. I am not done yelling at you yet, you deserve to be yelled at."
"Vince…" Mia grabbed his arm. He pulled away wiping his face and walking out the door. "Please don't leave me too." She cried holding on to her sister's hand. "I can't lose you too."
Two days had passed, it was time for Vince to go to Lompoc to visit Dom. The ride was longer than usual. He was alone this time, he knew he needed to do this alone. In federal prison, there were two things you can do during visitation, one meet through the glass, two was sitting down in a room. There was no touching, just talking. Vince closed his eyes as he parked the car. He didn't want to get out. He hadn't slept in two days. The doctor said the surgery went well, but Gabriella still wasn't awake yet. They were able to control the bleeding in her lungs, there was no brain damage so far. So why wasn't she awake? Vince sighed as he opened the door and climbed out.
"Who are you hear to see?" An officer approached him.
"Dominic Toretto."
"This way." Vince emptied out his pockets like he always did putting his phone in the bin. You weren't allowed to bring anything in to the visit. "He is waiting for you at the far right table." Vince nodded his head as he walked into the room. He spotted Dom sitting at the table with his back to him. He took in a deep breath as he made his way over. "Hey brother."
"Vince!" They slapped hands together. "How are you?"
Vince nodded his head. "You look like shit." Dom pointed out. Vince let out a laugh as he rubbed his hand over his face. "What's going on?"
"Dom…" Vince forced out. "It's Gabriella."
"She still is giving you a hard time? What is it this time?"
"She was in an accident."
"What kind of accident?"
Vince just stared at his friend. "Vince!"
"She went racing Tuesday night, she was going a hundred miles per hour and someone put her into a wall, she's in the hospital right now."
Dom shot up out of the chair. "Her lung collapsed, she has a fractured skull, a broken arm, and a broken pelvis. She isn't awake. She hasn't woken up yet."
Dom's fists were clenched together as he breathing became heavy. "Sit down!" An officer warned him.
"Dom, sit down please." Vince begged.
"I need to go…" Dom replied pacing back and forth. "I need to be with her."
"You can't Dom; they aren't going to let you out of here."
"NO!" Dom yelled. "I need to go!"
"I said sit down!" The officer was by his side. In one swift movement Dom hit him. Officers surrounded the room grabbing Dom by the arms throwing him up against the wall.
"You let me go! You let me go!" Dom screamed.
"Dom!" Vince yelled.
"I need to go!"
"Your visitation is over." The officer pointed in Vince's face. "You are free to go."
Dom was pacing back and forth in his cell as he clenched his fists together. His face was red and swollen. He heard the door begin to open as he stopped in his tracks.
"We got more information on your sister. Please sit down and I will read it to you." A man in a suit approached him.
"Is she okay?"
"They did a surgery yesterday, they were able to stop the bleeding in her lungs. They also did a MRI on her brain because she hit her head multiple times on the window. It came back negative. She has normal brain activity. They said she is very lucky to be alive but it's still touch and go. She has not woken up yet."
"Who did this?"
"They don't know. It was a normal street race that night says witnesses. She was racing and one of the cars put her into the wall. He was new to the scene, no one knows who he was."
Dom bowed his head. "I need to see her."
"You can't see her Dom. You are in federal prison. They do not care about your family in here."
He stood up annoyed as he walked over to the wall and punched it. "That is my sister, okay. She is my baby sister."
"I understand."
"I want to know why? You find out why!" He yelled. "Find out who it was and why the hell my seventeen year old sister was street racing in the first place!"
The man nodded his head before turning to leave. "You tell her that I am right here okay, you tell her that too."
"I will Mr. Toretto."
The whole family was gathered around the bed when the door opened catching them all of guard. "I know that I am not wanted here and that's fine but I had to know if she was okay or not." Johnny walked in with flowers in his hand.
"It's fine." Mia told him. Vince moved aside so he could come in.
"How is she?"
"She still hasn't woken up yet but the doctors say she is healing fine."
"Did you know anything about this?" Vince blurted out.
"No." Johnny shook his head. "I promise I didn't know. I had no idea she was even racing at all."
"She is very good a hiding things." Mia mumbled.
"Do we know who the guy was?"
"No one knows yet." Mia gave a little smile. "Thank you for the flowers, I'm sure she will love them."
"Will you please let me know when she wakes up? I know that she hates me right now, I just…I need to know okay."
"Sure." Mia smiled at him. He nodded his head before leaving the room.
"I am going to go get some air." Jesse replied before moving to the door and letting it slam behind it. Everyone was frustrated. They were all tired as well, it had been four days and there was still no response from Gabriella.
"You think he is telling the truth?" Letty asked.
"He looks horrible. He really did love her didn't he?" Mia bowed her head.
"I think he is telling the truth. She went racing that night of the party when she came home late. That's why she was late." Vince replied.
"Vince that was over a year ago."
"She lied to me. I knew she was lying."
"I want to know who this was. I want to know who decided it was a good idea to put a seventeen year old into a wall." Letty stood up. "I need some air too."
"Let…" Mia called after her.
"Let her go. We are all upset right now Mia."
"I just really want her to wake up." Mia closed her eyes bringing her legs up to her chest. Vince nodded his head as he walked over to the bed, sitting down and grabbing a hold of Gabriella's hand.
Gabriella's eyes began to flicker as she felt his hand in hers. The pain was horrible. It wasn't like anything she has ever experienced. She squeezed her hand over his as she slowly opened her eyes.
"Gabriella!" Vince yelled.
She squinted at the light in her eyes as she moved her hand in his. Her throat was burning from the tube, she began feeling for it and trying to take it out.
"No, no. Mia go get someone!" Vince yelled grabbing Gabriella's hand and holding it down. "They are coming okay, they are going to remove it."
"Okay, calm down. Let me look at you!" Doctor Hudson came rushing in. Mia had her hand over her mouth as she tears of joy streamed down. "Take a deep breath in…" Mia grabbed one of her hands as Vince grabbed the other. "Here we go, it's just going to be a tiny pull….got it. Got it." She removed the tube as Gabriella began to cough. "Let me look at you." She began messing around poking and jabbing Gabriella before finally letting her rest. "You look okay right now. Its good to have you back. I am going to go get your charts I will be right back."
"Oh Gabby!" Mia hugged her sister.
"Welcome back."
Gabriella looked over at Vince with huge eyes. "You hurting?"
"Jake." She groaned. "Jake."
