Gabriella sat in the car as everyone scurried around her to get her things out. The door swung open to Vince leaning down to her. "Welcome home!" He yelled. She had her pillow clenched to her chest as she stared up at the house. Two months. That's how long it took for her to finally get out of the hospital. She turned towards him rolling her eyes and holding out her hands. He lifted her in the air as he threw her pillow towards Jesse. "Don't worry I won't drop you."
"I'm not worried about that." She groaned.
"You should be happy about someone waiting on you hand and foot."
"I feel like it's going to be more torture than anything else." She leaned her head back letting the sun hit her in the face. "It's summer and I am going to be stuck in a house."
"Well maybe…"
"Shut up Vince!"
"Everything is ready." Mia opened the door for them.
"What is?" Gabriella asked.
"You moved downstairs, you are taking the old office. We moved your bed down and some clothes. So that way you won't be hassling with those stairs all the time."
Gabriella nodded her head as Vince laid her down on the couch. She turned her body over wincing at the pain that shot through side. She sat up straight and stared at everyone looking at her. "I'm fine."
"You hungry?" Vince asked moving towards the kitchen. "I can fix you something."
"No, I just want to lie down. I'm exhausted."
"Here I can take you to your room. I have to go pick up your medicine at the store. Also we need to come with a schedule on when you want to go to therapy. Its three times a week so you can decide on the days you want to do that. We have all decided a day on when we will be here with you."
Gabriella rolled her eyes as she lifted her arms up as Vince yet again lifted her off the couch. He slowly carried her to her new room and laid her down on the bed. "I'll be right back. Do you need anything while I am out?"
"A gun?" She smirked.
He gave a fake laugh. "You're funny."
There was soft tap on the door as Jesse walked in. "Hey, I thought maybe you would like some company."
She nodded her head at him as he came and laid down next to her. "You want to talk about it?" He asked.
"I don't want to do this; I don't want to be in this room. I don't want to be in this cast or in this pain. I don't want everyone doing everything for me. I want to be able to walk down the damn hallway without someone holding my hand…"
"I would like that to because you are definitely taking time away from me working." He smirked.
She hit him lightly on the stomach. "How's my car?"
"What car? You don't have a car." He turned on to his side. "The car is gone."
She nodded her head. "So how bad is it? They haven't said anything to me yet."
"It's pretty bad; they have been talking a lot about what they are going to do when you get better. I mean I feel like this is enough punishment for you but they think otherwise…"
She nodded her head. "They didn't see what I saw Gab. I saw you. Leon pulled you from the car and you looked…dead. I thought you were dead. The car took off after it hit you. I didn't know what to do; I didn't know whether to go after them or to hold you."
"We know who did this Jess."
"Do we? Because Jake is nowhere to be found. He is gone."
"He will show up."
"You were rammed into a wall going one hundred miles per hour. This isn't to be taken lightly and that's all that everyone seems to be doing. He tried to kill you Gab. Over some stupid jealously issue this kid tried to kill you to get revenge on his best friend. This is not over Gabriella and it won't be over until he is found and he pays for he did to you."
Gabriella laid her hand on top of his. He looked down at her hand before intertwining their fingers. "All that matters right now Jess is that I am okay. I know that I am lucky to be alive. I know that you guys aren't going to rest until Jake is brought to justice but I am not dwelling on that. I have broken bones that I need to worry about. I have a family who is mad as hell at me right now that I need to focus on. Jake is the last thing on my mind. Now will you please wrap your arms around me and hug me until I fall asleep because I am dead tired and I just want to go to sleep."
He gave a soft laugh before nodding his head. He moved closer to her wrapping his arms around her stomach as she closed her eyes she laid her head on his shoulder and drifted into a deep sleep.
Gabriella sat on the couch waiting for Johnny to come over. He had called and asked to come, I guess feeling sorry for her Mia decided it was okay. She smiled as she heard the door open.
"Hey." She smiled. He looked over at her before slowly walking inside. She shifted her weight as she held her hand out to him.
"I'm not going to stay long." He told her not even acknowledging her hand.
"Is something wrong?"
"I found Jake…"
"What did you do?" She gasped.
"I didn't do anything. He actually came to me. He explained to me what happened and I believe him."
"What did he tell you?"
"That you accidently came over on to him and he had to push you back or he would have hit the wall."
"What?" Gabriella yelled. "That is not true at all Johnny. He hit me, he's the one who hit the side of my car and put me into a even said t yourself that he was jealous of you because of what happened. "
"I'm not here to argue with you."
"Johnny what is wrong with you?"
"I think we should break up."
Gabriella's heart stopped. "We just got back together and now you want to break up with me? Why? What is going on? This isn't like you at all."
"We just aren't good together. You kissed Jesse and didn't even tell me about it."
"You kissed Brianna. I thought this was evened out."
"This wasn't a game Gabriella."
Gabriella shifted again. She wanted to stand up. She wanted to scream. "Please come sit down and let's talk about this."
"There is nothing else to talk about. We are done Gabriella. Jake is waiting outside. Tell your family they are no longer welcome in Tokyo. Jake is a dangerous person Gab, stay away from him. Tell your family the same."
"You're serious?"
"I'm leaving."
"NO!" She screamed. "There is something you aren't telling me. What is he doing Johnny? What is Jake doing to you? You can tell me and we can work through this."
He shook his head. "We are done. Accept it and move on."
Tears welled up in her eyes. "You are taking sides with a man who tried to kill me?"
"He is my best friend. I trust him."
"Get out!" She snarled pointing to the door. "Get out!"
"Gabby…" Mia came rushing into the living room. Tears were streaming down her face. She lifted herself off the couch and stood up in his face. "No!"
"Get out of my house." Gabriella told him.
"I'm sorry…"
"I really doubt that." She shoved him causing him to fall backwards. "LEAVE!"
Mia rushed over to her grabbing her arms as Gabriella continued to scream at Johnny. He nodded his head as he moved to the door.
"Sit down, sit down." Mia begged trying to calm her sister down. Gabriella continued to scream at the door as Johnny disappeared. She was angry. Pain shot through her body as she fought her sister. She wasn't moving, she couldn't move. Her legs wouldn't let her.
Johnny climbed down the steps just as Leon's BMW pulled up with Vince's Nissan behind him. They both climbed out of the car as Johnny climbed into the all black Honda. He watched as they climbed out of their cars before turning his head.
"You do it?" Jake asked with a smirk on his face.
"Yes." Johnny snarled.
"She believe you?"
"She was screaming when I left, so I would say so."
"You did the right thing. Your father would be proud of you."
"Do not bring my father into this."
Jake laughed as he pulled the car out onto the street. "This doesn't change anything Jake. We are not friends. You are doing business with my father and that is it."
"You are too, so I guess that makes us business partner's right?"
Johnny shook his head. He had sold his soul. There was no getting that back. He was just glad that Gabriella was out of the picture. She wouldn't be hurt anymore. He sighed as he rolled the window down as he thought about the night Jake came into his house. He wanted to kill him but he was far too stunned as he stood there and stared at him and his father embracing. Johnny's father was in the Yakuza before moving to the United States. He was still a part of it selling guns and other stolen goods. He was in the higher ranking of the men involved. He was looked up to by many. Many times he tried to get Johnny involved. And until now he had failed. Once someone enters into the Yakuza life, it's hard to get out of. He was born into knowingly he would take his father's spot when he died but he never knew it would be this soon. He looked out as they passed the ocean headed into Tokyo. This was his life now. He had lost everything. He wasn't going to get her back and he knew it. He signed his soul to the devil and now he had to live with it.
"Oh cheer up buddy, it isn't the end of the world."
"Why did you do it Jake? Why did you hit her knowing it could have killed her?"
"I needed to send you a message. Dominic Toretto is not good for Yakuza. You needed to get that through your head that she isn't good for you man."
"So you try to kill her?"
"I didn't mean for all of that to happen, it just did. She's alright isn't she?"
Johnny shook his head. "I'm done talking about this with you."
"You know our deal man, don't back out of it because of some stupid romance."
Vince was inside the house the moment he heard the screaming. Mia had Gabriella on the floor as she continued to sob. "I need some help please!" Mia yelled. Vince rushed over to her grabbing her arms and lifting her up. He carried to her room in the back of the house and laid her down.
"Shh." He soothed her hair. "What the hell happened Mia?"
"Johnny came by. I thought it was okay. I don't know what happened, she started yelling at him to leave."
"Gabby…" Vince whispered as the sobbing turned into small whimpers. "Tell me what happened baby?"
"We need to look at her wounds Vince. She needs to be checked out. I knew this was a bad idea, we shouldn't have brought her home so early."
"The doctor said she was fine Mia. She is fine, just give her some time."
"Jake." Gabriella whispered. "Jake was here."
"What?" Vince yelled. "You let him in this house?" He glared at Mia.
"No!" She yelled.
"Johnny came to break up with me because he believed Jake didn't try to hurt me. He told me that we needed to stay away from Tokyo because Jake was a dangerous man and would hurt us." Gabriella closed her eyes as the tears started again. "He just looked so angry like he didn't want to do it. He didn't want to be here telling me this. I got so mad because I felt…I feel so betrayed right now."
Vince soothed her hair out of her face. "He said Jake was waiting for him outside."
"I'm really sorry Gabby."
"Are you hurting?" Mia asked. "Do we need to go see someone?"
"I just need to lay here for a minute."
"You are sweating."
"Because I feel like I just ran a mile." She looked up at the ceiling as Vince wiped her forehead with his hand. "I am going to kill him myself."
"Who?" Mia asked.
"Jake."
"You let me worry about Jake. I know that it's been two months, but it's about time to go visit Jake myself." Vince clenched his fist. Gabriella looked up at him and nodded her head.
"You be careful."
Vince nodded his head before getting off the bed and storming out of the room. Mia went to go after him but Gabriella stopped her grabbing her hand. She squeezed it as she closed her eyes.
"You will let me know if you are hurting right?" Mia asked softly.
"Yes." Gabriella didn't open her eyes. "I'm hurting Mia, it hurts really badly. Everything hurts. I feel like my heart has been ripped out of my chest again. I feel like someone is stabbing me repeatedly in my hip. I know that what I did was wrong and I shouldn't have been racing to begin with but this really sucks. I am so sorry that I did that to you guys that I caused you so much pain." She wiped her face of the tears. "I just wanted to feel…free again. I just wanted to do something that made me feel alive because I didn't…I don't…feel alive. I just want it to go away all of it."
"We should have seen it Gab. We should have known that you were up to something. Where did you get the money?"
"I had some from dads insurance that yall gave me. I used that on the first race. I won eight thousand.
What does a seventeen year old girl do with that kind of money? So I saved it. It started racking up, this last race was for ten thousand…"
"You lost ten thousand dollars?"
Gabriella nodded her head. "Hector was the first to find out…"
"I got a call from him. He is pissed at you right now." Mia smirked.
"Figures," She shook her head. "My car was acting weird so I asked Leon to look at it. That's how he found out that I was racing. He got angry and made me promise not to race again. Don't be mad at him because I told I wouldn't race. Then Franko comes and gives me this huge spill about ten thousand dollars, blah blah blah…so I went. I had a bad feeling the entire time and I knew I shouldn't have been there but I let it go. I know what I did Mia, I do. And I am so sorry."
"I know you are and I am sorry this happened to you too. I am so happy that you are alive. This could possibly have ended another way and I don't think I would have survived it. So please let's stop being careless and reckless and use our brains please."
Gabriella nodded her head with a soft smile. "Do you need anything?" Mia asked.
"No." Gabriella sighed as she closed her eyes. Her side was killing her but she wasn't going to say anything. She knew Mia, she would make her to go to the doctor. She ignored the pain hoping sleep would take over and she could forget about everything that happened today. She knew Vince was pissed, he was more than that. He was going to get even and she hoped that he did without getting killed in the process. She pulled the blanket up to her face as she wished for sleep. She wished for a lot of things that day. But most of all she wished her life wasn't as fucked up as it was. Life as a Toretto was becoming harder and harder.
AN: Shes not in too much trouble. I think almost dying was enough payment haha! Let me know what you guys think! REVIEW!
