One year and ten months had passed since the day that Dom was taken to Lompoc to serve a sentence for almost beating a man to death. It had flown by, well some days did, others drug by like they would last forever. Ten months had passed since her wreck and almost death. Gabriella's eighteen birthday had come and gone. She didn't feel any different. She just felt…normal. She stared outside at the sidewalk as the cars drove by. After her wreck she wasn't allowed to drive for six months, and that was six months after everything that was broken was healed. They took her license from her. She had to come up with the money to buy another car so all she did was work. She didn't mind it. Spending all her time for six months in that house almost drove her crazy. She waved as she saw the familiar Honda pull up.

"Hey girl, you ready to go?" She was blonde, tall, and absolutely gorgeous. It was a matter of minutes before Leon and Vince would come flying out of the house to speak to her.

"And go." Gabriella smiled. The door came flying open as the two boys fought to get out first. "Hey Haley. I'm ready when you are." She was moved out of the way as Vince pushed Leon to the side.

"Hey Vince." Haley smiled. Gabriella shook her head as she looked down at Leon who was glaring towards the cars.

"I think it's about time you boys grew up don't you think?" Gabriella asked helping Leon to his feet.

"I would have to agree with you." He nodded his head. "I will talk to Vince."

"Good."

"Hey Leon, it's good to see you." Haley replied. Leon put his hand to Vince's chest and pushed him aside.

"It's very good to see you too." He smiled. Gabriella began to laugh as she pushed them both away from her friend.

"We are leaving now. I'll see you guys tonight." Gabriella pushed them away as Haley climbed back into her Honda. Haley Parsons. Gabriella had met her a few months during therapy at the hospital. They instantly became friends. What did they have in common? They hated being in therapy. Haley was in the therapy from a drunk driver hitting her while driving home from work one night. She had broken her leg and hip bone right around the time Gabriella had her wreck. They had been inseparable since.

"They are so cute." Haley gave a little laugh.

"You are going to make them kill each other over you."

"Hm, it's fun to watch." She shrugged.

Haley's cell phone began to go off as the two girls pulled into the mall parking lot. She looked down and smiled. "So don't kill me okay…but there is a party tonight and I said we would go."

"You know I have to ask Vince right? And it's probably going to be a no."

"You let me worry about Vince." She smirked. "We will do some shopping, get some lunch, and then we can call him. You let me do all the talking."

"You know your looks won't work for all the time."

"I haven't had any problem yet."

"I'm sure you haven't." Gabriella began to laugh. She looked out the window and up at the sky.

"What is it?"

"My father has been dead almost two years." Gabriella frowned as she slowly turned her head towards her friend. "It seems so surreal to me. It's flown by. Dom will be in jail two years soon too."

"Gab, I know it's been difficult but you made it. These past two years have made you a stronger person. You didn't let any of it bring you down to the point you couldn't get back up."

"I got into a wreck and almost died, does that count?"

"Were you trying to wreck and die?"

"No."

"Then no it doesn't count." Haley turned the car off as she climbed out of the car. "You know you have even changed from the girl I met in therapy. You were so quiet and you didn't want to do anything. You just wanted it to go away but you got up. You knew what you had to do and you did it. That has to count for something Gab. Your father would be proud of who you are today. And so would Dom. You need to look at the positive things. You survived Gab. You are a survivor."

"It's times like these that I am so happy you are my friend." Gabriella smiled as she hugged her.

"Good, now can we please go shopping?"

"Yes!" Gabriella laughed linking her arm in her friends. She was going to be okay. Time does heal all wounds.

The party was loud and Gabriella felt uncomfortable but she came for Haley. They both needed to let loose and a party sounded like a good idea. She smiled as Haley grabbed her hand and moved through the crowd. It was a huge house down in the middle of Los Angeles. They weren't far from her house. She liked knowing she was close to home. Ever since the wreck she didn't stray too far away. It scared her to be that far away from her family. She looked up just in time to see Johnny walk past her. She cringed. She hadn't seen or talked to him since the day he came to her house and broke up with her. She moved away from Haley and pulled her in the other direction. "What's up?" Haley asked.

"My ex boyfriend is over there." Gabriella frowned.

"Oh." Haley rubbed her arm. "Let's just have fun. Don't let him bother you."

"You need to be happy Vince let me go to this tonight. He was acting weird right?"

"I think he is always weird."

"Touché." Gabriella laughed. They moved into the kitchen where the drinks were. Gabriella decided against drinking that night in case something were to happen but she knew Haley would. She grabbed a soda from the refrigerator and moved over to the side.

"Well look who it is, I haven't seen your face in forever." Brianna appeared next to her. She looked different almost like a completely new person.

"Brianna." Gabriella replied. She wasn't in the mood tonight.

"How are you?"

"Fine." Brianna looked over at Haley who was eying Brianna.

"I'm Haley." She stuck her hand out. Gabriella smirked as she watched Haley. They knew each other, they knew when one was very uncomfortable.

"Have you seen Johnny? He's here." Brianna started.

"I'm sure you were the first to know that too." Gabriella sat her coke down grabbing Haley's arm. "Let's go."

"I'll be sure to tell him you said hello…Jake too."

Gabriella stopped in her spot but didn't turn around. "Gabby?" Haley asked looking at her face.

"Yeah, he should be here soon too. Maybe ya'll can catch up on good times." Brianna laughed. Gabriella turned around with her fist clenched.

"You are a bitch." Gabriella started. "You aren't worth my time."

"Who was that?" Haley asked as they walked away.

"She kissed my boyfriend back in high school. The one that we saw earlier. And Jake…he's the one who ran me into the wall nine months ago."

"What?" Haley yelled.

"Can we go? I just want to leave."

"Yeah, let me grab my coat and we can go." Haley disappeared for a second as Gabriella leaned back against the wall. She was trying to control her breathing when Johnny appeared next to her. Her heart stopped.

"Leave me alone." She replied standing up straight.

"I'd walk away if I were you Johnny, you know what will happen."Brianna walked over. Gabriella looked over at her before shaking her head.

"Hey!" Brianna yelled. Gabriella turned around just as Brianna threw her drink on her. "Oops."

"You bitch!" Gabriella yelled.

"You need to leave and don't come around here again. And tell Vince, he will pay for what he did to Jake. No one messes with Tokyo and gets away with it. Yakuza will repay the visit."

"Yakuza? Are you serious?" She looked over at Johnny who turned away. "Fuck you Brianna. I don't know who you think you are…" A slap came across her face.

"Brianna!" Johnny yelled. Gabriella moved her hand to her face as she moved forward. She was surrounded then by three girls and Haley was nowhere in sight. Gabriella nodded her head as she turned to leave but Brianna grabbed her hair jerking her back. Gabriella fell to the ground as they began kicking her in the stomach and punching her in the face. She tried to protect herself but it wasn't working. The blows were coming from every direction. Why wasn't anyone helping her? "HALEY!" Gabriella screamed. The fight stopped as Gabriella lay on the floor. She couldn't really hear from all the ringing going on. She looked up, everyone had gone away. Haley kneeled down beside her helping her up.

"Come on, stand up." Haley told her.

"I'm fine. I'm fine."

"Gabriella…" Jake walked into the hallway. Gabriella took in a deep breath as she backed up against the wall. She had her hand on her side as she looked up at him.

"Haley, go home. I'm fine, but I need you to go home though."

"I'm not leaving you."

"Yes you are!" Gabriella yelled. She never took her eyes off of Jake. He smiled as he walked closer. She leaned her head back. "Please just leave…"

"Gab…"

"I can take her home. She will be fine." Jake used his charm once again. Gabriella nodded her head.

"Okay, call me as soon as you get home okay." Haley squeezed Gabriella's hand before walking away. She bowed her head as she pain shot through her stomach.

"I need to sit down." Gabriella replied sliding down to the floor.

"What are you doing here Gabriella?" Jake kneeled down beside her.

"We were invited, we thought it was okay. I didn't know you guys would be here."

"Who did this to you?"

"You recruited Johnny and Brianna into Yakuza?" Gabriella flinched as he pushed her hair out of her face. She coughed as she tried to adjust the way she was sitting.

"Yes I did."

"I just want to go home Jake. Just let me go home okay."

He nodded his head before helping her off the floor. She pulled her hand away from him before limping away. She held on to the wall as she slowly made her way to the door. She wanted to get out of the there as fast as she could. She put her hand in the back pocket and pulled out her phone. It was destroyed. She threw it on the ground beside her as she the tears formed in her eyes. It was late she knew that. Vince was going to be so angry. She slowly made her way to the side walk as she limped down towards her house. Ten minutes, that's how long it was going to take for her to get home. Maybe longer with the speed she was going. She wrapped her arms around her body as she breeze tore through her clothes. She was exhausted. She just wanted to get home but she knew that wasn't going to be easy. It was past her curfew. Vince was going to be waiting up for her. She stopped herself on the sidewalk as she sat down trying to catch her breath. She was pissed. Her side was killing her from where the girls had kicked her, she didn't have a chance. She was blindsided. She pulled herself up as she began walking again. Her house was only a few houses down. She could see the lights on. She groaned as she slowly made her way up.

"You go to Tokyo…I don't care…" She stopped in her spot as she looked up the house. Her eyes filled with tears as she almost fell over.

"Dom?"

"Dom?" She asked again.

"Where the hell have you been?" Vince yelled. He walked down to her immediately stopping in his spot when he saw her face. "Gabriella what happened to you?"

"Dom?" She cried.

"Gabby who did this to you?" Vince grabbed her shoulders.

"Brianna." She whispered. "She ganged up on me at the party." She looked up as Dom slowly made his way towards her. "Is this real?"

"He got out early."

All of the sudden all of the pain, all of the anger had been forgotten. She let go of Vince as she walked towards her brother before taking off into a sprint. The tears were flowing down her face as she jumped into his arms. "Dom!" She screamed. He was there. He was right there with her, holding her in his arms twirling her around. She felt like she was on top of the world. Her body shook as she clung to him. She held on to him like he was the last person in the world. She refused to let him go, not this time.

"What happened to you?" He whispered setting her down on the ground.

"I'm fine. It's not as bad as it looks."

"Let's get you inside." He put his arm around her shoulder as she limped towards the house. He looked back at Vince who nodded his head. "Here sit down, Jess go grab the first aid kit out of the bathroom."

Gabriella grabbed his hand and held it in hers. He reached up wiping the tears off of her face. "Let me take a look at you."

"She came out of nowhere. We were arguing and I decided to just walk away and the next thing I know she throws her drink on me, slaps me and then all these girls just started kicking and hitting me…"

"Why?" Dom asked.

"I know why. I'll be right back." Vince replied.

"No!" Gabriella yelled. "She said we were going to pay for what Vince did to Jake. So this whole going back and forth thing has got to stop…"

"Did Jake touch you?" Vince asked clenching his fist.

She shook her head. "No, he didn't touch me…why were you going to Tokyo?"

"What?" Dom asked.

"When I walked up you said you go to Tokyo. Why were you going there?"

Dom sighed running his hand over his head. "Haley called, she told us that something happened at the party and you were scared. We tried your cell phone, its cut off…" Vince told her.

"It's broken."

"So we knew it could have been Johnny or Jake."

Gabriella leaned her head back against the couch as she squeezed her eyes shut. "Gabby…" Dom whispered wrapping his arms around her.

"I'm just so happy you are here. It just doesn't seem real." She cried climbing into his lap. She was eighteen years old, you wouldn't guess it the way she was acting. But her big brother was home. It wasn't a dream, it wasn't a figment of her imagination… he was really here.

"You have to let me clean you up." Dom laughed.

"No, I don't want to. I'm fine. I just want to lay here." She tightened her grip on him as she felt him lean back against the couch. She closed her eyes as she drifted into a sleep in her brother's arms.

Gabriella woke up the next morning to her face pounding. She put her hand up to it and flinched as she felt the swollenness of it. She groaned as she threw her legs over the side of the bed. That's when it hit her. Dom was home. She smiled to herself as she took off running out of the room. She ran across the hall first but his room was empty. His bed was made. She looked confused as she went running downstairs. Leon sat on the couch as she took off into the kitchen. "Dom!" She yelled. No one else was around. "Leon where is Dom?"

"Huh?" Leon asked.

"My brother where is he?"

Leon turned the TV off and stared at her. "Gabby what the hell happened to you?"

"I was in a fight….tell me where Dom is."

"He's in Lompoc Gab. That's where he has been for almost two years now. Are you okay? Do I need to call someone?"

"But I just…he was here."

"No, Gab he wasn't. Did you go to the hospital?" He stood up walking over to her.

"So it was just a dream?" She collapsed down in the chair.

"Gabby!" He rushed over to her.

"I saw him Leon, he held my hand, he hugged me. He was here…" Tears filled up her eyes as she leaned back. "It felt so real to me." He rubbed her shoulder as the front door opened up.

"Gab, what is it?" Dom stood there staring at her.

"Oh." Leon replied backing up.

"LEON!" Gabriella screamed shoving him sideways.

"I didn't know! I swear I didn't know! I wasn't even here last night."

"I could kill you!" Gabriella yelled. She ran over to her brother throwing her arms around him. He began to laugh as Leon shook his head before sitting back down on the couch.

"Lets me and you go for a little ride." Dom told her. "We have some things we need to talk about."