Saturday was there before they could blink an eye. Gabriella's alarm went off way too early for her liking. She sat up and looked at the edge of her bed. Vince was sitting there staring at her.

"Jesus!" She yelled throwing a pillow at him.

"Rise and shine, it's time to go" He hit her with the pillow. She laid back down covering her face.

"No."

"We are going to get breakfast."

"It's too early for this." She groaned kicking her leg. She squeezed the pillow over her face hoping he would give up and just leave her alone. This was Vince we were talking about. He grabbed her leg pulling her forward where she was hanging off the bed. "I hate you." She mumbled. He laughed as he pulled the covers off of her and through them on the floor.

"This is an exciting day, you crazy ass brother is letting you race the man who put you into a wall almost a year ago. So let's get up, get dressed and meet us downstairs because we are all going to eat breakfast…think of it as your last meal or something."

"I enjoy our talks so much Vince."

"I think it's absolutely stupid."

"Me too." She smirked.

"You kick his ass Gab, you beat the shit out of this dude tonight. Then we can come home and we can celebrate."

"I need you to be there for me Vince. I am scared to death. Dom has taught me all that I can be taught this past week. I've got this. You be there at the finish line, that's all I want from you."

He nodded his head. She knew he had more to say but he wasn't going to say it. Not then, probably not ever. He slapped her foot again. "Get up, we are waiting for you downstairs." He left her room leaving the door wide open. She groaned as she let her body fall down to the floor. She heard a laugh coming from the door as she looked upside down at them. "I need a deadbolt on my door."

"Why are you on the ground?" Letty asked.

"Vince." Gabriella growled sitting up and untangling herself from her sheet. She flipped over and looked up at Letty. "I am going to kill him one day."

"You nervous about tonight?"

"Yes and I don't want to talk about it."

"I think you got this. I was talking to Dom last night, he seems very confident in you."

"He still pissed?"

"Yep." She laughed. "He's just worried about you."

"Where are we going for breakfast?" Gabriella asked getting off the floor.

"Wherever you want to go."

"And if I don't want to go?"

"You got to take that up with the king, this was his idea."

"I just want to sleep." Gabriella whined as she walked over to her closet. She picked out clothes and threw them on. "If I lose this race, I am blaming him."

"I'm sure he will blame himself as well."

Gabriella nodded her head as she ran a brush through her head. Letty was right. Dom would blame himself, if she lost this race it probably meant that Jake did something to hurt her. She knew that everyone had that one their minds right now. Jake could put her in the wall again. She closed her eyes remembering that night very vividly in her mind. She was petrified. "You really going to give up ever see Johnny again?"

"Johnny chose his life. I don't want any part of it."
"Well I got your back tonight. Everything is going to be okay." Letty smiled. Gabriella nodded her head as they moved to the door.

"We better go before Dom's send the cavalry up here."

"Gabriella!" Dom yelled as they made it to the top of the stairs.

"See." Gabriella gave a fake smile as she walked down the stairs. "I'm here and I really don't see why going to breakfast at seven in the morning is going to help me in anyway. So I just say we all go back to sleep."

"No, let's go." Dom replied as he walked out the front door. Gabriella clenched her fist together before making a face. Jesse began to laugh as he put his arm around her shoulder.

"Why are you so chipper this early? I thought you would definitely be on my side."

"I am on your side. Dom has me doing stuff for the car today. Just making sure it's all where it needs to be."

"NOS?"

"Yep." She nodded her head biting her lip.

"Stop doing that, you are going to be fine."

"You guys keep saying…" she walked down the stairs before turning around. "You weren't the one put in a wall going one hundred miles per hour."

"I was there, I saw it."

"I won't use the NOS Jesse, so if that's what you think will help me win then I am losing."

"I need you to tell your mind that you are going to win. You are siking yourself out, that's not good. He is not going to put you in the wall this time…"

"And how are you so sure?"

"Because he wants you. He wants you to be a part of Yakuza because he knows that it would kill Dom. He is going to try his hardest to beat you tonight, you need to try twice as hard to beat him."

Gabriella nodded her head. "Let's go!" Dom yelled.

"Thanks Jess."

"We have your back Gab, just try to stay calm."

Gabriella bent down touching her toes and then coming back up. She did that multiple times before trying to relieve the stress from her shoulders. She shook her entire body as she paced back and forth. She was hiding behind the garage trying to get her mind prepared before the race that night. The sun was setting, it was just about that time. The boys were in the shop looking over the car, a car by the way that wasn't hers. She had never driven it. It took her many hours to get back in the driver's seat with Dom. She would be lying if she said she wasn't petrified to be driving that night. She knew what she had to do though. She bent down again this time staying in the position touching her toes.

"Gabriella…"

She shot up in shock looking at him standing in front of her. "What the hell are you doing here? If my brother see's you…"

"They looked busy." He walked closer to her.

"Johnny, you need to leave."

"I'm not leaving until you tell me that you want me to go away forever."

She shook her head at him. "You are making this so difficult right now."

"You told Jake that you wanted us to never come around here again. Is that really how you feel about me?"

"You joined Yakuza Johnny!" She raised her voice. She quickly looked in the garage. No one seemed to hear her. "You sold your soul to the devil and now you have to live with that. I will not be a part of that, and if I that means I will never see you again…" She bowed her head. "Then so be it."

"I don't believe you."

"I don't care if you believe me or not."

"You were my best friend Gab, my very best friend. I was in love with you, I still am…"

"Then it all went to shit didn't it? Things just blew up into smoke because of your justice seeking friend. I am sorry for what happened with his father, but at least he is still alive. My father is dead and yet Jake is still making us pay for what he did."

"Jake will always have a grudge, it was how he was brought up."

"Did you know? When you brought me to the race the first that I met him did you know what his intentions were?"

"I knew that Tony Toretto was good friends with Jake's father. I did know that, but I had no idea that Jake hated you that much. I found out the day my father gave me an ultimatum. It was him or you. I have never turned my back on my father, he was thrilled when Jake joined. Then Brianna…" Jake shook his head. "It was easy as pie with her. That hit home for you, I know it did. I never kissed her Gabriella. I never did anything with her, it was all…"

"You can leave."

"Let me finish, I know you are angry with me. I had no choice."

"I feel like I am repeating myself with you Johnny. You always have a choice and boy did you choose wrong."

"I know I did and I wish more than anything that I could take it back."

"You can't. I can't—" She stopped. "I'm done Johnny."

He moved forward grabbing her arms and bringing her closer to him. "STOP!" She screamed. "I am done with you! I don't want to do this anymore!"

"Just listen to me!" He begged trying to hold her arms. She finally gave up kicking him in the groin. He bent over in pain before his reflex kicked in. He moved forward towards her.

"JOHNNY!" She screamed covering herself. But nothing happened.

"You bastard!" Vince yelled tackling Johnny to the ground. Gabriella stood back trying to catch her breath as she watched Vince punch Johnny in the face.

"Vince!" Dom yelled grabbing Vince by the shirt.

"Vince…" Gabriella moved forward. Johnny stood up wiping the blood from his face.

"Really?" He asked glaring at her.

"Leave Johnny, and don't ever come back here again."

"You say it." He snarled at her. "You say it and it will happen.

"I hate you." She replied. "I don't love you anymore." Her heart ached as those words came out of her mouth. She walked over to Vince putting her arm around his waist and walked back with him into the garage. She was shaking. He could feel her she knew it but he didn't say anything. He squeezed her tightly as they walked over to the car.

Gabriella cracked her fingers as she waited patiently in the car. "Can you stop?" Jesse asked rolling his eyes. She sat up straight as she put her hands in her lap and looked outside the window. The wind was blowing, it was cool night in Los Angeles. Leon was behind them, he was the one with the scanner in his car. Letty and Mia road together, Vince and Jesse road separately as well. Jesse stuck his head inside the car and stared at her. "Nervous?"

"I am going to slap you." Gabriella felt her stomach turn. She wanted to throw up.

"Let's go!" Dom yelled as he climbed into the driver's side of the Honda he was letting Gabriella drive. "So you win tonight, this car is yours."

"What?" Gabriella sat up and stared at him. "You are just going to give me this car?"

"Yes. So you better win."

Gabriella smiled as she sat back against the seat. She let her mind wonder. She closed her eyes letting the wind hit her in the face. It took her back. Back to the days her father would take her riding down the old country roads of Los Angeles. It was the city at all. It was all trees and land, no buildings, no other cars. Just them. He would pull over and he would let her get into his lap and they would just drive down the road, not a care in the world. That moment seemed to have come and gone. She felt the car jerk to a stop and looked around. The place was packed. Of course it was, Jake probably had every person in California there to show him beat the youngest Toretto. She twisted her neck back and forth making a cracking noise before looking over at Dom. She smiled nodding her head.

"You got this." He told her. "I believe in you."

She nodded her head again before climbing out of the car. She was approached by the team each giving her words of wisdom. It was only ten o'clock. They had fifteen minutes before the race started. She just wanted it to end. She took a deep breath as Vince talked to her. She wasn't really listening, she was trying to concentrate on not passing out.

"We are going to be there at the end Gab, waiting for you." Vince kept going.

"I'm going to get something to drink." Gabriella interrupted. She didn't wait for anyone to respond she just walked away. She needed this time to herself. She needed to be able to think. She walked around looking at all the different cars.

"So I guess me trying to scare you didn't work huh?" Hector approached her. "You look absolutely beautiful tonight."

"Have you seen Dom?" Gabriella smiled.

"No, I was going to check on you first. You look lost."

"I'm just thinking about a lot of things." She smiled at him. 'It's good to see you Hector. I was wondering if maybe you still hated me."

"You pissed me off, but I never hated you."

"You staying?"

"To watch kick Hou ass? Of course!"

Gabriella began to laugh as she wrapped his arms around her hugging her tightly. "You got this." He whispered. "I'll see you later."

"You ready to go?" Dom asked causing her to jump.

"Don't do that!" She yelled hitting him in the arm. "Wait, its time?"

"Yeah, it's time."

She nodded her head taking a deep breath as he put his arm around her shoulder. "I'm not going to say anything, just know that I love you."

She leaned her head into him and smiled. "I love you too."

"Okay girl, you got this. Just visualize it, it's right there." Leon opened the door for her. "Good luck!"

"Thank you!" She breathed. He kissed her softly on the cheek. Mia approached her wrapping her arms around her.

"Please be careful." She whispered. Gabriella nodded her head. She knew this was hurting her.

"Don't veer too far to the right. Just stay straight. He isn't going to do anything stupid, if he does we got him." Dom told her. "Leon is on the scanners, the cops come you get the hell out of here."

Gabriella nodded her head quickly. She climbed into the car and took a deep breath. She looked up at her family and smiled one last time before moving the car forward to the starting line. She breathed in and out as she pulled a photograph out of her pocket. She smiled as tears filled her eyes. "You help me win tonight daddy." She kissed it before putting it on the dashboard in front of her. She heard an engine revving beside her but she refused to look. He was antagonizing her, she knew it. She wasn't going to give in. One of the girls came to the front of the cars, she took a deep breath. Sixty seconds, that's how long it was going to take. Just sixty seconds. She breathed out again as she slammed her foot down on the gas. The car shot forward.

"It's times like these Gabriella that you learn who you are, you find out what kind of person you going to be. You don't let anyone tell you any different. Only you can determine your future. What kind of future do you want to have? You go for it, no matter how big the dream and you strive until you reach that goal and you hold on to it by the balls. You don't let it go. Not for anyone."

She looked down at the NOS button then looked over at Jake, they were neck and neck. Without thinking you pressed down hard on the NOS button. The car shot forward. She held tightly to the steering wheel just as her car slowly eased in front of Jake. Sixty seconds, that's all it took. She looked over just as his car began to come towards her. She pressed down harder on the gas changing the gears. The car jolted forward just in time, he missed her as she passed through the finish line. Her heart was beating so fast as the car came to a stop. She was breathing heavily as a smile formed on her face. She couldn't let go of the steering wheel. Her car door flew open as Dom jumped in taking her seat belt off and picking her up. Cheering filled the air, she could hear the screams of her name. She just continued to smile as Dom held her in his arms.

"This is not over!" Jake yelled causing everything to stop. Johnny held him back as he tried to move forward.

"Jake…" Gabriella smiled. "Get the hell out of the Los Angeles, you no longer belong here."

The cheers erupted again as she wrapped her arms around Dom's waist with a huge smile on her face. She was happy, this was true happiness as she was surrounded by her family. Vince lifted her in the air shaking her as she laughed. She had won the race, how she did it she had no idea. It was blur. She felt her feet touch the ground as Jesse approached her.

"I won!" She yelled.

"Yes you did." He jerked her towards him pressing his lips to hers and passionately kissing her.

Johnny stood there staring at the sight. Gabriella just won the race. His heart jumped, he didn't want his life for her. He wanted her to be free. She didn't hate him he knew that. He was going to get her back her knew that for sure. He just…Jesse walked up to her jerking her towards him and kissing her passionately. Johnny's blood boiled. He clenched his fist together staring at the sight in front of him. Gabriella pulled away wrapping her arms around Jesse's neck. That was it, he was done. He wanted to kill him.