AN: Thank you so much for all the reviews! I hope you guys are enjoying this story. I made a comment about hicks in thischspter dont get offended im from south carolina so I am allowed haha. ENJOY!
Haley jumped down from the truck and looked over at Gabriella with a smile on her face.
"What the hell did you do?" Gabriella asked walking around the truck. It was beat up. She was surprised it was even working.
"Ryan taught me what mudding was." Haley smirked.
Gabriella couldn't help but laugh. "So what exactly is it?" She kicked the grill as it hung to the ground.
"I don't know, I drove through mud and hit potholes."
Gabriella began to laugh as Vince and Leon walked outside. "Here we go."
"Hey guys!" Haley squealed.
"What the hell happened to your truck?" Vince asked.
"And why are you driving a truck?" Leon chimed in. He walked around it shaking his head.
"Ryan….Haley's boyfriend, was teaching her the concept of mudding." Gabriella smiled.
"Mudding?" Leon asked. "This is California, not hick town, USA."
Vince began to laugh. "So did you decide that this mudding wasn't fun enough and you rammed it into a tree or something?"
"Actually," Haley started. "It was quite fun. Since it rained really hard last night, he took me out into this open field and we just went running through it. He let me drive, and I maybe didn't do so well. That's not that point on why I am here, can you fix it? Is my car fixable?"
Vince looked over at Leon before nodding his head. "I guess we can work something out."
"Thank you! Here are the keys. And Gabby, I need to talk to you."
"Are we supposed to drive this thing into the garage?" Leon mumbled.
"We could push it." Vince laughed.
Gabriella shook her head as the two girls walked away from the guys. "What's up?"
"So I heard about what happened with Jake the other day."
Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Nothing happened, I was just in the wrong place."
"So him pointing a gun at Vince that was nothing?"
Gabriella sat down on the curb and looked up at her friend. "Everything has turned to shit. I was thinking about things and I don't even know how I ended up there but I did. Jake was waiting on me I guess, he drove me home, helped me off the bike, grabbed my face and kissed me. Vince is pissed, Dom is pissed…it's bad. Johnny called me last night and I asked me if I would wait for him. He wants to leave Yakuza…"
"He can't leave Gab. We talked about this."
"I know this." Gabriella whispered. "That is all that happened, I made a mistake."
"Are you okay?"
"It hurts. He was my best friend."
"Gabriella! Let's go! You have work to do!" Dom yelled as he came out of the garage. "Hello Haley."
Haley smiled and waved. "Maybe we should take some time. Let's go to San Diego for a weekend and just get away from all of this."
"I can do that."
"Gab! Did you hear me?" Dom yelled again.
"Jesus!" Gabriella snapped. "Let's make it this weekend, I can't be here anymore." She stood up and walked past Dom into the garage.
"Thank you!" Dom mumbled before following her in.
"Can I talk to you please?" Gabriella asked walking into the kitchen where Dom was sitting at the table.
"What is it Gabriella?" He didn't even look up.
"Well for one can you look at me?" She crossed her arms over her chest. He slowly looked up at her laying the pen down on the table. "Haley wants to go to San Diego this weekend, I think it would be good for me to go with her. Just to get away."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why are you going to San Diego?"
"Just to go. Get away from here for a weekend or so."
He stood up from the table and walked over to her. "No." He walked away.
"I'm sorry what?" she turned around and glared at him.
"You heard me, I said no." Gabriella was shocked. She stood there staring at her brother.
"I didn't ask you Dom." She replied softly. Dom slowly turned around and stared at her. "I am nineteen years old, I can make my own decisions. Evidently you are still mad about what happened and that is fine. But this is for me. This is something that I am going to do with my friend."
"Gab…"
"No, I know that you don't trust me. I know that. I am not going there to race or to get into trouble I am going there to get away from all the bullshit that keeps coming my way."
"You live under my house, my rules. When I tell you something, then that's what I expect to happen. You are not going to San Diego by yourself. Do I make myself clear?"
Gabriella felt defeated. She nodded her head before walking away. She walked out the back door towards the garage. She pulled out her cell phone from her back pocket and quickly dialed Haley's number. "Hey…so this weekend we can't go…Dom said no. This whole Johnny and Jake thing has really messed everything up. I need to let him cool down. I think he thinks I am doing it on purpose. Jake Hou is officially ruining my life. But I will call you tomorrow, I'm sorry. Maybe we can go sometime next month….Haley just don't do anything. Things are bad as it is…I understand that but you don't want to piss him off…okay. Goodnight." She hung up the phone. She opened the door of the garage and stared at the black Charger inside. It was coming together, Dom had been working on her since he got out of prison. He hadn't stopped. Gabriella closed her eyes running her hand across the top of it.
"You okay? I just heard what happened with Dom." Jesse was behind her.
"I'm fine. Just came out here to think."
"Mind if I sit with you?"
She shook her head. She opened the door of the driver's seat before climbing into the back. She patted the seat beside her for him to follow. "Can I tell you something and you not go and tell Dom?"
"Of course."
Gabriella sighed as she laid her head on his shoulder. "Haley was just talking about going to talk to Johnny."
"What?" Jesse yelled causing her to jump up.
"I told her not to but she is very persistent. She is pissed off, I mean I am too. I understand why he is so mad I do, but I just…I want it to go away Jesse. I keep having these thoughts. What ifs I guess. If Jake and Johnny were no longer in the picture what our lives would be like."
"Like kill them?"
"Get rid of them I guess."
"You are willing to kill one of your best friends?"
"Like I said what ifs Jess. Let's just lay out here okay, just be with me tonight."
Jesse nodded his head as she laid hers back on his chest. He began to hum as she let the thoughts run through her mind. Get rid of Jake and Johnny would that even be possible? What would the world be like if they didn't exist? She closed her eyes as she let sleep take over her. What if Haley let Ryan kill him?
"I have to tell you something." Haley stood up from the chair in the kitchen and walked over to Gabriella. They had been in there making a cake for Ryan for an hour when Haley suddenly became quiet.
"What is it?"
"You know how I haven't told you much about Ryan? I mean I told you how we met and everything but I haven't really talked about him to you…"
"Yeah." Gabriella stopped what she was doing.
"That's because Ryan is a part of Yakuza…" Gabriella dropped the spoon and the bowl on the ground.
"What?" She whispered. "What is this Haley?"
"No, it's not like that. Okay, I should have told you. I should have but I couldn't okay. He's not in it anymore. He hates that place. The only reason he is out is because of who his father is. He let him go. But he's not allowed back in Tokyo. He is associated with anyone over there because his father disowned him. He knows Johnny and he knows Jake…Jake took his place Gab…"
"This is information that would have been helpful a long time ago Haley."
"I know but I wasn't allowed to say anything to you."
"Why now? Why are you telling me this now?"
Haley looked towards the door before turning back to her. "Ryan isn't a bad person Gab okay. He is good, I love him and I would do anything for him."
"What is going on Haley? You aren't making sense. You come in here and you say all of this to me…"
"Ryan is going to kill Jake Hou."
"What?" Gabriella yelled. "No!"
"Ryan's sister was killed last year. She was walking along the street when some gang members found her. They raped her and left her there. She died later that night in the hospital from her injuries…"
"Jake?" Gabriella whispered.
Haley nodded her head. "Yakuza makes you pay Gab. They make you pay for anything that you do to cause pain against them. He left so they took his sister."
"But his father…"
"His father knows the sacrifice Gab. He knows…"
She shook her head as she slide down against the cabinet to the ground. "Jake is a horrible person. Not only for putting you into the wall Gabby but for everything he has ever done in his life. He is the devil himself and Ryan is going to get even."
Gabriella shook her head. "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because he wants Dom to help him."
Gabriella walked into the house taking off her shoes and leaving them beside the door. She looked up and immediately felt something was off. She looked around the room, nothing seemed to be out of place. "Hello?" She called out. She decided to call it a day and went home early, but everyone else was still at the garage. She looked around the corner into the kitchen. "Damnit." She whispered. She looked around the room to see if she had any as a weapon. She moved back to the door when she felt a hand come across her mouth. She began to scream and fight as felt their lips on her ear.
"Shhh." They whispered. She kicked her legs as he brought her over to the couch and sat her down. "Gabriella it's me…"
"Johnny…" She gasped moving away from him. "What the fuck are you doing here?" She yelled.
"I needed to talk to you."
"Do you know what would happen to you if Dom finds you here…if Jake finds you here?"
"Yes I do."
"You need to leave." She pointed to the door.
He shook his head as he moved closer to her gently putting his hands on either side of her face. She jerked her to the side but he kept her still. He gently placed his lips on hers. She didn't move.
"I've been wanting to do that for a very long time." He whispered with a laugh.
"I'm glad you got it out of your system. You can go now."
He shook his head. "I've been thinking a lot about what you said the other night, about getting out…"
She nodded her head. "What about it?"
"It's happened before."
"Ryan?"
He nodded his head. "And they killed his sister because of it Johnny. Do you want something to happen to you like that? Are you really that desperate to get out of this? You going to sacrifice your own families lives?"
"To be with you why not?"
"You are a fool." She shook her head.
"No!" He yelled. "This does not end this way! You are supposed to be with me. This is not how our story ends Gab! So please help me out here."
"You think I want to be like this Johnny? Do you? Because my life has sucked since the day that I met Jake Hou. We are done Johnny and there is nothing that I can do about that. Our lives are not the same anymore. We aren't kids anymore Johnny, why can't you accept that?"
He was silent. "I know what you want, but why can't you see what I want too? I want you to stay away from here. It's not safe…for either of us. One of us is going to get ourselves killed. Just move on, I don't know what else to tell you. I am with Jesse."
"You can't…" The sound of engines got their attention.
"Johnny, you have to leave." She gasped shoving him towards the kitchen.
"I love you." He whispered to her. She bowed her head as she heard him hurry through the kitchen and out the back door. Tears welled up in her eyes as she let herself fall onto the couch.
"Gab?" Leon opened the door seeing her sit there. "Are you alright?"
"Johnny was here."
"I think it would be best if you go to San Diego this weekend." Dom was sitting next to Gabriella on her bed. She was playing with her hair refusing to look at him. She didn't want to tell him about Johnny but she knew he would be pissed when he found out. She sighed as she felt his hand on her head. "Leaving here might be a good idea, at least until this all blows over."
"It won't blow over Dom." She mumbled. "That kid won't stop until something happens to make him hate me forever."
"I got a phone call today…"
"From who?"
"Ryan Jou."
Gabriella sighed throwing her body backwards onto the bed. She closed her eyes. "Are you going to do it?"
There was silence. "Ryan has this vengeance going on right now. Haley came to me and told me about what he was planning on doing. Dom, you do this, you help him then there is no coming back from that. You kill someone, you will go away for life."
"And what do I do when you don't come home one day?"
"Why would you say that?"
"Answer the question…what would you like me to do when one day you don't come home because Jake decided that vengeance was his for you beating him in that race, or when you accidently go to Tokyo again. He doesn't play games."
"Nothing is going to happen to me."
"Johnny Tran was in our house today while we were at work. What if that was Jake? He could have killed you and we wouldn't have known until tonight. Thank God Leon came home when he did. Ryan asked me a question, and I am really considering it."
"You are going to kill someone?"
"I am going to assist him."
"You are going to kill someone?" She repeated herself. She covered her face with her hands. "I don't want any part of this."
"That's why you are going to San Diego."
She shook her head. "No, I am not going."
"Yes you are." He lifted her up pulling her into his lap placing his lips on the side of her head. She squeezed her eyes shut as the tears threatened to escape. "I know that life has sucked for you ever since our father died. Me going to jail and just everything that happened. I know what you are going through. Someone asked me for help meaning I can protect my family."
"And what happens if you don't come home?" she looked up at him. "What do I do then? Because I can tell you right now that I won't survive Dom. I will not be able to live without you. You are my brother and my best friend. I can't…" The last words came out as a sob. She covered her mouth. "This is Ryan's fight Dom, not yours. So please, I am begging you don't do this."
"Shhh." He soothed her. "We will figure something out."
"Promise me Dom, promise me that you won't go after Jake and Johnny." She leaned up looking him in the eyes.
He nodded his head. "I promise."
Gabriella moved her bag off the bed and onto the floor when there was knock on the door. Letty walked in with towels in her hand. "I was told to bring these up to you." She smiled laying them on the bed.
"Mia does know that we are staying in a hotel where they provide these things for me right?"
Letty began to laugh. "You know her." She sat down on the bed. "I talked to Dom last night. He said you were pretty upset about the Ryan, Jake thing."
"I am ready for it to be over Let. I am done with all this bullshit. I have more drama now in my life then I did when I was in high school. "
"Did Haley ever tell you what happened with Ryan?"
Gabriella shook her head. "Ryan's sister wasn't involved in Yakuza. She didn't want any part of it. But of course being Asian sometimes you don't have a choice but to be born into it. That's what happened with Ryan. It wasn't for him. So he made a deal with his father, but that still didn't mean anything to him. Yakuza will get revenge. They always do. Jake is this high powered control freak, he wasn't in Yakuza just yet. You have to be eighteen but he was willing to do anything for them. He saw Ryan's sister at a party one night, drugged her, took her out on the street and raped her. He raped her so bad that she had internal injuries and died in the hospital. He didn't let it go. He wanted Ryan to know what he did…."
Gabriella began playing with her hands when she heard a noise by the door. Dom was standing there with his hands by his side.
"Dom?" Gabriella asked. "You okay?"
"Let, I need to talk to Gabby."
"I am just getting everything together, Letty just came in to talk."
"I heard her." He walked into the room grabbing both of her hands and bringing her over to the bed.
"Dom what's going on?"
"There was an accident Gab. Haley was on her way to meet Ryan to give him something when her car was struck on the driver's side. She flipped multiple times…" Gabriella began shaking her head as she stood up. "She was in really bad shape when they took her to the hospital…"
"No…no..No no no!" Gabriella yelled trying to get out of his arms. He held tight to her hands as the tears flowed down her face.
"She didn't make it Gab. She didn't make it." He jerked her forwards bringing her into his arms. Gabriella fought to get out of his arms as he fell down to his knees with her still in his arms.
"DOM!" She screamed. "Get off of me!"
"Stop! I need you to stop okay. Look at me." He grabbed her face in his hands stopping her. "We are going to find out who did this and they are going to pay."
"Noooo." She sobbed.
"I'm so sorry baby." He brought her into his arms again hugging her tightly. She cried quietly as everyone filed into the room. "Haley Kingston was killed this afternoon in a car wreck. The car side swiped her. She died on her way to the hospital. We know of one person who is capable of doing this and getting away with it. Jake Hou. We find him we will find out what happened."
The guys nodded their heads as Mia slowly bent down to Gabriella rubbing the side of her head. "She wanted out of here Mia. We were going to get out of here so nothing bad could happen to us."
"I know…"Mia whispered. "I know."
"Mia take her, I need to go make some phone calls." Dom tried to move Gabriella from his arms but she wouldn't move. Mia shook her head as she continued to soothe her sister. "Vince, go get my phone please."
"We are going to find out who did this Gab." Mia whispered. "They will pay I promise."
"I want…him dead!" She snarled.
AN: there you go! Hope you liked it. Im sorry I killed of Haley haha but we should be getting into the movie soon! Let me know what you think! REVIEW!