AN: Thank you eeveryone who reviewed! November 1st seems to be the date that Fast 7 is going to premiere its trailer. Idk about you guys but i am super stoked about it. Hope you hys enjoy this chapter!
Gabriella sat up in the bed and looked around the room. It was dark. They had the blinds drawn so the sun wouldn't wake anyone up. She was the first up as she lifted Vince's arm off of her body. Swear poured down her face as she bent over rubbing her hands over her face. Two days. It had been two days since Johnny told her that he had been the one who killed Haley. She grabbed her phone off the floor before walking into the bathroom. She had knots in her stomach. She felt like she was going to throw up but the feeling wouldn't go away. She put the toilet seat down before sitting down and dialing Dom's number.
"Hey…" She whispered. "Did I wake you...I just woke up everyone else is still asleep…I miss you…When can we come home Dom? I just want to come home…I understand. You be careful okay. Please be careful Dom…Vince shouldn't have told you that…Well I will try my best. I love you. Bye." She hung the phone as she leaned her head back. The stress was killing her. She just wanted it to end. There was a soft tap on the door causing her to shoot up.
"Gab? You in there?" Letty asked slowing opening the door. "Hey, what are you doing in here?"
"Just talked to Dom…"She held her phone up. "Everyone else up?"
"No just me. Vince's snoring woke me up."
"You should be right next to him." Gabriella smiled.
"You doing okay?" Letty sat down on the floor. "Maybe if you talked about it."
Gabriella nodded her head. "I don't know how this all happened. I just keep looking back and I try to remember where all this hate came from and I can't remember it."
"The hate started a long time ago Gab."
"I have this knot in my stomach like I feel like in any moment I am going to fall apart. I don't know if I am going to be able to hold it together too much longer."
"You are allowed to let go at any time Gab. You don't have to be strong through this. That's what we are here for."
"I do have to be strong. I do. I fall apart then it's over. That will mean that I have given up."
"No it doesn't. It just means that you are human."
Gabriella bowed her head and closed her eyes. She felt Letty's arm around her legs as she let the tears flow down her cheeks. The sobs were soft at first but as they sat there they became more powerful. She felt her chest jumped as she continued to cry. Moments had passed as her breathing began to slow back down. She removed her hand from her chest as she looked up at Letty who still had her head down.
"Let…" Gabriella whispered.
Letty lifted her head up. "Feel better?"
Gabriella nodded her head as she wiped her face of the tears. "I think I might go back to sleep."
"Yeah me too. You know that I am right here for you girl. I am not going to let anything happen to you."
"It's not me that I am worried about." Gabriella sighed as she lifted herself off the toilet seat. "Thanks Let."
"Anytime." Letty smiled rubbing her hand down Gabriella's hair. They walked through the door as Gabriella smiled down at Jesse who was asleep on the couch. She ran her hand down his face before walking over to the bed and climbing back in. She was exhausted. As she laid her head on the pillow Vince's arm came across her chest. She laughed as she patted him before closing her eyes.
Gabriella walked ahead of everyone as they approached the car. It was blazing hot in Nevada and she hated it. The humidity was horrible and all she wanted to do was go home and sleep in her own bed. She wiped her brow of the sweat that was threatening to drip down her face. She hadn't really talked to anyone since that morning with Letty. She felt someone's hand in hers as she quickly looked down then looked up to find Jesse looking at her. "I love you." He whispered. She felt her heart skip a beat as she gave him a soft smile leaning into him. His lips pressed down on her forehead as she wrapped her around his neck.
"I love you too." She whispered back.
"Come on you two lets go." Vince ushered them into the car. Gabriella sighed as she climbed into the back of his Nissan.
"Where are we going?" Mia asked.
"I say we head home. I can't stand this place anymore. I talked to Dom this morning, he said it was fine. Jake and Johnny are still on the loose, but we have…protection I guess. Hector and Franko are around…"
"Franko?" Gabriella asked.
"Yeah, he has been running with Hector here lately. Anyways, we stay around town. We don't go anywhere without supervision. Until this shit dies down, we stay together…." He turned around and looked over at Gabriella who was staring out the window. "Haley's funeral is today. I thought maybe you would like to go."
She slowly turned her head towards him. "They have put it off long enough Gab. She was your friend. You should say goodbye to her."
"Can you just drive home please?" She whispered before turning to look out the window again. "I just want to go home."
There was silence as Vince turned around and started the car. The ride was easy. Everyone was anxious about getting home. Gabriella continued to stare out the window as the tears were passing by. She let her mind wonder as she slowly closed her eyes.
She slowly moved down the road as she felt the breeze of the summer night. It was dark and cold. A lot colder for it to be spring time in Los Angeles. She looked around at the empty street; there was not a car in sight. She crossed her arms over her chest as she looked up the street. She could see the lights of the cars coming towards her. It was a BMW and a Honda. Were they racing? She quickly moved to the sidewalk as the cars passed by them. She saw Haley driving the BMW. She looked scared to death. Haley looked over at her. "Help me!" She screamed. Gabriella eyes widened as she followed the car with her eyes. The Honda disappeared.
"Haley!" Gabriella letting her hands drop to her side before taking off running. She ran as fast as she could towards her friend. As she rounded the corner she saw the BMW sitting at the light. If she could get to her she could warn her of what was going to happen. She took off running again, the light was still red. "Haley!" She yelled after her. She was almost there. The light turned green. "No!" Haley hit the gas as the tires made noise before taking off. She was just under the light when the Honda came out of nowhere t-boning Haley's car lifting it in the air. The Honda threw the car off of it like it was some sort of bug. The BMW began to flip until finally coming to a stop in front of Gabriella. She stopped dead in her tracks as her knees hit the ground. "HALEY!" She screamed. It was muffled and distant but the echoes rang in her ears. Gabriella lifted herself up as she ran over to the car just as the Honda threw open his door. Johnny was disoriented as he stumbled over to the BMW. Gabriella lunged forward. "YOU BASTRD!" She screamed but he didn't seem to see her. He stumbled over to the car and fell down to the ground.
"Oh Haley." He gasped.
"Don't touch her!" Gabriella screamed. She knelt down crawling towards Haley in the car. Johnny held Haley's hand as Haley began to choke.
"I am so sorry." Johnny shook his head. "I am so sorry." Haley's choking became more and more stronger as Johnny held her hand.
"HALEY!" Gabriella sobbed. "Help her! Do something!"
"I will get him Haley. I promise you that, I will get him back for you." Johnny kept talking.
"She's dying Johnny!" Gabriella yelled. "Can you not hear me!? Do something!"
Johnny reached into the car pulling Haley out. "Oh Haley." Gabriella cried.
There was silence as Johnny held tight to Haley's body. "No." Gabriella sobbed. She covered her face. She fell backwards onto the ground. She wanted to rip his head off, she wanted to scream and kick but it was no use. He couldn't hear her. The sound of tires behind them made them both jump.
"Get up!" Jake yelled running towards him. "Get your sorry ass up and let's go…." Johnny didn't move. "I will go after Gabriella is that what you want? Johnny get up now!" Haley laid motionless in his arms.
"You lied to me." Johnny whispered. "You lied!"
"A job needed to be done and you were the man to do it."
"Gabriella…"
There was silence. "She's dead."
"NOOO!" Gabriella shot up from the window screaming. Vince slammed on the brakes causing the car to spin out onto the side of the road. The air quickly filled with dust from the dirt that was flying around. Gabriella had her eyes closed as the car came to a stop.
"Gabriella!" Vince yelled putting the car in park and jumping out. He threw open her door and knelt down beside her. "Talk to me girl."
"I just—I don't know. I was just dreaming…"
"Dreaming about what? I need you to talk to me." Vince had her face between his hands. She looked around at everyone who was staring at her. She shook her head.
"It was nothing, just a bad dream."
Vince rubbed her head as he sighed. "You scared the shit out of me."
Gabriella nodded her head. "I'm sorry. I just—I just saw Haley. That's all. It was nothing."
There was silence. Vince let go of her and sat down on the ground. "Can we go?"
"I almost killed us just then because you screamed no so loud my ears are still ringing. Yet you tell me it was nothing. I know that you are going through some shit right now. I can only imagine. You don't talk about it and that is not good. You can't keep this to yourself Gab. You are going to explode and…" His cell phone began to go off in his pocket.
"My best friend is dead Vince. That's all that is going on right now. I am fine." Gabriella looked down at the ground. "I would like to go home and see my brother now please."
"Gab…" Mia started.
"Okay, let's go home." Vince cut in. He got off the ground pulling the phone from his pocket as it began to go off again. "Yeah, about a hour and a half left…yeah we will meet you there." He hung up. "Dom's at the garage. He wants us to meet him there."
"Why what's going on?" Letty asked.
"Cops are at the house wanting to speak to Gabriella. Dom told them we went down to the beach for the day and should be back soon. We have to get back before shit hits the fan." Vince climbed back into the driver's seat.
"Why do they want to talk to me?"
There was silence as Vince held tightly to the steering wheel. "Vince!" Gabriella yelled. "Why do they want to talk to me?"
"Because Johnny Tran is being charged for the murder of Haley. They know you two were close so they want to talk to you about it."
Gabriella's heart stopped. "She doesn't know anything. She hasn't been with him for over a year now." Jesse joined in.
"Am I going to jail?"
"No!" Vince yelled. "This is Jake trying to scare you. You don't know anything and so that is what you tell them. You don't know about Johnny and you don't know anything about Jake. You haven't spoken to either of them in over a year. That is all that you say. We are going to take care of Jake. I can promise you that. Haley is going to get her justice one way or another Gab. Now I am going to drive home now and we are going to get through this together."
Gabriella rubbed her hands over her face as Jesse's arm came around her shoulder. She laid her body into him squeezing her eyes shut. What kind of dream was that? Was Haley trying to tell her something?
They arrived at the garage about a hour later. Gabriella didn't wait for the car to come to a complete stop before she jumped out. She took off running just as Dom appeared in the doorway. He threw the towel down on the ground as he saw the fear in her eyes. "Gabby?" She jumped into his arms digging her head into his neck. "What is it?"
"I can't breathe." She sobbed. He looked over at Vince who shook his head.
"Come on here, calm down. Everything is going to be okay."
"Don't make me go away anymore okay. I don't want to go away."
"You aren't going anywhere. You are going to stay right here." He brought her into the office setting her down on the counter rubbing her face with his hands.
"I can't catch my breath Dom. I can't breathe and I don't know how to make it go away."
"Just take deep breaths."
"Dom, what do you want us to do?" Vince walked into the office. Gabriella put her hand to her chest as Dom looked over at Vince.
"Where is everyone else at?"
"They are kind of freaked out right now, they stayed outside."
"I need you guys to go to the house. Tell whoever is there that Gabriella is here. If they want to talk to her they can come here. I need to calm her down before they get here."
"What's going to happen? Are they going to take her in?"
"I don't know, just go okay. I got it here."
Gabriella moved away from Dom climbing off the desk. "Am I going to jail Dom? I didn't do anything. Haley was my best friend."
"Jake knows a lot of people Gab. He is just trying to scare us."
Gabriella sat down in the chair and looked up to speak. "They are here." She wiped her face as she stood up next to him.
"You okay? You can do this. Just answer their questions."
"Am I lying or telling the truth?"
"Tell them what you know Gab."
There was a knock on the door as Gabriella took a deep breath. "Yes?" Dom opened the door.
"Gabriella Toretto?" The cop stepped into the room. "May we have a word please?"
"Sure." She walked over to the desk.
"Alone." The cop eyes Dom who just smiled.
"No, he stays. He is my brother."
"Fine. This won't take long. We just have a few questions and would like to do this rationally please." Another cop walked in shutting the door behind him. "Ms Toretto, did you know Haley Kingston?"
"Yes. She was my best friend."
"How well did you know her?"
"We did everything together. We met in therapy. She was hit by a drunk driver and I was put into a wall."
"By who?"
She swallowed hard. "I don't know I never got a look at his face."
"What were you doing?"
"Is this about her or Haley?" Dom asked.
Gabriella took a deep breath. "You asked how we knew each other, that's how. Next question please."
The cop's began to laugh as one moved over to the door. "How well do you know Johnny Tran?"
"We went to high school together. We dated for a few months, that was it."
"You dated? When did this happen?"
"I don't know, after my father died. We started dating. Then we broke up because he kissed my best friend at the time. I saw him every now and then but not recently. I changed my number to my phone so he doesn't know it. What does Johnny have to do with this?"
"His fingerprints were found at the scene."
"I don't know anything about what happened with Haley. My brother told me what happened to her, that's how I found out."
"So Johnny didn't come to your house before you left for the beach?"
Gabriella looked down at her hands. "Yes." She whispered. "I was just…"
"I'm sorry?"
"I was upset. So I said some things to him. I just wanted to know what happened."
"So you think that Johnny killed Haley?"
"I don't know."
"Why would he do that?"
"I don't know."
"Well you have to know something. You see him the day after your best friend is dead. Were you involved in this?"
"No."
"She could have been saved. Someone could have done something. Her body was hanging halfway out of the car so someone was there at the scene. She choked on her own blood because someone…"
'That's enough!" Dom yelled.
"I didn't know what happened!" Gabriella cried. "We were leaving for San Diego that night. I didn't know what she was doing that day. Why don't you ask Johnny or Jake Hou? They might know something, how about you go ask them."
There was silence. She put her hand to her chest to calm her breathing. "I think you are done for the day." Dom told them grabbing Gabriella's arm bringing her towards him. "She has had enough for the day. Now if you don't mind we need to get ready for a funeral."
"I wouldn't go anywhere. We will be seeing you real soon."
