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Jesse moved around the car as he looked her up and down before moving into the office. Gabriella lifted her head up just as he walked in. "What's going on?" She asked.
"Can you come look at something for me? I feel like I am doing this shit all wrong."
She began to laugh as she locked the computer before getting up. "You are the best detailer that I know, what could you have done wrong?"
"I think it's crooked." She followed him out into the garage and began looking at the car. "You see, I don't think it's supposed to look like that." He was pointing out things when Gabriella noticed his hand. She jerked his hand towards her lifting up his shirt. "Gab…"
"What the hell happened to you?"
He shook his head. "It's nothing okay, I just hurt myself here."
"You are a horrible liar Jesse Williams. What happened to it? Is it from the trucks?"
"Dom will kill me if knows that you know. So if I tell you this, you yell at me and then you keep it to yourself."
Gabriella clenched her fists and grinded her teeth before nodding her head. "It's from the trucks. I got caught up on one of the lines and almost fell off. I cut my hand grabbing the cable."
"Are you serious!?" She yelled. He grabbed her arm pulling her into the office and shutting the door. "You almost fell off a tracker trailer?"
"Yes but I didn't. I caught myself in time."
She nodded her head. "Please, I am begging you with everything inside of me to not say a word to Dom. He wanted to tell you himself but he also is scared to death you are going to freak out on him again."
"I am going to go." She nodded her head. "I just—I am going to go." She grabbed her keys off the desk and moved to the door. "I am taking my lunch right now. I will be back later."
"Gab…" He tried to stop her but she pushed his hand away and walked out of the garage. She got in her car and sped out down the driveway just as Vince and Leon pulled up. She glared at them as she pressed down on the gas and sped down the street. She didn't know where she was going she was just driving. Her cell phone began to go off in the seat beside her but she didn't care. She just drove. That's when she saw it. The border of Tokyo. She stopped the car and looked out to see if anyone was watching her. She knew the consequences if she were to cross that line. She decided against it and turned around. She nodded her head when she saw him. He was standing at the edge in his leather jacket leaning against his motorcycle. She missed him. She really did. She would never tell anyone that but she did. She put the visor down as she stepped on the gas and sped away before she did something stupid. As she approached the light she heard the engine beside her begin to rev. She smiled to herself as she looked over at him.
"Pull your ass over right now!" Vince was in the other car. He was pissed. His face was red and his skin was tight. He was real mad. She nodded her head as she waited for the light to turn green.
"Shit!" She yelled hitting her hand on the steering wheel. She should have known that he was going to follow her. She couldn't do anything around here without of her family knowing about it. She pulled into an empty lot and cut off the car. She didn't want to get out. She didn't want to move. She didn't have to. He swung her door open, grabbing her arm, and yanking her out of her of the car.
"Please tell me that you have been drinking or someone forced you to do this!"
"I didn't do anything Vince..."
"No? You didn't? So me just seeing you go to Tokyo that was just a figment of my imagination?"
"Can you stop yelling please?" She sighed as she leaned against the car.
"Fine, you want to talk calmly. I need you to tell me right now why the fuck you were going to Tokyo. Is there something you want to tell me Gab? Have you been going there this whole time?"
"Really Vince? Did you seriously just ask me that? No I haven't. I haven't even thought about this place but Johnny came by the store the other day and I just…I don't know I just wish that I could make it go away."
"That's just it Gab, you can't make anything go away. This division that we have with Tran is always going to be there. It will always exist. No matter what you do he will always be the leader of Yakuza. You can't change that no matter how hard you try. But you know what you can do? You can get yourself killed by coming here. You can get hurt real bad by crossing that line just over there. Do you want that?"
"Johnny would never hurt me!"
"Open your eyes!" Vince yelled. "You cannot keep doing this Gab. This is ridiculous. You cannot save him!"
"I'm not trying to save him Vince!"
"Yes you are! You are trying to save everyone from their lives. You can't do that! He chose that life, we chose this one. Why can't you see that you are going to get yourself killed then what Gab? What are we going to do when you end up dead?"
"You are being dramatic, no one is going to die." She rolled her eyes.
"You listen to me, and you better be listening very well Gabriella. I will not… let me repeat myself. I will not watch this happen again. If I have to follow you like a lost dog I will do it. If I ever see you come near this place again you will be sorry. And miss thing that is a threat." He was in her face. "Don't piss me off Gabriella, it will not be pretty. Get your ass back in your car and drive home now. You are done for the day."
She nodded her head as she slowly turned around to go back to her car. She was scared. Not that he would hurt her but he had never screamed at her like that before. "Are you going to tell Dom?" She asked with her back to him.
"No." He replied. She nodded her head as she slowly made her way to her car. She felt his hand on her arm jerking her back towards him as he wrapped his arms around her and squeezing. She squeezed her eyes shut as she hugged him back. "Go home now." He pulled her away and without looking at her climbed into his car. She climbed into her car knowing he was going to wait on her and drove away. He was behind her the whole time but the moment she pulled into the driveway of their home he sped away. If Dom found out he was going to be pissed.
Gabriella lay in the bed with her eyes closed when her cell phone began to go off. She immediately didn't recognize the number. She laid the phone back down beside her closing her eyes again. It began to ring again. She groaned as she flipped it open. "Yes?"
"Wow, is that how you answer all your phone calls?"
"Johnny…"
"Yeah, it's me. You want to explain to me why you were almost in Tokyo today?"
"Do you always stand there and wait to see if anyone that's not supposed to be there is coming?" She rolled over on her side.
"No, I was actually thinking when I saw your car. I almost had a heart attack. You can't do that Gab…"
"Spare me the lecture please. Vince chewed my ass out. He followed me there and I thought I was literally going to die."
"Well I am going to give you one of my own. What would you have done if I wasn't there? It is not just me that is in this Gab. There are other people who hate the Toretto's okay. With Jake gone, they want revenge. I am the only person stopping them from that. They know your cars. They know everything. If they saw you…" He stopped. "Do not be stupid. Do you hear me? Do not be stupid again."
"I just…"
"No!" He yelled. "You don't get to justify it. Not this time. It is dangerous over here. You will die. I cannot protect you all the time like you think I can Gab. So I am begging you right now, to stay away from here."
"Okay." She whispered. "I will stay away." It was silent on the phone.
"Why did you come Gab?"
"I wanted to talk." She replied. "I miss us Johnny. I miss being able to talk to you about anything."
"You can't do that with Jesse?"
"Not right now. I just want there to be us again. Not the dating us but the I will always be your best friend no matter what."
"A little bird once told me that could never happen again."
"That was a stupid little bird."
He began to laugh. "She was right though. We are supposed to hate each other. It would be so much easier if I could hate you Gab."
"Same here."
"You need to hate me though. You deserve to hate me."
"I deserve a lot of things Johnny." She rubbed her fingers in her eyes. "A lot has happened over the past couple of years. You killed my best friend but I killed yours too. You saved my life twice and I saved yours too. You sound so different now. Like everything has changed about you."
"I had to change Gab."
Suddenly her door swung open hitting the door as Dom stood in the doorway. "Shit. My brother just walked in. I will talk to you later."
"If you want to meet, I will meet you Gab."
"Okay. Goodbye." She hung up the phone and sat up. "Yes?"
"You and me let's take a walk." He told her. He had his arms crossed over his chest.
"Who did you talk to?" She eyed him. She wasn't sure if he knew or not. Vince wouldn't have told would he? This was trick. It had to be.
"What are you talking about?"
"Why do you look pissed?"
"Why do you keep answering my questions with another question?"
"The same reason you keep doing it." She moved off the bed as she grabbed her hoodie and put it on. "What's going on for real Dom?"
"I need you to come with me right now." He held out his hand. She hesitated before she took it. Something was going on. She didn't know what but something was definitely going on. He moved quickly through the hallway and down the stairs. Everyone was in the living room when they came into view. Leon was standing there with a bag of ice over his eye. "What happened?" She rushed over to him. He glared at her as he pulled the ice down. His face was bruised. His left cheek was swollen causing his eye to be swollen shut. It was bruising real bad. "Who did this to you?"
"Where did you go today Gabriella?" Dom asked.
"What?" She turned around. Everyone was staring at her.
"Explain to me what you did today after jackass told you about the trucks? I know that you were mad, you get mad you do stupid things."
She looked over at Vince before turning her back to her brother. She opened her mouth then closed it. "I did this?" She asked.
"Leon was jumped today. He was filling his car up when two people knocked him to the ground and began beating him in the face. We are lucky they didn't kill him." Dom explained. "They explained to him that we almost crossed the line today and this was just a warning of what would happen if we do it again. I was confused because I don't remember anyone crossing the line." He looked at her as she looked over at Leon.
"I did it." She whispered. "I was driving and I wanted to talk to Johnny. So I thought maybe if would have been alright to just talk. So I went but I didn't cross it. I didn't go in to Tokyo. I turned around. Nothing happened, I was fine."
"ARE YOU CRAZY!" Dom screamed. Gabriella jumped back with fear as he got into her face. The whole room was silent as she took her brothers wrath. He was pissed. He deserved to be. "I understand this infatuation you have with Johnny, I understand. He's dangerous, he is still in love with you. Maybe you like the chase, I don't know. I can't seem to keep up with your head these days. But you pull some stupid bullshit like this today, I don't even know what to say right now. I can't get to your Gab if I don't know where you are. You are reckless and you don't think. I don't know what I am supposed to do here. I am so mad at you right now that I can't even look at you. I am so disappointed in you Gab."
"I am so sorry Leon. I didn't know anything would happen…"
"Who were you on the phone with?" Dom asked.
She was silent. "Gabriella, who were you on the phone with?"
"Please don't do this."
He nodded his head. "Johnny." She whispered. Tears fell down her face as she watched Jesse get up from the couch and walk away. "No." She went after him but Dom stopped her. "Jesse please."
She bowed her head as she pulled away from him. She wiped her face of the tears as she stood in front of him again.
"You are an adult Gabriella, I don't know what I am supposed to do. I can't ground you. So what do I do huh? That turbo that you wanted, it's gone. You don't get it. I will take that car apart piece by piece until there is nothing left. You are done racing as well. I don't want to see you at any of them I don't care if you are watching or not. You are done with that too."
She nodded her head as she sniffed back the tears that were flowing down her face. "Go upstairs." He told her. She moved away from him half expecting him to stop her but he didn't. No one did. They all just continued to sit and stare.
"I am so sorry Leon, I never meant for you to get hurt." She cried. She walked up the stairs and closed her door behind before sliding down. She covered her face as she began to sob into her hands.