AN: I hope you guys liked the last chapter! So i have seen Furious Seven twice already and bawl like a baby at the end every time and now i cant even watch the new music video for See You Again. its very depressing and it makes my heart hurt! :( But i hope you guys have gotten to watch the movie! its amazing! and does Paul good! :) I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Its just this before the fate of Jesse is revealed! :(

All mistakes are mine.

Gabriella shot up from the couch the moment they all walked into the house. She glared at the three boys in front of her. "Don't start, I am not in the damn mood." Vince snapped at her.

"Tokyo! Are you serious?" She yelled. "Brian what the hell happened to your head…Vince!" She yelled hitting him in the stomach. "What did you do to him?"

"I told you I am not in the mood!" Vince yelled.

"You better—"

"I'm fine Gab. It's just a bump on the head." Brian chimed in. "As for Tokyo, I went there."

"No, you don't even get to take up for them!" Gabriella yelled. 'You want to be in this family, listen to this. Johnny Tran is and will always be our enemy. You cross enemy lines, shit happens. I got my face smashed because I almost crossed it. What if they saw you tonight? What if you got caught?"

"We didn't." Vince snapped.

"I swear to god that I am going to slap the shit out of you."

"Brian here wanted to check out the other competition for Race Wars." Dom replied.

"And you couldn't describe it to him?" Gabriella threw her hands in the air.

"No."

"Did Dom tell you that I got a phone call from Johnny the other day because he thought we called the cops on him?"

"Gabriella…" Dom grinded his teeth together.

"No." Vince walked over to her. "He didn't."

"Don't you dare." Dom threatened.

"Johnny Tran came to the garage the other day and scared the shit out of me. I told him I never wanted to see him again. The next day, the very next day he called me because someone ratted him out to the cops. He was arrested. He was so mad. He threatened us. He told me we were going to pay. If you would have gotten caught tonight, it would have been over. He would have killed every single one of you."

"He would have killed us either way Gab. So just let it go please." Dom begged.

"Who was going to inform us of him coming to the garage?" Vince asked.

"Thank you!" Dom yelled. "You are starting shit again."
"I am!" Gabriella yelled. She shoved him backwards. He grabbed her arms putting them behind her.

"Shove me again!" He yelled in her ear.

"You are so aggravating!" She tried to break free but he tightened his grip on her. She kicked her legs kicking Vince in the leg.

"Owe!" Vince yelled. "You are going to get it!"

Brian moved out of the way as Mia walked down the stairs to meet them. "What happened to you?" She asked. Gabriella leaned up from the floor.

"Vince punched him!" She yelled.

"Actually I hit him with a shot gun!" Vince growled tackling her back to the ground. She squeezed her body from underneath both guys as she started pounding on Dom and Vince's arm. She was going back and forth before Dom took her down to the ground.

"I surrender!" She yelled holding her hand up. She was out of breath as the fighting stopped. She shoved Vince off of her as she tried to catch her breath. "You both weigh a ton."

"You fight like a girl." Vince breathed out shoving her to the side. She began to laugh.

"Where is Jesse at? Didn't he go with you guys?" She asked lifting herself off the floor. She stumbled to the stairs as she shoved Brian to the side and moved over to the door.

"I think he was checking his car out. He said he was going to stay out here for a while." Brian told her.

"Come on, let's get your cleaned up." Mia replied as Gabriella moved outside. She knew Jesse was probably pissed off or scared. Maybe even both. She walked down the steps to the end of the street where he was standing. It was night time but it didn't stop him from having a huge flashlight out and his hood opened. "What are you doing?" She asked walking over to him.

"You heard I suppose?" He didn't even bother to look up.

"Yeah, Letty told me. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Just getting some work done on the car before going down to the Desert."

"Can I help?"

"Is there something you want to tell me Gab?" That's when he looked up at her.

"Dom already told you I see." She rolled her eyes as she sat down on the curb bringing her legs up to her chest. She closed her eyes not wanting to look at him. "Jesse, it was nothing okay. I didn't want anyone to know because it was nothing. Johnny isn't going to quit. We know this. As long as I live here and as long as he is alive he will always be out there trying to find a way to get me back."

"You should have told me."

"I didn't want you to think anything."

He threw the tools down on the ground causing a loud noise as she just stared up at him. "Think anything?" He yelled. "How am I not supposed to think anything when you keep things from me Gab?"

"I didn't want stuff like this happen!" She yelled back. "I am so tired of every other day someone getting mad because Johnny Tran entered our lives again. This is what he wants Jess. This is what he wants to happen. Everyone to get mad at each other, everyone to just go against each other. We are letting him win. I refuse to do that. I didn't tell anyone because I want my life back. I don't want to live in fear anymore. I just want to live…with you and my family."

"Then let's do it."

"What are you talking about?"

"Dom is thinking about expanding. He thinks opening a garage in another city would benefit us. So I volunteered to do it. I said I would go. Come with me. We could do this together Gab."

She stood up walking over to him without saying a word. "Please Gab, let's just get out of here. Dom-everyone will be here. They aren't going anywhere."

"Okay." She whispered. "I will go with you."

The Desert. One of the world's largest racing scenes. People from all over the world came to the scene to race for anything. Money, girls, cars. Whatever they had to offer it was up for grabs. The rules were simple, whoever crossed the red line first was the winner. Sunday. The last day of the wars was what most wanted to get to. Finalist raced for the ultimate prize. Twenty thousand dollars. It was a lot of money. Hell it could save the Torettos. Gabriella looked over at the boy she loved and smiled. It took twenty minutes are arguing with Dom to get her to rid with him and she was grateful. It also took longer to convince Dom that it was the right move for her to go with Jesse when he opened up the garage. They chose San Diego. When she would race all those years ago, San Diego was the place to be. She knew they would make a killing there. She had to…she needed to go. She intertwined her fingers in his bringing his hand to her lips and kissing it softly. She was so in love with this kid it was crazy. How could someone love somebody else so much? How does the heart feel that way towards another human being? She never felt this way towards Johnny. She loved him, she really did but not like this. She would give her life for Jesse. She would die for him in a heartbeat. She stuck her hand out the window as the desert heat hit her hand. Life looked pretty good at that moment. She had her family that was all that mattered to her.

The car came to a stop as she unbuckled her seatbelt and climbed out of the car. She stretched her arms above her head releasing the tension from the drive down there. The desert heat hit her in the face and stuck to her like glue. It was muggy. She didn't like it. "Not home is it?" Jesse laughed noticing her reaction. "You'll get use to it."

"I don't think anyone could get use to this."

"Dom is setting up over there, want to go help?"

"You don't need help?" She smiled.

"No." He laughed. "He is going to make you do it. How about you surprise him?"

"Hm…"

"Gabriella!" Dom yelled causing Jesse to laugh. "Get over here and help us out."

She rolled her eyes at her boyfriend before turning around and walking over to where her brother was. She began unpacking the cars when she heard an engine behind her. She watched as her brother walked away with Vince before setting the food and drinks out on the table. She heard footsteps behind her but when she tried to turn, Letty's arm was around her.

"You can go now." She snapped. Gabriella turned around to see Johnny and Lance standing in front of her.

"Johnny…" She whispered. "We don't want any trouble."

"I am just looking for Dom." He replied looking around. He had a smile on his face and she knew under the glasses he was staring straight at her.

"He's not here, now leave." Letty replied. "Gab, go over there."

Johnny began to laugh. "I can assure you if I wanted to hurt her, I would. You wouldn't be able to stop me."

"Just go Johnny, Dom isn't here. He left with Vince." Gabriella rolled her eyes.

"I'm sure you will tell him that I was looking for him. Maybe I will see you around. It's going to be a long weekend." With that they left.

"Well there goes any chance of checking things out around here. He isn't going to let me out of his sight now." Gabriella was annoyed. She sat down on the table and let out a breath. "So I decided to go to San Diego with Jesse." She looked up at Letty. "We are leaving next week. It seems to be a good idea. Maybe I can stay out of trouble."

Letty smiled. "Yeah maybe."

"Promise me I will see you every weekend okay?" Gabriella began to become sad as she talked about leaving her family. "I don't know if I can stand not seeing you guys all the time."

"San Diego is only an hour away Gab."

"An hour is a very long time."

Letty began to laugh as she pulled the girls into her arms. "Just try to stay out of trouble. If he had hair, it would be gray I am sure of it."

"I won't tell him you said that."

They parted as they continued to bring out everything from the cars setting up the tent and getting dinner ready for that night.

The sun began to set as Gabriella saw Brian standing off by himself looking at all the cars. The races were over for that day, Dom was moving on. Of course he would. She smiled as she approached him putting her hands in the pockets of her hoodie. The Desert. Hot as hell during the day, cold at night. She approached him as he opened his arm for her to walk in. "What you looking at?" She asked snuggling up to him.

"I was just thinking about some things. These are amazing cars right?"

"Yeah they are. You going to try and race this weekend?"

"I was going to, but I told Dom I would wait for the next one. I just got that car for him, I can't lose it again."

"Oh mister cocky has gone then? What happened to him?"

He laughed. "It isn't cockiness, its respect. Your brother took me in…"

"Brian, my brother loves you. As does Mia. We all do with the exception of Vince." She laughed. "Don't think any different from that."

"You know what…" He squeezed her tightly wrapping both arms around her. "I am so happy that I met you." He kissed her on top of the head as they stood there staring off into the night. "You tired?"

"Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about something though." She let go of him.

"What's going on?"

"Dom is trying to open up more garages to spread the word I guess, so me and Jesse are headed to San Diego next week to check some places out."

"San Diego? As in moving there?"

"Yeah, and…" She swallowed. "I think you should come with us. You would be perfect running it. Jesse could do the detailing…come on I know you have always wanted to own your own shop so why not do it. Why not come with us?"

Brian smiled down at her. "What about Mia? You don't think she would find it weird that I was running away with you and Jesse?"

"Do you love my sister?"

Brian just stared at her. "I know you do Brian, I can see the way you look at her. Then why don't you do something about it?"

Brian shook his head. "I—it's just-I need to go." He walked away leaving her there alone. She was confused. What was going on?