Gabriella stared at her sister, who had her arms crossed over her chest. It was another argument. Probably the fourth or fifth one that day. That was progress from when it first started. They were fighting like cats and dogs when she first woke up. It seemed to be the only emotion Gabriella could do without wanting to lash out and scream. If she was mad, she could control herself. She had to take her anger out on someone, Mia was just in the cross path. Maybe this was what depression was. Maybe this was her body telling her that she had lost too many and it couldn't do it anymore. It couldn't hold the pain. It couldn't bare it. It wanted to shut down but Mia wouldn't let her. Mia wouldn't let her give up. Gabriella was grateful for that, but she just wanted the pain to go away. The argument today? Johnny Tran. Again.
"Just tell me!" Gabriella yelled. "He shot me Mia. Why can't you tell me what happened to him?"
"Because I don't know."
"How do you not know? It would be on the news."
"I haven't watched the news Gab. You keep expecting me to have all these answers for you. I don't. I haven't been watching TV because I don't want to see what they are saying. Brian let Dom go Gab. He let him run. That's all that I know. I don't want to know anything else. I wanted you to wake up and be okay."
"Dom had to have stopped him. He wouldn't just run away. That's not him."
"I know that you want revenge Gab…"
"No!" She yelled.
"Yes, yes it is. I understand. I really do. Jesse is gone Gab. He is gone and there is nothing we can do about it. You want to find Johnny? What are you going to do when we find him? Kill him?"
She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at her sister. She knew Mia was right. Something had to be done. This pain had to go away.
"I want to talk to Dom."
"You can't."
"MIA!" Gabriella screamed shoving the food tray in front of her. It fell to the floor. "So what do you expect to happen? Me and you, we are just going to live like nothing happened? MY BOYFRIEND IS DEAD!"
"Stop."
"NO!" Gabriella tried to move out of the bed but Mia grabbed her shoulders. "I need my brother okay. I need him here with me."
"I don't know where he is Gab. I don't know anything. I told you already I talked to him twice. He's gone Gab. He is gone and I don't know when he is coming back."
"He wouldn't do that." She whispered.
"He would."
Gabriella shook her head leaning back against the bed. "How did this happen Mia? How did we get to this point?"
"We got too comfortable. I don't know, I guess they thought they were unstoppable with the trucks."
"And Brian?"
"Brian is dead to me. We should have never trusted him."
Gabriella wiped her face. "I am really tired Mia. I just want to go to sleep."
Mia sat in the chair of the hospital room, her feet were in the chair as Gabriella went in and out of sleep. She was in the uncomfortable stage of her recovery. She didn't want to be in that room anymore. She wanted her own bed. Doctor Martin told her this could be her last day. Therapy was good, she could move her arm a little but everything looked good with her heart. That was their main concern he had told her. She opened her eyes and stared at Mia when she door opened. Gabriella grinded her teeth together and she slowly sat up. She put her hand to her chest.
"NO!" She yelled. "NO!"
Mia quickly turned around. "Brian-" Mia was on her feet. His hand was in the air stopping her before she could say anything else.
"I'm not here-" He started.
"Get out!" Gabriella spat.
"I know that-"
"You don't get to speak to us!" Gabriella spat. "Get out of here now."
"Gab…" He whispered. Tears streamed down her face as she turned over facing the wall. He couldn't see her cry. He just couldn't. "Tran is dead. Dom killed him before-" He cleared his throat. "I just thought you should know that we got him. I am so sorry about Jesse."
Gabriella picked up the phone next to the bed, ripping it out of the wall and throwing it straight at Brian's head. He ducked. "Don't you dare speak that name to me again." She snarled. "You don't know shit about any of this. You caused this!"
He nodded his head. "I'm really sorry."
She shook her head at him and pointed to the door. "Get out of here."
Mia grabbed her hand putting it to her lips as the door slid open and Brian walked out. Gabriella finally let it go. Her chest jumped as Mia wrapped her arms around her body. Johnny was dead. He was gone. Too much news was coming at her at once. Her body shook as Mia held her tight. She didn't care about the sounds come from her mouth, the cries for everyone that was gone. She needed to let it go, and she did.
Gabriella moved from the bed into the wheelchair as Mia grabbed her things. It was time to go home. She had spent one month, fourteen days, and two hours more than she wanted to. She was so tired of that place. But that meant she had to go back to the place her boyfriend died. The place where all of her memories were. Could she do it? She shook her head of the thought as Mia began wheeling her towards the door. The car was just parked right outside and she couldn't wait to feel the air on her face. She had forgotten what sunlight looked like, felt like. She smiled as she reached the car, lifting herself up.
"You got it?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, just give me a second." Her arm was in a sling making it very difficult for her to move around. She was thankful it her arm though and not her legs. She climbed into the car as Mia shut the door behind her. She took a deep breath. Deep breaths. That's what it took. She was going to be alright. She had to remember to breathe. The door slammed next to her causing her to jump.
"You ready to go?"
Gabriella nodded her head. "Let's go." The car started and they made their way towards the house. The house that she didn't feel like she could call home anymore. It wasn't a home. It was just a house. Dom, Leon, Jesse, Vince, Letty…god all of them are what made it a home. And they were gone. Within moments they were pulling into the driveway. Gabriella looked over at her sister and gave her a soft smile. "Everything is going to be okay Gab. I promise."
"I really wish I could believe you." She opened the door with her opposite arm and climbed out. The air hit her in the face. It wasn't the normal air she was use to, it was different. She didn't like it this time. She took a deep breath as Mia helped her up the driveway. Don't look, she thought to herself. Don't look at the sidewalk. They had to of cleaned it up by down. The blood couldn't be there anymore. Without looking around, Gabriella walked up the steps to the house and opened the door. The familiar smell hit her in the face almost knocking her off her feet. Tears filled up her eyes as she looked over at Mia.
"We are going to be okay." Mia replied. Gabriella knew she was only trying to tell herself that. All Gabriella could do was nod her head. She walked into the living room when something caught her eye. She stopped in her tracks as she stared at him.
"It's about time you came home, I have been waiting awhile." He smiled at her. He was limping and his arm was wrapped in bandages.
"Vince!" Gabriella whispered. She rushed over to him wrapping one arm around his waist. She dug her head into his stomach as he squeezed her. She heard him sigh, maybe it was a sigh of relief. "What are you doing here?" She wiped the tears that fell down her face.
"I had to see that you were alright. I had to see for myself."
"I'm okay." She smiled. She wrapped her arm around his again this time not letting him go. "Are you staying with us?"
There was silence. She squeezed her eyes shut trying to not let the pain in. "I am leaving Gab. I have to go."
"No." She sobbed.
"I can't stay here."
"Take us with you Vince. Take us with you, I will go wherever you want me to go."
Vince looked over at Mia then back down at her. "I can't take you with me Gab. It's not possible."
"So you are leaving me forever?"
He shook his head jerking her towards him. They were silent as they stood in the middle of the living room. She buried her face in his shirt trying to hide the tears. "I can't do this Vince, I don't know how." She sobbed. "I don't know how to live without you guys." Her body shook as she spoke. His shirt was soaked from her tears as he continued to hold her. She felt his chest jump knowing he was crying too. They were best friends. Inseparable. Now he was telling her he was leaving and she couldn't go with him. Her heart broke. It felt like it was in tiny little pieces.
"You have to take care of your sister now. We will see each other again, I promise you that. I will never be able to leave you for forever. It's just see you later right now okay."
She nodded her head slowly. "When the time is right, when it's safe Gab, I will be back for you. We will be a family again, I promise."
She refused to let him go as he tried to move her arm from around him. She was twenty two years old, she felt like she was sixteen again. She was abandoned and she couldn't do anything about it. The garage was gone. The FBI took everything from them. They shut it down taking all the cars, the tools, the computers…everything. They were left with nothing but memories. They had fought so hard to keep the garage. They had fought hard too. And now it was gone. She was losing everything in just a matter of minutes. She felt him release her as she stared down at the floor. This was it. This was the goodbye she was not ready for.
"I love you." He whispered.
She couldn't respond back to him. She refused to look at him. She knew he was gone when the door slammed behind him but yet she still couldn't move. She wanted to run to him. To scream for him to stop, but she didn't. She didn't do anything but stand there. "I love you too." She whispered.
Gabriella took a deep breath as she threw her bag on the bed and sat down. Her arm was killing her but she wasn't moving. She couldn't move. The pain was unbearable. She couldn't take it. Everyone was gone. In a blink of an eye, they disappeared as if they weren't there to begin with. There was a soft knock on the door as Mia slowly walked into the room. "I was going to make some dinner but I wanted to make sure you were hungry first?"
"Usually you would just force me to eat it."
Mia bowed her head. "I think things are going to be changing around here. I don't want to fight with you anymore Gab. It's taking all of my energy just trying to breathe right now."
"Me too." Her eyes were watering as she stared up at her big sister. They hadn't really gotten along all those years, maybe it was because Gabriella blamed her sort of. She needed someone to blame, so she took out on her. They had to depend on each other right now. "What are we going to do Mia? We don't have jobs, they took everything from us."
"We have the money dad left us, that's it."
"We can't survive off of that."
"We can for a little while. This is going to blow over, I just know it is."
"Dom will never be allowed back here again you know that right? We will never see him again."
Mia nodded her head. "I have to believe that we will. But for right now, we have to stick together. We are all each other have right now."
"I would really like to go to sleep." Gabriella whispered.
"Gab…" Mia had almost a begging tone in her voice.
"Will you lay with me?"
Mia nodded her head as they laid down in the bed together. Mia wrapped her arms around Gabriella's waist as they both silent cried to sleep.
AN: I think this is the last of the sad chapters for right now! hahaha! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! REVIEW!
