She moved from the desk to the door to see what all was going on in the garage. It was a quiet day for the most part. She guessed because it was Monday. Summer was about to begin and schools were getting out. She knew the race scene was beginning to pick up meaning people would be bringing their cars. The garage had been opened for month. For the first week things were slow, she hadn't really expected to bring in a lot of business but then people started to hear about the garage opened up by Dominic Toretto's sister. People were coming almost every day. She was grateful but it hurt talking about her brother. It hurt talking about what happened with him and what is going on with him. She didn't like talking about it. Some of the guys, mostly Jorge and Harrison saw the looks on her face every time someone would ask. They would cut in immediately so she didn't have to answer. She was grateful for that. She smiled at Jorge walked over to her. "We were about to go grab some lunch, do you want anything?"

"Sure, I can go with you guys if you don't mind. I kind of need to get out of this office for a little while." She smiled at him. He nodded his head at her.

"Sure, let me close everything down and we can go." She watched as he walked away before moving back into the office. Lunch was easy every day. They closed down for an hour so everyone could go eat together and then reopened back in at two o'clock. She locked the computer as she heard a soft tap on the door.

"You going to lunch with us this time?" Harrison poked his head in.

She began to laugh. "I have been super busy here lately, and plus I don't think you guys would want me at lunch with you when we spend all day together."

"I think it's the other way around…"

"You guys liking it so far? I haven't been too hard on you have I?"

"Not at all. Gavin is worse. You're like Jesus compared to him. He's a Nazi." Harrison laughed. Gabriella couldn't help but smile. "I've noticed some things about you if you don't mind me saying something…"

"I have a feeling you are going to say it anyways."

"I know what happened with your brother and I am very sorry. I can see it in your eyes sometimes when you think no one is looking at you, I see that you miss him so much."

"I havent seen him in over a year." She replied softly.

Harrison nodded his head. "He was my best friend and now I don't know what to do with my life. I came here thinking that it would all go away, but it just seems to stay with me. I see you guys working out here and to tell you the truth, all I see is my family. We were inseparable, then all of the sudden everything was just ripped from us." She realized who she was talking before straightening up. "I'm sorry, we should probably go. We only have an hour to eat."

Harrison nodded his head not pressing her for anymore questions. He smiled as he let her go ahead of him before he closed the door behind him. She took a deep breath as they both stepped outside. "I could drive if you want."

"Sure." She turned around locking the door behind her and putting the sign up that they were closed for lunch. She took a deep breath before turning around. She had to stop doing that. Everyone didn't need to know about her life and what her brother did. Her cell phone began to ring in her pocket as she approached Harrison's car.

"I'm sorry, it's my sister. Can I have a rain check?" Gabriella looked down at her phone before looking up at him. He nodded his head. "Hello…" She answered the phone. Harrison stayed by the car as she went to unlock the door of the garage. "Hey Mia, what's up?" She turned around and waved at Harrison before going inside. "Is everything okay? I usually don't hear from you until later in the evening?" She opened the office door. "Where is she?" She paused. "You know Letty, she is just upset about Dom leaving her. She will be back." Gabriella put her hand on her head. "Have you tried calling Dom?...I talked to him on the way down the San Diego…I didn't tell you because I didn't want to worry you. It was short. I haven't talked to him since…its strange here Mia. All I see is my family working. The guys here are awesome. I love it here, but I miss home so much…I can't come home…listen, you are coming down this weekend right?...we can talk then. I love you. I have to go." She waited for her sister to reply back before hanging up the phone. She was exhausted.

"So I thought I would bring you back something to eat since I knew you would probably be hungry. I hope that's okay." Harrison appeared in the door way. She moved her hands from her face and smiled up at him.

"Thank you." She sighed. "I actually am very hungry."

He moved into the office and sat down in front of the desk handing her a bag of food. "So your sister is coming this weekend?"

"Yeah, I think she kind of misses me. With everyone gone, it's just her right now. I think she gets lonely."

"Are you lonely?" He asked.

She just stared at him without saying a word. "You look lonely." He replied.

She didn't know what to say. She just continued to stare at him. She wanted to talk to him. She felt like she could talk to him about anything. She bowed her head. "I am very lonely." She whispered. "And I have to be."

"I don't believe that for a second."

"Why are you here Harrison?"

"I enjoy working on cars." He eyed her.

"No, why are you in my office and trying to talk to me about my life?"

He shook his head. "I would like to get to know you that's all."

She shook her head. "I am your boss. You can't come in and expect me…"

"Expect you to what? What do you think I want?"

She shook her head before getting up from the desk. "I can't do this. I don't know what I am doing and what is going on, my mind is not here right now. My life is so screwed up right now that I just don't….my brother is a convicted felon. And they might not know this but I see the SUV's sitting outside my apartment every night. Maybe have my phone bugged for when Dom does call me. Maybe even have some of their men working for me. I don't trust anyone. I can't trust anyone. The last time I let someone I didn't know into my life my boyfriend was killed, I was shot, my brother left me, and my life just fell apart. So I can't do this…" She took a deep breath as she backed into the wall behind her. She covered her face with her hands as the tears fell down her face. "And now I am crying."

Harrison got up from the chair and walked over to her putting his hands on her shoulders and bringing her into his arms. She didn't hug him back but she didn't move either. She needed that. No matter how much she wanted to push him away she needed someone to hold her right now. She needed someone there to tell her everything was going to be alright.

Everyone had arrived back at the garage right on time as Harrison cleaned up the mess on the desk as Gabriella went to the bathroom to fix her makeup. She couldn't give any of the guy's reasons on why she shouldn't be there. She needed to be there. Harrison hugged her the rest of their lunch break as she broke down on him. She had finally pulled away with a laugh as she wiped her face. She shook her head as she stared at herself in the mirror. She was different person. She didn't even look the same. She had lost weight, her hair was thinner and longer. She sighed as she moved to the door and trying to calm herself down before going outside.

"There you are!" Jorge replied causing her to jump back. "Thanks for lunch, it was great!"

Gabriella began to laugh. "My sister called. It's a family thing, I had to take it."

"Yeah yeah." He smiled at her. "Gavin just called, he wanted to talk to you about something."

"Oh okay, thank you. You guys good? Do you need anything?" She moved towards of the office.

"No, we are good. We brought you some food. It's on your desk."

Gabriella looked up at Harrison who began to chuckle as she nodded her head. "Thank you, that was really sweet of you!" She glared at Harrison before moving past Jorge. "We are having a meeting tomorrow morning at eight am. I would suggest you get some rest. Supposedly there is a huge race tomorrow night, I will be leaving today around four to go meet my sister and will not be back till Monday. I do not want phone calls from anyone. So don't mess anything up." She smirked. "And for god's sake stop leaving the damn toilet seat up, there are women here." The whole garage filled with laughter as she walked into the office. The paper bag full of food was on the desk as she shook her head. She wasn't hungry but she couldn't not eat it. She sat down with a sigh as she opened the bag when her cell phone went off. She looked outside in the garage before answering it.

"Tony's Garage, this is Gabriella speaking how may I help you?"

"Gab?" She dropped the sandwich onto the desk. "Gabriella, are you there?"

"Vince." She hissed. "What the hell?"

"Listen to me, just talk to me for two minutes."

"If they are listening, they are going…"

"I love you. I miss you so much you don't even understand."

"Have you talked to Dom?"

"Yes."

"I love you too." Click. There was silence. "Vince." She whispered. But the line was dead. She looked out the door where Harrison was staring at her. She shook her head as she walked over to the door shutting and pulling the blinds down. She rushed back over to the desk and tried hitting the call back number but it wouldn't go through. She slammed the phone down on the receiver. "Damnit!"

There was tap on the door as it opened. "Blake…" She turned her head.

"Hey, I was just…" He stopped and stared at her. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just…bad phone call, that's all." She put her hand on her hip and stared at him. She took a deep breath. "What can I help you with?"

"There is a car out here, I was just seeing if you could come take a look at it. It's a girl."

"A girl?" Gabriella eyed him.

"Yeah she wants girly shit on it and I don't do…that. So maybe if you helped her."

Gabriella began to laugh. "Sure, let me see what I can do." She looked over at the phone before walking with him. She saw the girl talking with Harrison as she approached. "Hi, I'm Gabriella. So you wanted to do some detailing to your car?"

"Thank God, a girl works here. I haven't found one place that they want to do what I want."

"Yeah, guys will do that to you. Do you have a picture?" Gabriella smiled.

"Yeah, this is the basic layout. If you have any suggestions then I am all ears. I just want something that people can remember."

"Are you a racer?"

"Yeah, I just started."

"Have you won anything?"

"I've won one, it was my first race." Gabriella nodded her head and looked over at Harrison who was just staring at her.

"I won my first race too…"

"You're a street racer?" The girl was shocked.

Gabriella began to laugh. "I haven't raced in forever but I use to race all the time. I was good too."

"What made you stop?"

She looked at Harrison again. "Life I guess."

The girl nodded her head. "We can take a look at this and get back to you on what we can do. Is there a certain time you need the car back?"

"Preferably by Monday if possible. There is a race on Tuesday…" The girl continued to speak as Gabriella let her mind wonder back to the days of racing. They still had races on Tuesdays. She smiled to herself. "What's your name again?" The girl asked knocking Gabriella back to life.

"Gabriella…Toretto." She gave a soft smile. The girl's eyes widened as she moved closer to Gabriella.

"Toretto? As in Gabriella Toretto? The girl who won almost every race she has raced? Dominic Toretto's sister? I have wanted to meet you for so long. When did you move here?"

"A couple of months ago. I just opened up this garage."

"Have you heard from your brother? Do you know where he is?"

Gabriella cleared her throat and shook her head. "No, I have no idea where anyone is and I don't think I will ever know."

"Listen, we will get your car started and have it ready for you by Monday. Just leave everything here for us." Harrison jumped up from where he was leaning and moved in front of Gabriella. The girl nodded her head as Harrison put his arm around her shoulder and walked her to the door.

"You don't like talking about him do you?" Blake appeared next to her.

"My brother is running from the cops and I have no idea where he is. Of course I don't like talking about it. I don't know what people expect from me. He isn't this big shot anymore. Hes a felon. I wish everyone would just leave it alone."

"No one has ever ran from the cops for this long without being caught."

"He's smart." She shook her head as she grabbed the papers off the car and walked into her office.

"She's a chatty one huh?" Harrison walked in behind her. Gabriella tried to laugh but failed. "Listen, you have three more hours. You make it through those, then you have the whole weekend. Relax. We got it from here."

"I wont be able to work on her car this weekend, so I am leaving you in charge. Don't mess it up. Try to think like a girl or something. Make it girly."

Harrison began to laugh. "I'll try."

AN: so i dont know how i feel about this chapter but i guess i am giving you a look into her life without her family around right now. Hope it wasnt boring. i will try to have another chapter up this week since it took me so long to post this one! REVIEW! let me know what you think!