AN: I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas! Hope you guys enjoy this chapter, only a few more left in the story!
They were rich. They were richer than rich. Harrison has picked Gabriella up in the air twirling her around in circles as she stared at the money that just fell out of the vault. She couldn't take her eyes off of it. They had done it. They had taken down Reyes, killed him and took his money. He paid for everything. He paid for Hobbs' men and he paid for Vince. Harrison slowly let her back down to the ground as she slowly walked away from everyone. "Goodbye Vince, I will always love you."
"Gab…" Dom was behind her. She wiped her face as she turned around to him with her head bowed to the ground. "Would you like to come with me to give this to Rosa?" He had a bag in his hand full of money. Gabriella gave a small smile nodding her head.
"I would love too." She whispered. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder as they moved towards the door. "You should meet his son Dom, he named him after you."
"He told me."
"What do we do Dom? Where do we go from here?"
Dom stopped and looked at her. "Spain."
"You would go with me?"
"We are free now." Dom told her. "There isn't anything that I can protect you from now. I want to stay with you until you are old and gray."
"You are going to be old and gray first." She gave a soft smile. "I have wanted this for so long."
"I have too. And now we are together and there is not a damn thing that can separate us."
"There better not be."
The walk wasn't too long as they made it to Rosa's door. They knocked but no one answered. "I will go inside…"
"No." Gabriella stopped him. "Let me. I need to do this." Dom nodded his head handing the bag to her as she slowly walked into the empty house. It felt eerie. She didn't like it. She ran her hand across the pictures on the mantel. They were mostly of Rosa and Vince, but then she came across one. Just one. Gabriella smiled to herself as she picked the picture up and looked closely at it. It was of her family. They looked so young. It was almost impossible to be them. She smiled as she put the picture to her heart. She remembered that picture. They were all miserable. Jesse, Leon, even Letty was in it. They were leaning against the Charger. It seemed like another life to her. It was another life. This was her life now. A life where everyone was dying. She was losing everyone she loved little by little. She wiped her face of the fallen tears and looked down at the table. An envelope was sitting there with her name on it. She looked up at the door before picking it up. "Gab, we gotta go." Dom called from outside. She nodded her head placing the bag on the table and putting the envelope under her shirt. She took the picture and headed towards the door. "I love you Vince. You were always my best friend." She closed the door behind her as Dom wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Look at this." She showed him the picture. "He kept this."
"Wow!" Dom laughed. "This was a long time ago."
"It was on the mantel in there."
"You haven't seen this?"
She shook her head. She went to speak but instead drew in a breath. "You okay?"
She shook her head. "No, I'm not okay. But I guess I don't have a choice."
"We are going to be okay."
"Let's just get out of here. I am ready to put Rio in the rearview and never look back at this place."
Dom nodded his head kissing her softly on the forehead as they began their way back to the safe house.
They all stood around the room and stared at each other. Gabriella couldn't smile, she didn't have it in here. This was goodbye. This was where they went their separate ways from each other. She watched as everyone exchanged their hugs, she couldn't bring herself to move. Gisele walked up to her wrapping her arms around her neck. "Goodbye." She whispered in Gabriella's ear. "It was so nice to meet you."
"You too. You take care of yourself." She rubbed the girls arms bringing her into another hug.
"Where are you headed?" Han asked taking her hand in his.
"Spain, I think. Maybe settle down there."
"Well if you ever decide you get bored, hit us up."
Gabriella nodded her head. "Thank you for everything that you did for me."
"We are a family, that's what family does." Han smiled. There it was, she finally smiled. He brought her into his arms kissing her lightly on the side of the head. "You are strong." He whispered. She squeezed her eyes shut. "And rich."
She began to laugh shoving him away as she wiped the tears from her face. "You guys be careful."
They nodded their heads as they turned and walked away. Roman appeared next to her elbowing her slightly in the ribs, "Do I even want to ask where you are headed?" Gabriella asked.
"I thought I was coming with you." He smiled.
"I would love for you to come with me." She told him softly.
He nodded his head. "Me too." He sighed as he put one arm around her shoulder bringing her into him. She closed her eyes. "You know, you find people that it's hard to say goodbye too and you are one of those people."
"It's hard to say goodbye to any of you."
"You promise me you will take care of yourself?"
"I promise." She whispered. "You take care of yourself too." He kissed the top of her head before walking away. "And Roman…" He turned around. "Use condoms please."
He began to laugh as he shook his head. "Goodbye Gabriella."
"Goodbye."
Tej was the last person to approach her. She watched as Dom and Brian gathered the bags and began putting them in the cars. "I will never understand why someone as ugly as Dom has two gorgeous ass sisters."
"It had to balance out I guess." She smirked. "Where you going?"
He shook his head. "I think I will stay here. I kind of like Brazil."
"It will do that to you. You going to open up the garage?"
He nodded his head. "Yeah, I was thinking about it. Brian said you are going to Spain with him and Mia."
"Yeah, we are going to try and settle down there. We will see how it goes."
"If you need anything at all, I am only a phone call away."
"I know Tej. Thank you so much for everything."
"I am really sorry about Vince."
She shrugged her shoulders. "I can't believe we made it."
"You are going to continue to make it. You stay strong."
"I will. Be careful."
He hugged her tightly as she squeezed her eyes shut. Goodbyes sucked. She hated them. There was nothing good about saying goodbye to someone that you love. She felt her heartstrings pull as she walked to the door with her family. She took one last look behind her as the tears streamed down her face. "Thank you." She whispered and shut the door.
It was amazing what money could buy even if you are a fugitive on the run. They had different names, they had different faces, but somehow they still were allowed on the trains or boats, or whatever they wanted to take to get them to Spain. Two days is what it took actually, and it was a miserable two days. Gabriella didn't speak, she didn't want to talk to anyone. She put on a smile and nodded her head when spoken to but when it came to having a conversation she kept quiet and walked away. It was hard right now. It was hard when Jesse died but…she didn't feel that. She felt it with Vince. He lived once before getting shot in the same place, but yet this time because they were on the run, they couldn't get him to a hospital. They couldn't save his life. She looked out the window of the bus as she remembered the yellow envelope sitting on the table. She had placed it in her bag hoping to look in it soon but she hadn't yet. She didn't know what it could be or if she even wanted to know right now. Too many memories. She knew it was probably some old letters or pictures from when she was little and she couldn't take that right now. She couldn't bring that up right now. She was trying to stay strong and as long as she kept busy it worked but the moment she let her mind wonder, that's when it became hard. She closed her eyes as she felt Harrison's arm come around her. They had split up again just in case money couldn't buy you everything. Dom…and Elena left first, Brian and Mia took a boat. Harrison and Gabriella decided they were in any hurry to get to Spain so they took the bus. She felt the bus stop as she opened her eyes and looked up.
"We are here baby, grab your things." Harrison told her as he stood up. She nodded her head as she stood up stretching her arms above her head. She was in a daze. Maybe it was lack of sleep or maybe she just didn't care anymore. She grabbed the bag from beside and followed Harrison off the bus. It was beautiful. She could see the ocean as she set the bag on the ground and walked to the edge of the road. It was like a whole other world. She gave a soft smile as she felt Harrison's arm come around her waist. He kissed her softly on the cheek. "I love you." He whispered. She closed her eyes letting the sun hit them in the face. They were finally free. There was no more running, they were going to be a family again. She moved away from him and picked up her bag.
"YO!" Brian was standing next to a car holding his hands in the air. "It's about damn time!"
Gabriella smiled as she moved over to him wrapping her arms around his waist. "What's this?" She asked pointing to a brand new Nissan GTR.
"Oh this, it's mine. I just bought her."
Gabriella shook her head as Harrison began to examine. "She looks amazing man, where's mine?"
"And mine?" She asked softly. She cleared her throat. She was trying to be normal but it didn't seem to be working.
"You both have millions of dollars, you can buy your own." Brian replied. "Gab, I got yours back at the house." He smirked dodging the swing that Harrison had just thrown. "Get in.I will take you to the house."
"Where's Dom?"
"They are here."
Gabriella nodded her head. Part of thought he would take off again. She thought he would leave thinking he was protecting her, but he didn't. Not this time. She smiled as she climbed in to the backseat of the car. "We found a doctor who is going to help deliver Mia's baby. We go for the first ultrasound tomorrow if you would like to go Gab. We also bought a house. We haven't moved everything in yet, but….you know it's amazing what money can buy around here. Extra ten thousand dollars, they don't run your name. I was thinking about going into town tomorrow also to get some furniture. We are giving you guys the entire…" He stopped. Gabriella was looking out the window when she turned to Brian who was staring at her in the mirror. "You alright?"
She nodded her head. "That sounds really nice Brian."
The car ride was then silent as they rode together to the house. The driveway was long as Gabriella straightened up. She saw all the flowers outside, and then she saw it. The beach. They had a house on the beach. She began to laugh as the car stopped. She didn't bother saying anything as she jumped out and ran to the edge of the grass. The beach was right there.
"It's not California, but it will do." Brian replied walking up next to her. "Harrison is going to get the bags and go see Mia, I thought maybe you and I could talk."
"I am fine Brian, I promise."
"My brother tells me you don't talk anymore."
She laughed. "I talk when I am spoken to."
He sighed rubbing his hands over his face. "You blame yourself for Vince don't you?"
"I wished it was me." She didn't looked at him. "This whole time, even with Tran, you guys have risked your lives for mine. You and Mia ran so they wouldn't come looking for me. Vince took me into his home in Brazil and let me live with him, Dom…It's not fair Brian. He survived. You saved him."
"We didn't have the medical attention like we did back in Los Angeles."
"He was my best friend. You weren't there for a lot of it but he was just…"
"Perfect?"
She covered her face as the tears spilled down. "I don't know how I am supposed to make this better, I don't even think that I can. I want you to be here with us and we all get through this together. I do know how you felt about him. I saw it. When I came around, I saw how you two were together."
"You jealous?" She smirked wiping her face with her hand.
"I could be that person to you Gab. I would never take his place but I could be…"
She nodded her head. "I would love Brian. I really would."
Eight months, fourteen days…
Gabriella hurried around the house as Mia began to scream out in pain. She grabbed the bag off the couch and hurried over to her sister. "LETS GO!" She screamed. Harrison was running towards her with more bags in his hand.
"I just got off the phone with Brian, they will meet us there."
"Can we go now? I am trying to have a baby." Mia snapped. Gabriella began to laugh as she put her arm through Mia's and helped her outside. "I swear to God, if I have this child on the side of the road…"
"You aren't. We are going to get you there okay."
"Where is Elena?" Harrison asked.
"She's in the car." Gabriella rolled her eyes as Mia let out another scream. "Jesus, can we hurry this up?"
"Shutup!"
They got into the car as Elena pressed down on the gas shooting everyone back into their seats. Gabriella began to laugh as she held Mia's hand. "What is so funny?" Mia snapped.
"You are having a little boy." She smiled. "Jackson Vincent O'Connor."