I'm baaaaaaack! :) Here's the first chapter for the sequel! I figured I'd stick with the diamond theme in the title. ;)
So question: I have tons of little blurbs that didn't make the Blue Diamond and don't fit into this fic...would ya'll be interested in reading little "deleted scenes"? They're fluff between Leon/Michaela and Vince/Alex.
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Thanks again for reading! Love you all!
Disc: I own nothing but Michaela and Alex
Diamond in the Rough
Chapter 1: Lucky
By: LoveInk
It was one of those insufferable summer days where being anywhere but the beach was hell. After hours of whining and begging, Michaela had finally gotten Dom to cave. Sighing, he agreed to close the garage and the store so the team could go to the beach. Once they made it to the beautiful shore, she ran towards the sand excitement pumping through her veins; after spending six weeks in a cast, it felt good to feel the sand between her toes. Giggling at Michaela's excitement, Mia lay down two towels while Letty set up a folding chair nearby. The three older boys followed after, each carrying a cooler filled with food and booze while Jesse was left to carry the beach bag and the umbrella. They set up camp around the girls, griping and grumbling about it as they did so.
"Did you invite Alex?" Mia asked Vince from her seat on the blanket.
Vince shrugged a shoulder as he flipped open a cooler to grab a beer. "Don't need to. She's already here."
"I didn't see her car," Leon commented, grunting as he dropped a case of beer into the sand. Once the beers in the cooler ran out, as they inevitably would, they'd be replaced by the warmer ones. "How would she get here?"
"She didn't answer her phone, so she's either here or at the studio," Vince explained easily. "I bet Fisher drove."
"Or she's avoiding you," Michaela said on a derisive snort.
Vince ignored his sister, popping open his beer and taking a sip as his blue eyes studied the ocean. "She's right there," he said pointing the neck of the bottle towards the water.
Mia narrowed her eyes trying desperately to figure out which one she was. "Where?"
"About to catch that wave right there," he answered as though it was obvious.
"How do you know?" Mia questioned.
He shrugged a shoulder. "I just do."
"Bull shit. Five bucks says it's not her," Leon said on a chuckle.
Vince raised an eyebrow, intrigued. "Raise it to ten."
"I'll give you ten and if you're wrong, I get ten and Mickey and I get the house to ourselves for the night. If not, you guys can have it."
Mia looked between the two; sure Vince would deck him for proposing such a bet. She was wrong, though, Vince didn't look angry at all. In fact, he looked amused. "How about three nights?" he asked instead.
Michaela grinned, excited for the outcome of the bet. "Oh sweet!"
"You're on," Leon said shaking his hand. "There's no way you can tell from this distance."
Vince just smirked and started making his way towards the water. He stood at the edge and waited, his eyes on Alex as she caught a decent wave and headed in.
Alex was not having a good day. Fisher acted like a total ass that morning, waking her up way to early because there was a "good swell" at the beach. When they got there around six in the morning, said "swell" was nowhere to be found. She almost killed him. Luckily for him, it picked up a little around eight. It was now eleven and she was hungry. Leaving Fisher behind with some of their surf buddies, she caught one last wave and totally ate it. With a scowl, she walked her board to the beach, mumbling curses under her breath as she stuck it in the sand. She heard a low chuckle and her heart skipped a beat, she knew that laugh. Peering around her board, she found his bright blue eyes laughing at her.
"Vince!" she exclaimed, a bright smile breaking across her face as she ran at him. He caught her easily, swinging her around in a circle as she laughed. "What are you doing here, big guy?" she asked once her feet were back down on the ground.
"Surprising you," he said before stooping down to kiss her. "You looked good out there."
She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Save for the fact that I totally ate it on the last wave."
Vince chuckled. "I didn't see that," he said, though it was clear he had. "Want a drink?" he asked nodding his head to where the rest of the team was laying out in the sand.
"You guys got the day off?" she questioned, clearly shocked. It was rare she got to spend a whole day with her boyfriend and her best friends on the beach.
He nodded. "That and we get my place to ourselves tonight."
A naughty smirked turned up the corner of her mouth. "No way," she said, trying to hide her excitement. It had been awhile since they'd gotten some alone time together at either of their houses. Fisher was on hiatus so her house was constantly filled with his friends and Michaela and Leon were always hanging out over at Vince's place since the fort was usually too crowded. "How'd you manage that?"
"I made a bet with Leon," he stated simply.
Michaela groaned when she saw her brother talking with Alex; she hated losing. "Hey Lee," she said, catching a sleeping Leon's attention.
"Huh?" he asked, his eyes still closed underneath his sunglasses.
"We lost," she stated miserably.
He sat up straighter then, pushing his sunglasses into his hair to get a better look. "Shit," he swore under his breath; he'd been certain they'd win. "There's no way…how did he…"
"He just knows her," Mia said with a happy sigh that clearly showed how romantic she thought the notion was.
Letty rolled her eyes at Mia's romantic assumption. She'd known it was Alex too. It'd been obvious from the lime green rash guard and board. "That or he recognized her board."
Leon glanced toward the couple and saw that her board was a neon green color; the only one of its kind on the beach or in the water. "Fuckin' cheater," he mumbled under his breath with a scowl.
Dom chuckled, shaking his head at Leon. "Don't let him hear you say that," he warned, watching the couple as they approached, their arms wrapped around each other. He fought back a sneer, since when did Vince do shit like that? The thought of it was disgusting. Who was this girl and what had he done with his best friend?
When they got to the team's camp, Vince tossed Alex one of the girls' wine coolers before grabbing the football and heading towards the shore with Dom and Jesse close behind him. Leon hung back. Mia looked at him suspiciously, Leon never said no to a game of catch.
Alex threw herself onto the empty towel space between Mia and Michaela. "Holy crap, you're cold!" Michaela exclaimed when Alex's wet rash guard brushed against her skin.
Alex laughed, sitting up on her knees, and pulling off guard to reveal a simple black bikini with tiny white skulls all over it. "Sorry! The water's cold!" she exclaimed as she settled back down. "What are you reading?"
"Nothing you'd be interested in," Michaela shot back, showing Alex the cover of her Vogue magazine.
Mia giggled at the disgusted look on Alex's face. "You might like this better," she said, handing the girl the Cosmopolitan magazine she'd just finished reading.
"Hey Lex?" Leon said, catching her attention.
"Yeah?" she replied, her eyes on the magazine instead of Leon.
"Has Vince ever watched you surf before?"
Alex shrugged a shoulder. "Once or twice."
"With the same board and shirt thingy?"
"Rash guard, Lee. It's called a rash guard."
He scoffed at her and rolled his eyes. "Whatever, Lex. Has he seen it before?"
"Well, yeah," she answered, glancing at him with an eyebrow raised. "Why?"
"Because Vince is a fuckin' cheater," he muttered, shaking his head as he stood up.
Alex rolled her eyes at him. When Vince had told her about the bet, she had thought it was strange Leon had given in to that. "He is not," she defended with a scowl. "You just didn't think it through, you moron."
"I'm a moron?" he asked, pointing a finger at his tanned chest.
"You heard me," she said squinting in the sun as she looked up at him. She didn't notice the way both Mia and Michaela had scooted away from her, a clear indication that something bad was going to happen.
Leon grabbed a handful of sand and rubbed it into her hair, laughing as he ran away from her. Alex let out a shriek of protest as she took off after him. Letty laughed as they chased each other around where the guys were playing. "She's fast," she commented, watching as Alex threw a handful of wet sand at Leon, hitting him square in the back.
"That doesn't bother you?" Mia asked Michaela.
She shook her head no. "You've seen the way she looks at my brother; she sure as hell doesn't look at Lee that way. And Lee just sees her as a sister," she explained with a shrug. She didn't want to go into the story about Leon's deceased sister; she knew he wouldn't appreciate it. "They're actually better at being siblings than Vince and I. They fight, they hit each other, and then they make up."
"That's because you respect Vince. Lex doesn't respect Lee," Mia stated.
"Obviously," Letty said on a scoff as Alex tossed a handful of sand into Leon's face.
The girls laughed as Vince managed to "accidentally" trip Leon, sending him face-first into the sand. Given that golden opportunity, Alex managed to dump a bucket of ice cold water on him. In seconds he was back on his feet and hauling her into the water before Jesse and Vince pushed him in after her. Deciding to get in on the fun, Michaela ran over to them, jumping on Vince's back and making him fall face first into the water. Dom hung back, shaking his heads at his childish friends before heading back toward Letty and Mia.
"Remind me how old they are again," Dom asked, sitting down in a beach chair with a Corona in his hand.
Letty chuckled as she stood and sauntered over to him, taking her rightful place in his lap. "I'd say around five."
"At least they're having fun!" Mia said, laughing as she watched both Alex and Michaela get lifted off their feet by their boyfriends and thrown in the water. "They're outnumbered though. Let, we should go even things up."
She shook her head. "You go. I'm fine right where I am," she said, leaning back into Dom. Mia rolled her eyes at them before taking off towards the water.
Dominic sighed as he watched Vince catch Alex around the waist and pull her in for a long kiss. "I don't like her," he stated.
"Who? Mia?"
"No, not Mia," he answered with a roll of his eyes. "V's girl."
Letty furrowed her brows. "Alex? You don't like Alex?" She found that hard to believe since she doubted they'd ever had a real conversation before.
"Yeah, her."
"Why not?"
He shrugged a shoulder. "I don't know. She makes Vince act weird. He blew me off the other day. I told him I needed him to work on his day off, and he said he already had plans. He's never done that before."
Letty frowned, now she understood. Dominic didn't like Alex because she not only took Vince away from his team, but she also gave him a life of his own. Gone were the days when Vince followed Dom like a shadow. Now, he thought for himself and made his own plans. "It happens," she said, patting Dom's leg reassuringly. "Look at him, Dom."
Dom did. He and Leon were throwing the ball back and forth with their girlfriends. Vince had one of the biggest smiles Dom had ever seen on his face as he tackled Alex to the ground in an attempt to steal the football. "He looks like a goof."
She hit him before scowling at him. "He looks happy."
"Yeah, but for how long?" he murmured in response.
Letty tilted her head back to look at him. "You don't think it'll last?"
"I know it won't last," he said emphatically. "Look at her, Let. She's smart, rich, and she dated some famous music guy for five years. You think she's going to settle for Vince?"
She looked back at the couple. Alex was looking up adoringly at Vince as he tossed the ball back to Leon. "I think she really likes him."
"Sure, until the next best thing comes along. She's going to break his heart and then we'll have to deal with him being an asshole for the rest of our lives. There's a reason we call him Coyote. He's meant to be the lone wolf."
Letty chuckled, shaking her head at Dom. "Coyote's actually mate for life. They're not 'lone'."
"Whatever. You know what I mean."
"I think he's grown out of that. He really likes her, Dom. Can we just let him be happy?"
Dom shrugged a shoulder. "I'm not going to stop him. I just don't think it'll last."
"The least you could do is be nice to her."
He sighed, running a hand over his bald head. "I'm nice."
She snorted. "Uh-huh. Right. You know, there's a reason she doesn't talk to you."
"Because I'm charming and handsome and she's scared she'll fall in love with me?" he joked arrogantly.
"No," Letty said with a roll of her eyes. "Mostly because you intimidate her."
Dom smirked and shrugged. "I intimidate her? She's dating Vince! How am I scarier than he is?"
"It's the bald head," she stated matter-of-factly.
"How do you figure?"
"That's pretty much the only difference between you and V. The hair. He's hairy and you're not."
"Is that a bad thing?" he asked, kissing her neck softly.
Letty leaned back into his embrace, tilting her head to the side to allow him better access. "Not for me," she said on a happy sigh. "Beard burn sucks. I don't know why Mickey and Alex put up with it."
Dom nuzzled his face into her neck, breathing in the spicy scent of her perfume. He loved this woman that he was sure of. She was the only one who understood him enough to listen to all his bullshit and then sort it out for him. He knew he was lucky to have someone like her in his life. "I guess not everyone can be as lucky as you."
So I made Dom a little mean, but I feel like that's how he'd be with a new girl in the mix. I sort of see him as being overprotective and selfish and a little resistant to change...but I love him still ;)
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Thanks for reading
~Love Ink
