Chapter 2! Thanks for the reviews, I'm glad the first chapter was enjoyable! More below! Reviews please!!
I don't own em, I just dream about Diesel.
Rangers gurl4eva: I'm thinking no one would mind a Diesel booty call.
JerseySue: You want another vacation? You get another vacation. No surfing this time though. Maybe later! :)
Team Switzerland - Team Seth: I think Steph and Diesel just have such a great chemistry together! It's been fun to write in Opp Tastykake, hopefully I can get the same dynamic in this story. I'm glad to help with your quote of the week! Lol. No fighting. I actually like Morelli but I just can't seem to root for him like I do with Ranger and Diesel.
Mary Lyon: I'm not sure how I'm going to top that but I'll try. Anything for another rotflmbo!
BellaBear: No worries! It's still very near and dear to my heart.
DayDreaminDeb: I want powers too!
We were half way to my apartment when my cell phone rang. Diesel grabbed it off the dash and answered it before I could.
"Stephanie Plum's phone. This is Diesel, who are you? Oh. Here she is." Diesel handed me the phone.
"Hello?"
"Stephanie we have a big bond that just came in. We know where the guy is but he's not in-state and Ranger's offline. You want him?"
"Where and how much?" I was so not chasing some skip through Kansas for $500.
"Seattle, twenty big ones." I almost choked on my own tongue.
"Twenty thousand for one skip? What's the catch?"
"He's cagey, hard to catch. Frankly I don't think you can do it but you're my only option." Ah.
"Yeah I'll do it. I'm coming by the office to get travel money now. You have cash? A last minute ticket is gonna be expensive."
"Yeah yeah." And Vinnie hung up.
I looked over to Diesel as I executed a highly illegal u-turn. "You wanna go to Seattle?"
"I love Seattle. You know we can just pop there and save your boss the money."
"Or we could take the money, pop there and have some fun while trying to find the skip."
"You're naughty. I like it." Diesel smiled deeply enough to show me his dimples. Good lord.
When we got to the office I took the envelope that Connie gave me and looked inside. Not bad. She winked at me. I grabbed the skip file without really looking at it. We drove back to my apartment and I noticed Diesel's duffle bag on my bed when we went in. I resisted the urge to paw through it. I packed a small duffle of my own and gave Rex a treat. Lula had said she would come over and take care of him for me.
"Do not let go of my hand." Diesel grabbed me and I felt like I was in two places at once. "Steph, breathe."
I gulped in some air and tightened my hand around Diesel's. And then it was done. We were in a bathroom. We walked out and we were in a rental car place. Wow good idea.
"I think ahead." Diesel walked up to the girl at the counter. She looked like she might ask Diesel to do her then and there on the counter. She seemed a little young for him. Diesel elbowed me lightly and gave me a smirk.
"Hey, we need a car." Diesel's voice was low and sexy, a hint more surfer boy than usual. He was flirting. Did he have to flirt in front of me? Cripes. I was jealous.
"What kind of car did you and your wife want?" She gave me a dirty look.
"Oh I'm not married. This is my sister."
"Oh! Great well we have lots of great cars. How about a Ranger Rover? I can let you have it for a really good price."
"That would be great. Could you recommend a good hotel for us too?"
"Of course. The Westin is just a few blocks over. It's supposed to be very nice. I also know of some great restaurants in the area…"
"Well why don't you give me your number so we can discuss those?" Diesel was leaning on the counter now looking entirely too sexy for his own good. The girl behind the counter scribbled down her name and number and then finished up with the paperwork for our car rental.
I stalked outside and Diesel followed me. He hopped in driver's seat and threw his wallet on the dash. I grabbed it and looked at his ID. "Is this fake?"
"No it's the real one."
"You're only twenty five?"
"Yeah. How old did you think I was?"
"I don't know, closer to my age I guess." Maybe I was silly to be jealous of that girl. Maybe Diesel was too young for me.
"A) I was only flirting to get a good car. B) I am not that much younger than you Steph, a couple years is really no difference at all. C) I really really like that you were jealous. You have no idea how much I like it."
Wait was Diesel flirting with me? I looked at him and he was giving me a smile that screamed sex appeal. We got to the hotel and Diesel grabbed both of our bags. The lady at the front desk was in her 40's and she was staring at Diesel like he was something to eat. Diesel did his flirting thing again and got us a great rate on a room. One room with one king bed.
I wasn't sure if I should be worrying about that or not. I looked at Diesel's huge grin and decided on some payback. I started thinking about the shower massager as we were walking to our room and Diesel forgot to turn the corner and walked smack into the wall.
I was cracking up and Diesel was giving me a dirty smile. "I saw that coming but it was so worth it. You know I could give you better results than the shower massager." It sent a zing to my doodah.
I was seriously considering pushing the stop button in the elevator but I was afraid they had cameras.
"I can scramble those…" Hooboy.
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