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I looked at Diesel and let all my emotions show on my face. I loved Diesel. I just wasn't in love with Diesel. Right now. He gave me a small nod and for a moment I was confused. Oh right, I'd forgotten he could read my mind. Don't be mad Diesel. I really do love you. You're an amazing friend, an amazing person.
"It's okay Steph. I love you too. Let's go get the condo furnished." Diesel set down the box of donuts. Connie and Lula were looking at us like they had missed something. Which, I guess they had.
"See you guys later." I grabbed Diesel's hand as we walked out and then I pushed him against the Jeep. "Don't be sad Diesel." I stood up on my tiptoes and pressed my lips to his. He responded by lifting me up and sitting me on the hood of the jeep. He stepped in between my legs and slid his tongue in between my lips. I felt his hands push up the back of my shirt and I fisted my hands in his hair.
"Christ if you don't stop that I'll have to give you a ticket," I heard. I sighed into Diesel's mouth and pulled away to face Joe. Diesel turned around with a smirk on his face. "Jesus, does Ranger know you're doing Diesel in broad daylight on the hood of your car?" Joe asked.
"It's not any of Ranger's business. Or yours," I said.
Joe grinned, "Cupcake you never fail to make me need that Maalox. You two behave yourselves," Joe said and went into the bonds office. What thbue hell was he doing there?
I shrugged to myself and looked at Diesel. "You ready?" Diesel gave me a wolfish grin and stepped back in between my legs. He brought his lips back to mine and pulled me to him. We were about twenty seconds away from ripping off each other's clothes off when I heard the office door open.
"Jesus Cupcake, I wasn't kidding about that ticket. Go get a room." I head Joe jump in his car and I finally pulled away from Diesel.
"We do have a lot to do…" I said and Diesel sighed. He pulled me off the car and hopped into the driver's seat of the Jeep.
It took us forever to get everything done but it was fun. We decided that IKEA would be the best place to one stop shop and we were right, we got everything from furniture and linens to lamps and dishes.
It took several trips to get everything back to the condo but Diesel was amazingly fast and I had to wonder how he was doing it. I was tempted to think he was just driving somewhere no one could see him and then popping the boxes and bags into the condo. When we were finally done with that it was off to Super Target to get all the other stuff we'd need and some food.
When we got back I started putting the kitchen stuff away and when I went back into the living room everything was set up. I checked both bedrooms and bathrooms. Everything was set up there too. I went back to the kitchen and caught Diesel putting away a glass.
"How the hell did you do that?" I asked.
"Magic. Come on we're going to Colorado to get my stuff." Diesel grabbed my hand and I didn't get a chance to close my eyes. I was suddenly standing in an apartment, smaller than the one we were living in now. A guy stepped out of what I assumed was a bathroom, clad only in a towel. Yikes. Diesel's roommate looked like an even younger version of him.
"Steph this is my little brother Brooklyn, usually he wears pants when people come over. Brook this is Stephanie, she's gonna be living with me in Trenton."
"Nice to meet you, I'm gonna go put on pants." Brooklyn walked across the hall.
"Is he uh…"
"Way too young for you? Yes." Diesel said with a grin. I smacked him in the shoulder.
"I was going to ask if he was unmentionable. But sense you mentioned age, is there something you want to tell me?" I asked.
"Brook is eighteen," Diesel said.
"And you're how old?" Don't lie to me Diesel.
"Fuck. Twenty-three." I stared at Diesel. "Sorry. You freaked out enough when you saw twenty-five on the fake license and so I didn't want to tell you the truth." I sighed and grinned, I couldn't stay mad at Diesel.
Brooklyn walked back into the living room with jeans and even a shirt. "So Diesel told me you're a bounty hunter?"
"Yeah, what do you do?"
"Uh…the same thing Diesel does…"
"Are there really that many of you guys that go psycho and start pixie dusting people?" I asked.
Brooklyn's eyes went wide and he looked at Diesel, "You told her?" He didn't look mad or anything, just surprised. "And now you too are living together…like a couple?"
"Like roommates…" The unspoken words were more powerful than the spoken ones. "We're here to get the animals and my other stuff, you want to help?" Brooklyn didn't answer, he was staring at me. "Brook?"
"Sorry, I was distracted. Yeah I'll help." Diesel grabbed my hand and we went to his room. I looked around and grinned. I'd expected frat boy central but instead it was just a normal modern room. Except for the aquariums. There were two with fish, one with a snake and one huge one with an equally huge lizard.
"Don't worry, they won't bite." Diesel said. "I'll be right back." He grabbed a cage and POP.
Brooklyn came in the room, "So…you're sleeping with my brother." I gave Brooklyn a look. "What? Jeez, sorry. He's trying to block me out. I was curious why."
Diesel popped back, "Maybe to give her some privacy. Jeez Brook. Make yourself useful. Steph? Can you hold this for a few seconds?" He dropped the snake in my arms. Holy hell. It was heavy and big.
Diesel and Brooklyn popped out and I looked at the boa. "Hi. I'm Stephanie. Please don't eat me." Diesel popped back, touched my arm and then we were back in the condo. "Hey I'm getting used to the popping." I wasn't sure that was a good thing or not. Diesel grinned and grabbed the snake and popped it into its tank.
I stayed behind while Diesel and Brooklyn popped back and forth with more stuff. There was a knock at the door. I walked over and answered, surprised to see Hector.
"Hey Bomber, Ric sent me over to do a prelim check to see about installing a security system."
"Why didn't Ranger come himself?"
"Didn't know if you'd want him too." Hector said. I walked over to the window and saw the Turbo with a dark figure leaning against it. I went out on to the balcony and looked down at Ranger.
"Come on up Ranger." He gave me a nod and walked towards the front of the building. He was up a few seconds later.
"Hey Babe." He looked almost abashed.
I wrapped my arms around him and gave him a squeeze, "Hey Ranger. Come on, I'll show you around." I showed him the living room, kitchen and then Diesel's room. My room was last on the tour and Ranger raised an eyebrow at me. "What? I told you he had an extra room."
"So you did." Ranger sighed, "Babe…" He gave me a sad look.
"Ranger, you can't even get past 'babe', when you can, we'll talk." I said and gave his hand a squeeze. I felt Diesel pop in and walked back out to the living room, Ranger following. "Hey Ranger, Hector, this is Brooklyn, Diesel's brother. Brooklyn this is Ranger, my…friend, and Hector, one of his employees and a friend." The men exchanged some pleasantries and I sidled up to Diesel and he wrapped an arm around me. Ranger's eyes got dark again and he walked away and then out the front door.
"Bomber, you're killing him." Hector said.
"You know what? That's not my problem. He doesn't want me, but no one else can have me either? What the hell is that huh?"
"Wish I could tell you Bombshell." He walked out after Ranger and I sighed.
"Wow. That was intense," Brooklyn said. I sent him a death glare. "Christ you could scare the collar of a priest with that look."
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