Woo hoo for me on getting this up and not taking a month to write this. I really like this chapter. It's totally in Lanie's POV and there are some special guests in this one. I had to do it. lol. I own no one but Lanie for the record. Now Enjoy!
Lanie's POV
"Jeez. This past week has been insane." I said as to Vince as I started to drive down to Long Beach. In the last week I've gone between my own practice and the team with a speed that amazes me. I have spent a little while with my bro. One of these days me and him will leave the balls and chains at home and just hangout. Speaking of ball and chain, me and Vince have spent a lot of time together. He's pretty much moved in. I've never gotten this close to a guy this quick before so I'm still not sure how to feel about it all.
"What's going on in that pretty little head of yours?" he asked in that voice that just got me. Since the beginning it got me.
"Just thinking about everything that's going on." I said smiling at him when I stopped at a red light.
"Everything has gone by pretty fast, huh?"
"Just a little." I said pulling on to the expressway.
"I was thinking about it before you got to the house. I mean its not like we are humping like animals. We haven't even had sex since that first night. I think its just because we have seen each other so much." He said.
"I didn't even think of it that way. When'd you get so relationship smart?" I said with a laugh. Everything he said made perfect sense.
"Since I got with you apparently." He said with a chuckle. The rest of the ride was just idle chit chat that had everything to do with nothing. By the time we got to our hotel we were both so tired that when we got into the room we collapsed onto the big bed.
"All we ever do now is sleep." Vince said after a couple minutes.
"Well we do work a lot." I said getting up and going to my overnight for some clothes to change out of my suit. It was just easier to go straight to the fort and get V then do the whole run around and go home to change.
"Yea. True. Specially this week so we can have this weekend off." He said. I could feel him watch my every move.
"How bout we go find somewhere to eat? I could go for some chicken pizza right about now." I said straddling him after I finished getting dressed in jeans and a tank top.
"I could eat." He said standing up and carrying me to the door. I couldn't help but laugh. Vince was always doing something like this. He said it was so I wouldn't get tired. One day he sent me a bouquet of roses and calla lilies. For no reason at all he sent it to my office with a note that only said 'Love Vince'. Telling him not to spoil me doesn't work though. Charlize told me that he has never been like this with anyone else. Now usually I would've dropped the guy quick when they got to the spoiling stage in the relationship but with him its ok. I kinda love it. He just makes me feel like the only girl for him. I've never really believed in that kind of feeling but he makes me feel it. He brings out new emotions in me that I never believed in.
"You keep getting that serious look on your face." He said when we got into the elevator.
"Just thinking about you, baby." I said with a smile as I ran my hands through his hair.
"That serious, huh?" He said with a smirk.
"Not really. Just thinking about how much you've spoiled me."
"You complaining?"
"Unusually I would be but, I like how you spoil me." I said as we hit the main floor and the doors opened. "You could put me down now though."
"What if I don't want to?"
"We going to walk everywhere?"
"True but you feel so good." He said slowing allowing my feet to hit the ground.
"You do too but-" I was cut off by a guy who was a little shorter then Vince but looked very much like him in the scruffy department.
"Vince?" The guy said walking up to us with another guy who looked like he was still in high school.
"Tumbler." Vince said shaking hands with him.
"Family?" I asked with a smirk.
"Cousins. Who are you?" Tumbler asked licking his lips as he checked me out.
"Taken but I go by the name Lanie." I said looking up at Vince who just shrugged.
"Why exactly are you at this hotel?" Vince asked. You could here the suspicion in his voice that made me curious.
"Just checking out some cars. Didn't see your Maxima out there though. I did see this sweet Mercedes C230, though. Black with black rims. It was awesome." He said excited.
"Touch my car and I'll break your face." I said pointing to him. He and the guy with him automatically backed up.
"Nice car." He said innocently.
"I'm serious." I said staring him down.
"I'd take any threat by her seriously. She went to jail for assault and battery once before." Vince said with a smirk. I could see he was getting kick out of this. "I thought you was suppose to have quit all that stuff."
"I tried. Didn't work. You get out of that stuff you were in?"
"Yup. Just a little racing every now and then. But that is getting old now." He said putting his arms around my waist and pulling me directly in front of him.
"We going to eat anytime soon?" I asked after awhile.
"Yea. Maybe we'll see you later." Vince said pushing me towards the hotel doors. "Took you long enough."
"So I'm a human shield now?" I asked unlocking the car doors.
"Yea. Pretty much. He's my cousin and all but I'd rather stay away from him." He said staring out the window as I drove trying to find somewhere to eat. I finally stopped at a little diner after about an hour of driving and finding nothing to eat. After we ordered and started talking a guy walked up to us and slapped Vince on the back.
"Another friend of yours?" I asked making my presence known as the guys did their whole manly hug thing.
"This is Memphis Raines. This is my girlfriend Lanie Teranado." Vince said. The guy seemed nicer then Tumbler at least.
"Nice to meet you." He said shaking my hand.
"You too." I said with a smile.
"We just saw Tumbler. Says he's back into the boosting." Vince said after inviting the guy to sit down.
"Kip's back into it too. I'm out and I'm staying out. I got married to Sway and in 4 months I'll be a father."
"Congratulations." I said as the food came. Ends up our waitress is Memphis's mom. Small world or what?
"I thought Sway hated you. Like when you left and never let anyone know and all."
"Yea she did for awhile but we finally got past all that and we are good now. My mom wanted me to leave so Kip didn't get sucked into the whole boosting. We saw how well that worked out." Memphis said as he drank a cup of coffee.
"Otto still got the shop?"
"Yea. He brought me in as a partner. So basically he's lazy and I do a lot of the work." He said in a sarcastic tone.
"So you two grew up together? You never said anything about coming from Long Beach." I said to Vince with a smirk.
"It never came up." He said innocently.
"Bull shit." I said with a laugh.
"We lived next door to each other for the longest. The whole 'partners in crime' thing was real."
"Good times." Vince said with a big smile.
"Such a criminal." I said sarcastically.
"You know you love it." He said looking at me with a heated look that I felt all the way to my toes.
"I didn't say I didn't." I said giving him the same look. Memphis just looked at us and laughed.
"I'll let you guys finish. You gonna be around for awhile?"
"Till Sunday night." I said eating a fry.
"Come by the shop. You remember where it is right?"
"Yea. How could I forget?" Vince said shaking Memphis's hand when he stood up.
"It was nice to meet you. Don't let him bully you. He's just a big teddy bear." He said to me, teasing Vince.
"He can't bully even if he tried his hardest." I said the both of us laughing as Vince pouted. When Memphis left we paid and left. We decided to walk around before heading back to the hotel.
"So how'd you like Memphis?" He asked putting his arm around me.
"He's a cool guy. Total opposite of you it seems." I said putting and arm around his waist and leaning into him.
"He was always the level headed one." He said with a small smile.
"You never quite grasped that way of thinking have you?" I teased
"Nope. Damn Italian/Irish blood mix." He joked. When we finally got back to the hotel it was almost 11pm and we were both wired.
"I think I had too much caffeine." I said jumping onto the bed.
"You always do." Vince joked massaging my back in just the right spots.
"It's good. Kinda like this massage." I said with a moan. After awhile he turned me over and kissed me.
"How do you do it?" He asked looking me in the eyes.
"Do what?" I asked confused. I know this boy knows how to kiss so it isn't that. Sometimes he is just too confusing.
"Make me fall in love with you after only a week?" He asked pushing some hair off my face.
"I'm so damn charming. Better yet how do you do it?"
"I have no clue but we got a long time to figure that out." He said with a smirk before kissing my jaw all the way up to my mouth.
"We better." I said with a smile and a giggle at the feel of his beard. Nothing feels better then his beard on my skin. You know, other then his lips and other body parts.
"God, I love you." He said pushing my tank top so he could touch the skin on my stomach.
"I usually go by Lanie but, God works for me." I said with a smirk before pushing him over and straddling him.
"Such a smartass." He said with a laugh as he took off my top and threw it.