So this chapter is another filler…ish. :)

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Diamond in the Rough

Chapter 27: Race Wars

By: LoveInk

Alex's ears were still ringing from Mia's shrill scream. She wasn't surprised when Michaela and Letty strolled in after, hold pieces of the broken plate. Letty's dark eyes surveyed the scene, taking note of Alex's hands in Mia's. The sparkling diamond caught her eyes. "Holy shit!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide. "Is that…"

Mia nodded enthusiastically. "Yes it is! Oh my gosh, Lex! This is crazy! How'd he do it?"

"Don't get your hopes up, Mi," Michaela muttered from where she was leaning against the counter. "The story is about as romantic as mud."

"Michaela knows!" Mia shouted, pinching Alex's arm. "You told her first!"

"Ow! Geez, Mia! I told you we were back together first!" she replied, rubbing at her arm.

Letty rolled her eyes, pulling at Alex's hand. "He couldn't have splurged for a bigger rock?" she asked sarcastically.

Mia gasped at the mere question while Michaela sighed. "That's my Mom's," she explained softly. "He's been holding onto it for awhile now."

"Oh. Sorry," Letty said, grimacing. She had just been joking around with Alex; she hadn't meant to offend Michaela in the process. "It's very pretty."

Alex smiled as she played with it nervously. "Thanks," she said softly. "Just keep it on the down low. There are certain people that don't need to know."

Michaela chuckled. "She's scared to show Dom."

"Yeah, well after someone calls you a whore and a bitch, it's kind of daunting to tell him anything," Alex said, shrugging her shoulder indifferently.

Letty smirked. "I heard about that. I'm sorry about him. He'll come around eventually, I guess."

She waved off Letty's apology. "It's all right. I've been called worse," she said with a smile. "So when are we leaving for this Car Wars thingy?"

"Race Wars!" all three girls shouted in unison.

Alex's leg bounced up and down excitedly as Vince pulled the Maxima into the line of cars that were all waiting to get into Race Wars. He chuckled, shaking his head at her. "Tiny, calm down," he said, setting his hand on her bouncing knee.

"I'm fine," she said, giving him a bright smile. "There are just so many pretty cars!"

He rolled his eyes at her. "Whatever you do, do not call anyone's car pretty to their face."

She laughed. "I'll just tell them they have a very macho, manly car. How's that?"

"How about you don't talk to anyone?" he suggested, a wicked grin on his face. "Especially guys."

"Okay. I'll only talk to the hot ones."

He squeezed her knee, making her wriggle around in her seat as she giggled. "You see that ring on your hand?" he asked, nodding to the sparkling diamond ring. "That means no other guy gets to touch you. Ever."

She grinned, his possessiveness was a turn on sometimes. "Ever ever?"

"Never ever," he said seriously.

Leaning over the seat, she pressed a kiss to his cheek. "I love you."

"No guys, Tiny," he said in reply. He hadn't heard her agree with him yet.

Rolling her eyes, she sat back into her seat with a thump. "Yes sir!"

After getting numbers painted on the car, he pulled up to a stop next to two silver trailers and the rest of the teams' cars. As she got out of the car, Alex's eyes traveled up to the huge billowing tent above them. "Looks like a jellyfish," she commented offhandedly.

Vince laughed loudly, stepping around the car and draping his arm over her shoulders, leading her over to one of the trailers. Dom came bustling out of it, Jesse hot on his tails. "Schedule," he grunted at Vince, handing him a sheet of paper. "You're up at noon."

He took the paper from Dominic. "How's the other guy look, Jess?"

"Like crap," Jesse answered frankly. "You'll win."

Vince chuckled. "Good."

"Something's different about you," he stated. He scratched under his beanie as he looked at Alex. He shrugged after a minute. "Can't put my finger on what," he said, holding up the ring finger on his left hand. He gave her a wink before chasing after Dominic.

Alex laughed, shaking her head at Jesse. She turned to look up at Vince who was still staring at the schedule. "Fucker only signed me up for one," he murmured under his breath. "I gotta talk to Dom. You gonna be all right here?"

She rolled her eyes at him, pushing him towards Dom. "Go, big guy."

"The trailer has food and a bed. I guarantee you Mickey's sleeping there," he said, gesturing to the aluminum trailer behind her.

"Yeah, but can you guarantee that she's not with Leon?"

Vince sneered at the thought. "She better not be. Maybe I'll go check," he said, changing directions. Alex reached out and grabbed the waist band of his jeans, digging her heels into the ground to stop his trek. She didn't succeed, but it did slow him down enough to annoy him. After a few steps, he stopped, making her fall right on her butt. He turned around, a smile playing at the corners of his lips. "What were you trying to do, Tiny?"

She sat there on the dusty ground and looked up at him through her bangs. Frustrated, she blew those annoying pieces of hair out of her face. "Stop you…obviously."

He chuckled and extended a hand to help her up. "Felt like you were trying to pants me," he said, forcefully pulling her up off the ground and into his arms.

Alex looked up at him, a naughty grin on his face. "Nah, that'll be after you win," she teased, winking at him.

Dipping his head down, he slanted his mouth against hers, giving her a soft and sensual kiss that left her weak in the knees when he pulled away. "I'll look forward to that, wifey," he called over his shoulder as he walked away from her.

"Wifey, huh?" Letty's gravelly voice repeated from behind Alex. "That boy is so sprung. I've never seen him like this. All smiles and shit."

Alex didn't hear anything Letty said, her lips were still tingling from his kiss. "Mmm," she mused quietly. Only Vince had the ability to leave her completely weak in the knees and breathless after just one kiss. She breathed in deeply before letting out the breath in a sigh.

Letty shook her head. "You didn't hear a word I just said, did you?"

She lifted her eyebrows as she turned to Letty. "What?"

"Never mind, girl," Letty replied, giving Alex's shoulder a squeeze. It was obvious Alex was just as sprung as Vince. "What are you up to now?"

"Nothing. Vince told me Mickey was in the trailer so I was going to…"

"Don't go in there," Letty cut her off quickly. At Alex's questioning look, she nodded towards it. It was barely noticeable, but when she looked at it long enough, she could see the house on wheels rocking just a little bit. Letty smirked, "If the trailer's a rockin' don't come a knockin'."

Alex stuck out her tongue. "Gross."

Letty shrugged. "We've all done it in that thing. You'll have a turn too, don't worry. C'mon, let's go check out my baby. I'm going to race in a few hours."

After talking with Dom, Vince wandered around their camp looking for his fiancée. He found her giggling with Letty as they looked at her engine. When he neared them, he heard them both conversing quietly in Spanish. Every so often, they'd sneak a glance at him and giggle; an act that made him feel a little uncomfortable. It was bad enough when she talked to Leon in Spanish, he didn't need her talking to Letty in Spanish too. "What are you two giggling about?" he asked, sitting on the front bumper of Letty's car and looking up at Alex expectantly.

Letty tried to shove him off. "You scratch my baby and I'll kill you."

"Relax, Let," he said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Lo veo ahora. Son muy simulares," Alex said, giggling slightly. Letty had been detailing all the ways Michaela and Vince were similar. "You know, V, I bet if you wore a dress you would look just like Michaela," she teased. (I see it now. They're very similar.)

Vince narrowed his eyes at Letty. "Oh you did not tell her that story."

"Hey, she's your wifey, she should know about how good you look in woman's clothes," Letty answered. In no time, his arm was wrapped around her neck, holding her in a tight headlock. "Get off me, you fuckin' asshole!"

He let her go, ruffling her hair. "All right. Tiny, I'm gonna go take a nap," he said, catching her lips in a quick kiss. "Be good."

She smiled up at him. "Of course."

An hour or two later, Alex wandered into the trailer to check on him. The trailer was a mess. Food wrappers were everywhere. Mia had told her they had two trailers because one was for the boys and one for the girls. Now, she understood why. One of the cupboards had writing on it in permanent marker. Raising her eyebrow, she stood on her toes to get a better look. Four letters were written with tick marks after them. The first line, D, had a few before a big, bold L was drawn and then a ton of tick marks followed. She grinned, obviously that was for Dom and Letty.

The next one was Vince's. She wasn't surprised by the large amount of hatch marks after his name. She was surprised to see a big bold A after them and then nothing. Letty's words ran through her head: You'll have a turn too, don't worry. She smiled, tracing her fingers over the letter. The longest by far was Leon's. A big red M followed by two hatch marks after it. "Gross," she muttered to herself before moving on.

When she walked into the trailer's bedroom, her heart warmed at the sight before her. Vince was passed out face down on the bed; his arms wrapped around the pillow, hair a mess. She sat on the bed next to him, leaning over to press a kiss to his temple. Standing up, she tousled his hair before going to stand up.

His arm shot out, caching her knee as she went to walk away. She turned back to find him half awake. He tugged her closer, his hands sliding higher up her thigh. With a grin, she knelt down on the bed next to him. He flipped over onto his back, reaching up a hand to brush a stray hair from her face. "Do you know how sexy you look in my shirt?" he asked, his voice rough, eyes shining with lust.

"No, but I bet you could show me," she murmured, sliding one knee over his torso to straddle him. She pressed a kiss to his lips as his hands found her hips. "C'mon, big guy, we need to get up on the board."

Michaela sat on the floor of the bathroom of the trailer, pissed was missing her brother's big race. Another wave of nausea over took her and she bent over the toilet. Out of nowhere, her hair was being lifted off her neck. "You okay, Princess?" Leon's gruff voice questioned.

"Yeah, fine, I just….ugh," she answered feeling miserable as she sat down on the floor.

Leon's hand gently pressed against her forehead, testing the temperature of the clammy skin. "Did you drink any water today?"

"No," she muttered wretchedly.

He shook his head at her. "You're dehydrated, baby," he held out his hand to her to help her off the floor. He smoothed her hair gently away from her face before kissing her forehead. "C'mon, let's get you some agua." (Water.)

Just as they were on their way out, Vince came barging through the door carrying Alex, her legs wrapped around his torso. He glared at Leon over her shoulder. Leon held up his hands. "Relax; we were on our way out, brotha."

"Good. And don't come back for awhile," Vince replied, kicking the door shut behind them with his heel. He set Alex down on the floor easily. "I won."

"I know," she said, a proud grin on her face.

"Be my trophy wife?" he asked, his fingers already tugging at the hem of the tank she was wearing.

She nodded. "Always."

Hehe...you like? Review! Pleeeease?

This is to show some relationships and also parts of Race Wars that aren't seen in the movie. I picture them being there all day so they're bound to get bored. And when Team Toretto gets bored, they turn to their girls...at least in my story ;)

Anywho, new Fast Five trailer up! And no Vince :( ...well you can kind of see him if you look hard enough. Maybe Universal is trying to make his appearance a surprise? I'm excited! :D One month to go! Yippeee!

Okay, I'm done rambling! Review, pretty please!

~Love Ink