Hey ya'll! So, this chapter features Bruce's and Minnie's first fight. And it's a doozy. Also, you find out a little more about Diego. It's not what you expect. Things will resolve themselves though, they're too cute of a couple for them not to, right?
The next morning I woke up with my blankets wrapped around me so tight it took me a few minutes to figure out which way was which. When I finally got out of my cocoon of perfect white sheets and pale blue bedspread I was a little more disoriented then I normally would be when I had a hangover. I went downstairs, and sat down at the table with my head down. "Juanita," Felipe said to the woman who was cooking. "One more coffee with-"
"Black." I groaned.
"Black." he said. "And toast darling." he said and she brought them over to me. I lifted my head up and sipped the coffee as Diego turned on the blender.
"Noooooo." I whined as I covered my ears. He stopped it a minute later and I scowled as I looked at him.
"Sorry." he grinned before he poured some smoothie into a glass and handed it to me.
"Thanks." I said and took a sip.
"Oh god hand some of that my way." Pepper said as she walked into the kitchen. Diego handed her a glass and she took a large drink before she looked over at me. "How's your head?"
"I have a head?" I asked and she smiled, before her face fell. She started gasping, and I felt my eyes widen slightly. "Pepper!" I said as she fell back. "Shit, were there strawberries in that drink?" I asked and Diego nodded as he stared. "Shit, uh, go get her purse!" he didn't move and I looked up at him. "Diego!" I screamed at him. He looked at me. "She will die if you don't get her purse!" he ran from the kitchen as I knelt down next to her. "Don't worry Pep." I said.
Diego came back and I dumped her purse out before grabbing her EpiPen, and jabbed it into her leg and pushed the release. A second later she gasped and I grabbed her hand. "It's okay." I said as I hugged her tightly. Five minutes later the ambulance was there, turns out Juanita had called them, and Pepper agreed to go with them to get checked out.
I went with her, and told Dallas to meet us there. While we were there one of the doctors noticed how hung over I was and insisted I get an IV of fluids, so I sat in the bed next to Pepper while they checked her over and put the IV into my arm.
"Pepper Potts!"
"Tony?" she called and he came running into the room. "Tony, what are you doing here?" she asked sitting up.
"Dallas called. We took the helicopter" he said and looked over at me. "What happened to you?"
"Hangover." I shrugged.
"What happened?" he asked. "Stress of marrying me too rough, decided to end it?" he grinned lightly and Pepper kissed him.
"It was an accident." she sighed. Dallas and Diego walked into the room and Tony looked at him for a long minute before looking at me.
"Who's the jock?"
"He's not a jock, that's Diego." I said as I pointed to him.
"Minnie." Bruce walked in and I smiled.
"Bruce." I said in relief. He walked over and hugged me tightly before looking at the IV in my arm.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, don't worry, it's just fluids." I shook my head.
"What happened?" he looked at Pepper who smiled.
"It was an accident." she shook her head.
"Pepper, I'm so, so sorry." Diego said as he moved over to the bed.
"It's okay, there's no way you would have known."
"What happened?" Tony insisted.
"I drank a smoothie with strawberry in it!" she said throwing her hands up. "I'm fine; they just brought me here as a precaution, and to get me a new EpiPen."
"Minnie, what happened?" Diego asked moving over to me.
"Partied a little too hard last night." I said with a shrug. "Guess there is too much of a good thing." I sighed, and rested my head on Bruce's arm. "Diego, this is my boyfriend Bruce, Bruce, this is Diego."
"Oh, uh, nice to meet you." Diego smiled.
"Hi." Bruce said looking a little annoyed.
"You're a very lucky man." Diego smiled. "Minnie is an... Amazing person." he smiled at me.
"Honey, get this thing out of my arm." I said to Bruce.
"No, Minnie, you need to finish the IV." he said and I sighed.
"Excuse me." the nurse said walking into the very over crowded room. "Family only." she said with a frown.
"This is my fiancé." Pepper said quickly.
"I'm her husband." Bruce said quickly.
"You're Mr. Bancroft?" she asked and he nodded quickly. She left and Tony looked over at us.
"You not telling us something Mr. Bancroft?" Tony asked.
"Who the hell is that guy?" Bruce asked looking at me.
"Who? Diego? He's no one, he's Felipe's cousin."
"You seem pretty close."
"Excuse me?" I asked and he shook his head.
"Nothing, I'm sorry. I had a long night in the lab." he sighed. I stared at him for a good minute before I looked back to Pepper who raised her eyebrows.
When we got back to Felipe's he hugged Pepper tightly, then hugged me. "I'm so glad you're both okay." he said, then hugged Pepper again.
"Felipe, thank you for everything you've done for us, we've had an amazing time."
"But you must go early, right?" he asked and she nodded. "Of course, I understand." he smiled. "Your health comes first." he said.
I went upstairs and to the room I had been staying in and sighed as I turned on the shower. I stepped in, and let the water wash everything away before I got out and wrapped my hair in a towel and my body in another one. I brushed my teeth and washed my face before I put on some moisturizer and walked out of the bathroom. Bruce was sitting on my bed and I smiled lightly at him.
"How're you feeling?" he asked and I sighed.
"Like I said to Diego, too much of a good thing."
"How old is he?" he asked and I laughed.
"He's Twenty." I laughed. "He's a baby."
"He's close to your age." he said softly and I wrinkled my nose.
"He's not even old enough to drink." I said, and scoffed. "Not that it stopped him."
"You have a good time last night?"
"Yeah, Felipe invited like half of the Hamptons over." I rolled my eyes with a smile. "Will you hand me the dark blue jean shorts and the tan tank top?" I asked and he looked through my bag before finding the clothes as I slipped on a pair of underpants and a bra before letting my towel fall. I stepped into the shorts, and pulled them up, and then pulled the tank top over my head before I walked over to Bruce and kissed his chin lightly. "I missed you." I said, and frowned when he didn't look me in the eye. "What? What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"What?" I asked and he sighed darkly before he looked at me.
"Did you sleep with him?" he asked and my jaw dropped.
"What?" I asked in shock. "How could you even think that?"
"I saw the pictures of you two."
"...Pictures?" I asked with a frown. "What- Did- Oh no! Did Tony hack Pepper's cell phone again?"
"That's not the point."
"Oh, that is So the point!" I said as I turned around. "He hacked mine too, didn't he? God, I can't believe him- Actually, no, I can believe him!" I said as I ran my hand through my hair. "You, however, I can't believe." I looked at him and held my arms out. "What about me screams cheater to you?" I asked and he shook his head.
"Forget it."
"That would be an impossibility." I shook my head, and crossed my arms.
"When you called me the other night you sounded like you wanted to say something, but you were too scared too, or something, and those pictures didn't exactly look innocent." he said.
"Okay, number one, you have no right to snoop around in my phone, neither does Tony, number two, Diego is Gay!" I shouted at him. He stared at me and I nodded. "Yeah. Gay. You men have absolutely no gaydar." I groaned. "He ended up spending most of the night fucking the guy on this month's cover of GQ! And the only reason I know that is because his room is right across the hall from mine, trust me, totally gay. As for the phone call, the thing I wanted to say, but was too scared?" I asked and he stayed quiet. "What I wanted to say, but decided to wait until I could say it to your face, was I love you." I said before crossing my arms.
"Minnie." he said softly and I shook my head.
"I am far too hung over to deal with this right now Bruce. I've had to save my best friend's life, go to the hospital and get a needle in my arm, which I Hate, finally have you show up, when all I wanted was to see you, and all you do is accuse me of cheating." I said and sighed. "Do you really trust me so little?" I asked.
"No, I trust you." he sighed. "It's him I didn't trust." he said and I shook my head.
"Well, that'll teach you to go snooping in someone else's cell phone." I said as I sat on the bed. "Have a good trip back to Manhattan."
"Aren't you coming with us?"
"I'm staying here with Dallas until tonight, like I had planned." I crossed my arms. "And in case you're worried, Dallas is still gay." I said.
"Can we talk about this?"
"Not right now we can't." I said. "I think we both need to think about this. You should also rethink letting your ex girlfriend answer your phone at eleven o'clock at night." I said. "People might get the wrong idea."
"I think I should go."
"I think that's a good idea." I said before he walked to the door.
"Did you mean it?" he paused.
"What? That I love you?" he nodded. "Of course I meant it." I said softly. "And I still do. But that doesn't mean I'm not upset."
"I understand you being mad-"
"Oh, I'm not mad. I'm hurt, and I'm disappointed." I crossed my arms.
"I think I'd rather you were Mad." he said and I nodded.
"Yeah, most people would." I said. "I think you'd better go."
He walked over to me and stood in front of me for a minute before he leaned down and lightly kissed the top of my head. "I'm sorry." he said into my hair.
"I know you are." I said as I stood there.
He left and I kicked the side of the bed before I walked over to it, climbed in and pulled the blankets over my head.
I needed a vacation from my vacation.
