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Don't Take The Girl
By: Heather Mullis
It was a hot sunny Texas day at Ranger Headquarters. Gage thought that he would walk in to a nice cool office but, instead he walked in to find it was boiling hot in the office, "they haven't gotten around to fixing that thing yet?" He asked pointing to the air conditioning unit.
Trivette looked at the junior partner, "they're coming this afternoon."
"But that is what they said yesterday," he whined as he looked over at the coffee pot.
Instead of getting his regular cup coffee he bypassed the coffee pot to go get a nice glass of ice cold water. As he returned to his desk he looked over at his partner's desk to see that she was not there.
He then started to work on his paperwork to and after what seemed like forever he finished as he looked over to Sydney's desk noting that she was still not there. He then looked over to her desk again and saw her unfinished reports, "I'll just do this for her."
Trivette looked at him as though Gage has lost his mind, "Gage is that such a wise idea you know that she likes to do her own work."
Gage had worry on his face, it wasn't too often that his partner was late and as he looked at the clock on the wall to see that she was now two hours later. He sighed heavily asking Trivette, "Has she called in?"
"No, but." he trailed off know that Gage was right this wasn't like Sydney at all.
As he worked on his partners reports he constantly looked at his watch wondering where she was. Soon four more hours had passed and he found himself worrying more about Sydney. He made a mental note if she wasn't there within the next hour he was going to go looking for her.
As he looked again at his watch he noticed that he had missed lunch which for him to miss a meal was not normal. He looked at his wife's desk again as he stood looked at Trivette, "I'm going to call Syd." He was interrupted by his phone ringing, "Gage," he said answering it.
"Sydney, where are you?" he asked.
"Gage you know I had that doctor's appointment today."
Gage closed his eyes, "oh yeah, I forgot."
"Well, it is a good thing that I reminded Walker about it yesterday then."
"I just wish that you would have reminded me," he teased.
"Sorry about that," she said trying not to laugh at him. "I have a meeting with Alex this afternoon so I'll meet you at home later."
"Ok talk later," he said handing up the phone. He then pulled out his day calendar and noticed what he had missed all day a not that Syd had her anural checkup, "no wonder she didn't say anything."
As he looked at his desk he couldn't believe how messy it was, "I better clean this up before lunch."
Trivette looked at Gage's desk, "I'd say you better get a shovel out."
"Funny, real funny," Gage said as he sat back at his desk.
An hour later Gage had finally gotten his desk cleared as he looked over at Trivette, "want to go get a late lunch I'm starving."
"What else is new but so am I, let's eat," he said getting to his feet.
As they headed to the door Gage remembered that he had set his fun in his desk drew, "wait a minute I have to get my weapon."
"Gage!" Trivette said as he watched Gage try to open his desk drawer but found that it wouldn't budge. "Why on earth would you put your gun in there anyway?"
"Trivette can I have a little quiet here," he said in mock frustration.
Soon the drawer flew to the floor and papers went everywhere, "just great," he said as he put his gun in its holster. He started picking the papers up and stopped where he was when he saw a ring on the floor. He hadn't seen it in a while. He looked at the words engraved inside, 'To Jade the Girl of my dreams love Francis.'
Trivette looked at the ring in Gage's hand, it was a beautiful diamond ring with a sliver band, "its lovely is it for Syd?"
Gage never heard Trivette he was thinking about when he was in high school. It was 1989 and he was 17. A tear came to his eyes as he thought about Jade and how he visited her grave a few days after he had bought the ring for her.
"Gage, are you alright?" Trivette asked puzzled that Gage wasn't listening to him.
Gage looked up at Jimmy putting the ring into his shirt pocket, "yeah, let's go get that lunch."
As Gage walked with his friends out of the building he wished that Jade was still alive. He knew that he loved her when he was 17 and could help but think about the what if's.
End of part one
Don't Take The Girl
By: Heather Mullis
It was a hot sunny Texas day at Ranger Headquarters. Gage thought that he would walk in to a nice cool office but, instead he walked in to find it was boiling hot in the office, "they haven't gotten around to fixing that thing yet?" He asked pointing to the air conditioning unit.
Trivette looked at the junior partner, "they're coming this afternoon."
"But that is what they said yesterday," he whined as he looked over at the coffee pot.
Instead of getting his regular cup coffee he bypassed the coffee pot to go get a nice glass of ice cold water. As he returned to his desk he looked over at his partner's desk to see that she was not there.
He then started to work on his paperwork to and after what seemed like forever he finished as he looked over to Sydney's desk noting that she was still not there. He then looked over to her desk again and saw her unfinished reports, "I'll just do this for her."
Trivette looked at him as though Gage has lost his mind, "Gage is that such a wise idea you know that she likes to do her own work."
Gage had worry on his face, it wasn't too often that his partner was late and as he looked at the clock on the wall to see that she was now two hours later. He sighed heavily asking Trivette, "Has she called in?"
"No, but." he trailed off know that Gage was right this wasn't like Sydney at all.
As he worked on his partners reports he constantly looked at his watch wondering where she was. Soon four more hours had passed and he found himself worrying more about Sydney. He made a mental note if she wasn't there within the next hour he was going to go looking for her.
As he looked again at his watch he noticed that he had missed lunch which for him to miss a meal was not normal. He looked at his wife's desk again as he stood looked at Trivette, "I'm going to call Syd." He was interrupted by his phone ringing, "Gage," he said answering it.
"Sydney, where are you?" he asked.
"Gage you know I had that doctor's appointment today."
Gage closed his eyes, "oh yeah, I forgot."
"Well, it is a good thing that I reminded Walker about it yesterday then."
"I just wish that you would have reminded me," he teased.
"Sorry about that," she said trying not to laugh at him. "I have a meeting with Alex this afternoon so I'll meet you at home later."
"Ok talk later," he said handing up the phone. He then pulled out his day calendar and noticed what he had missed all day a not that Syd had her anural checkup, "no wonder she didn't say anything."
As he looked at his desk he couldn't believe how messy it was, "I better clean this up before lunch."
Trivette looked at Gage's desk, "I'd say you better get a shovel out."
"Funny, real funny," Gage said as he sat back at his desk.
An hour later Gage had finally gotten his desk cleared as he looked over at Trivette, "want to go get a late lunch I'm starving."
"What else is new but so am I, let's eat," he said getting to his feet.
As they headed to the door Gage remembered that he had set his fun in his desk drew, "wait a minute I have to get my weapon."
"Gage!" Trivette said as he watched Gage try to open his desk drawer but found that it wouldn't budge. "Why on earth would you put your gun in there anyway?"
"Trivette can I have a little quiet here," he said in mock frustration.
Soon the drawer flew to the floor and papers went everywhere, "just great," he said as he put his gun in its holster. He started picking the papers up and stopped where he was when he saw a ring on the floor. He hadn't seen it in a while. He looked at the words engraved inside, 'To Jade the Girl of my dreams love Francis.'
Trivette looked at the ring in Gage's hand, it was a beautiful diamond ring with a sliver band, "its lovely is it for Syd?"
Gage never heard Trivette he was thinking about when he was in high school. It was 1989 and he was 17. A tear came to his eyes as he thought about Jade and how he visited her grave a few days after he had bought the ring for her.
"Gage, are you alright?" Trivette asked puzzled that Gage wasn't listening to him.
Gage looked up at Jimmy putting the ring into his shirt pocket, "yeah, let's go get that lunch."
As Gage walked with his friends out of the building he wished that Jade was still alive. He knew that he loved her when he was 17 and could help but think about the what if's.
End of part one