Long Time, No See
I stood there behind her wondering how long it would take for her to notice me. She was very slow in the morning, but still a gorgeous woman. She must have felt my eyes watching her, because she turned around slowly, and almost screamed when she saw me. She just stood there, staring at me, jaw down, as if she were seeing purple people. I stared back.
"Long time no see," I said casually, flashing her a smile. She just stood there, staring at me. It looked like she had just been stun-gunned, especially when she fell over.
"Shit," I cursed as I ran over to grab her. I grabbed a towel, wet it, and put it on her head. "C'mon Steph, wake up," when she didn't responde, I gave her a full blast kiss on the lips, hoping it would wake her up, and I would be her Prince Charming. When I pulled back, I saw her eyes start to flutter. "Ranger?" she asked faintly
I sighed, "Close enough," and I helped her up to her sofa. She lied on the couch, and I stood right over her staring at her face. How she was not married, I don't know. Her hair was in a mess, which made her look so sexy.
She opened her eyes. "Hi Diesel," she said. I flashed her another smile, and she shot straight up.
"DEISEL?! What the hell are you doing here?!" This was probably not a good time to stop by. I forgot how spaztic she could get. As soon as I started to open my mouth to explain, she started raving again.
"They last time I saw you, you disappeared. You didn't even give me a chance to say good-bye. You never gave me a chance to tell you how..." She realized she couldn't go on. By the look on her face, she must have said something wrong.
"You never got to tell me...how...what?" I proceeded to get it out of her.
She started pacing back and forth, throwing her hands into the are; Showing the Italian side of her. "Why did you have to show up now? This is possibally one of the worst times of my life to have you magically appear! I can't do this, no, no, no. I can't do this to him, to both of them." That caught my attention.
I grabbed Stephanie by the shoulders, and gave her a little shake so she would snap out of it. Her big puppy-dog brown eyes looked me in the face, and I could see how frustrated this was making her. Trying to be as sympathetic as I could, I whispered to her, "Who?"
She lowered her head as if she was ashamed to be telling me this, "Morelli, and ...Ranger," She barely muttered. I was becoming more aware of the situation she was in, but I wanted her to say it. She is just coming to the realization that this isn't a fairy-tale anymore, and I wanted to "help" her get through it. Then she burst into tears.
I affectionatly held her close and slightly rocked her back and forth. She pushed into me, soaking my shirt. "I-I-I-I can't believe how h-h-h-horrible I am," she tried to say through her sobs. "It'll be alright," I whispered. She tried to say something, but I couldn't understand it through her tears. I picked her up, put her on the bed. She curled into a little ball as I put the covers over her. Steph burried her head into her pillow, and I ran down the fire escape.