Stay

by marisamanoso

joe come to realize some things. I know the summary sucks but try it. This is based on the song Stay by sugarland. I have only changed them slightly. This is a BABE STORY. Cupcakes may not like. Rating is for language.

Stay

By marisamanoso

I dont think their are any spoilers btu just to be safe 1- 14

This is a BABE story so cupcakes may not like.

Based on the song by Sugarland Here are the original lyrics I have only changed them a little to make the story make sense. I am not making profit on this I give all character credits to Janet Evanovich. No matter how much I would like a ranger of my own I don't have one. This is my first try in fanfiction so please read and review. I did not beta so any mistakes are mine.

I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall

And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call

It's just another call from home

And you'll get it and be gone

And I'll be crying

And I'll be begging you, baby

Beg you not to leave

But I'll be left here waiting

With my Heart on my sleeve

Oh, for the next time we'll be here

Seems like a million years

And I think I'm dying

What do I have to do to make you see

She can't love you like me?

Why don't you stay

I'm down on my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

Don't I give you what you need

When she calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay

You keep telling me, baby

There will come a time

When you will leave her arms

And forever be in mine

But I don't think that's the truth

And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting

It's too much pain to have to bear

To love a man you have to share

Why don't you stay

I'm down on my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

Don't I give you what you need

When she calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay

I can't take it any longer

But my will is getting stronger

And I think I know just what I have to do

I can't waste another minute

After all that I've put in it

I've given you my best

Why does she get the best of you

So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine

Why don't you stay

I'm up off my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

You can't give me what I need

When she begs you not to go

There is one thing you should know

I don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay, yeah

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I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall

And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call

It's just another call from home

And you'll get it and be gone

And I'll be crying

"I hate this, I hate this. She is with him, Ughh."

And I'll be begging you, baby

Beg you not to leave

But I'll be left here waiting

With my Heart on my sleeve

Oh, for the next time we'll be here

Seems like a million years

And I think I'm dying

"I always tell her not to go, I beg, but she goes, It hurts. When will she come back."

What do I have to do to make you see

He can't love you like me?

"I can give her almost everything, the ring, the kids, the house. But what if she doesn't want that anymore." Joe starts pacing the first floor of his house his thoughts on Stephanie and no one else. Who's he kidding he is thinking about Manoso too.

Why don't you stay

I'm down on my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

Don't I give you what you need

When he calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay

" I tell her again and again please stay I love you, but does she listen no, of course not, this is the girl who jumped off he garage roof thinking she could fly. She goes to him every time."

You keep telling me, baby

There will come a time

When you will leave his arms

And forever be in mine

But I don't think that's the truth

And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting

It's too much pain to have to bear

To love a woman you have to share

"She was ready I wasn't, now I'm ready and I might have lost my chance. You know what I'm done she goes back and forth like it's nothing I am done. I am not sharing her with Manoso."

Why don't you stay

I'm down on my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

Don't I give you what you need

When he calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay

"I should have figured this out a long time ago. He was here form the beginning probably more than he should have. I should have stopped it then but I didn't and now this is what I get. She goes whenever he calls most of the time I think even she knows she shouldn't but she does."

I can't take it any longer

But my will is getting stronger

And I think I know just what I have to do

I can't waste another minute

"Okay I know what I am going to do, thirty years of waiting down the drain."

After all that I've put in it

I've given you my best

Why does he get the best of you

So next time you find you wanna leave his bed for mine

"She wants him, he wants her. I won't like it but I love her I want what's best for her. He's what's best for her, unfortunately."

Why don't you stay

I'm up off my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

You can't give me what I need

When I beg you not to go

There is one thing you should know

I don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay, yeah

"She's his now, I am done begging, he can have her."

Joe picks up his phone scrolls down to M, presses send and waits.

Meanwhile at Rangeman Stephanie and Ranger are having dinner in his apartment with Tank and Lester, when Ranger's phone rings.

Ranger looks at the front screen and gives an eyebrow, and says to Steph, "Morelli."

"I don't want to deal with him now, I'm not here." Lester and Tank look at each other very confused.

Ranger flips open the phone and says, "Yo."

"Manoso? First I want you to listen." Joe says obviously not happy. "When did Morelli start telling him what to do?" Ranger thought to himself

"I'm done, Steph is very strong minded, she wants you I'm done, you can have her." And with that Joe hung up. For the first time in probably his whole life Ranger got hung up on. But he put the phone on his belt anyway. He was smiling.

"Rangeman what are you smiling about?" Tank asked curiously, he almost never sees the boss smile. Ranger looks at Steph totally ignoring Tank and says, "It's time to start someday Babe." Steph's eyes opened slightly in surprise, jumps up grabs his hand and pulls him out the door and into the elevator.

Back in the apartment obviously forgotten, Tank and Lester are smiling.

"About the fuck time they came to their senses." Lester says on a laugh.

"I don't think I have ever seen Bomber move so fast unless she was running from some stalker."

In the elevator at RangeMan

"So Babe, I guess your ready then." Stephanie just smiled not able to speak. They got down to the garage, and got into the Porsche Cayenne. "I finally got the girl." Ranger said to himself.

"Yes you did," Steph replied on a laugh.

The end

I know it wasn't the best but please review that's the only way I can get better

thanks

Marisa