Operation Save Us All- Chapter One:
Bobby's POV
"Dude, this sucks!" I looked up from the monitor to see Ram sit in the chair next to me while nursing the bruise on his cheek. I looked at the workout clothes he was wearing, the bruise on his cheek, and then up on the screen where an angry Cuban was stalking into his office.
"I going to make a wild guess and say that after the incident last night Stephanie left with the cop, and Ranger called you to the gym." After the look I got from him I knew I struck gold.
"What was his excuse this time? We both know that Ranger has too much pride to admit that he called you down to the gym because of some woman" Was Ram actually blushing? He looked down and mumbled something. I caught a snippet of it and smiled.
"I'm sorry what was that? I didn't hear you."
He glared at me and said, "Cal stuck his foot out while I was walking in the hall, so I gave him a wedgie. Boss saw the whole thing."
I couldn't help it I laughed out loud. "WTF! What are you in kindergarten? No wonder the boss did that; imagine what would happen to the company's reputation if we all started to capture the skips by giving them wedgies." Ram gave me the glare from hell and was about to retort, but then we looked at each other and I just knew that we both had the same image of all the Rangemen barreling in looking all tuff and giving the criminals wedgies. We burst out laughing.
"That is...totally...a Stephanie...tactic" Ram wheezed out between laughs. I was cracking up to, until Stephanie's name was mentioned, and then I sobered up.
"Speaking of Stephanie what are we going to do? If boss keeps kicking my ass it will became all misshapen and stuff lose its appeal and I will lose the ladies." Ram snorted at the last comment. "Like you were having much luck anyway." I kicked him in the shin and he yelped
"Next time I'll aim a little higher."
"Geez, don't be mad at me. I am not the one who bruised your face to the point where your own mother wouldn't want to look at you. And I am not the one who gave you monitor duty."
I sighed and slumped my shoulders in resignation because I knew that Ram was right. Ever since this whole love triangle got even more complicated Ranger has been unbearable. He has been working us harder and has been in a mood that would put a woman with PMS to shame, it was almost pitiful. But I have been friends with Ranger for a long time and I had never seen him look at a woman the same way he looked at Steph. It kills me just as much as it kills Ranger when she goes back to the cop. Ranger is like a brother to me, and it hurts seeing someone I consider family crumbling under my eyes. We need to do something.
I looked at the screen that showed Ranger's office, he was looking at his computer but his eyes were blank.
"Gather the troops." I said to Ram without removing my eyes from the screen. "We need to come up with a plan to save all our asses. Fast."