Lips of an Angel
This is a one shot songfic done for Das' Challenge on RW.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the Song Lips of an Angel by Hinder. Just playing with them and will return them unharmed.
Cupcake Warning. Rated T.
Ranger's POV
It's been six months since Steph decided to get serious with the cop. She had come to me and I'm sure she expected me to tell her not to. I have always been one to believe that if you truly love something let it go and if it comes back it will be yours forever. I have been biding my time waiting to see what happens. I never thought that while I waited, I would meet someone. Amy will never be Steph but I have no desire to be alone anymore. She accepts my job and accepts me for what I am. She knows that I will never truly love her and she is willing to accept that too.
Amy wanted to move in with me at the Rangeman building. I refused to allow her to move in there. I think she suspected Steph was the reason. I would never confirm her suspicions but it was the truth. I would never allow any woman the liberty of living in my apartment. That would forever be Steph's home and I would never allow another to live there. I dream every night of Steph and I will continue to forever. Stephanie is my soul mate, my heart … My everything.
I decided that as long as Steph was determined to be with Morelli that I would get an apartment away from Rangeman and share it with Amy. We have been living together for a little over a week. I was working in my office in the apartment. Amy was watching TV. My phone rang and I tried to suppress my smile. I answer the phone knowing that the future depends on what we do in the present.
"Yo."
"Ranger."
"Babe, why are you calling me so late? I can't really talk right now." I can hear tears in her voice. I need to whisper so Amy doesn't figure out that Steph is calling.
"Ranger, do you miss me?" How do I answer this question? I need to have the courage to be as honest as possible.
"Steph, I wish that it was you in the next room. Of course I miss you, Babe."
"I miss you so much it hurts."
"I guess we've never really moved on. Did we?"
"I don't guess we did. I've got to go. Bye, Batman."
"Bye, Babe."
Honey why are you calling me so late?
It's kinda hard to talk right now
Honey why are you crying, is everything okay?
I gotta whisper cause I can't be too loud
Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
The next few weeks were spent waiting for her late night phone call. She would call every few days and we would talk about things. I had decided that the next time she called I would ask her to meet me. They say that if you don't ask, you don't get. I had to see her. I knew that what we were doing wasn't right. I just couldn't help myself. My phone rang.
"Yo."
"Batman"
"Hey, Babe. It's funny that you called. I was just thinking about you. Look I was wondering if you would meet me for lunch tomorrow at Shorty's?"
"Ranger, what are we doing?"
"We are doing what friends do Babe, talking on the phone, being there for each other, meeting for lunch, and being friends."
"It seems like more than that, Carlos."
"Does Joe know you are talking to me? Will meeting me start a fight?"
"Does Amy know?" she counters.
"She knows enough, she knows that I love you Steph. I've never stopped. So I have to know what does it matter to you that I love you, if you no longer love me."
"I've never stopped loving you." She says and I could hear her fighting tears.
It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And yes I've dreamt of you too
does he know you're talking to me?
Will it start a fight?
No I don't think she has a clue
Well my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
We agreed to meet the following day. We meet for lunch once a week for the next month. I had started to apply pressure to her and I picked up my poaching activities from before. I knew that I shouldn't, that it wasn't fair to Amy or Morelli but I couldn't help myself. Now that I had the freedom of being around my Babe again I would not miss the opportunity to claim her lips and body.
She told me that maybe our lunch meetings were not a good idea. I decide to put all my cards on the table.
"Steph, I want you. Not just in my bed. I want you forever. You are my heart, I will never love another woman the way I love you. I want our someday, Babe."
She looks at me with tears in her eyes. "I can't do this right now."
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
I left Shorty's that day after my confession and headed to the apartment I shared with Amy. I don't know what to do now. I feel the need to be honest with Amy and tell her it's over but I honestly don't want to be alone. I go to our apartment to find a very upset woman waiting on me. I guess she figured out that I was with Steph.
"Ric, why? I thought you were trying to move on."
"I did try and I've realize that if I am to change this image. I must first change myself. The problem is I don't want to change."
"You have to decide Ric, it's me or her. I won't sit back and watch her destroy you."
Amy calls me Ric, I prefer to be called Carlos but that is the name that Steph uses and I will not allow anyone other than her to call me that. I look at her with sad eyes and ask her not to go.
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
Honey why are you calling me so late?
Sometime later …
My cell phone rings and I know its Steph. Amy looks at me and scowls as I pick up the phone. I have to answer there is no other option.
"Yo."
"Help me!"
"Babe, what's wrong?
I can hear Morelli screaming in the background
"Is that him on the phone, Steph? What the hell were you thinking calling him? I should have killed him a long time ago. He always gets in the way."
I can hear Steph trying to calm him down and she has placed the phone in her pocket. I can hear the muffled conversation.
"Please, Joe. I'm sorry."
I can hear her backing up and trying to scoot away from him.
"Stephanie, you will not leave me for him. You will never be his. I won't let you go."
The cop didn't know how wrong he was. She has never been his and she has always been mine. I was just biding my time until she realized it. It seems that she has. He will have no choice but to allow her to leave and if he continued to threaten her I would have to kill him. I also could assure him that he would in fact be letting her go. I had picked up the apartment phone and had alerted my men that there was trouble and that I needed them at Morelli's house. I am assuming that there will be a fight. The cop will not take well to me showing up to take away his woman.
Steph's phone goes silent and I slam my own shut in frustration. I head towards the door to be stopped by Amy.
She is looking at me with pleading eye's "Please Ric, Stay."
I told her "No."
She seems to be hurt by my statement.
"I'm sorry."
"Please, choose me." she begs.
"The choice was made before I met you. I have to go, Steph is my life."
I walked out the door without looking back to go get my Happily Ever After.