Stephanie watched as the guys put the FTA in the back of the SUV and heard them tell Ranger they would drop him off at the police station on the way back to RangeMan. Ranger wasn't really paying attention to them, but rather he was staring at Stephanie. Stephanie was standing by Lester, talking about how easy the distraction had been tonight. Lester was teasing her about how fast she was getting and maybe they needed to find someone harder for her to lure out of the club. As he stood there with her, he couldn't help but see how Ranger was looking at Stephanie. He noticed that she was looking at Ranger exactly the same way. He just wished they would get their shit together and admit how they feel about each other.

To give his cousin a push in the right direction, he grabbed Steph's hand and drug her back into the club, telling Ranger to join them as they walked past him.

Ranger didn't want to spend the evening with Lester, but he wanted to spend more time with Stephanie. He didn't want to give into his feelings for her but when the opportunity to spend some time alone with her came up, he couldn't say no. They spent a couple hours dancing and enjoying each other's company. By the time the club was closing down, Lester was nowhere to be found. Steph found a text from him on her phone letting her know that he was headed home with a girl her found at the club. He said that he was sure Ranger would give her ride home and he hoped that her and Ranger would finally give in and spend the night together.

Ranger opened the car door to give Steph a ride home and dropped a kiss on her forehead before he closed the door. He walked around to the driver's side, got in and started driving. He was almost back to her apartment when she finally spoke to him.

"What's going on with us Ranger?"

"What do you mean?"

"It was great to spend time with you tonight after the take down. I felt like you were finally opening up to me and now, you're back to your blank face and driving me home. Did you ever think to ask if I even wanted to go home?"

"Where else would you go Babe? Do you want me to take you to Morelli's house instead?"

"God, how can you even ask that? You know I haven't been with Joe for months and that we're just friends. Did you ever think that I'd want to spend the night with you at your apartment? I don't know what I was thinking that maybe we could finally be more than just coworkers."

By this time, they were in her apartment parking lot and he parked right next to her car. He got out, opened her door and walked her to her door. When she opened it and went in, Joe was sitting on her couch.

"I guess that answers your question Babe, see you later." With that he walked out the door towards the stairs.

Steph ran after him, grabbing his arm, and said, "Ranger, please come back. You have no idea what you're talking about Ranger, if you would just let me explain what's going on, we could try to make this work."

"Babe, I need to go, I'll talk to you later."

He pulled his arm away and then turned to walk down the stairs. She tried to call after him, but found that she was on the verge of tears, so she just stood and watched him leave and then slowly walked back into her apartment. Joe looked at her and started to say something but she held up her hand to stop him and just looked at him, sighed loudly, and walked into her bedroom, shutting the door behind her. She didn't even bother to change her clothes, just kicked off her shoes and flopped on the bed.