Title: Locked Hearts And Hand Grenades

Author: x Beautiful Tragedy x or Jess

Character Visuals: Just for those I think you should have and those that I have found at this time eventually I'll get them all. Suggestions welcome finding fitting people is difficult. I probably wont ever do one for Steph or Ranger:
Caroline "Cara/Carrie"Panettiere: (Lauren "LC" Conrad: Laguna Beach
Joseph "Joe"Morelli: (Mark Wahlberg: Four Brothers)

Minor Note: I think this story is original but I haven't read much fan fiction on the Janet Evanovich books I must admit. And I have never written one until now. There are just a few AU type changes that I've made to the story though it has all happened through Book Ten as it did in the series. The only real change I've made there is that when Stephanie was younger her parents separated for a while, legitimately and she has a younger half sister as a result of this separation. Her name is Caroline Penattiere and while the family knows (stephanie, valerie, dad, mom, grandma) that she is only half related nobody else in the burg does because what kind of reputation would her mom have? In fact not even her father would know had her mother not been so honest one night. If you can't deal with that then don't read this.

Also while this book does include Stephanie a lot and the rest of the Plum clan make cameos as they would in the books it isn't written in first person and it takes place two years after the tenth book. I haven't read the eleventh so I don't know what happens in it so any inconsistancies will have to be forgiven. Also within those ten years Stephanie and Joe stopped seeing each other and became friends, Stephanie and Ranger have a bit of a relationship going on, and nothing else really has changed.

Now every other chapter will be in Stephanie's point of view but this first one is not. Its in third person so I apologize.Every chapter that isn't in her point of view is going to have a small bit at the beginning in italics that is. Please note that the chapters not in her point of view do not revolve around her necessarily while the ones that are often times will. Should I keep the off chapters in third person or should I put them in Caroline's POV? I'm still messing around with that and have no idea. This is not only Stephanie-centric but also Caroline-centric with the old favorites thrown in because lets face it we love all the characters and the series wouldn't be the same without the rest of the gang around. I am a Cupcake fan but this isn't going to be that sort of pairing type fic sorry.

Pairings: Stephanie/Ranger, Caroline/Joe, and maybe a bit of Stephanie/Joe just because I love it so much.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything that you recognize from the Plum series that Janet Evanovich has brilliantly created. All of her characters, while amazing, are just being borrowed for purposes of fun. No profit is being made here I just like to toy with their fates and complicate their lives. I'm sorry its a curse. Along with that all of the chapter titles belong to the creators of One Tree Hill without whom I would have to look up my own songs, titles, and lyrics to set the mood for the chapters. So thanks all you amazingly brilliant people with intelligent minds that I have borrowed from. I promise to return everything in tip top condition.