Not mine, not making any money...This is my first try at a longer fic, but I have had this story in my head for a while so here goes nothing...
Ok, so where to begin...My name is Stephanie Plum, I am a 33 year old Bounty Hunter from the"Burg". My life at the moment is what you could call complicated. I love two very different men, I have a job that I am not very good at, but hey I always get my man.
The first man that I love is Joe Morrelli, Joe has been in my life since I was six years old. He took my virginity at the age of 16 behind the canolli case at the Tasty Pastry, and then left for the Navy 2 days later. The next time I saw him was two years later and I hit him with my Uncle Sandor's Buick and broke his leg. Joe was my first FTA, and after many mishaps I caught him, I guess looking back I caught him in more ways than one. We
have had an on again/off again relationship for the last two years. The more I think about it the more I realize that this is not a very healthy relationship for either of us. Joe wants to get married, have kids and for me to be the perfect "Burg" housewife and mother. Not going to happen in my lifetime. I am not sure I ever want to get married again and
I am not really sure I ever want to have kids.
Next up in my love life is Ricardo Carlos MaƱoso AKA Ranger. He has been there for me since the day Connie asked him to help me out. He became my Professor Higgins, he showed me the ropes and helped me out when I got into a jam. Looking back I am always in a jam. We spent on glorious night together and I have not been able to forget about it.
Some where along the way I fell in love with this mysterious "stranger". He tells me he doesn't do relationships, and his love comes with a condom and no ring. I think he is scared to let anyone in, to scared to let anyone see the real Ricardo. But lately things have been changing, he seems to talk to me a lot more about different things including his new found relationship with his daughter Julie.
As I lay here in bed and think about my life I decide that I have had enough and it is about time that I take charge. I go and get a notebook and a pen and decide to make a list of what I need to do.
First thing I need to do is talk to Joe, even though I love him I am not in love with him. It is not fair to either of us to keep going on like this. Ever since the incident with Scrog things have gone downhill, we only get together once or twice a week and some of those times we just watch a Ranger's game and have pizza. I think slowly with out even realizing it we both have been backing off and away from each other and the sexual side of our relationship.
Next thing I need to do is talk to Ranger, I want him in my life and not just as a friend. I know he won't let me in because he thinks I can't take care of myself, but little does he know I have had the same training he has and I know exactly what he does when he is "in the wind".
You see I was born Stephanie Romano and I have a twin brother named Jase and an older sister Maggie, my parents were Jack and Eva Romano. My dad is an Army general and my mother died while giving birth to my brother and I. My dad could not handle raising three kids on his own so I was sent to live with my Aunt Ellen (who is my mom's twin sister) and Uncle Frank. My brother Jase went to live with another aunt and uncle and Maggie stayed with our dad.
I didn't find out about any of this until I was about 12 years old. I was up in the attic looking for some books and I found old photo albums and asked my mom and dad about them. I always knew my dad but he was known to me as Uncle Jack, but I never knew I had a twin brother or sister. After that day when I found the books my mom and dad along with my uncle Jack explained things to me and told me about Maggie and Jase. After that we always spent summers together with my dad at his home in Washington DC.
From the time we met Jase always talked about going into the Army and becoming a Ranger like our dad. By the time I was a junior in high school I had wanted to go into the Army as well. I told my parents and we decided to just tell everyone that I was going away to college, I said that was fine but I had to tell Mary Lou and Eddie the truth. They were my best friends since I could remember and I didn't want to lie to them.
So Jase and I joined the Army but we did it under different names, I became Sam Montgomery and Jase changed his last name to Montgomery. We wanted to go into the Army and not given any special treatment because of our fathers and I say fathers because Frank Plum, the only man I consider to be my father was also in the Army and the Rangers as well.
As I sit here thinking about all of this I decide I need to call my dad as well as my uncle Jack and Jase. If I am going to tell Ranger everything I am going to need there help.
TBC.
Let me know what you think...should I continue???
