Hi again, sorry it took this long to get chapter 1 out but im trying to work on mult. Stories at once so here it is 3 All these characters belong to J.E.

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My name is Stephanie Plum, im 32 years old and am currently working for my cousin Vinnie as a fugitive apprehension agent or a bounty hunter. Most of the time I end up covered in some form of unmentionable substance, or with a naked guy on top of me( and not in the good way either). None of those things are happening right now but something equally unpleasant has soared in to compete for my attention. The FBI are never a good thing so FBI you've know forever is extra bad for your nerves. FBI agent Seeley Booth, former army ranger and best friend was spinning me around in front of not only my on and off boy friend and cop Joe Morelli, but my batman and mysterious mentor Ricardo Carlos Manoso AKA Ranger. When he put me down his face showed it just dawned on him that he might have just outed my biggest secret, yeah he was going to get it later.

"Um," i stuttered," what are you doing here?" I know its harsh but really, I just didn't have it in me to be polite in this situation.

"Its nice to see you to Hun, im here to help out ranger here with a case." That made no sense, Ranger asks me for help when he has a a problem or at least tells me, why would he bring a guy all the way from Washington DC to help with a case?

"so um how do you two know each other," I eyed booth, trying to see if he was hiding something. He gave me the look that signaled he would fill me in later.

" So Cupcake, how do you know Booth?" That question was said in a light carefree way, but the underlying edge was still there.

"We grew up together, I haven't seen him sense we were about 25." The hint of sadness must have been evident in both of our faces if the tightening in my voice was any hint.

" Babe, I think we need to talk," I knew he must have done extensive research on me when we first met, and realized that Booth never lived in New Jersey. Therefore I could not have grown up with him without there being a serious lie being told. I knew I could trust him but there was always the chance that he would hate me by the end of my tale.

"Yes. I think we do," I managed to squeeze out a small smile for Booth before walking towards my doom/the Porsche.

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