Okay i'm back with the second installment. Alot of people have asked in which direction is the story going, Babe or Beautiful, i want to let the story speak for it's self but if you must know then REVIEW and i'll tell you. If you want to ask me anything else about the story REVIEW. If you would like to beta for me PLEASE LET ME KNOW! i truely need one. I hope that this chapter is okay, let me know anything you pick up as it helps me down the track. ENJOY


6 months with the Merry Men had changed a lot but not her tolerance to alcohol apparently. She was sure she had only had four shot of the delightful 'Jelly doughnut' shot, which incidentally seemed to be increasing her jelly doughnut hormones not relieving them like the real thing would. But then again there was also the pitcher of margarita she helped drink and a few sips of beer she stole from the different Merry Men when they had cut her off. All in all she was wasted.

They were celebrating her half year mark at Rangeman and all the things she had accomplished in that time. When they originally planned it 3 weeks ago they were also going to be celebrating her keeping a car for 6 months but sadly 2 weeks ago that ambition was shot down… literally. It was nearing 4 in the morning and she had danced with every Merry Man more than once and even hand selected a few of the pickups for her friends. Tank, Lula, Connie, Bobby and Lester were all that was left now and she was sure her girlfriends would be leaving with her Merry men, except poor Lester who had agreed to share a cab back to her apartment before going home alone.

After the customary check of the apartment, Lester had found out the cab had left. He didn't real;y want to have to call another, then wait in the cold morning air for it so he went back up to Stephanie's apartment and crawled into bed with her.

4 months of sexual frustration + Alcohol (she blames the Jelly doughnut shots for not doing their job) + one sexy, muscular, warm male body next to her = one horny Stephanie who proceeded to all but attack Lester. Not that he minded overly, and his protests did stop quickly once her hand found little Lester, who was not little at all.

The next morning brought on the hang over from hell coupled with the awkwardness of the morning after. Stephanie was not in a good way, nor was Lester who was equally hung over. Both were guilty over what had happened.

Lester had left quickly. Saying he wanted to shower, hit the gym and then he'd be back to talk with her in two hours with the cure. She went back to sleep until the promised cure was available.

He had come back and they had spoken. He felt guilty, like he may have taken advantage of her. She said not to as she remembered that she had started it and that he had tried to stop her. She felt their friendship was in question; she didn't want to continue anything sexual with him and wondered if they can return to a platonic base. He told her not to be silly, that she was his best friend regardless of the thing they had done and he wants them to move past it or better yet just forget it. She gladly agreed as denial was something she could do well. He felt like he had stabbed his cousin in the back, everyone knew Stephanie was 'Ranger's woman' and not to be messed with or touched. She was shocked to hear he was related to Ranger but told him all about their history to easy his feelings of betrayal. He offered no explanation for Ranger's actions other then he thought he was an idiot, she agreed with that notion. She was worried what the rest of her Merry Men would think of her, that this would undermine the progress she had made with some on the lesser known men who had previously thought her to be the office slut. He told her that she shouldn't worry about other's thoughts so much, especially as he was about to beat that thought line out of their heads, but also that they could keep it a secret. They both worried what Ranger would do or say if he found out and neither of them wanted that but more so neither wanted to hurt the one person they held in such high regard.

Now she lay and thought of what she wanted to do. In her heart, even though Ranger had dropped her cold, she loved him and felt like she had cheated on him. When he returned she was going to speak to him. She wanted to offer him the chance of a future with her and if he turned her down then at least she could begin to move on. Now she just sat in limbo.

What neither of them had thought of, nor spoken about was the fact that protection was not used, and Stephanie was no longer on the pill.


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