Lost

Chapter 2

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I ran to the elevator but it was taking too long so I took the stairs up the third floor and ran into the gym. As I ran through the door I heard Ranger's fists hitting one of the punching bags in the back of the gym. I walked to the sound not knowing what to expect. When I got to the back I stood there and watched him for a while normally he would notice when I walked into a room but right now he didn't seem to know I was there. When I realized he wasn't wearing boxing gloves and that his hands were covered in his own blood I stepped in. "Stop Ranger", No response. So I tried louder this time, "Ranger, stop", still no response. So this time I changed my tactic a little bit. "Damn it Carlos stop it! You are hurting yourself." Thank got that worked. If it didn't I don't know what I would have done.

"Stephanie you need to leave." Wow I have never seen him act this cold before. Oh no this crap was not going to fly with me.

"No I am not leaving." He looked at me like he was lost. "You do not need to go through this by yourself." He took three steps in my direction looking like he was ready to kill someone.

"I need you to leave I don't want to hurt you." Yeah because playing the 'it's for your own safety' card works with me. "Babe please I need to be alone." No please is not going to work this time.

"I already told you I am not leaving. Yes normally please will get me to do anything but not today. You have been alone for five hours and all you have managed to do it cut your hands up and scare the shit out of all your men. Let me be the one that helps you this time. You won't hurt me." I refuse to leave him alone no matter what happens down here right now.

"Babe I threw a 50 pound dumbbell at Tank." Holy crap 50 pounds!

"I know you won't hurt me Ranger just stop it!" I closed the space between us and put my hands on his cheeks. "I know better than to think you would ever do anything to hurt me." He took my hands off his face and kissed my palms. He let go of my hands and pulled me to his chest. "I am so, so sorry about your grandmother." I could feel him smelling my hair.

"Me too Babe, I don't know what I am going to do." I could hear the shakiness in his voice. I pulled back from him. "Please don't leave Babe."

"I'm not going anywhere, but we need to clean up your hands. Bobby will kill me if these cuts get infected and I did nothing to prevent it." He followed me to the sink and let me clean his hands. At one point I saw him cringe and I laughed at him. "You can get stabbed or shot and say it just needs a Band-Aid but you cringe like I am putting salt in your cut when I am rinsing it with water. You are a closet baby!"

"Babe I have had a bad day I assure you I am not in any way a baby." Oops maybe today wasn't the day to joke like that with Ranger.

"I'm sorry I was trying to make you laugh. After I finish cleaning you up we can go upstairs and hide. I left orders with the guys that they are to stay away until I say it is okay ". He sighed. "It will get better I promise. He sighed again. I finished bandaging his hand and we went upstairs.