Operation Save Us All- Chapter Two:
Tank's POV
I looked around the conference room and at the people who are currently in it. Ram sent out the message that Bobby wanted a meeting to discuss the curly haired problem that had been affecting all of us.
Ranger had "gone into the wind" this morning because of some problems that had risen in the Boston office, so we don't have to worry about him finding out about our little mission. He will be back in a few days though, so we have no time to waste.
I remember the look on Ranger's face when I gave him the update from Boston. I could see the stress and sadness in his eyes. Ranger may be hard to read, but he does have emotions, and they were tearing him up inside. I could tell that he was relieved to leave Trenton. Hell, everyone but Stephanie can see what her going back to the cop does to him. This "going in the wind" right now was probably a good idea. He needed to separate himself from Stephanie for a while, even though I knew it killed him to do so.
Bobby's POV
"Okay guys I called this meeting to deal with a problem we are all facing. So what do we have?"
"Uh, we got some tuna sandwiches, some egg sandwiches, and we got a couple of nutter butters in--"
"I meant plans Hal."
"Oh that, we got nothing."
This is going to be harder than I thought.
"Okay then let's just go over what we know. Lester take notes."
"Why do I have to take the notes?"
"Because you're a pain in my ass."
"I thought that was Ranger."
"No, although he is pretty damn close, no one can reach your level of ass pain."
"Yeah, I know."
"Dude, it's not really something to be proud about."
"If you were me, you'd have lots of things to be proud of."
"If I were you, I'd shoot myself in the balls, so I could never reproduce."
"You're just saying that because of that one time where--"
"Guys can we get back to business." interrupted Tank.
"What event was Lester talking about?"
"It's not important." I said quickly. If Lester says something I swear--
"Well," a very evil looking Lester said, "let's just say that it involved a banana, a fly swapper, and Bobby not being able to sit down for a week."
No one said anything.
I am going to kill Lester.
"What are we doing here again?" asked Binkie.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. "I am sure we have noticed Ranger's change in behavior towards us, because of a certain female's behavior towards him." Almost every man in the room grumbled and rubbed the various bruises on their body. "And if we want this to end we have to find a way to stop Stephanie from bouncing between the cop and Ranger."
"Well if we know what to do, why are we having this meeting?" Cal asked.
"We know what to do, we just don't know how to do it."
"Why don't we just get Stephanie to dump the cop and go to Ranger?"
"Because Steph loves the cop Gene."
"But I thought she loves Ranger?"
"She loves him too."
"Are you sure?"
"What do you mean by that Cal?"
"I'm just wondering if how you describe Stephanie's feelings for Ranger is really love. After all the only time she seems to be "with" him is when she needs something."
"Now wait a minute." Tank said "Stephanie isn't some gold digger. She cares about Boss."
"Maybe, maybe not, but from where I am standing, Steph hasn't been real loving towards Ranger."
"It's not like the same can't be said for Ranger." stated Binkie.
"Well, when you have as many morals as Ranger, there is only so much loving you can do to another man's woman." retorted Zero.
"What about Ranger, is he even really in love with her?" asked Gene
"Oh yeah," said Lester, "he is definitely in love with her. I would bet my life on that."
Everyone stopped talking to absorb this.
"Okay." Cal finally said "we know Ranger loves Stephanie, but we still haven't decided whether or not it is mutual."
I opened my mouth to assure everyone that it was, but then I stopped.
Was it?