(Chapter 2 enjoy! read and review please!)

NOT MINE! NOT MAKING MONEY! IT JUST FOR FUUUUUUN!

Chapter 2 Food Fairies

Stephanie Plum was in a rut. Stephanie Plum had no money and rent was due in a week. she would have gone out and caught skips, but, there were none to catch! Why weren't there bad guys out there breaking laws and skipping court dates! How was a girl supposed to live of there weren't any bad guys to catch!

Stephanie paused and sat up from her thinking pose. She was lying face first in the couch, her head covered with a pillow. Not only could she get her thinking in, she could take a nap too! Genius, she thought of it all on her own.

"That sounds bad Stephanie," Stephanie said out loud, turning to look up at the ceiling, "You don't want bad guys out there, breaking the law, you want Trenton to be crime free!"

'Yeah, you sure do, but then you'd be out of a job and working at the tampon factory, boxing super flow tampons!' the little voice in her head, that sounded a lot like her friend, Lula, told her softly, causing her to sit up and yelp.

"Not the tampon factory," She hissed, getting up from the couch and making her way over to the little kitchen in her home, "Anywhere but the damn tampon factory."

She opened her cabinets, hoping that while she did her combined nap and power thought, the food fairy would have come, and stocked her cabinets. Two pieces of bread, an almost empty jar of peanut butter, a thing of pasta and an empty pop-tart box. No the food fairy did not come, in fact the food fairy flew by, and gave her the finger as she did.

"Fucking fairies," Stephanie said, taking out the peanut butter and bread, "I'll just make a yummy peanut butter and olive-do I have olives?"

Stephanie walked over to the refrigerator and groaned, "No olives, guess it's just peanut butter…"

Stephanie turned her head as her phone went off, playing the Batman, theme. Oh it was Ranger, what did he want?! Stephanie walked over to the phone and answered with a quick, "Yo!"

"Babe," Stephanie melted a little bit, "Are you busy? I need you."

"Oh you can have me in any way you want." Stephanie purred, before she knew what she was doing, "Aww shit- I mean-"

"Playing with fire, Babe," Ranger chuckled, before he said, "Can you come over to Rangeman, I think I have a job for you."

"I hope it's nothing too boring, I was getting ready to go out and catch some skips," Stephanie said lying through her teeth.

"Babe, you and I both know there's no skips," Ranger said, making Stephanie freeze up, "No it's not a boring job, trust me, be over here ASAP."

Stephanie huffed and said, "Say the magic words….."

"Babe," And then Ranger hung up. Stephanie gave her phone a look and said, "Well, those were not magic words, but I'll come, jerk."

Stephanie slipped her shoes on, dropped a some bread into Rex's cage and was off to Rangeman.

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Stephanie walked off the elevator of Rangeman on the fifth floor. The fifth floor had all the offices, conference rooms, everything that dealt with business part of Rangeman. she walked by a few Merry Men, and over to Ranger, who looked pretty funny, pouring a thing of tea, "Do I want to know?"

Carlos gave Stephanie a look and said, "I have a potential client, she only wants to me serve her tea, her manager is just mooching off of her request."

Stephanie seized up when she heard a curt, "I heard that Manoso!" Stephanie turned and walked into the conference room and she said, "Jeanne Ellen Borrows?! She's you're potential client?!"

Jeanne shook her head and said, jerking her thumb to the oversize one seater, "No, Plum, she is, you nit wit."

Stephanie turned to stare into a pair of amber eyes, they were the color of sweet clover honey. Yet, there was something off about them, the way they were dull…

"Are you blind?" Stephanie asked, before she slapped her hands over her mouth, "Oh I didn't mean it like that, I meant to ask-well, are you, blind, blind?"

The woman who owned the amber eyes giggled softly and said, "Yes, I am blind, you are Stephanie Plum, How do you do? My name is Heidi."

Heidi stuck her hand out, for Stephanie to shake, her amber eyes right on Stephanie's face. Stephanie wondered how she could do that, but stuck her hand out and shook Heidi's slim one. The moment she touched her hand, Stephanie knew there was something about Heidi that was off, she didn't know what it was, but she could sense it.

Stephanie let go of Heidi's hand and sat across from Jeanne, who accepted the cup of tea from Ranger. Heidi thanked Ranger softly and sipped the fruit fragrant tea. Stephanie thank Ranger for her cup and then Ranger closed the door to the conference room and sat down across from Heidi, whose head was forward, eyes trained on him.

"It is best to get all the important stuff out of the way," Heidi said, placing her cup on the saucer, "I am a musician, and my stage name is Madam."

Stephanie choked on her tea and she said, "You're Madam?! Holy shit, you're a fucking musical genius! Oh please Ranger, I do have friends who talk about her, and I do know a few of her songs, don't look at me like that."

Heidi smiled and said, "Well, I think that was a compliment, so thank you. Now, the reason why I am here, is because Jeanne desires for me to have a private team of security, she is my manager and I know she is only looking out for my best interest."

Stephanie looked at Jeanne and said, "Never thought I would see the day that Jeanne Ellen would be doing something other than catching bad guys, how does it feel to be a 'manager?'

"Ask my 800k salary," Jeanne said haughtily, earning looks from Stephanie, "It'll tell you that it feels damn good."

"800k?!" Stephanie said her eyes wide, as she turned to Heidi "You pay Jeanne Ellen Borrows 800k to baby sit you?!"

"Goodness Stephanie," Heidi said, lifting her cup, "It's more than babysitting, she books everything, all I have to do is write the music, play an instrument, and sing, and extremely tough job, but Jeanne is doing great."

Stephanie leaned back and said, "still can't believe you're paying her that much money."

"It's in euros too, which means it's like a billion in USD." Jeanne boosted, making Heidi snort in her tea.

"Goodness, anyways, Jeanne told me that Rangeman would be a perfect company to baby sit me." Heidi said, setting her tea cup down on the coffee table, "Jeanne can you tell Ranger what we need?"

"Well, guards 24/7, security check points at every venues, I'm sure the police would be willing to help. If you want, you can help put the finishing touches on Heidi's tour bus, and security thing you want to put on so Heidi is safe," Jeanne said to Ranger who nodded his head with each demand, "We just want Heidi safe and sound during this tour."

"What tour?" Stephanie asked Heidi who turned her head to Stephanie.

"A music tour in the United States, I've been sent many demands to do one, so one has been set up, a few have actually, but those will happen later on," Heidi said softly, feeling the excitement grow off of Stephanie.

"I bet it's been sold out for months!" Stephanie whispered in a n excited hushed voice. "Oh man, I bet tickets cost a fortune."

"It's been sold out since last year," Jeanne said proudly, "And once the tickets for the next tour start selling, we're sure those will sell out quickly too, which means we'll need Rangeman again, in fact if you're great, we'll keep you on payroll, we do have other tours around the world."

"It would be nice to have one reliable security team." Heidi said softly, "Carlos, I must confess something to you, I have a stalker, they have been sending me letters, they have been calling my private phone, they even broke into my main home, and left things there."

Jeanne leaned forward and said, "Which is why I want you and your men to be in charge of the security for the tour, you're competent and you won't fuck it up like the last security firm."

Heidi looked up and said, "Three years ago, the security firm I had had gotten lax, somebody managed to get past through them at a concert. The person was trying to kill me, it was a musical competitor. They missed, but got the lights on the stage. They were so bright; all I can remember is that there was so much white light in my eyes, and then darkness. I woke up in a hospital, not being able to see. The lights had blinded me. I have been keeping my blindness a secret. Jeanne and I count the amount of space on the stage to prevent me from falling off it."

"We won't be lax, Heidi, my men and I will make sure you're safe 24/7" Carlos told Heidi who nodded her head and picked her cup up.

"Carlos, you should also tell Stephanie that she is also a part of the security team." Heidi said, making Stephanie choke on her tea again."

"WHAT?!" Stephanie said turning to Heidi who nodded her head, "You want me, a 30 something woman protecting you?!"

"Yes, besides, it would be nice to have other female company, apart from Jeanne, she's all bark and bite." Heidi said, looking over to Jeanne, who gave her a look, "Please, take the job; I am sure Carlos is going to pay you handsomely to protect me."

"I will babe, but that will include training, you'll be training in self-defense, you'll be going to the shooting range, basic medical." Carlos said to Stephanie, who blinked and looked at him, "You'll be paid during your training, when does the tour start?"

"The end of April," Jeanne said, going through her phone, "We're going to be going from the east coast to the west coast, we start at Rohde Island."

"That gives us a month to train." Carlos said to Stephanie, "Well, will you take the job? Benefits are included."

Stephanie thought for a moment, benefits a paycheck, no more running for skips. She could move out her dinky apartment, and the best of all, being on the tour with Madam!

"Please, call me Heidi," Heidi said to a thinking Stephanie, "Madam is my stage name."

"Did I say anything out loud?" Stephanie asked out loud, making Jeanne and Carlos look at her.

"No nitwit!" Jeanne said turning to Carlos, "I swear how do you deal with her, you should find a better woman!"

"Hey!" Stephanie snapped, looking at Jeanne, "Like who you?!"

"Been there done that!" Jeanne said nonchalantly, "You can have him, he's all yours."

"He isn't mine!" Stephanie said with a blush, "I mean, uh….I don't know what I mean."

"Babe, Don't let Jeanne get you all tongue tied, you have to deal with this woman for almost four months." Carlos said to Stephanie, "We'll start training tomorrow, bright and early."

"Well, me and Carlos will come up with the contract," Jeanne said standing up with a yawn, "Come on Manoso, before you ditzy girlfriend changes her mind."

"We're not dating!" Stephanie said, her face redder, "At least I don't think…."

Heidi leaned back in the chair and said, "Give it time, Stephanie, and it will come."

Stephanie turned to Heidi and leaned forward, looking at the woman. Heidi smiled and said, "I may be blind, but I can feel your stare on me."

Stephanie turned her head away from Heidi. Boy was that woman…eccentric, but at least she got a high paying job now, and she'd be paid to train. No more mean food fairies!

"There is always a silver lining in a grey cloud," Heidi said, her eyes closed, "You are just as bad as Jeanne, I am not eccentric, it comes naturally to me as breathing does to you."

Stephanie yelped and asked, "Did I say that out loud?"

"I will put your mind at ease and just tell you yes," Heidi said, opening her eyes, "You did say that out loud."

Stephanie turned away again and mumbled, "I don't think I said that out loud…"

TBC…..