Disclaimer:I do not own any of the Plum Characters, they are the property of Janet Evanovich, I have just borrowed them. Any other characters that you don't recognize are mine.

AN: Wow. Thanks for all the great reviews. I didn't think it would be such a big hit already.

Not Quite Right

By

Kole

Chapter 2

I woke up to my alarm clock ringing. I swatted at it, trying to make it shut up. Finally I hit it, sending it falling to the floor with a loud clang. Well I'm up now.

I looked around the room, thinking this isn't my bedroom. Where am I?

Then I remembered, I'm not me. I looked down. Yep. Not me. Stephanie.

I climbed out of bed and into the bathroom. After getting a quick shower, I was standing in front of the mirror trying to figure out what to do with this hair. It really was as wild and crazy as Janet described. Not finding anything to do with it, I just threw it up in a ponytail.

I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. Nothing. She has nothing in here. Great, now I have to get food as well. I really should of seen this coming. She never has food in the books.

I did find some grapes and I gave some to Rex.

"Well Rex, I may not be your mommy but I'll take good care of you. Now I need to find out where the bonds office is. You wouldn't happen to know would you?" I said to him, hoping for an answer I knew I wouldn't get.

Luckily, I found Steph's laptop. Go me. Mapquest here I come.

I printed off directions from Steph's..err, my apartment to Vinnie's and Rangeman. To bad I didn't know her parent's address. God, what am I supposed to do about her parents? Guess I'll figure that out as I go as well.

Getting dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, grabbing keys which I guess are to the apartment and car, I was out the door. I did notice that these jeans were hard to button. I'm going to have to start exercising. Get this body into shape.

I walked out of my apartment building and there I saw it. Big Blue. You couldn't miss it. It defiantly was ugly as sin. Big and ugly. Going to have to get myself a new car as well I see. Shaking my head I got in and made my way to the bonds office.

Sitting in my parked car looking in the front window of the bonds office, I could see a big black woman and a woman who slightly resembled Betty Boop in a way. Lula and Connie. This is where the trouble lies, friends.

Friends can tell when something's wrong or different. What if they know I'm not Stephanie? I can try and act like her but I will always be me. No matter how hard I try I'm not Steph. So, should I act or just be myself?

I'm thinking about this too much. I'll just be myself and hope they don't notice anything's different. I am sort of like Steph, so hopefully it will go unnoticed.

After my little debate and a small pep talk, I walked into the office. They both looked up at me as I entered.

"How are you, Steph?" Connie asked.

"Ya you hit that wall real hard ,white girl." Lula added.

"I'm fine." I said with a wave of my hand and what I hope was a reassuring smile. They studied me for a moment before going back to whatever they were doing before I came in.

"Here, new files. That one looks tough. If you don't think you can do it I'll give it to Ranger." Connie said, handing me two files.

I sat on the couch and looked them over. One was a first offense, shoplifting. Marissa Silvers, a 34 year old woman had stolen a pair of shoes. An easy one.

The other file was, Henry Michaels. Charged with assault and attempted rape. I looked at the picture, he was a big guy and he looked kind of scary. Well, here's where 5 years of self-defense and kick-boxing comes in handy. I've taken down bigger guys then him before.

"Hey Lula, you want to ride with me?" I asked her.

"You bet your skinny ass I wanna come with you. Someone needs to protect you. Be your backup." she said grabbing her bag. "But we be taken my car. I cant be seen in that thing." she added.

I nodded at her and called bye to Connie on our way out the door. This worked out better then I could of hoped. I had the gun I had found in the cookie jar and Steph's stun gun in my purse. With Lula driving I wont have to let her know that I have no idea where anything is in Trenton.

We pulled up in front of Marissa's house and I slipped my stun gun into my jacket pocket, just in case. As I got out of the car Lula said, "I got yo back!" while pulling out her gun.

"I don't think we are going to need the gun right now Lula. You can use it on the next one." I told her.

"Hunh," she said, putting the gun away. We walked to the front door with Lula grumbling under her breath about her gun. I shook my head and knocked. Marissa Silvers answered the door.

"Hello, my name is K…Stephanie Plum. I work for Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. You missed your court date and need to reschedule." I told her. Luckily Lula didn't notice my almost slip.

"Oh. I don't really think that's necessary. It was just shoes. I just needed a new pair because I had a date. I couldn't afford them but they were just so hot I had to have them." Marissa said.

"Damn Skippy." Lula said.

"I understand," I said. "but we really do need to take you to reschedule. It will only take a little while."

She sighed and finally agreed. We locked up her house and put her in the back of Lula's Firebird. Off we went to the police station. We talked about shoes and dates on the way.

As we were taking Marissa into the station a thought hit me, crap, I hope I don't have to see Joe.