Disclaimer: I don't own the Stephanie Plum series.
What Just Happened?
By Kole
Stephanie finished her work for the day, smiling. Every time someone would walk past her, they would give her a questioning look or ask her what she had said to the prisoner. Steph would just smile and continue with whatever it was she was currently doing.
Ranger, Tank, Lester, and Bobby hadn't left Ranger's office, yet, by the time Stephanie was ready to leave. She thought about it for a second and then turned and walked over to Ranger's office. She knocked on the door.
"Ranger?" she called, as she knocked to let them know it was her.
"Enter." Ranger said through the door.
Stephanie opened the door, just enough for her to slip through, and walked in, closing the door behind her. Tank was sitting on the couch, with his head in his hands. Lester and Bobby were standing near the side wall and Ranger was sitting in his chair behind his desk, turned so he was facing Tank.
"Hey. What's up?" Steph asked.
"He hasn't said anything. Nothing." Lester said, turning to look at her.
"What did you say to him?" Bobby asked.
Ranger looked over at her as well. Waiting. They were all waiting for her explanation.
"Nothing really." Steph said, with a small shrug. All three of them glared at her, while she fought to keep the smile off her face.
"Babe." Ranger said, which she knew meant 'tell me now'.
"Ranger." Steph said, looking right back at him.
Ranger stood up and walked up to her. He looked right in her eyes and said the one word that he knew always made her give in.
"Please."
Stephanie was so tempted to tell him everything, she hated that he could do that with one word, but she held strong.
"I just came to tell you I was leaving. See you tomorrow, Ranger." She said, proud that she sounded calm and normal. Ranger looked a little shocked that she hadn't told him what he wanted to know.
"Lester, Bobby." Steph said, stepping back and nodding at each of them. They looked shocked as well. Stephanie noticed that Tank had looked up and was now looking at her. She smiled and winked at him.
"Bye, Tank." She said. The other three guys were looking between Tank and Stephanie, as she walked out of the office closing the door behind her.
Ranger, Bobby and Lester all looked at Tank.
"What did she say?" Lester asked, eager to know.
"She….she….n-nothing." Tank said, stuttering. The men in the room had never heard Tank stutter before and all started imagining what Stephanie could have possibly said to scare him so bad.
Before they could question him anymore, Tank stood up and left. Heading up to his apartment. None of the men left in Ranger's office had any idea what exactly had happened. But, they weren't stop until they figured it out.
AN: I want to make this into a longer story. Let me know if you think I should and what you might want to see happen. Thanks!