Thanks to everyone that reviewed, favored, and followed, I truly appreciate it. I'm so honored that everyone has liked and appreciated my story. This is the last chapter, I'm thinking about maybe a sequel. I've started working on another story with our favorite characters so I'll be spending all my time on that story. So be on the look out for that. It will be different than one I seen out there so I hope you like that one just as much.

This wasn't beta'd so all mistakes are mine. Hope you enjoy :)

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters they belong to J.E. I'm just playing with them for a little bit.

SPOV:

I pull into my parking lot and of course the only spot available is by the dumpster, so I pulled into the spot and parked. I'd just turned my car off, and looked over and what do you know the car in the front parking spot pulls out allowing Ranger takes that one. UGGGG!

For some reason I started to get really anxious and worried about this whole Ranger thing, but knowing it wouldn't do me any good to get all worked up I tried to give myself a pep talk saying that it will be OK and that I just needed to breathe in and out and calm down, suddenly there was a knock on my window startling me out of my thoughts. I looked up and it was Ranger. He just looked at me and smiled and said "Babe, planning on staying in your car all night or are you ready to head upstairs?"

I glared at him and tried to open my door but of course he's in the way, so I glared harder at him, apparently he the message because he backed up and let me out. I walked by him and headed towards the building. I knew he would follow me since he wanted to talk, and of course that me thinking again and then I thought why they heck am I so nervous? He's the one who started this whole thing anyway, so maybe I should put it all on him and let him do all the freaking talking for once.

I slowly walk over to the elevator and push the button and I give thanks to the elevator God when the doors opened right away, I'm positive if they hadn't he would have made me take the stairs. We get in the elevator and head up to my apartment, when it stopped on my floor, we get out and I walk up to my door and unlock it. I motion for him to go in because we all knew he was going to do a quick walk through to make sure there were no attacking dust bunnies in there. He walked by me and looked around and deemed it all clear so I closed the door and turn to him, before I could say anything he backed me up against the door and kissed me like there was no tomorrow. After what felt like forever we finally pull away from each other, probably due to the lack of oxygen more then anything else. I could only just look at him, he finally broke the spell by backing away from me so that he could look me in the eyes and said "I've been waiting to do that since last night after I talked to you, it took everything I had not to dropped everything and came over any way. The only thing that stopped me was I knew you wanted to deal with Morelli and I didn't want to make you to feel any guilt about being with me. Speaking of Morelli, how did your talk with him go?"

Walking over to the couch I sat down sighed and said "He was mad of course and then of course he started talking about you and if our split had anything to do with you and I tried to tell him no, but I don't think that he really believed it. I told him that we just wanted different things which I really do, we all know that I don't want to be the 'Burg wife that he wants, and your call just gave me the courage to finally admit that to myself enough that I could tell him that. No matter what happens now between us." He came over and sat down on the coffee table and replied "Proud of you Babe, but I was serious about everything I said last night, I'm finally pulling my head out of my ass as others have so graciously pointed out and I'm ready to give us a try, my life just doesn't feel complete without you in it and I'm done trying with the back and forth."

I thought wow that was a lot of words for him, that's when I heard him chuckle. "Outside" and he said "Yup, but your right. I don't normally tell you how I'm feeling, I don't normally tell anyone how I feel but that's what the Military taught me, the less you say the longer you live."

I was dying of curiosity so I ask"So why are you so willing to talk and tell me how you feel now?"

He looked over at me and gave me a look that I couldn't quite define and he said "Well I told you about last night and how we were celebrating and you weren't there and it didn't feel right." I nodded. He continued "I kept trying to think about how life would be different if you were always by my side and I liked it" I looked at him confused and thought maybe it was time to remind him why I hadn't been by his side the entire time "OK, but why now. What happened to all your disclaimers, do they not apply any more? Babe, my life doesn't lend itself to relationships or my love comes with a condom not a ring or my favorite I'm just a line item in your freaking entertainment budget." He at least had the good sense to look down like he was ashamed while I was talking.

After a while he finally looked up and he said "I know I said some really stupid things and I hope that you can forgive me, but Babe some of those things are what I've told women along way, that was before I met you. My life doesn't normally lend itself to relationships because of the life I lead, I do dangerous things and have dangerous people after me, but then with you that excuse doesn't even work. You have more crazy people after you than I do. The whole my love comes with a condom not a ring, well at some point tonight it was brought to my attention that if I would actually listen to you, you said on more than one occasion that you don't even know if you want to get married again. You know my thoughts on that as well so I'm guess that will be a day by day thing. As for you are listed as a line item in my entertainment budget, that was my sick sense of humor trying not to tell you that it doesn't matter how much you cost me and there's no price for making sure you're safe, because I love you, and if you want me to be absolutely honest with you I have since the day you walked into that diner and treated me like I was a person and not some thug."

Holy Cow! What does one say to that. I really had no idea how to respond, so I just stood there. After what felt like forever he looked at me and said "Babe, please say something, I'm starting to get self-conscious here."

I blinked and said "Oh God, Ranger I'm just in shock by what you said and it left me speechless for a minute. I never knew you felt that way and of course you are right about the how crazy people. You do know that I love you too right? I have for a long time as well, guess you weren't the only one that needed to pull their head out their ass."

He sighed and said "I was hoping and now that you said it I feel a lot better, and don't feel like a complete idiot".

I stood up in front of him and said "So where do we go from here" He replied "Where ever you want to

'. I thought about it and decided we had already wasted so much time. I smiled at him and grabbed his hand and pulled him up (with his help of course) and started walking towards the bedroom. I looked over my shoulder at him and he gave me the biggest wolf grin and said "Are you sure?" I nodded my head and thought thank God for Ranger getting buzzed and that song on the radio. Things were absolutely looking good.

The End