Stephanie made it home from her shopping spree, she had went to the mall to by some come fuck me stilettos and accessories for her slutty devil costume. Ranger had agreed after hearing her that on the thirtieth they could have a costume party at RangeMan. She asked for the thirtieth because ever since she had stopped going out herself she went over to her parent's house and handed out candy to all the trick or treater's.

Halloween was this Friday and the only way that Ranger would agree and allow Stephanie to have a party was that everyone had to be invited including Ram and Lester. Another condition he had was that after the party the office be cleaned and put back to the way it was normally. Steph agreed to all of his terms.

Steph stripped off all of her clothes and turned on her shower. Stepping into the hot water, she let it wash away all that had happened over the last twenty four hours. She also had hoped that it would wash away the kiss that happened between her and Lester. Getting out Stephanie dried off, tied her hair up into a towel, slid on an old T-shirt, and climbed into bed. Taking out the party invitations that she had bought earlier from the Halloween store, she began addressing them to all of the members of RangeMan including Ram and Lester, thus keeping her promise to Ranger.

Getting all that squared away it was time for her nightly ritual. Stephanie took her hair out of the towel and shook her hair out to air dry. Sitting there with a fan softly blowing on her she took out a stack of pictures from a drawer in her night table and began to flip through them. Looking at the pictures she sighed remembering what she was doing and where she was when they were taken.

(Flashback)

"Ram stop you're scaring me" Stephanie told him as he picked her up and ran her towards the ocean acting as if he was going to throw her in

"Aww you don't think I'd really do it do you?" he asked chuckling

"Knowing you and them" she said talking about the few guys that had came with them " I don't know" she said laughing holding tight to Rams bare torso looking over his shoulder at the crashing waves.

Hal, Stephanie, Ram, and Lester finally had a day off and they all had gotten together to go to one of the many beaches that New Jersey has to offer. Hall took Stephs camera and got a few kissy shots of her and Ram. You could see the love that Ram had for her. Stephanie switched the picture that she had looked over to the one of her and Lester standing with Ram near a life guard's chair. All three of them were smiling big and had their arms wrapped around each other. As they made their way back to Lester's truck heading back home, Steph made the comment about how she loved the dynamics of RangeMan.

"What do you mean?" Ram asked her

"If someone hurts anyone of you guys you all go to their aid and won't let the person or persons go unpunished" she told them

"We protect what's ours" Hal said

"I wish I had a family like that" she said sadly

"You don't have any brothers who would kill for you if you got hurt?" Lester asked her

"No I have a Sister who can do no wrong. I'm like the black sheep of the family so I just took care of myself" Stephanie said climbing into the back of Lester's escalade with Ram

Before Lester started up his truck he felt an overwhelming sense to protect the woman sitting in the back of his truck, turning in his seat he took one of Stephanie's hands into his "Stephanie I want you to listen to me and listen well. I'm your brother now and if anyone here or elsewhere hurts you or lays a hand on you they will have to answer to me got it?" he asked her and the other nodded agreeing along with Lester, they also would watch over her.

"Aww Lester" she said tears coming into her eyes looking around the truck

"I mean it the moment you got with Ram you became all of ours and I think I can speak for everyone in this truck that if anyone bothers you we will take care of it for you" he told her as Steph leaned forward and wrapped her arms around his neck

"I'll always be here for you Stephanie" he whispered in her ear as he hugged her. It was a promise only heard and held between him and her

(End of Flashback)

"You broke your promise Lester, one of your so called brothers hurt me and you never asked me if I was ok and you most certainly didn't kill him for what he did to me" she said closing her eyes letting tears fall. Putting the pictures down on the night table, Stephanie turned off the lights and snuggled down deep into her blankets and fell asleep.

Ram getting to leave work earlier than Lester decided that he didn't want to stay in his apartment on four when he could crash anytime he wanted at his buddy Lester's house. Entering Lester's house that he owned and used as a get away from RangeMan, Ram tossed his overnight bag into the room that Les usually let him and the others have that wanted to hang out. Coming back from the bathroom he went to the fridge and pulled out a bunch of beers. Before getting into the living room he had already opened one of the beers and had drank half of it.

Turning the lights on he flopped down on the couch and flipped through the TV channels while gulping down the rest of the beer he had opened. Twisting the cap off the second one he began to drink it as rapidly as he had the first one. Ram was well on his way to having a good buzz going when Lester walked in and found him vegged out on his couch.

"You here?" Les asked him coming into the living room

"No I'm just a figment of your fucking imagination" Ram laughed

"Ohh really funny" Les said looking over the beers that were sitting out on the coffee table "Drunk huh?"

"I'm not drunk. I've just got a buzz going and I haven't eaten much so I don't have anything really soaking up the alcohol" he said patting his well toned stomach

"I'm going to take a shower since we seemed to be in a mace war today" Les said walking down to the bathroom

"How many times do I have to say I didn't see you when I sprayed mine?"

"Fucking Dogs" Lester said remembering as they came up on the fugitive he had ran through a dog park and the dogs all went on alert to the men chasing another man and started chasing them with their owners running behind trying to get their dogs.

When Ram heard the shower start running he took his cell phone out of his pocket and flipped through the pictures that he had on it. Coming to rest on the one he was searching for he sat there and stared at it. The picture was of Stephanie blowing him a kiss. She had told him to take a picture of her with his phone so that when he was out of town or out around town working she would always be there to give him a kiss. He never had the heart to delete it when they had broken up and truth be told he wouldn't if he could.

Lester was under the shower spray getting wet. He turned his front to the nozzle and placed his palms on to the back of the shower wall. He bowed his head and let the water hit the back of his head, neck, and back he too like Ram was thinking of Stephanie and how she had looked trying on that devil costume and the blatant impact she had on him as he looked down between his legs. He also thought of that kiss he had given her in the elevator and how he wished he could do it again and this time enjoy it. As he got out of the shower and wrapped a towel low around his waist, Lester combed and styled his hair then went out to see if Ram wanted to eat.

"RAM PIZZA?" he yelled as he went to his bedroom for clothes

"Ram want to order a pizza?" he asked again coming out into the living room. Looking around he saw that Ram was gone. Lester looked out to where they parked their cars and saw that Rams was gone.