Disclaimer: I don't own the Stephanie Plum series.
What Just Happened?
By Kole
Stephanie left the office and headed to get lunch. She was glad Tank had called when he did. She was enjoying this all way too much and she was afraid she would start laughing manically if she didn't get out of there soon.
She wasn't sure what Ranger was thinking right now, but she knew he must be confused. That was the whole point to this whole thing so she was happy she was succeeding. She was confused by Ranger all the time and even more so recently.
Ranger had been having some serious mood swings lately. One second he would be flirting with her and talking to her like she was someone important and then the next second he is telling her what to do like an employee. It wouldn't bother her so much if he only treated her like an employee at work, but he did it even at her own apartment.
Last week he had been acting weird also, he had come over and they had talked and eaten dinner and then she had gone to the bathroom and when she got back he was gone. Which wasn't really weird for him, but he usually waited until after dinner. Steph couldn't think of anything that would have made him leave, he usually tells her when he is leaving.
After she got lunch for her and Tank she made her way back to her apartment. She had a lot to talk about with Tank. She had recently found out from Tank that Ranger wanted to pursue her, well actually it had been from Lula who had heard it from Tank, but Tank told her also after she confronted him.
She wasn't sure what he was waiting for. She was more then ready to be with him. She had broken up with Joe because she realized that while she loved him, she was in love with Ranger. She wasn't going to tell Ranger this though, because he doesn't do relationships.
Tank had been so confused when he found out that Steph had broken up with Joe for Ranger.
"Why didn't you tell Ranger that you dumped the cop for him?" Tank had asked.
Stephanie tried to explain it to him, but it was hard when she could barely explain it to herself.
Stephanie shook herself out of her thoughts when she realized she was in her parking lot. She grabbed her purse and lunch and went up to her apartment.
Tank heard her come in and came to help her. They set up lunch on her kitchen table without talking. They started eating before either one of them said anything.
"You know Steph, you are really devious. Ranger is probably going out of his mind trying to figure everything out. I never really realized how smart you are." Tank told her.
"You thought I was stupid, Tank?" Stephanie asked, smiling slightly.
"No! of course not. Its just I never realized you were so tactical. I mean, after this whole thing is over I might just need to promote you. I'm sure Ranger would agree." Tank said with a smile.
Stephanie laughed and shook her head. Before she could say anything there was a knock at her door.
Stephanie was still laughing slightly as she opened the door.
"Tank, what are you doing here?"
Stephanie's eyes widened.
"Ranger?"
AN: There is only going to be one more chapter to this story. I will try to get it up by this weekend. Let me know what you think of this chapter.
