I Do Who? Chapter 7
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A/N: I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. Now onto the madness that is 'I Do Who?'. Hope you all enjoy. Please review.
Ranger started muttering under his breath in Spanish. He reached behind his back and handed me his other gun, never taking his eyes off the bad guys. I took hold of the gun very reluctantly causing the gun to slip from my hand. I made a grab for the gun and of course it goes off, causing everyone to hit the deck.
"BABE!" Ranger exclaimed. He grabbed the gun out of my hand and placed it back into his waistband. Lester and Bobby were trying, unsuccessfully, not to laugh as they made their way back to their feet.
Once Ranger was satisfied that I was properly unarmed he spoke in his 'I don't take shit from anyone' voice. "Drop your weapons and I won't put a bullet between your eyes."
The two bad guys seemed to realize they were out gunned and wisely lowered their weapons. "Hey man, we're just doing our job. We don't want any trouble."
"Who do you work for and why are you trying to kidnap Mr. Sneeden?" Ranger demanded.
"Mr. Sneeden owes our boss a lot of money. We were told to bring him in so Mr. Biggs could 'convince' him to pay up."
Dave Sneeden picked this moment to protest. "How am I supposed to pay up when you thugs burned down my chapel? I made a lot of money last night! I was getting ready to come pay, but now I can't because the money was in the chapel."
"You said you made a lot of money last night. Do you remember marrying any of us last night?" Lester looked almost hopeful.
"Yes," he chuckled, "that's why I ran. I figured you realized how much you paid me last night and wanted your money back. You guys paid me five thousand dollars for a one thousand dollar ceremony. "
I could feel the tension rolling off Ranger's body; it seemed like I really was married. Tears started rolling down my cheeks. He pulled me to him, pressing a kiss to my temple.
"Shhh … Babe, its okay. No matter what, I love you." He whispered to me.
"Who did you marry? Is she married to Lester or me?" Bobby turned ghostly white while we waited for the answer.
"Well, you see. I performed the ceremony, but as drunk as the little lady was, I decided to leave the papers on the desk in my office. And well, the fire kind of destroyed them. So really no one is married right now since I never filed the papers. But, I'd gladly redo the papers, if you'd like."
"NO!!!!" came three simultaneous shouts from Ranger, Bobby and I.
Lester looked over at Mr. Sneeden and asked, "Was she married to me?"
"Yes, I married you two last night."
"I don't give a fuck what he says," Lester pointed at Ranger. "I still want to be mar …" Lester fell into heap on the ground as Ranger placed his stun gun back into his pocket.
"Was that really necessary?" Bobby shook his head in disbelief at Ranger.
"I did it to keep him from saying anything more he'd regret. I did him a favor, he's not thinking clearly right now. Besides this was better than me killing him," Ranger stated.
Ranger walked over to the bad guys whom I'd nicknamed Larry and Moe. Ranger spoke quietly to them for a few minutes. Then he pulled out a business card, handed it to them before they quickly fled. Bobby bent down and started trying to wake up my almost husband. Dave Sneeden kept looking around frantically trying to see if he could make a dash for it.
Ranger saw what he was up to and grabbed him by the nape of the neck. He pulled Dave over to the side of the building where they started talking in hushed tones. I tried to eavesdrop on their conversation but Lester started coming around. I knelt down beside him and brushed his hair out of eyes.
"Les, I know that you were going to ask him to fix the papers back. I need you listen me. You're one of my best friends and I do love you. But, I'm in love with Ranger. Even if the papers were legit, I would've wanted the marriage annulled." Who knew that breaking up with an almost husband would be this hard. I couldn't stop the tear that rolled down my cheek.
"Damn it, Beautiful, don't cry." Lester wiped the tear of my face. "I would've loved the opportunity to try to make you fall in love with me, but I knew where your heart was all along. I'm sorry I made this so hard for you." Lester leaned up and lightly brushed his lips to mine.
Bobby cleared his throat, "I'd stop that if I were you. You're lucky all he did was stun your ass. You keep kissing his woman and you won't be so lucky the second time."
Lester chuckled, "It's okay, it was just a goodbye kiss. Besides, I'm officially a bachelor again. Listen … I hear Candy calling my name."
I slapped his chest, "When will you ever grow up?" I tried to decide if I should've been offended that I was so easily replaced but the more I thought about it the more I realized it was just Lester being … well, Lester.
I looked back over at Ranger, who shook Dave's hand before Dave turned to leave. Ranger walked over to me, scooped me into his arms and carried me away from Lester, "Babe, we need to talk."
TBC …
A/N: Hit the review button and tell me what you think. Only one chapter to go. What does Ranger want to talk about?
