Steph POV

I smiled at Sara and said "that could be because you two are so much alike" she looked puzzled "like Lula told you we might not have known you long but your brother and you are alike." I smiled "you are both stubborn, like to be in charge, hate to be challenged, expect yourself to be perfect, punish yourself worse than anyone else ever can, and expect total obedience from the lower ranking."

She laughed "Wow" she shook her head "you are observant" she smiled at me "and you are also totally right."

I nodded "I have been told so and I had a feeling I was" I smiled "I think this one might be easier to solve" she frowned but before she could ask "he is so worried about you and feels guilty for 'breaking you'" I did the finger quotes "that I have a feeling he won't want to argue over this."

She shook her head "I doubt that" she frowned "I know I'm stubborn but Rick always had me beat at the stubborn factor" she laughed and me and Lula looked at her puzzled "it's the reason he got into so much trouble and stretched my patience further than any of the others ever did." She sighed "I also cannot let him off the hook like that."

"What do you mean?" Lula asked

She sighed and stood from the bed "If I let him get away with that kind of disrespect this time he will amp it up next time. I have been through it before with him and refuse to go through it again" she was pacing "the others always knew when they were getting close to my snapping point but…Rick always had to push till I went off on him."

"Well than you will be glad to know he is getting some of it back now" she looked puzzled now "Les finds new ways to test Rangers patience every day."

"that sounds like Lester" she smiled "but his has was always more messing around and being the Jokester" I nodded "he tested me that way but I was never wound like Rick is now" she frowned "if I knew forcing them into the army would make them take on the 'responsibility's' they have I don't know if I would have."

I looked at her puzzled than to Lula who looked just as puzzled "What are you talking about? How did you make them go into the army?"

Her eyes snapped to mine then to Lula's "Seriously they never told you?" We both shook our head and there was a knock at the door. I groaned as I got up and went to answer it.

When I opened the door I had to laugh at the two guys "come in" I shook my head it was his apartment and he knocks. I don't know which one looked more nervous or guilty.

Ranger looked up to me "is everything ok?" I nodded

"Little girl" tank said and I looked to him "we only have like ten minutes to get to your mom's."

"Shit" I said and turned to see the girls coming out of the bed room towards us and if possible the guys start squirming more. I turned to the girls "we got to get going" then mouthed 'you need to let them know you're ok and explain the army thing later' she nodded and I turned "me and Lula will take the turbo and meet you four there" I said as Gianni came through the door.

Sara and Gianni nodded. Tank looked at me and Lula like we were abandoning him in a Stan. Ranger looked at me pleadingly "Babe?"

I walked up to him and kissed him and whispered in his ear "you two need to talk before you have a nervous breakdown" I looked at his face than kissed him again and whispered against his lips "I love you and will see you there."

He nodded and kissed me back "love you babe."

Lula did about the same to Tank and both guys looked more like them self's than before. As I got to the door "Babe?" I turned to him "Fred?"

I did not get it at first but then I did and walked back to him and kissed him again "it will work out" he looked worried but nodded and me and Lula kissed our guys one last time before leaving.

I pulled to the curb with three minutes to spare and yes I went over the speed limit. I had just started to talk to Fred about him and Ranger and mom was starting to set things on the table with grandma's help when I heard the front door open and Ranger and the others walked in.

Val laughed when I had all the grandkids including Lorenzo and Fred hug grandma to keep the guys safe for now. The guys looked even more like their selves and both came to us and kissed and hugged us after hugging my mom and shaking my dad's hand.

After kissing me he pulled me into his arms and hugged me and I whispered in his hear "you feel better now" he nodded and smiled at me when he pulled back.

I introduced everyone and then pulled my new sister to the side and whispered "you ok?" she nodded "worked out better than you thought?" another nod.

Fred sat on my one side while Ranger sat on the other and all through dinner they kept looking at each other like the other was an alien. While we ate Sara and the guys including my dad talked about the army and different things to do with missions. I just listened and my mom, grandma, and Val all talked Burg gossip. The kids mostly chattered amongst themselves.

We were eating dessert when Sara smiled like the Cheshire cat right before asking "Did the boys ever tell you how they joined the army?"

Both Ranger and Tank stopped with food halfway too their mouths "Sis" "mama" a warning in their tones.

She turned a glare on them and continued "They were all in their Junior years of high school and decided they no longer needed to listen to me" another glare and both guys where squirming "so they joined a gang to show me how grown they were" she laughed "all they ended up doing is getting picked up on numerous accounts by the police" both had their head down this time when her glare returned to them "by their senior year and the last time they were picked up I was fed up with them and figured there was only one way to change them so went to a friend of mine who was the Judges wife and made a deal. They went on probation till they left and did community service till they left for basic."

After we ate and where walking away from the table Sara pulled me to the side and whispered "Is your dad Eagle?" I looked at her puzzled and shrugged. "Was telling that story part of their punishment?" I motioned to the guys in the living room and she nodded "I take it the punishment has just begun" she smiled evilly and nodded again.

When the dishes where done we were all getting ready to leave and I noticed Fred clinging to me. I wondered what it was about till all of a sudden he froze looking behind me and put his hand up in a stop motion "stay" he ordered then looked at me in a panic and said "tell him to stop."

I turned and Ranger was standing behind me looking puzzled and nervous. I almost laughed at the look on his face before his blank mask slammed down and I looked back to Fred. I put my hands on both sides of his face and directed him to look at me. "I promise, he" I motioned to ranger "will not hurt you" I turned to him "Right?"

Ranger nodded "Right I promise to not do anything to you."

Fred shook his head "you stay" he said again and I could see the frustration in Rangers eyes of having a kid order him around.

"Fred" he looked back to me "you are sleeping in my living room on the blow up bed I just bought and he" I motioned to Ranger "will be in the bedroom with me."

Fred looked at Ranger wearily and shook his head "he sleeps on the blow up bed and I sleep in the room where I can lock the door" I looked to Ranger who was nodding and I kept the info that he can unlock any door to myself and I also nodded.

I handed Ranger the keys as we went out the door after hugging everyone goodbye. I noticed he was not going towards my apartment but the other way and I looked to him and he smirked "you'll see" then went back into his zone.

When he pulled into the malls parking lot I looked at him like he was crazy "why are we here?"

After getting out and opening my door I and Fred both climbed out looking at each other puzzled. Ranger took out his wallet and took out the black card and handed it to me "go buy him some clothes and stuff he needs" then he bent down to whisper in my ear "let him buy a game system and some games."

"How long have you had this?" I asked after looking at the card with my name on it. He shrugged I sighed "fine come on" I waved for Fred to follow me and turned to my side towards Ranger "and you know I don't have the TV for that."

He smiled "Electronic store babe" he said as he steered us into the store. We ended up leaving with a Wii U, X Box, a Play Station 3, a ton of games and a huge TV with speaker system. This will all be delivered and installed tomorrow.

When we left there we went to the JC Penny and Fred got some shorts, jeans and t shirts. Our next stop was Aeropostale where he got more jeans, some hoodies, and sweaters. Our last stop was footlocker where he got three new pairs of shoes and a pair of boots. The mall was closing and we still did not have a coat for him for when it starts to get colder but I figured I would worry about that closer to the time. Depending on where I send him to school he might also need uniforms.

I almost fell over when we got to the car and Ranger opened the driver's door for me and handed me the keys. I looked at him like he had lost it but climbed in any ways. Well apparently he had a motive as soon as Fred and he were in the car neither shut up for a minute talking about all the games they bought.

I tried to go into a zone and ignore them but it was impossible and finally I snapped "Quiet" and they both looked at me "if you two don't stop I'm going to shoot something."

Ranger laughed "you would need more range time for that" and turned to talk to Fred again but I slammed on the breaks "Babe?"

"Get out now" I pointed towards the door.

"Why? What did I do?"

Fred laughed "um… I think it was something about the range" He looked to me and I nodded "told you."

"Out now"

"It's my car"

"RANGER GET OUT NOW" I was going into rhino mode and when he just stared at me I picked up my phone and hit 2.

"Yo"

"Yo yourself" I snapped "pull up the tracker for the turbo and come get your idiot of a friend out of this car"

"Shit on my way Bomber"

I hung up and shut off the car and crossed my arms over my chest. A few minutes later Tank was walking up to the car and I rolled down the window "get him out of this car."

Tank looked like he was being pulled apart "come on Rangeman" he said as he walked to the other side of the car.

"My car"

I rolled my eyes "Fred grab the bags" he did and we both got out of the car and I held my hand out for the keys to the suv.

"There in there Bomber and so is Santos" I smiled "you can just drop him back at Haywood."

I shook my head with a smile on my face "no I need a body guard tonight to make sure 'certain' people don't break into my apartment."

Tank grimaced but nodded and by now Ranger was standing outside the car glaring at me "Babe" he was frustrated I glared right back and turned and waved for Les to take the driver's seat and got Fred settled in the back and I got into the passenger seat.

"Where to Beautiful?"

"Ice cream or donuts, you two pick, then my place" he started the car

"Are you serious?" Fred asked

"Yep" Les and I answered at the same time and both laughed.

"So?" I asked

"Donuts" they both yelled and I smiled and Les drove past a pissed looking Ranger

"Where am I supposed to sleep?" he yelled

I told Les to back up and smiled an evil smile and rolled down my window "in your car" I felt something touch my arm and looked at Les "or Les's apartment" I paused "and I will be calling Sarah" I said as I threw him the key and told Les to go.