Disclaimer: JE owns that characters.

I had a hard time coming up with this one. It's not like tha other ones, but kind of along the same lines. I hope that you enjoy. -Kate


"No."

"What?"

"I said no."

"You're telling me that you won't do this after you've done everything else?"

"That's right," I said to him.

"Stephanie."

"Don't 'Stephanie' me with that look!" I shouted. I could feel my temper starting to flare.

"What look?" he asked.

"That look that says 'Stephanie'."

"I have a look that says 'Stephanie'?"

"Yes," I said as I threw my arms up in the air.

"What does it look like?" he asked with a grin. He thinks that my temper tantrums are funny.

"It looks like you're looking at me like I'm retarded," I said with a glare. I know that my glares don't work on any of the Merry Men, but I'm still working on perfecting my technique.

"Don't glare at me."

"I'm not doing it!" I shouted as I waved my arms.

"It won't hurt," he said with a knowing smile.

"Are you kidding me? Of course it's going to hurt! I'm not stupid!" I shouted as I continued to wave my arms around. I'm not known for have a good grip on my temper and I was quickly losing it.

"Stephanie."

"Stop it!" I shouted. "I'm not doing it."

"Yes, you are."

"What? Are you going to force me?" I asked in open disbelief.

"Yes."

"Have you lost your mind?" I shouted as I started moving back.

"Some people think so since I've shacked up with you," he said with a mischievous grin as he started moving towards me.

"You've got to be joking?" I asked nervously as I continued to back away. "You're going to force me to do something against my will?"

"You'll thank me for it once we start," he said confidently.

"I can't believe this! You're my boyfriend. I thought that you were on my side," I said as I waved a finger at him. "I thought that we were partners. Equals."

"You know that I love you, Shorty."

"Then why are you going to force me to do this?" I asked as I ran into the wall behind me.

"I promise that you'll like it once we start. I'll be right behind you the whole way," he pleaded as he stepped closer and boxed me in.

I was like a deer caught in head lights. There was no where for me to ran. He was staring down at me with a huge grin because he knew that he had trapped me. I watched his eyes soften as he leaned down to me. I tilted my face up to look into his light brown eyes. He placed his left hand on the wall above my head and cupped the side of my face with his right hand. I smiled innocently up at him and he chuckled softly. We both knew that there wasn't anything innocent about me. He stared down at me for a moment and then sighed.

"You're going to be the death of me," he whispered. Then, he lowered his head the rest of the way and fused his lips to mine.

I felt heat start to pool in my stomach as I reached up and slipped my hands around his neck to pull him deeper into the kiss. The rest of the room spiraled away as need flooded my body. I heard him release a small moan as he brought his arms down around my waist. The fireworks where exploding in my head when he pulled me flush against his rock hard chest. I got wet the instant his tongue danced across mine. I felt him lift me off the ground and then slam me against the wall. I smiled against his lips as I wrapped my legs around his waist. He's the only one that's ever been ruff with me and I loved it. My breath hitched in my throat when I felt his hand run down my ribs and settle on my butt.

"Babe."

I reluctantly broke the kiss at the sound of Ranger's voice. I buried my face in his neck as I felt my face heat up. Ranger always has bad timing for the two of us. I peeked over his shoulder and saw Ranger smiling up at me. I gave him a little finger wave. Ranger chuckled as he walked away.

"Is he gone?" he whispered in my ear.

"Yeah," I whispered back.

"We've gotten off track," he said with a sigh as he unwrapped my legs and sat me back down on the ground.

"I'm still not doing it," I said as I turned to make my get away.

It was my turn to sigh as I felt myself being lifted in the air. He turned me around and started walking.

"I'm going to be right behind you. This won't hurt very much. If you really hate it, then we can stop," he whispered in my ear.

"How long?" I asked when he set me down.

"At least twenty minutes."

"Twenty minutes?" I squeaked.

He sighed and shook his head. "Fifteen."

I nodded my head and placed my hands on the bars to brace myself.

"Stephanie."

"What?" I asked as I looked over my shoulder at him.

"You're too tense."

"Will you just start so that we can get this over with?" I said with a glare.

"It's a treadmill, Stephanie."

"It's running, Tank."


I had a hard time with Tank because I don't veiw him as a Merry Man. He's Robin to Ranger's Batman. Plus, I can only see Tank with Lula. Thost two are meant for each other. But, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't leave him out of my quest to do one shots of Steph with all of the Merry Men.