**Not mine – JE's characters just borrowing them

This chapter is for you margaret aka whymelucylu

Chapter 10

SPOV

We pulled into a bed and breakfast outside of New York City. It was absolutely breathtaking, something you would see on the cover of a magazine. When we pulled in Ranger informed me that he had rented out the whole house for the next five days. He said we didn't really have a honeymoon and this was considered a babymoon. A trip for just the two of us before the baby is born. I thought that was one of the sweetest things I've ever heard of. It's amazing how thoughtful the man of mystery really is. He said that the bed and breakfast had an amazing spa and I could get anything done in there I wanted. The lady that owned the house that did all of the cooking said that she would cook anything that I wanted and Ranger even agreed if I didn't go too crazy that he wouldn't say a word about anything that I wanted to eat.

The spa was amazing, I even got Ranger to get a massage with me. We went into the city during the day and did some shopping. We bought quite a few things for the baby, it was really cute watching big, bad, Ranger picking up little pink outfits, in his hands the clothing looked like it belonged to a Barbie doll. I bought some new maternity clothing and a few dresses I could wear around the office. Ranger even bought some clothes for Julie and had them shipped to Miami.

We ate out almost every night and Ranger actually ate like a normal person. The temple was going to need a good workout when we got home but it was nice to be out acting like a normal couple. When we're in Trenton it's hard to go out and have a normal dinner between the reputations both Ranger and I have the talk around the Berg. I really enjoyed this time with Ranger, to see the last of his walls go down and finally get to know Carlos, not just the bad ass Ranger. I was really not looking forward to this time to come to an end.

The morning of the last day we ate breakfast outside on the deck and talked about the fact that we were about to be parents. Even though Ranger was already a parent, he had just as many fears as I did. He wasn't really around when Julie was little so he never had all the first experiences, he never even got to hear Julie say Dada for the first time. It was sad to realize how much he had missed out on with Julie, but
I was very grateful that he has a good relationship with her now, she was going to come spend some time with us during the summer. I was also happy that we were going to get to share all of these first together with our child, our daughter.

When we made it back to Trenton that afternoon I had a strong craving for Pino's. Ranger tried to tell me that we were back in Trenton and that we needed to try to start eating healthier, I told him until we pulled into Haywood we were still technically on vacation so he better pull into Pino's before he had to deal with a hormonal pregnant woman.

We took the booth in the back and I ordered a meatball sub, Ranger ordered a salad. I guess his temple knew we were back in Trenton, mine didn't care! After a few minutes I saw Joe and Terri come through the door. Freakin' A, I don't want to see him. Hopefully he won't see us.

"Hiya Cupcake." Joe said as he and Terri came up to the side of our table.

"I'm not your cupcake anymore, so don't call me that." I sneered.

"Jeez, I thought fat, pregnant women were suppose to be jolly." Joe said with an evil smile. Ranger tensed at that comment and started to comment before Joe began talking again. "I just wanted to come talk to you and tell you the news before you heard from someone else. Terri and I are getting married, after I found out you cheated on me Terri came by to console me and we realized that we've always loved one another and that we shouldn't let what people's opinions of us keep us from being together. I mean look how it worked for you and the wannabe rent-a-cop security expert"

"Rent a cop? Morelli I think you need to move on before I remove that stupid smirk off your face. Neither Stephanie or I have anything to say to you or Terri." Ranger said as he glared at Joe.

"Terri, can I see your ring?" I asked.

"Sure, isn't it beautiful? It's a one of a kind, Joe got it specially made just for me" Terri said with a huge smile on her face.

"I hate to burst your bubble Terri, but that is the same ring that Morelli proposed to me with. Not only that but when I threw the ring back at him Bob went and swallowed that ring. So it sat in Bob's stomach before the vet had to cut him open to pull it out because Bob couldn't pass it in his stool. Hopefully Morelli used a good disinfectant on it when he cleaned it because I don't remember the diamond having black speckles in it when I was wearing it." I said trying to keep the smirk off my face.

Terri threw a fit of epic proportions and took the ring off her finger and told Joe to shove it up his ass. He went running after her telling her that it was all a misunderstanding and that he loved her and wanted to marry her. The burg was all over this story in 2 minutes, for once there was a story at Pino's that involved me that didn't really portray me in a bad light. All and all it was a good day. Ranger paid the bill and we headed towards Haywood. I was ready to get home and relax for a few hours.

**Next chapter is Ranger's surprise at the penthouse.