Chapter 11, enjoy! This is more Ranger/Heidi centric. Enjoy!

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A Mommy For Papi And Me

Chapter 11

"You seem to have something heavy on your mind, my friend," Maxim said, watching the two children run through rows of bright orange pumpkins, "Care to share? I am a very good listener!"

Ranger looked over to Maxim and said, "I don't like to share my feelings, can we just enjoy the fall scenery?"

"No we can't, you gave something heavy on your mind and it needs to be talked about, let me guess, it's a woman on your mind." Maxim said, earning a blank look from Ranger, "Yup, I'm right! Oh, she must be something special, ja, to get you all blanked face and everything."

"This is my normal face," Ranger said, earning a round belly laughs from Maxim, "it's not funny."

"Yes it is," Maxim said, slapping Ranger on the back, "You are funny my friend, now, spill, tell me who it is on you mind."

"There's this woman, who hired my security company for her shop," Ranger said with a shrug, looking over to Heidi and the Punk, "She's…she's something else, Maxim."

"Oh, tell me more, I can't look at other women now a days, my wife would skin me alive," Maxim said, with a soft chuckle, as the men walked up and down the pumpkin patch, watching their children closely.

"She's smart, driven, kind, and extremely gentle and sweet, when it comes to Heidi," Ranger said, looking up into the sky, "She would make a great mother, and I enjoy her company but…"

"But…"Maxim said softly, placing a large hand on Ranger's shoulder, "There's a reason why you're single, right?"

"Yes," Ranger said with a sigh, pausing to watch Heidi jump over a pumpkin, "Heidi's mother….she…"

Maxim placed a hand on Ranger's shoulder and said, "It's okay," softly, his eyes soft, "I know what you want to say but can't, I understand why you aren't jumping women's bed."

Ranger nodded his head and said, "Thanks," rubbing his chin, "I don't really like talking about Heidi's mother a lot, it's still an open wound," his hand sliding down to his chest, "It felt really natural for me to tell you this, Maxim, what are you, a wizard?"

"Oh no," Maxim said with a smile, waving his hand, "I'm a Psychologist, I have a practice in Trenton and I teach psychology in the spring at Princeton."

Maxim sobered up and said, in a soft voice, "Look, Ranger, I know you are still going through the motions, but, if you ever need anything, and I mean anything, give me a call, I'll be there for you."

Ranger rubbed his chest and said, "Why are you doing this, Maxim?"

"That's what friends do, Ranger, they look after one another, oh look, the children found the biggest pumpkin in the whole damn patch! Looks like you've got an activity for tomorrow, Ranger!" Maxim chuckled, hearing the children call their names.

Ranger shook his head looking at the pumpkin the children were huddled close to, it was the size of a fucking boulder!

"We aren't taking this one home with us, Bella," Ranger said, watching Heidi's eyes shine with tears, "Oh no, you can't fool me with your tears, it's not going with us, Bella."

"But…it's the Great Pumpkin, Papi…" Heidi whimpered, her bottom lip quivering, making Ranger's resolve shatter like glass hitting the ground, "Please….?"

"Oh, alright, now, let's go, pay for the Great Pumpkin, and go get some kettle corn." Ranger said with a sigh, pinching his nose, "What are we going to do with this pumpkin?"

"We're gonna carve it, Papi!" Diesel said hugging the pumpkin tightly, "And make a scary face!"

"No, a happy face, it's the Great Pumpkin!" Heidi said as Maxim and Ranger lifted the pumpkin up and carried it to the entrance of the patch, "Diesel! It can't be bad, it delivers toys to all the good boys and girls!"

"Oh, well, then, it needs a happy face then!" Diesel said grabbing Heidi's hand, "Come on Heidi let's go play on the hay fort!"

Ranger's eyes widened at the sight of Diesel holding his child's hand. Not his child! Ranger let go of the pumpkin saying, "Now hold on you punk!" going over to the two children, "Stop holding hands!"

"Why'd you let go?!" Maxim exclaimed, the pumpkin slipping from his arms and falling on his foot, "My foot! Son of a bitch! That kind of smarts!"

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"There's a crowd out there, alright," Lula said to Stephanie as said woman put the final touches on the food laid out for the re-opening of the shop, "It's like the whole female population of the 'Burg is here!"

"Good, that means, they're going to buy things," Stephanie said shooing Mary Alice, Angie and Brittany away from the food, "These are for paying customers, now you three behave and don't cause a ruckus, especially you, Brittany!"

"Aww," Brittany pouted, sitting down beside Mary Alice and Angie, "Your Auntie Steph is no fun…"

"Only when you're in trouble, Brittany," Mary Alice giggle, eating hand cakes she and said lawyer stole from the table.

Stephanie was extremely nervous, almost as nervous when Peek-A-Boo first opened its door. At first she had been scared that no one would come, but Lula, Brittany and even Valarie assured her that people would come. She was the only shop in the area to sell lingerie, desirable lingerie at that too. Brittany urged Stephanie to put ads in the Sunday newspaper and a few ads up around town. It worked apparently, Lula came in one day, saying that a several of her friends would come by the store, Saturday, for the re-opening of Peek-A-Boo.

"There's like 100 people outside, ready to come in, we only made 50 door prizes!" Stephanie moaned, making Lula and Brittany roll their eyes.

"That's all you need, now, I'm going to man the front door," Lula said shaking Stephanie by her shoulders, "You'll man the floor, and Valarie will man the register."

"What will I man?" Brittany asked, standing up, "I can man something!"

"You'll man the children in the back office, now off with you three!" Lula said, her hands on her hips, "And no stealing any more food!"

"Man, this place is full of sticklers," Brittany said, ushering the children into the office, "Come on, let's go play with my tablet, I got kick ass games on it."

"Alright, ladies, the noon time is upon us," Stephanie said , her voice serious, and her eyes looking over to Lula and Valarie, "There are repressed housewives out there and women who need to boost their self-esteem by buying lacy thongs, we are going to sell them and then some, alright? Ladies, this is going to be the busiest Saturday we'll ever have, I hope you are all prepared."

"I was born prepared," Lula said, her voice serious, "Now, let's reopen the shop."

"Okay, Lula, you go unlock the door, and Valarie, take your position, Peek-A-Boo is back in business." Stephanie said with a smile.

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"So, Bella, Diesel, what do you want to do today?" Ranger asked the children, as they all ate a breakfast in the kitchen.

"Let's put a face on the Great Pumpkin!" Diesel said, swinging his spoon around, "And then can we go play at the park?"

"And can we get ice cream?" Heidi asked, kicking her feet, "Please Papi?"

"It seems like we have a busy day ahead of us, soldiers," Ranger said, finishing his meal, "So, Diesel, how is your father feeling, I saw that your mother dropped you off, instead of your father."

"Deda broke his foot," Diesel said in an excited hushed whispered, "It's so funny too, cause he has to wear a cast and everything, and he goes around saying bad words and talking about the Great Pumpkin!"

Ranger cringed on the inside, it was his fault that Maxim broke his foot, he did let go of the pumpkin, but damn it, those children, this little punk in front of him, grabbing his child's hand! Hand holding leads to other things and he had to put a stop to it. If anyone were to be blamed it would be Maxim, for siring the punk who was friends with his child.

"Papi," Diesel said, finishing his bowl of cereal, "I'm hungry still, can I have some more?"

"Diesel ,that was your third bowl, and you're still hungry?" Ranger shook his head as Diesel nodded his head, "Okay, one last bowl and that's it."

Diesel smiled and watched as Ranger poured him a bowl of cereal. He frowned and said, "Papi! You gotta fill it all the way to the tippy top, that's what Deda does, he says I have a bottomless pit!"

Didn't Maxim say something about this? Ranger didn't know, he hadn't been paying attention, "Alright, now, you sit right here and eat, I'm going to get Heidi changed and then we'll go outside and crave up the Great Pumpkin."

"'Kay," Diesel said, munching through Cinnamon Life cereal, "Mmm, these are very yummy!"

"Papi," Heidi said, with a hushed whisper, "Diesel can eat a whole bunch of food!"

"He sure can, now, let's find you some warm clothes to wear."

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Ranger gave the two children dry erase markers and said, "Alright, Soldiers, it's time for you two to draw on a face for the Great Pumpkin, can you two handle this task?"

"Sir, yes, sir!" Diesel and Heidi shouted, giving Ranger clumsy salutes, earning a head nod.

"Good, I like your energy," Ranger said, nodding his head, "Now, Take these markers and draw!"

The children ran over to the pumpkin that sat on the backyard porch and began to make a face. Ranger sat down on an outside chair and watched. Ranger and Heidi lived in a rather large house in a private gated community. He knew for a fact that Diesel and his family lived in the same community, due to the fact that Diesel had arrived in mere minutes. The house sat on a couple acres and was at the end of a cul-da-sac. It was a nice brick house, with 5 bedrooms, six bathrooms and a massive basement. Instead of living on the penthouse that was on top of Rangeman, Ranger moved into a built for him and his child. Heidi wouldn't have enjoyed being cooped up inside all day on the seventh floor, she needed some place to run and a place to grow up in, this home will do just nicely.

"Sir!" Diesel's said, making Ranger looked up, "We've finished drawing the face, sir!"

"Now that's a face," Ranger said, getting up and going over to the pumpkin, which had been doodled upon, "Alright, it's time to clean the inside of the Great Pumpkin."

Heidi and Diesel watched as Ranger cut around the stump of the vine that was on top of the pumpkin and the pull the vine off. The three looked into the pumpkin and they all made noises of disgust.

"I'm not touching this," Ranger said, looking at the two children, "Are you touching it?"

"No way!" Diesel said, making a face, "Bleh, it looks like our cat's vomit!"

"I thought the Great Pumpkin would be filled with presents," Heidi said, poking the pulpy inside, "Not yuck…"

"Well we're going to have to touch it, we didn't come this far to give up, let's get to it, soldiers!" Ranger said rolling up the children's sleeves and then his own sleeves, "Put the pulp on this plastic bag, okay?"

"Kay," the children chirped before they dug their hands into the pulp. Diesel looked over to Heidi and said, "Hey, it's not that bad, it's like that slime we had to make in class once!"

"Yeah!" Heidi said, squishing her fingers around in the pulp, "I like it!"

"Well, I'm glad you two like it," Ranger said scooping out pulp with his fingers, "Come on now, let's hurry up and finish this."

The children worked in silence, giggling about the squishy pulp and about how funny Ranger looked, arm deep in pumpkin pulp. Why did they have to pick the biggest pumpkin? How in the hell was Ranger going to get this monster to the front porch of the house?!

A shriek had Ranger looking up from the pulp to see Heidi had a face full of pulp. Diesel's eyes were wide and he said, "Oops, I'm sorry, Heidi!"

Heidi looked over to Diesel and shrieked, "This means war!" tossing a handful of pulp at the boy, hitting him in the face.

"No this does not mean war, soldiers!" Ranger shouted as the two children began to throw pulp at one another, "Stand down, soldiers!"

"A soldier never stands down in a time of war!" Heidi shouted scooping out more pulp, "Fire torpedos!"

"No, no, no,no!" Ranger shouted as the pulp went flying across the porch, "Not the furniture!"

"FIRE!" Diesel boomed aiming at Heidi but slipping back on a puddle of pumpkin pulp and hitting Ranger in the face with pumpkin pulp, "Ha! I got you Papi!"

"Aim for Papi!" Heidi shouted making Ranger groan and roll his eyes as the children hit him with pumpkin pulp.

"Why do I even try?" Ranger asked as the children rubbed pulp in hair, "Oh, this means war, you heathens!"

Heidi and Diesel screamed and ran off as Ranger grabbed two fist full of pumpkin pulp and ran after them.

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"Well, at least the pumpkin has been gutted out," Ranger mused to himself as he hosed off the porch, "And now the children are in the bath getting cleaned, they'll be fine for a few minutes."

"PAPI!" Diesel's voice boomed from the downstairs bathroom, "PAPI!"

Ranger dropped the water hose and ran over to the bathroom, where Diesel and Heidi sat in. Heidi was crying and Diesel was pointing to her with horror, "What's wrong, Diesel! Bella, why are you crying?!"

"Heidi doesn't have a pee-pee!" Diesel said, his eyes wide with horror, "She's broken!"

"I don't wanna die!" Heidi wailed, making Ranger pinch his nose and shake his head. Oh no, he was not having this talk.

"Bella," Ranger said, helping Heidi out the tub, "You don't have a pee-pee, because you weren't born with one…you need to be born with one, Diesel has one because he was born with it, you don't have one because you weren't meant to have one, you're not going to die because you don't have a pee-pee."

Dios, pee-pee?! Ranger couldn't believe it, here he was, a mercenary, talking about pee-pees! If hadn't felt like a father before, he did now.

"Oh…." Heidi said, rubbing her eyes, and looking over to Diesel, "Well, I guess that's alright, Diesel has enough pee-pee for the both of us! He said I could share his with him!"

Dios! Ranger wrapped his child up in a towel and said, "There's no need for that, you don't need it. Now, Diesel, you stay in the bathtub, I'm going to dry Heidi off and get her dressed, you stay right there, alright?"

"Kay," Diesel said, splashing water around in the tub.

Ranger raced Heidi out the bathroom, up the stairs and into her room, where he dried her down, threw some lotion on her skin and put her in a pair of jeans, socks a t-shirt and a sweater. He then ran down the stairs to the bathroom and let out a sound, seeing an empty tub and a missing Diesel. Now where'd that boy go to?

"Papi! Come look it!" Heidi's voice drifted into the bathroom, "Come and look!"

Ranger walked out the bathroom and into the living room and groaned, seeing Diesel , naked and covered in suds, peeing in the potted plant that was in the living room. Ranger shook his head and asked, "Why didn't you use the toilet, it was right next to the bathtub?"

"No, I'm watering the plants, Papi!" Diesel said, his voice serious.

"Dios," Ranger sighed, sitting down in a chair, covering his face, "I'm done, who else is done?"

"Are we going out now, Papi?" Heidi asked, earning a head nod, "Diesel! You need to dry off and get dressed, we're going out!"

TBC….

Poor Ranger! Dealing with the both of them at once, by himself?! I wonder where they're going to? Hmm...Please leave a review, When I get a bunch of them, I tend to write hella fast...hint...smell ya later!