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WARNING: SMUT

Chapter 24

We had made our way through an extended shower into the bedroom. We were kissing, tangled up in each other and Ranger was walking me towards the bed. Before my head could hit the pillow my pager went high wire. It was an SOS call from Manny, one of the few guys with family in the area and therefore had escaped my mother's claws.

I immediately started dressing while calling Manny back to get the rundown of the situation, Ranger right behind me.

Apparently Rodrigo Malesquez, one of our more elusive skips, had been spotted. Ha had been convicted for rape and attempted murder of his girlfriend. He was determined not to go back to jail, I was determined to deliver him and cut the judge's balls who had let him out on bond in the progress. His rap sheet would make any gang banger proud and he got bail!

Manny and Ty, a new hire, had spotted him at his girlfriend's mother's house, but they requested back up. All the other teams in the field were occupied and unable to provide the help, so that left me and my partner, as I was on call for the weekend. I promised to be there ASAP and we got ready to leave.

The switch from sexy and aroused Steph to high alert and concentrated Moxie was only a matter of seconds, the dressing and arming took a few more minutes, but stood in no comparison to the time I would have needed before my training. We suited up, even wearing our vests and went over to the address Manny had given me.

When we arrived the both of them were leaning against the side of the car, smiling broadly at us.

"Hey guys." Ranger just nodded at them, they nodded back.

"Where's the skip?" I wanted to know.

Manny just nodded his head toward the backseat of their SUV.

"What happened?"

TY was grinning now. "Right after we disconnected Malesquez came stumbling out the door. The old lady was yelling at him, but he could barely walk, let alone comprehend what she was telling him. Anyways, he was so drunk he needed the whole sidewalk. He was walking toward us, but when he was right up to my door I swung it open forcefully, catching him. Knocked him on his ass and he passed out." Both of them were laughing now, enjoying their easy capture.

"We are sorry we had you come out here." Manny looked truly sorry, but I wasn't angry with him.

"Better safe than sorry. I prefer coming out to find the skip in the backseat than getting a call that two of us have been shot and I might like to visit them in the hospital."

"Yup." Yep, that was Ranger, greatest conversationalist ever.

"Can you handle it from here? Do you have the papers?" The guys nodded, we nodded and everyone got into the cars. Great, I was sounding more like Ranger every day I was around him.

Ranger was driving on the way back and without the pressure of an upcoming apprehension we talked, well more like I talked.

"You know, you're awfully chatty tonight."

Ranger just grunted in response.

"What's up?" He grabbed my hand and placed it against his straining erection.

"That's up."

"Oh."

"Yes. They called us for nothing when we could have been making love."

"I still prefer going out to assist in a takedown that has already taken place than making trips to the hospital or worse to the morgue to identify somebody."

"Yeah." By now we had pulled into the garage and I was suddenly dead tired on my feet. There went the plans for some bedroom action with Batman.

Ranger carried me into the elevator and from there into the bedroom. He stripped me down and tucked me in, but it wouldn't have been Ranger,had he let me going directly to sleep. He went to deposit our weapons in the safe and brought the vests to their place, then stripped down and joined me in bed, spooning me from behind.

His cock was settled against my buttocks as his arms looped around me. He was nuzzling my neck, breathing kisses against my neck and shoulder. My hormones roared to life as his hands began to wander. His right hand moved up to cup my breast, teasing my nipples, while his left hand wandered down to cup my mound. His fingers were sliding through the wetness his ministrations were causing, circling around my hard and aching nub and dipping into me.

"Don't make a sound or I'll stop, Babe." Damn, he felt to damn good and he knew how hard it was for me to keep quiet.

My nipples were hard and my clit was throbbing and I could feel my orgasm approach. I was close and he knew it.

We were lying on our right sides with our knees bend a little. His left hand moved down from my wetness, down my thighs until he reached my knee. He took my left leg in his hand, bringing it back over his own legs. He was teasing my opening with his cock now, his head at my entrance but never entering me. I couldn't encourage him with words, so my actions would have to do.

My hips were bucking now, trying to get him inside me. It didn't work but he got the hint. He tilted his hips a little and slid into me to the hilt, meeting no resistance. He brought his left hand back up to tease my clit lightly.

His strokes were long and gentle, drawing the pleasure out for both of us. My hips were moving to meet his and slowly we approached our peak, falling over into mind numbing bliss together.

This was a different experience for me, so gentle, caring and loving.

We both whispered "I love you." and drifted off to sleep, still joined.

I woke up the next morning to incredible sensations. We were lying in the same position we went to sleep in and Ranger was carefully thrusting into me. The delicious heat was building slowly, so slowly in my stomach as he was arousing me only with his strokes, keeping his hands to himself.

After was seemed like an eternity we finally climaxed, a soft but incredible orgasm overtook me, making me shake violently, but like last night I wasn't allowed to make any noises.

It was always a good idea to listen, and more importantly to obey, to Ranger in bed. I had made the mistake once to moan when he told me not to make any noises. I had been pretty close to my orgasm and so was he, but he pulled out of me, had me watching him jerking off and wasn't allowed to masturbate myself. I had gone to sleep really unsatisfied that night.

When I had a look at Ranger's alarm clock i saw it was already 10am.

"Morning Batman." Incredible sex had the ability to wake me up really quick, even better than caffeine via IV.

"Morning."

Ranger pulled out of me and hauled me around so we were facing each other.

"Ready to get the day started?"

"Depends. Who's gonna be at your parent's tonight?"

"Momma wanted to make it a family reunion, but I could convince her that her, Poppa and Abuela should be enough to send you into shock. No need to involve all my crazy siblings and their even crazier families. Didn't want them to scare you away." He was smiling at me, reassuring me that everything would be fine.

"You survived dinner at my parents' several times and it didn't scare you away. You even survived the close attention Grandma payed you."

"Your Grandma is nothing compared to Abuela. Your granny only pinches guys, whereas mine pinches everybody."

"Oh." Scary thought. That led me to another scary topic. The upcoming mission. Okay, I wasn't scared of it, but I had no idea what would happen, I was unprepared. I had become so accustomed to plan everything ahead that I was a little apprehensive. Ranger read my mind like he always did.

"What are you so worried about, Babe?"

"I've no idea what to expect of the mission. That kinda scares me." Ranger cradled me in his arms and then began talking.

"I know how you feel. That's your first mission. Sure, you went with TK and his team, but you were additional to the team they had planned anyways. That's why they could risk it not to tell you the whole purpose of the mission. You were important to the team and the result of the mission but they could probably have managed without you. The mission we are now going on you are an integral and very important member of the team. We need you to get this mission done."

I nodded. I had managed to follow his reasoning so far.

"Another factor is, we don't what the mission will be, how long we'll be out whoever knows where and where we have to go. We all ask us these questions, but it has become second nature to us. We are used to get a call, pack our stuff and go. That's all new for you. We all had years of training before we went on our first real mission, whereas you made the training in a little more than half a year with amazing results."

He squeezed me a little tighter before he continued.

"What's a little unusual with this mission is that they told us several days in advance that we'll go. Normally you get twenty minutes before you have to be ready to go. And they tell you up front what they expect you to do and who will go with you. Personally, I prefer the twenty minutes notice than knowing so long in advance. You just have no time to worry."

I nodded, knowing where he was coming from.

"They told us in advance this time so we would have enough time to prepare you properly. How to pack your back pack and stuff. The guys and I can do it blindfolded, it's second nature to us, but it's new for you. That's also the reason we store our equipment always at the same place. We aren't neat freaks be choice, but it's absolutely necessary."

"Can you help me packing my stuff?"

"That's what we gonna do tomorrow. We'll have the usual Monday morning meeting where we'll assign who's gonna be boss while we're gone and stuff like this. Then we pack and make a list of things you'll need to buy. Part of the things will Ella be able to buy, but we'll make a trip to an army store to purchase the rest. You need a license to shop there, which Ella doesn't have. The guys will accompany us for this as the last stop of the day will be with the RangeMan attorney to update the wills. Don't worry, that's standard policy. I force all of my guys to do this before they leave for a government job."

He gave ma a few moments to let it all sink in.

"Feel better?"

"Yeah. Thanks."

"Everything for you, Babe."

We stayed like this for a little while, taking strength from each other. Until my stomach growled.

"Let's eat. Ella should've brought something up by now."

We went, naked as the day we were born into the kitchen to have lunch. Ella had prepared us a healthy meal, but had added a slice of chocolate cake with whipped cream for me.

I was eating my dessert and moaning like I usually did when Ella had cooked for us. Before I could blink Ranger had hauled me onto the kitchen counter, kissing me senseless, his fingers playing with my nipples. His right hand was wandering down to my clit. He was halfway there when I heard someone clear their throat. I was frozen in place. The rest of the core team was standing in the kitchen, watching us with amused expressions on their faces. Ranger hadn't noticed them yet.

"Relax, Babe."

"Uhm, the rest of the team is watching us."

"What?" He was suddenly was frozen, too.

"The whole core team is assembled in our kitchen."

"Fuck."

"You got that right, Boss. We thought you would be up by now." Thanks, Tank.

"I think the boss is up." Lester's comment caused all three to chuckle.

Thankfully Ranger's brain had kicked in again.

"Out in the foyer with you. We'll call you in once we're finished!" Ranger was issuing a command, so they walked out like the good little boys they were, once in a while.

"Hopefully finished getting dresses and not finished having sex." Bobby was mumbling under his breath.

We rushed through the bathroom and closet, getting dressed in record time. Aroused state forgotten. We settled down on the couch and called the boys back in.

"That was quick." Lester, smartass of the company.

"We can be quick when the situation calls for it." Ranger and his constant innuendos.

"Enough kids. You already talked about the mission, what to expect?" Tank wanted to know.

"A bit." We all slipped into combat mode. This topic was too important to joke around.

"Okay. What kind of holsters are you used to?"

"Ankle, shoulder, back."

"Ever worked with a thigh holster?"

"Only for a few days before the mission."

"Good. I want you to wear it tonight. Even to dinner at my parents'."

"Your parents, Tank?"

"They kind of adopted me, but that's a story for another occasion."

Bobby was concerned "Won't Momma flip?"

"Nah, we'll explain the reason and she should be okay."

"After we get the lecture about our jobs and how dangerous it is. How we should find us a nice woman to marry, but that no sane woman would put up with the crap."

"Yeah, or does the same shit we do." We all had to laugh at this.

I should give my mom her number. They could write their lectures together, you know, get a little diversity in it." I had said it with a straight face, but my comment had all of us nearly rolling on the floor.

"Bombshell, you're evil."

"Hey, I know what I'm talking about. I know the lecture I get, would be nice to hear something new every once in a while. I don't even need my mom anymore, I could lecture myself without problems should ever the need arise."

"That bad, huh?" Lester looked sympathetic.

"You guys have no idea. I've got a feeling someone brainwashed her since I went to Mexico. I'm not sure she isn't a replacement the aliens sent me to cut me some slack. And they probably abducted and switched Val and Morelli as well."

"Okay enough, back to the task at hand. Moxie, how do you want to handle it with medic stuff?" Bobby asked me, but Ranger answered for me.

"I was thinking you play medic and Moxie goes sniper/ bomb specialist. You never know what you'll need."

"Fine with me, but I'll need to do some serious shopping for this. And I've no idea where to buy the supplies."

"Your sniper riffle is in storage and the other stuff we can purchase at the army store."

We talked about the mission, assigned the tasks and discussed who would take our places here. After some time we were finished and split up to get ready for dinner at his parents'.

We showered together and went to get dressed.

"How should I dress?"

"Casual. Jeans and a sweater is fine. Remember the holster, so a skirt isn't the best idea."

I dressed in jeans and a nice lightblue woolen sweater with heels. Ranger was dressed in black jeans and a cream colored henley. My heels were a nice contrast to the holsters I was wearing.

I was a little nervous about meeting Ranger's parents.

"Babe, there's no need to worry. They already love you."

We went down to the garage where the guys were already waiting for us. We piled into the SUV. Tank wanted me to ride shotgun, but it was a tight fit with me in the back. Tank in the back would be a little bit to much. In the end I could convince Tank to ride shotgun and I was sitting in the back between Lester and Bobby.

"So guys, tell me what to expect."

"They'll expect you to call them Momma, Poppa and Abuela. They'll adopt you, so you'll get the lectures like you were one of my siblings."

"Watch your ass around Abuela. Sitting is always a little difficult when she was around."

"When we arrive Momma will hug us and then kiss you, but that's normal for us Cubans."

"Oh, and I'm Ric and Tank is Pierre. Don't use our street names. She'll try to kill you. It's bad enough that we go in there with our holsters."

"That's okay. I can defend myself."

Their banter went back and forth, effectively distracting me. Before I knew what was going on we where standing in front of a beautiful house, in an area similar to the Burg, but apparently mostly Cubans where living there.

We were walking up to the door and Ranger was ringing the bell.

"Come on in." Someone was shouting through the door.

We went in and found Momma in the kitchen, along with Abuela.

"Stephanie, how nice to finally meet you." She came rushing towards me, crushing me in a hug and kissing my cheeks.

"Mrs. Manoso, nice to meet you, too."

"You can call me Momma, everyone here does. And that's Abuela, she doesn't speak English."

"That's no problem, I speak Spanish quite well. Part of my training."

"Don't tell me you work the same stupid job like these stooges do." Momma's voice was getting stern, the voice every mom in this world used to lecture her kids. And now she was lecturing in Spanish, as all the guys were apparently speaking Spanish.

The guys had been right. Once she noticed all the holsters we all we wearing, even without weapons noticeable, she got ready to lecture us. Fortunately she was interrupted by her husband. Ranger tugged me over to introduce me to his dad.

"Babe, my dad. Poppa, that's Stephanie Plum, Moxie, the love of my life." He hugged and kissed me, too.

Apparently the interruption had Momma caused to forget about her lecture, but no-one of us was going to complain.

Dinner passed with pleasant conversation. Until we started talking about my mishaps. Ranger's parents had heard a lot about me, thanks to tattletale Lester. He had told them about everything I had blown up during my career. Ranger's parents would ask "Is it true that...?" and than ask about one of my mishaps, but somehow Ranger managed to tell the stories in a way that made me looking like some super competent bounty hunter. It was clearly visible how proud he was. Our good mood lasted until Momma led the conversation toward the mission topic, but we managed to evade the worst.

Dessert was tres leche cake, a Cuban speciality, just like dinner. Even Ranger had a piece, but I was moaning, capturing the attention of everybody.

"Ric, it's always nice to enjoy dessert that much."

Ranger was muttering under his breath "Unlike you do." I placed my hand on his thigh.

We talked a little longer until I started yawning. It had been a long day and the next weeks would probably be even worse.

We said goodbye and made our way home. Lester and Bobby made nice pillows. That was one of the things I didn't have to learn during my training.

"Sleep whenever you get the chance to do so."

A/N: That was probably the last chapter for quite some time. My laptop died on a short circuit with a royal KABOOM, so it depends on my little sister's mercy and generosity how often I can update. Depends how often I'm allowed to use her laptop. It will take three weeks until I get my own laptop back. :( sniff

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