What Does it Mean to Trust

by at8c

What does it mean to Trust? Will Stephanie understands what it means to trust when something happens that makes her question every man in her life including the merry men. NOT CUPCAKE FRIENDLY, NOT MORELLI or HELEN PLUM FRIENDLY.

25. Chapter 24: Training with the Guys

These characters belong to Janet I am just borrowing them for my amusement. Although I would love to keep Ranger and the merry men for myself!

This story does contain violence, and touches on dark subject matters. This story is not friendly to Morelli or Helen Plum so for Cupcake fans you have been warned.

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Chapter 24: Training with the Guys

RPOV

Holy shit last night was hot. Just thinking about it makes me hard as a rock. Watching my Babe dance and strip for me was the hottest thing I had ever seen. It was all I could do to keep myself in one place and watch. I gave her control and that is what she chose to do for me.

I would have been on her faster than Lester's Eleanor could hit sixty if it wasn't for I had relinquished control to her and I was so fucking glad I had. Because what she did blew my mind.

Later looking at the damage we had done I couldn't help but chuckle. I didn't remember doing any of it. All I remembered was her in my arms, her warm hot body pulling me inside tighter and tighter. I remember not being able to get enough. I remember needing her in a way I had never needed anyone and I remembered her clawing at me to get to me as her need mimicked that of mine.

Boy whoever can say that Stephanie is bad in bed, or boring in bed doesn't know the real Stephanie at least not the one I know and it would suit me just fine if they never knew the real Stephanie the way I do.

What we shared was private it was personal so much so that I would never tell anyone about anything that happens between her and I when it comes to making love to her. Well not unless she asks me to share something like she has done in the past. But it would never come from my lips first.

I am selfish when it comes to her and that part of our lives. I will never share that part of her with anyone.

I left my Babe sleeping soundly in our bed as I made my way down to the gym. A few of the guys and me were going for a morning run but I wouldn't be able to take off my shirt like I did on most days when we ran ten miles.

If I took the shirt off they would see the scratches on my back and the bite on my shoulder. They would never leave me alone with wanting to know the detail and teasing me about them. She was right she had drawn blood. I didn't feel it at the time but they were making their presence known now and I am certain once I started sweating they would burn but I would gladly take any level of pain for a repeat of last night.

I had never passed out while coming. Stephanie had before when I made her come to the point that she lost consciousness but I had never experienced it. I couldn't believe it when I woke up lying on top of her all of my body weight pressing down on her. I don't know how I didn't manage to crush her but she said I hadn't hurt her.

I mean she weighs around one ten to one twenty tops and I weigh in at two twenty five I am more than a hundred pounds heavier not to mention just all around bigger than her.

Walking into the gym I see Tank, Bobby, Lester, Hal and Cal are ready to go for the run. Walking up to the guys I start to speak to them.

"Hey guys. We are going to make a slight change of plans today." They look at me questioning what I am going to change. We have run together like this every other day since well since before I can really remember.

Today however I didn't want Stephanie left alone in the building without at least one person from the core team. We all knew to keep Morelli away from her even if he came here with the proper search warrants and arrest warrant which he wouldn't get under normal and legal channels but we always knew there was a way to get what you wanted if you wanted it bad enough.

"I don't want Stephanie to be without a member of a core team even if she is in the building." I look at Bobby she has physical fitness training today. "She has Physical Fitness training with you this morning you can get your ten mile run in with her and you can have two other men go with you. If you don't mind I would prefer if you would remain in the building while she is here this morning. I left her sleeping in our bed so you won't have to do anything."

He nodded and I continued. "We all know that a cop may be behind that box she received yesterday and the scenes on her bed. We all know that it could be Morelli and I want someone from the core team to be here because I don't want him walking in this building with proper documentation and being able to walk out with her. It doesn't matter what he has it could be a decree from the fucking president he nor anyone else is to leave here with her without her consent do I make myself clear?" I looked at each man and they all nodded in understanding.

"Good let everyone here know with the exception of those two new dumb fuckers I don't want them knowing anything. I don't know if we can trust them yet and as usual you know they won't be placed on any of Stephanie's protection details. If one of my men lets Morelli take her out of this building or any other fucking cop for that matter they are dead. There will be no questions asked, there will be no leniency or forgiveness, there will also be no regret they would have just signed their own fucking death certificates if they allow her to be taken." I looked at each man standing before me so they would see how serious I was. They all nodded their understanding.

Normally I wasn't this forceful and demanding of my men but there was no room for error or I am sorry or I didn't know when it came to my Babe and her safety. I had promised I would protect her that we would protect her and that no one could come in here and take her without it being her choice. She was safe here and if my men fucked it up and broke my promise to her it would be their last fuck up.

I could see that they understood me but I could see that they were questioning why I would say that why I would take it to that extreme. I mean these were their brothers in arms and they protected each other. We protected and covered each other's asses. We didn't threaten each other.

"I know that is not something you have ever heard me say before and under any other circumstances I wouldn't be saying it now. But we know that somewhere a cop is linked to her stalker we know what her stalker has left for her and the threats he has made to her. I can't let that happen to her. It would destroy her for someone to force her to steal from her in the most vicious way a man could steal from a woman. I won't let that happen to her. The letter she got yesterday really had her rattled we all know that. She had nightmares because of it, she was upset when Cal was there sitting with her last night. It has shaken her. I promised her, hell I think we all promised her that those things in that letter wouldn't happen. She trusts that we won't allow it to happen, that we will keep our promise to her and that we will keep her safe and that is what we are fucking going to do or it will be hell to pay. Those promises were made before we knew that a cop is potentially behind it. He could have come in here with proper paperwork and the guys would have let him take her unknowingly. Potentially in so doing they would be handing her over to her stalker. I promised her she was safe, we promised her that those threats wouldn't and couldn't happen to her and it isn't it will be over my dead body before it happens. If someone breaks my promise to her, your promise to her and she is taken from this building then there will only be hell to pay because I will be sending whoever it is that didn't keep my promise, our promise to her straight to hell."

There was no doubt now how serious I was about this and why. I now think the guys understood why I was saying this and I think if left to think about it more they would agree with me. There was no room for failure when it came to my Babe. These guys may have come to feel like part of my family but it was because of my Babe and she came first. Her safety was above that, above everything else everyone else regardless of status or rank or family ties she came first.

BPOV
Fuck Ranger was serious. I didn't think any of the guys would fuck up with Bomber. I mean this is Bomber we wouldn't allow for her to be harmed not in our own house on our own turf. It simply would not happen ever.

Ranger was taking it to a whole new level. He basically threatened everyone if we are the reason she gets taken from Rangeman without her consent to leave then we are fucking dead. Who the fuck is going to be responsible for telling them men this? I may be a core team member but fuck if I am going to tell them that.

I will leave it for Ranger or his second in command, Tank, that is what they get the big fucking dollars for. Not that I didn't get paid very well. All Rangeman got paid very well and had one hell of a benefits package but I wasn't going to tell the men that Ranger basically threatened if they fuck up with Bomber they are dead men.

Not that they probably didn't already know that with Hector proclaiming to be her guardian hell the reaming I got for letting her fall off of that rope. I was wondering if I wasn't going to be a dead man. I will say this I will never again let her fall from anything. Let's just say I like my head attached to my neck and on top of my body rather than what Hector was going to do with it and put it if I allowed her to fall again.

I headed up to my office since I wasn't going to be running this morning and decided to do some more work on the quarterly evaluations while I waited for Stephanie to meet me in the gym. I quickly sent email to Ram and Manny letting them know that they would be running with me this morning. I copied Hector to see if he wanted to go with us as well. I thought it would do good to get Stephanie out of the building for some fresh air but I wanted plenty of back up out there on the streets just in case Joe was gunning for her. I knew if Manny and Ram went it would be adequate but if Hector went as well she would be just as safe as if she was in this building.

Hector wouldn't hesitate for a second cop or no cop he wouldn't give a shit. He wouldn't second guess he would just act and do whatever it was necessary to eliminate the threat against Stephanie.

I sent Hal an email to let him know that I was going to switch Stephanie's training schedule around. He was suppose to do training with her at zero eight hundred for an hour I was going to take that time slot since we were going to go running outside. I didn't want it to get too hot. Hal would take the eleven hundred time slot I had as more than likely they would be working out in the gym.

I sent Tank and email to let him know that he could fill the guys in on Ranger's new statement. I knew Tank would come up with a way to pay me back for that but I didn't give a fuck at the moment. Maybe I would come to regret that decision but right now I would let him have all the honor of spilling the beans to the guys.

It wasn't long before I saw the guys returning to their stations and I knew Stephanie would be down soon so I headed down to the gym where I ran into Ram, Manny and Hector all of them were waiting to go running with Stephanie.

"Hey guys, Manny will you tell Hector what I am saying in a minute? I want to say this before Bomber comes down here." Manny nodes, I know he can tell Hector in Spanish while Bomber is down here and she won't understand what he is saying but I don't want her to hear me.

"I don't know if you have heard the news but we have a lead on her stalker and there are some rumors that a cop may be directly or indirectly linked to her stalker. We aren't telling her any of this until we have further proof. We are going outside running and I need you to keep your eyes open and be diligent with her safety. I take it you all came dressed?" I asked them and they nodded.

"Good because her safety is first. If you spot Morelli I just want to have her surrounded and I don't want him to be able to get his hands on her should he come up to her." They all nod.

I no more finished before the gym doors opened and Stephanie walked in. She paused when she saw us and then smiled. "Hey guys what are you all doing down here and where is Hal? I am supposed to have training with Hal at zero eight hundred." She is starting to talk military time.

I look at her and smile. I see her questioning look I smile even bigger. She lets out a puff of air then looks at us and says "I am not going to like this am I?" She questions. The guys just smile at her.

I answer her "well it depends Bomber you may like it." I tell her quickly thinking how Lester would have taken that to the gutter, but I couldn't say things like that to her. I know she would just laugh them off but she was my sister and I would really rather not think about my sister having sex or talking sex innuendo with her. I shiver at the thought.

"Bomber we are going running today." I tell her. Manny and Hector join the group. Manny sweeps Bomber up in a big hug. He has missed her since he was away. "Hey wifey how you doing?" he asked her.

She smiles at him and says "okay just training hard and trying to keep from going crazy." I could understand that everything happening to her it would be easy to go crazy.

He ruffled her hair "Chica you need something or someone to talk to you let me know. I will be there." She smiled at him and hugged him again.

She walked over to Hector and rubbed her fingers across her tattoo and I swear I thought I saw Hector almost purr at her touch but I know I was seeing things because I know for a fact that Hector ain't ever fucking purred in his life. She hugged and kissed his cheek and then she went over to Ram.

I watched as she ran her fingers thru his crew cut playing with the hair standing up on top of his head. It seemed that she had a little special greeting for some of the guys. Ram she would play with his hair, Hector she would rub his tear drops, Cal she would kiss his flaming skull.

I would have to pay attention if she had other greetings for other guys. I tried to think about what she did different with me and couldn't really come up with anything. I mean she would hug and kiss my cheek but I couldn't think of anything beyond that. Seeing it and realizing it made me want my own special Bomber greeting.

After she greeted all of them she walked over to me grabbed me hugged me looking into my eyes she smiled as if she knew what I was thinking she reached up and pulled on my braids beside my face before kissing each cheek. Why the fuck would she think she doesn't know ESP? She just ESPed me as good as any of the men probably better because they probably had no idea what I was just thinking at least I hope they didn't know what I was thinking. I wouldn't want to have my bad ass card revoked.

She leaned her head back at me smiling, I couldn't help but smile I was beaming I had my own special greeting. I couldn't wait to rub it in Santos face. He was always bragging how she liked him the most, how he was her favorite. Wait when I tell him I have my own special Bomber greeting. He will flip if he doesn't have one and I can't wait to rub it in. Oh this was going to be fun to watch him squirm.

I looked at her and the guys "Ready" I asked them and they all nodded. We headed out of the gym and started pounding the pavement.

RAMPOV

We head out on the streets for our run. I wasn't really sure how far we were running today I know Bobby normally runs ten miles but I knew today's run would be tailored to Bombshell. I wasn't sure how far she was able to run. It didn't matter I had no fear that we couldn't keep up and run as far as she did.

We would never leave her. We set our pace to hers and I have to say I am impressed. A week ago she wasn't a runner, she didn't work out, and she would have done anything told you anything to still be in bed at this hour of the morning. Not that it was really early I mean it was zero eight hundred when most of the world went to work but as far as Bombshell is concerned it may as well be the middle of the night.

I remember one time when Tank and Ranger sent me to pick her up at her apartment for a Monday morning meeting at nine. They told me to get there at zero seven thirty. I remember thinking why the fuck would I need to get there so early to pick her up after all it is a fifteen minute fucking drive back to Haywood. They just smiled at me but didn't tell me anything further.

I had been introduced to her and seen her around Haywood a few times but I hadn't really talked to her or gotten to know her. The guys weren't really sure how to take her but we all knew she was Ranger's and we all knew that we took care of her or it would be our asses. It was an honor when Ranger asked you to watch her or do something for her because he only asked those he trusted the most we all knew that. So I was determined I wasn't going to fuck up this one. He had asked me to get her and bring her to the meeting by nine.

When I got there I knocked, I pounded, I called her phone nothing no response. I almost went into full panic mode. I called Lester on the phone panicked because there was no response. I remembered being stunned when he laughed at me. I told him she is your best friend fucker and you are going to laugh when I tell you she isn't home and unreachable what the fuck is wrong with you man?

He assured me everything was fine and told me to pick her lock. I picked the lock and opened her apartment door and everything was calm but with my excellent hearing I could hear a slight snoring coming from her bedroom. Most people wouldn't have been able to hear it but I could. I breathed a sigh of relief.

Lester on the phone laughed again and then said all cool now Ram. I wanted to shove my fist down his throat but all I said was alls good she is asleep. He laughed again. His laugh is going to have to go before I kill his dumb fucking ass. His laughter at this point it is getting so fucking annoying sort of like those mechanical laughing clowns at amusement parks that make you want to shoot them just to get them to shut the fuck up. Why anyone would find that amusing I have no fucking clue well that was Santos that day. It was a good thing he was on the phone and not standing here with me because I would have probably just shot him.

I remember before he hung up wishing me good luck in getting back to Haywood on time for the meeting and yes once again laughing that insanely annoying laugh. I just hung up on his stupid ass it was zero seven thirty and the meeting didn't start until zero nine hundred I had plenty of time or so I thought.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by a scream. I turned in time so see Stephanie go down on her hands and knees she had tripped over an uneven sidewalk. Shit. We were running, Bobby and I were up front Stephanie behind us and Manny and Hector were pulling up the rear.

I would rather not be running with a hard on and I knew watching her ass bounce along the street would be all it would take. I know she is spoken for and I would never make a move on her but she is hot as hell and well my body reacts sometimes even if I don't want it to. If the boss ever caught me I would be dead meat at least the big head knew that but I couldn't get the little head to cooperate at times. So it is best for me to be up front.

Bobby had her sit on the sidewalk so he could assess her and see if she hurt herself. Other than a couple of scraps on her knees and hands she was fine. Whew. Hector was about to go ballistic it is a good thing it was the side walk that tripped her had it been a person I seriously doubted that they would be living at this moment.

In a few minutes we were back to running. She wasn't hobbling so that was good. My mind started to wonder back to that day. Me walking into her apartment hearing her lightly snoring I can remember smiling just hearing her. It wasn't sawing logs snoring it was actually sort of cute as snoring goes.

I called her name but she didn't hear me. I knocked on the inside of the door after I closed it and locked it still got no response. I remember thinking damn she sleeps soundly. Good thing no one chose to break in her place in the middle of the night because she would never hear them.

I gradually stepped closer and closer to her room calling her name with each step and no response. Finally I was practically standing beside her bed. Now looking back at that it scares the shit out of me how sound of a sleeper she is. I could have been anyone there to harm her. I don't even want to think about it because it gives me chills thinking about what could have happened to her.

I will never forget what happened when I finally was able to get her to wake up. It almost makes me chuckle just thinking about it. I called her name again and nudged her she started to stir a little so I called her name again and reached to nudge her again well I guess I must have startled her because she screamed so loud that it shocked me and then grabbed her pillow and started hitting me with it like that would have hurt anyone.

When she finally realized she was safe she was standing on her bed in her panties and t-shirt with her pillow raised above her head screaming at me. She dropped the pillow then asked me what the fuck I was doing there and why the fuck did I have to scare her. She said some other things too but finally she laid back down and pulled the covers over her head mumbling that it was still night time.

I tried to pull the covers off of her but she grabbed them and told me she would go to the kitchen and get her gun out of the cookie jar and shot me where I stood if I touched those covers again. I explained she needed to get up and get ready for our meeting at Rangeman. But she wasn't hearing it. Her only response is that they needed to change their meetings to a more decent time of the day. The more I tried the more she resisted.

She finally stuck her head out from the covers and told me to shut the fuck up and either lay down on the bed or get the fuck out that me standing over her was making her nervous. Who was I to deny her? So I laid down on top of the covers. She snuggled back against me her back to my side and propped her head on my arm that was bent up with my hand behind my head since she was hogging all of the pillows.

It was a good thing she was turned away from me because I was hard as a rock. I just prayed no one else would walk into her apartment because I had no fucking idea how the fuck I would explain this one and I was sort of enjoying having her laying there with me but it was doing nothing for getting us to that meeting on time.

Needless to say we were late to the meeting earning me another chance to hear Lester's annoying laugh. I coaxed her out of bed with the promise of buying her breakfast at McDonalds. But by the time she got up, got herself ready and we went to McDonalds we were late. I remember Ranger and Tank both trying to hide the fact that they found it funny we were late.

I also remembering not really giving a shit because I found when I was laying there beside her and she was snuggled up against my side with her head on my arm she had made me want to stay there just like that all day and just say fuck the meeting and for that it was worth all the laughs and humor those fuckers could through at me.

That was also the day she started running her fingers thru my spiked hair. I am not sure what brought that on but I liked it so I never said anything about it. I just know she is going to do it and I love every minute of it. She has become a sister to me who I love and I would protect until the day I die. Scanning the streets one more time to make sure all was safe in her world I keep on pounding the sidewalk.

HALPOV

Shit my time with Bomber got moved from zero eight hundred to eleven hundred not that I cared but I was looking forward to my time with her. After she zapped me with my own stun gun I was a little leery of her. I still am a little but it is getting better. I sort of like having backup when she is around me. But I have come with the training sessions to realize that she was sorry for that.

I also understood why even though I didn't really want to admit it. That little incident had caused me quit the teasing from the guys. Not to mention Ranger just about literally handed me my ass on the mats after all because she got away from me she was kidnapped by the slayers and well let's say came really close to some really bad shit happening to her.

I felt terrible and I know I deserved to have my ass kicked so I took my punishment like a man and I let Ranger hand me my ass. I will never forget that night the fury in him it is a good thing I am a big man and can take a beating because a lesser man would have lost his life. As it was Bobby put me on restricted duty for three weeks and made me take one week off on bed rest.

I never complained I just took my punishment. I will have to say that was before some of the guys had formed the close bond to her they had now. If I did that same thing now I wouldn't live. Ranger, Hector, Lester one of them would fucking kill me. Hell they would probably kill my ass, bury my ass, dig my ass up and fucking kill me again repeatedly until they were all satisfied.

I have come to love Stephanie she is family to me. I only had my dad growing up. My mom left us when I was just a kid. Her reasons well it doesn't really matter only that she didn't want my dad and I reminded her too much of my dad so she didn't want me either.

Fucking nice when your own mother doesn't want you huh? Well my dad was military he was a Marine and he ran our house like we were in the Marines. He was a drill sergeant for the Marines and I will have to say he could be a mean mother fucker at times. I guess that is why the military life came so easy for me because it was all I knew.

I had girlfriends growing up at least I guess you can call them that but they weren't really serious I was probably the only newly enlisted service man that was a virgin. I just had no experience with women. My dad was such a strict man that I couldn't bring girls home and I had to much respect for girls and women in general to just fuck them in some sank of a rent by the hour kind of hotel and leave them.

I also felt like it was being disrespectful to fuck them in their parent's house. I knew that I wanted to take my time. I wanted to actually love the woman I wanted to have feelings for her beyond that of just fucking them so it just didn't happen before I left for the service.

I was eighteen years old when I joined the Navy to become a Navy Seal. My dad was a little disappointed that I didn't join the Marines like him but I needed to rebel a little so I joined the Navy instead. Not that I have regretted one day of it. I loved everything about being a seal. I loved kicking ass, I loved the missions, and I loved the life I had.

When I reached thirty after twelve years of service my dad became sick and I decided to get out so I could be there to help him and take care of him. Little did I know that he wouldn't survive his cancer and it was about three months after I got out that he passed away.

Part of me wanted to resent him for that. I leave the life a love to help him and he dies three months later but I couldn't. I couldn't resent the time spent with him it was probably the most enjoyable time spent with my dad in my whole life. He was no longer a drill sergeant in the Marines he was just my dad and I was just his son. Besides he didn't know he only had three months left. No one knew that.

He did tell me though before he died that he was proud of my choices and that he thought I made one hell of a seal. He also reminded me once a seal always a seal. For those words I would forever love my dad.

It wasn't long after my dad past away that Ranger contacted me wanting to know if I wanted to come to Rangeman and work for him full time. I jumped at the opportunity to work with one of the best men I knew a legend among elite military men across all branches. To work at one of the most prestigious security firms in the world let alone the country.

That is how I came to know Trenton's own Bombshell Bounty Hunter. Ranger brought her around and introduced her to us. We guarded her a few times but my real encounter with her came with the "Incident" as I refer to it. I just saw her as this adorable beautiful little girl that had a heart of gold. When she asked me to see my stun gun I never imagined she would turn it on me let alone use it.

I learned a valuable lesson that day we don't always know what form our enemies will take in my case she was this one ten sexy as hell beautiful woman that could smile at you and melt your heart. I was sunk before I got started fuck she had me at hello. The more I got to know her the more I knew that I would do anything for her. Hell she was a sister to me. I loved her and I would protect her.

I had something fun planned for our training session today. One of her test requirements were sit ups and pushups so today was going to be sit up and push up day. It was time to build that core and upper body strength so she could pass the test.

I walked into the Gym a few minutes before eleven and Stephanie was down there working with Ram. Ram had her jumping, grabbing a hold to the rope and then climbing it. When he saw me he reached out and pushed her causing her swing on the rope. She giggled a little

He then reached up and just grabbed her picking her up. "Good Job Steph. See ya later" He told her. He bumped fists with me and then walked out the gym. "Hey Steph how has your day been?" I asked her. She looked at me and smiled.

"Well Hal, I thought I was going to die this morning running with the guys. Then Zip has me doing wind sprints to the point that I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Ram had me climbing this rope until my hands feel like they are going to fall off. Other than that I am doing well."

Damn she isn't going to like what I have in store for her so I try to candy coat it. "Well I have planned to work you hard but you do it lying down." I tell her. She looks at me and smirks and says "really? I do it lying down?" She asks me and blushes while giggling. I realized how what I said sounded like and I blushed even redder than she was. Damn sometimes I could put my foot in my mouth.

"Stephanie I didn't mean anything like that. I am sorry." He shook her head. "I know Hal it was just funny." She said giggling. Well at least she didn't get upset or offended. I would never want to offend her I had too much respect and love for her.

She looked at me and asked. "So what are we doing today?" I sat down with my back against the wall and my feet out in front of me. Bending at the knees and putting my feet flat against the floor I told her to lie down and lock her legs with mine.

"We are going to do sit ups and pushups today. First the sit ups, I want you to fully sit up with each rep and slap my hands I put my hands up in front of me. If you can do fifty slaps then I will give you a surprise." I told her. I should have known better not to say surprise. She is so curious.

She immediately asked "A surprise? What is it?" I had to smile and chuckle at her enthusiasm. I couldn't help myself "if I told you it wouldn't be a surprise now let's do those sit ups." I said chuckling. She huffed but she started doing them and much to my surprise she did all fifty.

Before I knew it was twelve hundred and our time was up. She said she was going to go ahead and get her workout in before heading upstairs for lunch. I nodded telling her that I would have her surprise for her later I started to head out of the gym so she could do her workout.

She still chose to do her work out from twelve hundred to thirteen hundred in the gym alone. We knew she felt intimidated working out beside us because she felt like she was lifting baby weights compared to us. We would have never judged her like that. If anything would do all we could do to help her but we all gave her an empty gym during her workout time.

As I was walking out of the gym the new guy dumb fucker number one I believe or Doug whatever you want to call him came waltzing in the gym like he owned the fucking place. What the fuck? I thought. I stopped him at the door. "Buddy this gym is closed from twelve hundred to thirteen hundred. You need to leave." I told him in a no nonsense voice. He looked at me as if he was going to size me up.

I thought I will tell you my size, big, that is my size mother fucker. If you are filling froggy then you fucking leap because I will wipe this floor with your ass before I throw your ass out of the doors. I'll be damn if I am leaving you and bombshell down here together. I don't know you fucker.

He nodded towards Stephanie. Don't even look at her fucker I thought. He spoke "She is in the gym, why isn't it closed to her as well?" He stated. He is a dumb fucker if he has to ask that stupid fucking question. I looked at him "Gym is closed so she can work out, you can work out with the rest of the guys when it opens back up. You need to leave now." I emphasized now letting him know there was no other course of action without ending in his ass hitting those doors as I threw him out of them.

He realized he wasn't going to win. So he gave in and turned and walked out of the gym doors. I headed toward Tanks office to let him know about my run in with Doug. Something is off with him. I felt it. Was he really just that anxious to work out? I hadn't seen him in the gym any other time well other than when he was getting his ass kicked by Ranger.

Doug POV

Shit. I was hoping since Hal was working with her last that I would be able to sneak into the gym with her while she was working out but he wasn't going to let me stay. He said the same thing Bobby had told me that the gym was closed and then he hung back to make sure that I left. Fuck when was I going to get my chance to get her alone? I had some things I wanted to teach her. I wanted to feel that hot body pressed against mine. The more I watched her and saw her the more I wanted her. I could just hear her body calling me, needing me to satisfy her. I already had permission from Joe that I could have a taste before she went running back to him and I wanted to make sure I got my taste. After all I wasn't doing all of this just to get rid of her so I could get the full time Rangeman position. I was going to get me a piece of that ass in the process.

Well Hal wasn't going to let me stay so I retreated back to my new office. Hector the guy with the tear drop tattoos had requested that Mike and me work with him. He could see what a good asset we were to Rangeman and while after our first meeting at the front desk didn't go as smoothly as I would like he must have seen something about us he liked to request us to be partnered with him.

He had us working on video equipment for surveillance and security systems. Sitting at my desk watching her in the gym on the camera I started to form a plan to get her all to myself without any of the other guys knowing.

I watched as Lester walked into the gym and went right up to her while she was on the treadmill and hopped on the treadmill beside her and started running with her. So it wasn't closed to all Rangeman men I see. Bitch. What made him better than me?

I watched as they worked out together laughing and joking. I saw her reach out and smack him at times but I could tell it wouldn't hurt it was more of her just playing and joking with him. He spotted her when she was lifting the heavier weights.

I watched as he helped her correct her form here and there and I wished I could have heard what was so funny that had them laughing at times. Every time I saw them together they were laughing, joking, horse playing with each other or up to no good as Mike and I discovered with what they did to our workstations. That would be another thing I would "thank" her for when I got the opportunity.

She had a lot of making up to me to she needed to do. I watched him help stretch her out and I imagined it was me I would help her stretch alright but it wouldn't be her legs, or her back, it would be that nice little pussy of hers. Damn I wanted to stroke myself so fucking bad. I discreetly ran my hand over my hardened dick and thought yeah I would stretch her nicely with the dick I sported. I watched them walk out of there with their arms around each other probably going to fuck each other somewhere. I could tell she was fucking them all and before long she would be fucking me.

SPOV

I hadn't been long started my workout routine when Lester came into the gym. He hopped on the Treadmill beside me and started running with me. "Hey Beautiful you having a good day today?" he asked me. I nodded my head.

"Yeah Lester it is okay the guys have worked me hard today but I survived but Hal said the funniest thing. He asked me how I was and well I had just finished climbing that fucking rope over there for like the millionth time so I was a little short." She smiled. He knew this was going to be good.

"Anyway I told him that I was okay but this morning I thought I was going to die running with the guys, and then Zip had me running fucking wind sprints. You ever run wind sprints? Of course you have. You probably fucking love them but I thought I was going to have a god damn heart attack. So I told Hal I thought I was going to have a heart attack running wind sprints. Then I told him about my hands hurting because of climbing the rope Ram had me climbing." I took a breath to push out a couple of reps.

"Well Hal speaks up and tells me that he had planned to work me hard but I will do it lying down." I couldn't help the blush. Lester busts out laughing. "He said that Beautiful just like that." Laughing I nodded. "Yeah basically word for word." I told Lester laughing.

He shakes his head laughing. "What did you say or he do after that." I blush a little more "I asked him really I do it lying down? And I giggled when he caught on how it sounded he turned redder than me. He was so cute you should have seen him." I told him. We both laughed even harder.

Lester looks at me and tells me "well you should have asked him where he wanted you" I smacked Lester in the arm. He could be crude sometimes. I knew it embarrassed Hal when he realized what he said I didn't want to further embarrass him by taking it to the next level. Lester yes, Hal no.

"I wouldn't do that to Hal. He was already embarrassed enough and apologized for it sounding the way it did." I told him.

Lester just shook his head. "So beautiful what did he have you doing that allowed you to do it lying down?" He wagged his eyebrows at me. I told him "Sit ups and Pushups and he owes me a surprise too because I did all fifty sit ups and he told me if I did fifty of them he would give me a surprise. I hope he doesn't forget because I want my fucking surprise. You know I love surprises but I can't wait to get them."

I wasn't sure I would like working out with the guys and I am still not but I have to admit working out with Lester was fun. I didn't feel subconscious because I was lifting baby weights compared to the weights that I knew he lifted. I felt no judgment from him and he actually helped me a couple of times with my form and even spotted me when my weights were heavier. He also swapped out my weights for me so it made my workout time less which is always a bonus.

I mean I may be working my ass off, literally I am working my ass off you should see my ass I have room in my jeans now so you know what that means? Smaller size here I come because jeans are not meant to have extra room in the ass. They need to hug this ass hey I am girl after all.

Anyway before I got side tracked I am working hard but it doesn't mean that I love it I do it because it is an evil necessity and I have come to grips with it being a daily thing which I am cool with. I would do anything to become a full time Rangeman and spend the day with my brothers and lover. This is where I belong.

"Lester now that my work out is done will you help stretch me out like you do when we train?" I asked him. It was really helping with my flexibility and that was helping in other aspects of my life with Carlos and I wanted to continue being flexible when it came to making love to him. I was addicted. Yes to the point of almost needing to stand up among a circle of strangers and let them all know that my name is Stephanie Michele and I am addicted to sex with my soon to be husband.

Lester helped hold my legs as I placed my foot on his shoulder keeping my knee straight he walked closer to me forcing my leg higher until I felt the stretch and he held it. Then I changed legs and he did the same thing.

I could imagine how erotic this would be with Carlos but I had to stop those thoughts before they got out of control. I then sat down and put my feet together in front of me and from behind he pressed my knees to the ground and held them.

I then laid flat on the ground and he grabbed my foot as I raised it and pushed it back towards my head. I then sat up and reached for my toes laying my head on my legs while holding my feet. Wow I haven't been able to do that. "Lester look I can put my head on my legs while I grab my feet." "I see Beautiful looking good." He told me.

It wasn't too long and Lester and I were walking out of the gym hand in hand or I should say his arm slung over my shoulder and mine around his waist. I told him I was probably gross and stinky but he said the smell of me all sweaty was anything but gross and stinky. So out we walked out and got on the elevator.

I activated my fob for the seventh floor and Lester pushed the button for the fifth floor. I hugged and gave him a kiss on the cheek thanking him for working out with me before he stepped off of the elevator.

I walked in the apartment door and I could tell Carlos was there. His utility belt was on the console table beside the door along with his boots and his keys. I threw my keys in the bowl toed off my tennis shoes and walked into the room. I didn't see him in the living room or dining room so I thought maybe he was in the kitchen. I went around to the kitchen but no Carlos.

I headed toward the bedroom to go take a shower so I could get ready for defensive driving this afternoon. I was scheduled to work with Vince, Woody, Binkie and then Tank.

When I reached the bedroom door Carlos was sitting on the bed naked with his hand on his hard erection stroking himself. It was so hot I nearly combusted into an orgasm just looking at him. Holy hot hell that was sexy.

I forgot all about my shower as I took in the beauty of what laid before me. His mocha late skin, his large hands stroking his beautiful hard yet silky soft hardened to perfection dick. I know I moaned and I know I licked my lips. I want him so bad at that moment I wasn't sure which part of my body was screaming louder for him.

I looked at him "what do I owe for this amount of pleasure?" I asked him knowing I would be screaming his name in less than two point two seconds because I was almost at the point and I hadn't even touched him yet. He looked at me and smiled. "I saw you in the gym stretching out with Lester and I have to say seeing you in those positions and thinking of me being there with you made me so rock hard I had to come up here and wait for you."

I smiled. "Funny you should say that because I couldn't help but think of having you in those positions while I was stretching. I kept thinking of your hard dick being at my entrance as you stepped closer to me stretching my leg up in the air. I kept thinking of your hard dick being at my back as I bent over and wrapped my hands around my ankles." With each statement Carlos would stroke himself and briefly close his eyes. Damn this was hot. I have ruined my panties they are so wet with my juices. I can feel them drip down on to the inside of my thigh.

I step closer to him to the point that I can reach out and touch him but I don't want to interrupt him I want to watch him stroke himself. I wanted to hear him talk. I grabbed the edge of my shorts and I pulled them down along with my ruined panties. Standing in front of him bare from the waist down I quickly dipped a finger down between my folds to feel exactly how wet I was. God I was soaking.

I jerked off my t-shirt and sports bra exposing my hardened nipples to him. One of my hands started playing with my nipples while the other one was circling my clit. God I could feel the need growing inside me. "Carlos what were you thinking?" I asked him but I wasn't prepared for the answer.

"I was thinking I wanted to take you right there. I wanted to push my hard cock into you and I wanted to fuck you so hard, I wanted to fuck you so bad that I couldn't think straight. I wanted to bury my dick inside you. I wanted to be in your mouth feeling you sucking me dry, I wanted to be in your tight pussy having it milk me, I wanted to be in your luscious ass feeling how tight you would be around me." He told me groaning at the thought.

Holy hot hell I orgasmed just at the sound of his beautiful voice, watching him stroke himself, seeing the precum that had turned his silk cock to that of glistening. I couldn't wait any longer I wanted all of it. I wanted it all. I knew we didn't have a lot of time but I wasn't leaving this room until I had Carlos. I wasn't leaving this room until I had screamed his name for all I was worth and I wasn't leaving this room until I heard him scream my name.

Crawling on the bed I immediately swatted his hands away from him and took him in my hands and my mouth. Opening my throat so I could take as much of him as I could fit, it would never be enough for me no matter how much I could fit. His hands now being free of himself found me. Pulling my legs up to him so he could get his mouth on my core had my writhing above him.

"Babe you taste so sweet so wet and so warm." I heard and felt the vibration of his voice run thru me and I felt the gush of new fluids as an orgasm riddled thru me he moaned in delight under me. I was sucking him and moaning my hands working him. I could feel him begin to tighten up when he lifted me off of him. Placing me on the bed he pulled my leg up in the air as he snuggled himself between my legs. With one leg up and one leg laying flat he entered me the angle caused us both to hiss at the feel of being connected. I could feel how tight I was around him and how he was pushing himself in slowly as to not to hurt me. Working his way in and then pulling back to work his way further in until he was fully sheathed inside me. He stilled to let my body adjust to his size in this position it wasn't long before I was begging him to start moving. I grounded my pelvis into him and he moaned and started moving faster. God I was climbing to the edge so fast his lips found my nipple and he sucked it in playing with it with his tongue nibbling on it with his teeth.

My hands were clasped in his hair holding him to my breast encouraging him to feast on them. He raised his head and looked into my eyes. "Babe you trust me?" He asked me. I thought why would he ask me that but I answered as honestly as I could. "Yes Carlos I trust you with my life, I trust you with my body, I trust you with my heart. I have always trusted you Carlos and I will always trust you." He smiled and kissed me then went back to feeding on my nipples alternating between them.

God the sensations that he had running thru my body was so electrifying. I felt him reach between us getting his fingers wet but what happened next I wasn't prepared for. Nothing would have prepared me for that nothing would have prepared me for the onslaught of feelings that I couldn't contain within my body.

His fingers brushed lightly over my tight bud. He circled it and I thought I was going to shoot off of the bed. He gently pushed the tip of his finger in and the pleasure that coursed thru my body was something that I couldn't explain. Jesus I had the urge to just ride his finger it was so strong it almost over powered the need to ride his hard cock inside of me. I wanted to push my ass down on his finger and ride it for all I was worth. My body was humming with the sensations he was creating with his fingers and his dick.

"Oh my god Carlos that feels so fucking good. I want to push myself down on you and ride your finger. I want to feel you fucking me while I ride your finger." I don't know when my mouth became so daring so risqué but Carlos certainly liked it as he groaned and then moaned as he pushed both himself and his finger deep inside me.

"Babe when you talk like that and feel this way it drives me almost insane with desire. I love to hear you tell me what you feel and what you want and how you want it. I love to hear how I make you feel. I love it when you talk dirty to me it makes me so hard with need. Even being inside of you and fucking you I can feel myself grow harder and bigger just hearing those words come out of your mouth. It is so erotic."

I smiled. I loved it when I gave him any amount of pleasure. When my body fulfilled his needs it made me feel like a goddess and right now I was all about filling his needs. Making his desire and fantasy he had of me come true.

"Carlos I want you every way I can have you. I want your dick in my mouth, I want your dick in my tight and wet pussy, and I want your dick in my tight hole. I trust you I know you would never hurt me or do anything that wasn't pure pleasure to me I want to give you every inch of my body to do with as you want. I am yours Carlos all yours for the taking any way and every way you want me." He growled and slowly added a second finger and I thought I would lose my mind with the orgasm that flowed thru my body. I could feel his hard dick and his fingers rubbing against each other creating friction that was wonderful.

"Babe I can feel my hard dick inside of you fucking your pussy while my fingers fuck your ass you have no idea how wonderful that feels from my perspective. I want to be filling you every aspect of you all the time." Looking at him I smiled "oh trust me I think I know how wonderful it feels. I tell him. I want you filling me, every aspect of me all the time. Fill me Carlos." I tell him practically begging.

He picks up his assault on me until the point that both of us are clawing at the edge to maintain control to fight off the mother of all orgasms that will leave us gasping for breath and exhausted. Just as I can no longer hold on and am about to fall he pulls out of my pussy and enters my ass in one push. The sensation is more than either of us can take and we both lose it and fall from the edge in an orgasm that has control of both of our bodies to the point that we are gasping for air and grasping to the light that is threatening to leave as the darkness tries to descend upon us.

Carlos collapsed down on top of me as he screamed my name but I was so busy screaming his name I barely heard my own. He quickly pulled himself out of me before I got sore. He rolled over and brought me with him. Holding me to him for a few minutes as I slowly drifted back down to earth.

RPOV

That was fucking mind blowing and I couldn't believe that she would want me to do that let alone just let me. I wouldn't have done it had it been that she was just allowing me to do it because it was something I wanted. I knew what pleasure it would bring her and it was all about her pleasure with me. I got my pleasure by pleasuring her body. I could have gone the rest of my life without it had she not wanted it.

My Babe is all I will ever need regardless of positions hell she could tell me only missionary style and she would still be enough for me for the rest of my life. Hearing her scream my name because she can no longer control the feelings is so erotic so sensual so fulfilling that I truly believe it would sustain me for life.

Her allowing me to show her how good that position could feel what it could do to her body spoke volumes to how much she trusted me how much she loved me how much of herself she freely gave to me and it was humbling.

I have never had a woman that gave so much. Yes, I have had sex every way possible in the past with one night stands and some women would beg for me to fuck their ass but it was never this giving this open this honest and trusting. It was never like this and I never remembered it where as with Stephanie I would never forget. Those women were just another faceless fuck to get my rocks off to have a release. Yeah I made sure they had their release and they felt good but there was no love, no trust, no giving it was just taking on both parts. Just filling a need I never knew how much that lacked compared to what Stephanie and I had and shared with each other.

As her confidence grows she is becoming more comfortable with her sexuality with her sensuality and her needs sexually and she is becoming confident in telling me what needs and desires she has. I can't wait for her to continue to get stronger to see the person she will become sexually. I have no doubt that I won't be able to satisfy her. That will never be a problem.

Seeing her happy, more confident, seeing her become a sensual woman who is becoming comfortable with her sexuality and trusts me enough to want to experiment with her sexual desires and wants with me just humbles me in some ways but it makes me so damn proud of her. It makes my heart grow to see her and watch her become the woman I knew she's wanted to be all of these years and was only being held back by narrow minded and selfish people.

Holding my Babe close to me kissing her hair line, her forehead, her eye lids and finally her mouth I regretfully said "Babe I have to get cleaned up for a meeting this afternoon. There is nothing I want more than to lay here and hold you and make love to you the rest of the day and night but I can't." She nodded.

"Carlos I love you, I want you know that but I have to get ready my defensive driving training is this afternoon and the guys are going to be waiting on me if I don't get up now." Damn more defensive driving. I can't help but remember what happened during her last session. I wanted to know who was going to be with her today.

"Babe who is scheduled to train with you today?" I asked her. She looked at me and said "Vince, Woody, Binkie, and Tank." I made a quick mental note to speak to Tank as soon as possible to make sure someone from the core team was with her throughout her entire training that way if something happened she would have backup she needed. Of course if he held a gun on her head again my men would do what Vince did regardless of the number but I would feel better if she had two of my men instead of one with her.

She started to raise up off of me. "I got to get a shower and get ready or I am going to be late and we can't have that." She smiled as she headed into the bathroom with me hot on her heals.

She stopped me at the shower. "You can shower with me if you can keep your hands to yourself we don't have any more time for your funny business in the shower." She said giggling. "Babe these are my men and you are my woman they can fucking wait." I told her. She laughed again but then got serious.

"Ranger your men, my brothers, volunteered time without pay to train me and I am not going to have them not getting paid for an hour while I am up here making love to you. Even though there is nothing I enjoy more than making love to you I can't do that to them. It wouldn't be right." She had me there. They had volunteered their time without pay. Damn it. I would pay them to sit in the garage and wait for all day long and not even think twice about it. Hell I would consider myself money ahead and if any of my men questioned it I would take their ass to the mat and set an example that everyone would understand to never question waiting on her again.

WoodyPOV

Steph had just finished her training with Vince. I had heard about what happened the last time she had trained with Vince and I knew he was on edge. I knew he was nervous that someone else would happen while she was with him.

Thankfully looking at the smile she had on her face and the way they were all laughing things must have gone smoothly. I noticed Lester was with her and when they are together they are always laughing. She walks up to me I open my arms waiting for my hug. "Hey darling how are you today?" I ask her.

She looks up at me and smiles jus t glowing "I am good Woody." She tells me jus t smiling. Looking at her I asked her "You ready to have some fun Darling?" She nodded.

I walk over to one of the SUVs with my arm around her shoulder and I notice Lester is following us. I look at him and I can tell from the way he looks at me that he is tagging along for backup but I decide to have a little fun.

"Darling can't you dump your pit bull here for us to have a little fun?" I motion back to Lester she laughs. Lester pips up "Hey, I am not a dog." She just shakes her head "Lester everyone has heard you growl, it is a good thing he didn't say my Chinese crested or I might have to buy a big Gucci bag and put a rhinestone collar on you so I can just carry you with me everywhere." She said laughing.

Lester just shook his head saying "Beautiful sometimes you aren't right. You know I could never be a Chinese Crested. Hector maybe yes, but not me I am your Pit Bull, your Rottweiler, your Great Dane, but I can't be a fucking fru fru dog." He tells her.

She looks at him laughing then says the funniest thing I heard that sobered Lester right up. "Ohhh…I am so going to tell Hector that you said he could be a Chinese Crested a "fru fru" dog as you called it. Ohhh…someone's going to be in trouble" she emphasized trouble. Oh shit Hector has probably killed people for less.

Lester looking at Steph said "you love me right Beautiful? You wouldn't want me killed would you?" She just laughed and said "well I wasn't the one that said Hector could be a fru fru dog." I could no longer hold it back and just busted out laughing joining in with Stephanie's laughter.

Lester just shook his head "Damn Beautiful I didn't know you could be cold." She grabbed him hugging him and told him "don't worry, I will protect you. Spot. Now heal I have training to do." I swear I laughed even harder to the point that I had to hold my side and wipe the tears out of my eyes.

Watching them she took off for the SUV and he was following right behind her I swear seeing it just added to the statement and I started laughing all over again even though I doubted that I really stopped laughing from the beginning.

Getting in the vehicle we head out to the Rangeman Compound. We are going to have some fun on the high speed track that circles the compound. It is almost like a race track just not with the banking. We were going to get out the fast cars and we were going to take them for a spin around the track. I would leave it up to her if we drove the muscle cars of the sixty's and seventy's or the fast cars of today.

Rangeman had a full garage of all kind of fun vehicles there to play with on the tracks, or to take out on the town when you wanted something a little flashier, faster or more fun than the average black SUV.

We pull up to the compound and I do the whole security at the gate to get us in. We go around to one of the large hangers it is the garage that has all of the cars. I push the button and the garage door goes up. We pull in and park.

I look over at Stephanie and her mouth is hanging open. She is looking at all the cars in the garage in disbelief. Hey we are guys full of testosterone we need to get our adrenaline rushes and this is where we came to do that. She had no idea the pure playground this compound was for us but she would before her training was over and if not then she would come to find out while working here.

This is where we came when we needed to just hang out and have fun, train yes, but mostly we used it for fun. We had fun while training at least most of the time. When we needed to blow of extra steam or needed to just have some fun we came here.

I love driving cars, riding horses, riding bulls. Growing up in Texas I was raised on a horse. Hell I think I could ride a horse before I could walk. As a young child I started training for bull riding by riding sheep. My brother and I would ride the sheep and try to stay on for eight seconds. My sister went straight to barrel racing that seemed what most of the girls did. While my brother and I went for the bulls. We wanted our eight seconds of glory.

As a teenager I started riding the bulls talking about adrenaline rush you get a two thousand pound animal pissed and then try to ride it. When that bull wants nothing more than shove your face and ass in to the ground and spear you with his horns and you want nothing more than to stay on their backs it becomes a challenge of wills as to who is going to win. Sometimes you won and sometimes the bull won.

I guess you are wondering why I left that life for the military. Well long story short my brother and I had a disagreement. We were contenders for the national championship actually we were a shoe in no one could beat us. We were the best. It would have paid a large amount of prize money. My share would have been enough money that would have allowed me to buy a ranch of my own, my dream at the time. Long story short my brother got drunk the night before and didn't show up so we weren't able to compete.

I never really forgave him for that. I want nothing more to do with the rodeo circuit and I wanted to be as far away from my brother as possible so I joined the Army and from the army I continued to Ranger training where I met many of the men I work with now. I met Ranger, Tank, and Lester almost from the first day.

When I heard that Ranger had started Rangeman and wanted me to come work for him I retired from the Army and joined the Rangeman team and never have had one regret about my decisions. I love my life now.

Stephanie came into our lives sometime after that when Ranger brought her to work with us when she needed to hide out from a stalker. We all knew he had a female bounty hunter that had him tied around her finger, not that we would have or for that matter neither today would we tell him that at least not if we valued our lives we wouldn't.

We watched him race out of the building burning rubber off of the tires of his Porsche to go to her whenever she needed him, we watched him beat our asses when we fucked up and didn't protect her, we watched him go ballistic when some fucker kidnapped her or threatened her. We had all pulled a security detail shift watching her trying our best to keep her safe. I will never forget the first time I pulled security for her.

Stephanie was going after a skip named Eddie Dechooch and Ranger told us to just keep an eye on her and watch her make sure that she didn't get in over her head. We were to be her backup but only if she needed it else we were to remain out of sight.

I remember that night I had taken one of the cars from the compound because we knew she would recognize the black SUVs. That night I had selected the nineteen sixty eight Chevy Camaro to follow her. Its dark green with black racing strips up the front no way would she expect it to be a Rangeman vehicle.

I went into the bar keeping my distance so she wouldn't see me. I was dressed in street clothes and we had only really met one time before so I was pretty confident she wouldn't recognize me. I sat there nursing a beer watching her.

I saw Maggie grab her and pull her in the mud pit and started wrestling with her. I know I should have intervened but it was fucking hot so I just sat back and watched the show. Besides she wasn't in mortal damage the worst thing that happened to her was she lost her shoe. I think that night my heart grew founder of her. I will tell you other body parts grew too but if I want to keep my dick attached I will keep that to myself.

Stephanie mouth gaps open when her eyes focus on the cars, trucks, and motorcycles around us. This is where the fun is and where the money is too. I hear her barely above a whisper "holy fucking shit" I chuckle. She is speechless. I look at Lester and he is just smiling like Chester cheese watching her face.

SPOV

Holy fucking shit I thought to myself as I started to look around the garage. I didn't know what to look at first. There were so many vehicles all different colors. Holy shit Rangeman knew how to have cars that weren't black but they didn't know how to have cheap cars.

I don't know much about cars but I knew these cars were fucking expensive. I knew some of them were classics while others I could tell where practically brand new.

There were sleek cars with the doors that open towards the sky. There were the older muscle cars as I believe they were referred to. Holy shit, picturing these guys in these cars they would make a nun cry for vowing a life of celibacy.

Picturing Carlos in these cars holy hot hell I am having a hot flash, we cannot be left alone in this garage all of these cars sparkle and shine like diamonds. If we were in here my ass print would be all over them. Because I swear I wouldn't stop until he had fucked me on the hood of every one of them.

I heard chocking around me and a ground out "Beautiful" Woody was just coughing trying to stop the chocking. I looked at them "out loud?" I squeaked. Lester and Woody both just nodded their heads.

I didn't know what to say so I just stayed silent giving them a chance to recoup while I tried to calm my hormones. I can't believe I had those thoughts and then spoke them out loud. When the fuck am I going to stop doing that? These thoughts are thoughts that I typically saved for my shower massager I swear I think Ranger has broken me.

Again Lester speaks up "Not broken Beautiful and you can share your fantasies with me anytime so long as I get to act them out with you." I smack him in the arm. "You need to stop listening into my private conversations. Besides there will only be one star performer in my fantasies and it's not you." I tell him and we started laughing.

Once Woody and Lester had recovered from my talking out loud I asked them "So you guys get to drive these cars?" They nodded their heads Woody spoke up "Darling these cars are for us if we want to use them they just stay here as they aren't all practical for every day work." I can understand that but damn I think if I would drive them I would never want to drive anything else.

"So you can drive all of these vehicles?" I asked woody thinking I would never be able to drive a monster truck or some of those bikes. Even some of the cars would intimidate me. These were cars that screamed testosterone.

Woody smiled and said "Darling if it has wheels, I can drive. If it has hair, I can ride. And if it has a beat I can dance to it." Damn. I briefly wondered if it was including women in that statement but once again when I heard him say "Darling when it comes to women I like it when my women ride me." It was my turn to start chocking and turn blood red. Of course this caused Lester and Woody to both burst out laughing at me. Guess they thought they would take the opportunity to pay me back.

Woody told me to pick a car, any car he said that we were going to head out to the track and do a little racing. Holy shit, I am going to get to race a car. "Who will I be racing?" I asked him. Woody responded "Well I will be riding with you so you will be racing Lester."

Smiling I looked at Lester and he was grinning and looking all smug. "Lester what's the reward going to be when I beat your ass?" I asked him. He laughed "Beautiful I love you know that right? But you aren't going to be beat me. So you better come up with the reward when I beat you and the wood man there." He said smiling.

I looked at him "Really?" I questioned him then added "Well you better bring it out there." He smiled and laughed while adding "oh I will bring it don't you worry Beautiful. You know that I have a need for speed." I smiled "well when it comes to cars I have one motto" I told him. "Drive it like you stole it." Thank you very much Ricky Bobby see it was worth watching Talladega Nights.

We both nodded to each other as we got into our cars. I selected the light blue Mustang Mach I it was the only one I recognized out of the group and it matched my eyes. What can I say am I girl after all. Lester got in a Red car with SS on the front I have no idea what kind of car it was. Firing it up and feeling those horses rumbling under me I could only think one thing.

When you turn your car on does it return the favor and I can tell you this car returned the favor in spades. It definitely turned me on where the fuck was Carlos when I needed him? Woody just groaned beside me damn I swear I am broken. I followed Lester to the track and we lined up.

I sort of was expecting the woman in the bikini to come out and drop the cloth but I should have known Rangeman doesn't skimp on anything. They had a countdown lighting system that went from red to green.

When the green light turned on I floored it. Woody told me three times around the track is usually what they did to determine the winner of a race.

The first round Lester was in front but I was trailing only by the hood of the car. I knew I had two more loops and I had never driven a car quiet as powerful as this car. But I wasn't going to let that deter me from giving it my all.

"Woody help me here tell me how can I make this car go faster? How can I beat him?" I asked him. "Woody laughed. Darling you are doing great. Lester is good but we can beat him. You have a lot of power in this car you just need to relax and let those horses go." He told me. Great what the fuck was that supposed to mean.

"Okay Woody so what are you saying in layman terms here because I don't know anything about letting a fucking horse go while driving a car. If we were at a stable yeah but I am behind the fucking wheel of a car."

He laughed again. Damn I have never seen a merry man laugh so much beside Lester and let's face it Lester may be a merry man on one hand but on the other hand he doesn't really act like a Merry Man. After all he talks to me, laughs with me, jokes with me even from the first day while the others were quiet reserved and even to this day for some of them I have to go out of my way to make them laugh. Hell there are even some I haven't been able to break it has sort of a contest now who will break first.

"Stephanie you need to trust yourself that you can handle this car. You need to open it up and don't back down. Shift those gears tight to get every ounce of power you can. Feel yourself in the turn feel when you need to apply the break and when you need to apply the gas. Trust your instincts because they will be right. Go for it Stephanie. This car can beat his car, the question is can you beat Spot?" He laughed

Oh shit Woody wasn't going to let Lester leave down the nickname Spot. Oh well I couldn't think about that right now I needed to kick Lester's ass on the track. I needed to let these horses loose laughing to myself as I said it.

With each turn and curve I felt what Woody was saying and I was learning how to shift faster and was gunning it. The second lap I was leading by about half a car. This was it. The final lap the chips are all in and I am going for it. Looking at Lester I gave him a wave and I opened it up. Slamming the gas pedal to the floor as the car lurched forward. YAY I was leading.

By the time we had made the third lap Lester had gained a little but when we cross the finished line I had him by a nose. I was half a hood length in front of him.

Hell Yeah! I won! I slammed on the breaks jumped out of the car and started my I won happy dance. Woody joined in and even Lester was smiling and joined in. Then they both grabbed me and hoisted me up their shoulders and ran around the cars yelling and cheering for me.

I know Lester would have probably beaten me if he had pulled any of his fancy driving I have seen him do in the past out but he didn't. He just drove with speed and I won. YAY ME!

Lester swung me around the air saying "that was amazing Beautiful. You did a great job of driving." I blushed at the onslaught of praise and thanked him. I was so happy.

LPOV

I can't believe she beat me. Granted I just drove I didn't pull any of tricks or special moves that I do on the other guys when we come out here and race. Had I, I would have won. But I wanted to give her a chance to win. I am so fucking glad she won even though I know the other guys are going to give me a row of shit for it but I don't care.

I would like to see one of those mother fuckers come out here on the track and beat her. Hell I would be willing to bet my next fuck that some of them would even throw the race to let her win just to see her this excited and this happy. At least I didn't throw the race. I actually made her push herself to beat me and she stepped up to the plate and she pushed herself.

We picked her up cheering for putting her on our shoulders as we ran around the car. I then swung her in the air and she giggled. She blushed a little when I complimented her. She wasn't one that was easy to compliment. It embarrassed her I guess she just wasn't use to someone complimenting her so she really didn't know how to take them.

If I had my way that problem will be resolved in no time at all. I loved her, and personally I think she is simply amazing just the way she is and I intend on telling her that every chance I get.

She looked up at me laughing "Lester tomorrow night I am putting together a girls night out with Connie, Lula, and Mary Lou if she can come. I want you to be there. You are my best friend now and it wouldn't feel right for you not to be there with me. Will you come?" She asked me.

"Beautiful I would love to be there with you all." I tell her. I wouldn't have turned down the opportunity to be with her but I wish she wouldn't have advertised it was going to be girl's night out and she wanted me to come. Because let's face it I already had enough things to live down and be teased for one day and I had only been with her an hour. Her calling me Spot, which I am sure Woody is just dying to tell the guys, her beating me on the track, and now being invited to girl's night out.

She then turns to woody and says "Woody would you like to come to girl's night out? After all you said if it had a beat you could dance to it and that sort of sounded like a challenge to me." I couldn't help but laugh. Woody told her would come although I would be willing to bet he was thinking the same thing I was.

I could just see Stephanie asking me to be her Man of Honor at her wedding. Hell if she did I would say yes with honor even though every man at Rangeman would tease me about wearing taffeta. Yeah bad asses know about taffeta well those that have sisters that have weddings do at least. Don't make a big deal about it. But I know deep down inside I know those fuckers would just be jealous it was me and not them.

If she asked them half those fuckers would flush their bad ass cards and their man card and stand up beside her. Hell if she asked them they would probably even where a fucking taffeta dress. Not that she would ask that of us. At least I hope she wouldn't.

I could see a difference in Stephanie today, she was gaining her self confidence she was letting the real Stephanie that we only got glimpses and glimmers of to step out of her shell and I loved what I was seeing. I wondered if Ranger had noticed the same thing.

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