I do not own any of these characters, although I would really like to meet up with Ranger in a dark room somewhere. I simply borrow and gently use them for my amusement.

Chapter Five Keeping Busy

Steph hoped that Tank had an easier time with Kim than she was having with Jason. She had lost sight of Tank due to the way Jason was sitting. She couldn't even tell if Kim had come out of the bathroom yet. Jason, on the other hand, didn't seem to care. He was like an octopus, and she didn't want to seem standoffish, so Jason got to touch much more of her than she really was comfortable with. She giggled and played along, all the while cursing Ranger in her head and wondering where he was. She had only been sitting with Jason for twenty minutes before he proposed they go somewhere else.

Shit, Stephanie, she thought. Ranger hadn't appeared and given her the signal yet. What was she supposed to do?

Steph hit on the classic girl excuse. Whispering in Jason's ear, in her sexiest voice, she asked, "Wait here for me for a minute. I have to go to the little girl's room to freshen up."

This didn't seem to bother Jason. He helped her stand up before pulling her in close and planting a firm kiss on her, tongue and all. "Don't take too long."

She didn't really want to let him out of her sight- what if he took off, or got preoccupied by some other slut? But she needed to buy at least a look around to see if Tank was still here. He wasn't at the table she had seen him sit at before, and Kim wasn't to be seen either. A dark shadow materialized beside her, and stopped her with a touch on her shoulder. She nearly jumped before she realized it was Ranger.

His eyes were dark, flashing with something she couldn't quite name. "I told you you'd distract him just fine, Babe."

Steph shuddered. "A little too fine. Is Tank in place yet?"

"Yep. Ask him to bring you to a room downstairs."

Stephanie looked askance. "A room here?"

Ranger looked her over, eyes resting on the slightly rumpled dress. "He knows where it is."

Then Ranger was gone.

Freshening up took less than a minute. All she had to do was reapply lipstick, since she wasn't really intending to screw this guy. But she took a couple extra minutes to make it more realistic.

Jason was waiting for her when she came out. He grabbed her hand and threaded it through his arm. "Let's get out of here."

Stephanie panicked inside. Okay, she didn't like this, but if she had to, she had to. She screwed up her courage and hoped that Ranger understood. She smiled at Jason with her best blinded-by-adoration smile, and pulled her arm out of his. His hand ended up on her ass as she turned into him and put her arms around his neck. "I don't think I can wait. Is there some place here we could go?" She breathed heavily and uneasily, waiting for his answer.

He kissed her again, opening her mouth forcefully with his tongue. He rubbed himself up against her, and smiled. "Sure. Follow me."