The usual; All characters besides Steve aren't mine, they're Janet's……!

He's so gonna get it!

Ranger and I sat in the car watching Mortanelli's house. We didn't talk and we didn't look at each other. Or at least I didn't look, sometimes I thought I felt Ranger look at me but than I called myself an idiot. It couldn't be. He was angry and maybe hurt.

Wow, Batman hurt. Never thought that, that could be possible. No it wasn't possible. But then I remembered how he looked at me, when he had seen me dancing with Steve for the first time. He couldn't e hurt and sad, too, could he.

I was fighting with myself, now. Should I talk to him or leave it. Just when I decided to get to it…….

"Everything clear at your side?"

Crackle, crackle "Yes."

"Then we're going in. He's in the living room."

We both got out and walked to the door side by sie.

"Ranger, I…"

"later, Stephanie, you need to concentrate, now." Slap. I felt like I had been hit. O.k., he was all business, so I would be, too.

We got Mortanelli pretty easy. He was sitting on his sofa, watching TV and Ranger tackled him from the back.

After that Steve and Ranger went to the car in the front with him, Vinnie to the car in the back. I was left behind to lock up. I was making my way to the back door after locking the front, when somebody jumped at me from behind.

I was pulled to the floor and a strong arm linked around my throat and I felt the coldness of a knife at my belly.

I knew I shouldn't have, but it was pure reflex and I made a huge fault. I screamed.

I felt a big pain and something warm flooded down my body. Suddenly I was thrown to the side and I heard two persons running around, my image started to fade, but I told myself to keep awake over and over again. Suddenly I was turned around by warm hands that seemed as comforting as the wings of an angel.

"Shit, babe, are you awake? Can you hear me? Babe, come on, please, open your eyes."

"I'm so sorry Ranger. I never intended to hurt you."

He gave me a soft kiss on the lips. "Right now I think you're the one who is hurting more!"

His voice was just as soft as his mouth had been, but I heard a little panic in it.

"I called 991, they should be here, soon." Steve.

"Ranger?"

"Yes, babe?"

"Are you gonna stay with me?"

"Of course! You didn't really think, that I would leave the woman I love, when she is in pain?"

I had to smile. "No, and by the way I love you, too." I felt sleepy and my last thought was, how easy it is to say "I love you", when you tell it the right person.

The next chapter will be "The end", but don't worry I already have a story that takes place after EOT in my mind.

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